Visual Image Interpretation in Humans and Machines
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bath
Department Name: Computer Science
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Darren Cosker (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | ViiHM is a network of researchers who are primarily based in the UK. The network's purpose is to foster dissemination and collaboration between the Computer and Biological Vision communities. A primary part of ViiHM for this is it's annual event, and this has been the catalyst for a range of activities such as mini-workshops and exchange visits. These provide focused mechanisms for dissemination/discussion but also opportunities to discuss research projects and further funding. ViiHM has successfully fostered a range of these activities, for example: Mini-workshops - Binocular Vision, Challenges and Techniques: Ross Goutcher - Vision for movement, a comparative approach: Paul Graham - Statistics in Human and Machine Vision: Joshua Solomom - Advancements in Face Research: A Conversation Between Humans and Machines:Yukun Lai - Higher level scene understanding and application in robotic vision: Deepayan Bhowmik - Young Vision Research Colloquium: Dave Bull - The Social Impact of Facial Appearance: Moi Hoon Yap - Low power and adaptive computer vision for scene understanding: Deepayan Bhowmik Grant writing workshops - Dynamic Faces: Representations for Animation and Perception & Bio-inspired models of gaze, action and reward for robotics: Alan Johnston, Darren Cosker & Iain Gilchrist - Visual, thermal, near-infrared, chemical and perceptual analysis of human skin for application in health, cosmetics and rendering: Marina Bloj - The role of chromatic signals in spatial vision: Jasna Martinovic - Illumination in Natural Scenes: Andrew Schofield - Exploring Gaze Dynamics for Human-Machine Interactions: Farzin Deravi - Retina Models: Sonya Coleman - How gaze behaviour contributes to individual differences in cognitive task performance - scanpath analysis: Jinghao Xue & Kun Guo - Biological Vision Inspired Dynamic 3D Acquisition and Reconstruction using Statistical Machine Learning: Yukun Lai Exchange visits - Perceived gloss of HDR stimuli (Wendy Adams, Psychology @ Southampton -> Rafal Mantiuk, Computer Science @ Bangor) - Exploration of optimal gaze pattern in eye tracking studies using deep learning approach and its application to automatic image retrieval and object detection (Ruixuan Wang, Engineering & Physical Sciences @ Heriot-Watt -> Kun Guo, Psychology @ Lincoln) - Active Vision with Human-in-the-Loop for the Visually Impaired ( Mr Jacobus Lock PhD student, School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln -> Professor Iain Gilchrest University, School of Experimental Psychology) |
| Exploitation Route | As ViiHM is focused on research culture, it has fostered new collaborations and partnerships. These are arguably as a result of ViiHM. The Birmingham PI - Andrew Schofield - will have further details. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/exchanges/ |
| Description | Annual ViiHM Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop brought together members of the ViiHM network to share research results and discuss collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/second-workshop/ |
| Description | Annual ViiHM Workshop - 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ViiHM Annual meeting ran in 2014, in Stratford -upon-Avon. The event was attended by national and international academics, who networked and presented work. From this meeting, micro-workshops were organised by the community, resulting in grant applications being generated. At least one has been submitted to EPSRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/first-workshop/ |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of CAMERA from Health & Computer Science attended a day-long workshop - talks from different department, supporting cross-faculty collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Mini-Workshops and Exchanges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of ViiHM, mini-workshops and grant writing events were organised by the community. The following exchanges/workshops have taken place so far: Mini-workshops - Binocular Vision, Challenges and Techniques: Ross Goutcher - Vision for movement, a comparative approach: Paul Graham - Statistics in Human and Machine Vision: Joshua Solomom Grant writing workshops - Dynamic Faces: Representations for Animation and Perception & Bio-inspired models of gaze, action and reward for robotics: Alan Johnston, Darren Cosker & Iain Gilchrist - Visual, thermal, near-infrared, chemical and perceptual analysis of human skin for application in health, cosmetics and rendering: Marina Bloj - The role of chromatic signals in spatial vision: Jasna Martinovic - Illumination in Natural Scenes: Andrew Schofield - Exploring Gaze Dynamics for Human-Machine Interactions: Farzin Deravi Exchange visits - Perceived gloss of HDR stimuli (Psychology @ Southampton -> Computer Science @ Bangor): Wendy Adams - Exploration of optimal gaze pattern in eye tracking studies using deep learning approach and its application to automatic image retrieval and object detection (Engineering & Physical Sciences @ Heriot-Watt -> Psychology @ Lincoln): Ruixuan Wang |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/exchanges/ |
