Research
Motion as Emotion
Detecting user's affect and cognitive load based on subtle differences in formation of free-hand gestures in virtual reality, based on theories of grounded/embodied cognition.
SoniPhy
Increasing interoceptive awareness through ambient biofeedback.
AffectMachine
Leveraging principles of improvisation for generating affective music in real time.
MuVi
Exploring the idea that how we perceive and understand media is influenced by the medium through which we consume it.
Empathy in social networks
Exploring how empathy influences social attractiveness and relationship stability in emerging communities.
Publications
Rethinking Agency and Trust in Wearable Closed-loop Affective systems
Position Statement for the Workshop “Affective Interaction & Affective Computing”, CHI 2025
Phoebe Chua, Michelle Kim, Pattie Maes
AffectMachine-Pop: A controllable expert system for real-time pop music generation
AAAI Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Music, 2025
Kat Agres, Adyasha Dash, Phoebe Chua, Stefan Ehrlich
Leveraging AI-Generated Emotional Self-Voice to Nudge People towards their Ideal Selves
CHI 2025
Cathy Mengying Fang, Phoebe Chua, Samantha Chan, Joanne Leong, Andria Bao, Pattie Maes
Motion as Emotion: Detecting Affect and Cognitive Load from Free-Hand Gestures in VR
Under review
Phoebe Chua, Prasanth Sasikumar, Yadeesha Weerasinghe, Suranga Nanayakkara
Know Thyself: Improving Interoceptive Ability Through Ambient Biofeedback in the Workplace
Pre-ICIS Workshop on HCI Research in MIS, 2023
Phoebe Chua, Kat Agres, Suranga Nanayakkara
AffectMachine-Classical: a novel system for generating affective classical music
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Kat Agres, Adyasha Dash, Phoebe Chua
Computational Music Systems for Emotional Health and Wellbeing: A Review.
Pre-ICIS Workshop on HCI Research in MIS, 2022
Phoebe Chua, Chitralekha Gupta, Kat Agres, Suranga Nanayakkara
Predicting emotion from music videos: exploring the relative contribution of visual and auditory information to affective responses
Under review at Neural Computing and Applications
Phoebe Chua, Dimos Makris, Dorien Herremans, Gemma Roig, Kat Agres