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by Peter Hancock

A nearly final program for our workshop here, July 25-6th is now available. The posters are still a bit fluid: if you’d like to bring one, please let me know. In keeping with the workshop format, we’re allowing extended time for discussion after each set of talks To book attendance, which is free: https://faceresearch.stir.ac.uk/july-workshop/ Peter Program Thursday 25th July 9:00 Registration Session 1 Face representations 9:30 How the learning of unfamiliar faces is affected by their resemblance to familiar faces Katie L.H. Gray, Maddie Atkinson, Kay Ritchie, Peter Hancock 9:50 How Does Increased Familiarity Change Face Representation in Memory? Mintao Zhao, Isabelle Bülthoff 10:10 The contribution of distinctive features to cost-efficient facial representations Christel Devue and Mathieu Blondel 10:30 Discussion 10:50 Coffee break 11:30 Keynote 1: Meike Ramon: Unique traits, computational insights: studying Super-Recognizers for societal applications 12:30 Lunch Session 2: Decision making 13:30 Human computer teaming with low mismatch incidence, Anna Bobak, Melina Muller, Peter Hancock 13:50 Unfamiliar face matching and metacognitive efficiency Robin Kramer, Robert McIntosh 14:10 Distinct criterion placement for intermixed face matching tasks Kristen A. Baker, Markus Bindemann 14:30 Discussion 14:50 Break and posters 16:00 Keynote 2: Alice O’Toole: Dissecting Face Representations in Deep Neural Networks: Implications for Rethinking Neural Codes 17:00 Break 18:00 Public Lecture: Peter Hancock: Face recognition by humans and computers: criminal injustice? 19: 30 Dinner Friday 26th July Session 3: Factors affecting face recognition 9:30 Face masks and fake masks: Have we been underestimating the problem of face masks in face identity perception? Kay L Ritchie, Daniel J Carragher, Josh P Davis, Katie Read, Ryan E Jenkins, Eilidh Noyes, Katie LH Gray, Peter JB Hancock 9:50 Identification of masked faces: typical observers, super-recognisers, forensic examiners and algorithms. Eilidh Noyes, Reuben Moreton, Peter Hancock, Kay Ritchie, Sergio Castro Martinez, Katie Gray, and Josh Davis 10:10 Individual variation, socio-emotional functioning and face perception Karen Lander, Grace Talbot, Anastasia Murphy & Richard Brown 10:30 Discussion 10:50 Coffee Session 4: Identification of suspects 11:20 Identity Recognition of Composites Constructed of Unfamiliar Faces Charlie Frowd 11:40 Inverse caricature effects in eyewitness identification performance and deep learning models of face recognition Gaia Giampietro, Ryan McKay, Thora Bjornsdottir, Laura Mickes, Nicholas Furl 12:00 Implicit markers of concealed face recognition Ailsa Millen 12:20 Discussion 13:00 Workshop end Posters As good as it gets? Computer-enhanced recognition of single-view faces does not improve performance across matching or recognition tasks. Scott P Jones, Peter Hancock "They're just not my cup of tea": random preferences are more important than random effects in modelling facial attractiveness ratings. Thomas Hancock, Peter Hancock, Anthony Lee, Morgan Sidari, Amy Zhao, Brendan Zietsch Investigating the modulatory effects of emotional expressions on short-term face familiarity. Constantin-Iulian Chiță, Simon Paul Liversedge, Philipp Ruhnau Human-computer teaming with low quality images. Dan Carragher, Peter Hancock, David White Wisdom of the crowds, within and between individuals, Dan Carragher and Peter Hancock Islands of Expertise and face matching. Emily Cunningham, Anna Bobak, Peter Hancock Investigating Face Recognition Ability in Neurodiverse Individuals. Caelan Dow, Anna Bobak, Jud Lowes The Heterogeneity of Face Processing in Developmental Prosopagnosia from a Single Case Analysis Approach, Benjamin Armstrong, Anna Bobak, Jud Lowes The effects of age on face recognition. Zsofi Kovacs-Bodo, Stephen Langton, Peter Hancock & Anna Bobak Seeing through the lies: effectiveness of eye-tracking measures for the detection of concealed recognition of newly familiar faces and objects. Amir Shapira and Ailsa Millen 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: Face masks and fake masks: the effect of real and superimposed masks on face matching with super-recognisers, typical observers, and algorithms https://rdcu.be/dxAIR Balanced Integration Score: A new way of classifying Developmental Prosopagnosia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945224000054 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. 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10 months, 1 week

