Marina Fridin
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ariel College, Israel
+972 - 77 – 8130006; Marina.Fridin@gmail.com ; www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~marinao.
RESEARCH INTEREST
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Emotions, Motor control, Perception, Cognition, Affective computing, Cognitive User Modeling,
Robotics, Human Computer/Robot Interaction, Assistive Robotics, Machine learning, Computer vision
EDUCATION
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Ph.D., Computer Science & Applied Math., Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2004- 04.2009
Thesis: Computational model for body expression of emotion; Advisor: Prof. T. Flash
M.Sc., Computer Science & Applied Math., Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2002-2004
Thesis: Gesture Language for Human Computer Interaction; Advisor: Prof. T. Flash
B. Tech., Computer Science, Shenkar College, Israel
1997-2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Faculty Member, Faculty of Industrial Engineering& Management, Ariel College, Israel
2009
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Motor Control and Action Perception: our research in motor control/affective motor control and
cognitive user modeling, investigates the information that provides human movement about the
intentions, affect and identity of an individual, within the application domains of humanrobotic/computer interaction, athletics and artistic expression in music and dance.
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Human-Robot Interaction: our research in human-robotic interaction focuses on socially assistive
systems capable of aiding people through social interaction, within the current application domains
of rehabilitation of stroke patients and training of children with autism spectrum disorders.
International Summer Science Institute in Weizmann Institute of Scence:
Perceptual learning in Body Expression of Emotions
Adaptive methods for gesture recognition
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007
2004
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Human-Computer Interaction, Faculty of Software Engineering, Shenkar College
2007-2009
It is an interdisciplinary field that integrates theories and methodologies from computer science,
cognitive psychology, design, and many other areas; provides students with experience working
on both individual and team projects to design, implement and evaluate computer interfaces.
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Ariel College
2007-2009
This course provides the students with an understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Aided
Design and Manufacturing, including the basic algorithms in Image Processing, Robotics,
Networking, Programmed Logic Controllers and Numerical Control.
Human Robot Interaction, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Ariel College
2009
This course is designed to teach students about the field of human-robot interaction, through a
combination of lectures and problem sets that lead up to the creation and evaluation of their own
relational machine by the end of the semester.
Cognitive Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Ariel College
2009
This course is designed to prepare incoming graduate students by providing them with a basic
background on cognitive theory. The aims of the course is to establish basic knowledge of
psychology necessary for understanding human interaction with complex systems, including
Attention, Perception, Memory, Language, Decision making, and to practice drawing
implications for system design from that foundation.
Introduction to Robotics, School of Computer Science, Academic College of Tel-Aviv
2009
This course introduces advanced undergraduate students to the programming and control of
robotic systems. Topics include kinematics, inverse kinematics, dynamics, actuation, sensing,
manipulation, control, and motion planning. The course includes lectures, mathematical problem
sets, programming assignments, and a course lab-based project with LEGO kits mobile robots.
ENGENIRING EXPERIENCE
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Computer Engineer, Sarin Technology, Ramat-Gan, Israel
2001-2002
UI, software and 3D vision algorithms for processing of diamonds (C++, MFC under
UNIX/Windows)
Computer Engineer, Motorola, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2000-2001
Development of Software for QA of mobile phones (C++, MFC under UNIX/Windows)
PUBLICATIONS
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1. Fridin, M., Barliy, A., Schechtman, E., deGelder, B., Flash, T., (2009), Gaze and the perception of
emotional body language (EBL), an eye tracking study, accepted to Experimental Brain
Research
2. Fridin, M., deGelder, B., Flash, T., (2009), Gender differences in the perception of emotional body
language (EBL), an eye tracking study, in preparation to Emotion
3. Fridin, M., Maoz, U., Flash, T.,(2009), The Influence of Emotion and Affective Music on Arm
Movements , in preparation for Experimental Brain Research
4. Fridin, M., Barliy, A., deGelder, B., Flash, T.,(2009), A Computational Model for Body Expression
of Emotion, submitted to Cognition
5. Fridin, M., Flash, T., (2007), Glove-Based Recognition System of Gesture Language for HCI, in
preparation for IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.
CONFERENCES
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1. Fridin, M., Barliya, A., Schechtman, E., deGelder, B., Flash, T., (2009), Computational model and
the human perception of emotional body language (EBL), Proceeding, AISB, Edinburgh
2. Ousov-Fridin, M., Barliya, A., Rabani, M., Shectman, E., deGelder, B., Flash, T.,(2008), Analysis
of human eye fixation patterns during the perception and recognition of emotions from static
body postures, SFN, Washington, US, 2008 (abstract& oral presentation)
3. Ousov-Fridin, M., deGelder, B., Flash, T., (2006), A Computational Model for Body Expression of
Emotion in HCI, Humaine Summer School, University of Genova, Italy, (oral presentation)
4. Ousov-Fridin, M., deGelder, B., Flash, T., (2007), A Computational Model for Body Expression of
Emotion in HCI, The Third Computational Motor Control Workshop, BGU, Israel (poster).
5. Ousov-Fridin, M., Zachenhouse, M., Flash, T., (2006), Gesture Language for HCI, The Second
Computational Motor Control Workshop, BGU, Israel, (poster).
INVITED TALKS
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1. “Body Expression of Emotion for Human-Computer/Robot Interaction”, Robotics Seminar, USC,
Cornell, Brown, Minnesota and Carnegie-Mellon Universities, US, Nov-Dec, 2008.
2. “Body Expression of Emotion for Human-Computer/Robot Interaction”, Robotics Seminar, Ariel
College, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, June, 2009.
3. Talks on COBOL (COmmunication with Emotional BOdy Language) project annual meetings,
2006-2009.
PEER REVIEWING : Autosoft Journal: Soft Computing and Automation Journal
SKILLS
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Languages: English, Hebrew, Russian
Computer Languages: MFC/C++, VB, Java, Matlab, SAS, SPSS, MS Office
Equipment: CyberGlove – hand gestures, Liberty system - motion tracking, ISCAN – eye tracking,
Wacom Tablet- hand movement, Wii – human movement in computer game context.
REFERENCES
Prof. Tamar Flash
Research Adviser
Department of Computer
Science and Applied
Mathematics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, 76100
Rehovot, Israel
Fax: +972-8-9342945
Phone: +972-8-9343476
E-mail:
tamar.flash@weizmann.ac.il
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Prof. Shimon Ullman
Member of Dissertation Committee
Samy and Ruth Cohn Professor of
Computer Science, Department of
Computer Science and Applied
Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of
Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Tel: +972-8-934-2894
Fax: +972-8-934-2945 / 6023
E-mail:
shimon.ullman@weizmann.ac.il
Dr. Uri Maoz
Co-worker
Division of Biology, 216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125
E-mail:
urim@klab.caltech.edu