15-869 Human Motion Modeling and Analysis
Instructors: Yaser Sheikh (CMU), Leonid Sigal (Disney Research), Iain Matthews (Disney Research)
MW 3:00-4:20 GHC 5222
Office Hours
Yaser Sheikh: EDSH 221 Tuesday 2pm-3pm
Leon Sigal: CIC (Lower Level) Thursday
1pm-2pm
Human motion analysis is used in applications as varied as special effects in movies, animation, sport training, physical rehabilitation for the disabled, and human-robot/human-computer interaction. This course will survey state-of-the-art techniques, in the industry and academia, to capture, model, and analyze human motion. The course will be a mix between lectures and seminar-style paper reading of recent research into human motion modeling and analysis. The course evaluation will be project-based, in which students will capture their own body and face motion, and build projects around the data they collect individually and as a group.
In particular, we will cover:
Capture Techniques: We will describe and use various systems including motion capture, video-based capture, depth sensors, scanners, and eye-gaze trackers.
Modeling and Representation: We will cover classic and contemporary representations of face and body pose and motion, including statistical and physics-based techniques.
Applications: As human motion analysis becomes increasingly mature, new applications are emerging. We will study recent progress in animation, synthesis, classification, and rehabilitation.