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Rosalind Picard

6 months

Our @MIT @MediaLab and @MassBrigham team's review paper, Wearable Technology in Clinical Practice for Depressive Disorder, is published in the New England Journal of Medicine

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

Congratulations to the Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award winner of AAAC: Natasha Jaques from @mit @medialab for her thesis "Social and Affective Machine Learning" just announced at @acii_conf . Excellent advances by @natashajaques !

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4 years

Affective Computing had its birth @MIT @MediaLab decades ago; now the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing has risen to the #2 IEEE Computer Science journal by impact factor.

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5 years

I am honored, and even more grateful for all the truly amazing people I've gotten to work with innovating new technology @MIT @MediaLab @Empatica . Wishing my dad was alive to see how much fun his little girl has had being an engineer.

National Academy of Engineering

@theNAEng

5 years

OFFICIAL: The National Academy of Engineering announces the Class of 2019! We are proud to welcome 86 new members and 18 new foreign members. Congratulations to these incredible #engineers ! Read the official press release: @theNASEM

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6 years

So glad to see our @mit @medialab and @empatica research out helping improve lives! So much more we need to do too!

Kurt Eichenwald

@kurteichenwald

6 years

I am now wearing my @empatica seizure reader. If I have convulsions from my #epilpesy , it calls and texts my wife and shows her exactly where I am on her phone. If this existed years ago, it would have changed my life.

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7 years

A new kind of group portrait, where the software senses all of our facial expressions, joint angles, and more.

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3 years

What if we put the tens of billions for building a "metaverse" into building a better real world first?

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6 years

This photo nicely captures what one of the smarter AI systems sees in us.

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6 years

Dinner @NeurIPS2018 with two generations of @mit machine-learning PhD students from my group @medialab . Looks like we need to work on our diversity.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

5 months

Many more families want to adopt an infant than there are babies available. I was an unplanned teen pregnancy and I feel gratitude, beyond words, for my birth-mom who bravely chose adoption. Encourage adoption: it brings joy.

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@RosalindPicard

9 months

I agree with Maggie. This language used among CS people is a shortcut since we know what it's actually doing and NOT DOING. But when we use this language facing the public, it is factually misleading to them. I'll add AI doesn't "think" or "know" or "feel" or "learn" in the

Maggie Makar

@Maggiemakar

9 months

Stop👏using 👏 anthropomorphic 👏 language 👏 to 👏 describe 👏models 👏. It can't see --> it can analyze image input It can't hear --> it can analyze speech signals It can't speak --> it can produce audible output. Stop. Please.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

2 years

New job opening @mit jointly @medialab and @MIT_SCC : Assistant Professor/Associate without Tenure (tenure track): Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Experience . Please share.

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5 years

Joining many awesome @MIT and @medialab colleagues as a new member @theNAEng today, celebrating the hard work of a lot of great students and collaborators over the decades!

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

An MIT Professor Meets the Author of All Knowledge via @CTmagazine

An MIT Professor Meets the Author of All Knowledge

I used to think religious people were ignoramuses. Then I got smart and took a chance on God.

www.christianitytoday.com

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

MIT celebrating 20 years of free and open sharing of course content online - access for everyone who is curious @Eventbrite

Celebrate OCW’s 20th anniversary

Celebrating 20 years of openly sharing MIT educational materials with the world.

www.eventbrite.com

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@RosalindPicard

3 years

My hard-working middle son just got his MIT ring. It's called a Brass Rat, but it means so much more than any two words could contain.

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@RosalindPicard

3 years

My lecture at Imperial tomorrow is open to the public for free

The Ethics of AI with Emotional Intelligence

Professor Rosalind W. Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE is founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

www.imperial.ac.uk

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@RosalindPicard

1 year

So cool (literally) to see these intrepid researchers wearing @empatica on their expedition to the South Pole. Those crazy prototypes we built @mit @medialab over a decade ago have been commercialized (and improved) and now have collected data on ALL seven continents.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

4 years

Congratulations to our @MIT @Medialab Personal Robots and Affective Computing Team for winning Best Paper at the IEEE Robot and Human Interactive Communication conference (RO-MAN 2020) today! (And thanks to the many study participants who made this work possible.)

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@RosalindPicard

7 years

The first large-scale evidence that our moods depend significantly on the weather - via @techreview

Billion-Tweet Study Proves We Write Happier Messages When the Weather Is Good

Everyone’s mood improves when the weather is good, right? Actually, the large-scale evidence to prove this has never been gathered—until now.

www.technologyreview.com

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

6 years

On Sep 28, Trump signed a bill including a $4.8M increase in funding for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK), and increased funding for National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Grants, and for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). #GoodNews

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@RosalindPicard

6 years

FDA has now approved a smart watch for medical use.

