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query on HSF/LSF face processing and hemispheric asymmetries
by Gary Cottrell 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Hi folks - I am looking for references hemispheric asymmetries in the spatial frequency processing of faces. I.e., what would be ideal would be experiments with brief presentations to a different hemi-fields of low or high-pass faces. I know about Sergent's 1985 paper and Young & Bion 1981. Things seem scarce after that. thanks! gary cottrell Gary Cottrell 858-534-6640 FAX: 858-534-7029 Computer Science and Engineering 0404 IF USING FED EX INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LINE: CSE Building, Room 4130 University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive # 0404 La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0404 "Probably once or twice a week we are sitting at dinner and Richard says, 'The cortex is hopeless,' and I say, 'That's why I work on the worm.'" Dr. Bargmann said. "A grapefruit is a lemon that saw an opportunity and took advantage of it." - note written on a door in Amsterdam on Lijnbaansgracht. "Physical reality is great, but it has a lousy search function." -Matt Tong "Only connect!" -E.M. Forster "You always have to believe that tomorrow you might write the matlab program that solves everything - otherwise you never will." -Geoff Hinton "I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it." -David Mermin Email: gary(a)ucsd.edu Home page: http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/~gary/

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Question about micro-expression datasets
by Wen-Sheng Chu 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi, I am Wen-Sheng Chu, an RA and grad student at Carnegie Mellon University. I am working on facial expression analysis problems and want to explore more about micro-expressions. I am wondering if anyone knows about micro-expression datasets in the literature. It would be more preferable if the dataset(s) is publicly available. To the best of my knowledge, there are USF and Canal-9 that might be of interest, according to the FG 2011 paper<http://www.cse.usf.edu/~mshreve/publications/FG11.pdf> . Thanks in advance for your help. Wen-Sheng -- Wen-Sheng (Vincent) Chu Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University EDSH 110, 5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 http://humansensing.cs.cmu.edu/wschu/

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Request for two-tone face detection stimuli
by Nicola Gregory 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Dear all, I wonder whether anyone has the two-tone (aka face vs face parts) face detection stimuli, as in Garrido, Duchaine and Nakayama (2008) that we could use here at Bournemouth University? Many thanks Nicola Gregory

