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  •  NEWS    UAI 2011: publication by C. Oncel Tuzel and others
    Date: July 14, 2011
    Where: Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Compressed Inference for Probabilistic Sequential Models" by Polatkan, G. and Tuzel, O. was presented at the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI).
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  •  AWARD    CVPR 2011 Longuet-Higgins Prize
    Date: June 25, 2011
    Awarded to: Paul A. Viola and Michael J. Jones
    Awarded for: "Rapid Object Detection using a Boosted Cascade of Simple Features"
    Awarded by: Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
    MERL Contact: Michael J. Jones
    Research Area: Machine Learning
    Brief
    • Paper from 10 years ago with the largest impact on the field: "Rapid Object Detection using a Boosted Cascade of Simple Features", originally published at Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2001).
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  •  NEWS    CVPR 2011: 6 publications by Yuichi Taguchi, Srikumar Ramalingam, Amit K. Agrawal and C. Oncel Tuzel
    Date: June 21, 2011
    Where: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The papers "Entropy Rate Superpixel Segmentation" by Liu, M.-Y., Tuzel, O., Ramalingam, S. and Chellappa, R., "Structured Light 3D Scanning in the Presence of Global Illumination" by Gupta, M., Agrawal, A., Veeraraghavan, A. and Narasimhan, S., "CrossTrack: Robust 3D Tracking from Two Cross-Sectional Views" by Hussein, M., Porikli, F., Li, R. and Arsian, S., "P2C2: Programmable Pixel Compressive Camera for High Speed Imaging" by Reddy, D., Veeraraghavan, A. and Chellappa, R., "Beyond Alhazen's Problem: Analytical Projection Model for Non-Central Catadioptric Cameras with Quadric Mirrors" by Agrawal, A., Taguchi, Y. and Ramalingam, S. and "The Light-Path Less Traveled" by Ramalingam, S., Bouaziz, S., Sturm, P. and Torr, P. were presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).
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  •  NEWS    CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations 2011: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: May 12, 2011
    Where: CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Modeling Cutting Forces for 5-Axis Machining of Sculptured Surfaces" by Boz, Y., Erdim, H. and Lazoglu, I. was presented at the CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations.
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  •  NEWS    ICRA 2011: 2 publications by Yuichi Taguchi, Srikumar Ramalingam and C. Oncel Tuzel
    Date: May 9, 2011
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The papers "Pose Estimation using Both Points and Lines for Geo-Localization" by Ramalingam, S., Bouaziz, S. and Sturm, P. and "Finding a Needle in a Specular Haystack" by Shroff, N., Taguchi, Y., Tuzel, O., Veeraraghavan, A., Ramalingam, S. and Okuda, H. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
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  •  NEWS    Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval 2011: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: April 10, 2011
    Where: Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Shape Retrieval on Non-rigid 3D Watertight Meshes" by Lian, Z., Godil, A., Bustos, B., Daoudi, M., Hermans, J., Kawamura, S., Kurita, Y., Lavoua, G., Nguyen, H.V., Ohbuchi, R., Ohkita, Y., Porikli, F., Reuter, M., Sipiran, I., Smeets, P., Suetens, P., Tabia, H. and Vandermeulen, D. was presented at the Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval.
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  •  NEWS    Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2011: publication by Tyler W. Garaas
    Date: April 4, 2011
    Where: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Sensor Placement Tool for Rapid Development of Video Sensor Layouts" by Garaas, T.W. was presented at the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD).
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  •  NEWS    Machine Vision and Applications: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: March 15, 2011
    Where: Machine Vision and Applications
    Research Area: Machine Learning
    Brief
    • The article "In-vehicle Camera Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition" by Ruta, A., Porikli, F.M., Watanabe, S. and Li, Y. was published in Machine Vision and Applications.
