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Rosalind W. Picard

Rosalind W. Picard

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2026

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Citations
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271

Computer Science

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Citations
70933
World Ranking
142
National Ranking
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Rosalind W. Picard publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 430 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rosalind W. Picard D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rosalind W. Picard sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to affective and wearable computing.

Overview

Rosalind W. Picard is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly Psychology, with 59 publications in this area. Subfields of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence. The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a focus on Digital Mental Health Interventions, Mental Health Research Topics, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Emotion and Mood Recognition, Epilepsy research and treatment, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, and the Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

Recent papers by Rosalind W. Picard include the following:

  • Deepfake detection by human crowds, machines, and machine-informed crowds, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Driver Emotion Recognition for Intelligent Vehicles, 2020, ACM Computing Surveys
  • Monitoring Changes in Depression Severity Using Wearable and Mobile Sensors, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Deep learning-aided decision support for diagnosis of skin disease across skin tones, 2024, Nature Medicine
  • Key Issues as Wearable Digital Health Technologies Enter Clinical Care, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors working with Rosalind W. Picard include:

  • Matthew Groh
  • Szymon Fedor
  • Craig Ferguson
  • Kristina T. Johnson
  • Cynthia Breazeal

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, the most frequent being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 13 publications
  • New England Journal of Medicine with 4 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing with 3 publications
  • Neuron with 2 publications
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies with 2 publications

Rosalind W. Picard was awarded membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for contributions to affective and wearable computing.

Best Publications

  • Affective Computing

    Rosalind W. Picard

  • Toward machine emotional intelligence: analysis of affective physiological state

    R.W. Picard;E. Vyzas;J. Healey

  • Detecting stress during real-world driving tasks using physiological sensors

    J.A. Healey;R.W. Picard

  • Non-contact, automated cardiac pulse measurements using video imaging and blind source separation.

    Ming-Zher Poh;Daniel Jonathan McDuff;Rosalind W. Picard

  • Photobook: content-based manipulation of image databases

    A. Pentland;R. W. Picard;S. Sclaroff;S. Sclaroff

  • Advancements in Noncontact, Multiparameter Physiological Measurements Using a Webcam

    Ming-Zher Poh;Daniel J McDuff;Rosalind W Picard

  • Establishing and maintaining long-term human-computer relationships

    Timothy W. Bickmore;Rosalind W. Picard

  • Photobook: tools for content-based manipulation of image databases

    Alexander P. Pentland;Rosalind W. Picard;Stan Sclaroff

  • A family of algorithms for approximate bayesian inference

    Thomas P. Minka;Rosalind Picard

  • Affective computing: challenges

    Rosalind W. Picard

  • An affective model of interplay between emotions and learning: reengineering educational pedagogy-building a learning companion

    B. Kort;R. Reilly;R.W. Picard

  • Indoor-outdoor image classification

    M. Szummer;R.W. Picard

  • A Wearable Sensor for Unobtrusive, Long-Term Assessment of Electrodermal Activity

    Ming-Zher Poh;Nicholas C Swenson;Rosalind W Picard

  • This computer responds to user frustration:: Theory, design, and results

    Jonathan Klein;Youngme Moon;Rosalind W. Picard

  • Periodicity, directionality, and randomness: Wold features for image modeling and retrieval

    F. Liu;R.W. Picard

  • Augmented reality through wearable computing

    Thad Starner;Steve Mann;Bradley Rhodes;Jeffrey Levine

  • Automatic prediction of frustration

    Ashish Kapoor;Winslow Burleson;Rosalind W. Picard

  • Affective Learning — A Manifesto

    R. W. Picard;S. Papert;W. Bender;B. Blumberg

  • Interactive learning with a “society of models”

    Thomas P. Minka;Rosalind W. Picard

  • Stress Recognition Using Wearable Sensors and Mobile Phones

    Akane Sano;Rosalind W. Picard

Frequent Co-Authors

Rana el Kaliouby
Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva (United States)
Daniel McDuff
Daniel McDuff Microsoft (United States)
Elizabeth B. Klerman
Elizabeth B. Klerman Harvard University
Matthew S. Goodwin
Matthew S. Goodwin Northeastern University
Ashish Kapoor
Ashish Kapoor Microsoft (United States)
Tobias Loddenkemper
Tobias Loddenkemper Boston Children's Hospital
Tom Minka
Tom Minka Microsoft (United States)
Charles A. Czeisler
Charles A. Czeisler Brigham and Women's Hospital

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