Carla Viegas is a passionate AI researcher and entrepreneur, interested in finding solutions for real-world problems. Her experiences in academia and in the startup world enabled her to combine scientific methods with problem-oriented strategies to find solutions that bring value to society.

Carla is one of the co-founders of TalkMeUp and has led the product and research development during her time as CTO. Her experiences in academia helped her to identify cutting-edge technology that can serve customers to improve their communication skills through automatic feedback.

During her PhD journey, Carla developed algorithms to detect stress from facial expressions, enthusiasm in public speaking, and emotions combining attributes from gestures, facial expressions, and vocal tonality. Non-verbal communication fascinates her, not only from the understanding perspective but also from the generating perspective.