(CfP) CVPR 2023: 5th Workshop and Competition on Affective Behavior Analysis in-the-wild (ABAW)

by Dimitrios Kollias

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 ========================================================================

10 months, 3 weeks

Join Our Workshop on Bridging Academia and Industry in Affective Computing!

by Emma Hughson

Hello, I hope this message finds you well. We are excited to announce an upcoming workshop that aims to break new ground in the realm of affective computing. The workshop, titled “From Lab to Life: Realising the Potential of Affective Computing”, will encourage discussion from both academic and industry experts, which promises to be an enriching experience for both professionals and researchers alike. Machine capabilities are on the rise. New advances in AI and Robotics have enabled the creation of ever more competent artificial systems that have the potential to contribute to various types of human activities. However, for this potential to result in a step-change in how humans and machines interact and work with each other, machines also need to be competent at understanding their human counterparts. How can task-competent machines become competent teammates, assistants, and companions for human users? How can technology make sense of human behaviour, responses, and experiences? Affective Computing research has been spearheading the effort to answer these questions and resolve challenges of human-machine interaction. To take the unique insights and innovations developed in Affective Computing from lab prototypes to robust and reliable technology solutions for human users, there is a need for academic and industry researchers to come together. In this workshop, we create a forum for this conversation structured around three specific themes: (1) ethics and regulations, (2) industry perspectives, and (3) academic perspectives. Here’s what you can expect from the workshop: 1. Expert insights: gain valuable insights from renowned experts in academia and industry who will share their experiences, perspectives, and ethical considerations on affective computing. 2. Interactive discussions: participate in discussions with experts by submitting a 2 page perspective piece and sharing your perspectives during a moderated panel where both you and speakers can discuss. 3. Networking opportunities: connect with fellow participants, industry professionals, and researchers to exchange ideas, forge new partnerships, and explore potential collaborations. Whether you are a seasoned researcher, an industry professional, or someone in-between interested in the latest developments in affective computing, ethical concerns when navigating affective computing to industry, or curious as to how one can safely streamline affective computing products to consumers, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge, broaden your network, and contribute to the advancement of this exciting field. We invite you to submit your work and share your insights by submitting to our workshop by June 12th, 2024. For more information what to submit and how, please visit https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/acii2024-fromlabtolife/<https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Jk9RC9rmgPhm5KmqTONsSC?domain=cambri…>. Thank you for taking the time to consider our invitation and we hope to see you at our workshop this September. Kind Regards, Emma Hughson Senior Affective Computing Engineer, Human Machine Understanding Cambridge Consultants Ltd 29 Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DW, UK <https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/home>www.cambridgeconsultants.com<https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/home> [cid:image001.png@01DAA148.210A2080] [cid:image002.png@01DAA148.210A2080]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-consultants> [cid:image003.png@01DAA148.210A2080]<https://www.youtube.com/user/CamConsultants> [cid:image004.png@01DAA148.210A2080]<https://twitter.com/CambConsultants> [cid:image005.png@01DAA148.210A2080]<https://www.facebook.com/cambridgeconsultantsuk/> [cid:image006.png@01DAA148.210A2080]<https://www.instagram.com/cambridge_consultants/> Sign-up for our newsletter<https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/newsletter> This email, including attachments, contains confidential information belonging to Cambridge Consultants. It is intended for the addressee only and may only be copied or disclosed to others with permission. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the material from any computer. Emails are subject to monitoring for legal and security purposes. If this email has been sent as a personal message the company accepts no liability for the content.

