Activity and Behavior Computing, 1st ed. 2021 Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Series, Vol. 204

Focusing on the vision-based and sensor-based recognition and analysis of human activity and behavior, this book gathers extended versions of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing (ABC 2020), held in Kitakyushu, Japan on August 26 ? 29, 2020. The respective chapters cover action recognition, action understanding, gait analysis, gesture recognition, behavior analysis, emotion and affective computing, and related areas. The book addresses various challenges and aspects of human activity recognition in both the sensor-based and vision-based domains, making it a unique guide to the field. 

Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Ph.D., SMIEEE, is a Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Dhaka (DU). He is currently working as specially appointed Associate Professor at Osaka University, Japan. He did B.Sc.(honors) & Masters from the Department of Applied Physics & Electronics, DU; Masters from the School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales; and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology [KIT]. He was awarded prestigious UGC Gold Medal (handed by Honorable President of Bangladesh in 2018), JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a no. of awards. He was a Visiting Researcher at KIT. He published 3 authored books and several edited book (available in Springer), ~150 journals and conference papers. Ahad was invited as keynote/invited speakers ~70 times in different conferences/universities. He has been involved with some academic & editorial activities: e.g., Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature; Associate Editor, Frontiers in Computer Science; Editor, International Journal of Affective Computing; Associate Technical Editor (former), IEEE ComSoc Magazine; Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Computer Vision & Signal Processing; General Chair, 2020 9th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision, Japan; 4th International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition, Japan ; 2nd International Conference on Activity & Behavior Computing, 2020 ; Workshop Chair, 17th IEEE PiCom; Publication Chair, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC); Vice Publication Co-Chair and Vice Award Chair, Joint 17th World Congress of International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) and 9th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems; General Chair, 7th International Symposium in Computational Medical and Health Technology; and several other international conferences. He served as Guest Editor in Pattern Re

Presents the latest research in the field of activity and behavior computing

Gathers extended versions of selected papers presented at ABC 2020, held in Kitakyushu, Japan on August 26 – 29, 2020

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