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Call For Chapters and dataset release! | Neural and Machine Learning for Emotion and Empathy Recognition: Experiences from the OMG-Challenges by Springer
by Pablo Barros 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to contribute a chapter for the upcoming volume entitled “Neural and Machine Learning for Emotion and Empathy Recognition: Experiences from the OMG-Challenges” to be published by the Springer Series on Competitions in Machine Learning. Our book will be available by mid-2020. Website: https://easychair.org/cfp/OMGBook2019 Follows a short description of our volume: Emotional expression perception and categorization are extremely popular in the affective computing community. However, the inclusion of emotions in the decision-making process of an agent is not considered in most of the research in this field. To treat emotion expressions as the final goal, although necessary, reduces the usability of such solutions in more complex scenarios. To create a general affective model to be used as a modulator for learning different cognitive tasks, such as modeling intrinsic motivation, creativity, dialog processing, grounded learning, and human-level communication, instantaneous emotion perception cannot be the pivotal focus. This book aims to present recent contributions for multimodal emotion recognition and empathy prediction which take into consideration the long-term development of affective concepts. In this regard, we provide access to two datasets: OMG-Emotion Behavior Recognition and OMG-Empathy Prediction datasets. These datasets were designed, collected and formalized to be used on the OMG-Emotion Recognition Challenge and the OMG-Empathy Prediction challenge, respectively. All the participants of our challenges are invited to submit their contribution to our book. We also invite interested authors to use our datasets on the development of inspiring and innovative research on affective computing. By formatting these solutions and editing this book, we hope to inspire further research in affective and cognitive computing over longer timescales. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of interest for this call for chapters include, but are not limited to: - New theories and findings on continuous emotion recognition - Multi- and Cross-modal emotion perception and interpretation - Novel neural network models for affective processing - Lifelong affect analysis, perception, and interpretation - New neuroscientific and psychological findings on continuous emotion representation - Embodied artificial agents for empathy and emotion appraisal - Machine learning for affect-driven interventions - Socially intelligent human-robot interaction - Personalized systems for human affect recognition - New theories and findings on empathy modeling - Multimodal processing of empathetic and social signals - Novel neural network models for empathy understanding - Lifelong models for empathetic interactions - Empathetic Human-Robot-Interaction Scenarios - New neuroscientific and psychological findings on empathy representation - Multi-agent communication for empathetic interactions - Empathy as a decision-making modulator - Personalized systems for empathy prediction Each contributed chapter is expected to present a novel research study, a comparative study, or a survey of the literature. SUBMISSIONS All submissions should be done via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/cfp/OMGBook2019 Original artwork and a signed copyright release form will be required for all accepted chapters. For author instructions, please visit: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/book -authors-editors/resources-guidelines/book-manuscript-guidelines We would also like to announce that our two datasets, related to emotion expressions and empathy prediction, are now fully available. You can have access to them and obtain more information by visiting their website: - OMG-EMOTION - https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/omgchallenges/omg_emotion.html - OMG-EMPATHY - https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/omgchallenges/omg_empathy.html If you want more information, please do not hesitate to contact me: barros(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de IMPORTANT DATES: - Submissions of full-length chapters: 31st of October 2019 (message us if you need more time!) -- -- Best regards, *Pablo Barros* *http://www.pablobarros.net <http://www.pablobarros.net>*

