`Digital Emotion.....Humanizing Computers'

with
Professor Paul Mc Kevitt, Ulster University (Magee)

Hosted by Cafe Scientifique Derry~ Londonderry

Verbal Arts Centre

Thursday, May 23, 2013
at 7 PM - 9 PM
	
Invited by Barry Henderson

Prof. Paul Mc  Kevitt will present on the  modelling of emotion within
advanced multimedia human-computer interfaces.

Prof.  Mc  Kevitt's  presentation  will consider  the  representation,
recognition and  reasoning about emotions, moods  and sentiment within
computer   programs  with  demonstration   of  applications   such  as
visualisation  of  emotions in  online  soccer  reports (NewsViz)  and
online learning environments (PlayPhysics).

Prof. Paul Mc  Kevitt is currently Professor of  Digital MultiMedia at
the  School  of Creative  Arts  &  Technologies  and Computer  Science
Research Institute at The University of Ulster, Magee.

He is co-founder  of HidInImage Ltd., a Magee  Campus spin-out company
and  Director  of the  International  Loebner  Prize  2013 Contest  in
Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  to   be  held  during  CultureTECH  in
September.  He has taught  and researched  internationally in  the USA
(New Mexico), England (Sheffield) and Denmark (Aalborg).

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