Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik

AASS Seminar - People's mental state recognition for robotics

27 februari 2020 13:00 T135, Teknikhuset


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Alessandro Saffiotti

The research centre AASS arranges a seminar with Oscar Martinez Mozos, AASS, Örebro university.

Abstract

Mental state recognition will play an important role in the future of AI and robotics. Areas include brain computer interfaces or the automatic emotional and mental state recognition. Applications cover autonomous cars, human robot interaction, or robotherapy. In this talk, I will present two applications related to mental state recognition. The first one is a BCI interface to improve the braking sequence in driving cars. The second one is the automatic detection of mood during daily life activities.

Bio

I am a WASP-AI Senior Lecturer (Universitetslektor) at Örebro University (ORU), Sweden.  Before joining ORU I was a senior researcher at the Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT). From 2013 to 2015 I was a (Senior) Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK. From 2010 to 2012 I was a postdoctoral fellow o the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) working at the IRVS lab, Kyushu University, Japan, where I keep a position as a collaborative researcher.  From 2009 to 2010 I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. I got my MSc (2005) and PhD (2008) from the University of Freiburg, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Wolfram Burgard.  I like to apply computer science solutions (mainly machine learning and AI) to solve problems in different areas including service robotics, bioengineering, ambient assisted living, and quality of life technologies in general, with the main aim of improving people's daily life.