- Date: July 15, 2006
Where: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The articles "Coded Exposure Photography: Motion Deblurring Using Fluttered Shutter" by Raskar, R., Agrawal, A. and Tumblin, J., "Fast Separation of Direct and Global Components of a Scene Using High Frequency Illumination" by Nayar, S.K., Krishnan, G., Grossberg, M.D. and Raskar, R., "Analysis of Human Faces using a measurement-Based Skin Reflectance Model" by Weyrich, T., Matusik, W., Pfister, H., Bickel, B., Donner, C., Tu, C., McAndless, J., Lee, J., Ngan, A., Jensen, H. and Gross, M., "Inverse Shade Trees for Non-Parametric Material Representation and Editing" by Lawrence, J., Ben-Artzi, A., DeCoro, C., Matusik, W., Pfister, H., Ramamoorthi, R. and Rusinkiewicz, S., "A Compact Factored Representation of Heterogeneous Subsurface Scattering" by Peers, P., Berge, K., Matusik, W., Ramamoorthi, R., Lawrence, J., Rusinkiewicz, S. and Dutre, P., "Time-Varying Surface Appearance: Acquisition, Modeling and Rendering" by Gu, J., Tu, C., Ramamoorthi, R., Belhumeur, P., Matusik, W. and Nayar, S. and "A Statistical Model for Synthesis of Detailed Facial Geometry" by Golovinskiy, A., Matusik, W., Pfister, H., Rusinkiewicz, S. and Funkhouser, T. were published in ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG).
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- Date: July 13, 2006
Where: International Conference on Collaboration Technologies (CollabTech)
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The paper "RemoteDT: Support for Multi-Site Table Collaboration" by Esenther, A. and Ryall, K. was presented at the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies (CollabTech).
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- Date: July 9, 2006
Where: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro Brief - The papers "Dynamic Rate Control for JPEG 2000 Transcoding" by Schwenke, D., Vetro, A., Hata, T. and Kuwahara, N., "Broadcast Video Program Summarization using Face Tracks" by Peker, K.A., Otsuka, I. and Divakaran, A., "Sports Program Boundary Detection" by Radhakrishnan, R., Divakaran, A. and Otsuka, I. and "Motion and Mode Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding" by Xin, J., Vetro, A., Sekiguchi, S. and Sugimoto, K. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME).
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- Date: June 26, 2006
Where: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR)
MERL Contact: William S. Yerazunis
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The paper "Practical, Real-time Studio Matting using Dual Imagers" by McGuire, M., Matusik, W. and Yerazunis, W. was presented at the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR).
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- Date: June 17, 2006
Where: IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS)
Research Area: Machine Learning
Brief - The paper "Performance Evaluation of Object Detection and Tracking Systems" by Bashir, F. and Porikli, F. was presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS).
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- Date: June 17, 2006
Where: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The papers "Covariance Tracking using Model Update Based on Lie Algebra" by Porikli, F., Tuzel, O. and Meer, P., "Covariance Tracker" by Porikli, F. and Tuzel, O. and "Edge Suppression by Gradient Field Transformation using Cross-Projection Tensors" by Agrawal, A., Raskar, R. and Chellappa, R. were presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).
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- Date: June 15, 2006
Where: SPIE Conference on Infrared Technology and Applications
Research Area: Machine Learning
Brief - The paper "Pedestrian Tracking Using Thermal Infrared Imaging" by Goubet, E., Katz, J. and Porikli, F. was presented at the SPIE Conference on Infrared Technology and Applications.
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- Date: June 13, 2006
Where: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The article "Multiuser Interference Mitigation in Non-coherent UWB Ranging via Nonlinear Filtering" by Sahinoglu, Z. and Guvenc, I. was published in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.
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- Date: June 11, 2006
Where: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
MERL Contacts: Jinyun Zhang; Philip V. Orlik Brief - The papers "Approximating the Sum of Correlated Lognormal or Lognormal-Rice Random Variables" by Mehta, N.B., Molisch, A.F., Wu, J. and Zhang, J. and "A Hybrid UWB Modulation Design Compatible for Both Coherent and Transmit-Reference Receivers" by Orlik, P., Zhao, S. and Molisch, A.F. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).
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- Date: June 6, 2006
Where: International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS)
MERL Contact: Matthew Brand Brief - The paper "Optimal Route Planning under Uncertainty" by Nikolova, E., Brand, M. and Karger, D.R. was presented at the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS).
