Pre-Conference Workshops > Workshop 4

Workshop 4 sponsored by MELD (Multisensory Environments to study Longitudinal Development)

Title: Introduction to Python and AI-Based Image Analysis

Organizers: Fabio Vannucci & Andrea Senacheribbe

Topic: Basic principles of image analysis with open-source Python libraries

Description: This workshop offers a practical introduction to Python programming as a foundation for working with visual data. The first part introduces the basic concepts of the Python language, providing attendees with the essential tools needed to understand and write simple scripts.
The second part of the workshop focuses on the use of open-source artificial intelligence libraries for image analysis. Through guided examples, attendees will learn how to automatically extract visual features from images or video frames, such as detecting faces, identifying facial expressions, or recognizing the presence and position of hands and simple gestures (e.g., pointing or giving a thumbs-up).
Finally, the workshop will demonstrate how the extracted data can be used for basic exploratory data analysis. Attendees will see simple examples of how to compute and interpret basic statistics from the extracted features, providing a brief practical introduction to the next steps in data analysis workflows and more advanced applications.

Dependencies: Python; Google account for Colab