P R O V I S I O N A L P R O G R A M M E
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SEVENTH BRITISH MACHINE VISION CONFERENCE
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9-12 September 1996
The University of Edinburgh
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GENERAL CHAIR PROGRAMME CHAIR
Robert B Fisher Emanuele Trucco
University of Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University
rbf@aifh.ed.ac.uk mtc@cee.hw.ac.uk
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS INDUSTRIAL LINKS
Gillian M Hayes Paul Siebert
University of Edinburgh The Turing Institute
gmh@aifh.ed.ac.uk P.Siebert@turing.gla.ac.uk
*Monday 9 September ----------------------------
[14:00-17:30 Tutorial:]
Vision through Optimisation
N A Thacker, University of Sheffield
T F Cootes, University of Manchester
*Tuesday 10 September ---------------------------
[9:00- 9:10 Welcome]
R. B. Fisher, General Chair
[9:10-10:10 Invited Talk:]
Attention and figure-ground segmentation in active vision
Prof. Jan-Olof Eklundh
Department of Numerical Analysis and Computing Studies, Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
[10:10-10:50 Session 1:] Matching Surfaces
Estimating Pose Uncertainty for Surface Registration
Stoddart, A J; Lemke, S; Hilton, A; and Renn, T
University of Surrey
Free-Form Surface Matching using Mean Field Theory
Stoddart, A J and Brunnstrom K
University of Surrey
[10:50-11:20 Coffee]
[11:20-12:40 Session 2:] Shape
Ridge Curves and Shape Analysis
Kent, J T; Mardia, K V and West, J M
University of Leeds
Robust and Efficient Shape Indexing through Curvature Scale Space
Mokhtarian, F; Abbasi, S and Kittler, J
University of Surrey
Affine Integral Invariants for Extracting Symmetry Axes
Sato, J and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
Detecting Bilateral Symmetry of 3D Point Sets from Affine Views
Thorhallsson, T
University of Oxford
[12:40-14:00 Lunch]
[14:00-15:20 Session 3:] Features, Segmentation
Part Segmentation from 2D Edge Images by the MDL Criterion
Pilu, M and Fisher, R B
University of Edinburgh
Fast Feature Detection and Matching for Machine Vision
Trajkovic, M and Hedley, M
University of Sydney
1-D Fourier Transform Coefficients for Rotation Invariant Texture Segmentation
Arof, H and Deravi, F
University of Wales
Ultrasound Image Segmentation using a Point
Distribution Model in a Bayesian Framework
Glasbey, C A
University of Edinburgh
[15:20-16:20 Tea] and Poster Session 1
Complex Feedback Strategies for Hypothesis Generation and Verification
Mirmehdi, M; Palmer, P L; Kittler, J and Dabis, H
University of Surrey
Cell Identification in Differential Interference
Contrast Microscope Images using Edge Detection
Young, D and Gray, A J
University of Strathclyde
Correction of Scanning and Projection Errors in an Active Depth Sensor
Zhang, G; Gallaher, Y and Wallace, A M
Heriot-Watt University
Techniques for Assessing Polygonal Approximations of Curves
Rosin, P
Brunel University
On the use the ID Boolean Model for the Description of Binary Textures
Petrou, M; Arrigo, M and Vons, H
University of Surrey
Learning Operators for View-Independent Object Recognition
Pauli, J
Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, Germany
Region Based Coding of Volume Data using Finite Mixture Model
Ichimura, N
Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan
Using Geometric Information in Prototype Selection for
the Nearest Neighbour Rule
Sanchez, J S; Pla, F and Ferri, F J
Universitat Jaume I and Universitat de Valencia
A Stochastic Framework for Object Localisation
Shao, Y and Mayhew, J E W
University of Sheffield
Document Feature Recognition using a Mesh of Associative Memories
O'Keefe, S E M and Austin, J
University of York
Segmentation of Natural Images Using Self-Organising Feature Maps
