Affective Intelligence and Robotics Lab

Leader: Dr Hatice Gunes

Current Members (October 2022)

Micol Spitale (postdoctoral researcher working on the EPSRC ARoEQ Project)

Siyang Song (postdoctoral researcher working on the WorkingAge Project and the EPSRC ARoEQ Project)

Batuhan Sayis (postdoctoral researcher funded by Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Nikhil Churamani (PhD student funded by the EPSRC International Doctoral Scholarship)

Jiaee Cheong (PhD student funded by the Alan Turing Institute)

Minja Axelsson (PhD student funded by the Osk. Huttunen Foundation)

Nida Itrat Abbasi (PhD student funded by W.D. Armstrong Trust Fund)

Past Members

Academic Visitors

Assoc Prof Sinan Kalkan (visiting academic Oct 2019 - Sep 2020)

Prof Hazim Kemal Ekenel (visiting academic June 2013)

Postdocs and RAs

Chaudhary Muhammad Aqdus Ilyas (postdoctoral researcher working on the WorkingAge Project) (Feb 2021 – May 2022)

Dr Indu Prasad Bodala working on the EPSRC project ARoEQ (Apr 2019 – Oct 2021).

Dr Tian Xu (postdoctoral researcher, worked on the WorkingAge Project) (Apr 2019 – Sep 2020).

Dr Xiaohua Huang, working on 'Deep learning for affect analysis' as part of Nokia Foundation Jorma Ollila Grant (Jun. 2018 – Jun. 2020).

Dr Youngkyoon Jang, working on 'Sensing Feeling' as part of our Innovate UK Project (Jun. 2016 – May. 2018).

Dr Oya Celiktutan Dikici, working on 'Automatic Analysis of Social Behaviour in Digitally Augmented Public Space' as part of our EPSRC Sandpit Project Being There (Sep. 2014 – Apr. 2017).

Efstratios Skordos, working on 'Automatic Analysis of Social Behaviour in Digitally Augmented Public Space', EPSRC Sandpit Project Being There (Jul. 2014 – Oct. 2014).

Dr Iulian Benta, working on 'Facial Expression Recognition in Mobile Environments' visiting academic from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Feb. – Apr. 2015).

Dr Oya Celiktutan Dikici, working on 'Automatic Analysis of Affective and Social Behaviour' as part of our EPSRC First Grant project (Sep. 2013 – Sep. 2014).

PhD students

Alex Raymond (PhD student funded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851 Industrial Fellowship, 2019-2021)

Wenxuan Mou, Automatic Analysis of Emotions in Groups, Queen Mary University of London (joint supervisor) (2014 -- 2019 ).

David Ronan, Automatic subgrouping of audio tracks for mixing based on spectro-temporal features, Queen Mary University of London (co-supervisor) (2013 - 2018).

Daniel Gabana, A Social Signal Processing Approach to Creating Collaborative and Adaptive Interactions, Queen Mary University of London (2014 - 2018).

Evangelos Sariyanidi, Spatio-temporal Representation and Analysis of Facial Expressions with Varying Intensities, Queen Mary University of London (primary supervisor) (Oct 2012 - Apr 2017).

Evan Morgan, Instrumenting the Musician Measuring and Enhancing Affective and Behavioural Interaction During Collaborative Music Making, Queen Mary University of London (primary supervisor) (Oct 2012 - Apr 2016).

Mihalis Nicolaou, Dimensional and Continuous Emotion Recognition , Imperial College London (co-supervisor)(2010 - 2011).

Visiting Students and Interns

Ozgur Kara, Undergraduate Research Assistant from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Jun – Sep 2020).

Tolga Dimlioglu, Undergraduate Research Assistant from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (Jun – Sep 2020).

Alex Yuan Gao, PhD student visiting from University of Uppsala, Sweden (Jun – Sep 2019).

Batuhan Sayis , PhD student visiting from University of Pompeu de Fabra, Spain (Jun – Sep 2019).

Dominik Kloepfer Undergraduate intern from Department of Physics, University of Cambridge (Jul – Aug 2019).

Michelle Lim, Undergraduate intern from Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge (Jul – Sep 2018).

Merve Elif Demirtas, Undergraduate intern from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. (Jun – Sep 2018).

Kubra Cengiz, PhD student visiting from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2014).

Jyoti Joshi, PhD student visiting from University of Canberra, Australia (2013).

Sacide Kalayci, Undergraduate student visiting from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2013).

MSc and Undergraduate Student Projects

Euodia Dodd (MPhil student funded by DeepMind Cambridge Scholarship, University of Cambridge, Oct 2021 - Jun 2022.)

Millie McQuillin, MPhil student funded by DeepMind Cambridge Scholarship, University of Cambridge, Oct 2020 - Jun 2021.

