Maryam Saberi

Maryam Saberi is a doctoral student in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University. At the iVizLab her PhD research investigates the computational models of cultural expression and creativity including how these models can be used in interactive vizualization systems.
Contact: msaberi@sfu.ca
Research
Our affective real-time 3D AI virtual human project with face emotion recognition, movement recognition and full AI talking, gesture and reasoning.
BioSensing 2D / 3D / VR Systems
Our lab has extensive experience in using different sensing technology including eye tracking and facial emotion recognition (DiPaola et al 2013), as well as gesture tracking and heart rate and EDA bio sensing (Song & DiPaola, 2015) to affect generative computer graphics systems.
Publications

Simulink Toolbox for Real-time Virtual Character Control
Conference Proceedings: Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2016
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Springer

An Architecture for Personality-Based, Nonverbal Behavior in Affective Virtual Humanoid Character
Journal Article: Procedia Computer Science. Special Issue: Bio Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 2014
Vol 41, pp. 204-211