June 13, 2010 / Last updated : March 24, 2023 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper in CVPR (2010): "Efficient Hierarchical Graph-Based Video Segmentation

Matthias Grundmann, Vivek Kwatra, Mei Han, Irfan Essa (2010) “Efficient Hierarchical Graph-Based Video Segmentation” in Proceedings of IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2010 [PDF][Website][DOI][Video (Youtube)]. Abstract We present an efficient and scalable technique for spatiotemporal segmentation of long video sequences using a hierarchical graph-based algorithm. We begin by over-segmenting a […]
June 13, 2010 / Last updated : March 24, 2023 irfan Activity Recognition

Paper in CVPR (2010): "Player Localization Using Multiple Static Cameras for Sports Visualization"

Raffay Hamid, Ram Krishan Kumar, Matthias Grundmann, Kihwan Kim, Irfan Essa, Jessica Hodgins (2010), “Player Localization Using Multiple Static Cameras for Sports Visualization” In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2010 [PDF][Website][DOI][Video (Youtube)]. Abstract We present a novel approach for robust localization of multiple people observed using multiple […]
June 1, 2010 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Visual Surviellance

Funding (2010): DARPA Funding on "PERSISTENT STARE EXPLOITATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM (PERSEAS)"

 Persistent Stare Exploitation and Analysis System (PerSEAS) Part of the team led by Kitware Inc to work on Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – Persistent Stare Exploitation and Analysis System (PerSEAS). The Persistent Stare Exploitation and Analysis System (PerSEAS) program is developing the capability to automatically and interactively identify potential threats as they emerge based on the […]
April 1, 2010 / Last updated : September 1, 2020 irfan Activity Recognition

CVPR 2010: Accepted Papers

We have the following 4 papers that have been accepted for publications in IEEE CVPR 2010. More details forthcoming, with links to more details. Matthias Grundmann, Vivek Kwatra, Mei Han, and Irfan Essa (2010) “Discontinuous Seam-Carving for Video Retargeting” (a GA Tech, Google Collaboration) Matthias Grundmann, Vivek Kwatra, Mei Han, and Irfan Essa (2010) “Efficient Hierarchical Graph-Based Video […]
October 29, 2009 / Last updated : March 24, 2023 irfan Activity Recognition

Paper in Advanced Robotics (2009): "Human Action Recognition Using Global Point Feature Histograms and Action Shapes"

Radu Bogdan Rusu, Jan Bandouch, Franziska Meier, Irfan Essa and Michael Beetz (2009) “Human Action Recognition Using Global Point Feature Histograms and Action Shapes”, in Journal of Advanced Robotics, volume 23, pages 1873–1908, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and The Robotics Society of Japan, 2009. [ DOI | PDF] Abstract This paper investigates the recognition of […]
October 20, 2009 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Journalism

Paper ISMAR 2009: "Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps with Dynamic Information"

Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps with Dynamic Information [bibtex file=IrfanEssaWS.bib key=2009-Kim-AAEMWDI] Abstract We introduce methods for augmenting aerial visualizations of Earth (from tools such as Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth) with dynamic information obtained from videos. Our goal is to make Augmented Earth Maps that visualize the live broadcast of dynamic sceneries within a city. […]