Publications

3,813 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Andrew Garland, Neal Lesh, and Candy Sidner, "Learning Task Models for Collaborative Discourse (subsumed by TR2002-04)", Tech. Rep. TR2001-25, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, July 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-25 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-25,
    • author = {Andrew Garland, Neal Lesh, and Candy Sidner},
    • title = {Learning Task Models for Collaborative Discourse (subsumed by TR2002-04)},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-25},
    • month = jul,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-25/}
    • }
  •  Jeannin, S., Divakaran, A., "MPEG-7 Visual Motion Descriptors", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 720-724, June 2001.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @article{Jeannin2001jun,
    • author = {Jeannin, S. and Divakaran, A.},
    • title = {{MPEG-7 Visual Motion Descriptors}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 11,
    • number = 6,
    • pages = {720--724},
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/927428}
    • }
  •  Raskar, R., Welch, G., Low, K.-L., Bandyopadhyay, D., "Shader Lamps: Animating Real Objects with Image-Based Illumination", Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (EGRW), June 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-21 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Raskar2001jun,
    • author = {Raskar, R. and Welch, G. and Low, K.-L. and Bandyopadhyay, D.},
    • title = {{Shader Lamps: Animating Real Objects with Image-Based Illumination}},
    • booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (EGRW)},
    • year = 2001,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-21}
    • }
  •  Zhang, X., Vetro, A., Sun, H., Shi, Y.-., "Robust Decoding for Reduced Error Propagation of DC/AC Prediction Errors", Workshop and Exhibition on MPEG-4 (WEMP4), DOI: 10.1109/​MPEG.2001.996456, June 2001, pp. 91-94.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2001jun,
    • author = {Zhang, X. and Vetro, A. and Sun, H. and Shi, Y.-Q.},
    • title = {{Robust Decoding for Reduced Error Propagation of DC/AC Prediction Errors}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop and Exhibition on MPEG-4 (WEMP4)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {91--94},
    • month = jun,
    • doi = {10.1109/MPEG.2001.996456},
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/996456}
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Divakaran, A., Sun, H., "Providing Multimedia Services to a Diverse Set of Consumer Devices", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), June 2001, pp. 32-33.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Vetro2001jun,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Divakaran, A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {{Providing Multimedia Services to a Diverse Set of Consumer Devices}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {32--33},
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/935199}
    • }
  •  Wang, H., Shen, C., Shin, K., "Adaptive-Weighted Packet Scheduling for Premium Service", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2001, vol. 6, pp. 1846-1850.
    BibTeX TR2001-07 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2001jun,
    • author = {Wang, H. and Shen, C. and Shin, K.},
    • title = {{Adaptive-Weighted Packet Scheduling for Premium Service}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 6,
    • pages = {1846--1850},
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-07}
    • }
  •  Rickel, J., Lesh, N.B., Rich, C., Sidner, C.L., Gertner, A., "Building a Bridge Between Intelligent Tutoring and Collaborative Dialogue Systems", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED), May 2001, pp. 592-594.
    BibTeX TR2000-40 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Rickel2001may,
    • author = {Rickel, J. and Lesh, N.B. and Rich, C. and Sidner, C.L. and Gertner, A.},
    • title = {{Building a Bridge Between Intelligent Tutoring and Collaborative Dialogue Systems}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {592--594},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-40}
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Sun, H., "Media Conversions to Support Mobile Users", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), DOI: 10.1109/​CCECE.2001.933753, May 2001, pp. 607-612.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Vetro2001may1,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {{Media Conversions to Support Mobile Users}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {607--612},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/CCECE.2001.933753},
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/933753}
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Sun, H., "Encoding and Transcoding Multiple Video Objects with Variable Temporal Resolution", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2001, vol. 5, pp. 21-24.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Vetro2001may2,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {{Encoding and Transcoding Multiple Video Objects with Variable Temporal Resolution}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 5,
    • pages = {21--24},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/921974}
    • }
  •  David J.C. MacKay, Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss, "A conversation about the Bethe free energy and sum-product (discussion document)", Tech. Rep. TR2001-18, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, May 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-18 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-18,
    • author = {David J.C. MacKay, Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss},
    • title = {A conversation about the Bethe free energy and sum-product (discussion document)},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-18},
    • month = may,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-18/}
    • }
  •  Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss, "Bethe free energy, Kikuchi approximations, and belief propagation algorithms", Tech. Rep. TR2001-16, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, May 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-16 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-16,
    • author = {Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss},
    • title = {Bethe free energy, Kikuchi approximations, and belief propagation algorithms},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-16},
    • month = may,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-16/}
    • }
  •  Kuhn, P., Suzuki, T., Vetro, A., "MPEG-7 Transcoding Hints for Reduced Complexity and Improved Quality", International Packet Video Workshop, April 2001.
