December 2023 - Face-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

(CfP) CVPR 2023: 5th Workshop and Competition on Affective Behavior Analysis in-the-wild (ABAW)
by Dimitrios Kollias 11 May '24

11 May '24

Dear Colleagues, Please find below the invitation to contribute to the 5th Workshop and Competition on Affective Behavior Analysis in-the-wild (ABAW) to be held in conjunction with the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), 2023. (1): The Competition is split into the below four Challenges: * Valence-Arousal Estimation Challenge * Expression Classification Challenge * Action Unit Detection Challenge * Emotional Reaction Intensity Estimation Challenge The first 3 Challenges are based on an augmented version of the Aff-Wild2 database, which is an audiovisual in-the-wild database of 594 videos of 584 subjects of around 3M frames; it contains annotations in terms of valence-arousal, expressions and action units. The last Challenge is based on the Hume-Reaction dataset, which is a multimodal dataset of about 75 hours of video recordings of 2222 subjects; it contains continuous annotations for the intensity of 7 emotional experiences. Participants are invited to participate in at least one of these Challenges. There will be one winner per Challenge; the top-3 performing teams of each Challenge will have to contribute paper(s) describing their approach, methodology and results to our Workshop; the accepted papers will be part of the CVPR 2023 proceedings; all other teams are also encouraged to submit paper(s) describing their solutions and final results; the accepted papers will be part of the CVPR 2023 proceedings. More information about the Competition can be found here<https://ibug.doc.ic.ac.uk/resources/cvpr-2023-5th-abaw/>. Important Dates: * Call for participation announced, team registration begins, data available: 13 January, 2023 * Final submission deadline: 18 March, 2023 * Winners Announcement: 19 March, 2023 * Final paper submission deadline: 24 March, 2023 * Review decisions sent to authors; Notification of acceptance: 3 April, 2023 * Camera ready version deadline: 8 April, 2023 Chairs: Dimitrios Kollias, Queen Mary University of London, UK Stefanos Zafeiriou, Imperial College London, UK Panagiotis Tzirakis, Hume AI Alice Baird, Hume AI Alan Cowen, Hume AI (2): The Workshop solicits contributions on the recent progress of recognition, analysis, generation and modelling of face, body, and gesture, while embracing the most advanced systems available for face and gesture analysis, particularly, in-the-wild (i.e., in unconstrained environments) and across modalities like face to voice. In parallel, this Workshop will solicit contributions towards building fair models that perform well on all subgroups and improve in-the-wild generalisation. Original high-quality contributions, including: - databases or - surveys and comparative studies or - Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / AutoML / (Data-driven or physics-based) Generative Modelling Methodologies (either Uni-Modal or Multi-Modal; Uni-Task or Multi-Task ones) are solicited on the following topics: i) "in-the-wild" facial expression or micro-expression analysis, ii) "in-the-wild" facial action unit detection, iii) "in-the-wild" valence-arousal estimation, iv) "in-the-wild" physiological-based (e.g.,EEG, EDA) affect analysis, v) domain adaptation for affect recognition in the previous 4 cases vi) "in-the-wild" face recognition, detection or tracking, vii) "in-the-wild" body recognition, detection or tracking, viii) "in-the-wild" gesture recognition or detection, ix) "in-the-wild" pose estimation or tracking, x) "in-the-wild" activity recognition or tracking, xi) "in-the-wild" lip reading and voice understanding, xii) "in-the-wild" face and body characterization (e.g., behavioral understanding), xiii) "in-the-wild" characteristic analysis (e.g., gait, age, gender, ethnicity recognition), xiv) "in-the-wild" group understanding via social cues (e.g., kinship, non-blood relationships, personality) xv) subgroup distribution shift analysis in affect recognition xvi) subgroup distribution shift analysis in face and body behaviour xvii) subgroup distribution shift analysis in characteristic analysis Accepted workshop papers will appear at CVPR 2023 proceedings. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 24 March, 2023 Review decisions sent to authors; Notification of acceptance: 3 April, 2023 Camera ready version 8 April, 2023 Chairs: Dimitrios Kollias, Queen Mary University of London, UK Stefanos Zafeiriou, Imperial College London, UK Panagiotis Tzirakis, Hume AI Alice Baird, Hume AI Alan Cowen, Hume AI In case of any queries, please contact d.kollias(a)qmul.ac.uk<mailto:d.kollias@qmul.ac.uk> Kind Regards, Dimitrios Kollias, on behalf of the organising committee ======================================================================== Dr Dimitrios Kollias, PhD, MIEEE, FHEA Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Artificial Intelligence Member of Multimedia and Vision (MMV) research group Member of Queen Mary Computer Vision Group Associate Member of Centre for Advanced Robotics (ARQ) Academic Fellow of Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) School of EECS Queen Mary University of London ========================================================================

