the most recognized of human emotions the footage is part of a research project at the found wolf i institute in the city of allen and in southern germany. the aim is to develop software that will be able to identify feelings for she knows there are various areas of the face involve them expressing emotion. different muscle movements show joy anger grief and so on these are pretty universal to most cultures and we can teach software to identify these emotions as humans do with a very high degree of accuracy what we can to of course is teach you to dig deeper and to find out what someone is really thinking or if they're just pretending for. human emotions are highly complex and whether a certain muscle movement really does express anger joy or grief is open to interpretation but researchers believe software can be taught to link emotions to certain facial expressions. or point where we can recognise very subtle reactions the so-called emotional valence that is whether a person is assessing something positively or negatively and it's become really sensitive so we're reacting to various subtle f

i'm karen wolf, the executive director of the institute of early american history and culture at william and mary, and also a professor of history at william and mary. i will be introducing today's speakers and moderating the cuban afterwards. please note that we have distributed cards. they are on your chairs. the purpose is to facilitate the q&a. jeff is standing by. there is. jeff he will collect those cards for any questions that you have and then i will managed to collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. we are looking forward to be very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. this briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the national history center that brings historical perspective to issues confronting congress and the nation. the center is strictly nonpartisan, and is, such the purpose of the briefing is not to advocate for any particular policies or public positions, but to provide historical context to help inform policymakers and the public, as ever, we are grateful to the foundation for funding this program and to the office of congressman connolly for booking the room. today's subject is the hist

institute. elizabeth, we heard some of the interview in the last hour, tell us what he is saying now about the latest, very, very disturbing trends. >> wolf, iave known dr. fauci for many, many years, he has dedicated himself to getting rid of outbreaks. and so, i asked him how disturbing is it now for you to see six months in, the surges in cases? >> well, you know, it's a good question, and i like the way you framed it, elizabeth. we live in such a heterogenious country, it's so different. so that it's almost unfair because if you give the country a grade you are neglecting the areas that it well. that listened and shut down and are opening up with care. there are others that actually did not listen. or they jumped over these guide posts that we have had. others got hit badly like the metropolitan area, and are doing very well now. and i mean, if you look at what is happening in the new york metropolitan area. you know, they are doing it really well. they are slowing down. they are watching what is happening as they go from one phase to another. and when they see things that might endanger the flow and maybe precipitate an outbreak, they c