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Rosalind W. Picard is director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and co-director of the Things That Think Consortium, the largest industrial sponsorship organization at the lab.^[1] Picard is the author of Affective Computing, published in 1997.^[2] In 2005, she was named a Fellow of the IEEE.^[3]

Biography

Professor Picard is a pioneering researcher in the field of Affective Computing and the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab.

The Affective Computing Research Group develops tools, techniques, and devices for sensing, interpreting, and processing emotion signals that drive state-of-the-art systems which respond intelligently to human emotional states.^[4] Applications of their research include improved tutoring systems and assistive technology for use in alleviating autism.^[5]^[6]

She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and master's and doctorate degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from MIT. She has been a member of the faculty at the MIT Media Laboratory since 1991, with tenure since 1997.^[7]

She is co-recipient (with Tom Minka) of a best paper prize in Pattern Recognition in for work on machine learning with multiple models (1997)^[8] and co-recipient (with Barry Kort and Rob Reilly) of a best theory paper award for work on theories of emotions and learning (2001)^[9].

Her book, Affective Computing, (MIT Press, 1997) lays the groundwork for giving machines the skills of emotional intelligence.^[10]

Controversial petition

In February 2006, the New York Times reported^[11] that Picard was one of a number of nationally prominent researchers out of several hundred scientists and engineers whose names appeared on the Discovery Institute's newly launched website promoting a controversial petition, "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism".^[12]

References

External links

[1] Media Lab Faculty Biography

[2] Publication of Affective Computing

[3] IEEE Fellows of the Class of 2005

[4] Research Projects of the Affective Computing Research Group

[5] Affective Computing Group Web Page

[6] Current and Past Projects

[7] MIT Faculty Biography Page

[8] Publication Abstracts

[9] Publications in Affective Computing

[10] MIT Press Publication of Affective Computing

[11] Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition, Kenneth Chang, New York Times, February 21, 2006.

[12] Signatories of 'A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism'

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 ==Biography==
+Professor Picard is a pioneering researcher in the field of [[Affective Computing]] and the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the [[MIT Media Lab]].
 The Affective Computing Research Group develops tools, techniques, and devices for sensing, interpreting, and processing emotion signals that drive state-of-the-art systems which respond intelligently to human emotional states.<ref>[http://www.media.mit.edu/research/30 Research Projects of the Affective Computing Research Group]</ref> Applications of their research include improved tutoring systems and assistive technology for use in alleviating [[autism]].<ref>[http://affect.media.mit.edu/ Affective Computing Group Web Page]</ref><ref>[http://affect.media.mit.edu/projects.php Current and Past Projects]</ref>
-She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], and master's and doctorate degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from [[MIT]]. She has been a member of the faculty at the [[MIT Media Laboratory]] since 1991, with tenure since 1998.<ref>[http://www.media.mit.edu/people/bio_picard.html MIT Faculty Biography Page]</ref>
+She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], and master's and doctorate degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from [[MIT]]. She has been a member of the faculty at the [[MIT Media Laboratory]] since 1991, with tenure since 1997.<ref>[http://www.media.mit.edu/people/bio_picard.html MIT Faculty Biography Page]</ref>
-She is recipient (with Tom Minka) of a best paper prize for work on machine learning with multiple models (1998).<ref>[http://affect.media.mit.edu/projectpages/lc/ Affective Learning Companion]</ref>
+She is co-recipient (with Tom Minka) of a best paper prize in [[Pattern Recognition]] in for work on machine learning with multiple models (1997)<ref>[http://vismod.media.mit.edu/pub/tech-reports/TR-349-ABSTRACT.html Publication Abstracts]</ref> and co-recipient (with Barry Kort and Rob Reilly) of a best theory paper award for work on theories of emotions and learning (2001)<ref>[http://affect.media.mit.edu/publications.php Publications in Affective Computing]</ref>.
 Her book, ''Affective Computing'', ([[MIT Press]], 1997) lays the groundwork for giving machines the skills of emotional intelligence.<ref>[http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=4060&ttype=2 MIT Press Publication of ''Affective Computing'']</ref>
 ==Controversial petition==