1. Social Interaction Lab Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Led By: Prof. Mei Si Cognitive Science Department Games and Simulation Art and Science Program http://si.hass.rpi.edu/ Presented By: J. Dean McDaniel Ph.D. Student Computer Science

2. Focus of Research Embodied Conversational Agents – For games, health intervention, and training Virtual/Augmented Reality Cognitive Robots Emotion Modeling and Simulation

3. Emotion Detection Physiological and visual based Facial tracking software Emotion contagion

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. URPs are welcomed Fall, Spring, or Summer Experimenter for empirical studies Work with a focused and driven team

8. Contact Prof. Mei Si – sim@rpi.edu sim@rpi.edu – http://si.hass.rpi.edu http://si.hass.rpi.edu J. Dean McDaniel – mcdanj2@rpi.edu mcdanj2@rpi.edu