My research explores development in autism through computational tools & methods 

I am a Senior Research Scientist in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. I am a developmental psychologist interested in early trajectories and predictors of social-communicative development in autism. Most recently, I have been collaborating with computer scientists to develop novel tools to objectively measure such behaviors in natural settings, and to capture novel dimensions of these behaviors, such as their intensity and timing. 

Together, my collaborators and I are forging a new multidisciplinary research area, which we call computational behavioral science. Our research vision is that we can transform how we measure, analyze, and understand behavior by leveraging advances in sensing and wearable technologies and computational modeling and analysis methods. The goal is to develop tools that can help us better detect, understand, and ultimately treat conditions such as autism.

Recent publications

Recent talks & activities
* denotes student co-authors
  • *Edmunds, S.R., Rozga, A., *Li, Y., Karp, E.A., Ibanez, L.V., Rehg, J.M., Stone, W.L., (2017). Using a point-of-view camera to measure eye gaze in young children with autism spectrum disorder during naturalistic social interactions: A pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
  • Jones, R.M., *Southerland, A., *Hamo, A., *Carberry, C., *Bridges, C., *Nay, S., *Stubbs, E., Komarow, E., *Washington, C., Rehg, J.M., Lord, C., & Rozga, A., (2017). Increased eye contact during conversation compared to play in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 
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  • PhD student Eunji Chong presented our work on Visual 3D Tracking of Child-Adult Social Interactions at the 2017 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob), Sep. 18-21, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • PhD student Eunji Chong presented our work on Detecting Gaze Towards Eyes in Natural Social Interactions and its Use in Child Assessment at the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), Sep 11-15, Maui, Hawaii.

Get in touch with me

agata at gatech dot edu

Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Interactive Computing
85 5th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30308

My office: Technology Square Research Building Rm.219
Office Phone # 404-894-2304