Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00520, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tremblay, Sébastien (Université Laval), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : This Engage Project wishes to contribute to the development of innovative applications that can monitor_x000D_
emotional and cognitive states based on vocal prosody. Such applications will be beneficial since it will reveal_x000D_
information about the interaction of two individuals, i.e. satisfaction or frustration, which can require an_x000D_
adjustment in strategy and stress detection or high workload, which can require reallocation of tasks and_x000D_
demands. Cortex medias' application already includes verbal content recognition. Adding the online monitoring_x000D_
of emotional and cognitive states based on vocal prosody (the way something is said as opposed to the actual_x000D_
linguistic meanings of the spoken words) will greatly enhance the validity of their application. Our approach_x000D_
combines experimental psychology and cognitive ergonomics to integrate the automatic calculation and online_x000D_
assessment of vocal prosodic features for the recognition of emotions and cognitive traits. First, the application_x000D_
will be further developed by integrating algorithms for the automatic calculation and online monitoring of_x000D_
emotional and cognitive states during interactions between two individuals. The two dimensions used for the_x000D_
assessment will be satisfaction and workload. Second, the project will allow the refinement and validation of_x000D_
the implemented algorithms by corroborating evaluation from the prosodic features using physiological_x000D_
measures and a facial expression system. Results of this proposed project will define guidelines and_x000D_
recommendations for designing applications that include recognition of users' emotional and cognitive states_x000D_
based on prosodic features. The outcomes of the project will positively impact the Canadian technological,_x000D_
financial and education sectors, as well as other areas such as public security, intelligent tutoring, e-health and_x000D_
the gaming industry., program purpose french : This Engage Project wishes to contribute to the development of innovative applications that can monitor_x000D_
emotional and cognitive states based on vocal prosody. Such applications will be beneficial since it will reveal_x000D_
information about the interaction of two individuals, i.e. satisfaction or frustration, which can require an_x000D_
adjustment in strategy and stress detection or high workload, which can require reallocation of tasks and_x000D_
demands. Cortex medias' application already includes verbal content recognition. Adding the online monitoring_x000D_
of emotional and cognitive states based on vocal prosody (the way something is said as opposed to the actual_x000D_
linguistic meanings of the spoken words) will greatly enhance the validity of their application. Our approach_x000D_
combines experimental psychology and cognitive ergonomics to integrate the automatic calculation and online_x000D_
assessment of vocal prosodic features for the recognition of emotions and cognitive traits. First, the application_x000D_
will be further developed by integrating algorithms for the automatic calculation and online monitoring of_x000D_
emotional and cognitive states during interactions between two individuals. The two dimensions used for the_x000D_
assessment will be satisfaction and workload. Second, the project will allow the refinement and validation of_x000D_
the implemented algorithms by corroborating evaluation from the prosodic features using physiological_x000D_
measures and a facial expression system. Results of this proposed project will define guidelines and_x000D_
recommendations for designing applications that include recognition of users' emotional and cognitive states_x000D_
based on prosodic features. The outcomes of the project will positively impact the Canadian technological,_x000D_
financial and education sectors, as well as other areas such as public security, intelligent tutoring, e-health and_x000D_
the gaming industry., agreement title english : Off body affective and cognitive monitoring for adaptive applications, agreement title french : Off body affective and cognitive monitoring for adaptive applications, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 24783.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada