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Università degli studi di Pavia Corso di laurea specialistica in Editoria e Comunicazione Multimediale. Affective computing: an interdisciplinary approach to models, methods and systems for the creation of empathetic computers. Relatore: Prof. Marco Porta Correlatore: Prof. Mauro Mosconi
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Università degli studi di Pavia Corso di laurea specialistica in Editoria e Comunicazione Multimediale Affective computing:an interdisciplinary approach to models, methods and systems for the creation of empathetic computers Relatore: Prof. Marco Porta Correlatore: Prof. Mauro Mosconi Tesi di Laurea di Doretta Mangiarotti
Affect, emotions and technology Affect plays a crucial role in human experience Emotional experiences have many repercussions on our body Technologies are significantly present in our everyday life
Newdevices Designed to be emotional and empathetic
Affective computing: what is that? Affective computing is computing that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences emotions. (Picard, 1997) MITMedia Labresearchers intend to create computers that can recognize and interpret affect and then give back empathetic human-like feedback
Four categories of affective computers Cannot perceive affect Cannot express affect Can express affect Can perceive affect
An ideal affective computer Is something like a trusted assistant and not a clone Is autonomous Tries to learn the user’s preferences Provides personal feedback Works through the user’s intelligence, perception and sensitivity Builds a positive and constructive experience
Emotion classification Few states, quickly and reliably distinguishable Recognizable EMOTION Real World Data Collection Measurable
The limbic system Emotion and reasoning are strictly connected One single emotion can elicit a large number of different reactions Before giving an emotional response, our brain carries out an evaluation process
FacialExpression Facial features tracking points
Vocal Expression Signal processing Featuresevaluation Classification No standardization
Posture Expressive avatars
Embodied Conversational Agents Reactive empathy Relevant emotional expressions IV (no feedback) Parallel empathy Neutral emotional expressions III II I
Conclusions CRITICALITY Recognition Classification Human reasoning inhibition Psychology Ethics
Conclusions Affective and empathetic computers will contribute to carry out more and more potentials to our minds and our bodies.