Campbell, N W; Thomas, B T and Troscianko, T
University of Bristol
Monocular Reconstruction of 3-D Bilateral Symmetrical Objects
Tan, T N
University of Reading
Identifying Planar Regions in a Scene using Uncalibrated Stereo Vision
Hamid, G; Hollinghurst, N and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
Measurement Errors in Polarization Vision Systems
Liang, B; Wallace, A M and Trucco, E
Heriot-Watt University
Surface Reflectance Recovery under Point Light Illumination
Fisher, R B and Gionis, A P
University of Edinburgh
Object Recognition Using Colour,
Shape and Affine Invariant Ratios
Walcott, P A
City University
[16:20-18:00 Session 4:] Model Fitting, Matching, Recognition
B-Fitting: An Estimation Technique with
Automatic Parameter Selection
Thacker, N A; Prendergast, D and Rockett, P I
University of Sheffield
Attention in Iconic Object Matching
Grove, T D and Fisher, R B
University of Edinburgh
Class-based Recognition of 3D Objects Represented
by Volumetric Primitives
Borges, D L and Fisher R B
University of Edinburgh
Hierarchical Shape Fitting using an Iterated Linear Filter
Baumberg, A
University of Leeds
A Method of Non-Rigid Correspondence for Automatic
Landmark Identification
Hill, A and Taylor, C J
University of Manchester
[20:30 Subscription Membership Open Meeting]
*Wednesday 11 September --------------------------------------
[9:00-10:00 Invited talk:]
Computers Seeing Action
Prof Aaron F Bobick
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Mass, USA
[10:00-10:40 Session 5:] Motion-Based Reconstruction
Piecewise Shape Reconstruction by Incremental Factorization
Held, A
Real World Computing Partnership, Japan
SSD Disparity Estimation for Dynamic Stereo
Trucco, E; Roberto, V; Tinonin, S and Corbatto, M
Heriot-Watt University and University of Udine, Italy
[10:40-11:10 Coffee]
[11:10-12:30 Session 6:] Deformable Models
Active Shape Model Search using Pairwise Geometric Histograms
Di Mauro, E C; Cootes, T F; Taylor, C J and Lanitis, A
University of Manchester
Automated B-Spline Curve Representation with
MDL-based Active Contours
Cham, T-J and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
Training PDMs on Models: The Case of Deformable Superellipses
Pilu, M; Fitzgibbon, A W and Fisher, R B
University of Edinburgh
Data Driven Refinement of Active Shape Model Search
Cootes, T F and Taylor, C J
University of Manchester
[12:30-14:00 Lunch]
[14:00-15:20 Session 7:] Tracking
Zooming while Tracking Using Affine Transfer
Hayman, E; Reid, I D and Murray, D W
University of Oxford
Neural Networks in Human Motion Tracking - An Experimental Study
Xu, Li-Qun and Hogg, D
University of Abertay and University of Leeds
Detecting and Tracking Linear Features Efficiently
Clarke, J C; Carlsson, S and Zisserman, A
University of Oxford and Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Affine Visual Servoing
Cross, G M T and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
[15:20-16:20 Tea] and Poster Session 2
Self Calibration and 3D Reconstruction from Lines
with a Single Translating Camera
Thirion, E and Ronse, C
Universite Louis Pasteur
Analysing Error of Fit Functions for Ellipses
Rosin, P
Brunel University
Face Recognition using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks
Howell, J A and Buxton, H
University of Sussex
Spatial-Temporal Reasoning Based on Object Motion
Teal, M K and Ellis, T J
University of Bournemouth
Automatically Locating an Area of Interest and Maintaining
a Reference Image to Aid the Real-Time Tracking of Objects
Cornish, M T and Wakefield, J P
University of Huddersfield
Automatic Measurement of Inhibition Zones in Petri Dish Samples
Steinbakk, H S and Palmer, P L
University of Surrey
Region Template Correlation for FLIR Target Tracking
Parry, H S; Marshall, A D and Markham, K C
