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List:       cypherpunks
Subject:    Re: biometrics hoopla
From:       mok-kong shen <mok-kong.shen () stud ! uni-muenchen ! de>
Date:       1998-08-31 12:11:25
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Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:


> passholders. To learn more about the many methods of
> biometric identification that may gain popularity in the
> near future, visit some of the web sites listed here in
> the sidebar.

I like to foward something related in the following which I have
just received.

M. K. Shen

______________________

        Workshop in conjunction with ACM Multimedia (ACM MM98)

        "Face/Gesture Recognition and Their Applications"

                September 12 (Sat), 1998
             at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom


Organizers:
        Jun Ohya (ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Labs.)
        Ryohei Nakatsu (ATR Media Integration & Communications Research
Labs.)
        Richard Reilly (University College Dublin)

Overview:

  Face and gesture recognition are typically associated with newer
interfaces
to multimedia applications and systems. However, both face and gesture
recognition play important roles in access to information systems for
the
physically and mentally Disabled and the Elderly. These users groups are
unable to use the standard technology input device of keyboard and
mouse.
Speech recognition is not always feasible as an input mechanism due to
speech dysarthria and articulation difficulties.
The aim of this workshop is to provide the attendee with an overview of
the
start-of-art in face and gesture recognition and to illustrate by
example
how these impact on disability issues such as augmentative and
alternative
communication, tremor and gait diagnosis and analysis, telemedine and
speech/gesture fusion.


Registration:

  To register for the workshop, please send an email to Ms Miho
Nishimura
(nisimura@mic.atr.co.jp).


Contents:

  Opening Remarks
         Ryohei Nakatsu, President
         ATR Media Integration & Communications
                             Research Laboratories, Japan

  Overview Lecture
    "Communications among abled persons, disabled persons, and computers
       using nonverbal information"
         Ryohei Nakatsu
         ATR Media Integration & Communications
                             Research Laboratories, Japan

  Review Lecture I
    "Face/Gesture Analysis/Synthesis Technologies for Human-to-Human
         Communications through Virtual Environments".
         Jun Ohya
         ATR Media Integration & Communications
                             Research Laboratories, Japan

  Review Lecture II
    "Augmentative and Alternative Communication
                     for the Disabled and Elderly,"
         Richard Reilly,
         Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,
         University College Dublin, Ireland

  Specific Lecture I
    "Error Recognition for Rehabilitation and Microsurgery"
         Cameron Riviere,
         Carnegie Mellon University, USA

  Specific Lecture II
    "Use of Gesture Tracking and Multimedia Animation in the
               Diagnosis and Analysis of Human Gait,"
         Stephen. Dorgan,
         Dept. of Automatic Control,
         Technical University of Munich, Germany

  Specific Lecture III
    "Bimodal Expression of Emotion by Face and Voice,"
         Jeffery Cohn,
         University of Pittsburgh, USA

  Specific Lecture IV
    "Gesture VR: Vision-Based 3D Hand Interface for Spatial
Interaction,"
         Jakub Segen
         Bell Laboratories
         Holmdel, NJ, USA

  Panel Discussion
         "Nonverbal Information Recognition Technologies and the
             Future Forms of Human Communications"

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