The quadratic discriminant (QD) classifier has proved to be simple and effective in many pattern recognition problems. However, it requires the computation of the inverse of the sa...
A novel method to estunate the chin contour which is the curve that separates the chin region from the neck region of a human face is proposed. The method assumes that the face an...
In this paper, we describe the design and development of a social game called Familiars. Inspired by the daemons in Pullman’s “Dark Material” trilogy, Familiars are animal c...
Ben Kirman, Eva Ferrari, Shaun Lawson, Jonathan Fr...
Most eye trackers work well for open eyes. However, blinking is a physiological necessity for humans. Moreover, for applicationssuch as facial expression analysis and driver aware...
This paper details results of an experiment to empirically evaluate the effectiveness and user acceptability of human-like synthetic agents in a multi-modal electronic retail scen...
Helen McBreen, Paul Shade, Mervyn A. Jack, Peter J...