Before joining the faculty at SDSU Dr. Elkins was postdoctoral AI researcher at Imperial College London and earned his PhD from the University of Arizona. Elkins’ research focuses on developing AI models that fuse physiological and behavioral sensor data to predict human emotion and deception. Elkins conducts experiments investigating automated deception detection in the laboratory, borders, and airports. Complementary to the development of advanced AI systems is their impact on the people using them to make decisions. Elkins also investigates how human decision makers are psychologically affected by, use, perceive, and incorporate the next generation technologies into their lives.