Kaya de Barbaro
Assistant Professor — Ph.D., University of California San Diego
Contact
- E-mail: kaya@austin.utexas.edu
- Office: CLA 4.520
Interests
behavior, social interactions, development, dynamical systems theory, mobile sensing, machine learning, mental health
Biography
My research is in the emerging field of computational behavioral science, bridging insights from developmental science, clinical psychology, computer science, and electrical engineering. Across all my work I characterize the dynamics of day-to-day activity, which I capture via video recordings and wired and wearable sensors both in the lab and “in the wild”.
Currently the work in my lab is focused on using a suite of wearable and mobile sensors to gain unprecedented access into the daily experiences and interactions of mothers and their infants. The goals of this work are to access the basic mechanisms of maternal mental health and infant social-emotional development, and ultimately to develop “just in time” interventions for cases of high risk, such as the transmission of risks for depression from mothers to infants.
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I will be accepting graduate students for the Fall of 2018. Prospective students should have some programming experience (e.g. Matlab, Python) or interest to learn and should email me directly to discuss opportunities.
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Current UT students may apply to work with me through Eureka.