Luke Guerdan MPhil student, University of Cambridge, Oct 2020 - Jun 2021.

Samuil Stoychev, MPhil student, University of Cambridge, Oct 2020 - Jun 2021.

John Cooper Part II student, University of Cambridge, Oct 2020 - May 2021.

Jonas Tjomsland MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2019 - Jun 2020, passed with distinction.

David Wesby (Final Project, BSc Computer Science, University of Cambridge, 2020, passed with distinction.

Andreea-Elena Bacanu Final Project, BSc Computer Science, University of Cambridge, 2020.

Zhuoni Jie, MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2018 - Jun 2019, passed with distinction.

Akbir Khan, Developing an Affective Representation of Poetry, MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2017 - Jun 2018, passed with distinction.

Jan Ondras,Audio-driven upper-body motion synthesis on a humanoid robot, Part III/MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2017 - Jun 2018, passed with distinction.

Lorcan Reidy,A Gamified Approach to Cognitive Training using Virtual Reality and Affective Adaptation, MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2017 - Jun 2018.

Dan Fodor, Interaction style recognition, MPhil project, University of Cambridge, Oct 2017 - Jun 2018.

Emma Smith, Automatic Emotion Recognition from Knocking Behaviour, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, University of Cambridge, 2018.

Janko Ondras, Replicating Human Facial Emotions and Head Movements on a Robot, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, University of Cambridge, 2017, passed with distinction.

Nicolaos Moscholios, A Real-Time Generated 3D Humanoid Agent to Improve Sign Language Communication, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015). Outstanding CS Project Award 2015.

Chidi Ikechukwu Okeke, Head Motion Controlled Robot with Collision Avoidance and Voice Control, Final Project, BEng Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015).

Joel Inegbenoise Emakpo Okoigun, An Android Application that Provides a Social Platform for Art Enthusiasts, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015).

Karim Samy Yamani, Join Me Mobile Application, Final Project, BEng Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015).

Preeti Gurung, Online Othello GUI Based Game, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015).

Olasunkanmi Dawodu, Blurry the Dating App, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2015).

Wenxuan Mou, Automatic Detection of Group Emotions, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Ashis Limbu, Automatic Personality Trait Detection From Videos, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Zeinab Abass Ali Albidran, Automatic Analysis of Facial Attractiveness, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Prasadika Nidarshani Fernando, Automatic Analysis of Personality from Images, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

William Hankin, An educational interface using affective physiological signals for users with emotional and behavioural difficulties, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Hung Tran, Building a smart Weather App using audio and vision, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Sharlene Alvarez, A Graphical User Interface for disabled people based on vision, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Amit Kunverji Varsani, A Graphical User Interface for automatic stress tracking and feedback generation, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Jadd Elliot Dib, An interactive game interface based on visual input for enhancing learning, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Kuanysh Berkimbayev, A Graphical User Interface for painting using visual input, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Abdurahman Al-Kishawy, An adaptive game interface based on affective physiological signals, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Samuel David Akinrinwa, A multimodal game interface based on vision and physiology, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2014).

Tajinder S. Dhami, Neural Detection of Emotional States , Queen Mary University of London, UK (2012-2013).

Maryam El-Hawary, Obtaining Labels for an Audiovisual Data Set of Human Communicative Behaviour, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2013).

Hakar Mahmoud, An Audio-visual Fitness Feedback System based on Physiological Signals, Final Project, BSc Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2013).

Bhavishakumari Pradipcumar Motichande, A Graphical User Interface for Continuous Annotation of Non-verbal Signals, Final Project, BSc FT Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2013).

Salih Ibrahim, Graphical User Interface for Visualizing Human Physiological Signals, Final Project, BSc FT Business Computing, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2013).

Rachel Waud, Graphical Interface for Helping Children with Spelling, Final Project, Bcs (Eng) FT Information and Communications Technology, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2013).

Evan Morgan, Mood Conductor, MAT industrial placement project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2012).

Peyman Khanjan, Automatic Head Gesture Detection using Depth Information, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2012).

Elise Fuscarino, An Interactive Annotation System for Social Signal Analysis, MSc project, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2012).

Jennifer Osborne, Continuous Prediction of Emotions from Facial Features using a 5D Space , MEng Project, Imperial College London, UK (2010).

Michalis Nicolaou, Discrete and Continuous Audio-Visual Recognition of Spontaneous Emotions , MAC Individual Project, Imperial College London, UK (2009). MSc Advanced Computing Distinguished Project Award.

Sebastian Kaltwang, Dynamic Modeling of Human Nonverbal Behavior from Multiple Cues and Modalities, Studienarbeit Project, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany and Imperial College London, UK (2009).

Adeline Giacometti, Spotting nods and shakes sequences for arousal and valence evaluation, MAC Individual Project, Imperial College London, UK (2009).