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  •  NEWS    MERL presents 5 papers at ICIP 2017, Anthony Vetro serves as general co-chair
    Date: September 17, 2017 - September 20, 2017
    Where: Beijing, China
    MERL Contacts: Petros T. Boufounos; Dehong Liu; Hassan Mansour; Huifang Sun; Anthony Vetro
    Research Areas: Computer Vision, Computational Sensing, Digital Video
    Brief
    • MERL presented 5 papers at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), which was held in Beijing, China from September 17-20, 2017. ICIP is a flagship conference of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and approximately 1300 people attended the event. Anthony Vetro served as General Co-chair for the conference.
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  •  NEWS    Asia-Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference 2012: 2 publications by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun, Robert A. Cohen and Dong Tian
    Date: December 3, 2012
    Where: Asia-Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Depth Map Up-sampling Based on Edge Layers" by Graziosi, D.B., Tian, D. and Vetro, A. and "Joint Perceptually-based Intra Prediction and Quantization for HEVC" by Jin, G., Cohen, R., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. were presented at the Asia-Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference.
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  •  NEWS    ICIP 2012: 4 publications by Anthony Vetro, Shantanu D. Rane, Huifang Sun and Dong Tian
    Date: September 30, 2012
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "An Attribute-Based Framework for Privacy Preserving Image Querying" by Rane, S. and Sun, W., "Emerging Cryptographic Challenges in Image and Video Processing" by Puech, W., Erkin, Z., Barni, M., Rane, S. and Lagendijk, R.L., "A Local Depth Image Enhancement Scheme for View Synthesis" by Wang, Y., Tian, D. and Vetro, A. and "On Modeling the Rendering Error in 3D Video" by Cheung, N.-M., Tian, D., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
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  •  NEWS    PCS 2012: publication by Anthony Vetro, Robert A. Cohen, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: May 7, 2012
    Where: Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The paper "Predictive Coding of Intra Prediction Modes for High Efficiency Video Coding" by Xu, X., Cohen, R., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. was presented at the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS).
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  •  NEWS    ICIP 2010: 4 publications by Robert A Cohen, Petros T. Boufounos, Anthony Vetro and Huifang Sun
    Date: September 26, 2010
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
    MERL Contacts: Petros T. Boufounos; Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Direction-Adaptive Transforms for Coding Prediction Residuals" by Cohen, R.A., Klomp, S., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Streaming Compressive Sensing for High-Speed Periodic Videos" by Asif, M.S., Reddy, D., Boufounos, P.T. and Veeraraghavan, A., "Frame Compatible Formats for 3D Video Distribution" by Vetro, A. and "Occlusion Handling Based on Support and Decision" by Min, D., Yea, S. and Vetro, A. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
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  •  NEWS    BMSB 2010: 2 publications by Robert A Cohen, Anthony Vetro, Jinyun Zhang, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: March 24, 2010
    Where: IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)
    MERL Contacts: Jinyun Zhang; Huifang Sun; Anthony Vetro
    Brief
    • The papers "QoS Harmonization for Home Networks" by Bhatti, G.M., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Matsubara, F.M., Asai, K., Miura, S. and Akatsu, S. and "New Techniques for Next Generation Video Coding" by Liu, L., Cohen, R.A., Sun, H., Vetro, A. and Zhuang, X. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology: publication by Huifang Sun and others
    Date: January 8, 2010
    Where: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
    MERL Contact: Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Compressed Domain Video Object Segmentation" by Porikli, F. and Sun, H. was published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers: publication by Huifang Sun and others
    Date: October 15, 2008
    Where: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
    MERL Contact: Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Wavelet-Based Multiscale Anisotropic Diffusion with Adaptive Statistical Analysis for Image Restoration" by Zhong, J. and Sun, H. was published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers.
