Fatih Porikli

MERL Research / Technical Staff
Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D., Polytechnic University, 2002

Phone: (617) 621 7586
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My research interests are in the areas of video processing, computer vision, aerial image processing, 3-D depth estimation, texture segmentation, robust optimization, network traffic management, multi-camera systems, data mining, and digital signal filtering. I have received my Ph.D. degree from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY in 2002. Before I joined to MERL in 2000, I worked for Hughes Research Labs, Malibu, CA (1999) and AT&T Research Labs, Holmdel, NJ (1997).

Recent Projects:

Detection and Tracking for Moving Cameras
Fast Bilateral Filters
Fast Human Detection
GPU for Surveillance
Integrated View Calibration and Tracking
Pose Tracking

Recent Publications:

Mei, X.; Porikli, F., "Joint Tracking and Video Registration by Factorial Hidden Markov Models", International Conference on Acoustic Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), ISSN: 1520-6149, pp.973-976, March,2008 (IEEE Explore, TR2008-010)

Porikli, F., "Reshuffling: A Fast Algorithm for Filtering with Arbitrary Kernels", SPIE Conference on Real-Time Image Processing, Vol. 6811, January 2008 (SPIE Publications, TR2008-007)

Yin, Z.; Porikli, F.; Collins, R., "Likelihood Map Fusion for Visual Object Tracking", Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, January 2008 (IEEE WACV/WMVC and SBIR 2008, TR2008-008)

Tuzel, O.; Porikli, F.; Meer, P., "Human Detection via Classification on Riemannian Manifolds", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2007 (CVPR 2007, TR2007-046)

Porikli, F.; Kocak, T., "Fast Distance Transform Computation Using Dual Scan Line Propagation", SPIE Conference Real-Time Image Processing, ISBN: 9780819466099, Vol. 6496, February 2007 (SPIE Publications, TR2007-013)

Bashir, F.; Porikli, F., "Collaborative Tracking of Objects in EPTZ Cameras", SPIE Conference Visual Communications and Image Processing , ISBN: 978089466211, Vol. 6508, January 2007 (SPIE Publications, TR2006-088)

Porikli, F.; Kocak, T., "Robust License Plate Detection Using Covariance Descriptor in a Neural Network Framework", IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS), ISBN: 0-7695-2688-8, pp. 107, November 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-040)

Shao, J.; Porikli, F.; Chellappa, R., "A Cascading Framework of Contour Motion and Deformation Estimation for Non-Rigid Object Tracking", International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), October 2006 (ICIP 2006, TR2006-044)

Porikli, F.; Tuzel, O., "Fast Construction of Covariance Matrices for Arbitrary Size Image Windows", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, pp.1581-1584, October 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-043)

Porikli, F., "Achieving Real-Time Object Detection and Tracking Under Extreme Conditions", Journal of Real-time Image Processing, ISSN: 1861 8200, Vol. 1, Number 1, pp. 33-40, October 2006 (Springer Berlin / Heidelberg)

Mei, X.; Porikli, F., "Fast Image Registration via Joint Gradient maximization: Application to Multimodal Data", SPIE Conference Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems Technology and Applications, ISBN: 9780819464934, Vol. 6395, September 2006 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2006-109)

Bashir, F.; Porikli, F., "Performance Evaluation of Object Detection and Tracking Systems", IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS), June 2006 (PETS 2006, TR2006-041)

Porikli, F.; Tuzel, O., "Covariance Tracker", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2006 (CVPR 2006, TR2006-042)

Porikli, F.; Tuzel, O.; Meer, P., "Covariance Tracking using Model Update Based on Lie Algebra", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), ISSN: 1063-6919, Vol. 1, pp. 728-735, June 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-127)

Goubet, E.; Katz, J.; Porikli, F., "Pedestrian Tracking Using Thermal Infrared Imaging", SPIE Conference Infrared Technology and Applications XXXII, Vol. 6206, pp. 797-808, June 2006 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2005-126)

Tuzel, O.; Porikli, F.; Meer, P., "Region Covariance: A Fast Descriptor for Detection and Classification", European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), May 2006 (ECCV 2006, TR2005-111)

Porikli, F.; Tuzel, O., "Bayesian Background Modeling for Foreground Detection", ACM International Workshop on Video Surveillance and Sensor Networks (VSSN), ISBN: 1-59593-242-9, pp. 55-28, November 2005 (ACM Press, TR2005-101)

Porikli, F.; Thornton, J., "Shadow Flow: A Recursive Method to Learn Moving Cast Shadows", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), ISSN: 1550-5499, Vol. 1, pp. 891-898, October 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-058)

Zilani, F.; Velastin, S.; Porikli, F.; Marcenaro, L.; Kelliher, T.; Cavallaro, A.; Bruneaut, P., "Performance Evaluation of Event Detection Solutions: The CREDS Experience", IEEE Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS), pp. 201-206, September 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-018)

Porikli, F.; Tuzel, O., "Multi-Kernel Object Tracking", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), pp. 1234-1237, July 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-122)

Recent Technical Reports:

TR2008-033 Kernel Integral Images: A Framework for Fast Non-Uniform Filtering
TR2008-031 Learning on Lie Groups for Invariant Detection and Tracking
TR2008-030 Constant Time O (1) Bilateral Filtering
TR2007-040 Detection of Temporarily Static Regions by Processing Video at Different Frame Rates
TR2006-100 Robust License Plate Detection Using Covariance Descriptor in a Neural Network Framework
TR2006-079 Making Silicon A Little Bit Less Blind: Seeing and Tracking Humans