The role of reproducibility in affective computing

The use of Affective Computing in the medical domain is gaining momentum, but is challenged through requirements arising through the inherent processing of personal sensitive data, that will effect comprehensive analysis reproducibility. Reproducibility is a key element in good research practice and a key ingredient to comprehensively validate AC applications in a medical context. Various research has been undertaken to support reproducible analysis procedures through the establishment of a conceptual basis (definition and modeling) and by means of technology support. However, its realization is generally hardly achievable. Therefore, this workshop contribution will elaborate and document on reproducibility aspects related to Affective Computing in the medical domain, as we face it in the course of the EC co-funded SenseCare project. This contribution is meant as a starting point for further discussions and further reproducibility related research in AC.