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  •  NEWS    Multimedia Tools and Applications: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: November 1, 2007
    Where: Multimedia Tools and Applications
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding" by Xin, J., Li, J., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Sekiguchi, S. was published in Multimedia Tools and Applications.
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  •  NEWS    ISCAS 2007: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: May 1, 2007
    Where: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The paper "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding" by Xin, J., Li, J., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Sekiguchi, S. was presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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  •  AWARD    ISCAS 2007 Outstanding performance as Associate Editor
    Date: May 1, 2007
    Awarded to: Huifang Sun
    Awarded for: Outstanding performance as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
    Awarded by: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
    MERL Contact: Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • MERL researcher Huifang Sun received an award for outstanding performance as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology in ISCAS.
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  •  NEWS    Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: February 1, 2007
    Where: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "An Overview of Scalable Video Streaming: Research Articles" by Sun, H., Vetro, A. and Xin, J. was published in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.
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  •  NEWS    EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: January 30, 2007
    Where: EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Efficient MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding of Intra Coded Video" by Xin, J., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Su, Y. was published in EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing.
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  •  NEWS    ICIP 2006: 3 publications by Oncel Tuzel, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: October 8, 2006
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Extensions of H.264/AVC for Multiview Video Compression" by Martinian, E., Behrens, A., Xin, J., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Fast Construction of Covariance Matrices for Arbitrary Size Image Windows" by Porikli, F. and Tuzel, O. and "A Cascading Framework of Contour Motion and Deformation Estimation for Non-Rigid Object Tracking" by Shao, J., Porikli, F. and Chellappa, R. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: April 15, 2006
    Where: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Constant Quality Rate Allocation for FGS Coding Using Composite R-D Analysis" by Cheng, H., Zhang, X.M., Shi, Y.Q., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. was published in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Wireless Communications: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: August 15, 2005
    Where: IEEE Wireless Communications
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Error Resilience Video Transcoding for Wireless Communications" by Vetro, A., Xin, J. and Sun, H. was published in IEEE Wireless Communications.
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  •  NEWS    ISCAS 2005: 4 publications by Anthony Vetro, Zafer Sahinoglu, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: May 23, 2005
    Where: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Image Transmission over IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Networks" by Pekhteryev, G., Sahinoglu, Z., Orlik, P. and Bhatti, G., "Fast Region-of-Interest Transcoding for JPEG 2000 Images" by Kong, H.-S., Vetro, A., Hata, T. and Kuwahara, N., "A Study of Encoding and Decoding Techniques for Syndrome-Based Video Coding" by Wu, M., Vetro, A., Yedidia, J., Sun, H. and Chen, C. W. and "Efficient MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Intra Transcoding in Transform-domain" by Su, Y., Xin, J., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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  •  NEWS    ICASSP 2005: 4 publications by Anthony Vetro, Ajay Divakaran, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: March 18, 2005
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Fast Adaptive Fuzzy Post-Filtering for Coding Artifacts Removal in Interlaced Video" by Nie, Y., Kong, H.-S., Vetro, A. and Barner, K., "Video Coding Using 3-D Dual-Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform" by Wang, B., Wang, Y., Selesnick, I. and Vetro, A., "A Companding Front End for Noise-Robust Automatic Speech Recognition" by Guinness, J., Raj, B., Schmidt-Nielsen, B., Turicchia, L. and Sarpeshkar, R. and "Layered Dynamic Mixture Model for Pattern Discovery in Asynchronous Multi-Modal Streams" by Xie, L., Kennedy, L., Chang, S.-F., Divakaran, A., Sun, H. and Lin, C.-Y. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
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  •  NEWS    PCS 2004: 3 publications by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: December 15, 2004
    Where: Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Efficient Macroblock Coding-mode Decision for H.264/AVC Video Coding" by Xin, J., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Coding Approaches for End-to-End 3D TV Systems" by Vetro, A., Matusik, W., Pfister, H. and Xin, J. and "Video Coding Without Motion Compensation Using a 3-D Dual-tree Wavelet Transform" by Wang, B., Wang, Y., Selesnick, I. and Vetro, A. were presented at the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS).
