Burak Acar
Lale Akarun
Levent Arslan
Murat Saraçlar
Bülent Sankur
Boğaziçi University
eNTERFACE’07
• 16 July – 10 August 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
• Hosted by – Boğaziçi University
Multi-Media Group
eNTERFACE’07
• Goals: – To institutionalize eNTERFACE workshops within the European
community. Demand the aegis of EURASIP: The European Association for Signal Processing.
– To constitute a bridge for the community of interest between FP6 and FP7. All related FP6 projects have been contacted.
• Format & Goals: – Accommodation of 12 projects with a total participant population of
140 attendants for the duration of one month.
– To invite experts and a percentage of students from SIMILAR as well as non-SIMILAR partners and/or countries.
eNTERFACE Workshops
• eNTERFACE’07Istanbul, Turkey141 people / 20 countries
• eNTERFACE’06Dubrovnik, Croatia65 people / 12 countries
• eNTERFACE’05Mons, Belgium55 people / 20 countries
eNTERFACE’07 organizers
Bülent Sankur Lale Akarun Burak Acar Murat Saraçlar
OyaAran
OyaÇeliktutan
İsmailArı
ArmanSavran
ÇağlayanDicle
CemKeskin
Boğaziçi University Multi-Media Group
HamdiDibeklioglu
• Call for Projects– 18 projects are
proposed12 projects are
accepted
• Call for Participation– 160 applications
are received140 participants
are accepted
eNTERFACE’07 Accepted Projects
1. Multi-Approach DT-MRI Data Analysis & Visualization Platform2. Advanced Multimodal Interfaces for Flexible Communications3. A Multimodal Framework for the Communication of Disabled4. Multimodal Speaker Identity Conversion5. Audio-Driven Human Body Motion Analysis and Synthesis6. Event Recognition for Meaningful Human-Computer Interaction in a Smart
Environment7. 3D Face Recognition Performance under Adversorial Conditions8. Audiovisual Content Generation Controlled by Physiological Signals for Clinical and
Artistic Applications9. USIMAG Tool: A Software for Real-time Elastography and Tensorial Elastography10. Realtime and Accurate Musical Control of Expression in Singing Synthesis
(RAMCESS)11. Mobile-phone Based Gesture Recognition12. Benchmark for Multimodal Biometric Authentication
eNTERFACE’07 Projects
• Synthesis & Analysis– Multimodal Speaker Identity
Conversion– Audio-Driven Human Body
Motion Analysis and Synthesis– Audiovisual Content Generation
Controlled by Physiological Signals for Clinical and Artistic Application
– Realtime and Accurate Musical Control of Expression in Singing Synthesis (RAMCESS)
eNTERFACE’07 Projects
• Multimodal Interaction– Advanced Multimodal
Interfaces for Flexible Communications
– Event Recognition for Meaningful Human-Computer Interaction in a Smart Environment
– Mobile-phone Based Gesture Recognition
eNTERFACE’07 Projects
• Biometric Interfaces– 3D Face Recognition
Performance under Adversorial Conditions
– Benchmark for Multimodal Biometric Authentication
eNTERFACE’07 Projects
• Medical Interfaces– Multi-Approach DT-MRI
Data Analysis & Visualization Platform
– USIMAG Tool: A Software for Real-time Elastography and Tensorial Elastography
• Handicapped Interfaces– A Multimodal Framework
for the Communication of Disabled
eNTERFACE’07 Invited Speakers
Dilek H. Tür
UC Berkeley, USA
Leonello Tarabella
ISTI/CNR, Italy
Gaël Richard
ENST, France
Nick Bambos
Stanford University, USA
Roland Bammer
Stanford University, USA
Giovanna Varni
University of Genoa, Italy
Antonio Camurri
University of Genoa, Italy
Metin Tevfik Sezgin
University of Cambridge, UK
eNTERFACE’07 Deliverables
• Project report in the IEEE journal format• Open software• Database (when applicable)• Project presentation (powerpoint)• Demo (video format)
Accessible fromhttp://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/enterface07/
eNTERFACE’07 Social Activities
• Boat tour on the Bosporus• Istanbul historical city tour • Trip to Kilyos Beach• Prince’s Island tour• Visit to Koc University• eNTERFACE’07 Gala Dinner
eNTERFACE’07 Budget
INFRASTRUCTURES (workshop halls and services)
7400
INVITED SPEAKERS & SCHOLARSHIPS
20.500
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 9.350
ORGANIZATIONAL COSTS 5.600
TOTAL 36.610
eNTERFACE’07 Budget
TUBITAK funds for workshop organization 8,000€ University donation 6,000€ Sponsors 6,000€ Total expenses 42,610€ SIMILAR 22,610€
eNTERFACE’07 Feedbacks
• The assessment of the project leaders and the feedback received from participants indicated that – The workshop was well planned and well focused on its
themes
– The infrastructure and the facilities were very adequate
– The experience was enjoyable and useful for almost everybody
– Almost all participants expressed the desire to participate to future workshops.
eNTERFACE’07 Improvement areas
• Preparation for projects– There are a number of participants, especially those at the B.Sc and M.Sc
level that need to be trained one week ahead of the workshop to be better integrated into projects.
• Number of projects– 12 seem to be the limit number of projects; perhaps fewer but more
comprehensive projects will be better.
• Selection of team members– The leaders must be more proactive in the selection of their team members
and should not leave everything to the organizers.