Research Talk by Professor Daniela Romano

Talk Title: Emotion Elicitation, Emotional Experience and Recognition of Emotion

The talk was delivered on 22 January 2025 by Daniela Romano, Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Information Studies, as part of the DIS research seminars series.

This talk presents Professor Romano’s latest research findings in Digital Affective Science at the crossroads between psychology and computer science, and the qualitative, quantitative and AI methods used in this area illustrated with various research projects. The talk presents an artistic robotics installation that induces mindfulness, an investigation into the Autonomous sensory Meridian response phenomenon, emotions and behavioural tendencies triggered by extensive video game play, and emotions recognition from WiFi signals.

Professor Daniela Romano received her PhD in supporting naturalistic decision-making with an intelligent serious game in 2002 at Leeds University, Lecturer in Computer Science (2004) & Senior Lecturer (2010), & Virtual Reality Theme Leader at Sheffield. Professor in Computing (2015) & Head of Innovative Research and Enterprise, Manager of Virtual Reality at Edge Hill, Senior Teaching Fellow at UCLIC in 2017, Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL Information Studies in 2019, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at de Montfort University and Director of the Institute of Digital media, Artificial intelligence, Responsible innovation, Ethics and Cybersecurity.