A Curtin University mechatronic engineering student has developed an intelligent system capable of reading people\u2019s emotions in real-time, offering potential benefits for national security and health authorities.<\/p>\n
Final-year student Jordan Vice, aged 22, created the system using three artificial intelligence algorithms that assess emotional reactions via the monitoring of real-time video footage.<\/p>\n
Mr Vice, who is set to graduate next year, was invited to present his work to The First IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Machine Intelligence, held in Los Angeles this month.<\/p>\n
He said his system, developed under the supervision of Dr Masood Khan, from Curtin\u2019s School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, classified human emotions through facial and speech cues.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt any time, the system displays the amount of neutral, happy, sad, angry, frightened, surprised or disgusted feelings observed in real-time to help the relevant authorities to make the best decision and take the appropriate action,\u201d Mr Vice said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe system, which can be mounted on a small artificial intelligence board of 10cm by 10cm and 6 to 8cm in height, is capable of wirelessly communicating the required data to the relevant staff tasked with making high-level decisions, including at border crossing points or a psychological assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Khan said he was impressed with Mr Vice\u2019s undergraduate work, adding he had been offered a PhD scholarship to continue his cognitive and machine intelligence research at Curtin.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis system is light-weight, low-cost and small, as well as being easily uploaded to any desktop computer or laptop that is equipped with a web camera,\u201d Dr Khan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cJordan\u2019s work is a fine example of the high-quality work being undertaken by our undergraduate mechanical and mechatronic engineering students in their final year of studies at Curtin and I look forward to seeing his continuing success throughout his career.\u201d<\/p>\n