19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2008)

Tampa, Florida, USA 8 – 11 December 2008

Pages 1-623

CFP08182-PRT 978-1-4244-2174-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MOAT1 T1P4OR8 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Nonparametric Bayesian Attentive Video Analysis .........................................................................................1

G. Boccignone

Segmentation of Periodically Moving Objects..................................................................................................5O. Azy, N. Ahuja

Detecting Global Motion Patterns in Complex Videos ....................................................................................9M. Hu, S. Ali, M. Shah

MDL Region-based Image Registration ..........................................................................................................14M. Rendas, A. Barral

MOAT2 T2P4OR5 CLASSIFICATION AND CLUSTERING (ORAL) Multiclass Spectral Clustering Based on Discriminant Analysis ..................................................................18

X. Li, Z. Zhang, Y. Wang, W. Hu

Prototype Learning with Margin-Based Conditional Log-likelihood Loss ..................................................22X. Jin, C. Liu, X. Hou

Coring Method for Clustering a Graph ..........................................................................................................26T.V. Le, C.A. Kulikowski, I.B. Muchnik

A Probabilistic Self-Organizing Map For Facial Recognition ......................................................................30G. Lefebvre, C. Garcia

MOAT3 T3P4OR3 SEGMENTATION AND REGISTRATION (ORAL) Continuous Graph Cuts for Prior-Based Object Segmentation....................................................................34

K. Fundana, A. Heyden, C. Gosch, C. Schnorr

Segmentation Robust to the Vignette Effect for Machine Vision Systems ...................................................38D. Karatzas, M. Rusinol, C. Antens, M. Ferrer

Layered Shape Matching and Registration: Stochastic Sampling with Hierarchical Graph Representation...................................................................................................................................................42

X. Liu, L. Lin, H. Li, H. Jin, W. Tao

Efficient and Accurate Subpixel Path Based Stereo Matching .....................................................................46A. Donate, Y. Wang, X. Liu, E. Collins

MOAT4 T4P3OR1 MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING AND CONTENT-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (ORAL) Film Shot Classification Using Directing Semantics ......................................................................................50

H.L. Wang, L. Cheong

Relative Advantage of Touch Over Vision in the Exploration of Texture ...................................................54Y.H. Bai, C. Park, Y. Choe

Clip Retrieval Using Multi-modal Biometrics in Meeting Archives .............................................................58H. Vajaria, S. Sarkar, R. Kasturi

Recovering Audio-to-Video Synchronization by Audiovisual Correlation Analysis...................................62Y. Liu, Y. Sato

MOAT5 T5P4OR2 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION (ORAL) Background Variability Modeling for Statistical Layout Analysis...............................................................66

F. Shafait, J. Van Beusekom, D. Keysers, T.M. Breuel

Script Identification of Camera-based Images ...............................................................................................70L. Li, C.L. Tan

A Robust Front Page Detection Algorithm for Large Periodical Collections ..............................................74I. Konya, C. Seibert, S. Glahn, S. Eickeler

Text Detection from Scene Images Using Sparse Representation.................................................................79W. Pan, T.D. Bui, C.Y. Suen

MOAT6 T6P4OR2 BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Implicit Active Shape Model Employing Boundary Classifier......................................................................84

A. Wimmer, J. Hornegger, G. Soza

Detection of Anatomical Landmarks in Human Colon from Computed Tomographic Colonography Images .......................................................................................................................................88

A.S. Chowdhury, J. Yao, R.L. VanUitert, M.G. Linguraru, R.M. Summers

Phase Based Level Set Segmentation of Blood Vessels ..................................................................................92G. Lathen, M. Borga, J. Jonasson

Dyslexia Diagnostics by 3D Texture Analysis of Cerebral White Matter Gyrifications .............................96A. El-Baz, M. Casanova, G. Gimel'farb, M. Mott, A. Switala, E. Vanbogaert, R. McCracken

MOAT7 T7P4OR2 FACE RECOGNITION (ORAL) Face Recognition Using Curvelet Based PCA...............................................................................................100

T. Mandal, Q.M.J. Wu

Automatic Pose Estimation of 3D Facial Models..........................................................................................104Y. Sun, L. Yin

An Evaluation of Gabor Orientation As a Feature for Face Recognition ..................................................108A. Kong

Representative Feature Chain for Single Gallery Image Face Recognition...............................................112S. Chen, C. Sanderson, S. Sun, B.C. Lovell

MOBT1 T1P3OR1A FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS (ORAL) A Non-parametric Scale-based Corner Detector..........................................................................................116

F. Bellavia, D. Tegolo, C. Valenti

Harris Feature Vector Descriptor (HFVD)...................................................................................................120X.G. Wang, F.C. Wu, Z.H. Wang

A Novel Stability Quantification of Detected Interest Points in Scale-Space.............................................124A.E. Abdel-Hakim, A.A. Farag

