 | The Department
Visual data dominates our daily perceptual and cognitive activities. With advances in image acquisition technology and socio-economic proliferation of imaging behaviors, more and more better-quality images and videos are generated from static surveillance cameras, digital image/video cameras, camera phones, and medical imaging devices etc.
The voluminous production and archives of image data, visual information, and media contents require new computer-assisted image understanding tools and systems to help us in security enforcement, query and retrieval, and decision making.
The CVIU Department, builds upon its strong technical competence in computer vision and track record in international publications, international benchmark competitions, international standards, and industrial applications, aims to focus on the creation of intellectual properties related to image understanding and to apply the results of research and development to address real world problems related to visual information access for decision making and security enforcement based on biometrics, video surveillance, and media authentication.
Key Competencies Applications The CVIU Department has strong competencies in the following research areas:Image and Video Retrieval Object, Scene and Event Recognition Human Identity and Activity Modeling Active and Passive Media Authentication Statistical Methods and Learning Performance Evaluation
With these core competencies, the department aims to apply its intellectual properties to niche application areas such as: Biometrics (secured access) Video Surveillance (law enforcing) Human Behavior Tracking (elderly care) Media Forensics (authenticity assurance) Natural Interface (3D gaming interaction) Medical Image Analysis (computed aided diagnosis) Multimedia Content Indexing (interactive television) Mobile Image-Based Information Access (mobile search)
Intellectual Capital Patents - L.Y. Li, R.J. Luo, R.H. MA, K. Leman, P. Kumar, B.H. Lee, and W.M. Huang, "Unusual event detection from videos", US Provisional Patent filed on 11 Jul 2006.
- Q.B. Sun, Z.S. Zhang, and D.J. He, "Method and system for protecting and authenticating a digital image", US Provisional Patent filed on 26 Sep 2003. Included in JPEG 2000 International Standard Part-8: JPSEC (ISO/IEC 15444-8) July 2006.
- W.Y. Yau, K.A. Toh, and X.D. Jiang, "A method and a device for computer based determination of a total minutiae template from a plurality of partial minutiae templates and a computer readable medium", Singapore Patent 92214, 31 July 2006.
PublicationsL.Y. Duan, J.Q. Wang, Y.T. Zheng, J.S. Jin, and H.Q. Lu, "Digesting commercial clips from TV streams", to appear in IEEE Multimedia, 2007. An earlier version was published in ACM Multimedia 2006, pp. 210-210 and selected as a candidate for Best Paper Award. H.L. Eng, J.X. Wang, A.H. Kam, and W.Y. Yau, "Robust human detection within a highly dynamic aquatic environment in real time," IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 15(6): 1583-1600, 2006. L.Y. Li, W.M. Huang, Y.H. Gu, and Q. Tian, "Statistical modeling of complex backgrounds for foreground object detection", IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 13(11): 1459-1472, 2004. J.H. Lim and J.S. Jin, "Combining intra-image and inter-class semantics for consumer image retrieval", Pattern Recognition, 38(6): 847-864, 2005. K.A. Toh, W.Y. Yau, and X. Jiang, "A reduced multivariate polynomials model for multi-modal biometrics and classifiers fusion", IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (Special Issue on Image- and Video-Based Biometrics), 14(2), pp.224-233, 2003. K.W. Wan and X. Yan, "Advertising insertion in sports webcasts", IEEE Multimedia, 14(2): 78-82, 2007. Z.S. Zhang, Q.B. Sun, L.W.C. Wong, J. Apostolopoulos, and S. Wee, "A content-aware stream authentication scheme optimized for distortion and overhead," IEEE ICME 2006 (Best Paper Award), pp. 541-544, 2006. An extended version appears in IEEE Trans. Multimedia, 9(2): 320-331, 2007.
Significant Projects/CollaborationImage Perception, Access, and Language (IPAL) joint research lab with CNRS, France, University of Joseph Fourier (France) and National University of Singapore (Jan 2007 to Dec 2010). Secure End-to-End Media Streaming (SMS) project with HP Labs, Palo Alto, USA(Aug 2006 to Jul 2009). ASTRALS (IST-028097) EU FP6 project with Algosystems S.A., ST Microelectronics, Thomson, Mitsubishi Electric, Telefonica I + D, ProVision Communication Tech, Fraunhofer/Heinrich Hertz Institute (Jan 2006 to Dec 2007). Singapore Retinal Image Archival and Analysis (SIRIAN) Network for Disease Prediction, SBIC-funded project with Singapore Eye Research Institute and National University of Singapore (Feb 2007 to Jan 2010). Segmentation, structural modeling and stimulation of the aorta and liver for clinical decision-making and treatment, SBIC-funded project with NationalUniversityHospitaland National University of Singapore (Feb 2007 to Jan 2010). MMedWeb - Multimedia Medical Conceptual Web for Intelligent Information Access, SERC-funded project with National University of Singapore, Singapore General Hospital and National Healthcare Group (Jul 2006 to Jun 2009). Multimodal Video Content Analysis, Modeling and Content Creation for Mobile Devices, SERC-funded project with Nanyang Technological University, Panasonic Singapore Lab, and Princeton University, USA (May 2007 to Apr 2010). Mobile Multimedia Forensics (MMF) Research - Towards the next level and the next generation, SERC-funded project (May 2007 to Apr 2010). Intelligent Vision for Unified Close Circuit Monitoring System (IV4UCCMS) project with Singapore Police Force and Singapore Technology Infocomm (Phase 1: Nov 2006 to Dec 2007, Phase 2: under discussion). Comprehensive Traffic Information Extraction System (C-TIES) project with Land Transport Authority of Singapore and National Computer Systems (Mar 2006 to Dec 2007). A Configurable Multimodal Robot for Future Homes (Robot2015), project funded by the HOME2015 National Research Programme (Apr 2007 to Apr 2009). Robotics Inter-RI Program - Vision-Based Human-Machine Interaction for Robot Butlers (V4Butlers), SERC-funded project with Fusionopolis (Mar 2007 to Mar 2008).
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