Affective computing is currently one of the most active research topics, furthermore, having
increasingly intensive attention. This strong interest is driven by a wide spectrum of …

We live in a world where there are countless interactions with computer systems in every-
day situations. In the most ideal case, this interaction feels as familiar and as natural as the …

Visual emotion expression plays an important role in audiovisual speech communication. In
this work, we propose a novel approach to rendering visual emotion expression in speech …

Reconstructinga 3D face from a single image is a crucial task in numerous multimedia
applications. Face images with ground-truth 3D face shapes are scarce, so unsupervised …

The verbal and nonverbal channels of human communication are internally and intricately
connected. As a result, gestures and speech present high levels of correlation and …

We describe our novel deep learning approach for driving animated faces using both
acoustic and visual information. In particular, speech-related facial movements are …

I have written this book to help you to explore ambient intelligence (AmI) in all its complexity,
intricacy, variety, and breadth, the many faces of a topical subject that encompasses so …

Performance animation is an expressive method for animating characters through human
performance. However, character motion is only one part of creating animated stories. The …

Affective information processing involves studies that attempt to give computers the
humanlike capabilities of observation, interpretation, and generation of affect features. It is …

The audio/visual map** problem of speech-driven facial animation has intrigued
researchers for years. Recent research efforts have demonstrated that hidden Markov model …