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

Affective Computing researchers win Best Paper Award at IEEE BHI 2019, via @medialab

Affective Computing researchers win Best Paper Award at IEEE BHI 2019 – MIT Media Lab

"Improving Students' Daily Life Stress Forecasting using LSTM Neural Networks," by Terumi Umematsu, Akane Sano, Sara Taylor, and Rosalind W. Pic…

www.media.mit.edu

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

5 years

What a great community, and I'm so honored to be a part of it and to receive this. I've had the privilege to work with so many amazing people @mit @medialab , and I hope they can enjoy that this is recognition of what we have done together.

AAAC

@officialAAAC

5 years

The first AAAC Fellow award @acii2019 ! Thank you for your tremendous contribution to #AffectiveComputing @RosalindPicard , Prof Jeff Cohn, and Prof Roddy Cowie! #AC4ALL #acii2019

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4 years

Wonderful seeing this work helping people with ALS by Canan Dagdeviren and her team @mit @medialab

Spotlight: Easier communication

web.mit.edu

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@RosalindPicard

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ACII 2023 - International Conference on Affective Computing + Intelligent Interaction, In-person Sept. 10–13, at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, USA

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1 year

Today is very emotional for many, the in DC. For me, I feel deeply grateful to all who show love to BOTH the mom and her unplanned child. I was that unplanned child for an @MIT student who graciously placed me for adoption. Maybe you were unplanned too?

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

4 years

Died: @MIT Alum, Joyce Lin, missionary pilot transporting coronavirus supplies to help people in remote villages via @CTmagazine

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@RosalindPicard

2 years

Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction will be held Sep 10-13 2023 @mit @medialab , the birthplace of Affective Computing

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

6 years

Happy wishes today to birthmothers who courageously placed a child for adoption, and moms who adopted those children. I love both my moms, even the birthmother I never met! Please know how much all of you are loved and appreciated :))

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

7 years

Muriel Cooper's earliest drawing showing the famous @MITpress logo

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

Looking forward to this upcoming panel on the ethics of affective computing @ACII2021

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

Emotion-detection software startup @Affectiva acquired by Smart Eye via @techcrunch

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@RosalindPicard

1 year

New @MIT @MediaLab faculty opening: Assistant Professor/Associate without Tenure (tenure-track) faculty search: Transformative Design

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

Fun discussion of the future of affective computing and wellbeing with @snapchat co-founders Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy, and Snap's CCO Julie Henderson @mit @medialab

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

6 years

This seizure-spotting smart watch from @Empatica has won FDA approval via @techreview

This seizure-spotting smart watch has won FDA approval

Startup Empatica says its Embrace smart watch is now approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a medical device—a rare designation for a wearable. Winning approval: The $249 watch detects...

www.technologyreview.com

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

6 years

Kurt Eichenwald's new book should be read by everyone - it's Life-Changing and THRILLING. So cool to have him come by @empatica booth @AmEpilepsySoc AES2018. Thanks @kurteichenwald for your Amazing work!

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@RosalindPicard

2 years

NIH launches Bridge2AI program to expand the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical and behavioral research

NIH launches Bridge2AI program to expand the use of artificial

Generating high-quality, ethically sourced data sets is crucial for enabling the use of next-generation AI technologies.

www.nih.gov

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

In this time when some people turn to hate, whether against women or men, or people of a particular culture or race, or any human, I am reminded of the truly great words of Booker T. Washington. "I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him."

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

What Every Engineer and Computer Scientist Should Know: The Biggest Contributor to Happiness

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

4 years

Consensus Statement on Ethical & Safety Practices for Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies with People at Risk of Suicide and Related Behaviors

Consensus Statement on Ethical & Safety Practices for Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies with...

Objective Digital monitoring technologies (e.g., smartphones and wearable devices) provide unprecedented opportunities to study potentially harmful behaviors such as suicide, violence, and alcohol/...

prcp.psychiatryonline.org

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

9 years

Yes #ILookLikeAnEngineer @MIT @medialab @empatica http://t.co/k88RP1euJc

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@RosalindPicard

3 years

Each success @mit @medialab that we've had is built on a huge team effort of creativity, hard work, and collaboration, stretching back for decades now.

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@RosalindPicard

4 years

What do we die from vs. what does the media make us worry about?