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Call for papers—Brain and Neuroscience Advances Special Collection
by Rachael Jack 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, *excuse any cross-posting* Our call for submissions to Brain and Neuroscience Advances’ Special Collection<https://journals.sagepub.com/page/bna/collections/special-collection/the-ne…> is open! This Special Collection will bring together current advances in the neuroscience of emotions, in both health and disease. We seek to publish primary research studies focused on the fundamental neuroscience of emotion, as well as clinical research insights from the fields of psychology, psychiatry and neurology. In addition to empirical work, we also welcome perspectives, reviews, and technical reports. Along with our special guest editors, Luiz Pessoa, Rachael Jack, Liz Tunbridge and Edwin Dalmaijer, we invite you to submit your papers by 29 February 2024. Brain and Neuroscience Advances is your society journal. We are proudly at the forefront of fully open-access and credible publishing practices, and welcome submissions from our members across a broad range of neuroscience disciplines. You can find our Manuscript Submission Guidelines<https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/BNA> and the submission portal<https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bna?_gl=1*ibheq8*_ga*MjAxNjMxNjA3Mi4xNjkxN…> on the journal website. Don’t forget, BNA members receive 50% off APCs! We look forward to your submissions and wish you a healthy and happy festive period. With best wishes, Dr Laura Ajram, Chief Executive, British Neuroscience Association Dr Kate Baker, Co-Editor in Chief, Brain and Neuroscience Advances Prof Jeff Dalley, Co-Editor in Chief, Brain and Neuroscience Advances Prof. Rachael E. Jack, Ph.D. Professor of Computational Social Cognition School of Psychology & Neuroscience University of Glasgow Scotland, G12 8QB +44 (0) 141 330 5087

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New edition of Face Perception by Young and Bruce
by Peter Hancock 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Still looking for the tricky Christmas present for the face researcher in your life? I have good news: there's a new, thorough update of Andy Young and Vicky Bruce's book on Face Perception due on 15th December. Preorders now available https://www.routledge.com/Face-Perception/Young-Bruce/p/book/9781032246024 Peter Peter Hancock (he/him) Professor Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 http://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11587 @pjbhancock Latest papers: Data-driven studies in Face Identity Processing rely on the quality of the tests and data sets. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/35249 Simulated automated facial recognition systems as decision-aids in forensic face matching tasks.<https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-24366-001?doi=1> https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001310 My messages may arrive outside of the working day but this does not imply any expectation that you should reply outside of your normal working hours. If you wish to respond, please do so when convenient. Web: www.stir.ac.uk<http://www.stir.ac.uk/> [Facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/universityofstirling/>[Twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/StirUni>[LinkedIn icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-stirling-12676>[Instagram icon]<https://www.instagram.com/universityofstirling/>[Youtbue icon]<https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityOfStirling> [Banner]<https://www.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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4 funded PhD position at BITS Pilani India
by ABHIJIT DAS 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

