Psychological strain in everyday work.
Around 15 per cent of sick days among working people are attributable to mental disorders — and they still do not receive the attention needed to prevent longer absences. Legislators require employers to carry out risk assessments for psychological factors, yet fewer than a quarter of companies have an adequate assessment in place.
A mobile assistance system that listens.
The goal of EmmA is a mobile assistance system for assessing psychological strain at work and for supporting occupational reintegration. The starting point is a multimodal real-time sensor analysis via smartphone that interprets physiological and social signals.
Building on this, a socio-emotional behaviour model is developed and coupled to a virtual avatar that offers context-sensitive help in difficult situations.
Project lead for the digital coach.
Charamel led the BMBF-funded project together with DFKI, the University of Augsburg, paragon semvox and WIPS GmbH.