The Science of Measuring and Understanding Facial Expression:
Expert Consultation and Training Using
The Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D. is a recognized expert in the study of facial expressions of emotion and has worked with FACS for over 20 years. She trained extensively with Paul Ekman (senior author of the FACS system), has published articles and books using FACS, has trained numerous students in the use of FACS, and has played a key role in the development and revisions of FACS training materials. Additionally, Dr. Rosenberg consults with scientists, artists, and the media on the use of FACS in a variety of contexts including innovative applications in computer science. She teaches FACS workshops worldwide.

• FACS intensive 5-day workshops:

Dr. Rosenberg offers a 5-day intensive training workshop in the Facial Action
Coding System (FACS), the comprehensive, anatomically-based facial measurement system developed by Ekman & Friesen. FACS has been used in a wide range of applied and basic research contexts, from research on emotion, communication, and psychopathology to health psychology and forensics.

This workshop takes participants through the entire FACS manual and prepares them to take the final test for certification as a FACS coder. Traditionally, people have learned FACS via a minimum of 100 hours of self-instruction. The workshop offers a dynamic group setting for learning FACS in about a week, with the benefit of guidance and feedback from an expert. Previous participants report that this setting greatly enabled their ability to learn this rigorous measurement system.

The next 5-day FACS workshop is scheduled for:
October 20-24, 2008 at University of California, Berkeley

Registration opens August 11, 2008. For registration materials, please send email to:

info@erikarosenberg.com

 

• Consultation:

Dr. Rosenberg consults widely with academic and non-academic clients on matters related to the face and emotion, including facial expression measurement, interpretations of facial expressions, facial movement in traditional and computerized graphic animation, and computerized facial expression recognition.

For consulting queries please send an email to:
consulting@erikarosenberg.com


Related Links:
http://face-and-emotion.com/dataface/facs/description.jsp