Blueskeye AI Partners with Queen's University Belfast for Innovate UK AI Research

Blueskeye AI, a leading provider of advanced AI solutions for healthcare, automotive and social robotics, is excited to announce a new partnership with Queen's University Belfast. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project is set to examine cultural differences in emotional expressions and perceptions of them.These insights are intended for use in developing innovative AI models for automotive environments.

The KTP project is an Innovate UK initiative led by a postgraduate researcher, Emma Jackson, Blueskeye AI’s KTP associate. We aim to enhance the accuracy and applicability of Blueskeye's emotion recognition technology across diverse global markets. By incorporating culturally mediated elements of social communication  into our AI models, we  aim to create more inclusive and accurate systems that can better understand and respond to human emotions and expressions in automotive settings.

Emma Jackson, Blueskeye AI’s Experimental Psychology Data Scientist,will work on this project in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast's academics Gary McKeown and Magdalena Rychlowska, as well as head of R&D Mani Kumar Tellamekala. This project will contribute to the development of new algorithms and models that can accurately recognise emotional expressions within the car cabin, regardless of the cultural background of the person producing those expressions.

"We are thrilled to collaborate with Queen's University Belfast on this groundbreaking research," said Professor Michel Valstar, co-founder and Chief Evangelist and Scientific Officer at Blueskeye AI. "This collaboration is set to address the challenges of emotion recognition in the automotive industry and accelerate the development of AI solutions that can benefit drivers worldwide."

The partnership is expected to result in significant advancements in emotion recognition technology and pave the way for more personalised and intuitive automotive experiences.