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Call For Chapters and dataset release! | Neural and Machine Learning for Emotion and Empathy Recognition: Experiences from the OMG-Challenges by Springer
by Pablo Barros 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to contribute a chapter for the upcoming volume entitled “Neural and Machine Learning for Emotion and Empathy Recognition: Experiences from the OMG-Challenges” to be published by the Springer Series on Competitions in Machine Learning. Our book will be available by mid-2020. Website: https://easychair.org/cfp/OMGBook2019 Follows a short description of our volume: Emotional expression perception and categorization are extremely popular in the affective computing community. However, the inclusion of emotions in the decision-making process of an agent is not considered in most of the research in this field. To treat emotion expressions as the final goal, although necessary, reduces the usability of such solutions in more complex scenarios. To create a general affective model to be used as a modulator for learning different cognitive tasks, such as modeling intrinsic motivation, creativity, dialog processing, grounded learning, and human-level communication, instantaneous emotion perception cannot be the pivotal focus. This book aims to present recent contributions for multimodal emotion recognition and empathy prediction which take into consideration the long-term development of affective concepts. On this regard, we provide access to two datasets: the OMG-Emotion Behavior Recognition and OMG-Empathy Prediction datasets. These datasets were designed, collected and formalized to be used on the OMG-Emotion Recognition Challenge and the OMG-Empathy Prediction challenge, respectively. All the participants of our challenges are invited to submit their contribution to our book. We also invite interested authors to use our datasets on the development of inspiring and innovative research on affective computing. By formatting these solutions and editing this book, we hope to inspire further research in affective and cognitive computing over longer timescales. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of interest for this call for chapters include, but are not limited to: - New theories and findings on continuous emotion recognition - Multi- and Cross-modal emotion perception and interpretation - Novel neural network models for affective processing - Lifelong affect analysis, perception, and interpretation - New neuroscientific and psychological findings on continuous emotion representation - Embodied artificial agents for empathy and emotion appraisal - Machine learning for affect-driven interventions - Socially intelligent human-robot interaction - Personalized systems for human affect recognition - New theories and findings on empathy modeling - Multimodal processing of empathetic and social signals - Novel neural network models for empathy understanding - Lifelong models for empathetic interactions - Empathetic Human-Robot-Interaction Scenarios - New neuroscientific and psychological findings on empathy representation - Multi-agent communication for empathetic interactions - Empathy as a decision-making modulator - Personalized systems for empathy prediction Each contributed chapter is expected to present a novel research study, a comparative study, or a survey of the literature. SUBMISSIONS All submissions should be done via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/cfp/OMGBook2019 Original artwork and a signed copyright release form will be required for all accepted chapters. For author instructions, please visit: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/book -authors-editors/resources-guidelines/book-manuscript-guidelines We would also like to announce that our two datasets, related to emotion expressions and empathy prediction, are now fully available. You can have access to them and obtain more information by visiting their website: - OMG-EMOTION - https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/omgchallenges/omg_emotion.html - OMG-EMPATHY - https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/omgchallenges/omg_empathy.html If you want more information, please do not hesitate to contact me: barros(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de IMPORTANT DATES: - Submissions of full-length chapters: 31st of October 2019 -- Dr. Pablo Barros Postdoctoral Research Associate - Crossmodal Learning Project (CML) Knowledge Technology Department of Informatics University of Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 22527 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 40 42883 2535 Fax: +49 40 42883 2515 barros at informatik.uni-hamburg.dehttp://www.pablobarros.nethttps://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/wtm/people/barros.htmlhttps://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/wtm/

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postdoc vacancy, please pass on.
by Peter Hancock 27 Aug '19

27 Aug '19

I have a vacancy for a postdoc for 18 months from Jan 2020, working on understanding human face recognition as part of an ESRC-funded project to improve automated recognition. https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=2187&jobT… Peter Hancock Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11587 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-7068 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4633-2009 Psychology at Stirling: 100% 4* Impact, REF2014 Latest paper: Eye see through you! Eye tracking unmasks concealed face recognition despite countermeasures https://rdcu.be/bNlKn<%20https:/rdcu.be/bNlKn>

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Facial pareidolia in trees will donate for research
by Ronald Senack 15 Aug '19

15 Aug '19

I have 10 different face images they are natural nothing has been added or altered. If you would like to use them for research please contact me at ronas(a)live.ca Would love to hear your thoughts! Ron Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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FAO: Face, Gesture and/or Body Researchers
by Rachael Jack 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

**FAO: Face, Gesture and/or Body Researchers, Psychologists & Neuroscientists** Do you research recognition of the face, gesture and/or body? Could your work push the boundaries of Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition? We at the International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG) https://fg2020.org/ would like to invite face, gesture and/or body researchers from Psychology/Neuroscience (or related fields) to join our community and advance understanding of face and gesture recognition by contributing their work. To specifically showcase these new perspectives and opportunities for the FG community, FG2020 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18-22 May 2020), will host a select series of Special Sessions that will highlight emerging new fields, novel challenges, and interdisciplinary approaches. If you are a face, gesture and/or body researchers from Psychology/Neuroscience, we strongly encourage you to submit a proposal for a Special Session. Topics can be from the broad areas of face and gesture recognition, modeling, and analysis, and their applications. SUBMISSION DETAILS: https://fg2020.org/special-sessions/ Regards, Rachael Jack (U Glasgow, UK) & Ehsan Hoque (U Rochester, USA) FG2020 Special Session Chairs

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CFP Frontiers Research Topic: Closing the Loop: From Human Behavior to Multisensory Robots
by Pablo Barros 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

