2nd Cost287-ConGAS Workshop on gesture classification at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo

November 30 and December 1 2006

The workshop has featured external expert Benoît Bardy from the University of Montpellier and several Cost287-ConGAS delegates and STSM recipients. It has focused on gesture classification, including a sub-topic on standards for exchanging motion data from various input sources, as well as on biomechanical and neurocognitive constraints which influence gesture classification.

The program of the workshop has been the following

Thursday November 30:
14:00Benoît Bardy: Perception-action dynamics underlying gesture classification.
16:00Round-table
19:00Dinner
Friday December 1:
10:00Introduction to gesture classification (Wanderley, Jensenius, Godøy and others)
11:00Round-table
14:00Lunch
15:00Introduction to gesture/sound data interchange formats (Jensenius et. al and others)
16:00Round-table
19:00Dinner