The Research Group for Emotions, Sociality, and Computing
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Selected publications

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2008

Alatalo, T, Juhola, M., Surakka, V., & Tossavainen, T. Creation of a Virtual Reality Stimulus for a Psychophysiological Measurement. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Accepted.

Gizatdinova Y. and Surakka V. (2008). Effect of Facial Expressions on Feature-Based Landmark Localization in Static Grey Scale Images. Proc. Int. Conf. Comp. Vision Theory and Applications, 259-266.

Salminen, K., Surakka, V., Lylykangas, J., Raisamo, J., Saarinen, R., Rantala, J., Raisamo, R., and Evreinov, G. (2008) Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Haptic Stimulation. Proceedings of SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, 1555-1652.

Jokiniemi, M., Raisamo, R., Lylykangas, J., and Surakka, V., (2008) Crossmodal rhythm perception. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop in Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5270, 111-119.

Pakkanen, T., Lylykangas, J., Raisamo, J., Raisamo, R., Salminen, K., Rantala, J., & Surakka, V. (2008) Haptic Perception in Motion with Low Amplitude Stimuli. Accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces.

Vanhala, T., Surakka, V., & Anttonen, J., (2008) Measuring Bodily Responses to Virtual Faces with a Pressure Sensitive Chair. Accepted for publication in NordiCHI 2008.

Erola J., Gizatdinova Y., and Surakka V. (2008). Automatic Real-Time Localization of Frowning and Smiling Faces Under Head Pose Variations. WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing. Accepted.

Vanhala, T. and Surakka, V. (2008). Computer-assisted regulation of emotional and social processes. In Or, J. (Ed.) Affective Computing: Focus on Emotion Expression, Synthesis, and Recognition, pp. 405-420. I-Tech Education and Publishing: Vienna, Austria.

Siirtola, H., Räihä, K.-J., Surakka, V., and Vanhala, T. (2008). Flexible method for producing static visualizations of log data. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Visualisation, 127-132.


2007

Gizatdinova, Y., and Surakka, V. (accepted). Effect of facial expressions on feature-based landmark localization in static grey scale images. To appear in the Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, VISAPP'08, Portugal, January 2008.

Gizatdinova, Y., and Surakka, V. 2007. Automatic detection of facial landmarks from AU-coded expressive facial images. Proceedings of International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP'07, 419-424. Modena, Italy, September 2007.

Vanhala, T. and Surakka, V. 2007. Facial Activation Control Effect (FACE). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2007, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4738, 278-289. September 12-14, Lisbon, Portugal. [DOI]

Anttonen, J. and Surakka, V. 2007. Music, heart rate, and emotions in the context of stimulating technologies. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2007, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4738, 290-301. September 12-14, Lisbon, Portugal. [DOI]

Vanhala, T. and Surakka, V. (accepted). Recognizing the Effects of Voluntary Facial Activations Using Heart Rate Patterns. To appear in Proceedings of 11th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Computers. Crete Island, Greece, July 26-28, 2007. WSEAS Press.


2006

Partala, T., Surakka, V., and Vanhala, T. (2006). Real-time estimation of emotional experiences from facial expressions. Interacting with Computers, 18, 2, 208-226. [DOI]

Gizatdinova, Y., and Surakka, V. 2006. Feature-based detection of facial landmarks from neutral and expressive facial images. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 28, 1, 135-139.


2005

Partala, T. (2005). Affective information in human-computer interaction. Doctoral dissertation. Dissertations in interactive technology, 1, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Tampere. 158 pages. [PDF]

Vanhala, T. and Surakka, V. (2005). An agent framework for the development of psycho- physiologically interactive systems. Proceedings of HCI International 2005. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2005.

Surakka, V., Isokoski, P., Illi, M., and Salminen, K. (2005). Is it better to gaze and frown or gaze and smile when controlling user interfaces? Proceedings of HCI International 2005. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2005.

