Friday, 26 May 2017

This French school is using facial recognition to find out when students aren’t paying attention

A business school in Paris will soon begin using artificial intelligence and facial analysis to determine whether students are paying attention in class. The software, called Nestor, will be used two online classes at the ESG business school beginning in September. LCA Learning, the company that created Nestor, presented the technology at an event at the United Nations in New York last week.

The idea, according to LCA founder Marcel Saucet, is to use the data that Nestor collects to improve the performance of both students and professors. The software uses students’ webcams to analyze eye movements and facial expressions and determine whether students are paying attention to a video lecture. It then formulates quizzes based on the...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/26/15679806/ai-education-facial-recognition-nestor-france

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/this-french-school-is-using-facial.html

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