Michael Neff - RankMe

95 papers A* 5A 4B 21C 12Journal 34Unranked 17

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Gesture Generation (Still) Needs Improved Human Evaluation Practices: Insights from a Community-Driven State-of-the-Art Benchmark. CoRR Rajmund Nagy, Hendric Voss, Thanh Hoang-Minh, Mihail Tsakov, Teodor Nikolov, Zeyi Zhang, Tenglong Ao, Sicheng Yang, Shaoli Huang, Yongkang Cheng, Muhammad Hamza Mughal, Rishabh Dabral, Kiran Chhatre, Christian Theobalt, Libin Liu, Stefan Kopp, Rachel McDonnell, Michael Neff, Taras Kucherenko, Youngwoo Yoon, Gustav Eje Henter
2025	C	`conf`	Modeling Conflict De-Escalation in Shakespeare Through Hybrid NLP & Symbolic Approaches. CoG Nicholas Sloss Treynor, Kyle Mitchell, Nick Toothman, Gina Bloom, Colin Milburn, Michael Neff, Joshua McCoy
2025	J	`jnl`	The Impact of Avatar Retargeting on Pointing and Conversational Communication. IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. Simbarashe Nyatsanga, Doug Roble, Michael Neff
2025	J	`jnl`	Understanding the Impact of Visual and Kinematic Information on the Perception of Physicality Errors. ACM Trans. Appl. Percept. Goksu Yamac, Carol O'Sullivan, Michael Neff
2024	—	`conf`	COMAND: Controllable Action-aware Manifold for 3D Motion Synthesis. VMV Ikhsanul Habibie, Mohamed A. Elgharib, Diogo C. Luvizon, Balamurugan Thambiraja, Simbarashe Nyatsanga, Justus Thies, Michael Neff, Christian Theobalt
2024	A*	`conf`	The Impact of Avatar Stylization on Trust. VR Ryan Canales, Doug Roble, Michael Neff
2024	J	`jnl`	Towards a GENEA Leaderboard - an Extended, Living Benchmark for Evaluating and Advancing Conversational Motion Synthesis. CoRR Rajmund Nagy, Hendric Voß, Youngwoo Yoon, Taras Kucherenko, Teodor Nikolov, Thanh Hoang-Minh, Rachel McDonnell, Stefan Kopp, Michael Neff, Gustav Eje Henter
2023	J	`jnl`	A Comprehensive Review of Data-Driven Co-Speech Gesture Generation. Comput. Graph. Forum Simbarashe Nyatsanga, Taras Kucherenko, Chaitanya Ahuja, Gustav Eje Henter, Michael Neff
2023	J	`jnl`	A Comprehensive Review of Data-Driven Co-Speech Gesture Generation. CoRR Simbarashe Nyatsanga, Taras Kucherenko, Chaitanya Ahuja, Gustav Eje Henter, Michael Neff
2023	J	`jnl`	AdaptNet: Policy Adaptation for Physics-Based Character Control. CoRR Pei Xu, Kaixiang Xie, Sheldon Andrews, Paul G. Kry, Michael Neff, Morgan McGuire, Ioannis Karamouzas, Victor B. Zordan
2023	J	`jnl`	AdaptNet: Policy Adaptation for Physics-Based Character Control. ACM Trans. Graph. Pei Xu, Kaixiang Xie, Sheldon Andrews, Paul G. Kry, Michael Neff, Morgan McGuire, Ioannis Karamouzas, Victor B. Zordan
2023	—	`conf`	The Opportunity to Collect Kinetic Forces During a Round of Golf Using Wearable Devices: Single-Subject Case Study - The Full Swings. VR Workshops Tony Luczak, David Saucier, Harish Chander, Yanbing Tang, Charles E. Freeman, John Lamberth, John E. Ball, Steven M. Grice, J. Carver Middleton, Chih Chia Chen, Kait Jackson, Michael Taquino, Erin Parker, Zachary M. Gillen, Michael Neff, Martin Duclos, Reuben F. Burch V., Adam C. Knight, Long Tian
2022	—	`conf`	A Motion Matching-based Framework for Controllable Gesture Synthesis from Speech. SIGGRAPH (Conference Paper Track) Ikhsanul Habibie, Mohamed A. Elgharib, Kripasindhu Sarkar, Ahsan Abdullah, Simbarashe Nyatsanga, Michael Neff, Christian Theobalt
2022	A	`conf`	Multimodal Analysis of the Predictability of Hand-gesture Properties. AAMAS Taras Kucherenko, Rajmund Nagy, Michael Neff, Hedvig Kjellström, Gustav Eje Henter
2022	J	`jnl`	The Perceptual Consistency and Association of the LMA Effort Elements. ACM Trans. Appl. Percept. Hye Ji Kim, Michael Neff, Sung-Hee Lee
2022	B	`conf`	Tunable tension for gesture animation. IVA Michael Neff
2021	B	`conf`	Evaluating Study Design and Strategies for Mitigating the Impact of Hand Tracking Loss. SAP Ylva Ferstl, Rachel McDonnell, Michael Neff
