Computational Photography and Video

June 17, 2007 / Last updated : September 1, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper: IEEE CVPR (2007) "Tree-based Classifiers for Bilayer Video Segmentation"

Yin, Pei Criminisi, Antonio Winn, John Essa, Irfan (2007), Tree-based Classifiers for Bilayer Video Segmentation In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2007. CVPR ’07, 17-22 June 2007, page(s): 1 – 8, Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA, ISBN: 1-4244-1180-7, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/CVPR.2007.383008 Abstract This paper presents an algorithm for the automatic segmentation of monocular videos […]
June 14, 2007 / Last updated : June 14, 2007 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Talk: Keynote at WIAMIS 2007 "Data-driven and Procedural Analysis and Synthesis of Multimedia"

WIAMIS 2007: “Data-driven and Procedural Analysis and Synthesis of Multimedia” Abstract In this talk, I will outline the changes that have come about in the analysis and synthesis of multimedia, due to the availability of large amounts of data. I will present several of the recently successful methods that have been introduced in the last […]
May 30, 2007 / Last updated : March 21, 2023 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Presentation: Advanced Visual Interfaces (2008), "Computational Photography and Video: Interacting and Creating with Videos and Images"

I have just been invited to give an Invited Talk at Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2008, May 28-30, 2008, in Napoli, Italy. Computational Photography and Video: Interacting and Creating with Videos and Images Abstract Digital image capture, processing, and sharing has become pervasive in our society. This has had significant impact on how we create […]
October 22, 2006 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper in ACM Multimedia (2006): "Interactive mosaic generation for video navigation"

K. Kim, I. Essa, and G. Abowd (2006) “Interactive mosaic generation for video navigation.” in Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM international conference on Multimedia, pages 655-658, 2006. [Project Page | DOI | PDF] Abstract Navigation through large multimedia collections that include videos and images still remains cumbersome. In this paper, we introduce a novel method […]
October 15, 2006 / Last updated : October 15, 2006 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper: ACM UIST (2006) "Videotater: an approach for pen-based digital video segmentation and tagging"

Diakopoulos, N. and Essa, I. (2006). Videotater: an approach for pen-based digital video segmentation and tagging. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User interface Software and Technology (Montreux, Switzerland, October 15 – 18, 2006). UIST ’06. ACM Press, New York, NY, 221-224. [DOI] Abstract The continuous growth of media databases necessitates development […]
September 30, 2006 / Last updated : September 30, 2006 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper: J. Parallel Distrib. Computing (2005): "Experiences with optimizing two stream-based applications for cluster execution"

Experiences with optimizing two stream-based applications for cluster execution Angelov, Y., Ramachandran, U., Mackenzie, K., Rehg, J. M., and Essa, I. 2005. “Experiences with optimizing two stream-based applications for cluster execution”. J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. 65, 6 (Jun. 2005), 678-691. [DOI] Abstract We explore optimization strategies and resulting performance of two stream-based video applications, video […]
July 19, 2005 / Last updated : March 25, 2023 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Thesis: Vivek Kwatra's PhD Thesis (2005) "Example-based Rendering of Textural Phenomena"

Vivek Kwatra (2005), “Example-based Rendering of Textural Phenomena”PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing (Advisors: Aaron Bobick, Irfan Essa) [URI], 19-Jul-2005 Abstract This thesis explores synthesis by example as a paradigm for rendering real-world phenomena. In particular, phenomena that can be visually described as texture are considered. We exploit, for synthesis, the self-repeating […]
June 22, 2005 / Last updated : June 22, 2005 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Paper: IEEE CGI (2005) "Video-based nonphotorealistic and expressive illustration of motion"

Video-based nonphotorealistic and expressive illustration of motion (IEEEXplore) Kim, B. Essa, I. GVU Center & Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA This paper appears in: Computer Graphics International 2005 Publication Date: 22-24 June 2005 On page(s): 32 – 35 Number of Pages: xi 286 ISSN: 1530-1052 ISBN: 0-7803-9330-9 INSPEC Accession Number:8632735 […]
December 9, 2004 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Thesis: Drew Steedly PhD (2004): "Rigid Partitioning Techniques for Efficiently Generating 3D Reconstructions from Images"

Drew Steedly (2004)“Rigid Partitioning Techniques for Efficiently Generating 3D Reconstructions from Images”PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing. (Advisor: Irfan Essa) [PDF] [URI] Abstract This thesis explores efficient techniques for generating 3D reconstructions from imagery. Non-linear optimization is one of the core techniques used when computing a reconstruction and is a computational bottleneck […]
November 6, 2003 / Last updated : March 21, 2023 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Thesis: Antonio Haro's PhD (2003): "Example based processing for image and video synthesis"

Antonio Haro (2003) “Example based processing for image and video synthesis” PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, Atlanta, GA, [URI] [PDF] (Advisor: Irfan Essa) Abstract: The example based processing problem can be expressed as: “Given an example of an image or video before and after processing, apply a similar processing to a […]