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.