Talks @ GAIPS: Conversational AI to Support Well-being and Cognitive Health in Ageing and Dementia Care
This month’s edition of Talks@GAIPS from INESC-ID will host Maria Raposo de Lima, from Imperial College London to present her work on “Conversational AI to Support Well-being and Cognitive Health in Ageing and Dementia Care”.
Conversational AI provides an accessible interface for verbal engagement and home assistance among older adults and people affected by dementia. However, bridging the gap between real-world deployments, personalised care, and clinical utility remains a significant challenge. This talk will feature a presentation of a year-long deployment of conversational AI in smart homes and an outline of a a machine learning approach that investigates spoken language features as biomarkers for automated assessment of cognitive impairment.
Besides, the researcher will discuss novel insights from a series of human-robot interaction studies with active stakeholder involvement, including participatory workshops that explored the role of conversational AI in dementia care at home, a cultural feasibility study in India, and the design of an LLM-powered socially assistive robot for in-residence cognitive support.
Date: May 21, 11h00
Location: Room 1.44 IST Taguspark, Oeiras or Online
About INESC-ID
INESC-ID, “Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa” is a Research and Development and Innovation Organization (R&D+i) in the fields of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. INESC-ID mission is to produce added value to people and society, supporting the response of public policies to scientific, health, environmental, cultural, social, economic and political challenges. INESC-ID promotes cooperation between academia and industry by addressing research on daily life issues, such as healthcare, space, mobility, agri-food, industry 4.0, and smart grids. This high level of knowledge transfer is achieved through both competitive research projects and direct contracted research. Public and private entities have therefore access to a pool of knowledge, resources and services provided through the unique competencies available at the institution.
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