Rosalind W. Picard
Author of Affective Computing

We had a chat with her on Sunday, November 16, 1997. You can read a transcript here.

Rosalind W. Picard is NEC Development Professor of Computers and Communications and Associate Professor of Media Technology at the MIT Media Laboratory. In Affective Computing, she argues that for computers to become genuinely intelligent, they need to have the ability to recognize, understand, and even have emotions.

Affective Computing is available from The MIT Press ($27.50 hardcover).