Programme at a glance (pdf)
Detailed Programme
Sunday, August 30, 2009
08:00 - 09:00: Registration, PhD forum posters up on boards
09:00 - 11:00: Tutorial - Multiple cameras in smart rooms: analysis strategies, Josep R. Casas
11:00 - 11:20: Break
11:20 - 12:20: Tutorial - Multimodal human-centered vision systems (part I), Nicu Sebe
12:20 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 14:30: Tutorial - Multimodal human-centered vision systems (part II), Hamid Aghajan
14:30 - 16:30: Tutorial - Multi-camera and distributed video surveillance, Rita Cucchiara
16:30 - 16:50: Break
16.50 - 18:30: Phd forum
| • | Probabilistic Surveillance with Multiple Active Cameras Eric Sommerlade and Ian Reid. University of Oxford |
| • | Calibrating and using the Global Network of Outdoor Webcams Nathan Jacobs and Robert Pless. Washington University in St. Louis |
| • | Hierarchical Feature Scheme for Object Recognition in Visual Sensor Networks Vildana Sulic, Janez Pers, Matej Kristan and Stanislav Kovacic. University of Ljubljana |
| • | Competing Agents for Distributed Object-Tracking in Smart Camera Networks Uwe Jaenen, Joerg Haehner and Christian Mueller-Schloer. Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| • | Flexible Clustering in Smart Camera Networks Bernhard Dieber1 and Bernhard Rinner2. 1Austrian Institute of Technology, 2Klagenfurt University |
| • | Multiple Camera Management using Wide Base-line Matching Ruan Lakemond, Clinton Fookes and Sridha Sridharan. Queensland University of Technology |
| • | Keypoints-based Background Model and Foreground Pedestrians Extraction for Future Smart Cameras Omar Hamdoun and Fabien Moutarde. Mines ParisTech |
| • | Non Supervised Learning of Human Activities in Visual Sensor Networks Rodrigo Cilla, Miguel A. Patricio, Antonio Berlanga and Jose M. Molina. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| • | A Distributed Architecture for Object Tracking Across Intelligent Vision Sensor Network With Constrained Resources Joshua Goshorn. University of California, San Diego |
| • | Dempster-Shafer Based Camera Contribution Evaluation for Task Assignment in Vision Networks Marleen Morbee1, Linda Tessens1, Wilfried Philips1 and Hamid Aghajan2. 1TELIN - IPI - IBBT, Ghent University, 2Stanford University |
Monday, August 31, 2009
08:00 - 09:00: Registration, posters up on boards
09:00 - 09:10: Welcome
09:10 - 10:00: Keynote - Urban Surveillance Networks: a challenge for video analytics technologies, Arun Hampapur
10:00 - 10:20: Break
10:20 - 12:00: Oral Session Mon AM - Smart Environments and 3D Scene Analysis
| • | Detecting Interleaved Sequences and Groups in Camera Streams for Human Behavior Sensing Athanasios Bamis, Jia Fang and Andreas Savvides. Yale University |
| • | Multiple-View Object Recognition in Band-Limited Distributed Camera Networks Allen Yang, Subhransu Maji, C. Mario Christoudias, Trevor Darrell, Jitendra Malik and Shankar Sastry. University of California, Berkeley |
| • | View-Invariant Full-Body Gesture Recognition via Multilinear Analysis of Voxel Data Bo Peng, Gang Qian and Stjepan Rajko. Arizona State University |
| • | PEM-ID: Identifying People by Gait-Matching using Cameras and Wearable Accelerometers Thiago Teixeira, Deokwoo Jung, Gershon Dublon and Andreas Savvides. Yale University |
| • | A Distributed Camera System for Multi-Resolution Surveillance Nicola Bellotto1, Eric Sommerlade1, Ben Benfold1, Charles Bibby1, Ian Reid1, Daniel Roth2, Charles Fernandez3, Luc Van Gool2 and Jordi Gonzalez3. 1University of Oxford, 2ETH Zurich, 3Computer Vision Centre, Bellaterra, Spain |
12:20 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 14:40: Poster Sessions
Surveillance and Tracking
| • | Continuously Evolvable Bayesian Nets for Human Action Analysis in Video Nirmalaya Ghosh, Bir Bhanu and Giovanni Denina. University of California at Riverside |
| • | Autonomous Real-time Surveillance System with Distributed IP Cameras Kofi Appiah1, Andrew Hunter1, Jonathan Owens1, Philip Aiken2 and Katrina Lewis2. 1University of Lincoln, SecuraCorp2 |
| • | A Random Projections Model for Object Tracking under Variable Pose and Multi-Camera Views Grigorios Tsagkatakis and Andreas Savakis. Rochester Institute of Technology |