11 months

Our New Open Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (MRMET)

by Jeremy Wilmer

Hi All, We've created a more inclusive, validated, open alternative to the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET). *Paper here <https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-023-02323-x>.* Press release here <https://www.wellesley.edu/news/an-accurate-and-inclusive-test-of-mindreadin…>. Freely downloadable from OSF (osf.io/ahq6n) are both open test materials and *large* normative/validity data sets. Data includes item-by-item information to enable detailed reliability/item analyses. Jeremy p.s. Figure 2 in the paper summarizes some of why we thought a new, inclusive (racially diverse and non-gender-stereotyped) version was worthwhile; and Table S2 in Supp info <https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.3758%2Fs13428-023-02323-x/…> includes some choice quotes from our TestMyBrain.org participants and ManyBrains.net researchers about the original RMET. [image: image.png]

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Stirling face workshop, booking available

by Peter Hancock

Booking for the workshop on face identification, July 25-6th at Stirling is now open. Attendance is free, limited to 70 places. There is an option to book dinner. Booking: https://shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculties/faculty-of-natural… Workshop webpage: https://faceresearch.stir.ac.uk/july-workshop/ 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: Face masks and fake masks: the effect of real and superimposed masks on face matching with super-recognisers, typical observers, and algorithms https://rdcu.be/dxAIR Balanced Integration Score: A new way of classifying Developmental Prosopagnosia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945224000054 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

11 months

PhD in Psychology, face perception

by Ferenc Kocsor

Dear All, I would appreciate it if you`d propagate the following opportunity among prospective students. The *Institute of Psychology at the University of Pecs, Hungary*, has started a *PhD program for international students*. During the program, among other possibilities, students can join research that aims to extend our knowledge about the cognitive and neural background of *face perception*. We`re particularly interested in how semantic knowledge about a person interacts with affective processes during recognition. The students will have access to the following equipment in our lab: - device for accurate reaction time measurements (cedrus) - eye-tracker (Toobi TX300) - physiological measurements (BIOPAC modules: EDA, heart rate, respiration rate, EMG etc) - EEG (brain products, 64 channel) - Noldus observer XT For a limited number of students who are *EU-citizens *(or citizens of the European Economic Area) we can provide a *full scholarship* that covers tuition fee and costs of housing. For citizens of other countries there is a tuition fee (3500 euros per semester). Citizens of eligible countries may apply for the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship that covers tution fee and housing, but because of its deadline (January each year) the costs of those who wish to start in 2024 would be covered from the second year on. The deadline for self-paying students is *15th June, 2024* (with a possibility of extension) . The strict deadline for a fully funded program is *24th May, 2024*. Prior informal inquiries are advised. Details about the program: https://international.pte.hu/study-programs/phd-psychology Ferenc Kocsor, PhD, habil. senior researcher head of the international doctoral program e-mail: kocsor.ferenc(a)pte.hu

11 months, 2 weeks

ECVP 2024 - Submission Deadline Extended

by Manassi, Mauro

Dear colleagues, Due to popular demand, the deadline for Abstract Submission & Early Bird Registration for the European Conference on Visual Perception 2024 has been extended. The new deadline is April 19th at 11:59pm (latest time zone on earth). The deadline for abstract submission will not be extended further. The ECVP 2024 will be held in Aberdeen (Scotland) from Sunday August 25th to Thursday August 29th. See https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/ For further instructions see: https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/submission/registration/ We are looking forward to meeting you in Scotland Mauro Manassi & Constanze Hesse ---------------------------------------------- Mauro Manassi Assistant Professor 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 cl?raichte ann an Alba, ?ir. SC013683.