2021	J	`jnl`	ExpressGesture: Expressive gesture generation from speech through database matching. Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2021	A	`conf`	It's A Match! Gesture Generation Using Expressive Parameter Matching. AAMAS Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2021	J	`jnl`	It's A Match! Gesture Generation Using Expressive Parameter Matching. CoRR Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2021	J	`jnl`	Multimodal analysis of the predictability of hand-gesture properties. CoRR Taras Kucherenko, Rajmund Nagy, Michael Neff, Hedvig Kjellström, Gustav Eje Henter
2021	B	`conf`	Speech2Properties2Gestures: Gesture-Property Prediction as a Tool for Generating Representational Gestures from Speech. IVA Taras Kucherenko, Rajmund Nagy, Patrik Jonell, Michael Neff, Hedvig Kjellström, Gustav Eje Henter
2021	J	`jnl`	Speech2Properties2Gestures: Gesture-Property Prediction as a Tool for Generating Representational Gestures from Speech. CoRR Taras Kucherenko, Rajmund Nagy, Patrik Jonell, Michael Neff, Hedvig Kjellström, Gustav Eje Henter
2021	J	`jnl`	Videoconference and Embodied VR: Communication Patterns Across Task and Medium. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Ahsan Abdullah, Jan Kolkmeier, Vivian Lo, Michael Neff
2020	J	`jnl`	Adversarial gesture generation with realistic gesture phasing. Comput. Graph. Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2020	B	`conf`	Understanding the Predictability of Gesture Parameters from Speech and their Perceptual Importance. IVA Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2020	J	`jnl`	Understanding the Predictability of Gesture Parameters from Speech and their Perceptual Importance. CoRR Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2020	—	`conf`	Virtual hands in VR: motion capture, synthesis, and perception. SIGGRAPH Courses Sophie Jörg, Yuting Ye, Michael Neff, Franziska Mueller, Victor B. Zordan
2019	C	`conf`	A Virtual and Interactive Light-Art-Like Representation of Human Silhouette. CW Momoko Tsuchiya, Takayuki Itoh, Michael Neff, Yuhan Liu
2019	J	`jnl`	Efficient Neural Networks for Real-time Motion Style Transfer. Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech. Harrison Jesse Smith, Chen Cao, Michael Neff, Yingying Wang
2019	C	`conf`	Multi-objective adversarial gesture generation. MIG Ylva Ferstl, Michael Neff, Rachel McDonnell
2019	C	`conf`	Spring Rigs for Skinning. MIG Nicholas Toothman, Michael Neff
2019	A*	`conf`	The Impact of Avatar Tracking Errors on User Experience in VR. VR Nicholas Toothman, Michael Neff
2019	C	`conf`	The Impact of Multi-character Story Distribution and Gesture on Children's Engagement. ICIDS Harrison Jesse Smith, Brian K. Riley, Lena Reed, Vrindavan Harrison, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff
2019	A	`conf`	What do we express without knowing?: Emotion in Gesture. AAMAS Gabriel Castillo, Michael Neff
2018	—	`conf`	Classifying Learner Behavior from High Frequency Touchscreen Data Using Recurrent Neural Networks. UMAP (Adjunct Publication) Zachary A. Pardos, Changran Hu, Pengqiu Meng, Michael Neff, Dor Abrahamson
2018	A*	`conf`	Communication Behavior in Embodied Virtual Reality. CHI Harrison Jesse Smith, Michael Neff
2017	J	`jnl`	Animation of Natural Virtual Characters. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Michael Neff, Catherine Pelachaud
2017	—	`conf`	Attachment-based character deformation. Symposium on Computer Animation Nicholas Toothman, Michael Neff
2017	J	`jnl`	Foreword to the Special Section on Motion in Games 2016. Comput. Graph. Hubert P. H. Shum, Michael Neff, Ronan Boulic
2017	J	`jnl`	Mimebot - Investigating the Expressibility of Non-Verbal Communication Across Agent Embodiments. ACM Trans. Appl. Percept. Simon Alexanderson, Carol O'Sullivan, Michael Neff, Jonas Beskow
2017	J	`jnl`	PERFORM: Perceptual Approach for Adding OCEAN Personality to Human Motion Using Laban Movement Analysis. ACM Trans. Graph. Funda Durupinar, Mubbasir Kapadia, Susan Deutsch, Michael Neff, Norman I. Badler
2017	B	`conf`	Pedagogical Agents to Support Embodied, Discovery-Based Learning. IVA Ahsan Abdullah, Mohammad Adil, Leah F. Rosenbaum, Miranda Clemmons, Mansi Shah, Dor Abrahamson, Michael Neff
