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SUMMARY:Mind-reading machines - Peter Robinson\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:Facial displays are an important channel for the expression of
  emotions\, and are often thought of as projections of a person’s mental
  state. Computer systems generally ignore this information. Mind-reading
  interfaces infer users’ mental states from facial expressions\, giving 
 them a degree of emotional intelligence. We use video processing to track 
 two dozen features on the user’s face. These are then interpreted using 
 statistical techniques through a hierarchy of analyses as basic actions\, 
 head and facial gestures\, and finally groups of mental states. The talk w
 ill describe an implementation of facial affect inference\, together with 
 an evaluation and some preliminary results of using the system to monitor 
 car drivers.
LOCATION:Microsoft Research Ltd\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue (Off Madingley Road
 )\, Cambridge
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