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Steve DiPaola is an active artist and scientist who explores AI, cognitive science, virtuality and creativity systems both in his research and art work. View his resume (most updated).

Deep Convolutional Networks as Models of Generalization and Blending Within Visual Creativity

McCaig R, DiPaola S, Gabora L,—Proc: International Conference on Computational Creativity,

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AI, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

A Creative Artificial Intelligence System to Investigate User Experience, Affect, Emotion and Creati

DiPaola S, McCaig R,—Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, British Computer Society, 8 pages, London, 2016.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Simulink Toolbox for Real-time Virtual Character Control

Bernardet U, Saberi M, DiPaola S, —Proc Intelligent Virtual Agents. Springer.,

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AvatarsAgents, AI

An Architecture for Biologically Grounded Real-time Reflexive Behavior

Bernardet U, Chollet M, DiPaola S, Scherer, S. —Proc Intelligent Virtual Agents. Springer.,

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AvatarsAgents, AI

A Framework for Exogenous and Endogenous Reflexive Behavior in Virtual Characters

Bernardet U, DiPaola S, —Proc Intelligent Virtual Agents. Springer.,

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AvatarsAgents, AI

Touch of the Eye: Does Observation Reflect Haptic Metaphors in Art Drawing?”

Choi S K, DiPaola S,—Proc ACM Conf on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15), , pp. 579-588, 2015.

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CogSci, Creativity, Vision

Perceptual Validity in Animation of Human Motion

Etemad A, Arya A, Parush A, DiPaola S—Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal, In Press, doi: 10.1002/cav.1631, 2015

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FaceResearch, AvatarsAgents, EmotionExpression, Character3D

A Creative Artificial Intelligence System to Investigate User Experience, Affect, Emotion and Creati

Salevati S, DiPaola S,—Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, British Computer Society, 8 pages, London, 2015.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Exploring Different Ways of Navigating Emotionally-responsive Artwork in Immersive Virtual Environme

Salevati S, DiPaola S,—Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, British Computer Society, 8 pages, London, 2015.

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GenerativeDesign, Creativity, VRWorlds

Enhancing Viewer’s Emotional Connections to The Traditional Art Creative Process Via an AI Interacti

Salevati S, DiPaola S,—Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, Florence, Florence, Italy, 8 pages, 2015.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

A Model for Social Spatial Behavior in Virtual Characters

Karimaghalou N, Bernardet N, DiPaola S—Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal, Special Issue on Action Selection. Vol 15, No 1, pp 99-113, 2007.

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AI, NeuralNets, Character3D

Collaborative Choreography: A Critical Inquiry into Designing Creative Interactive

Carson K, Schiphorst T, DiPaola S,—Proc: Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, (Springer Lecture Notes Book), Vol 136, pp 46-56, 2014.

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Using a Contextual Focus Model for an Automatic Creativity Algorithm to Generate Art Work

DiPaola S—Procedia Computer Science. Special Issue: Bio Inspired Cognitive Architectures, Vol 41, pp. 212-219. 2014.

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AI, GeneticProg, Creativity, GenerativeDesign

An Architecture for Personality-Based, Nonverbal Behavior in Affective Virtual Humanoid Character

Saberi M, Bernardet U, & DiPaola S,—Procedia Computer Science. Special Issue: Bio Inspired Cognitive Architectures, Vol 41, pp. 204-211. 2014.

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AI, AvatarsAgents, Character3D

Interactively Exploring Picasso's Multi-dimensional Creative Process in Producing Guernica

DiPaola S, Smith A, — Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp. 25-31. British Computer Society, London, 2013.

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Creativity, CogSci

How a Painter Paints: An Interdisciplinary Understanding of Embodied Creativity

Choi S K, DiPaola S,— Proc; Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp. 127-134. British Computer Society, London, 2013.

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CogSci, Creativity, Vision

Adaptation of an Autonomous Creative Evolutionary System for Real-World Design Application Based on

DiPaola S, McCaig R, Carson K, Salevati S, & Sorenson N—Proc: International Conference on Computational Creativity, pp 40-4, 2013.

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AI, GeneticProg, Creativity, GenerativeDesign

Medium-Specific Properties of Urban Screens: Towards an Ontological Framework for Digital Public Dis

Fortin C, DiPaola S, Hennessy K, Bizzocchi J, and Neustaedter C,—Proc: of the ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 10 pages, 2013.

