in electrical engineering (summa cum laude and with thesis honors) from Tufts University in 2004, and her M.S.
[5] Provost directs the CHAI Laboratory[6] at University of Michigan which focuses on behavior recognition from audio-visual speech.
The laboratory has two main areas of study: emotion modeling (classification and perception) and assistive technology (aphasia and bipolar disorder).
In her work Provost uses machine learning and signal processing to analyze speech, in order to understand human behavior.
[7][8] Her work at the Depression Center at the University of Michigan focuses on designing technology for people with bipolar disorder.