With the rapid growth of IoT devices around us, imagine if our gadgets could not only process information but also understand and respond to our emotions.

Today’s special guest is Nina Holzer. She is a researcher from the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the team lead for 'Multimodal Human Sensing'.

Together, we'll explore the fascinating intersection of human emotions, artificial intelligence, and the future of human-computer interaction. So, tune in as we delve deep into the heartbeats of our machines.

#affectivecomputing #humanmachineinteraction #ai #wetalkiot

Summary of this week's episode:

(01:59) Introductions

(02:32) What is affective computing

(04:35) Use cases for affective computing

(11:03) Challenges in decoding emotions

(16:31) Ethical considerations

(19:32) Researching cognitive load

(23:48) The relationship between humans and machines

Show notes:

Nina Holzer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-holzer-15357b262/

Mental Overload Database: https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/sse/sse-automotive/multimodal-data-set-for-mental-overload-adabase.html

Research on affective computing: https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/sse/affective-computing.html

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