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Stirling workshop; Perspectives on human and computer face identification

by Peter Hancock

Workshop: Perspectives on human and computer face identification Submissions are now open for a workshop at the University of Stirling, 25-26th July 2024, funded by the Experimental Psychology Society. The workshop marks the formal retirement of Peter Hancock and will feature keynote lectures by Alice O'Toole (UTD) and Meike Ramon (Lausanne). The theme is face identification by humans, with insights from computer models. Attendance at the workshop is free, limited to 70; accommodation and travel are not covered, though early career researchers may apply for an EPS Grindley Grant. Further details https://faceresearch.stir.ac.uk/july-workshop/. Abstract submission deadline, 22 April. Please pass on to others who may be interested. 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: Face masks and fake masks: the effect of real and superimposed masks on face matching with super-recognisers, typical observers, and algorithms https://rdcu.be/dxAIR Balanced Integration Score: A new way of classifying Developmental Prosopagnosia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945224000054 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

1 year

ECVP 2024 - Associated Events and Social Activities

by Manassi, Mauro

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Associated Events and Social Activities schedule for the European Conference on Visual Perception taking place in Aberdeen, Scotland (25th - 29th of August; https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/). VSAC From the 22nd of August until the 24th, we will be hosting the Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) at the Old Aberdeen university campus. More information is available at https://2024.vsac.eu/. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS First and foremost, ECVP is a vibrant scientific community. ECVP 2024 will introduce a series of roundtable discussions on some current important issues in vision and perception research. From the 26th of August until the 29th, on each day of the conference, we will have two parallel roundtable discussions: 1) Vision science and climate change led by Prof Simon Rushton (Cardiff University) 2) Data collection on online platforms: Challenges and future developments? led by Dr Clare Sutherland (University of Aberdeen) 3) Out of the lab and into the world: Interdisciplinary approaches in applied vision research led by Prof Benjamin Wolfe and Prof Anna Kosovicheva (University of Toronto) 4) How can we make effective and responsible use of generative AI help to progress vision science research? led by Dr Sophie Nightingale (University of Lancaster) 5) Pursuing an academic career: Perspectives and insights led by Prof Ben Tatler (University of Aberdeen) 6) Pursuing a career in industry: Perspectives and insights led by Prof Arash Sahraie (University of Aberdeen) 7) The future of perception science and philosophy in the age of transformer AIs: Phenomenology, epistemology, consciousness led by Dr Dhanraj Vishwanath (University of St Andrews) 8) PhD pathways: Navigating challenges and embracing opportunities led by Dr Ana Rozman (University of Sussex) and Prof Patric Bach (University of Aberdeen) More information is available at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/social-events/roundtables/ PERCEPTIO-NITE Recent global challenges have made networking particularly difficult for students. Between the fallout from the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, and other ongoing events, students have fewer opportunities to build their networks, and make scientific connections. On Monday 26th, we would like to reignite our wonderful ECVP student community with a social event organised by students for students: a Perceptio-nite. More information is available at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/social-events/perceptio-nite/ WHISKY TASTING Whisky is a hallmark of Scotland’s national heritage and identity. On Monday 26th, you have the opportunity to sample some of Scotland's finest whiskies following the afternoon poster session (please purchase your tokens for this during registration). More information is available at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/social-events/whisky-tasting/ ILLUSION NIGHT On Tuesday 27th, the Illusion Night will take place at the Aberdeen Art Gallery in the city centre. This event will be open to all ECVP attendees as well as to the general public. Please note that we are not just looking for novel visual illusions nobody has seen before but would also encourage you to bring some old-time favourites that never fail to impress! More information on submitting contributions is available at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/submission/illusion-night-contributions/ CONFERENCE DINNER On Wednesday 28th, the Conference Dinner will be held at the Beach Ballroom on the sea front of Aberdeen. More information is available athttps://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/social-events/conference-dinner/ FAREWELL PARTY On Thursday 29th, the Farewell Party will be held at Union Kirk in Aberdeen city centre. Enjoy a real Scottish Ceilidh and dance the night away as we say goodbye to conference attendees. More information is available at https://ecvp2024.abdn.ac.uk/social-events/farewell-party/ Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is April 5th (last time zone on earth). We look forward to welcoming you in Aberdeen in August, Mauro Manassi & Constanze Hesse ---------------------------------------------- Mauro Manassi Assistant Professor 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.

