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Paper: ACM IWVSSN (2006) on “Unsupervised Analysis of Activity Sequences Using Event Motifs”
R. Hamid, S. Maddi, A. Bobick, I. Essa. “Unsupervised Analysis of Activity Sequences Using Event Motifs”, In proceedings of 4th ACM International Workshop on Video Surveillance and Sensor Networks (in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2006). Abstract We present an unsupervised framework to discover characterizations of everyday human activities, and demonstrate how such representations can be […]
Paper: IEEE CVPR (2006) on “Learning Temporal Sequence Model from Partially Labeled Data”
Yifan Shi, Bobick, A. Essa, I. (2006), “Learning Temporal Sequence Model from Partially Labeled Data” Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2006 Volume: 2, page(s): 1631 – 1638, ISSN: 1063-6919, ISBN: 0-7695-2597-0, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/CVPR.2006.174 [IEEEXplore] Abstract Graphical models are often used to represent and recognize activities. Purely […]
Paper: IEEE CVPR (2005) "Tracking multiple objects through occlusions"
Huang, Y and Essa, I. (2005) “Tracking multiple objects through occlusions”, In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2005 (CVPR 2005), Volume: 2 page(s): 1051 – 1058 vol. 2, ISSN: 1063-6919, ISBN: 0-7695-2372-2, INSPEC Accession Number:8633324 DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2005.350, [IEEEXplore#] 20-25 June 2005 ABSTRACT We present an approach for tracking […]
Talk at USC's IRIS (2004): "Temporal Reasoning from Video to Temporal Synthesis of Video"
Irfan Essa (2004), “Temporal Reasoning from Video to Temporal Synthesis of Video” Talk at USC’s IRIS-Vision Seminars (Fall 2004). Temporal Reasoning from Video to Temporal Synthesis of Video Abstract In this talk, I will present some ongoing work on extracting spatio-temporal cues from video for both synthesis of novel video sequences, and recognition of complex […]
Paper: IEEE CVPR (2004) "Propagation networks for recognition of partially ordered sequential action"
Yifan Shi, Yan Huang, Minnen, D., Bobick, A., Essa, I. (2004), “Propagation networks for recognition of partially ordered sequential action” In Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2004 (CVPR 2004). Volume: 2, page(s): II-862 – II-869 Vol.2, ISSN: 1063-6919, ISBN: 0-7695-2158-4, INSPEC Accession Number:8161557, Digital Object Identifier: […]
Funding: NSF (2001) ITR/SY "The Aware Home: Sustaining the Quality of Life for an Aging Population"
Award# 0121661 – ITR/SY: The Aware Home: Sustaining the Quality of Life for an Aging Population ABSTRACT The focus of this project is on development of a domestic environment that is cognizant of the whereabouts and activities of its occupants and can support them in their everyday life. While the technology is applicable to a […]
NY Times Article (2001): "Smart Home, to Avoid the Nursing Home"
Anne Eisenberg (2001)“A ‘Smart’ Home, to Avoid the Nursing Home” New York Times Circuits Section, April 5, 2001 Issue Quote from the Article: “Cameras are going to rule one day at the Georgia Tech house, though, staff members there say. Dr. Irfan A. Essa, a computer science professor at Georgia Tech, is one of the […]