BMVA Technical Meeting: SketchX: Human Sketch Analysis and its Applications

One Day BMVA symposium in London, UK Wednesday 24th Feburary, 2016 Chair: Yi-Zhe Song

Keynote speakers:

James Wang (Penn State University), Metin Sezgin (Koc University), John Collomosse (University of Surrey), Charlie Frowd (University of Winchester, and EvoFit), Pat Healey (Queen Mary University of London), Paul Rosin (Cardiff University)

www.bmva.org/meetings Registration Book online at www.bmva.org/meetings: • £10 for BMVA members • £30 for non-members including lunch
Programme:
In this meeting we hope to seek the opinions of speakers from academic labs and companies with an interest in human sketch analysis and its application. What academic challenges remain? What elements are ready for adoption by industry? What are the key factors blocking progress? What new application opportunities can be envisaged?

09:00 Registration + Coffee
09:20 Welcome Speech
09:30 Keynote 1: James Wang (Penn State University)
10:20 Keynote 2: John Collomosse (University of Surrey)
11:10 Coffee Break 1 + Posters
11:40 Keynote 3: Pat Healey (Queen Mary University of London)
12:30 Lunch + Posters
14:00 Keynote 4: Metin Sezgin (Koc University)
14:50 Keynote 5: Paul Rosin (Cardiff University)
15:40 Coffee Break 2 + Posters
16:10 Keynote 6: Charlie Frowd (University of Winchester, and EvoFit)
17:00 End of meeting

Posters:
James Wang - Penn State University - Development and Validation of the Image Stimuli for Emotion Elicitation (ISEE)
Zainab Harbi -Cardiff University -Segmentation of Clock Drawings Based on Spatial and Temporal Features
Alexandra Bonnici - University of Malta - Vectorisation of Sketched Drawings using Co-occurring Sampling Circles
Tu Bui - University of Surrey - Scalable Sketch-based Image Retrieval using Color Gradient Features
Yi Li - Queen Mary University of London - Free-hand sketch synthesis with deformable stroke models
Yonggang Qi - Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications - Making Better Use of Edges via Perceptual Grouping
Ke Li, Kaiyue Pang - Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications - Fine-Grained Sketch-Based Image Retrieval: The Role of Part-Aware Attributes
Haojing Diao - Queen Mary University of London - Sketch-Based Musical Composition and Performance
Stuart James - University of Surrey - Towards Sketched Visual Narratives for Retrieval
Conghui Hu - Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications - Sketch a Dream House