General information
Dr. Sylvie Ratté (ÉTS)
Dr. Gerardo Eugenio Sierra Martínez (UNAM)
Contacts (verbal)
Laura Hernandez
Bashar Abdallah
Dr Gerardo Sierra-Martinez (UNAM)
Dr Sylvie Ratté (ÉTS)
Contacts (non-verbal)
Helmi Garraoui
Arlen Perez
Dr Sylvie Ratté (ÉTS)
Dr Luc Duong (ÉTS)
Subventions
FQRNT, doctoral scholarship (Laura Hernandez)
ÉTS-FIR
Essential Links
CÉCILIA
Cecilia is a vast project that will study, through the analysis of language, facial expressions and body language, alterations caused by Alzheimer's and other dementias. At this time, the group has two sub-projects: language (transcripts of conversations) and the expression of emotions.
CÉCILIA (verbal behaviour group)
Detection of language alterations in Alzheimer's patients
My project is focused on the automatic analysis of conversations from elderly people, with the aim of detecting language alterations present in Alzheimer's patients. This project's intent is to propose an economical and noninvasive alternative for the early detection of Alzheimer's signs.
For more details and to review the resources available for this project, see the project website (on the left).
Collaborators
Dr. Boyd H. Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte - UNCC)
Dr. Charlene Pope (Medical University of South Carolina - MUSC)
Data
The Carolina Conversations Corpus (CCC)
Fundación BBVA (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED)
CÉCILIA (non-verbal behaviour group)
Correlation between the facial expression and language in patients with Alzheimer's disease
This project focuses on the analysis of the expression of emotions in conversations of elderly people. The objective is to detect emotional disorders of patients with the disease. The intention of this project is to propose ways to improve emotional communication between patients, their families and hospital staff.
Partners
Dr. Boyd H. Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte - UNCC)
Dr. Charlene Pope (Medical University of South Carolina - MUSC)
Sr. Edwin Velazco (Director de la residencia «Fundación Perpetuo Socorro»)
Dr. Andrés Gerardo Roche Bergua (Dir. de la unidad de psicogeriatría del Hospital Psiquiátrico «Fray Bernardino Álvarez», Mexico)
Dr. Gerardo Sierra (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Laboratorio de Ingeniería Linguistica)
Dr. Hector Gomez (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Équateur
Data
Fundación BBVA (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED)
Fundación Perpetuo Socorro (enregistrements versés au CCC)
Hospital Psiquiátrico «Fray Bernardino Álvarez» (enregistrements versés au CCC)