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Lecturer in the Biological Basis of Behaviour at Australian National University
by Elinor McKone 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi all, We have a 3 year faculty position available at ANU. I think the department will consider a very broad range of research areas as suitable, and personally I would be extremely happy to have a face person join us : ) Also note the Head says he is flexible about the (very tight) closing date -- if you want to apply but won't make the official deadline, then please send me a quick line so we know to wait for your application. Best, Elinor > > Lecturer in the Biological Basis of Behaviour (A334-12MY) > > http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?p=2823 > > Department of Psychology, School of Health and Psychological > Sciences, ANU > College of Medicine, Biology and Environment > > Lecturer (Level B - 3 year contract) in the biological basis of > behaviour - > An opportunity to join an outstanding school. > > > Location: Canberra/ACT > Term of Contract: Fixed Term of 3 Years > Grade: Level B > > > Salary Package: $83,773 - $95,407 pa plus 17% superannuation > > <http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Salaries_and_Conditions/Salaries/ > index.asp> View > Academic Salary Information... > > > Closing Date: 29 July 2012 > > > Position Overview > > The Research School of Psychology seeks a talented and enthusiastic > researcher and teacher for a contract appointment of three years in > the area > of the biological basis of behaviour. The principal need is to > ensure that > students undertaking degrees in psychology are provided with a > contemporary > coverage of evidence based learning in the biological basis of > behaviour. > The Department currently offers two courses in the area, one at the > second > year level (PSYC2007) and the other at third year (PSYC3016) - the > successful candidate will be required to take full responsibility for > PSYC2007 and to coordinate PSYC3016, with the major teaching > commitment > coming from other areas in the University. The conduct of a strong and > internationally recognised research program is an essential feature > of the > position. Supervision of the research of honours and panel > membership of > supervision panels for PhD students in the Research School of > Psychology > forms an important part of this requirement. > Excellent opportunities are available for collaborative work with > other > parts of the ANU, including the Research School of Biology, the John > Curtin > School of Medical Research, and the Centre for Mental Health Research. > > Enquiries: Professor Don Byrne Telephone: +61 2 6125 3974 Email: > Don.Byrne(a)anu.edu.au > > > Additional Information > > PEWER - Signed.pdf > <http://jobs.anu.edu.au/Downloads/2823_20120706025625.pdf> > > > Position description > > > > > Responsible to > > Director, Research School of Psychology > > > Role statement > > PURPOSE STATEMENT: > A Level B Academic (Teaching and Research) is expected to make > contributions > to the teaching effort of the institution and to carry out > activities to > maintain and develop his/her scholarly, research and/or professional > activities relevant to the profession or discipline. > > KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS: > > Position Dimension & Relationships: > Biological Psychology forms an integral and essential part of the > School's > undergraduate curriculum. Teaching in the area is mandated by the > external > accreditation criteria to which this curriculum must comply. The > Research > School of Psychology wishes to strengthen its profile in the area of > biological psychology and to capitalise on the established research > strengths of the existing group in the area. Biological psychology > also > provides a strong vehicle for the School to extend its collaboration > with > other areas in the College, including the Research School of > Biology, the > John Curtin School of Medical Research, and the ANU Medical School. > The > area, and this position, therefore clearly fit the School's > strategic plans. > > > Role Statement: > Specific duties required of a Level B Academic may include to: > . Develop, convene and deliver a high quality course on the > biological basis > of behaviour to second year undergraduate psychology students > (PSYC2007) and > coordinate an advanced third year course on Issues in Behavioural > Neuroscience (PSYC3016); > . Supervise the independent research of students enrolled in the > honours > (fourth) year and contribute to postgraduate research supervision in > psychology; > . Maintain the development of innovative and contemporary course > material at > the undergraduate level; > . Undertake original and creative research of high quality in > psychology; > . Maintain a significant profile of published work in refereed > journals of > high international standing, and report the results of research at > appropriate national and international conferences; > . Attend departmental meetings and assume roles on both School and ANU > committees as appropriate; > . Take reasonable care for their own workplace health and safety and > not > wilfully place at risk the health or safety of any other person in the > workplace; and > . Undertake other duties from time to time as directed by the Head of > School. > > Skill Base > A Level B Academic shall have qualifications and/or experience > recognised by > the institution as appropriate for the relevant discipline area. > > In many cases a position at this level will require a doctoral or > masters > qualification or equivalent accreditation and standing. > > In determining experience relative to qualifications, regard is had to > teaching experience, experience in research, experience outside > tertiary > education, creative achievement, professional contributions and/or to > technical achievement. > > > Selection criteria > > > > > 1. A PhD degree in psychology. > 2. Experience in teaching the biological basis of behaviour to > undergraduate > students in psychology and an ability to develop creative course > material > and assessments in this area. > 3. A demonstrated ability to carry out independent and original > research in > psychology as demonstrated by a body of published work including an > ability > to seek external competitive research grant funding. > 4. An ability to contribute to the research supervision of fourth year > (honours) and postgraduate students in areas relevant to the > biological > basis of behaviour. > 5. A demonstrated willingness to be involved in academic > administration. > 6. Excellent oral and written communication skills and a demonstrated > ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with > colleagues in > an academic environment. > 7. A demonstrated understanding of equal opportunity principles and > policies > and a commitment to their application in a university context. > > > > Information on applying for a position at ANU > > > > http://hr.anu.edu.au/employment-at-anu/job-opportunities/applying-for-a-pos… > > > --- Professor Elinor McKone, PhD Queen Elizabeth II Fellow Department of Psychology Australian National University ACT 0200 Australia ph: +61 2 6125 2822 fax: +61 2 6125 0499 email: elinor.mckone(a)anu.edu.au

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Does anyone know of a good emotion/expression recognition test that uses dynamic expressions and not static images?
by Garga Chatterjee 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Any pointers or better still, a test itself, would be highly appreciated. Garga Chatterjee Postdoctoral Fellow Massachusestts Institute of Technology