University of Wales and British Aerospace (Dynamics) Ltd
A Model-Driven Stereo Correspondence Algorithm Using Dynamic Programming
Shao, Y and Mayhew, J E W
University of Sheffield
Slaving Head and Eye Movements for Visual Telepresence
Heuring, J J and Murray, D W
University of Oxford
On Uncalibrated Motion-Based Inspection for Conveyor-Belt Systems
Pascoletti, A and Trucco, E
Universita di Udine and Heriot-Watt University
Independent 3D Motion Detection through Robust Regression in Depth Layers
Argyros, A A; Lourakis, M I A; Trahanias, P E and Orphanoudakis, S C
FORTH and University of Crete
Uncalibrated Visual Servoing
Spratling, M and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
Error Propagation for 2D-to-3D Matching with
Application to Underwater Navigation
Christmas, W J; Kittler, J and Petrou, M
University of Surrey
Visual Motion Estimation for Tumbling Satellite Capture
Zampato, M; Pistellato, R and Maddalena, D
Tecnomare, Italy
Multiresolution Active Contour Models in Textured- Stereo Images
Grace, A E and Pycock, D
University of Birmingham
Estimating Motion in Noisy, Textured Images:
Optical Flow in Medical Ultrasound
Cooper, D H and Graham, J
University of Manchester
On Accurate and Robust Estimation of Fundamental Matrix
Bober, M; Georgis, N and Kittler, J
University of Surrey
Knowledge-Based Anisotropic Diffusion of Vector-Valued 4-Dimensional
Cardiac MR Images
Sanchez-Ortiz, G I; Rueckert, D and Burger, P
Imperial College
Filter for Car Tracking Based on Acceleration and Steering Angle
Maybank, S J; Worrall, A D and Sullivan, G D
University of Reading
A Proposal of Pattern Space Trajectory for Gesture Spotting Recognition
Nagaya, S; Seki, S and Oka, R
Tsukuba Research Center, Japan
[16:20-18:00 Session 8:] Motion and Active Vision
Steering and Navigation Behaviours Using Fixation
Murray, D W; Reid, I D and Davison, A J
University of Oxford
Correcting Motion-Induced Registration Errors in 3-D Ultrasound Images
Rohling, R and Gee, A
University of Cambridge
Robust Parameterization and Computation of the Trifocal Tensor
Torr, P H S and Zisserman, A
University of Oxford
Linear Projective Reconstruction from Matching Tensors
Triggs, B
INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France
Self-Calibration of a Moving Camera by Pre-Calibration
Sturm, P
GRAVIR-IMAG and INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France
[19:30 Conference Dinner] Playfair Library, Old College
*Thursday 12 September ------------------------------------------
[9:00-10:40 Session 9:] Applications
Registering Incomplete Radar Images using the EM Algorithm
Moss, S and Hancock, E R
University of York
Model-based Vehicle Detection and Classification
using Orthographic Approximations
Sullivan, G D; Baker, K D; Worrall, A D; Attwood, C I and Remagnino, P M
University of Reading
Automatic Measurement of Vertebral Shape using Active Shape Models
Smyth, PP; Taylor, CJ and Adams, JE
University of Manchester
Finding Orientated Line Patterns in Digital Mammographic Images
Zwiggelaar, R; Parr, T C and Taylor, C J
University of Manchester
Surface Approximation from Industrial SEM Images
Lacey, A J; Thacker, N A and Yates, R B
University of Sheffield
[10:40-11:10 Coffee]
[11:10-12:30 Session 10:] Faces
Estimation of Face Position and Pose with Labeled Graphs
Kruger, N; Potzsch, M; Maurer, T and Rinne, M
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany
Scale and Orientation Invariance in Human Face Detection
Yow, K C and Cipolla, R
University of Cambridge
Face Tracking and Pose Representation
McKenna, S; Gong, S and Collins, J J
Queen Mary and Westfield College
Statistical Models of Face Images: Recent Advances
Edwards, G J; Lanitis, A; Taylor, C J and Cootes, T F
University of Manchester
[12:30-12:40 Closing]
[12:40-14:00 Lunch]