Research Overview
"Dancing Figures" by Keith Haring, 1987
The Science of Participation
Approach
Visualization of extracted social features from a group conversation
Multi-Modal Recording
Capturing natural conversations and cultural events from multiple angles using synchronized audiovisual recordings.
Artificial Neural Networks
Using deep learning to extract subtle patterns in body language, speech, and group synchrony.
Dynamical Systems
Modeling social interactions as complex systems to understand the mechanisms that give rise to the idiosyncratic patterns of social life.
Current Projects
Identifying collective social states in free-flowing group conversations