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RA post (Face perception) at MRC CBU
by Andy Calder 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear friends and colleagues, Please circulate the following advert for an RA post to your department, or anyone you think might be interested. Sorry if you receive this twice MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge Research Assistant The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute with state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities. Applications are invited for a full-time Research Assistant to support a programme addressing the perception of faces and other social cues in typical participants and individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC). The post will also be responsible for the volunteer recruitment. The research is in collaborationwith the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge. You will have a degree in psychology, neuroscience or a related discipline, with a strong interest in studying face perception and social cognition in individuals with autism. Experience in scientific research, particularly with human volunteers, is important, and experience of runningexperiments involving individuals with ASC would also be an advantage. Good communication and teamworking skills are essential and familiarity with experimental presentation and statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS) would be useful. You should also be prepared to work out-of-hours occasionally. The starting salary will be in the range of £20,074 - £23,056 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available. Applications are handled by the RCUK Shared Services Centre; to apply please visit our job board at https://ext.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk<https://ext.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk/> and complete an online application form. Applicants who would like to receive thisadvert in an alternative format (e.g. large print, Braille, audio or hard copy), or who are unable to apply online should contact us by telephone on 01793 867003, please quote reference number IRC59766. Closing date: 31st July 2012 Andy Calder Scientific Programme Leader MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit 15, Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF Telephone: +44 (0)1223 355294 Fax: +44 (0)1223 359062

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FW: request for stimuli which differ by one feature only
by Peter Hancock 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

-----Original Message----- From: Jodie Davies-Thompson [mailto:jdthompson@eyecarecentre.org] Sent: 02 July 2012 17:11 To: face-research-list-bounces Subject: RE: request for stimuli which differ by one feature only Dear Aisling, I'll have to check with my colleagues first, but we have some stimuli which you could use. (On a side note for all, we will soon be making a face stimuli database available which consists of 12 Caucasian males, each photographed professionally under 6 different angle (0, 10, 20 ,30, 40 ,50 degrees) each under 6 different expressions (neutral, happy, sad, angry, surprise, fear, disgust).) However, just to give you a heads up (and to potentially save you some time and effort!), we have just done that experiment and have just submitted it for publication. The study is a same/different matching task where one of the following changes occurs: - whole face - top half of the face - bottom half of the face - eyes only - mouth only - nose only As you would expect, we find that for both reaction times and percent correct, subjects find the images harder to discriminate exactly in the order above (ie. faster and more efficient at detecting changes to the eyes than to the mouth). I would be happy to send you our paper once it has been accepted (hopefully!). Let me know if you would still find the stimuli set helpful. All the best, Jodie ________________________________________ From: face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:00 AM To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Subject: Face-research-list Digest, Vol 18, Issue 1 Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk You can reach the person managing the list at face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. request for stimuli which differ by one feature only (Aisling Conway) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:38:00 +0100 From: Aisling Conway <aisling.conway(a)ucdconnect.ie> To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Subject: [Face-research-list] request for stimuli which differ by one feature only Message-ID: <CAH3NbBK+cTrwY6mH=wh5Hk_QdNz36ytFFWYqskvLnDZSbQzK8A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear all I am looking to set up a same/different face recognition task asking my participants to decide if pairs of faces are identical or if they differ by one feature (ie, all elements of the two faces are identical except the mouth). Does anybody have a set of face stimuli which has pairs of faces differing by only one feature (ie different eyes with all other features identical or different noses with all other features identical)? Thank you very much for your help Aisling Conway University College Dublin

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Reminder! Paper submission deadline July 3
by O'Toole, Alice J 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

