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Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication

9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011, Athens, Greece, May 25-27, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 7206)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

Conference series link(s): GW: International Gesture Workshop

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Human Computer Interaction

    1. Gestures in Assisted Living Environments

      • Dimitra Anastasiou
      Pages 1-12
    2. Using Wiimote for 2D and 3D Pointing Tasks: Gesture Performance Evaluation

      • Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Alexandros Pino, Athanasios Balmpakakis, Dimitrios Chalastanis, Vasileios Golematis, Nikolaos Ioannou et al.
      Pages 13-23
    3. Choosing and Modeling the Hand Gesture Database for a Natural User Interface

      • Przemysław Głomb, Michał Romaszewski, Sebastian Opozda, Arkadiusz Sochan
      Pages 24-35
    4. User Experience of Gesture Based Interfaces: A Comparison with Traditional Interaction Methods on Pragmatic and Hedonic Qualities

      • Maurice H. P. H. van Beurden, Wijnand A. Ijsselsteijn, Yvonne A. W. de Kort
      Pages 36-47
    5. Low Cost Force-Feedback Interaction with Haptic Digital Audio Effects

      • Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos, Georgios Kouroupetroglou
      Pages 48-56
  3. Cognitive Processes

    1. The Role of Spontaneous Gestures in Spatial Problem Solving

      • Mingyuan Chu, Sotaro Kita
      Pages 57-68
    2. Effects of Spectral Features of Sound on Gesture Type and Timing

      • Mariusz Kozak, Kristian Nymoen, Rolf Inge Godøy
      Pages 69-80
    3. Human-Motion Saliency in Complex Scenes

      • Fiora Pirri, Matia Pizzoli, Matei Mancas
      Pages 81-92
  4. Notation Systems and Animation

    1. A Labanotation Based Ontology for Representing Dance Movement

      • Katerina El Raheb, Yannis Ioannidis
      Pages 106-117
    2. ISOcat Data Categories for Signed Language Resources

      • Onno Crasborn, Menzo Windhouwer
      Pages 118-128
    3. Thumb Modelling for the Generation of Sign Language

      • Maxime Delorme, Michael Filhol, Annelies Braffort
      Pages 151-160
  5. Gestures and Signs: Linguistic Analysis and Tools

    1. Toward a Motor Theory of Sign Language Perception

      • Sylvie Gibet, Pierre-François Marteau, Kyle Duarte
      Pages 161-172
    2. Analysis and Description of Blinking in French Sign Language for Automatic Generation

      • Annelies Braffort, Emilie Chételat-Pelé
      Pages 173-182
    3. Grammar/Prosody Modelling in Greek Sign Language: Towards the Definition of Built-In Sign Synthesis Rules

      • Athanasia-Lida Dimou, Theodore Goulas, Eleni Efthimiou
      Pages 183-193

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About this book

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011, held in Athens, Greece, in May 2011. The 24 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. They are ordered in five sections named: human computer interaction; cognitive processes; notation systems and animation; gestures and signs: linguistic analysis and tools; and gestures and speech.

Keywords

  • assisted environment
  • cognitive development
  • multimodal interaction
  • semantic Web technologies
  • user interfaces

Editors and Affiliations

  • “Athena” RC - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), Athens, Greece

    Eleni Efthimiou

  • Dep. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Speech and Accessibility Lab., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouroupetroglou

  • “Athena” RC - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Processing (ILSP), Athens, Greece

    Stavroula-Evita Fotinea

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