HCI2007 Conference Program
IEEE International Workshop on Human Computer Interaction 2007
October 20, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


8:55-9:00       Welcome to HCI2007

9:00-10:00     Keynote Presentation

Human-Centered Interaction: Perspectives on a New Paradigm and Computer Vision's Role

Alejandro Jaimes, IDIAP, Switzerland

10:00-10:30    Coffee Break

10:30-12:10    Session 1
(5 presentations)

PEYE: Toward a Visual Motion based Perceptual Interface for Mobile Devices
Gang Hua, Ting-Yi Yang, and Srinath Vasireddy, Microsoft Live Labs

An Artificial Imagination for Interactive Search
Bart Thomee, Mark Huiskes, Erwin Bakker, and Michael Lew, Leiden University, Netherlands

Non-intrusive Physiological Monitoring for Automated Stress Detection in Human-Computer Interaction
Armando Barreto, Jing Zhai, and Malek Adjouadi, Florida International University, USA

Vision-based Projected Tabletop Interface for Finger Interactions
Peng Song, Stefan Winkler, Gilani Syed Omer, and ZhiYing Zhou, National University of Singapore

A System for Hybrid Vision- and Sound-Based Interaction with Distal and Proximal Targets on Wall-Sized, High-Resolution Tiled Displays
Daniel Stødle, John Markus Bjørndalen, and Otto J. Anshus, University of Tromsø, Norway

12:10-13:50    Lunch

13:50-15:30    Session 2 (5 presentations)

Real-time Automatic Kinematic Model Building for Optical Motion Capture Using a Markov Random Field
Stjepan Rajko and Gang Qian, Arizona State University, USA

Interactive Feedback for Video Tracking Using Hybrid Maximum Likelihood Similarity
Ard Oerlemans and Bart Thomee, Leiden University and VDG Security, Netherlands

Large Lexicon Detection of Sign Language
Helen Cooper and Richard Bowden, Universtiy Of Surrey, UK

Nonparametric Modelling and Tracking with Active-GNG
Anastassia Angelopoulou, Alexandra Psarrou, Gaurav Gupta, and Jose Garcia Rodriguez, University of Westminster, UK

Multiple Cue Integrated Action Detection
Sang-Hack Jung, Yanlin Guo, Harpreet Sawhney, and Rakesh Kumar, Sarnoff Corporation, USA

15:30-16:00    Coffee Break

16:00-17:40    Session 3 (5 presentations)

Combined Support Vector Machines and Hidden Markov Models for Modeling Facial Action Temporal Dynamics
Michel F. Valstar and Maja Pantic, Imperial College London, UK

Pose and Gaze Estimation in Multi-Camera Networks for Non-Restrictive HCI
Chung-Ching Chang, Chen Wu, and Hamid Aghajan, Stanford University, USA

Machine Learning Systems For Detecting Driver Drowsiness
Esra Vural, Mujdat Cetin, Aytul Ercil, Gwen Littlewort, Marni Bartlett, and Javier Movellan, UCSD, USA

Exact Eye Contact with Virtual Humans
Andrei State, University of North Carolina & InnerOptic Technology Inc., USA

Real Time Body Pose Tracking in an Immersive Training Environment
Chi-Wei Chu and Ramakant Nevatia, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Univ. of Southern California, USA

17:40-17:45    Closing Remarks