AniAge — High Dimensional Heterogeneous Data based Animation Techniques for Southeast Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Content

Results in brief

High Dimensional Heterogeneous Data based Animation Techniques for Southeast Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Content

The overall aim of this project is two-fold. The first is to develop novel computer animation/visualisation algorithms and tools to preserve and exploit the performing arts related to intangible cultural heritage in Southeast Asia. The second is to promote knowledge exchange between EU and Southwest Asian partners, with a view to fostering the researchers involved. To this end, we have been working on the planned Work Packages 1-4 since Jan 2016 and have completed all the scheduled deliverables. The main achievements include, 1) Motion data collection and pre-processing, led by NCCA refer to https://web.archive.org/web/20200814153124/https://www.euh2020aniage.org/; 2) Published 96 papers on Journals and conferences. Around 71 papers including DOI and Open Access. The objective of scientific publications is to advance the state of the art and bring this to the scientific community. In the case of the AniAge project and given its multidisciplinary aspects, the main results have been published in newspapers or conferences with program committees specializing in AI, multi-media and vision and cultural heritage. 3) Created 3 project websites; 4) Built up a annotated motion database for folk dance, including around 200 video pieces associated with individual metadata (Led by NCCA); 5) Built up many software prototypes for data asset management; Automatic video classification and annotation (these are mainly publications between CRIL and the Asian partners VNU, UTM and CTU). Responding to requests for an annotated video management system (mainly publications between the CRIL and the Asian partners UTM and CTU). 6) New assets: 3D models for water puppet theatre at https://sketchfab.com/syllag/collections/water-puppet; 7) Organized 4 international conferences and workshops, and The Workshop II is scheduled on 13th Oct 2020 at http://casa2020.bournemouth.ac.uk/d2at/ The importance for society is to deliver an annotated folk dancing motion database that is being applied in dancing field, ICH sector and beyond such as computer animation, game etc.

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Project objective

Although computer animation technology has been extensively used for films and games, it remains largely labour-intensive and expensive, with recent blockbuster films (e.g. Avatar, Gravity) costing around $1 million per minute of footage. A lot of research efforts and technological breakthroughs are therefore necessary if it is to be widely applied to many low-cost applications, such as archiving and reproducing style-preserved intangible cultural heritage (ICH) contents. The project “AniAge” is designed to answer this very challenge, using Southeast Asian ICH as the main application. Southeast Asian ICHs, e.g. local dances and puppetry, are visually and culturally rich, but are unfortunately disappearing due to the globalized modernization. The overall aim of ""AniAge"" is two-fold. The first is to develop novel techniques and tools to reduce the production costs and improve the level of automation without sacrificing the control of the artists, in order to preserve the performing art related ICHs of Southeast Asia. This involves capturing and processing versatile visual performance data, which are heterogeneous in nature and gigantic in quantity. Two areas of technological innovation are aimed to be made, which are novel algorithms for 3D computer animation; and visual asset management with data analytics and machine learning techniques. The second is to promote knowledge exchange and dissemination between EU and Southeast Asian partners, with a view to fostering researchers and spreading knowledge. This will be achieved by having researchers participating in the well-designed research projects, workshops, seminars and open lectures. This consortium consists of six partners, two from the EU and four from Southeast Asia. Four work packages are designed, three for technological developments (digitalizing traditional performing arts - ""DigAge"", digital asset management - ""ManD"" and stylized animation production - ""AniX"") and one for dissemination (""Dissem"").""

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BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY · POOLECoordinatorUnited Kingdom
ALLEN INSTITUTE · SEATTLE WAUnited States
CAN THO UNIVERSITY · CAN THOVietnam
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY · BATHURSTAustralia
CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY · CHIANG MAIThailand
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY · TainanTaiwan
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · PokfulamHong Kong SAR China
UNIVERSITE D'ARTOIS · ArrasFrance
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA · Johor BahruMalaysia
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) · SHAH ALAM SELANGORMalaysia
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HA NOI · HANOIVietnam

AniAge · High Dimensional Heterogeneous Data based Animation Techniques for Southeast Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Content

Results in brief

High Dimensional Heterogeneous Data based Animation Techniques for Southeast Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Content

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