While detecting and interpreting temporal patterns of nonverbal behavioural cues in a given
context is a natural and often unconscious process for humans, it remains a rather difficult …

Previous works on facial expression analysis have shown that person specific models are
advantageous with respect to generic ones for recognizing facial expressions of new users …

This paper discusses about conservation scene analysis. It has the potential to revitalize
human-human communications. Conversation scene analysis aims to provide the automatic …

In this chapter, we revisit the main theories of human emotion and personality and their
implications for the development of affective conversational agents. We focus on the role that …

We propose a system that structures a meeting log by detecting and tagging the participants'
actions in the meeting using acceleration sensors. The proposed system detects head …

This paper presents a novel research framework for the estimation of emotional interactions
produced between meeting participants. The types of emotional interaction targeted in this …

Understanding multiparty human interaction dynamics is a challenging problem involving
multiple data modalities and complex ordered interactions between multiple people. We …

Bringing together experts in multimodal signal processing, this book provides a detailed
introduction to the area, with a focus on the analysis, recognition and interpretation of human …

We propose a room-shaped information environment called Ambient Suite that enhances
communication among multiple participants. In Ambient Suite, the room itself works as both …

This chapter presents computational methods for the analysis of social interaction. We focus
on nonverbal behavior of social interaction, in particular social verticality, such as …