- Date: January 1, 2008
Awarded to: Jun Xin, Anthony Vetro and Shun-ichi Sekiguchi
Awarded for: "A Study of MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding with Half-Horizontal Resolution"
Awarded by: IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
Research Area: Digital Video
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- Date: January 1, 2008
Awarded to: I. Otsuka, H. suginohara, Y. Kushunoki and A. Divakaran
Awarded for: "Detection of Music Segment Boundaries using Audio-Visual Features for a Personal Video Recorder"
Awarded by: IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) -
- Date: December 16, 2007
Where: International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, (IWPSD) Brief - The paper "Analytical Modeling of Threshold Voltage for Nanoscale Symmetric Double Gate (SDG) MOSFET with Ultra Thin Body (UTB)" by Vishvakarma, S.K., Raj, B., Singh, R., Panda, C.R., Saxena, A.K. and Sasgupta, S. was presented at the International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, (IWPSD).
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- Date: December 13, 2007
Where: International Conference on Information, Communications & Signal Processing (ICICS)
MERL Contact: Jinyun Zhang
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "Adaptive Frame Structure for Mobile Multihop Relay (MMR) Networks" by Teo, K.H., Tao, Z., Zhang, J. and Li, A. was presented at the International Conference on Information, Communications & Signal Processing (ICICS).
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- Date: December 12, 2007
Where: IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMPSAP)
MERL Contact: Jinyun Zhang
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "Antenna Selection Training in MIMO-OFDM/OFDMA Cellular Systems" by Mehta, N.B., Molisch, A.F., Zhang, J. and Bala, E. was presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMPSAP).
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- Date: November 26, 2007
Where: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM)
MERL Contacts: Jinyun Zhang; Philip V. Orlik Brief - The papers "Hybrid Coherent and Frequency-Shifted-Reference Ultrawideband Radio" by Liu, H., Molisch, A.F., Zhao, S., Goeckel, D. and Orlik, P., "Channel Measurements of an Indoor Office Scenario for Wireless sensor Applications" by Wyne, S., Santos, T., Tufvesson, F. and Molisch, A.F., "Asymmetric Cooperation Among Relays with Linear Precoding" by Devroye, N., Mehta, N.B. and Molisch, A. F. and "Frame Structure Design for IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay (MMR) Networks" by Tao, Z., Li, A., Teo, K.H. and Zhang, J. were presented at the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM).
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- Date: November 15, 2007
Where: Workshop on Massive Datasets (MD) Brief - The papers "Soda Pop Zombies: Soft Drink Consumption and Motion" by Wigdor, D., Ivanov, Y. and Wren, C.R. and "The MERL Motion Detector Dataset" by Wren, C.R., Ivanov, Y.A., Leigh, D. and Westhues, J. were presented at the Workshop on Massive Datasets (MD).
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- Date: November 12, 2007
Where: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
MERL Contact: Jinyun Zhang
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The article "Performance of Fountain Codes in Collaborative Relay Networks" by Molisch, A.F., Mehta, N.B., Yedidia, J.S. and Zhang, J. was published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
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- Date: November 4, 2007
Where: Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The paper "Multi-view Video Compression for 3D Displays" by Zwicker, M., Yea, S., Vetro, A., Forlines, C., Matusik, W. and Pfister, H. was presented at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC).
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- 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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- Date: November 1, 2007
Where: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The article "Visualizing the History of Living Spaces" by Ivanov, Y., Wren, C., Sorokin, A. and Kaur, I. was published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
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- Date: November 1, 2007
Where: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro Brief - The articles "Resampling, Antialiasing, and Compression in Multiview 3-D Displays" by Zwicker, M., Vetro, A., Yea, S., Matusik, W., Pfister, H. and Durand, F. and "Signal Processing for Biometric Systems (DSP Forum)" by Jain, A.K., Chellappa, R., Draper, S.C., Memon, N., Phillips, P.J. and Vetro, A. were published in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.
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- Date: October 21, 2007
Where: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA)
Research Area: Speech & Audio
Brief - The paper "Example-Driven Bandwidth Expansion" by Smaragdis, P. and Raj, B. was presented at the IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA).