2017	J	`jnl`	Storytelling Agents with Personality and Adaptivity. CoRR Zhichao Hu, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff, Jean E. Fox Tree
2017	J	`jnl`	Understanding the impact of animated gesture performance on personality perceptions. ACM Trans. Graph. Harrison Jesse Smith, Michael Neff
2016	B	`conf`	A Corpus of Gesture-Annotated Dialogues for Monologue-to-Dialogue Generation from Personal Narratives. LREC Zhichao Hu, Michelle Dick, Chung-Ning Chang, Kevin Bowden, Michael Neff, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker
2016	B	`conf`	A Multimodal Motion-Captured Corpus of Matched and Mismatched Extravert-Introvert Conversational Pairs. LREC Jackson Tolins, Kris Liu, Yingying Wang, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff
2016	B	`conf`	A Parameterized Schema for Representing Complex Gesture Forms. IVA Huaguang Song, Michael Neff
2016	B	`conf`	A Verbal and Gestural Corpus of Story Retellings to an Expressive Embodied Virtual Character. LREC Jackson Tolins, Kris Liu, Michael Neff, Marilyn A. Walker, Jean E. Fox Tree
2016	A*	`conf`	Analysis in support of realistic timing in animated fingerspelling. VR Nkenge Wheatland, Ahsan Abdullah, Michael Neff, Sophie Jörg, Victor B. Zordan
2016	J	`jnl`	Assessing the Impact of Hand Motion on Virtual Character Personality. ACM Trans. Appl. Percept. Yingying Wang, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff
2016	C	`ed.`	Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Motion in Games, MIG 2016, Burlingame, California, USA, October 10-12, 2016 MIG Michael Neff, Roland Geraerts, Hubert P. H. Shum
2016	J	`jnl`	Two Techniques for Assessing Virtual Agent Personality. IEEE Trans. Affect. Comput. Kris Liu, Jackson Tolins, Jean E. Fox Tree, Michael Neff, Marilyn A. Walker
2016	J	`jnl`	Walk the talk: coordinating gesture with locomotion for conversational characters. Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds Yingying Wang, Kerstin Ruhland, Michael Neff, Carol O'Sullivan
2015	—	`conf`	A Strategy for Developing a Performance Portable Highly Scalable Application. PARCO Michael Neff, Stefan Andersson, Aaron Vose, John M. Levesque
2015	—	`conf`	Boundary Interactions: Resolving Interdisciplinary Collaboration Challenges Using Digitized Embodied Performances. CSCL Virginia J. Flood, Michael Neff, Dor Abrahamson
2015	C	`conf`	Deep signatures for indexing and retrieval in large motion databases. MIG Yingying Wang, Michael Neff
2015	J	`jnl`	State of the Art in Hand and Finger Modeling and Animation. Comput. Graph. Forum Nkenge Wheatland, Yingying Wang, Huaguang Song, Michael Neff, Victor B. Zordan, Sophie Jörg
2015	B	`conf`	Storytelling Agents with Personality and Adaptivity. IVA Chao Hu, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff, Jean E. Fox Tree
2014	C	`conf`	Design and evaluation of a sketch-based gesture animation tool. MIG Huaguang Song, Michael Neff
2014	B	`conf`	Evaluating Personality Trait Attribution Based on Gestures by Virtual Agents. CogSci Kris Liu, Jackson Tolins, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff
2013	J	`jnl`	A system for automatic animation of piano performances. Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds Yuanfeng Zhu, Ajay Sundar Ramakrishnan, Bernd Hamann, Michael Neff
2013	B	`conf`	An Examination of Whether People Prefer Agents Whose Gestures Mimic Their Own. IVA Pengcheng Luo, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Michael Neff
2013	—	`conf`	Data-driven glove calibration for hand motion capture. Symposium on Computer Animation Yingying Wang, Michael Neff
2013	—	`ch.`	Efficient Calculation of Multi-dimensional Potential Energy Surfaces of Molecules and Molecular Clusters. High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering Michael Neff, Dominik Oschetzki, Yuriy Yudin, Yevgen Dorozhko, Natalia Currle-Linde, Michael M. Resch, Guntram Rauhut
2013	B	`conf`	Judging IVA Personality Using an Open-Ended Question. IVA Kris Liu, Jackson Tolins, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker, Michael Neff
