- Date: September 8, 2002
Where: Thyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications (IWDC)
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The paper "Video Summarization and Indexing Using Combinations of the MPEG-7 Motion Activity Descriptor and Other Audio-Visual Descriptors" by Divakaran, A. was presented at the Thyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications (IWDC).
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- Date: September 2, 2002
Where: Computer Graphics Forum
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Free-Form Sketching with Variational Implicit Surfaces" by Karpenko, O., Hughes, J.F. and Raskar, R. was presented at the Computer Graphics Forum.
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- Date: September 2, 2002
Where: Eurographics
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Object Space EWA Splatting: A Hardware-Accelerated Approach to High-Quality Point Rendering" by Ren, L., Pfister, H. and Zwicker, M. was presented at Eurographics.
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- Date: August 31, 2002
Where: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The article "Complexity-Quality Analysis of Transcoding Architectures for Reduced Spatial Resolution" by Vetro, A., Hata, T., Kuwahara, N., Kalva, H. and Sekiguchi, S. was published in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
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- Date: August 26, 2002
Where: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) Brief - The papers "The MERL SpokenQuery Information Retrieval System: A System for Retrieving Pertinent Documents from a Spoken Query" by Wolf, P. and Raj, B., "PDH: A Human-Centric Interface for Image Libraries" by Moghaddam, B., Tian, Q., Lesh, N.B., Shen, C. and Huang, T.S. and "Constrained Video Object Segmentation by Color Masks and MPEG-7 Descriptors" by Porikli, F.M. and Wang, Y. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME).
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- Date: August 26, 2002
Where: International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP)
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The paper "Adaptive Pre-Stored Video Streaming with End System Multicast" by Shao, H.R., Shen, C. and Kong, H.-S. was presented at the International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP).
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- Date: July 31, 2002
Where: Building Reliable Component-Based Software Systems Brief - The article "Providing Real-Time Services for COTS" by Gonzalez, O., Ramamritham, K., Shen, C. and Fohler, G. was published in the book Building Reliable Component-Based Software Systems.
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- Date: July 29, 2002
Where: SPIE Conference on Internet Multimedia Management Systems
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The paper "Framework for Measurement of the Intensity of Motion Activity of Video Segments" by Peker, K.A. and Divakaran, A. was presented at the SPIE Conference on Internet Multimedia Management Systems.
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- Date: July 29, 2002
Where: SPIE Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications
MERL Contacts: Jianlin Guo; Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun Brief - The papers "A Platform for Real-Time Content Adaptive Video Transmission Over Heterogeneous Networks" by Kong, H.S., Vetro, A., Kalva, H., Fu, D., Zhang, X., Guo, J. and Sun, H. and "Video Browsing System for Personal Video Recorders" by Divakaran, A. and Asai, K. were presented at the SPIE Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications.
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- Date: July 23, 2002
Where: ACM SIGGRAPH
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Image-Based 3D Photography Using Opacity Hulls" by Matusik, W., Pfister, H., Beardsley, P.A., Ngan, A., Ziegler, R. and McMillan, L. was presented at ACM SIGGRAPH.
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- Date: July 15, 2002
Where: International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) Brief - The paper "A Plug-in Architecture for Generating Collaborative Agent Responses" by Rich, C., Lesh, N.B., Rickel, J. and Garland, A. was presented at the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS).
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- Date: July 14, 2002
Where: World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ISAS-SCI)
MERL Contacts: Philip V. Orlik; Jinyun Zhang; Anthony Vetro Brief - The papers "Timing Synchronization for OFDM" by You, C., Gu, D. and Zhang, J., "An Online Renegotiation-Based Bandwidth Management with Circuit Assignment for VBR Traffic in Communications Networks" by Porikli, F.M. and Sahinoglu, Z., "A Trellis Based Technique for Blind Channel Estimation and Signal Detection" by Cao, L., Orlik, P.V., Gu, D. and Zhang, J., "Automatic Detection of Talking Head Segments in News Video in the Compressed Domain" by Radhakrishnan, R. and Divakaran, A., "Channel Estimation Error Impact on the Link Level Performance of Space-Time Coded Systems" by Li, L., Zhang, J. and Horng, J.H., "Map-Top Video Surveillance with Adaptive Video Delivery" by Kuwahara, N., Hata, T. and Vetro, A., "Study of Rate 1/4 HSDPA Turbo Codes and Scaling Effect" by Orlik, P.V., Derand, T., Horng, J.H. and Wang, D. and "A Date Reduction Procedure for 'Principal Cast' and other 'Talking Head' Detection" by Radhakrishnan, R. and Divakaran, A. were presented at the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ISAS-SCI).
