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 Computer, Am I Selling as a Charismatic Leader Today?
— On Artificial Emotional Intelligence in Management Speaker (s):
Björn Schuller
Professor
Technical University of Munich
| Date: Time: Venue: | | 16 July 2025, Wednesday 2:00pm – 3:00pm School of Computing &
Information Systems 2 (SCIS 2)
Level 2, Meeting Room 2-10
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road,
Singapore 178903 Please register by 15 July 2025.  |
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About the Talk In an era where machines increasingly read, interpret, and even respond to human emotion, the question is no longer if artificial emotional intelligence will shape leadership—but how. This talk explores the intersection of affective computing and management, asking what it means when algorithms begin to assess, coach, and even emulate states and traits once considered uniquely human—like charisma. The talk takes us into the core of Artificial Emotional Intelligence, unpacking both the analysis and synthesis of human emotions in multimedia—from voice to facial expression to full-body behaviour. With the rise of large foundation models, we explore how emotion-awareness is emerging in AI systems, and what this means for management, leadership assessment, and human-AI interaction. From decoding emotional tone in virtual meetings to generating empathic avatars and coaching tools, we discuss the powerful opportunities—and ethical complexities—of emotional AI in the business world. Join us for a journey into the future of AI for management, where empathy meets engineering, and where your leadership style might just be answered or shaped by a machine. About the Speaker Björn W. Schuller is a tenured Full Professor heading the Chair of Health Informatics at TUM's University Hospital, and a Professor of Artificial Intelligence leading GLAM — the Group on Language, Audio, & Music — at Imperial College London, UK. Dr. Schuller is a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, President Emeritus and Fellow of the AAAC, and a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, ISCA, ELLIS, and BCS. He is also a Golden Core Awardee of the IEEE Computer Society. He has (co-)authored five books and more than 1,700 peer-reviewed publications in books, journals, and conference proceedings, which have received over 74,000 citations, resulting in an h-index of 120.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the lEEE CIS Singapore Chapter
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