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  •  NEWS    Foundations and Trends in Computer Graphics and Vision: publication by Srikumar Ramalingam and others
    Date: January 15, 2011
    Where: Foundations and Trends in Computer Graphics and Vision
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "Camera Models and Fundamental Concepts Used in Geometric Computer Vision" by Sturm, P., Ramalingam, S., Tardif, J.-P., Gasparini, S. and Barreto, J. was published in Foundations and Trends in Computer Graphics and Vision.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: January 15, 2011
    Where: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "A Fast Bilinear Structure from Motion Algorithm Using a Video Sequence and Inertial Sensors" by Ramachandran, M., Veeraraghavan, A. and Chellappa, R. was published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
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  •  NEWS    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG): publication by Yuichi Taguchi, Srikumar Ramalingam and others
    Date: December 15, 2010
    Where: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "Axial-Cones: Modeling Spherical Catadioptric Cameras for Wide-Angle Light Field Rendering:" by Taguchi, Y., Agrawal, A., Veeraraghavan, A., Ramalingam, S. and Raskar, R. was published in ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG).
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  •  NEWS    Journal of Vision (J Vis): publication by Tyler W. Garaas and others
    Date: October 26, 2010
    Where: Journal of Vision (J Vis)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "Inconsistency between Peri-saccadic Mislocalization and Compression: Evidence for Separate "What" and "Where" Visual Systems" by Luo, G., Garaas, T., Pomplun, M. and Peli, E. was published in Journal of Vision (J Vis).
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  •  NEWS    CIRP 2010: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: October 24, 2010
    Where: International Conference on High Performance Cutting (CIRP)
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Prediction of Cutting Forces for 5-Axis Ball-End Milling of Free-Form Surfaces" by Boz, Y., Erdim, H. and Lazoglu, I. was presented at the International Conference on High Performance Cutting (CIRP).
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  •  NEWS    IROS 2010: publication by Matthew E. Brand, Srikumar Ramalingam and others
    Date: October 18, 2010
    Where: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
    MERL Contact: Matthew Brand
    Brief
    • The paper "SKYLINE2GPS: Localization in Urban Canyons Using Omni-skylines" by Ramalingam, S., Bouaziz, S., Sturm, P. and Brand, M. was presented at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
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  •  NEWS    ECCV 2010: 5 publications by Yuichi Taguchi, Srikumar Ramalingam, Amit K. Agrawal, C. Oncel Tuzel and Tim K. Marks
    Date: September 5, 2010
    Where: European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
    MERL Contact: Tim K. Marks
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The papers "Image Invariants for Smooth Reflective Surfaces" by Sankaranarayanan, A.C., Veeraraghavan, A., Tuzel, O. and Agrawal, A., "Analytical Forward Projection for Axial Non-Central Dioptric & Catadioptric Cameras" by Agrawal, A., Taguchi, Y. and Ramalingam, S., "P2Pi: A Minimal Solution for Registration of 3D Points to 3D Planes" by Ramalingam, S., Taguchi, Y., Marks, T.K. and Tuzel, O., "Fast Approximate Nearest Neighbor Methods for Non-Euclidean Manifolds with Applications to Human Activity Analysis in Videos" by Chaudhry, R. and Ivanov, Y. and "Flexible Voxels for Motion-Aware Videography" by Gupta, M., Agrawal, A., Veeraraghavan, A. and Narasimhan, S.G. were presented at the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV).
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  •  NEWS    SSPR & SPR 2010: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: August 18, 2010
    Where: Joint IAPR International Conference on Structural, Syntactic and Statistical Pattern Recognition (SSPR & SPR)
    Research Area: Machine Learning
    Brief
    • The paper "Learning on Manifolds" by Porikli, F. was presented at the Joint IAPR International Conference on Structural, Syntactic and Statistical Pattern Recognition (SSPR & SPR).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification Beyond and in the Visible Spectrum 2010: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: June 13, 2010
    Where: IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification Beyond and in the Visible Spectrum
    Research Area: Machine Learning
    Brief
    • The paper "RelCom: Relational Combinatorics Features for Rapid Object Detection" by Venkatraman, V. and Porikli, F.M. was presented at the IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification Beyond and in the Visible Spectrum.
