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SUMMARY:Computing with emotions - Prof. Peter Robinson
DTSTART:20131008T200000Z
DTEND:20131008T203000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Ed Brambley
DESCRIPTION:The importance of emotional expression as part of human commun
 ication has been understood since the seventeenth century\, and has been e
 xplored scientifically since Charles Darwin and others in the nineteenth c
 entury.  Recent advances in Psychology have greatly improved our understan
 ding of the role of affect in communication\, perception\, decision-making
 \, attention and memory.  At the same time\, advances in technology mean t
 hat it is becoming possible for machines to sense\, analyse and express em
 otions.  We can now consider how these advances relate to each other and h
 ow they can be brought together to influence future research in perception
 \, attention\, learning\, memory\, communication\, decision-making and oth
 er applications.\n\nThis talk will survey recent advances in theories of e
 motion and affect\, their embodiment in computational systems\, the implic
 ations for general communications\, and broader applications.  The combina
 tion of new results in psychology with new techniques of computation on ne
 w technologies will enable new applications in commerce\, education\, ente
 rtainment\, security\, therapy and everyday life.\n
LOCATION:Bateman Auditorium\, Gonville &amp\; Caius College
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