Call For Papers - Frontiers Research Topic: Closing the Loop: From Human Behavior to Multisensory Robots I. Aim and Scope The ability to efficiently process crossmodal information is a key feature of the human brain that provides a robust perceptual experience and behavioral responses. Consequently, the processing and integration of multisensory information streams such as vision, audio, haptics, and proprioception play a crucial role in the development of autonomous agents and cognitive robots, yielding an efficient interaction with the environment also under conditions of sensory uncertainty. This Research Topic invites authors to submit new findings, theories, systems, and trends in multisensory learning for intelligent agents and robots with the aim to foster the development of novel and impactful research which will contribute to the understanding of human behavior and the development of artificial systems operating in real-world environments. II. Potential Topics Topics include, but are not limited to: - New methods and applications for crossmodal processing and multisensory integration (e.g. vision, audio, haptics, proprioception) - Machine learning and neural networks for multisensory robot perception - Computational models of crossmodal attention and perception - Bio-inspired approaches for crossmodal learning - Multisensory conflict resolution and executive control - Sensorimotor learning for autonomous agents and robots - Crossmodal learning for embodied and cognitive robots III. Submission - Abstract - 28th August 2019 - Paper Submission - 02nd December 2019 We have special discounts for open access papers participating in this research topic. If you have any further question, please let us know. More information: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9321/closing-the-loop-from-huma… IV. Guest Editors Pablo Barros, University of Hamburg, Germany Doreen Jirak, Hamburg University, Germany German I. Parisi, Apprente, Inc., USA Jun Tani, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan -- Dr. Pablo Barros Postdoctoral Research Associate - Crossmodal Learning Project (CML) Knowledge Technology Department of Informatics University of Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 22527 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 40 42883 2535 Fax: +49 40 42883 2515 barros at informatik.uni-hamburg.dehttp://www.pablobarros.nethttps://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/wtm/people/barros.htmlhttps://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/wtm/

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CVPR 2019 Workshop: Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics.
by zakia hammal 24 May '19

24 May '19

Dear CVPR Colleagues, Join us on the 17th of June afternoon at FGAHI at CVPR 2019! http://fgahi2019.isir.upmc.fr/index.php?perma=1508225272 See you there! Best, Zakia FGAHI: http://fgahi2019.isir.upmc.fr/ CBAR: https://cbar2019.blogspot.com/ Zakia Hammal, PhD The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ http://ri.cmu.edu/personal-pages/ZakiaHammal/

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Postdoctoral position in object and face recognition at NYU Abu Dhabi
by Olivia Cheung 17 May '19

17 May '19

*Postdoctoral position in object and face recognition at NYU Abu Dhabi* A postdoctoral research position is open at the Objects and Knowledge Laboratory, headed by Dr. Olivia Cheung, at New York University Abu Dhabi ( http://www.oliviacheunglab.org/) The postdoctoral researcher will carry out behavioral and fMRI experiments on human object, face, letter, and/or scene recognition. Potential research projects include, but are not limited to, investigations of the influences of experience and conceptual knowledge on recognition processes. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or a related field, and should possess strong programming skills (e.g., Matlab). Prior experience with neuroimaging and psychophysical techniques is highly preferred. Initial appointment is for up to two years. Starting date is flexible, preferably between August/September 2019. The Objects and Knowledge Laboratory is part of the rapidly growing Psychology division at New York University Abu Dhabi. The lab is located in the campus on Saadiyat Island (Abu Dhabi’s cultural hub), and has access to the state-of-the-art neuroimaging and behavioral facilities (including MRI, MEG, eyetracking). Apart from a generous salary, the postdoctoral researcher will receive housing and other benefits. More information about living in Abu Dhabi can be found here: http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/campus-life/residential-education-and-housing/livin… New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complimented by a network of eleven research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems both local and global. Informal inquiries regarding the position, university, or area, are encouraged. To apply, individuals should email a curriculum vita, a brief statement of research interests, the expected date of availability, and contact information of two referees. All correspondence should be sent to Olivia Cheung (olivia.cheung(a)nyu.edu) **Olivia Cheung is at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference this week and will be happy to meet with any individuals who are interested in learning more about the position.**

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PhD studentship on person perception
by Sarah Laurence 10 May '19

10 May '19

Dear all, Applications are invited for a PhD studentship at Keele University on person perception in the context of crowd events with Dr Sarah Laurence, Dr Sara Spotorno and Professor Clifford Stott. More information about the project, funding information, and how to apply can be found here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BSD748/phd-studentships I'd be extremely grateful if you could forward the details of this project to any students who you think might be interested. Best wishes, Sarah -- Dr Sarah Laurence Lecturer School of Psychology Dorothy Hodgkin Building 1.77 Keele University Keele, ST5 5BG Tel: 01782 734246 Email: s.k.laurence(a)keele.ac.uk

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[ICMI 2019] Deadline extension May 13th!!
by zakia hammal 03 May '19

03 May '19

Apologies for cross-posting *************************************************************************************************** ICMI 2019: Deadline extension for final submissions to May 13, 2019 at 11:59 PM PDT https://icmi.acm.org/2019/index.php?id=cfp *************************************************************************************************** Best regrads, Zakia Hammal ICMI 2019 Publicity Cahir Zakia Hammal, PhD The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ http://ri.cmu.edu/personal-pages/ZakiaHammal/

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