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by Peter Hancock

Ron Senack is a photographer who has amassed a collection of pictures of apparent faces in trees. He has a set of 30 'face' images and 30 controls that he is happy to share with anyone interested in using them for research. He has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ronsfacesintrees and an osf page https://osf.io/md8kp/ through which you can get in contact with him. 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 paper: 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. ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

11 months, 1 week

Call for papers—Brain and Neuroscience Advances Special Collection

by Rachael Jack

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

1 year

New edition of Face Perception by Young and Bruce

by Peter Hancock

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

1 year

4 funded PhD position at BITS Pilani India

by ABHIJIT DAS

*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.

1 year

ECVP 2024 in Aberdeen (25-29th of August)

by Manassi, Mauro

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.

1 year

[Jobs] 3 x permanent positions in Computational Social Interaction Research @ U Glasgow, Scotland

by Rachael Jack

Dear colleagues *Please share; excuse any cross-posting* [REMINDER] < 1 week remaining. Closing date: 31 October 2023 We are delighted to announce three full-time permanent posts in the Centre for Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (cSCAN), School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Scotland. cSCAN members operate in a research-rich capacity, with teaching-rich staff leading in the innovation and delivery of education 1. Full Professor/Associate Prof (Senior Lecturer)/Assistant Prof (Lecturer) 2. Assistant Prof (Lecturer) We are seeking interdisciplinary researchers with internationally competitive research using innovative approaches to the computational modelling of social perception, cognition, interaction, and/or communication, with a focus on dynamic signalling, dyadic interactions, and/or dialogue in human-human and/or human-agent interactions. 3. Research Fellow/Specialist We are seeking a researcher who will make a leading contribution to develop social interaction and communication technologies, including technologies to generate 3D dynamic human social signals, such as facial expressions, body movements, and voices, multimodal signals and dyadic interactions, plus 3D scenes and other socially related multimodal signals, the use and development of AI-related technologies to support these developments. See our Nature Careers listing: https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12803261/professor-senior-lecturer… and Twitter post: https://twitter.com/UofG_cSCAN/status/1683499306479755276?s=20 Questions? Get in touch! Best, 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 [MOSAIC_small_white.tiff]

1 year, 1 month

NIST Biometrics at 60 Invitation

by Hahn, Carina (Fed)

We cordially invite you to join us for the National Institute of Standards and Technology Biometrics at 60 event<https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/image-group/biometrics-60>. The Biometrics at 60 event is a milestone celebration for the decades of biometric research and collaboration between scientists and stakeholders at NIST (NBS), other government agencies, industry, and academia in promoting the science and standards surrounding this important field of measurement research. Join us for this celebration where you can find out more about the history of our work, how this history has shaped the science of biometrics, and where some of our future efforts will lead us. The event will be held virtually on November 14th and 15th of 2023, and registration is free! Your participation is most welcome. See the attached invitation for more information. Craig Watson NIST Information Technology Laboratory Information Access Division Image Group Manager craig.watson(a)nist.gov<mailto:craig.watson@nist.gov>

1 year, 2 months

Society for Affective Science 2024 Conference Call for Abstracts

by ATKINSON, ANTHONY P.

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you regarding the Society for Affective Science (SAS) and its annual meeting, which will be held in-person from Friday, March 1 – Sunday, March 3, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. You can learn more about the 2024 SAS conference here: https://society-for-affective-science.org/conferences/2024-sas-annual-confe… SAS is an excellent venue to learn about what’s new in affective science. The interdisciplinary nature of the program is also uniquely beneficial. The submission deadline is Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Don't miss out on the opportunity to present your science to the affective science community!: https://society-for-affective-science.org/conferences/2024-sas-annual-confe… Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope you will join us in New Orleans, LA at the 2024 SAS meeting! All the best, Anthony Atkinson Department of Psychology Durham University Durham, UK https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/a-p-atkinson/ https://atkinsonap.github.io/ ****************************************************************************** SAS 2024 Call for Abstract Submissions Open The Society for Affective Science (SAS) is delighted to open its call for abstracts to be considered for the 2024 Annual Conference. The conference will be held in-person between Friday, March 1 – Sunday, March 3, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The conference will once again feature Preconference sessions which will take place on Friday, March 1, 2024 prior to the opening of the Conference. We encourage submissions from authors at all career stages. There is no fee to submit an abstract. The conference registration fees will be announced in November. Abstract Submissions – Four Submission Types 1. Poster: New Idea 2. Poster: New Results 3. Flash Talk 4. Symposium Each presenting author may submit a maximum of TWO abstracts total, across all tracks (Poster: New Idea, Poster: New Results, Flash Talk, and Symposium). Abstracts submitted by the same presenting author must reflect two different research projects. There is no abstract limit for non-presenting authors. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS AND THE SUBMISSION PORTALS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/t.e2ma.net/click/nm5xnk/rdx0y3ub/36f8rac…> Advancing Interdisciplinary Science In line with our goal to facilitate interdisciplinarity, we welcome submissions from across all domains of affective science, including anthropology, business, computer science, cultural studies, economics, education, geography, history, integrative medicine, law, linguistics, literature, neuroscience, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, sociology, theater, and more. Important Dates Submission Deadline Abstracts must be submitted by Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Baker Island Time (BIT; UTC-12 — last time zone on earth) to be considered for inclusion in the program. Please note: due to the earlier conference dates, there will be no extension to the submission deadline as in past years. Plan to submit early. Submission Review Process Abstracts will be evaluated based on scholarly merit by a double-blind peer review process with our Abstract Review Board. Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be e-mailed to the corresponding author by early-January 2024. Presenting authors must be the first author on the submitted abstract. All presenters must register and pay to attend the meeting. Questions? For any SAS 2024 conference related questions, please email sas(a)podiumconferences.com<mailto:sas@podiumconferences.com?subject=SAS%20>. For more updates, watch our website!<https://society-for-affective-science.org/conferences/2024-sas-annual-confe…> ******************************************************************************

