| Start Date: | 1/10/2014 | Start Time: | 4:00 PM |
| End Date: | 1/10/2014 | End Time: | 5:30 PM |
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Event Description
Erin Solovey, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Computer & Informatics at Drexel University, will discuss how most human-computer interaction techniques cannot fully capture the richness of the user’s thoughts and intentions when interacting with a computer system. For example, when we communicate with other people, we do not simply use words, but also accompanying cues that give the other person additional insight to our thoughts. When we communicate with computers, we also generate these additional signals, but the computer cannot sense such signals, and therefore ignores them. Detecting these signals in real time and incorporating them into the user interface could improve the communication channel between the computer and the human user with little additional effort required of the user. Dr. Solovey will discuss research demonstrating effective use of brain sensor data to expand the bandwidth between the human and computer. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), we can detect signals within the brain that indicate various cognitive states. This device provides data on brain activity while remaining portable and non-invasive, which opens new doors for human-computer interaction research. The real-time cognitive state information can be used as an implicit, supplemental input channel to provide the user with a richer and more supportive environment, particularly in challenging or high workload situations such as driving, education, management of unmanned aerial vehicles, video games, healthcare, and anything involving information overload, interruptions or multitasking. In addition, while most of Dr. Solovey's research has focused on the broader population of healthy users, many of the results would benefit disabled users as well, by providing additional channels of communication in a lightweight manner. For more info, please visit: www.biomed.drexel.edu |
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Location:
Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (PISB), Room 120, located at the corner of 33rd and Chestnut Streets. |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyProspective StudentsPublicStaff |
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