Anthony Vetro
MERL Research / Technical StaffGroup Manager, Multimedia
Ph.D., Polytechnic University, 2001
Phone: (617) 621 7591
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Anthony Vetro joined MERL in 1996, where he is currently Group Manager of the Multimedia teams. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY, and his research interests are related to the encoding and transport of multimedia content. He has published a number of papers in these areas and has been an active participant in MPEG standards for several years. Dr. Vetro has directly contributed to the transfer/development of several technologies to Mitsubishi products, including MPEG-2/4 transcoding for surveillance, post-filtering for artifact reduction and video down-decoding for a low-cost DTV receiver chip.
Recent Projects:
3D TVBit-depth Scalable Coding for High Dynamic Range Video
DTV Standards in the US
Efficient Storage of Broadcast Video
H.264/AVC Encoder Optimization
Multiview Video Coding
Noise Reduction for Image/Video Data
Scalable Streaming of JPEG 2000
Secure Biometrics
TV Content Search Using Voice
Recent Publications:
Sutcu, Y.; Rane, S.; Yedidia, J.S.; Draper, S.C.; Vetro, A., "Feature Extraction for a Slepian-Wolf Biometric System Using LDPC Codes", IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), July 2008 (ISIT 2008, TR2008-036)Sutcu, Y.; Rane, S.; Yedidia, J.S.; Draper, S.C.; Vetro, A., "Feature Transformation of Biometric Templates for Secure Biometric Systems based on Error Correcting Codes", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2008 (IEEE Xplore, TR2008-029)
Vetro, A., "3D in the Home: Mass Market or Niche?", 3DTV-Conference, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1760-5, pp. 7-8, May 2008 (IEEE Xplore)
Yea, S.; Vetro, A., "View Synthesis Prediction for Rate-Overhead Reduction in FTV", 3DTV-Conference, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1670-5, pp. 145-148, May 2008 (IEEE Xplore, TR2008-016)
Lou, J.; Liu, S.; Vetro, A.; Sun, M-T, "Complexity and Memory Efficient GOP Structures Supporting VCR Functionalities in H.264/AVC", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1683-7, pp. 636-639, May 2008 (IEEE Xplore, TR2008-041)
Schwenke, D.; Vetro, A.; Hata, T, "Server-Driven Progressive Image Transmission of JPEG 2000", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 6822, January 2008 (SPIE Publications, TR2008-005)
Vo, D.T.; Yea, S.; Vetro, A., "Spatio-Temporal Fuzzy Filtering for Coding Artifacts Reduction", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 6822, January 2008 (SPIE Publications, TR2007-077)
Liu, S.; Kim, W-S.; Vetro, A., "Bit-depth Scalable Coding for High Dynamic Range Video", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 6822, January 2008 (SPIE Publications, TR2007-078)
Minegishi, N.; Sato, H.; Vetro, A.; Izuhara, F.; Koyama, M., "A Multi-Standards HDTV Video Decoder for Blu-Ray Disc Standard", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Session 6.4: Advanced Video Decoders, January 2008 (ICCE 2008, TR2008-004)
Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sekiguchi, S.-I.;, "A Study of MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding with Half-Horizontal Resolution", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Session 1.4: Video Transcoding & QoS, January 2008 (IEEE Xplore, TR2008-003)
Jain, A.K.; Chellappa, R.; Draper, S.C.; Memon, N.; Phillips, P.J.; Vetro, A., "Signal Processing for Biometric Systems (DSP Forum)", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, ISSN: 1053-5888, Vol. 24, Issue 6, pp. 146-152, November 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-071)
Zwicker, M.; Yea, S.; Vetro, A.; Forlines, C.; Matusik, W.; Pfister, H., "Multi-view Video Compression for 3D Displays", Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC), ISSN: 1058-6393, pp. 1506-1510, November 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-080)
Xin, J.; Li, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Sekiguchi, S., "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding", Multimedia Tools and Applications, November 2007 (TR2007-004)
Zwicker, M.; Vetro, A.; Yea, S.; Matusik, W.; Pfister, H.; Durand, F., "Resampling, Antialiasing, and Compression in Multiview 3-D Displays", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, ISSN: 1053-5888, Vol. 24, Issue 6, pp. 88-96, November, 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-084)
Zwicker, M.; Yea, S.; Vetro, A.; Forlines, C.; Matusik, W.; Pfister, H., "Display Pre-filtering for Multi-view Video Compression", International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia), ISBN: 978-1-59593-702-5, Session: Systems 4 - Coding Support - pp. 1046-1053, September 2007 (ACM Press, TR2007-073)
Yea, S.; Vetro, A., "RD-Optimized View Synthesis Prediction for Multiview Video Coding", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, Vol. 1, pp I-209 - I-212, September 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-026)
Vetro, A.; Yea, S.; Zwicker, M.; Matusik, W.; Pfister, H., "Overview of Multiview Video Coding and Anti-Aliasing for 3D Displays", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, Vol. 1, pp. 1-17 - I-20, September 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-027)
Ince, S.; Martinian, E.; Yea, S.; Vetro, A., "Depth Estimation for View Synthesis in Multiview Video Coding", 3DTV Conference (3DTV-CON), May 2007 (3DTV-CON, TR2007-025)
Jun Xin, Jianjun Li, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun, Shun-ichi Sekiguchi, "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2007 (TR2007-085)