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The Role of Micronarrative in the Design and Experience of Digital Games

Bizzocchi J, Nixon M, DiPaola S, & Funk N, — Proc: Digital Games Research Association Conference (DIGRA), Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 161-197, 2013.

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AI, Character3D, AvatarsAgents

Face, Portrait, Mask - Using a Parameterized System to Explore Synthetic Face Space

DiPaola S—Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture, Bowen, Keene, Ng, (Eds), pp 213-227, Springer, 2013.

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AI, NeuralNets, Character3D

Exploring the Effect of Color Palette in Painterly Rendered Character Sequences

Seifi H, DiPaola S, Enns J—International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, pp 89-97, 2012.

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VRWorlds, AvatarsAgents, Character3D

Efficiently Simulating the Bokeh of Polygonal Apertures in a Post-Process Depth of Field Shaders

McIntosh L, Riecke B, DiPaola, S,—International Journal of Computer Games Technology, Computer Graphics Forum. Vol 31, No 6, pp 1810-1822, 2012.

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How Did Humans Become So Creative? A Computational Approach

Gabora L, DiPaola S, —Proc: International Conference on Computational Creativity, pp 203-211, 2012.

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CogSci, Creativity, AI, GeneticProg

Expressive Animated Character Sequences Using Knowledge-based Painterly Rendering

Seifi H, DiPaola S, Arya A, —International Journal of Computer Games Technology, International Journal of Computer Games Technology, vol. 2011, Article ID 164949, 7 pages, 2011.

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PainterlyRendering, Vision, CogSci, Creativity, FaceResearch

A Generic Approach to Challenge Modeling for the Procedural Creation of Video Game Levels

Sorenson N, Pasquier, P, DiPaola S,—Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol 3, No 3, pp 229-244, 2011.

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AI, GeneticProg, Creativity, GenerativeDesign

Cartesian Genetic Programming, Creativity and Art

DiPaola S, Sorenson N,—Book Chapter, Cartesian Genetic Programming, Editor: Miller J, 22 pages, in press.

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AI, GeneticProg, Creativity, GenerativeDesign

Face, Portrait, Mask – Using a Parameterized System to Explore Synthetic Face Space

DiPaola S,—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 7 pages, London, 2010.

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CogSci, Vision, PainterlyRendering, Creativity

Exploring Persian Rug Design Using a Computational Evolutionary Approach

Dalvandi A, Amini P, DiPaola S—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp. 121-128. British Computer Society. London, 2010.

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AI, FaceResearch

Designing Socially Expressive Character Agents to Facilitate Learning

DiPaola S,—Book Chapter, Educational Gameplay and Simulation Environments, Editors: Kaufman D, Sauvé L, pp 213-230, 2010.

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EmotionExpression, FaceResearch

A Case Study of Expression-based Creation within 3D Virtual Communities

DiPaola S, Turner J, Browne P,—Intl Journal of Web-Based Communities, In press.

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VRWorlds, AvatarsAgents, Character3D, EmotionExpression, GamesResearch

Rembrandt’s Textural Agency: A Shared Perspective in Visual Art and Science

DiPaola S, Riebe C, Enns J,—Leonardo, Vol 43, No 3, pp 145-151, 2010.

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PainterlyRendering, Vision, CogSci, Creativity, FaceResearch

Intelligent Expression-based Character Agent Systems

DiPaola S,—In Proc: ACM Intelligent Virtual Agents, Springer, Amsterdam, Keynote Short Paper, 4 pages, September, 2009.

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AvatarsAgents, FaceResearch

Darwin, Creativity, and Evolutionary Programming

DiPaola S,—150 Years after Origin: Biological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, Proceedings of Canadian Darwin Conference, University of Toronto, 4 pages, 2009.

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AI, GeneticProg, Creativity, GenerativeDesign

Exploring a Parameterized Portrait Painting Space

DiPaola S,—Intl Journal of Art and Technology, Vol 2, No 1-2, pp 82-93, 2009.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Perceptually Valid Facial Expressions for Character-based Applications

Arya A, DiPaola S, Parush A,—Intl Journal of Computer Games Technology, Vol 2009, Article ID 462315, pp 1-13, 2009.

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FaceResearch, EmotionExpression, CogSci

Following The Masters: Viewer Gaze is Directed by Relative Detail in Painted Portraits

Riebe C, DiPaola S, Enns J,—Journal of Vision, Vol 9, No 8, pp 368 (abstract), 2009.