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1 year

ACII 2023 - International Conference on Affective Computing + Intelligent Interaction, In-person Sept. 10–13, at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, USA

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@RosalindPicard

6 years

I ❤️ this @spotify play list for #GDPR

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

Thanks for your great support of #ACII2019 and the efforts of our affective computing community to do more to support human rights and prevent unethical uses of technology

Neurodata Lab

@NeurodataLab

5 years

No doubt, @RosalindPicard is a pioneer of #Affective #Computing . Her talk at #ACII2019 has inspired us a great deal. We were lucky to ask her some questions at the #conference and we'd love to share her answers with you.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

5 years

Anybody with a brain could get epilepsy. Please share the message in this new talk (better and shorter than my first TEDx talk!) via @TEDTalks

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

5 years

Congratulations to students Togo Kida, Berlynn Bai, and Lou Zhang, whose @mit @medialab AI+MentalHealth class project won an iF world design prize! It's so nice when students go above and beyond our course requirements!

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

2 years

Congratulations to Scratch - 100M! So many young people impacted! I remember the early days when Mitch @mit @medialab was first presenting the "spinning cat" and people rolled their eyes, and not just because the cat was spinning.

Scratch Team

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Big news: there are 100 million Scratchers in our global community! 🎉🥳 Thank you for imagining, creating, and sharing your animations, games, and stories over the last 15 years. Your creativity and compassion inspire us every day!

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

This is national adoption month. Too many kids still need a family. I am eternally grateful to my birthmother for bringing me into this world, and to my family who adopted me into a lifetime of love. Please share how we all might support kids in need.

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7 months

Thankyou @refikanadol for your visit and even more for your truly human inspiration and sharing of dreams.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

4 years

What if the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything?

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

9 months

The University of Pennsylvania demoted Katalin Karikó, cut her pay and shunted her lab to the outskirts of campus. This week, she won a Nobel Prize.

After Shunning Scientist, University of Pennsylvania Celebrates Her Nobel Prize

The school once demoted Katalin Karikó and cut her pay but has made millions of dollars from patenting her work.

www.wsj.com

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@RosalindPicard

1 year

Peer-reviewed publication: Deploying a robotic positive psychology coach to improve college students’ psychological well-being

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@RosalindPicard

3 years

What Every Engineer and Computer Scientist Should Know: The Biggest Contributor to Happiness

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@RosalindPicard

6 years

We need AI to be more like Legos and less like dollhouses- Joi Ito @AtlanticLive #HumanityTech @mit @medialab

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@RosalindPicard

5 years

On Ito, as soon as he learned Epstein was not reformed (as he had believed) he returned the money, apologized, and has been acting to support victims. Please stop harassing those of us who stand up not only for female victims, but also for men, like Ito, who aim to do good.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

5 years

Thanks for your super support, for me and for all who want to make new things!

TEDxBeaconStreet

@TEDxBeaconSt

5 years

Congrats to Speaker @RosalindPicard for receiving one of the highest honors in #engineering . Check out her #TEDxBeaconStreet talk here: #ted #tedx #socialinnovation #changemakers #socent

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5 years

Just saw this with my son, inspiring. There is hope no matter how much pain. #IwasUnplanned

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@RosalindPicard

3 years

Years ago I was a foster kid; now I'm a big fan of adoption. There are many more families who want to adopt than there are kids. Retweet to help match-make these and other great kids with loving families.

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

8 months

Please spread the great news of this new faculty position @mit @medialab Assistant Professor/Associate Professor without Tenure (tenure-track) AI and Human Experience

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1 year

Join us at MIT in September for ACII 2023, in the birthplace of Affective Computing . .

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6 months

Fundraiser for the family of our former @medialab beloved admin, Elise O'Hara, who died much too young, right after her third child was born.

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2 years

Tonight and tomorrow, we celebrate around the world: The Word of God made flesh, a gift to ALL people. Whatever your faith or religion, it is a gift for you. Joy to the World!

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4 years

So glad to see this Embrace AI watch - which grew out of work @mit @medialab (now sold by @empatica ) can help James Bond creator Ian Fleming's great-niece, Hum, who like 1 in 26 people (at some point in life) will suffer from epilepsy.

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5 years

Opening slide of PPG talk at EMBC in Berlin shows @empatica E4 wrist sensor and growing popularity and importance of measuring PPG

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4 years

Does merit matter in America?