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- Date: October 17, 2007
Where: International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS)
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "Car-to-car Radio Channel measurements at 5 GHz: Pathloss, Power-delay Profile, and Delay-Doppler Spectrum" by Paier, A., Karedal, J., Czink, N., Hofstetter, H., Dumard, C., Zemen, T., Tufvesson, F., Molisch, A.F. and Mecklenbrauker, C.F. was presented at the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS).
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- Date: October 15, 2007
Where: IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "Antenna Subset Selection in Measured Indoor Channels" by Almers, P., Santos, T., Tufvesson, F., Molisch, A.F., Karedal, J. and Johansson, A.J. was presented at IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation.
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- Date: October 10, 2007
Where: IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop)
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The paper "Living with a Tabletop: Analysis and Observations of Long Term Office Use of a Multi-Touch Table" by Wigdor, D., Penn, G., Ryall, K., Esenther, A. and Shen, C. was presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop).
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- Date: October 7, 2007
Where: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) Brief - The papers "Hybrid Infrared and Visible Light Projection for Location Tracking" by Lee, J., Hudson, S. and Dietz, P., "Multi-user Interaction Using Handheld Projectors" by Cao, X., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. and "Lucid Touch: A See-through Mobile Device" by Wigdor, D., Forlines, C., Baudisch, P., Barnwell, J. and Shen, C. were presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).
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- Date: October 1, 2007
Where: IEEE Signal Processing Letters
Research Area: Speech & Audio
Brief - The article "Ultrasonic Doppler Sensor for Voice Activity Detection" by Kalgaonkar, K., Hu, R. and Raj, B. was published in IEEE Signal Processing Letters.
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- Date: September 25, 2007
Where: SPIE Advanced Environmental, Chemical and Biological Sensing Technologies
MERL Contact: William S. Yerazunis
Research Area: Data Analytics
Brief - The paper "Autonomous Field-deployable Device for the Measurement of Phosphate in Natural Water" by Slater, C., Cleary, J., McGraw, C.M., Yerazunis, W.S., Lau, K.T. and Diamond, D. was presented at SPIE Advanced Environmental, Chemical and Biological Sensing Technologies.
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- Date: September 24, 2007
Where: IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB)
MERL Contact: Philip V. Orlik
Research Area: Communications
Brief - The paper "A Non-Coherent 802.15.4a UWB Impulse Radio" by Duan, C., Orlik, P., Sahinoglu, Z. and Molisch, A.F. was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB).
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- Date: September 24, 2007
Where: International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
Research Area: Digital Video
Brief - The paper "Display Pre-filtering for Multi-view Video Compression" by Zwicker, M., Yea, S., Vetro, A., Forlines, C., Matusik, W. and Pfister, H. was presented at the International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia).
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- Date: September 20, 2007
Where: International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA)
Research Area: Computer Vision
Brief - The paper "SocialMotion: Measuring the Hidden Social Life of a Building" by Wren, C., Ivanov, Y., Kaur, I., Leigh, D. and Westhues, J. was presented at the International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA).
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- Date: September 16, 2007
Where: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro Brief - The papers "Overview of Multiview Video Coding and Anti-Aliasing for 3D Displays" by Vetro, A., Yea, S., Zwicker, M., Matusik, W. and Pfister, H. and "RD-Optimized View Synthesis Prediction for Multiview Video Coding" by Yea, S. and Vetro, A. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
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- Date: September 5, 2007
Where: IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS) Brief - The papers "Detection of Temporarily Static Regions by Processing Video at Different Frame Rates" by Porikli, F. and "Acoustic Doppler Sonar for Gait Recognition" by Kalgaonkar, K. and Raj, B. were presented at the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS).
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- Date: September 3, 2007
Where: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Brief - The papers "Implementing Backscatter Radio for Wireless Sensor Networks" by Vannucci, G., Bletsas, A. and Leigh, D. and "First Results from Car-to-Car and Car-to=Infrastructure Radio Channel Measurements at 5.2GHZ" by Paier, A., Karedal, J., Czink, A., Hofstetter, H., Dumard, C., Zemen, T., Tufvesson, F., Mecklenbrauker, C.F. and Molisch, A.F. were presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).
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