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Rosalind Picard

Rosalind Wright Picard is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who is the Grover

1962 – presentU.S.AContribution: 1995

Introduction

Rosalind Picard (born 1962) is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of affective computing. She has made significant contributions to the study of emotion recognition, wearable technology, and human-computer interaction. Picard's research has advanced the understanding of how computers can sense and respond to human emotions, enabling more empathetic and personalized interactions.

Key Achievement

Founded Affective Computing, and laid the foundations for giving computers skills of emotional intelligence.

Biography

Rosalind Wright Picard is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who is the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and co-founder of the startups Affectiva and Empatica.

Did You Know?

Prior to joining the MIT faculty, Picard worked from 1984-1987 as a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, first developing new VLSI-scale computer architectures for future high-speed signal processing chips and later researching new kinds of algorithms for image compression.