| Description | University-Industry R&D Collaborations in Immersive Technologies Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA organised two workshops with Immerse UK: University-Industry R&D Collaborations in Immersive Technologies. Secrets to Winning Innovation Funding and Running Successful Collaborative Projects in Partnership with Universities. Immerse UK and CAMERA teamed up to create two workshops aimed at catalysing new collaborations between UK Universities and innovative small businesses. The theme of the workshops was leveraging cross-sector partnerships and enabling, immersive technologies to stimulate collaborative R&D projects for innovation and business growth. The workshops drew on the collective experience of collaborators from industry and academia, alongside funding providers and bid writers. Participants discussed what is involved in building successful collaborations with universities, what funding routes are available in relevant technology areas, and how best to access them. Participants left the workshops with a better understanding of the University research offering, collaboration routes, potential partnerships, relevant identified funding calls, and possibly a new project. Thursday 3rd May 2018 - Bath The Innovation Centre, Broad Quay, Bath BA1 1UD Wednesday 23rd May 2018 - London University of Bath, Level 6, 83 Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y CAMERA were delighted to be asked to run two fully funded workshops for micro and SME companies focusing on successful University-Industry R&D collaborations in Immersive Technologies. We were pleased to welcome a wide range of SMEs, ranging from the fashion industry to documentary teams and one person start-ups. The two sold-out workshops drew on the collective experience of seasoned collaborators from industry and academia, including Marshmallowlaserfeast's Nell Whitley and Professor Adrian Hilton of the University of Surrey. Delegates also heard from funding providers and experienced bid writers. Claire Tansley and Carrie Wootten gave valuable insights into national research funding and innovation networks, and Wavecrest's Jeff Clifford (former Head of R&D at Double Negative) took us through the most common types of collaborative R&D public grant funding and application processes. Delegates also had the opportunity to informally discuss a variety of research areas with academics from various universities including Bath, Bath Spa, Ravensbourne, Surrey and Greenwich. Thanks also to Setsquared's Miles Davis for talking about the new Scale Up Programme, and University of Bath's Rosie Bennet, who took us through the new ERDF funded programmes on offer for digital technology businesses in the South West. Attendees left with better insight into the university research offering, collaboration routes, potential partnerships, relevant identified funding calls, and even some new projects. We wish all our participants success and hope to work with many of them in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | VIIHM 2016 Annual Workshop - leading to mini-workshops, grant submissions and exchanges. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the ViiHM network, annual events are held. These include invited submissions/talks/posters from the Human and Computer Vision communities, and invited keynotes. The reach of keynotes and participants is international (although registered attendees are mostly national). The annual workshops are the flagship ViiHM event, and are the catalyst for other activities - including mini-workshops and exchanges. Listed below are some the outcomes where the annual event is arguably the catalyst: Mini-workshops - Binocular Vision, Challenges and Techniques: Ross Goutcher - Vision for movement, a comparative approach: Paul Graham - Statistics in Human and Machine Vision: Joshua Solomom - Advancements in Face Research: A Conversation Between Humans and Machines:Yukun Lai - Higher level scene understanding and application in robotic vision: Deepayan Bhowmik - Young Vision Research Colloquium: Dave Bull - The Social Impact of Facial Appearance: Moi Hoon Yap - Low power and adaptive computer vision for scene understanding: Deepayan Bhowmik Grant writing workshops - Dynamic Faces: Representations for Animation and Perception & Bio-inspired models of gaze, action and reward for robotics: Alan Johnston, Darren Cosker & Iain Gilchrist - Visual, thermal, near-infrared, chemical and perceptual analysis of human skin for application in health, cosmetics and rendering: Marina Bloj - The role of chromatic signals in spatial vision: Jasna Martinovic - Illumination in Natural Scenes: Andrew Schofield - Exploring Gaze Dynamics for Human-Machine Interactions: Farzin Deravi - Retina Models: Sonya Coleman - How gaze behaviour contributes to individual differences in cognitive task performance - scanpath analysis: Jinghao Xue & Kun Guo - Biological Vision Inspired Dynamic 3D Acquisition and Reconstruction using Statistical Machine Learning: Yukun Lai Exchange visits - Perceived gloss of HDR stimuli (Wendy Adams, Psychology @ Southampton -> Rafal Mantiuk, Computer Science @ Bangor) - Exploration of optimal gaze pattern in eye tracking studies using deep learning approach and its application to automatic image retrieval and object detection (Ruixuan Wang, Engineering & Physical Sciences @ Heriot-Watt -> Kun Guo, Psychology @ Lincoln) - Active Vision with Human-in-the-Loop for the Visually Impaired ( Mr Jacobus Lock PhD student, School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln -> Professor Iain Gilchrest University, School of Experimental Psychology) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/exchanges/ |
| Description | Workshop Organisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dario Cazzola was personally invited to organise a workshop and give seminars to the OpenSim Workshop in Leuven (Belgium) - 6-8/11/2018 The Human Movement Biomechanics research group along with OpenSim fellows and experts (Luca Modenese from Imperial College, Colin Smith from ETH, and Dario Cazzola from the University of Bath) held an OpenSim workshop in Leuven. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/english/research/50000737/groups/HMB/events/Opensimworkshop2018/opensimw... |