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  •  NEWS    CVPR 2010: 8 publications by C. Oncel Tuzel, Tim K. Marks, Yuichi Taguchi, Srikumar Ramalingam, Michael J. Jones and Amit K. Agrawal
    Date: June 13, 2010
    Where: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
    MERL Contacts: Michael J. Jones; Tim K. Marks
    Brief
    • The papers "Optimal Coded Sampling for Temporal Super-Resolution" by Agrawal, A.K., Gupta, M., Veeraraghavan, A.N. and Narasimhan, S.G., "Breaking the Interactive Bottleneck in Multi-class Classification with Active Selection and Binary Feedback" by Joshi, A.J., Porikli, F.M. and Papanikolopoulos, N., "Axial Light Field for Curved Mirrors: Reflect Your Perspective, Widen Your View" by Taguchi, Y., Agrawal, A.K., Ramalingam, S. and Veeraraghavan, A.N., "Morphable Reflectance Fields for Enhancing Face Recognition" by Kumar, R., Jones, M.J. and Marks, T.K., "Increasing Depth Resolution of Electron Microscopy of Neural Circuits using Sparse Tomographic Reconstruction" by Veeraraghavan, A., Genkin, A.V., Vitaladevuni, S., Scheffer, L., Xu, S., Hess, H., Fetter, R., Cantoni, M., Knott, G. and Chklovskii, D., "Specular Surface Reconstruction from Sparse Reflection Correspondences" by Sankaranarayanan, A., Veeraraghavan, A.N., Tuzel, C.O. and Agrawal, A.K., "Fast Directional Chamfer Matching" by Liu, M.-Y., Tuzel, C.O., Veeraraghavan, A.N. and Chellappa, R. and "Robust RVM regression using sparse outlier model" by Mitra, K., Veeraraghavan, A. and Chellappa, R. were presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).
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  •  AWARD    OTCBVS 2010 Best Paper Award
    Date: June 1, 2010
    Awarded to: Vijay Venkataraman and Fatih Porikli
    Awarded for: "RelCom: Relational Combinatorics Features for Rapid Object Detection"
    Awarded by: IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification Beyond and in the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS)
    Research Area: Machine Learning
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  •  NEWS    ICRA 2010: 3 publications by Yuichi Taguchi, Amit K. Agrawal, C. Oncel Tuzel, Tim K. Marks and others
    Date: May 3, 2010
    Where: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
    MERL Contact: Tim K. Marks
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The papers "Pose Estimation in Heavy Clutter Using a Multi-Flash Camera" by Liu, M.-Y., Tuzel, C.O., Veeraraghavan, A.N., Chellappa, R., Agrawal, A.K. and Okuda, H., "Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filtering for Probing-based 6-DOF Localization in Robotic Assembly" by Taguchi, Y., Marks, T.K. and Okuda, H. and "Multi-Class Batch-mode Active Learning for Image Classification" by Joshi, A.J., Porikli, F. and Papanikolopoulos, N. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
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  •  NEWS    Eurographics 2010: publication by Amit K. Agrawal and others
    Date: May 3, 2010
    Where: Eurographics
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Reinterpretable Imager: Towards Variable Post-Capture Space, Angle and Time Resolution in Photography" by Agrawal, A.K., Veeraraghavan, A.N. and Raskar, R. was presented at Eurographics.
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  •  NEWS    Video Search and Mining: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: April 20, 2010
    Where: Video Search and Mining
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "Statistical Analysis on Manifolds and Its Applications to Video Analysis" by Turaga, P., Veeraraghavan, A.N., Srivastava, A. and Chellappa, R. was published in the book Video Search and Mining.
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  •  NEWS    SPIE Conference on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2010: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: April 15, 2010
    Where: SPIE Conference on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Needle Picking: A Sampling Based Track-before-Detection Method for Small Targets" by Porikli, F.M. was presented at the SPIE Conference on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro 2010: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: April 14, 2010
    Where: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The paper "Exploiting User Labels with Generalized Distance Transforms and Random Field Level Sets" by Zhu, Y. and Tieu, K.H. was presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence: publication by MERL researchers and others
    Date: April 8, 2010
    Where: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
    Research Area: Computer Vision
    Brief
    • The article "Coded Strobing Photography: Compressive Sensing of High Speed Periodic Events" by Veeraraghavan, A., Reddy, D. and Raskar, R. was published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
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