Dr Bernie Tiddeman

Name: Bernie Tiddeman
Institutions:
Senior Lecturer at Aberystwyth
Email: bpt@aber.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1970 621777
Current interests
Analysis and synthesis of facial images in 2D, 3D and video to support psychology and orthodontic research.
Example Research Project:
A 3D Psychological Face Database and Tools
Developing usable tools for psychology research
Application Area: Facial perception research.
Research:
ESRC funded project in collaboration with Stirling University. To collect a large annotated set of 3D facial images (Stirling) and to provide the tools to process the images.
The software developed allows model annotation, the non-rigid alignment of 3D models, construction of averages, groupwise alignment, statistical analysis of shape, facial transformation, symmetry and volume analysis and has a plug-in architecture for future expansion.
Looking for Commercial Partners:
To support or develop new projects in facial analysis and synthesis or other areas in computer vision and graphics. Futher development and extensions of our iPhone apps.
Collaboration:
Paul Rosin and David Marshall at Cardiff University developing code for automatic expression recognition in conversational 3D video.