University of Florida · Biomedical EngineeringEmotional AI and Neuroscience Lab
Mingzhou Ding · Gainesville, Florida
Research Focus
Mingzhou Ding's lab at the University of Florida focuses on developing advanced AI technologies to generate and understand emotional images. Their research aims to combine artificial intelligence with neuroscience to improve how we study and treat psychiatric disorders related to emotions. This multidisciplinary work has the potential to significantly impact both the scientific community and clinical practices by providing high-quality emotional stimuli and insights into brain responses.
AIemotional imageryneurosciencepsychiatrymachine learningcomputational modelingneuroimagingpsychological evaluationemotion induction
Research Aims
3AIM 01Develop and validate a generative AI platform for creating emotional images.
AIM 02Characterize emotional images using innovative embedding approaches.
AIM 03Integrate neural markers into AI model training for targeted emotional responses.
Skills the Lab Values
AI architecture developmentimage processingpsychological techniquescomputer programmingmachine learningdata analysisneuroimaging techniquesexperimental designstatistical modeling
Output against the department
Publications385top 23% of dept.138th of 595
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Citations22ktop 15% of dept.88th of 595
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