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  •  NEWS    PCM 2004: 2 publications by Anthony Vetro, Ajay Divakaran and Huifang Sun
    Date: November 30, 2004
    Where: IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Converting DCT Coefficients to H.264/AVC Transform Coefficients" by Xin, J., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. and "Audio-Assisted Video Browsing for DVD Recorders" by Divakaran, A., Otsuka, I., Radhakrishnan, R., Nakane, K. and Ogawa, M. were presented at the IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM).
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  •  NEWS    ICIP 2004: 6 publications by Anthony Vetro, Ajay Divakaran and Huifang Sun
    Date: October 24, 2004
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Nonlinear Warping Function Recovery by Scan-Line Search Using Dynamic Programming" by Porikli, F.M., "A Hidden Markov Model Framework for Traffic Event Detection Using Video Features" by Li, X. and Porikli, F.M., "Adaptive Fuzzy Post-Filtering for Highly Compressed Video" by Kong, H.S., Nie, Y., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Barner, K., "An Investigation of 3D Dual-Tree Wavelet Transform for Video Coding" by Wang, B., Wang, Y., Selesnick, I. and Vetro, A., "Video Mining: Pattern Discovery Versus Pattern Recognition" by Divakaran, A., Peker, K.A., Chang, S.-F., Radhakrishnan, R. and Xie, L. and "Discovering Meaningful Multimedia Patterns with Audio-Visual Concepts and Associated Text" by Xie, L., Kennedy, L., Chang, S.-F., Divakaran, A., Sun, H. and Lin, C.-Y. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine: publication by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: June 30, 2004
    Where: IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Drift Compensation for Reduced Spatial Resolution Transcoding: A Summary" by Yin, P., Vetro, A., Liu, B. and Sun, H. was published in IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine.
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  •  NEWS    ICME 2004: 5 publications by Anthony Vetro, Ajay Divakaran and Huifang Sun
    Date: June 27, 2004
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Adaptive Fast Playback-Based Video Skimming Using a Compressed-Domain Visual Complexity Measure" by Peker, K.A. and Divakaran, A., "Effective and Efficient Sports Highlights Extraction Using the Minimum Description Length Criterion in Selecting GMM Structures" by Xiong, Z., Radhakrishnan, R., Divakaran, A. and Huang, T.S., "Time Series Analysis and Segmentation Using Eigenvectors for Mining Semantic Audio Label Sequences" by Radhakrishnan, R., Xiong, Z., Divakaran, A. and Memon, N., "Towards Maximizing the End-User Experience" by Divakaran, A., Vetro, A. and Kan, T. and "Coding Artifact Reduction Using Edge Map Guided Adaptive and Fuzzy Filter" by Kong, H.-S., Nie, Y., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Barner, K.E. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME).
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  •  NEWS    Pattern Recognition Letters: publication by Huifang Sun and others
    Date: May 31, 2004
    Where: Pattern Recognition Letters
    MERL Contact: Huifang Sun
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The article "Structure Analysis of Soccer Video with Domain Knowledge and Hidden Markov Models" by Xie, L., Xu, P., Chang, S.-F., Divakaran, A. and Sun, H. was published in Pattern Recognition Letters.
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  •  NEWS    ISCAS 2004: 3 publications by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others
    Date: May 23, 2004
    Where: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
    MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun
    Brief
    • The papers "Edge Map Guided Adaptive Post-Filter for Blocking and Ringing Artifacts Removal" by Kong, H.-S., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Rate-Distortion Optimized Bit Allocation for Error-Resilient Transcoding" by Xia, M., Vetro, A., Sun, H. and Liu, B. and "Error Resilient Methods for Real-Time MPEG-4 Video Streaming" by Kung, W.-Y., Kong, H.-S., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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