Arushi

Qualifications

MIT, James Cook University, Australia, 2017-2019

Biography

Arushi received her Master’s degree in Information Technology from James Cook University at the Singapore campus. Her master’s research included work on health social networks and chatbots. For her doctoral research, she is currently developing a real-time stress detection model through voice analysis and incorporating the algorithm into a virtual audience to reduce the stress of public speaking and improve public speaking performance.

Thesis Title

A virtual reality approach to improving public speaking skills.

Advisory Panel

Primary Advisor: A/Prof Roberto Dillon, Secondary: Dr Ai Ni Teoh,  Advisor Mentor: A/Prof Denise Dillon

Research Interests

• Affective computing
• Immersive technologies – Virtual Reality
• Human-Computer Interaction