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PainterlyRendering, Vision, CogSci, Creativity, FaceResearch

Incorporating Characteristics of Human Creativity into an Evolutionary Art Algorithm

DiPaola S, Gabora L,—Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines Journal, Vol 10, No 2, pp 97-110, 2009.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Following the masters: Viewer gaze is directed by relative detail in painted portraits

Riebe C, DiPaola S, Enns J,—Abstracts of the Vision Sciences Society, 9th Annual Meeting, #144, May, 2009.

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Quantifying artist’s use of human vision constructs to influence viewer eye gaze,

DiPaola S,—In Proc: SPIE Human Vision and Imaging, Int. Society for Optical Engineering, 6 pages, 2009.

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PainterlyRendering, Vision, CogSci

The Trace and the Gaze: Textural Agency in Rembrandt’s Late Portraiture, a Vision Science Perspectiv

DiPaola S,—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 8 pages, London, 2008.

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CogSci, Vision, PainterlyRendering, Creativity

Authoring the Intimate Self: Identity, Expression and Role-playing within a Pioneering Virtual Commu

DiPaola S, Turner J,—Loading; Journal of the Canadian Games Studies Association, Vol 2, No 3, pp 1-14, 2008.

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VRWorlds, AvatarsAgents, Character3D

Computer Facial Animation, Book Excerpt

DiPaola S,—Computer Facial Animation, by Parke F, Waters K, 2nd Edition, AK Peters, pp 133-136,225-251,368-369. 2008.

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FaceResearch, Character3D

”Darwin’s Enduring Legacy” – Images of computational evolution of creativity research

DiPaola S,—The Journal Nature, Selected by the Nature editors to accompany this essay (Commissioned, not peer reviewed). Vol 451, pp 632-633, Feb, 2008.

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darwin

Computationally Rendered Painterly Portrait Spaces

DiPaola S,—Artciencia: Art & Science Journal, Vol 4, No 9, pp 1-8, October-January, 2008.

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A Methodology for Incorporating Personality Modeling in Believable Game Characters

Zammitto V, DiPaola S, Arya A,—Intl Conference on Games Research and Development (CyberGames), 8 pages, Beijing, China. 2008.

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Character3D, EmotionExpression, FaceResearch, GamesResearch

A Knowledge Based Approach to Modeling Portrait Painting Methodology

DiPaola S,—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 10 pages, London, 2007.

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CogSci, Vision, PainterlyRendering, Creativity

Blending Science Knowledge and AI Gaming Techniques for Experiential Learning

DiPaola S, Akai C,—Loading; Journal of the Canadian Games Studies Association, Vol 1, No 1, pp 1-9, 2007.

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Incorporating Characteristics of Human Creativity into an Evolutionary Art Algorithm

DiPaola S, Gabora L,—In Proc: GECCO Conf Companion on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, (London,, July 07 - 11, 2007). GECCO '07, pp 2450-2456., ACM, New York, NY, 2007.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Face Modeling and Animation Language for MPEG-4 XMT Framework

Arya A, DiPaola S—IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol 9, No 6, pp 1137-1146, 2007.

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FaceResearch, EmotionExpression, CogSci

Experiencing Belugas: Developing an Action Selection-Based Aquarium Interactive

DiPaola S, Akai C, Kraus B,—Adaptive Behavior , Special Issue on Action Selection. Vol 15, No 1, pp 99-113, 2007.

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AI, NeuralNets, Character3D

A Framework for Socially Communicative Faces in Games and Interactive Applications

DiPaola S, Arya A,—In Proc: Conference on Future Play, Toronto, Future Play '07, pp 129-136, ACM, New York, NY, 2007.

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FaceResearch, EmotionExpression, CogSci, GamesResearch

Multi-Space Behavioral Model for Face-based Affective Social Agents

Arya A, DiPaola S,—Journal of Image and Video Processing. , Special Issue on Facial Image Processing. Vol. 2007, Article ID 48757, pp 1-12, 2007.

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FaceResearch, EmotionExpression, CogSci, GamesResearch

Painterly Rendered Portraits from Photographs using a Knowledge-Based Approach

DiPaola S,—In Proc: SPIE Human Vision and Imaging, Int. Society for Optical Engineering, Keynote paper. pp 33-43, 2007.

