Alan Cowen

Alan Cowen, holding the title of CEO, has made significant contributions to the field of computational emotion science as an applied mathematician. Before founding Hume AI, he was a researcher at Google AI, where he developed innovative data-driven methods to analyze human experience and expression. His notable work includes a 2021 publication in Nature, where he analyzed facial expressions across different cultures using six million natural videos. Cowen has extensively studied the cues of emotion in the face, voice, and music, considering cultural variations and even in ancient sculptures. He is also the developer of the semantic space theory, which views emotions as dimensions within a complex, multidimensional space, offering a new perspective on emotional analysis.