Effective communication requires a shared context. In face-to-face interactions, parts of this shared context are the number and location of people, their facial expression, head pose, eye contact, and movements of each person engaged in a conversation. Faces serve an…

Individuals with cognitive, developmental and learning disabilities – in particular, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - have a significant social communication impairment, a situation that can often lead to social isolation. Reducing the need for formal care services for…

Motivated by the vision of the future, automated analysis of nonverbal behavior, and especially of facial behavior, has attracted increasing attention in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Human-Computer interaction. With facial expression being one of the most…

Speech is a complicated process with many potential breakpoints. Speech that is less intelligible due to a neurological disorder is referred to as dysarthric speech. Individuals with dysarthric speech generally find it difficult to communicate with unfamiliar…