| • | Dependable Integrated Surveillance Systems for the Physical Security of Metro Railways Francesco Flammini1, Concetta Pragliola1, Giovanni Bocchetti1 and Alfio Pappalardo2. 1Ansaldo STS Italy, 2CeRICT - Centro Regionale Information Communication Technology S.c.r.l. |
| • | Covariance Descriptors on Moving Regions for Human Detection in Very Complex Outdoor Scenes Giovanni Gualdi, Andrea Prati and Rita Cucchiara. Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
| • | An Efficient System for Vehicle Tracking in Multi-Camera Networks Michael Dixon, Nathan Jabobs and Robert Pless. Washington University |
| • | Online Video Synthesis for Removing Occluding Objects using Multiple Uncalibrated Cameras via Plane Sweep Algorithm Takahide Hosokawa, Songkran Jarusirisawad and Hideo Saito. Keio University |
| • | Surveillance of Robots using Multiple Colour or Depth Cameras with Distributed Processing Markus Fischer and Dominik Henrich. Universität Bayreuth |
| • | Person Tracking in Camera Networks using Graph-Based Bayesian Inference Florian van de Camp1, Keni Bernardin2 and Rainer Stiefelhagen1,2. 1Fraunhofer IITB, 2Universität Karlsruhe |
Camera Networks
| • | A 3D Object Model for Wireless Camera Networks with Network Constraints Fanyu Kong and Jindong Tan. Michigan Technological University |
| • | A Distributed Camera Network Architecture Supporting Video Adaptation Razib Iqbal, Saurabh Ratti and Shervin Shirmohammadi. University of Ottawa |
| • | A Pervasive Smart Camera Network Architecture applied for Multi-Camera Object Classification Wolfgang Schriebl, Thomas Winkler, Andreas Starzacher and Bernhard Rinner. Klagenfurt University |
Distributed and Collaborative Signal Processing
| • | Super-resolution Based on Blind Deconvolution using Similarity of Power Spectra Toshihisa Tanaka1, Ryo Miyamoto2 and Rachel Mabanag Chong1 1Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| • | Improved View Interpolation for Side Information in Multiview Distributed Video Coding Shinya Shimizu, Yoshihide Tonomura, Hideaki Kimata and Yoshimitsu Ohtani. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
| • | Performance Evaluation of Two State of the Art DVC Codecs N. Anantrasirichai1, D. Agrafiotis1, M. Ouaret2, F. Dufaux2 and T. Ebrahimi2. 1University of Bristol, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne2 |
| • | Conditioning Multimodal Information for Smart Environments David Looney1, Tomasz M. Rutkowski2, Alla Heidenreich3, Dagmar Beyer3, Naveed Rehman1 and Danilo Mandic1. 1Imperial College London, 2RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 3Siemens AG |
14:40 - 16:00: Oral Session Mon PM - Surveillance and Tracking
| • | Target Detection and Counting using a Progressive Certainty Map in Distributed Visual Sensor Networks Mahmut Karakaya and Hairong Qi. University of Tennessee |
| • | Metric Learning for Semi-Supervised Clustering of Region Covariance Descriptors Ravishankar Sivalingam, Vassilios Morellas, Daniel Boley and Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| • | Efficient Approximate Foreground Detection for Low-Resource Devices Linda Tessens1, Marleen Morbee1, Richard Kleihorst2, Hamid Aghajan3 and Wilfried Philips1. 1Ghent University, 2VITO NV, 3Stanford University |
| • | Bayesian Formulation of Image Patch Matching using Cross-correlation Hakan Ardo and Kalle Åström. Lund University |
16:00 - 16:20: Break
16:20 - 18:00: Challenge Session
| • | Multi-camera Track-before-detect Murtaza Taj and Andrea Cavallaro. Queen Mary University of London |
| • | Sport Players Detection and Tracking With a Mixed Network of Planar and Omnidirectional Cameras Alexandre Alahi1, Yannick Boursier1, Laurent Jacques2 and Pierre Vandergheynst1. Ecole 1Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2Université catholique de Louvain |
| • | Detection and Recognition of Sports(wo)men from Multiple Views Damien Delannay, Nicolas Danhier and Christophe De Vleeschouwer. Université catholique de Louvain |
| • | Template Matching Based Tracking of Players in Indoor Team Sports Emad Monier, Per Wilhelm and Ulrich Rückert. University of Paderborn |
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18:30 - 21:00: Welcome Reception at Villa Olmo
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
08:00 - 9:00: Registration, posters up on boards
