[Colloq] Update: Hiring Talk, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 10:00am - Winslow Burleson, MIT

[Rachel Kalweit]

College of Computer and Information Science Colloquium

Presents:
Winslow Burleson, MIT Media Lab

Who will speak on:
Affective Computing: transforming the relationships between products,
environments, and user experience

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2005
10:00am
366 West Village H
Northeastern University

Abstract:
Affective Computing is leading to a deeper understanding of people’s
emotional relationships with products, environments, and experience.
Through exploratory design and user testing of smart systems, embedded
technologies, and collaborative environments researchers are developing
a new framework for interaction design.  Real-time affective sensing is
being used to measure and interpret elements of user experience such as
physiology, contextual actions, and social interactions.  This awareness
enables dynamic tailoring of function and focus, to affect user
experience and outcome.  For example, an expressive Affective Learning
Companion sensing user interest through patterns of posture, facial
expression, pressure exerted on a mouse, and skin conductivity might
choose to delay intervention to allow the user to continue exploration.
On the other hand, if frustration were sensed, the companion might
display concern through appearance and body posture as it engages in
non-verbal expression as a form of empathy.  This interaction could
provide social support and draw attention to the user’s affect, to
facilitate self-awareness and mitigate the negative impact of
frustration.  These interactions form relationships between people,
products, environments, and experiences that are enhanced because they
take into account emotions and context.  Investigations at the
confluence of affect, experience, and usage are transforming the design
of information technology.

Bio:
Winslow Burleson is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Affective Computing Group
at the MIT Media Lab.  He received a BA in Physics from Rice University
and an MSE from Stanford University in Product Design. He has taught
brainstorming and visual thinking at Stanford and has worked at IBM
Research, the SETI Institute, Space Telescope Science Institute, and
UNICEF.  His research addresses real-time affective sensing,
relationship building, and user experience

Host: Peter Tarasewich

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