# Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence and Resilience in Older Adults

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $304,950

## Abstract

Abstract
Develop a build a robust AI-based dialog management system, a dialog model to guide and interact with 
people living with Dementia in an autonomous, game-based, virtual world. The dialog model will be 
driven by the integration of four input sources: facial and vocal emotion recognition, word spotting, and 
historical usage and response data from previous virtual world experiences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10652020
- **Project number:** 3P30AG073104-02S5
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Peter M. Abadir
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $304,950
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-09-30 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10652020

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10652020, Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence and Resilience in Older Adults (3P30AG073104-02S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10652020. Licensed CC0.

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