Anttonen, J. and Surakka, V. (2005). Emotions and heart rate while sitting on a chair. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, CHI 2005, 491-499. Portland, Oregon, USA, April 2005. [DOI]

Guizatdinova, I. and Surakka, V. (2005). Detection of facial landmarks from neutral, happy, and disgust facial images. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization, and Computer Vision, WSCG'05, 55-62. Plzen, Czech Republic, January-February 2005. [PDF]

Partala, T., Surakka, V., and Vanhala, T. (2005). Person-independent estimation of emotional experiences from facial expressions. Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces, IUI 2005, 246-248. San Diego, CA, January 2005, ACM Press. [DOI]


2004

Partala, T., Surakka, V., and Lahti, J. (2004). Affective effects of agent proximity in conversational systems. Proceedings of NordiCHI 2004, 353-356. Tampere Finland, October 2004. [DOI]

Surakka, V., Illi, M. & Isokoski, P. (2004) Gazing and frowning as a new human-computer interaction technique. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 1, 1, 40-56. [DOI]

Ilves, M. and Surakka, V. (2004). Subjective and physiological responses to emotional content of synthesized speech. In Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Joslin, C., and Kim, H. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents, CASA 2004, 19-26. Geneva, July 2004, Computer Graphics Society (CGS).

Partala, T. and Surakka, V. (2004). The effects of affective interventions in human-computer interaction. Interacting with Computers, 16, 2, 295-309. [DOI]

Surakka, V. (2004). Tunteet ja sosiaalisuus ihminen-tietokone vuorovaikutuksessa (Engl. Emotions and sociality in human-computer interaction). Psykologia, 39, 19-28.

Hietanen, J.K., Leppänen, J.M., Illi, M., and Surakka, V. (2004). Evidence for the integration of audiovisual emotional information at the perceptual level of processing. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 16, 6, 769-790. [DOI]


2003

Partala, T. and Surakka, V. (2003). Pupil Size Variation as an Indication of Affective Processing. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 59, 1-2, 185-198. [DOI]

Surakka, V., Illi, M., and Isokoski, P. (2003). Voluntary eye Movements in Human-Computer Interaction. In Hyönä J., Radach R. & Deubel H. (Eds.) The Mind's Eye: Cognitive and Applied Aspects of Eye Movement Research, 473-491. Elsevier / North Holland.


2002

Aula, A. and Surakka, V. (2002). Auditory Emotional Feedback Facilitates Human-Computer Interaction. In Faulkner, X. et al. (eds.) People and Computers XVI: Memorable Yet Invisible, Proceedings of HCI 2002, 337-349. London, Springer-Verlag.

Laakso, J., Juhola, M., and Surakka, V. (2002). Neural network recognition of electromyographic signals of two facial muscle sites. In Proceedings of Medical Informatics Europe 2002, 83-87.


2001

Hietanen, J.K., Manninen, P., Sams, M., and Surakka, V. (2001). Does Audiovisual Speech Perception use information about facial configuration? European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 13, 3, 395-407. [DOI]

Laakso, J. Juhola, M. Surakka, V. Aula, A., and Partala, T. (2001). Neural Network and Wavelet Recognition of Facial Electromyographic Signals. In Patel, V. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of Medinfo 2001, The 10th World Congress on Medical Informatics, London, September 2001, IOS Press, pages 489-492.

Partala, T., Aula, A., and Surakka, V. (2001). Combined Voluntary Gaze Direction and Facial Muscle Activity as a New Pointing Technique. In Hirose M. (ed.) Proceedings of INTERACT 2001, Tokyo, Japan, IOS Press, July 2001, 100-107.


2000

Partala, T., Jokiniemi, M., and Surakka, V. (2000). Pupillary Responses to Emotionally Provocative Stimuli. In Proceedings of ETRA 2000, Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium 2000, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, ACM Press, November 2000, 123-129.


1999 and earlier

Surakka, V., Sams, M., and Hietanen, J. K. (1999). Modulation of neutral face evaluation by laterally presented emotional expressions. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 88, 595-606.

Hietanen, J. K., Surakka, V., and Linnankoski, I. (1998). Facial electromyographic responses to vocal affect expressions. Psychophysiology, 35, 530-536.

Sams, M., Manninen, P., Surakka, V., Helin, P., and Kättö, R. (1998). McGurk effect in Finnish syllables, isolated words, and words in sentences: Effects of word meaning and sentence context. Speech Communication, 26, 1-2, 75-87. [DOI]

Surakka, V. and Hietanen, J. K. (1998). Facial and emotional reactions to Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 29, 1, 23-33. [DOI]

Surakka, V., Tenhunen-Eskelinen, M., Hietanen, J. K., and Sams, M. (1998). Modulation of human auditory information processing by emotional visual stimuli. Cognitive Brain Research, 7, 2, 159-163. [DOI]

Surakka, V. (1996). Kasvonilmeet ja emootioiden tutkimus (Engl. Facial expression and the study of human emotions). Psykologia, 31, 412-420.

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