Dear All
(RSSNI, RSSI, Allstat)
I am pleased to remind you of the forthcoming talk by
Professor Adrian Bowman on April 15th, 2015,
at 4pm in room LAN 0G.74 (Main Lanyon
Building), The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
Statistics with a human face
Professor Adrian Bowman
School of Mathematics &
Statistics
University of Glasgow
Stereo-photogrammetry provides high-resolution
data defining the
shape of three-dimensional objects. One example
of its application
is in the study of facial shape, and indeed of
other parts of human
anatomy. Methods of analysing landmark
shape data are well developed but landmarks alone
clearly do not
adequately represent the very much richer
information present in each
digitised face. Facial curves with clear
anatomical meaning can
be identified. In order to exploit the full
extent of the
information present in the images, standardised
meshes, whose nodes
correspond across individuals, can also be
fitted. Some of the
issues involved in identifying and analysing data
of these types will be
discussed and illustrated in a variety of
surgical and other settings.
Statistical issues include how to analyse data
objects which express shape,
how to measure asymmetry and how to conduct
longitudinal modelling.
All are welcome - one need not be a Fellow of the RSS to attend
the talk.
This promises to be a most interesting presentation on measuring
the shape of
the human face. The techniques have many applications.
Best
Gilbert
Hon Sec.
NI Local Group
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Prof. Gilbert MacKenzie,
Centre of Biostatistics,
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Limerick,
Limerick
Ireland
CBS ~ http://www.ul.ie/biostatistics
BIO-SI ~ http://www.ul.ie/bio-si
Gilbert ~ http://www.staff.ul.ie/mackenzieg
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