Rosalind W. Picard Professor Rosalind W. Picard, Sc.D. is founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and co-director of the Things That Think Consortium, the largest industrial sponsorship organization at the lab. She is also co-founder of Affectiva, Inc., delivering technology to help measure and communicate emotion. Picard holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and master's and doctorate degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from MIT. The author of over two hundred scientific articles and chapters in multidimensional signal modeling, computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and affective computing, Picard is an international leader in envisioning and creating innovative technology. What happened to Q Sensor?
Rosalind Picard Rosalind Picard at the Veritas Forum Science, Faith, and Technology session on "Living Machines: Can Robots Become Human?" Rosalind W. Picard (born May 17, 1962 in Massachusetts) is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, director and also the founder of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, co-director of the Things That Think Consortium,[1] and chief scientist and co-founder of Affectiva.[2][3] In 2005, she was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[4] Picard is credited with starting the branch of computer science known as affective computing[5][6] with the publication of Affective Computing. Academics[edit] Picard holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a certificate in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1984), and master's (1986) and doctorate degrees (1991), both in electrical engineering and computer science, from MIT. Affective Computing[edit] Autism research[edit] Awards[edit]
Irfan Essa Irfan Aziz Essa is a professor and the Director of Off-Campus Initiatives in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).[1] Education[edit] Essa obtained his undergraduate degree in Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1988.[2] Following this, Essa attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his magister scientiae (Master of Science) in 1990 and his Ph.D. in 1995 at the MIT Media Lab. His doctoral research focused on the implementation of a system to detect emotions from changes in your facial expression, which was later featured in the New York Times.[3] He proceeded to hold a position as a Research Scientist at MIT from 1994 to 1996 before accepting a position at Georgia Tech. Professional career[edit] After departing MIT, Essa accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Selected Bibliography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
prof.irfanessa.com ID3 - idcubed.org Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland directs MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory and the MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, and advises the World Economic Forum, Nissan Motor Corporation, and a variety of start-up firms. With John Henry Clippinger, he is co-founder and Chief Scientist of the newly formed ID3 (Institute for Institutional Innovation by Data Driven Design Inc.). He has previously helped create and direct MIT’s Media Laboratory, the Media Lab Asia laboratories at the Indian Institutes of Technology, and Strong Hospital’s Center for Future Health. Profiles of Sandy have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review. In 2012 Forbes named Sandy one of the `seven most powerful data scientists in the world’, along with founders of Google and the CTO of the United States. Over the years Sandy has advised more than 50 PhD students. Back to ID3 Team
Alex Pentland Alex Paul "Sandy" Pentland (born 1952) is an American computer scientist, the Toshiba Professor at MIT, and serial entrepreneur. He is one of the most cited authors in computer science.[1] Biography[edit] Pentland received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and obtained his Ph.D. from MIT in 1981. He started as lecturer at Stanford University in both computer science and psychology, and joined the MIT faculty in 1986, where he became Academic Head of the Media Laboratory and received the Toshiba Chair in Media Arts and Sciences. He co-leads both the Big Data and the Personal Data and Privacy initiatives of the World Economic Forum, serves on the boards of Telefónica, Motorola Mobility, and Nissan Motors, and previously co-founded and co-directed the Media Lab Asia laboratories at the Indian Institutes of Technology and Strong Hospital’s Center for Future Health Work[edit] Pentland's research focuses on social physics, big data, and privacy. References[edit] External links[edit]
Assured Labor Innerscope Research Alex (Sandy) Pentland - Honest Signals, Reality Mining, and Sensible Organizations Click to see video Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland directs the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab and the Media Lab Asia in India. He is one of the most-cited scientists in the world, and Forbes recently declared him one of the "7 most powerful data scientists in the world" along with Google founders and the Chief Technical Officer of the United States. He has received numerous awards and prizes such as the McKinsey Award from Harvard Business Review, the 40th Anniversary of the Internet from DARPA, and the Brandeis Award for work in privacy. He is a founding member of advisory boards for Google, AT&T, Nissan, and the UN Secretary General, a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded more than a dozen companies including social enterprises such as the Data Transparency Lab, the Harvard-ODI-MIT DataPop Alliance and the Institute for Data Driven Design. Over the years Sandy has advised more than 60 PhD students.
Graduate Student Invents'Printer' for Low-Cost Eyeglasses DiscoveryGraduate Student Invents'Printer' for Low-Cost Eyeglasses MIT doctoral student Saul Griffith is an old-fashioned inventor with high-tech style. His inventions include a 'printer' for low-cost eyeglass lenses and electronic goggles to diagnose a person's eyeglass prescription. April 5, 2004 MIT doctoral student Saul Griffith is an old-fashioned inventor with high-tech style. As a participant in MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), which is working to close the gap separating information technology from the rest of the physical world, Griffith has access to all the tools a modern-day tinkerer could ask for. Out of his research on fabricating with mechanical logic, as well as his interest in applying emerging rapid prototyping technologies to social needs, Griffith came up with a way to address an issue faced by a billion people worldwide who can't afford traditional eyeglasses. But making the lenses is only half the problem. -- David Hart Locations Massachusetts
Bradley Horowitz Bradley Joseph Horowitz is an American entrepreneur and internet executive. He is currently the Vice President of Product management for Google+. Early life and education[edit] Horowitz received a Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in 1989. He pursued his graduate studies at the MIT Media Lab, in the Vision and Modeling Group, under Professor Sandy Pentland. Entrepreneurship[edit] Horowitz was CTO and a co-founder (with Jeff Bach, Chiao-fe Shu and Ramesh Jain) of Virage, Inc.[3][4] Virage technology “watched, read and listened to raw video”, extracting metadata that allowed for detailed semantic-based indexing of the video content. Career[edit] Horowitz joined Yahoo in 2004 as Director of Media Search.[7][8] Eventually he began the internal Hack Yahoo program, most notable for “Hack Days.” Personal life[edit] Horowitz is married to designer Irene Au, who has held executive roles with Netscape, Yahoo, Google and Udacity. References[edit] External links[edit]