Rosalind Picard
presents
Surprising Findings from a
Wristband Designed to Measure Stress

This talk will highlight work done at the MIT Media Lab over the last several years, developing a wristband that measures autonomic stress (the "fight or flight" component) and working with people on the autism spectrum to help their emotional and sensory changes be better understood. I will demonstrate how technology works and also cover some of the most surprising scientific findings it has elicited. For example, it has enabled us to connect data we measure on the surface of the wrist to events deep in the brain that change with social threat and anxiety, as well as with slow wave sleep, memory consolidation, and seizures. On some rare occasions, a "meltdown" may be a partial seizure. Also, the device is finally moving from a tool built for researchers to a consumer-friendly smartwatch comfortable for everybody to wear, arriving summer 2015. It is now available on Indiegogo for supporters who want to be involved early to give feedback: http://igg.me/at/embrace!  

When
Sunday, January 18, 2015
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Where
AANE Office
51 Water Street, Suite 206
Watertown, MA 02472

Light refreshments will be served

Register By
Friday, January 16

Seating is limited ~ please let us know if you must cancel.

This event is free but donations are appreciated!

Professor Rosalind W. Picard, Sc.D. is Founder and director of Affective Computing Research at the MIT Media Lab. She is the author of the book Affective Computing, which gave rise to the field by that name. She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology and master’s and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. Since joining the MIT Media Lab Faculty she has authored more than 200 scientific articles and been named an inventor on more than two dozen patents. Picard is also a founding member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Wearable Information Systems helping launch the field of wearable computing. As an entrepreneur, she co-founded Affectiva, Inc., which is today the leader in measurement of facial expressions online serving more than 300 Global brands in over 70 countries with over 4.5 billion emotion points measured. She also co-founded Empatica, Inc., which is creating wearable sensors and analytics to improve health, bringing to market a sensor for epilepsy based on work that started by comfortably measuring stress in autism. Picard and her work have been featured in New Scientist, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Fast Company, the New York Times, Forbes, Technology Review, and numerous shows such as BBC Horizons, Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda, and BBC Hard Talk.

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