*For all details see attachments, * *The application will be open subject to the availability of the positions * *Position 1: *under Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) in collaboration with BITS Pilani and La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia, *Title of the project:* “Low-cost empathetic robotic solution for caregiving (LERSCe)”. *Abstract:* Australia and India have an elderly population which is rapidly growing. Studies indicate that almost half of the current population of over 75’s suffer from physical and/or mental impairments and as a result are in need of a high level of care. With an increasing elderly population and limited healthcare professionals, automated AI-aided health caregiving services offer a scalable solution to cope. Moreover, these solutions can be made efficient and cost-effective. One key service area where need outstrips human resources is in the delivery of remote physiotherapy. This project proposes to develop a novel soft-robotic actuator for the purpose of delivering remote physiotherapy in the home. A closed loop edge AI framework will drive the actuators to optimize service delivery. The edge framework will be self-contained to address privacy and security concerns. Control models will be trained offline and run locally on edge-capable devices. Machine learning methods, such as deep learning, will be explored to optimize actuator operations for maximum comfort and service efficacy. The feedback loop may include facial and audio expressions and information from other sensors such as skin resistance and pressure to measure performance. Hence, there are two distinct aspects of the project: 1) the development of a lightweight, low-cost soft-robotic actuator 2) the development of an actuator control model which factors user behaviour and emotional feedback. Feedback may be derived from a suite of multimodal sensors including, but not limited to vision, tactile, and skin resistance. *Position 2: *funded by BITS Cross-disciplinary Research Funding (CDRF) *Title: *Design, Development and Control of a low-cost AI-enabled 3-DOF Compliant Manipulator Abstract: The aim of this project is to develop a robotic manipulator system that can be safely employed with human workers and which can effectively coordinate with them. This would require an interdisciplinary approach towards System Design, Control Law Design and Brain Computer Interface (BCI). A 3-DoF robotic manipulator model with flexible joints and torque controlled actuators will be designed. Then incorporate improved user-machine adaptation algorithms in a BCI. *Position 3 and 4: *funded by TiH-ISI Kolkata *Title:* Generalized Tampering Detection in Media (GTDM) Abstract: We plan to robustify and generalize the manipulation attack detection by exploring monocular-based depth to better discriminate the spatial and temporal synergy in the media. Along with this, we will explore the power of SSL and multi-task learning (MTL) while learning the 3D reconstruction.

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ECVP 2024 in Aberdeen (25-29th of August)
by Manassi, Mauro 05 Dec '23

05 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce the 46th European Conference on Visual Perception that will take place in Aberdeen, Scotland from Sunday 25th to Thursday 29th of August 2024. Our website is now online: https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/. Aberdeen is Scotland’s third largest city, right on the heels of the worldwide famous Scottish Highlands, and it is within easy reach thanks to its own international airport (with regular connections to Dublin, London, Manchester, and Amsterdam), railway station (Eastcoast mainline from London), and ferry terminal. THE PROGRAM The conference will feature a mixture of keynote lectures, symposia, talks and poster presentations, and tutorials over five days. The social program will include the Welcome Reception, a poster session with associated whisky tasting, the Illusion Night, the Conference Dinner, and a Farewell Party. This year, for the first time, we are also introducing Perceptio-Nite (a networking event targeted at students), an exciting series of roundtable discussions during lunchtimes, and a third Keynote Lecture on new relevant findings in vision science (Spotlight in Vision). Prior to ECVP, we will be also hosting the Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC, 22-24th of August) at the Old Aberdeen university campus. More information will soon be available at www.vsac.eu<http://www.vsac.eu>. SUBMISSIONS AND DEADLINES Submissions will be available in form of symposia proposals, posters or talks in forms of abstracts, and contributions to the Illusion Night. More specific symposia information will be circulated in a few weeks. Detailed information can be found at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/submission/registration/ Symposium submission opens: December 10th Symposium submission deadline: January 19th Registration opens: February 5th Abstract submission deadline + Early Bird registration: April 5th Abstract acceptance + Travel Awards notification: May 31st Illusion Night submission deadline: June 24th Late registration deadline: mid August ECVP and ECEM We are aware that the recently announced dates for ECEM coincide with the ECVP conference in Aberdeen. As customary, the ECVP 2024 dates were announced two years in advance during the ECVP 2022 business meeting to facilitate planning for attendees. We understand that the ECEM recent decision was based on their local organisational issues; we share the disappointment of those who are unable to support both meetings. We have reached out to ECEM organisers to find a solution in the interest of the vision community and will get back to the vision community as soon as we can/know more. ECVP 2024 is strongly committed to be a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive conference where you are inspired and supported in your scientific goals (see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/conference/edi-statement/) We look forward to welcoming you to Scotland! Mauro Manassi and Constanze Hesse (on behalf of the organising committee) ---------------------------------------------- Mauro Manassi Lecturer School of Psychology William Guild Building, Room F11 University of Aberdeen, UK https://www.manassilab.com/ The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683. Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas clàraichte ann an Alba, Àir. SC013683.

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