Social Interaction Lab Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Led By:Prof. Mei SiCognitive Science DepartmentGames and Simulation Art and Science Programhttp://si.hass.rpi.edu/

Presented By:J. Dean McDanielPh.D. StudentComputer Science

Focus of Research

• Embodied Conversational Agents– For games, health intervention, and training

• Virtual/Augmented Reality• Cognitive Robots• Emotion Modeling and Simulation

Emotion Detection

• Physiological and visual based

• Facial tracking software

• Emotion contagion

Kinect Enabled Applications

• Virtual Reality space for language & social interaction training

Link to videos:• https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/

u/15793354/basicMotions.mp4• https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/

u/15793354/CaoChong7.wmv

Kinect Enabled Applications

• Kinect-driven robotic movement• Kinect enabled character movement recording• Social robots capable of replicating movement

Link to videos:• https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/

u/15793354/RobotDemo111112.wmv

Contribute to Depression Research

• Work with a team on a developing project– Learn the tools of the trade and extend them– Develop your own novel data visualizations

• Proactive depression treatment– Predictions based on personalized features and

cognitive modeling– Intervention using virtual characters– Provide intelligent tools

URPs are welcomed

• Fall, Spring, or Summer

• Experimenter for empirical studies

• Work with a focused and driven team

Contact

• Prof. Mei Si– sim@rpi.edu– http://si.hass.rpi.edu

• J. Dean McDaniel– mcdanj2@rpi.edu