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I am a final year PhD researcher in Computer Vision and Image Laboratory - C.V.I.L at NUI, Maynooth. I previously studied at the Athlone Institute of Technology, where I completed a Diploma in Computing with 1.1 honours in 2002, a BSc in Business Computing with 1.1 honours in 2003, and a taught MSc in Software Engineering with 2.1 honours in 2004. After this I spent just under 2 years working in industry as an application programmer before I returned to college in late 2005.

As part of my PhD training I attended a number of summer schools and workshops, such as the British Machine Vision Association Summer School 2006, International Computer Vision Summer School 2007, Vision Graphics and Visualization 2008, and attended the Facial Action Coding System workshop in San Francisco. More recently I qualified with a Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Third Level. Alongside this I attended a course in the Maths department on Manifolds.

Research

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Proposed Thesis Research Area: Computational Analysis of the Dynamics of Facial Expression

Facial expressions and their associated dynamics play an important role in human communication. The dynamics of facial expressions can be defined as the intensity and timing of their constituent components as they form. However, estimating the dynamics of facial expressions is a non trivial task. The majority of automatic approaches to characterizing intensity use a two-level model (also known as onset-apex-offset). The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) specifies five intensity levels for each AU.

The main goal of my research is to develop a computer vision based system which incorporates facial feature extraction for the automated classification of facial expressions as they form, as well as modelling their dynamics both in terms of their quantitative intensity and temporal phase. To meet this goal we employ a multi-disciplinary approach, incorporating behavioural science theories with computer vision techniques and machine learning algorithms.

Alongside this I am collaborating on a project which is investigating the role of facial expressions for the interpretation of Irish Sign Language.

Research progress

 

Publications:

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• Reilly Dellanoy, Jane * ; Kelly, Daniel *; Mc Donald, John; Markham, Charles, (*joint first author) " Incorporating Facial Features into a Multi-Channel Gesture Recognition System for the Interpretation of Irish Sign Language ", proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI2009) , 2009


• Kelly, Daniel; Reilly Dellanoy, Jane ; Mc Donald, John; Markham, Charles, " A Framework for Continuous Multimodal Sign Language Recognition", proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces and Workshop on Machine Learning for Multi-modal Interaction (ICMI-MLMI 2009) , 2009


• Kelly, Daniel; Reilly Dellanoy, Jane ; Mc Donald, John; Markham, Charles, "Automatic Recognition of Head Movement Gestures in Sign Language Sentences", proceedings of the 4th China-Ireland Information and Communications Technologies Conference, 2009


• J. Reilly Delannoy, and J. McDonald, ”Estimation of the Temporal Dynamics of Posed and Spontaneous Facial Expression Formation using LLE ", Proceedings of The Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2009.


• J. Reilly Delannoy, and J. McDonald, ”Estimation of the Dynamics of Facial Expression using a Three-Level Model of Intensity ", IEEE conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2008.[PDF].


• J. Reilly, and J. McDonald, ”Modelling the Manifold of Facial Expression using Texture ", Proceedings of The International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2008.[PDF]. Awarded Best Student Paper.


• J. Reilly, J. Ghent and J. McDonald, ”Modelling, Classification and Synthesis of Facial Expressions", In book Affective Computing: Emotion Modelling, Synthesis and Recognition ISBN 978-3-902613-23-3, 2008 [PDF]


• J. Reilly, J. Ghent and J. McDonald, ”Nonlinear Approaches for the Classification of Facial Expressions at Varying Degrees of Intensity", Proceedings of the International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2007 [PDF].


• J. Reilly, J. Ghent, J. McDonald, “Investigating the Dynamics of Facial Expression”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, 2006 [PDF].


• J. Ghent, J. Reilly and J. McDonald,” Facial Expression Classification using Kernel Principal Component Analysis and Support Vector Machines",  Proceedings of the Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2006 .


• J. Reilly, J.Ghent, J. McDonald, "Modeling the Dynamics of Facial Expression", Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2006.


• J. Reilly, J. Ghent, J. McDonald, "Facial Expression Classification using LLE and SVMs", Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2006.

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