09:00 - 10:00: Keynote - Multi-sensor coordination and control, Mohan Kankanhalli
10:00 - 10:20: Break
10:20 - 12:00: Oral Session Tue AM - Architectures and Protocols for Camera Networks
| • | VideoWeb: Design of a Wireless Camera Network for Real-time Monitoring of Activities Hoang Nguyen, Bir Bhanu, Ankit Patel and Ramiro Diaz. University of California, Riverside |
| • | PTZ Camera Network Reconfiguration Claudio Piciarelli, Christian Micheloni and Gian Luca Foresti. University of Udine |
| • | Planning Ahead for PTZ Camera Assignment and Handoff Faisal Qureshi1 and Demetri Terzopoulos2. 1University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2University of California, Los Angeles |
| • | Localization of Distributed Wireless Cameras Nadeem Anjum and Andrea Cavallaro. Queen Mary University of London |
| • | Distributed Calibration of Camera Sensor Networks Ehsan Elhamifar and Rene Vidal. Johns Hopkins University |
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 15:00: Poster Sessions
Surveillance and Tracking
| • | Recognizing Activities from Context and Arm Pose using Finite State Machines Thiago Teixeira, Deokwoo Jung, Gershon Dublon and Andreas Savvides. Yale University |
| • | Tracking in Sparse Multi-Camera Setups using Stereo Vision Gwenn Englebienne, Tim van Oosterhout and Ben Kröse. University of Amsterdam |
| • | Surprisal-aware Scheduling of PTZ Cameras Henry Detmold, Anton van den Hengel, Anthony Dick, Christopher Madden, Alex Cichowski and Rhys Hill. University of Adelaide |
| • | 3D Localization of Projected Objects for Surveillance Sunghoon Jung, Dowon Jang and Minhwan Kim. Pusan National University |
| • | Semantic Browsing of Video Surveillance Databases through Online Generic Indexing Denis Marraud, Benjamin Cepas and Liver Reithler. EADS Innovation Works |
| • | Face Tracking and Recognition by using Omnidirectional Sensor Network Yuzuko Utsumi and Yoshio Iwai. Osaka University |
| • | Resolution Mosaic-based Smart Camera for Video Surveillance Mohammed Abdel-Megeed Salem1, Kristian Klaus2, Frank Winkler2 and Beate Meffert2. 1Ain Shams University, 2Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin |
| • | Color Brightness Transfer Function Evaluation for Non overlapping Multi Camera Tracking Tiziana D'Orazio, Pier Luigi Mazzeo and Paolo Spagnolo. Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Italy |
Camera Network Topology
| • | Unsupervised Camera Network Structure Estimation Based on Activity Pierre Clarot1, Erhan Ermis2, Pierre-Marc Jodoin1 and Saligrama Venkatesh2. 1Université de Sherbrooke, 2Boston University |
| • | A Framework for Determining Overlap in Large Scale Networks Anton van den Hengel, Henry Detmold, Christopher Madden, Anthony Dick, Alex Cichowski and Rhys Hill. University of Adelaide |
| • | Efficient Topology Calibration and Object Tracking with Distributed Pan Tilt Cameras Norimichi Ukita, Kunihito Terashita and Masatsugu Kidode. Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| • | Joint Spatial-temporal Alignment of Networked Cameras Chia-Yeh Lee1, Tsuhan Chen1, Ming-Yu Shih2 and Shiaw-Shian Yu2. 1Cornell University, 2Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan |
Embedded Smart Cameras
| • | Adaptive Power Control for Solar Harvesting Multimodal Wireless Smart Camera Michele Magno1, Davide Brunelli1, Lothar Thiele2 and Luca Benini1. 1Universitá di Bologna, 2Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
| • | Abnormal Motion Detection in a Real-time Smart Camera System Mona Akbarniai Tehrani1, Richard Kleihorst2, Peter Meijer2 and Lambert Spaanenburg1. 1Lund Technical University, 2NXP Research |
| • | Resource-efficient Acceleration of 2-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transform Computations on FPGAs Hojin Kee1, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya1, Newton Petersen2 and Jacob Kornerup2. 1University of Maryland, 2National Instruments Corp. |
15:00 - 16:00: ICDSC Panel
16:00 - 16:20: Break
16:20 - 18:00: Special Session - Activity Monitoring by Multi-Camera Systems
| • | Distributed and Lightweight Multi-Camera Human Activity Classification Gaurav Srivastava, Hidekazu Iwaki, Johnny Park and Avinash C. Kak. Purdue University |
