I am a visitor to the UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Current research, in Computer Science includes the computerised perception of human emotion by vocal analysis and the visual dynamics of micro-facial expression.

Selected Publications:

P.S. McIntosh, E.C. Willock, and R.J. Thompson [1991], 'Atlas of Stackplots derived from Solar Synoptic Charts: Evolution of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields and Coronal Holes from H-alpha Synoptic Charts: 1966-87.' (Abstract), UAG Report 101, World Data Center A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics NOAA, E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328 USA. National Academy of Sciences. 188 pages.

Voted 'Best Presentation' at the Pan-Sydney Area Workshop on Visual Information Processing, Sydney University, November 1996, for the paper "Visualising the Dynamics of Facial and Vocal Expression of Emotion".

• Computer Perception of Images
• Image Sequence Analysis and Processing
• Analysis of Facial Expression
• Speech Analysis and Computational Linguistics
• Gesture and Non-Verbal Communication
• Psychology, Personality Type, Deception
• Solar Astronomy
• Ionospheric Physics

Selected Podcasts:

• (Access Card Privacy) : ID Card - Is Big Brother Stalking You?
• Hearing URLs : A quirky look at Synaesthesia
• The World's Biggest Nuclear Bomb
• Diffusion Radio Science (programs)

Hobbies and Interests:

• SCUBA Diving (and underwater photography)
• Stereoscopic (3D) photography.
• Caving
• Problem Solving
• Polar and Antarctic actvities and Travel ... Antarctic - Virtual Tourist ... Lonely Planet guide ... Mawson webcam, (wintered Antarctica, 1982)
• I do the occasional web page design.

Search Engines, Info etc:

• AltaVista
• Australian Universities   sites list
• Web browser functionality Test Page
• WWW Test Pattern
• Sydney Uni's MathSearch
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• Yahoo
• Carnegie Mellon Lycos Engine (Large Database)
• Lycos (Small Database)
• The Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
• The Electric Postcard
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• Switchboard (US Directory Lister)
• AT&T's Internet Directory

Contact Information:

Charles Willock
c/- School of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of New South Wales
Sydney   AUSTRALIA   2052

E-mail: charlesw at cse.unsw.edu.au