1 year, 2 months

Two funded PhD positions in Cognitive Psychology (University of Liège, Belgium)

by Christel

Two funded PhD positions are available at the Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition (PsyNCog) research unit <https://www.psyncog.uliege.be/cms/c_5016065/en/about> (University of Liège, Belgium), under the supervision of Dr. Christel Devue (Cognitive Psychology research group). We are seeking two highly motivated candidates to work on two different research projects. *Position 1 – A cost-efficient mechanism of face learning - Interactions between stability in appearance and learning conditions (3 years funding)* The aim of the project is to test a new integrative theory of human face learning (introduced in a recent paper here <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027723002032?via%3Di…>) that explains how recognition performance changes as familiarity with faces develops. We hypothesise that the relative stability of a given face’s appearance interact with learning demands to determine the level of details that are stored in memory over time and the quality of facial representations. In that framework, recognition errors are viewed as the flip side of an otherwise efficient and economical mechanism. This theory will be tested with (online) behavioural and eye-tracking experiments that will track the development of facial representations. A new understanding of human face learning will help address limits of facial recognition technologies and contribute to the improvement of the treatment of people with debilitating face recognition difficulties. *Position 2 -* *Spatio-temporal compression in memory for real-world events (4 years funding)* Most of the current knowledge on episodic memory comes from laboratory studies in which participants memorize stimuli under artificial conditions. Yet, a new line of research suggests that information processing can manifest in dramatically different ways in the lab and in the real world. Here, we aim to determine how real-life events, and people and objects that populate these events, are represented parsimoniously to deal with storage limitations inherent to the human cognitive system. More specifically, we will investigate how the complexity of real-world events is summarized and compressed in episodic memory along the two crucial dimensions of space and time. This question will be examined using a novel experimental paradigm that leverages information gathered by wearable camera technology and mobile eye-tracking. This project is part of a broader project in collaboration with Dr. Arnaud D’Argembeau and will imply to collaborate with another PhD student. The candidate will focus on the spatial aspects and on person recognition (including face processing). *Profile* We are seeking two highly motivated candidates with: § A Master's degree in Experimental/cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience or equivalent. § A strong affinity with or interest in episodic memory and/or face processing. § Excellent academic records. § Strong research skills including experimental designs and statistical analyses § Experience with experiment programming software (e.g. OpenSesame, E-prime, PsychoPy). § Coding skills (e.g., R, Matlab, or Python). § Excellent writing and oral communication skills. § A good command of English. § Organisational and time management skills. § Enthusiasm, self-motivation, team spirit and benevolence. § Experience with eye-tracking is a plus. § Experience with image and/or video editing software is a plus. § A command of or willingness to learn French is a plus for Position #2. *Environment* The Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition (PsyNCog) research unit <https://www.psyncog.uliege.be/cms/c_10112686/en/core-members> is recognized internationally for its research on human memory. It includes several research groups that investigate different aspects of memory and perception, creating a dynamic research environment. The Psychology department is located on a wooded campus (Sart Tilman <https://www.campus.uliege.be/cms/c_9038317/en/liege-sart-tilman>) about 15 minutes’ drive from the centre of Liège and well connected via public transports. *Procedure* To apply, please send the following to cdevue(a)uliege.be with email subject “Application for PhD position #1 – Face learning” or “Application for PhD position #2 – Spatio-temporal compression”: § A cover letter detailing your background and motivations. § A curriculum vitae, including a link to a copy of your master thesis and a list of research projects in which you were involved, with a brief description of your contribution. § Transcripts and diplomas for bachelor's and master's degrees. § Contact details of at least two academic references who agreed to be contacted. Applications will be accepted immediately and candidates will be considered until the positions are filled. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview online. Please contact Christel Devue (cdevue(a)uliege.be) for more information or informal inquiries. *Expected starting date: *as soon as possible (negotiable but no later than December 2023).

1 year, 2 months

Funded PhD position on face learning - university of Liège (Belgium)

by Christel

1 year, 3 months

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