| • | Detection of Composite Events Spanning Multiple Camera Views with Wireless Embedded Smart Cameras Youlu Wang, Senem Velipasalar and Mauricio Casares. University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| • | Human Interaction Analysis Based on Walking Pattern Transitions Hitoshi Habe, Kazuhisa Honda and Masatsugu Kidode. Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| • | Multi-Camera Tracking on a Graph using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Honggab Kim, Justin Romberg and Wayne Wolf. Georgia Institute of Technology |
| • | Automatic Camera Selection for Activity Monitoring in a Multi-camera System for Tennis Philip Kelly, Ciarán Ó Conaire, Chanyul Kim and Noel OConnor. Dublin City University |
18:00 - 23:00: Banquet - Boat trip on Lake Como followed by a dinner with regional specialities at "Il Vapore" in Torno
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
08:00 - 09:00: Registration
09:00 - 10:00: Keynote - PANOPTIC: An Omnidirectional Multi-Aperture Visual Sensor, Pierre Vandergheynst
10:00 - 10:20: Break
10:20 - 12:00: Oral Session Wed AM: Camera Network Topology
| • | Optimal Sensor Placement for Surveillance of Large Spaces S. Indu1, Santanu Chaudhury2, Nikhil R Mittal1 and Asok Bhattacharyya1. 1Delhi College of Engineering, 2IIT Delhi |
| • | Efficient Camera Selection Strategy for Multiple Objects Association Shung Han Cho1, Sangjin Hong1 and We-Duke Cho2. 1Stony Brook University, 2Ajou University |
| • | A Knowledge-based Camera Selection Approach for Object Tracking in Large Sensor Networks Eduardo Monari and Kristian Kroschel. Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing IITB |
| • | Robust Construction of the Camera Network Complex for Topology Recovery Edgar Lobaton, Ram Vasudevan, Shankar Sastry and Ruzena Bajcsy. University of California Berkeley |
| • | Redundancy Removal through Semantic Neighbor Selection in Visual Sensor Networks Yang Bai and Hairong Qi. The University of Tennessee |
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 15:10: Special Session: Embedded Techniques for Smart Cameras
| • | Implementation of Canny Edge Detection on the WiCa SmartCam Architecture Bert Geelen1,3, Francis Deboeverie2,3 and Peter Veelaert2,3. 1SSET, Interuniversity Microelectronics Center, 2University College Ghent, 3IBBT |
| • | Mapping Schemes of Image Recognition Tasks onto Highly Parallel SIMD/MIMD Processors Shorin Kyo, Shohei Nomoto and Shin'ichiro Okazaki. NEC Corporation |
| • | DSPcam: A Camera Sensor System for Surveillance Networks Arvind Kandhalu, Anthony Rowe and Ragunathan (Raj) Rajkumar. Carnegie Mellon University |
| • | An Efficient Background Estimation Algorithm for Embedded Smart Cameras Vikas Reddy, Conrad Sanderson, Brian Lovell and Abbas Bigdeli. NICTA, The University of Queensland |
| • | Face Detection System Design For Real Time High Resolution Smart Camera Yasir Mohd Mustafah1,2, Abbas Bigdeli1, Amelia Wong Azman1,2 and Brian Lovell1,2. 1The University of Queensland, 2National ICT Australia |
15:10 - 15:30: Break
15:30 - 16:30: Special Session: Advances in Coding for Distributed Camera Networks
| • | An Extension of the AVC file format for Video Surveillance James Annesley1, Gero Bäse2, James Orwell1 and Houari Sabirin3. 1Kingston University, 2Siemens AG, 3Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| • | Image Interpolation with Dense Disparity Estimation in MultiView Distributed Video Coding Wided Miled, Thomas Maugey, Marco Cagnazzo and Béatrice Pesquet-Popescu. Télécom ParisTech |
| • | Compressed Domain Aided Analysis of Traffic Surveillance Videos Christian Kaes1, Mathieu Brulin1,2, Henri Nicolas1 and Christophe Maillet1,2. 1University of Bordeaux I, 2ADACIS Sarl |
16:30 - 17:30: Special Session: Collaborative Signal Processing for Distributed Systems
| • | A Comparison of Techniques for Camera Selection and Handoff in a Video Network Yiming Li and Bir Bhanu. University of California at Riverside |
| • | A Multi Camera System for Soccer Player Performance Evaluation Marco Leo1, Tiziana D'Orazio1 and Mohan Trivedi2. 1Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Italy, 1University of California San Diego |
| • | Joint Estimation of Offset Parameters and High-resolution Images via L1-norm Minimization Principle Akira Hirabayashi. Yamaguchi University |