Project description FET Open Show the project objective Hide the project objective Laughter is a significant feature of human communication, and machines acting in roles like companions or tutors should not be blind to it. So far very limited progress has been made towards allowing computer-based applications to deal with laughter.ILHAIRE will lay the foundations of truly multimodal, multicultural laughter-enabled man-machine interaction, by associating experts of the different disciplines linked to this objective. The project developments will be assessed through the following measurable outcomes:1.A multicultural and multimodal database of laughter. This database will contain meta-data on the triggering conditions, and perceptual interpretation of it, annotated by psychologists.2.A classification of laughs depending on their types and meaning, as well as algorithms for audio-visual laughter analysis and classification3.Generative models of laughter based on statistical parametric synthesis algorithms; parameters will include results obtained from the abovementioned classification step.4.A characterization of temporal features of laughter and of the temporal relationship between multimodal signals (breathing and inhalation; motion of thorax, shoulder, etc.)5.A test-case man-machine dialogue system capable of laughing in real interactive situations. We will study how and when to respond to human laughter, as in a contagion loop, and when to trigger machine laughter.6.An understanding of the impact of such a laugh-enabled machine on users (benefits: loosening up the atmosphere, avoiding frustration; drawbacks: fear of being laughed at; humiliation; malicious laugh).This document describes these challenges as well as proposed methods to take them up. The project is also positioned in relation with the state-of-the-art and the benefits Ilhaire will bring to connected projects. Finally, the project participants, the overall management strategy and the vision to address the related issues (like IPR, ethics, etc.) are presented. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.8.0 - FET-Open: Challenging current thinking Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-C See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE MONS Address Place du parc 20 7000 Mons Belgium See on map Region Région wallonne Prov. Hainaut Arr. Mons Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Florence Laurent (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all University of Zurich Switzerland EU contribution € 282 760,00 Address Ramistrasse 71 8006 Zurich See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact WIllibald Friedrich Ruch (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITAET AUGSBURG Germany EU contribution € 277 981,00 Address Universitaetsstrasse 2 86159 Augsburg See on map Region Bayern Schwaben Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Luger Anna (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LA CANTOCHE PRODUCTION SA France EU contribution € 305 233,00 Address Rue d'hauteville 68 75010 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Benoît Morel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE - LILLE I France EU contribution € 46 116,00 Address Cite scientifique 59655 Villeneuve d'ascq See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Muriel Vernay (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 282 425,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Franck CHARRON (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Ecole Superieure D'Eiectricite France EU contribution € 300 176,00 Address Rue joliot curie - plateau de moulon 3 91192 Gif sur yvette cedex See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fanny Gaget (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution € 290 387,00 Address Via balbi 5 16126 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Cinzia Leone (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 282 888,00 Address University road lanyon building BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rory Jordan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health United Kingdom EU contribution € 326 414,00 Address Gower street WC1E 6BT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Greta Borg-Carbott (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