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- Date: June 1, 2006
Where: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
MERL Contact: Philip V. Orlik
Research Areas: Communications, Signal Processing
Brief - The article "TOA Estimation for IR-UWB Systems with Different Transceiver Types" by Guvenc, I., Sahinoglu, Z. and Orlik, P.V. was published in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
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- Date: May 23, 2006
Where: International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro Brief - The papers "Enabling Interaction with Single User Applications through Speech and Gestures on a Multi-User Tabletop" by Tse, E., Shen, C., Greenberg, S. and Forlines, C., "Table-Centric Interactive Spaces for Real-Time Collaboration" by Wigdor, D., Shen, C., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R., "The Prospects for Unrestricted Speech Input for TV Content Search" by Wittenburg, K., Lanning, T., Schwenke, D., Shubin, H. and Vetro, A. and "Fluid DTMouse: Better Mouse Support for Touch-Based Interactions" by Esenther, A. and Ryall, K. were presented at the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
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- Date: May 21, 2006
Where: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) Brief - The papers "Computing During Supply Voltage Switching in DVS Enabled Real-time Processors" by Duan, C. and Khatri, S.P. and "Memory-based Cross-talk Canceling CODECs for On-chip Buses" by Duan, C., Gulati, K. and Khatri, S. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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- Date: May 14, 2006
Where: IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) Brief - The papers "Generative Process Tracking for Audio Analysis" by Radhakrishnan, R. and Divakaran, A., "Latent Dirichlet Decomposition for Single Channel Speaker Separation" by Raj, B., Shashanka, M.V.S. and Smaragdis, P. and "Secure Sound Classification: Gaussian Mixture Models" by Shashanka, M.V.S. and Smaragdis, P. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
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- Date: May 10, 2006
Where: International Workshop on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Toward Scalable Activity Recognition for Sensor Networks" by Wren, C.R. and Tapia, E.M. was presented at the International Workshop on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA).
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- Date: May 7, 2006
Where: Pervasive: Workshop Pervasive Technology Applied Real-World Experiences with RFID and Sensor Networks (PTA)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Toward Spatial Queries for Spatial Surveillance Tasks" by Ivanov, Y.A. and Wren, C.R. was presented at the Pervasive: Workshop Pervasive Technology Applied Real-World Experiences with RFID and Sensor Networks (PTA).
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- Date: May 7, 2006
Where: European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The papers "Region Covariance: A Fast Descriptor for Detection and Classification" by Tuzel, O., Porikli, F. and Meer, P. and "What is the Range of Surface Reconstructions from a Gradient Field?" by Agrawal, A., Raskar, R. and Chellappa, R. were presented at the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV).
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- Date: May 7, 2006
Where: International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames) Brief - The paper "Multimodal Multiplayer Tabletop Gaming" by Tse, E., Greenberg, S., Shen, C. and Forlines, C. was presented at the International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames).
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- Date: May 7, 2006
Where: Pervasive 2006: Workshop on Privacy Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Worse is Better for Ambient Sensing" by Reynolds, C.J. and Wren, C.R. was presented at the Pervasive 2006: Workshop on Privacy Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence.
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- Date: May 1, 2006
Where: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
MERL Contact: Jinyun Zhang
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The article "Performance Evaluation of CDMA Reverse Links with Imperfect Beamforming in a Multicell Environment using a Simplified Beamforming Model" by Yu, J., Yao, Y.-D., Molisch, A.F. and Zhang, J. was published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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- Date: May 1, 2006
Where: Linear Algebra and Its Applications
MERL Contact: Matthew Brand Brief - The article "Fast Low-Rank Modifications of the Thin Singular Value Decomposition" by Brand, M. was published in Linear Algebra and Its Applications.
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- Date: May 1, 2006
Where: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Brief - The article "Wideband Diversity in Multipath Channels with Nonuniform Power Dispersion Profiles" by Win, M.Z., Chrisikos, G. and Molisch, A.F. was published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
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- Date: May 1, 2006
Awarded to: Christopher Wren and Emmanuel Munguia Tapia
Awarded for: "Toward Scalable Activity Recognition for Sensor Networks"
Awarded by: Second International Workshop in Location and Context-Awareness (LoCA) Brief - MERL researcher Christopher Wren received the Best Presentation award for his talk on "Toward Scalable Activity Recognition for Sensor Networks".
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- Date: April 26, 2006
Where: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
MERL Contact: William S. Yerazunis
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The article "Quantitative Colorimetric Analysis of Dye Mixtures Using an Optical Photometer Based on LED Array" by Lau, K.-T., Yerazunis, W.S., Shepherd, R.L. and Diamond, D. was published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
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- Date: April 24, 2006
Where: Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro Brief - The papers "View Synthesis for Multiview Video Compression" by Martinian, E., Behrens, A., Xin, J. and Vetro, A. and "Fast Mode Decision for Intra-only H.264/AVC Coding" by Xin, J. and Vetro, A. were presented at the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS).
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