1 year

Workshop on Human and Computer Models of Video Understanding, May 15, University of Surrey

by Quoc Vuong

Call for participation for Workshop on Human and Computer Models of Video Understanding Workshop on 15 May 2024, University of Surrey. Dear Colleagues, We invite participants to a workshop on "Human and Computer Models of Video Understanding". We aim to bring together human and computer vision scientists to share the latest knowledge and collaborate. Participants can submit a 500 word (approx) abstract describing the work they would like to present and their preference for an oral or poster presentation. Given time constraints, accommodating all desired oral presentations might not be possible, so we will review abstract submissions and assign some to oral presentation slots and some to posters. Please visit the workshop's website to submit an abstract and/or register: https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/human-and-computer-models-of-video-under… It is free to attend but there will be an optional evening dinner at an additional cost (details and link for payment to be sent nearer the date). Key Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 29 March Notification: 5 April Workshop date: 15 May 2024, University of Surrey. Invited Speakers: Professor Shaogang Gong, Queen Mary University of London, Queen Mary Computer Vision Laboratory Professor Frank Pollick, University of Glasgow, School of Psychology and Neuroscience Call for Research Contributions We invite participants for a multi-disciplinary workshop on "Human and Computer Models of Video Understanding". The core research question we are concerned with is: How does the human brain understand people's activities in a video much better than existing computer systems? We invite participants from the science of human vision (psychology or brain sciences) and computer vision, focusing on understanding activities from video. To give some concrete examples: Humans can very quickly make accurate judgements about the activity happening in a video even if the quality of the video is poor, or the motions observed are ambiguous, for example, to discriminate hugging from fighting, or smoking from eating finger food. Computers cannot match human performance in these tasks, which are critical for applications in surveillance, monitoring safety and welfare in a care setting, or removing inappropriate videos from social media. We do not yet fully understand how humans perform these feats, nor how to make computer vision systems reach their performance. We invite human and computer vision science participants to present the latest advances in their fields, in a language accessible to a multi-disciplinary audience. We intend to foster a cross-fertilisation of ideas between the different scientific communities, where each can see ways to incorporate insights and techniques from a foreign field in their models. Moreover we intend to act as a "matchmaker" for new cross-disciplinary partnerships on projects that can incorporate the techniques of separate communities. We plan a future special issue of the journal Transactions in Cognitive and Developmental Systems for the topic "Special issue on Vision Sciences for Video Understanding in Cognitive Systems", where multi-disciplinary teams emerging from this workshop can publish a paper in a presentation accessible to a multi-disciplinary audience. We welcome participation from both junior and senior researchers from academia and industry. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Eye Tracking in Video, Visual Attention and Salient Features in Video, Cognitive Models for Video Understanding, Perceptual Quality in Video Streaming, Multimodal Perception in Videos, Emotion and Affect in Video Viewing, Neuroscience and Brain Imaging in Video Perception, Visual Cognition in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), Attentional Shifts and Change Detection in Video, Video Activity Recognition, Video Object Detection and Tracking, Video Segmentation and Scene Understanding, Event Detection and Recognition in Videos, Video-Based Surveillance and Security, Spatiotemporal Action Localization, Human Vision-Inspired Video Models ORGANISERS Dr Frank Guerin, University of Surrey Dr Andrew Gilbert, University of Surrey Dr Quoc Vuong, Newcastle University =================================== Biosciences Institute Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE2 4HH +44 (0)191 208 6183 https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/q.c.vuong/ ===================================

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