Research
I'm interested in affective human computer interaction and automatic affect recognition systems with a focus on nonverbal communication; in particular, body posture and movement. Currently, I'm a postdoctoral researcher on Dr. Marco Gillies' EPSRC funded project (EP/H02977X/1): Performance Driven Expressive Virtual Characters. Details can be found here.
Publications
A list of my publications can be found here
Background
I received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Oregon, USA in 1995. Several years later I moved
to Japan where I received a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu in 2004. Subsequently,
I moved to London where I received a PhD in Computer Science from University College London in 2010. My Masters and PhD
research was in the area of Affective Computing.
The UCLIC Database of Affective Postures and Body Movements
As part of my PhD research I was involved in the
AffectME project
(funded by a Marie Curie International Re-Integration Grant: (MIRG-CT-2006-046434) 2007-2009 (2010)).
One outcome of the project was the creation of a database comprising both acted and non-acted motion capture data and
avatar images of affective bodily expressions.
If you are interested in obtaining the database which is freely available for academic use, please contact us:
a.kleinsmith@gold.ac.uk or n.berthouze@ucl.ac.uk
Details of the database can be found here
If you are interested in obtaining the database which is freely available for academic use, please contact us: a.kleinsmith@gold.ac.uk or n.berthouze@ucl.ac.uk
Details of the database can be found here