Draper, S.C.; Khisti, A.; Martinian, E.; Vetro, A.; Yedidia, J.S., "Using Distributed Source Coding to Secure Fingerprint Biometrics", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), ISSN: 1520-6149, Vol. 2, pp. II-129--II-132, April 2007 (IEEE Xplore, TR2007-005)
Sun, H.; Vetro, A.; Xin, J., "An Overview of Scalable Video Streaming: Research Articles", Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing, ISSN: 1530-8669, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 159-172, February 2007 (TR2007-007)
Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Su, Y., "Efficient MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding of Intra Coded Video", EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, ISSN: 1110-8657, Vol. 2007, Issue 1, pp. 217, January 2007 (ACM Portal, TR2007-086)
Hata, T.; Kuwahara, N.; Schwenke, D.; Vetro, A., "Surveillance System with Mega-Pixel Scalable Transcoder", SPIE Conference Visual Communicaitons and Image Processing, Vol. 6508, January 2007 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2007-008)
Draper, S.C.; Khisti, A.; Martinian, E.; Vetro, A.; Yedidia, J.S., "Secure Storage of Fingerprint Biometrics Using Slepian-Wolf Codes", Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), January 2007 (ITA 2007, TR2007-006)
Wang, B.; Wang, Y.; Selesnik, I.; Vetro, A., "Video Coding Using 3D Dual-Tree Wavelet Transform", EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, Vol. 2007, Article ID 42761, 15 pages, January 2007 (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, TR2007-015)
Vetro, A.; Schwenke, D.; Hata, T.; Kuwahara, N., "Scalable Video Streaming Based on JPEG2000 Transcoding with Adaptive Rate Control", Advances in Multimedia, Volume 2007, Article ID 62094, 7 pages, December 2006 (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, TR2007-016)
Martinian, E.; Behrens, A.; Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Extensions of H.264/AVC for Multiview Video Compression", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, pp. 2981-2984, October 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-048)
Martinian, E.; Vetro, A.; Yedidia, J.S.; Ascenso, J.; Khisti, A.; Malioutov, D., "Hybrid Distributed Video Coding Using SCA Codes", IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), pp. 258-261, October 2006 (IEEE Explore, TR2006-069)
Schwenke, D.; Vetro, A.; Hata, T.; Kuwahara, N., "Dynamic Rate Control for JPEG 2000 Transcoding", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), ISBN: 1-4244-0367-7, pp. 1437-1440, July 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-073)
Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sekiguchi, S.; Sugimoto, K., "Motion and Mode Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), ISBN: 1-4244-0367-7, pp. 313-316, July 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-074)
Wittenburg, K.; Lanning, T.; Schwenke, D.; Shubin, H.; Vetro, A., "The Prospects for Unrestricted Speech Input for TV Content Search", ACM Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), May 2006 (AVI 2006, TR2006-045)
Xin, J.; Vetro, A., "Fast Mode Decision for Intra-only H.264/AVC Coding", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), April 2006 (PCS 2006, TR2006-034)
Martinian, E.; Behrens, A.; Xin, J.; Vetro, A., "View Synthesis for Multiview Video Compression", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), April 2006 (PCS 2006, TR2006-035)
Cheng, H.; Zhang, X.M.; Shi, Y.Q.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Constant Quality Rate Allocation for FGS Coding Using Composite R-D Analysis", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, ISSN: 1520-9210, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 405-407, April 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-019)
Kim, C.; Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Jay Kuo C.C., "Complexity Scalable Motion Estimation for H.264/AVC", SPIE Conference Visual Communications and Image Processing, Vol. 6077, pp. 109-120, January 2006 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2006-004)
Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sekiguchi, S.; Sugimoto, K., "MPEG-2 to H.264 / AVC Transcoding for Efficient Storage of Broadcast Video Bitstreams", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 417-418, January 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-003)
Smolic, A.; Kimata, H.; Vetro, A., "Development of MPEG Standards for 3D and Free Viewpoint Video", SPIE Conference Optics East 2005: Communications, Multimedia & Display Technologies, Vol. 6014, pp. 262-273, November 2005 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2005-116)
Hata, T.; Kuwahara, N.; Nozawa, T.; Schwenke, D.L.; Vetro, A., "Surveillance System with Object-Aware Video Transcoder", International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), Poster Session 4, October 2005 (MMSP 2005, TR2005-115)
Vetro, A.; Xin, J.; Sun, H., "Error Resillence Video Transcoding for Wireless Communications", IEEE Wireless Communications, ISSN: 1536-1284, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 14-21, August 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-102)
Recent Technical Reports: | |
| Information Embedding Codes on Graphs with Iterative Encoding and Decoding | |
| Information Embedding with Distortion Side Information | |
| Low-Density Constructions can Achieve the Wyner-Ziv and Gelfand-Pinsker Bounds | |
| Joint Source-Channel Decoding for Transmitting Correlated Sources over Broadcast Networks | |
| Low Density Codes Achieve the Rate-Distortion Bound | |
| Digital Item Adaptation: Overview of Standardization and Research Activities | |
