Michel Valstar
@MichelValstar
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Founding CEO of BlueSkeye AI. Honorary prof in computer science, University of Nottingham. 18+ years of research in face and voice analysis.
Nottingham, England
Joined March 2009
Check out my latest article: Social Robots - Rise of the Ecosystem https://t.co/61NopCCKbP via @LinkedIn
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Last week BLUESKEYE AI had the honour to present to members of Bosch’s G7 executive board as part of the Open Bosch Awards. BLUESKEYE AI was one of the 7 top startup collaborators of Bosch, out of a...
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Check out my latest article: How should the NHS go about procuring AI tools? https://t.co/xdjptowC5I via @LinkedIn
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This Wednesday 5 November 2025, I had the honour to sit on the Healthtechx panel discussing how the NHS should adopt AI, alongside such luminaries as Dame Barbara Hakin, the former Deputy Chief...
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Check out my latest article: Automotives, here's how you use health features in your vehicles! https://t.co/NjbWHNvLl5 via @LinkedIn
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In my recent travels, from InCabin Barcelona to customer meetings in Japan, I’ve been hearing the same refrain over and over. The automotive industry is saying: “we want health measurement in our...
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Check out my latest article: Sub-threshold depression recognition from both the face and the voice https://t.co/Jdms6PDLD7 via @LinkedIn
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New research published in Springer Nature https://www.nature.
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Check out my latest article: The End of the Mobile Phone Monopoly https://t.co/JTj6VWscwT via @LinkedIn
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There was a time when we accessed the Internet through a wide variety of software and protocols. Gopher, Finger, Ftp, Telnet, browsers like Mosaic and Netscape.
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Check out my latest article: Social robots provide mental health support https://t.co/BS55PVdqg0 via @LinkedIn
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Can social robots reduce carers' stress and improve their wellbeing? A recent study by researchers from Cambridge University, ETH Zürich and others provides some very convincing proof that it can!...
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Check out my latest article: How to make a robot social https://t.co/6TMIKm8zsf via @LinkedIn
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At BLUESKEYE AI we create the world’s best face and voice analysis technology for you to use in your robots. It lets your robot read a user’s social, emotional, and medically relevant behaviour.
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When a cough or a sneeze is more than a social signal: Achoo! Bless you! https://t.co/7B2xePZ1yd via @LinkedIn
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Coughing and sneezing occurs a lot. It is so pervasive and common that you probably don’t take much notice, but it is actually a much stronger indicator of health than you might think.
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🚀We've got some really cool news to share: BLUESKEYE AI has been selected for Google for Startups - AI in Health The Google For Startups program is fantastic for BLUESKEYE AI as we continue to strengthen our position in the market. Read more: https://t.co/I07UgsUhle
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Unbelievable @elonmusk has done it again. Booster stage of the starship caught by the massive 'chopstick' arms. Will they re-use this booster for a second flight?
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Check out my latest article: Social Robots need to see you expressing yourself! https://t.co/10eSGL8gHK via @LinkedIn
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Last week I attended the first edition of HLTH Europe 2024 held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I grew up so close to the city so I took the opportunity to reconnect with an old friend for lunch.
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Almost done with some research on using affective computing for mental health? You might still be able to present it at ACII 2024 in Glasgow. The deadline for the Int'l Wshop on Multimodal Social Agents & Robots for Mental Health extended to 5 July. See
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Blueskeye AI is helping to organise a workshop at this year’s AFFECTIVE COMPUTING & INTELLIGENT INTERACTION conference in Glasgow this September and is looking for academic papers that explore...
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Check out my latest article: FDA pushes for harder evidence in mental health drug trials: Here's what we think https://t.co/V9hF8G7lRM via @LinkedIn
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Two weeks ago, a scientific advisory committee to the FDA voted 9 to 2 against the use of MDMA (ecstasy) as an effective treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They also recommended against...
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Over 75 years ago Claude Shannon ushered in the field of information theory with his paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", which has been cited over 100,000 times: https://t.co/6wIpUjzBg9 Image v/@hackaday
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We asked our co-founder and CESO, Prof Michel Valstar, how will the #EUAIAct impact businesses like Blueskeye AI? Watch here as he explains his insights 👇 https://t.co/mfPqmLZw2t
#EUAIAct #HealthTech
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Check out my latest article: Creating digital endpoints for depression and anxiety using the B-Healthy Platform https://t.co/pHFuvI2ZMV via @LinkedIn
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There are many reasons why as someone engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of anxiety and depression, you’d want access to more objective, more robust and more accurate measures of the severity of...
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Only 1 week lefty until HLTH Europe 2024 in Amsterdam! Will AI revolutionise the NHS? Join us to hear our co-founder and CESO, Prof Michel Valstar's insights and see our VP of BD, Dr Sarah Wright showcase our B-Healthy Platform! Stay tuned! #DigitalHealth #emotionAI
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I've just got back from Incabin in Detroit, which was great. The future of interior cabins according to the industry there: health, wellbeing, and voice-based interfaces. This article is basically the talk I did at InCabin:
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So I've just returned from Incabin USA, Detroit, which was amazing. The future of automotive is going to change so much through the power of AI! For example, I gave a talk on turning cars into health...
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Check out my latest article: In-car voice assistants - Do they even know I'm there? https://t.co/i3wTEE2pTp via @LinkedIn
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Most people will be familiar with voice assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri, and many have personal opinions about them. Personally, I can’t wait for the advances in LLMs to translate in...
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