    BibTeX
    • @inproceedings{Kuhn2001apr,
    • author = {Kuhn, P. and Suzuki, T. and Vetro, A.},
    • title = {{MPEG-7 Transcoding Hints for Reduced Complexity and Improved Quality}},
    • booktitle = {International Packet Video Workshop},
    • year = 2001,
    • month = apr
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Sun, H., "An Overview of MPEG-4 Object-Based Encoding Algorithms", International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, DOI: 10.1109/​ITCC.2001.918823, April 2001, pp. 366-369.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Vetro2001apr,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {{An Overview of MPEG-4 Object-Based Encoding Algorithms}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {366--369},
    • month = apr,
    • doi = {10.1109/ITCC.2001.918823},
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/918823}
    • }
  •  Alexei Efros and William T. Freeman, "Quilting for Texture Synthesis and Transfer", Tech. Rep. TR2001-17, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, April 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-17 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-17,
    • author = {Alexei Efros and William T. Freeman},
    • title = {Quilting for Texture Synthesis and Transfer},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-17},
    • month = apr,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-17/}
    • }
  •  Shen, C., Lesh, N.B., Moghaddam, B., Beardsley, P.A., Bardsley, R.S., "Personal Digital Historian: User Interface Design", ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2000-34 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shen2001mar,
    • author = {Shen, C. and Lesh, N.B. and Moghaddam, B. and Beardsley, P.A. and Bardsley, R.S.},
    • title = {{Personal Digital Historian: User Interface Design}},
    • booktitle = {ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)},
    • year = 2001,
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-34}
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Sun, H., Wang, Y., "Object-Based Transcoding for Adaptable Video Content Delivery", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 387-401, March 2001.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @article{Vetro2001mar,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Sun, H. and Wang, Y.},
    • title = {{Object-Based Transcoding for Adaptable Video Content Delivery}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 11,
    • number = 3,
    • pages = {387--401},
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/911163}
    • }
  •  Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss, "Characterization of belief propagation and its generalizations", Tech. Rep. TR2001-15, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-15 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-15,
    • author = {Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss},
    • title = {Characterization of belief propagation and its generalizations},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-15},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-15/}
    • }
  •  Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken, "A New Framework For Non-Photorealistic Rendering", Tech. Rep. TR2001-12, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-12 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-12,
    • author = {Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken},
    • title = {A New Framework For Non-Photorealistic Rendering},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-12},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-12/}
    • }
  •  Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken, "A New Representation for Device Color Gamuts", Tech. Rep. TR2001-09, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-09 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-09,
    • author = {Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken},
    • title = {A New Representation for Device Color Gamuts},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-09},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-09/}
    • }
  •  Yedidia, J.S., "An Idiosyncratic Journey Beyond Mean Field Theory" in Advanced Mean Field Methods, Theory and Practice, Opper, M. and Saad, D., Eds., chapter 3, pp. 21-36, The MIT Press, February 2001.
    BibTeX TR2000-27 PDF
    • @incollection{Yedidia2001feb,
    • author = {{{Yedidia, J.S.}}},
    • title = {{{An Idiosyncratic Journey Beyond Mean Field Theory}}},
    • booktitle = {Advanced Mean Field Methods, Theory and Practice},
    • year = 2001,
    • editor = {Opper, M. and Saad, D.},
    • chapter = 3,
    • pages = {21--36},
    • month = feb,
    • publisher = {The MIT Press},
    • isbn = {978-0-26228-105-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-27}
    • }
  •  Joe Marks, William Freeman, Henry Leitner, "Teaching Applied Computing without Programming: A Case-Based Introductory Course for General Education", Tech. Rep. TR2001-06, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, February 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-06 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-06,
    • author = {Joe Marks, William Freeman, Henry Leitner},
    • title = {Teaching Applied Computing without Programming: A Case-Based Introductory Course for General Education},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-06},
    • month = feb,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-06/}
    • }
  •  Divakaran, A., Peker, K.A., Sun, H., "Video Summarization Using Motion Descriptors", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, DOI: 10.1117/​12.410963, January 2001, vol. 4315.
    BibTeX SPIE Digital Library
    • @inproceedings{Divakaran2001jan,
    • author = {Divakaran, A. and Peker, K.A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {{Video Summarization Using Motion Descriptors}},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 4315,
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1117/12.410963},
    • url = {https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4315/0000/Video-summarization-using-motion-descriptors/10.1117/12.410963.short}
    • }
  •  Peker, K.A., Divakaran, A., Papathomas, T.V., "Automatic Measurement of Intensity of Motion Activity of Video Segments", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, DOI: 10.1117/​12.410944, January 2001, vol. 4315, pp. 341-351.
    BibTeX SPIE Digital Library
    • @inproceedings{Peker2001jan,
    • author = {Peker, K.A. and Divakaran, A. and Papathomas, T.V.},
    • title = {{Automatic Measurement of Intensity of Motion Activity of Video Segments}},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 4315,
    • pages = {341--351},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1117/12.410944},
    • url = {https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4315/0000/Automatic-measurement-of-intensity-of-motion-activity-of-video-segments/10.1117/12.410944.short}
    • }
  •  Davies, J.R., Gertner, A., Lesh, N.B., Rich, C., Rickel, J., Sidner, C.L., "Incorporating Tutorial Strategies into an Intelligent Assistant", ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), January 2001, pp. 53-56.
    BibTeX TR2000-30 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Davies2001jan,
    • author = {Davies, J.R. and Gertner, A. and Lesh, N.B. and Rich, C. and Rickel, J. and Sidner, C.L.},
    • title = {{Incorporating Tutorial Strategies into an Intelligent Assistant}},
    • booktitle = {ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {53--56},
    • month = jan,
    • isbn = {1-58113-325-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-30}
    • }
  •  Andrew Garland and Neal Lesh, "Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Demonstration (subsumed by TR2002-04)", Tech. Rep. TR2001-03, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, January 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-03 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-03,
    • author = {Andrew Garland and Neal Lesh},
    • title = {Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Demonstration (subsumed by TR2002-04)},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-03},
    • month = jan,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-03/}
    • }