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- Date: June 26, 2002
Where: Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (EGRW)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Acquisition and Rendering of Transparent and Refractive Objects" by Matusik, W., Pfister, H., Ngan, A., Ziegler, R. and McMillan, L. was presented at the Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (EGRW).
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- Date: June 19, 2002
Where: IEEE International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "Browsing 3-D Spaces with 3-D Spaces with 3-D Vision: Body-Driven Navigation Through the Internet City" by Sparacino, F., Wren, C., Azarbayejani, A. and Pentland, A. was presented at the IEEE International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission.
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- Date: June 18, 2002
Where: IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
MERL Contacts: Jinyun Zhang; Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun Brief - The papers "Content-Based Browsing System for Personal Video Recorders" by Divakaran, A. and Cabasson, R., "Complexity-Quality Analysis of MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Transcoding Architectures" by Vetro, A., Hata, T., Kuwahara, N. and Kalva, H., "Efficient FGS to Single Layer Transcoding" by Lin, Y.-C., Wang, C.-N., Chiang, T., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Signal Circulation for Adaptive Equalization in Digital Communication Systems" by Horng, J.H. and Zhang, J. and "A Mobile Network Architecture with Personalized Instant Information Access" by Sahinoglu, Z., Peker, K.A., Matsubara, F. and Cukier, J. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE).
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- Date: June 16, 2002
Where: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (AP-S International Symposium) Brief - The paper "Semi-Automatic Antenna Design via Sampling and Visualization" by Quigley, A., Leigh, D.L., Lesh, N.B., Marks, J.W., Ryall, K. and Wittenburg, K.B. was presented at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (AP-S International Symposium).
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- Date: June 12, 2002
Where: IEEE Sensors
MERL Contact: William S. Yerazunis
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The paper "Wireless Liquid Level Sensing for Restaurant Applications" by Dietz, P.H., Leigh, D.L. and Yerazunis, W.S. was presented at IEEE Sensors.
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- Date: June 5, 2002
Where: International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) Brief - The paper "Collaborative Discourse Theory as a Foundation for Tutorial Dialogue" by Rickel, J., Lesh, N.B., Rich, C., Sidner, C.L. and Gertner, A. was presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS).
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- Date: June 3, 2002
Where: International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "Cartoon Dioramas in Motion" by Raskar, R., Ziegler, R. and Willwacher, T. was presented at the International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR).
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- Date: June 1, 2002
Where: International Workshop on Statistical Methods in Video Processing (SMVP)
MERL Contact: Matthew Brand Brief - The paper "Subspace Mappings for Image Sequences" by Brand, M.E. was presented at the International Workshop on Statistical Methods in Video Processing (SMVP).
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- Date: May 31, 2002
Where: Noise Reduction in Speech Applications Brief - The articles "Signal and Feature Compensation Methods for Robust Speech Recognition" by Singh, R., Stern, R.M. and Raj, B. and "Model Compensation and Matched Condition Methods for Robust Speech Recognition" by Singh, R., Raj, B. and Stern, R.M. were published in the book Noise Reduction in Speech Applications.
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- Date: May 28, 2002
Where: International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond
MERL Contacts: Jinyun Zhang; Philip V. Orlik Brief - The papers "Sequential Bezout Equalizer for MIMO Systems" by Kung, S.Y., Zhang, X., Vannucci, G. and Zhang, J., "Time Domain Channel Estimation for OFDM Using EM Algorithm" by Ma, X., Kobayashi, H., Schwartz, S.C., Zhang, J. and Gu, D., "Study of Two 1/4 Turbo Code Receivers in Non-Frequency Selective Fast Fading Channels" by Cao, L., Zhang, J., Chen, C.W., Orlik, P.V. and Miyake, M. and "An OFDM Receiver Structure for Broadband Wireless LANs" by Gu, D., Zhang, J., You, C., Miyake, M. and Ma, X. were presented at the International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond.
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- Date: May 27, 2002
Where: European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
MERL Contact: Matthew Brand Brief - The paper "Incremental Singular Value Decomposition of Uncertain Data with Missing Values" by Brand, M.E. was presented at the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV).
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- Date: May 26, 2002
Where: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang Sun Brief - The papers "Reduced Spatio-Temporal Transcoding Using an Intra Refresh Technique" by Vetro, A., Yin, P., Liu, B. and Sun, H. and "Successive Packing Based Interleaver for Design Turbo Codes" by Zhang, X.M., Shi, Y.Q., Chen, H., Haimovich, A.M., Vetro, A. and Sun, H. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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- Date: May 22, 2002
Where: International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) Brief - The paper "Visualization Techniques for Circular Tabletop Interfaces" by Vernier, F., Lesh, N.B. and Shen, C. was presented at the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
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