================================================================ "WHAT'S IN A FACE?" ECCV 2012 WORKSHOP 12 OCTOBER 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/ ================================================================ The “What’s in a Face?” workshop aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary exchange on the topic of human face. The interdisciplinary aspect will promote a lively exchange of ideas between researchers in computer vision, biometrics, cognitive psychology and forensics. This exchange will be facilitated by invited talks from leading researchers in these disciplines. Additionally, a panel session will be conducted to bring to the fore new perspectives and promote active collaboration between these disciplines. Computer vision sees the human face as a natural object and aims to perform the tasks of detection, tracking, coding and matching from images and videos. The task of facial recognition, for the purpose of establishing human identity, is the central focus in biometrics, where face images have also been used to deduce soft biometric attributes such as an individual’s age, gender and ethnicity. In forensics, local facial features such as moles, scars, tattoos and wrinkles have been used to validate identity in one-to-one matching cases involving photos. In speech forensics, face videos have been used in conjunction with audio streams to enhance the reliability of speech recognition through the use of audio-visual cues. Real-time face tracking, coupled with the use of soft biometric features, has allowed for new applications, such as continuous user monitoring and authentication in work environments. In cognitive vision and social psychology, videos and images of faces have been analyzed to infer an individual’s emotional state or to detect interpersonal deception. The neuropsychological processes pertaining to how humans recognize faces has also been actively studied over several decades. From a medical perspective, face images may also offer information about an individual’s health. More recently, facial images have been used to study familial relationships. The above observations lead to the tantalizing question: “What’s in a Face?” We invite high quality contributions on the following topics: - Novel 2D and 4D face recognition algorithms - Neuropsychology of face recognition in humans - Face understanding in social/cognitive psychology - Face behaviometrics - Age, gender and race prediction from faces - Emotion and deception detection from faces - Familial relationships from face images - Facial forensics based on scars, moles, tattoos - Facial micro-expressions - Detection of social intent from faces - Recognition of attentional focus ================================================================ IMPORTANT DATES July 3, 2012: Paper Submission Deadline July 30, 2012: Decision Notification August 5, 2012: Camera-ready Paper Due October 12, 2012: Full Day Workshop ================================================================ WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/ PAPER SUBMISSION SITE: https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/paper-submission ================================================================ ORGANIZERS: Arun Ross, West Virginia University Antitza Dantcheva, West Virginia University Alice O'Toole, University of Texas at Dallas Maja Pantic, Imperial College London Stefanos Zafeiriou, Imperial College London ================================================================

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request for stimuli which differ by one feature only
by Aisling Conway 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear all I am looking to set up a same/different face recognition task asking my participants to decide if pairs of faces are identical or if they differ by one feature (ie, all elements of the two faces are identical except the mouth). Does anybody have a set of face stimuli which has pairs of faces differing by only one feature (ie different eyes with all other features identical or different noses with all other features identical)? Thank you very much for your help Aisling Conway University College Dublin

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Reminder! Paper submission deadline July 3
by O'Toole, Alice J 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

================================================================ "WHAT'S IN A FACE?" ECCV 2012 WORKSHOP 12 OCTOBER 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/ ================================================================ The “What’s in a Face?” workshop aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary exchange on the topic of human face. The interdisciplinary aspect will promote a lively exchange of ideas between researchers in computer vision, biometrics, cognitive psychology and forensics. This exchange will be facilitated by invited talks from leading researchers in these disciplines. Additionally, a panel session will be conducted to bring to the fore new perspectives and promote active collaboration between these disciplines. Computer vision sees the human face as a natural object and aims to perform the tasks of detection, tracking, coding and matching from images and videos. The task of facial recognition, for the purpose of establishing human identity, is the central focus in biometrics, where face images have also been used to deduce soft biometric attributes such as an individual’s age, gender and ethnicity. In forensics, local facial features such as moles, scars, tattoos and wrinkles have been used to validate identity in one-to-one matching cases involving photos. In speech forensics, face videos have been used in conjunction with audio streams to enhance the reliability of speech recognition through the use of audio-visual cues. Real-time face tracking, coupled with the use of soft biometric features, has allowed for new applications, such as continuous user monitoring and authentication in work environments. In cognitive vision and social psychology, videos and images of faces have been analyzed to infer an individual’s emotional state or to detect interpersonal deception. The neuropsychological processes pertaining to how humans recognize faces has also been actively studied over several decades. From a medical perspective, face images may also offer information about an individual’s health. More recently, facial images have been used to study familial relationships. The above observations lead to the tantalizing question: “What’s in a Face?” We invite high quality contributions on the following topics: - Novel 2D and 4D face recognition algorithms - Neuropsychology of face recognition in humans - Face understanding in social/cognitive psychology - Face behaviometrics - Age, gender and race prediction from faces - Emotion and deception detection from faces - Familial relationships from face images - Facial forensics based on scars, moles, tattoos - Facial micro-expressions - Detection of social intent from faces - Recognition of attentional focus ================================================================ IMPORTANT DATES July 3, 2012: Paper Submission Deadline July 30, 2012: Decision Notification August 5, 2012: Camera-ready Paper Due October 12, 2012: Full Day Workshop ================================================================ WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/ PAPER SUBMISSION SITE: https://sites.google.com/site/wiaf2012/paper-submission ================================================================ ORGANIZERS: Arun Ross, West Virginia University Antitza Dantcheva, West Virginia University Alice O'Toole, University of Texas at Dallas Maja Pantic, Imperial College London Stefanos Zafeiriou, Imperial College London ================================================================

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