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PainterlyRendering, Vision, CogSci, Creativity, EmotionExpression

Blending Science Knowledge and AI Gaming Techniques for Experiential Learning

DiPaola S, Akai C,—In Proc: Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA), 8 pages, Toronto, 2006.

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AI, GamesResearch, NeuralNets

Socially communicative characters for interactive applications

Arya A, DiPaola S, Jefferies L, Enns J,—Intl Conf on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG-2006), 8 pages, Czech Republic, January 30 - February 3, 2006.

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FaceResearch

Facial Actions as Visual Cues for Personality

Arya A, Enns J, Jefferies L, DiPaola S,—Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CAVW) Journal, Vol 17, No 3-4 , pp 371–382, 2006.

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FaceResearch, EmotionExpression, CogSci

Evolving Portrait Painter Programs using Genetic Programming to Explore Computer Creativity

DiPaola S,—In Proc: iDMAa Conference (Intl Digital Media and Arts Association), 7 pages, 2006.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Designing Adaptive Multimedia Interactives to Support Shared Learning Experiences

DiPaola S, Akai C,—In ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Educators Program, (Boston), 6 pages, SIGGRAPH '06. ACM, New York, NY 2006.

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AI, GamesResearch

Socially Communicative Characters for Interactive Applications

DiPaola S, Arya A,—Intl Conf in Central Europe on Computer Graphics Visualization and Computer Vision, 8 pages, 2006.

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FaceResearch, Character3D, GamesResearch

Emotional Remapping of Music to Facial Animation

DiPaola S, Arya A,—In Proc: 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Videogames, (Boston), pp. 143-149, Sandbox '06. ACM, New York, NY, 2006.

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AI, EmotionExpression, PainterlyRendering, CogSci, Character3D, FaceResearch

Artificial Intelligence Systems in New Media Art and Design

DiPaola S,—Artciencia: Art & Science Journal, Vol 2, No 4, pp 1-8, August-October, 2006.

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Evolving Creative Portrait Painter Programs Using Darwinian Techniques with an Automatic Fitness Fun

DiPaola S,—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 10 pages, London. July. 2005.

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AI, GeneticProg, GenerativeDesign, Creativity

Towards an Interactive Visualization of Game Design Patterns

Tolmie J, DiPaola S, Charles A,—Digital Games Research Association, Vancouver, Canada, 2005.

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KnowledgeViz, GamesResearch

Simulating Face to Face Collaboration for Interactive Learning Systems

DiPaola S, Arya A, Chan J,—In Proc: E-Learn 2005, 6 pages, Vancouver, 2005.

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FaceResearch, Character3D, AvatarsAgents

Shifting Boundaries: the Ontological Implications of Simulating Marine Mammals

DiPaola S, Akai C,—New Forms Festival Conference, Museum of Anthropology, 7 pages, Vancouver, 2005.

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AI, Character3D

Affective Communication Remapping in MusicFace System

DiPaola S, Arya A,—In Proc: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 8 pages, London, England, July 26-31, 2004.

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AI, EmotionExpression, FaceResearch

Ratava’s Line: Emergent Learning and Design Using Collaborative Virtual Worlds

DiPaola S, Dorash D, Brandt G,—In ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Educators Program, (Los Angeles, California, August 08 - 12, 2004). SIGGRAPH '04. 4 pages, ACM, New York, NY, 25. 2004.

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Character3D, AvatarsAgents, VRWorlds, ColabDesign

Face, Portrait, Mask - the Virtuality of the Synthetic Face

DiPaola S,—New Forms Festival Conference, Vancouver Art Gallery, 7 pages, Vancouver, 2004.

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Face as a Multimedia Object

Arya A, DiPaola S,—5th Intl Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services, 5 pages, Lisbon, Portugal, April 21-23, 2004 .

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FaceResearch

A Social Metaphor-based 3D Virtual Environment

DiPaola S, Collins C,—In ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Educators Program, (San Diego, California, July 27 - 31, 2003). 2 pages, SIGGRAPH '03. ACM, New York, NY, 2003.

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VRWorlds, AvatarsAgents, Character3D, EmotionExpression, GamesResearch

Investigating Face Space

DiPaola S,—In ACM SIGGRAPH 2002 Conference Abstracts and Applications, (San Antonio, Texas, July 21 - 26, 2002). SIGGRAPH '02. ACM, New York, NY, pp 207-207. 2002.

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AI, GeneticProg, FaceResearch, GenerativeDesign