About

Monica Perusquía-Hernández is a multidisciplinary researcher.

She specializes on Affective Computing and User Experience Quantification to improve Human-Computer Interaction.

Currently, she is working on the design of electrical stimulation to induce facial expressions, automatic facial expression identification and human navigation modeling.

Her research interests include affective computing, biosignal processing, augmented human technology and artificial intelligence.

The pursuit of happiness is one of most fundamental human motives, and therefore, an important metric of design success.

Assistant Professor on HCI and Affective Science
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

Visiting Researcher on Affective Computing
NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan.

Senior Research Officer on Affective Neuroscience
University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Research Associate on Affective Computing
NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan.

PhD in Human Informatics
Thesis: Dynamics of Positive Affective Responses Identified through Behavioral and Electrophysiological Measures.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Data Scientist
Advice Games, the Netherlands.

Professional Doctorate in Engineering in User-System Interaction
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

Research consultant in User-System Interaction with a focus on textile-embedded wearable electronics.
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

MSc in Human-Technology Interaction
Thesis: A Brain-Computer Interface for Walking.
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

Systems Analyst
HSBC Banking Corporation, Mexico.

BSc in Electronic Systems Engineering
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico.