A look at Ellie and the use of virtual humans in helping to treat symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress, via What's Creative?
Meet Ellie: The Robot Therapist Treating Soldiers with PTSD
“The behavioural indicators that Ellie identifies will be summarised to the doctor, who will integrate it as part of the treatment or therapy. Our vision is that Ellie will be a decision support tool that will help human doctors and clinicians during treatment and...
The Guardian Features ICT’s Ellie Mental Health Interviewer as a Story that Will Define the Next Decade
A story in the Guardian cites Ellie, the virtual interviewer used to help detect depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as part of ICT's SimSensei project, as an example of the ways that technology can be put to good use by helping improve people’s mental...
Washington Post Features Ellie and ICT Research to Improve Health Care Communication
A story in the Washington Post featured Ellie, an ICT virtual human created to help patients feel comfortable talking about themselves so they’ll be honest with their doctors. The story states that Ellie was born of two lines of findings: that anonymity can help...
Ellie and ICT Researchers in the LA Times
Los Angeles Times featured "ELLIE," a virtual interviewer that can help diagnose PTSD in veterans through facial and voice analysis. Gale Lucas of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies said that ELLIE has to be best of both worlds. "She has to be human enough...
Empathy and AI: Benefitting Healthcare
As the exponentially increasing power of computer systems allows for countless innovations in diagnosis and treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will continue to revolutionise healthcare. There is, however, a barrier that AI will have to overcome to be truly...
USC Research Fosters Communication Between Smart Buildings and People
USC researchers found people connect better with a computer-generated avatar that represents building management -- and small talk helped, too When it comes to buildings and their occupants, USC researchers see a failure to communicate, yet improved dialogue between...
AI’s Potential to Diagnose and Treat Mental Illness
Harvard Business Review explores AI solutions that help in diagnosing and treating mental illness, mentioning ICT's Ellie as a potential aid in the process. Continue reading.
A New Virtual PTSD Screening is Helping Veterans Disclose Symptoms
Medical Training Magazine features Ellie and how AI can be used as a tool to detect symptoms of PTS. Read the full article here.
New Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatments for Veterans Focus on Technology
It turns out that military veterans are willing to talk about stress. They just haven't been getting access to the right confidantes and a comfortable setting. Ellie is an example. Her ability to press veteran interview subjects to reveal information about their...