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4 years

Our friend and former faculty member @mit @medialab , Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58

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Rosalind Picard

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4 years

Thank YOU to our community @mit - students, postdocs, staff, faculty, medical experts, and caring admin - for tireless efforts to help everyone be safer. MIT Heart is strong, and this *historic move* is making us stronger still. (So is moving a lot of boxes!) #mindhandheart

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Rosalind Picard

@RosalindPicard

3 years

You're not really educated until you've read the best-selling book of all time. Read it in 2021. Free app at

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5 years

It's EASY to use the AffectiveNetwork Google Chrome Extension to filter the emotions you consume on Twitter! ! 🙂🙂🙂🙂

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2 years

People of Boston are preparing Ukraine-flag colored "hearts" to peacefully protest on Boston Common tomorrow against Putin's war on Ukraine

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9 years

Fun: Technology, AI & the Mind discussion with Marvin Minsky, Danny Hillis, Stewart Brand, and me @medialab #ml30

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3 years

@Reuters My heart is breaking especially for all of the girls and women in Afghanistan.

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2 years

Conformable multimodal sensory face mask can be attached to the inside of any user-supplied face mask to monitor signals related to infectious diseases, environmental conditions and wear status of the face mask, by Canan Dagdeviren and team @mit @medialab

MIT engineers develop sensors for face masks that help gauge fit

An MIT sensor can measure biological and environmental signals, and evaluate how well a face mask fits by measuring physical contact between the mask and the wearer’s face.

news.mit.edu

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3 years

I used to be one of these Massachusetts kids waiting for adoption. You can RT to help them find a loving family like I did - thanks!

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2 years

Congratulations to @mit @medialab alum of Affective Computing, @ehsan_hoque , Distinguished Member of ACM @TheOfficialACM

ROC HCI

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@ehsan_hoque named Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). @TheOfficialACM

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3 years

The most innovative wellness design of 2021 - goes to @mit @medialab (with finalists including @samsung , @fitbit , and @lululemon )

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6 years

This MIT Startup Is Developing A Fitness Tracker For Your Brain

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4 years

Thanks, Mark Wilson @fastcompany - This MIT app makes self-care as addictive as a video game

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11 months

Excited about three super keynote speakers who will be joining us for @officialAAAC ACII 2023 @mit @medialab

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3 years

If you show or retweet somebody saying something wrong, even to make fun of them, you are still spreading the saying of something wrong. As people hear it more, they actually start to believe it. Stop passing on things that are untrue.

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Winner of Fast Company's Wellness Innovations The Guardians by @mit @medialab

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7 years

Emotion AI Reading List: 6 Must-Reads to Cozy Up with this Fall Season via @

Emotion AI Reading List: 6 Must-Reads to Cozy Up with this Fall Season

These books discuss emotion recognition technology: from applications in IoT to marketing campaigns. All authors are speakers at the Emotion AI Summit.

blog.affectiva.com

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3 years

Free public talk on wearable sensors and some cool applications, and more - July 21, 2021,

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8 months

Please share this new faculty position @mit @medialab Assistant Professor/Associate Professor without Tenure (tenure-track) AI and Human Experience

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7 years

One thing I've learned from my recent unpleasant encounter with @british_airways policy: I know now for sure that I can make an AI that can behave more ethically than a business.

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6 years

Our moods depend significantly on the weather - via @techreview

Billion-Tweet Study Proves We Write Happier Messages When the Weather Is Good

Everyone’s mood improves when the weather is good, right? Actually, the large-scale evidence to prove this has never been gathered—until now.

www.technologyreview.com

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5 years

Super-fun outing @mfaboston today with @mit @medialab Affective Computing research group - I want to go back to @mfaboston and spend more time there

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Call for papers: #ACII2023 will be held at the Media Lab on Sept. 10–13. The theme of the conference is “Affective Computing: Context and Multimodality." Researchers are invited to submit papers by April 14. @acii_conf

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Super cool new progress from Canan Dagdeviren @mit @medialab @dagdevirencanan and her team advancing wearables to improve early detection of breast cancer

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Congratulations to Asma Ghandeharioun @medialab - machine learning/AI for monitoring depression named one of 18 grant recipients from AI+health proposals across @mit

J-Clinic names 18 grant recipients from across Institute

The Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (J-Clinic) has announced more than $2.3 million in funding for 18 projects involving principal investigators from MIT departments and labs.

news.mit.edu

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Super work now part of permanent collection @MITMuseum by Teresa Marrin Nakra based on her PhD @mit @medialab

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7 months

Our new article, launching a series on Wearable Digital Health Technologies, is out today in the top-ranked New England Journal of Medicine, free online

Wearable Digital Health Technology | NEJM

Wearable DHT has reached an inflection point between fanciful descriptions and practical applications. The editors announce a series of articles focusing on the clinical applications of wearable DHT.

www.nejm.org

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7 months

One of the best parts of attending the @Forbes Healthcare summit was meeting the amazing @DaphneKoller

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