Università degli studi di Pavia
Corso di laurea specialistica in
Editoria e Comunicazione
Multimediale
Relatore: Prof. Marco Porta
Correlatore: Prof. Mauro Mosconi
Tesi di Laurea di Doretta Mangiarotti
Affective computing:
an interdisciplinary approach to
models, methods and systems
for the creation of empathetic
computers
Affect, emotions and technology
Affect
plays a crucial
role
in human
experience
Emotional
experiences
have many
repercussions
on our body
Technologies
are significantly
present in our
everyday life
New devices
Designed to be emotional and empathetic
Affective computing: what is that?
Affective
computing
is computing that
relates to, arises
from, or
deliberately
influences
emotions.
(Picard, 1997)
MIT Media Lab
researchers intend to
create computers that
can recognize and
interpret affect and
then give back
empathetic human-like
feedback
Four categories of affective computers
Cannot perceive affect
I
II
Cannot express affect
Can express affect
III
IV
Can perceive affect
An ideal affective computer
Works
Is something
through the
like a
trusted
Is
assistant
autonomous
and not a
clone
Tries to learn
Provides
user’s
the user’s
personal
intelligence,
preferences
feedback
perception
and
sensitivity
Builds a
positive and
constructive
experience
Emotion classification
Few states, quickly
Recognizable
and reliably
distinguishable
EMOTION
Measurable
Real World Data
Collection
The limbic system
Emotion and reasoning are
strictly connected
One single emotion can elicit
a large number of different
reactions
Before giving an emotional
response, our brain carries out
an evaluation process
Affective wearables
Affective
earring
Wearcam
Facial Expression
Facial features
tracking points
Vocal Expression
Signal
processing
Features
evaluation
No standardization
Classification
Posture
Expressive
avatars
Multimodal detection
Posture
Facial
Expressions
Multimodal
Detection
Voice
Affective learning
Embodied Conversational Agents
Reactive
empathy
Relevant
emotional
expressions
IV (no feedback)
III
II
I
Parallel
empathy
Neutral
emotional
expressions
Conclusions
CRITICALITY
Recognition
Biosensor
Classification
Human reasoning
inhibition
Supervision
Ethics
Psychology
Scientific
method
Control
Conclusions
Affective and empathetic computers will
contribute to
carry out more and more
potentials to our minds and our bodies.