Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Wu, S., Haque, K. I., & Yumak, Z. (2024). ProbTalk3D: Non-Deterministic Emotion Controllable Speech-Driven 3D Facial Animation Synthesis Using VQ-VAE. In S. N. Spencer (Ed.), Proceedings, MIG 2024 - 17th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games Article 15 (Proceedings, MIG 2024 - 17th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677388.3696320
2023
Scholarly publications
Amadou, N., Haque, K., & Yumak, Z. (2023). Effect of Appearance and Animation Realism on the Perception of Emotionally Expressive Virtual Humans. In IVA '23: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3570945.3607307
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436476/3570945.3607307.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436476/3570945.3607307.pdf?sequence=1
Stan, S., Haque, K. I., & Yumak, Z. (2023). FaceDiffuser: Speech-Driven 3D Facial Animation Synthesis Using Diffusion.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431599/2309.11306v1.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431599/2309.11306v1.pdf?sequence=1
Haque, K. I., & Yumak, Z. (2023). FaceXHuBERT: Text-less Speech-driven E(X)pressive 3D Facial Animation Synthesis Using Self-Supervised Speech Representation Learning. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.05416
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431603/2303.05416.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431603/2303.05416.pdf?sequence=1
2019
Scholarly publications
Klein, A., Yumak, Z., Beij, A., & van der Stappen, A. F. (2019). Data-driven gaze animation using recurrent neural networks. In H. P. H. Shum, & E. S. L. Ho (Eds.), Proc. Motion, Interaction and Games Article 4 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359566.3360054
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390089/3359566.3360054.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390089/3359566.3360054.pdf?sequence=1
Charalambous, C., Yumak, Z., & van der Stappen, A. F. (2019). Audio-driven emotional speech animation for interactive virtual characters. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 30(3-4), Article 1892. https://doi.org/10.1002/cav.1892
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388895/Charalambous_et_al_2019_Computer_Animation_and_Virtual_Worlds.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388895/Charalambous_et_al_2019_Computer_Animation_and_Virtual_Worlds.pdf?sequence=1
2018
Scholarly publications
Charalambous, C., Yumak, Z., & van der Stappen, A. F. (2018). Audio-driven Emotional Speech Animation. Poster session presented at Eurographics 2018.
Harel, R., Yumak, Z., & Dignum, F. P. M. (2018). Towards a generic framework for multi-party dialogue with virtual humans. Paper presented at Computer Animation and Social Agents 2018.
2017
Scholarly publications
Ling, Y., Ter Meer, P., Yumak, Z., & Veltkamp, R. C. (2017). Usability Test of Exercise Games Designed for Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients after Hip Replacement Surgery: A Pilot Study. JMIR Serious Games, 5(4), Article e19. https://doi.org/10.2196/games.7969
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374833/exercise.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374833/exercise.pdf?sequence=1
Chen, Y., Le, D., Yumak, Z., & Pu, P. (2017). EHR : A Sensing Technology Readiness Model for Lifestyle Changes. Mobile Networks and Applications, 22(3), 478-492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-017-0871-4
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359151/ehr.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359151/ehr.pdf?sequence=1
Yumak, Z., van den Brink, B., & Egges, J. (2017). Autonomous social gaze model for an interactive virtual character in real-life settings. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 28(3-4), 1-9. Article e1757. https://doi.org/10.1002/cav.1757
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359145/Autonomous.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359145/Autonomous.pdf?sequence=1
2016
Scholarly publications
Beck, A., Yumak, Z., & Magnenat Thalmann, N. (2016). Body movement generation for virtual characters and social robots​. In Social Signal Processing
Other output
Yumak, Z., & Egges, J. (2016). Autonomous gaze animation for socially interactive virtual characters during multi-party interaction.