Our Speakers:
Dr. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE, MIT and Empatica. Dr. Picard is a professor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. She wrote the book Affective Computing that outlines how to give machines skills of emotional intelligence, helping launch the growing field of Affective Computing. Picard is a top-cited author in digital health and in affective computing with over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She co-founded two companies that commercialized inventions by her and her MIT team: Empatica, providing the first AI-smartwatch recognized by the FDA for monitoring seizures, and Affectiva, providing Emotion-AI software and services. At MIT, she is a full professor teaching and directing research at the Media Lab, and serves as founding faculty chair for MindHandHeart, MIT's campus-wide wellbeing initiative. Picard also serves as chief scientist and chairman of the board for Empatica, which recently received the European CE Mark for a new wearable and AI product "Aura" enabling early detection for respiratory infections even if the wearer is asymptomatic (with 94% sensitivity and 84% specificity when tested on Covid-19 and two varieties of influenza).
Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE India IoT & Foundational Technologies Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association, and an IEEE Senior Member. Sri has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He's received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardization activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