2013	A	`conf`	Segmentation of hand gestures using motion capture data. AAMAS Ajay Sundar Ramakrishnan, Michael Neff
2013	B	`conf`	The Influence of Prosody on the Requirements for Gesture-Text Alignment. IVA Yingying Wang, Michael Neff
2012	C	`conf`	A Perceptual Study of the Relationship between Posture and Gesture for Virtual Characters. MIG Pengcheng Luo, Michael Neff
2012	C	`conf`	Automatic Hand-Over Animation for Free-Hand Motions from Low Resolution Input. MIG Chris Kang, Nkenge Wheatland, Michael Neff, Victor B. Zordan
2012	J	`jnl`	Automating Expressive Locomotion Generation. Trans. Edutainment Yejin Kim, Michael Neff
2012	—	`conf`	Component-based Locomotion Composition. Symposium on Computer Animation Yejin Kim, Michael Neff
2012	B	`ed.`	Intelligent Virtual Agents - 12th International Conference, IVA 2012, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, September, 12-14, 2012. Proceedings IVA Yukiko I. Nakano, Michael Neff, Ana Paiva, Marilyn A. Walker
2012	C	`conf`	Interactive Quadruped Animation. MIG Tyler Martin, Michael Neff
2011	A*	`conf`	Analytic proportional-derivative control for precise and compliant motion. ICRA Brian F. Allen, Michael Neff, Petros Faloutsos
2011	B	`conf`	Don't Scratch! Self-adaptors Reflect Emotional Stability. IVA Michael Neff, Nicholas Toothman, Robeson Bowmani, Jean E. Fox Tree, Marilyn A. Walker
2010	B	`conf`	Evaluating the Effect of Gesture and Language on Personality Perception in Conversational Agents. IVA Michael Neff, Yingying Wang, Rob Abbott, Marilyn A. Walker
2010	C	`conf`	Pose Control in Dynamic Conditions. MIG Brian F. Allen, Michael Neff, Petros Faloutsos
2009	B	`conf`	Augmenting Gesture Animation with Motion Capture Data to Provide Full-Body Engagement. IVA Pengcheng Luo, Michael Kipp, Michael Neff
2009	—	`conf`	Interactive editing of motion style using drives and correlations. Symposium on Computer Animation Michael Neff, Yejin Kim
2008	B	`conf`	Automatic Torso Engagement for Gesturing Characters. IVA Michael Neff
2008	J	`jnl`	Gesture modeling and animation based on a probabilistic re-creation of speaker style. ACM Trans. Graph. Michael Neff, Michael Kipp, Irene Albrecht, Hans-Peter Seidel
2007	J	`jnl`	An annotation scheme for conversational gestures: how to economically capture timing and form. Lang. Resour. Evaluation Michael Kipp, Michael Neff, Irene Albrecht
2007	J	`jnl`	Layered Performance Animation with Correlation Maps. Comput. Graph. Forum Michael Neff, Irene Albrecht, Hans-Peter Seidel
2007	B	`conf`	Towards Natural Gesture Synthesis: Evaluating Gesture Units in a Data-Driven Approach to Gesture Synthesis. IVA Michael Kipp, Michael Neff, Kerstin H. Kipp, Irene Albrecht
2006	—	`conf`	From Performance Theory to Character Animation Tools. Human Motion Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
2006	J	`jnl`	Methods for exploring expressive stance. Graph. Model. Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
2006	—	`conf`	Modeling Relaxed Hand Shape for Character Animation. AMDO Michael Neff, Hans-Peter Seidel
2005	—	`conf`	AER: aesthetic exploration and refinement for expressive character animation. Symposium on Computer Animation Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
2005	—	`—`	Aesthetic exploration and refinement : a computational framework for expressive character animation. Michael Neff
2005	J	`jnl`	Predictive Feedback for Interactive Control of Physics-based Characters. Comput. Graph. Forum Joe Laszlo, Michael Neff, Karan Singh
2004	—	`conf`	Methods for exploring expressive stance. Symposium on Computer Animation Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
2003	—	`conf`	Aesthetic edits for character animation. Symposium on Computer Animation Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
2002	—	`conf`	Modeling tension and relaxation for computer animation. Symposium on Computer Animation Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume
1999	B	`conf`	A Visual Model For Blast Waves and Francture. Graphics Interface Michael Neff, Eugene Fiume