Call for Participation for CHI2006 Workshop on April 22ND 2006
The human face plays an important role in many aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication. As such, the face is a rich source of information relevant to human-computer interaction. The fields of eye gaze tracking and face recognition have both reached sufficient maturity that several companies now offer commercial products based on these technologies. By contrast, other aspects of facial information processing, including expression and gesture recognition have yet to reach a comparable stage of development.
This workshop will consist of a general assessment of the state of the art of facial information processing in HCI. By examining a broad range of topics in HCI related to this theme we will attempt to understand why certain areas of face-based HCI, such as facial expression processing and robotic facial display, have lagged others, such as gaze tracking, and identity recognition. The goal is to collectively arrive at a set of research strategies to bring the more slowly developing areas up to speed.
An extended list of possible topics will be made available at the workshop’s web site. Briefly:
- Innovative methods for controlling robotic faces
- Expression and gesture measurement and tracking tools
- The role of context in processing facial information
- Multimodality: combining facial information with affective data such as EMG and galvanic response
- Theory and research paradigms
- Key privacy, trust, and security issues for face processing applications
- Face technology for the disabled
- The face in technology for the aging population
- Face technology for entertainment computing and games
- Funding, publication and exchange of research
Format
The workshop will consist of a day long highly interactive format that will encourage group dialogue and knowledge transfer/sharing.
Submission Details
Submissions should consist of 2 – 4 page position statements in ACM format. Statements should be submitted as PDF files not exceeding 5 MB in size, and should be sent by e-mail to mlyons@atr.jp.
Important Dates
December 15th, 2005: Submission deadline
February 1st, 2006: Notification of acceptance
March 1st, 2006: Accepted papers published on workshop web site
April 22rd, 2006: Workshop
Organizers
Michael J. Lyons
ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Labs, mlyons@atr.jp
Christoph Bartneck
TU/e Department of Industrial Design, christoph@bartneck.de
Further information can be found:
- CHI2006 Webpage
- The extended abstract of the workshop is available.
Program
| Time | Activity |
| 09:00-09:10 | Michael Lyons & Christoph Bartneck Welcome and introduction to the workshopReflection on Robotic Intelligence Christoph Bartneck |
| 09:10-09:45 | Looking Behind the Face: Research on Robotic and Computational Modeling Oropharyngeal Anatomy for Speech Synthesis Keynote presentation by Sidney Fels |
| 09:45-10:00 | coffee break |
| 10:00-10:15 | Emotions and EMG measures of facial muscles in interactive contexts Sascha Mahlke |
| 10:15-10:30 | Concurrence of Facial & Bodily Expression: A Feasibility Study Elizabeth Crane |
| 10:30-10:45 | The Face in Activity Analysis and Gesture Interfaces Alejandro Jaimes |
| 10:45-11:00 | ECAs Capabilities Catherine Pelachaud |
| 11:00-11:15 | Emotion-mapped Robotic Facial Expressions based on Philosophical Theories of Vagueness Phil Serchuk |
| 11:15-11:30 | Faces as Content David J. Chatting |
| 11:30-11:45 | Usability Indicators – In Your Face Pedro Branco |
| 11:45-12:00 | When the Interface is the User’s Face: Ideas for Research and Applications Ian Li |
| 12:00-12:15 | Searching for Emotional Content in Digital Video Aleksandra Sarcevic |
| 12:15-12:30 | identify issue for dicussion and form themed groups for the afternoon |
| 12:30-14:00 | lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | group work |
| 15:30-15:45 | coffee break |
| 15:45-17:00 | discussion, summary, wrap up |
| dinner (optional) |