WING WHISTLES WARN AND WORRY

Respiratory belts and whistles

In this talk we will discuss to what extent breathing kinematics can be used as a cue to turn-taking behaviour in spontaneous multiparty conversation. We improve on existing accounts by considering all possible transitions between speaker states (silent, speaking, backchanneling) and by not relying on global speaker models. Instead, all features (including breathing range and resting expiratory...

Bell, whistles, and leak profiles.

Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is almost universally effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea. The biggest obstacle in treating obstructive sleep apnea is getting patients to use the PAP device. The term " adherence " is gaining favor over the term " compliance. " The definition of PAP adherence varies, but the generally accepted (and somewhat arbitrarily chosen) definition is Ն 4 ...

Face Detection without Bells and Whistles

Face detection is a mature problem in computer vision. While diverse high performing face detectors have been proposed in the past, we present two surprising new top performance results. First, we show that a properly trained vanilla DPM reaches top performance, improving over commercial and research systems. Second, we show that a detector based on rigid templates similar in structure to the V...

More whistles and bells for fly hearing.

A mplification of sensory input is a common theme for almost all sensory modalities. Once a sensory signal is received, be it a photon or a molecule of saccharin, the receptor cell will append an amplifying second-messenger cascade onto the initial transduction event. Amplification of sound by hair cells within the cochlea also follows this rule, but with an important caveat: the hair cells pro...

Bells and whistles of convection parameterization