From September 17 to 19, 2025, the 15th International Conference on Advanced Computer Information Technologies (ACIT-2025) was held in Šibenik, Croatia. Among the participants was Mykhailo Kotyk, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Engineering and Electronics.
At the “Information Technologies in Education” section, Mykhailo Kotyk presented in person his conceptual system “BioMirror Therapy” — an integrated biometric-facial emotion analysis framework for the rehabilitation of war-affected children.
The system combines iPhone technology with a LiDAR scanner for 3D facial emotion recognition and Apple Watch for physiological monitoring. Its key feature is the ability to detect hidden emotional states in traumatized children through emotional coherence analysis — the correlation between facial expressions and the body’s physiological responses. Preliminary technical validation demonstrated an emotion recognition accuracy of 87.3%, with the system capable of detecting microexpressions lasting 200–500 milliseconds.
The presentation attracted considerable interest from the international scientific community as an innovative approach to psychological support for millions of children affected by the armed aggression against Ukraine.
The conference brought together 207 participants from over 60 countries in a hybrid format. It was organized by the West Ukrainian National University in cooperation with universities from Croatia, Poland, Germany, and Slovakia. Conference proceedings are indexed in the Scopus and IEEE Xplore scientometric databases.
