Mechanisms of nonverbal communication: Emotion recognition based on facial expressions and analysis of head and body postures (C03)

• Subject Area: Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
• Term: from 2009 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 54371073

In subproject C3 new methods and technologies for the visual detection and processing of non-verbal signals in human-machine-interaction processes are developed. They focus on the analysis of fine-structured micro-expressions as forms of non - concealable body state parameters, weakly expressed gestures and the human pose estimation in multi-person scenarios. It is of particular interest to which extent these methods can be employed when mobile sensors are used. Moreover, neuromorphic algorithms for processing sparse coded data of event-based sensors are developed. These approaches provide new solutions to computer vision tasks in the field of mobile systems.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 62: Companion-Technology for Cognitive Technical Systems
• Applicant Institution: Universität Ulm
• Co-Applicant Institution: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Ayoub Al-Hamadi; Professor Dr.-Ing. Bernd Michaelis, until 3/2013 (†); Professor Dr. Heiko Neumann