Topics: Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Sandy Pentland says that understanding honest signals will make us better managers, workers, and communicators. Photo: Ed Quinn
Spring 2009

Honest Signals

Prof. Sandy Pentland says that understanding our unconscious social patterns can make us better managers, workers, and communicators.

What if a computer could read your heart? What if it could detect your annoyance, apologize to you, and change its behavior? Prof. Rosalind Picard, a pioneer in the field of affective computing, says it's only a matter of time before the computer gets the skills of emotional intelligence.
Spring 2006

Emotional Intelligence

Prof. Rosalind Picard is teaching machines to sense and respond more intelligently to our emotions.