Automated participation evaluator

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor;
• wherein the processor executes program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby:
• determines, via image analysis of video camera data recording, actions of each of a plurality of attendees of a meeting;
• determines, via an eye-tracking mechanism, a first portion of a meeting display screen that at least one of the attendees is focused upon as a function of gaze angle;
• determines participation values for each of the attendees as a function of determining whether that the actions of the attendees comprise at least one of engaging a personal phone during the meeting, physically orientating focus upon the first portion of the meeting display screen as a function of the gaze angle, and engaging in a side conversation with another attendee;
• populates a plurality of object fields that are each associated to ones of the attendees with the participation values determined for the respective ones of the attendees;
• in response to determining that a period of time for the evaluating the participation of the attendees of the meeting with respect to the determined participation values has not elapsed, notifies the attendees of the participation values populated to the object fields;
• in response to the notifying of the attendees of the participation values populated to the object fields, updates the participation values populated to the object fields via reevaluating the actions of the attendees via image analysis of the video camera data recording and determining via the eye-tracking mechanism portions of the meeting display screen that at least one of the attendees is focused upon as a function of gaze angle;
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• in response to determining that periods of time for evaluating the participation of the attendees of the meeting with respect to the determined participation values have elapsed, populates another plurality of object fields that are each associated to ones of the attendees with reward values selected as a function of the participation values populated to the object fields.

A computer program product for an automated participation evaluator, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for execution by a processor that cause the processor to:
• determine, via image analysis of video camera data recording, actions of each of a plurality of attendees of a meeting;
• determine, via an eye-tracking mechanism, a first portion of a meeting display screen that at least one of the attendees is focused upon as a function of gaze angle;
• determine participation values for each of the attendees as a function of determining whether that the actions of the attendees comprise at least one of engaging a personal phone during the meeting, physically orientating focus upon the first portion of the meeting display screen as a function of the gaze angle, and engaging in a side conversation with another attendee;
• populate a plurality of object fields that are each associated to ones of the attendees with the participation values determined for the respective ones of the attendees;
• in response to determining that a period of time for the evaluating the participation of the attendees of the meeting with respect to the determined participation values has not elapsed, notify the attendees of the participation values populated to the object fields;
• in response to notifying of the attendees of the participation values populated to the object fields, update the participation values populated to the object fields via reevaluating the actions of the attendees via image analysis of the video camera data recording and determining via the eye-tracking mechanism portions of the meeting display screen that at least one of the attendees is focused upon as a function of gaze angle;
• and
• in response to determining that periods of time for evaluating the participation of the attendees of the meeting with respect to the determined participation values have elapsed, populate another plurality of object fields that are each associated to ones of the attendees with reward values selected as a function of the participation values populated to the object fields.