MOBT2 T1P3OR2A IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING (ORAL) Multi-resolution 3D Morphable Models and its Matching Method............................................................128

B. Kang, H. Byun, D. Kim

Enforcing Image Consistency in Multiple 3-D Object Modelling ...............................................................132M. Grum, A.G. Bors

Efficient Triangulation Based on 3D Euclidean Optimization....................................................................136K. Nordberg

MOBT3 T2P3OR5A CLUSTERING (ORAL) K-means Clustering of Proportional Data Using L1 Distance ....................................................................140

H. Kashima, J. Hu, B. Ray, M. Singh

Parameter-based Reduction of Gaussian Mixture Models with a Variational-Bayes Approach..........................................................................................................................................................144

P. Bruneau, M. Gelgon, F. Picarougne

Partial Closure-based Constrained Clustering with Order Ranking .........................................................148S. Zhang, H. Wong

MOBT4 T2P3OR1A STATISTICAL, SYNTACTIC AND STRUCTURAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) On the Gaussian Distribution of Strings .......................................................................................................152

S. Rebecchi, J. Jolion

Probabilistic Matching of Line Segments for Their Homography..............................................................156J. Woo, T. Kim, I.S. Kweon

Harmonic Mean for Subspace Selection........................................................................................................160W. Bian, D. Tao

MOBT5 T3P3OR3A SUPERRESOLUTION AND INPAINTING (ORAL) Super-resolution from Unregistered Omnidirectional Images....................................................................164

Z. Arican, P. Frossard

Superresolution and Blind Deconvolution of Video .....................................................................................168F. Sroubek, J. Flusser, M. Sorel

Fast Super-resolution for License Plate Image Reconstruction ..................................................................172J. Yuan, S. Du, X. Zhu

MOBT6 T6P3OR2A BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Computer-Aided Grading of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Using HRCT .....................................176

J. Yao, N. Avila, A. Dwyer, A.M. Taveira-DaSilva, O.M. Hathaway, J. Moss

Matching Colonic Polyps from Prone and Supine CT Colonography Scans Based on Statistical Curvature Information .................................................................................................................180

S. Wang, J. Yao, R.M. Summers

Thin Layer Tissue Classification for Electronic Cleansing of CT Colonography Data ............................184V.F. Van Ravesteijn, F.M. Vos, I.W.O. Serlie, R. Truyen, L.J. Van Vliet

MOBT7 T7P3OR2A MULTIMODAL FUSION AND OTHER MODALITIES (ORAL) Gait Recognition by Dynamic Cues ...............................................................................................................189

I. Bouchrika, M.S. Nixon

Combining Motion and Appearance for Gender Classification from Video Sequences ...........................193A. Hadid, M. Pietikainen

Multimodal Biometrics Fusion Using Correlation Filter Bank...................................................................197Y. Yan, Y. Zhang

MOBT8 T1P01 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS / IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING / ROBOTICS AND VISUAL NAVIGATION / SENSOR SYSTEMS (POSTERS) Model-based Combined Tracking and Resolution Enhancement...............................................................201

A. Kuhl, T. Tan, S. Venkatesh

Preceding Car Tracking Using Belief Functions and a Particle Filter .......................................................205J. Klein, C. Lecomte, P. Miche

Gaze Tracking By Binocular Vision and LBP Features ..............................................................................209H. Lu, C. Wang, Y. Chen

Human Activity Analysis Based on a Torso-less Representation................................................................213J. Chuang, C. Lee, K. Lo

Real-time Crowd Motion Analysis.................................................................................................................217N. Ihaddadene, C. Djeraba

Robust Tracking of Spatial Related Components ........................................................................................221T. Mauthner, M. Donoser, H. Bischof

An MCMC-based Particle Filter for Multiple Person Tracking.................................................................225I. Zuriarrain, F. Lerasle, N. Arana, M. Devy

Probabilistic Tracking on Riemannian Manifolds .......................................................................................229Y. Wu, B. Wu, J. Liu, H. Lu

Background Modelling in Demanding Situations with Confidence Measure ............................................233J. Rosell-Ortega, G. Andreu-Garcia, A. Rodas-Jorda, V. Atienza-Vanacloig

Review and Evaluation of Commonly-Implemented Background Subtraction Algorithms ....................237Y. Benezeth, P.M. Jodoin, B. Emile, H. Laurent, C. Rosenberger

Motion Segmentation by Consensus ..............................................................................................................241R. Fraile, D.C. Hogg, A.G. Cohn

Multi-Object Tracking Using an Adaptive Transition Model Particle Filter with Region Covariance Data Association..........................................................................................................................245

H. Palaio, J. Batista

Group Action Recognition in Soccer Videos.................................................................................................249Y. Kong, X. Zhang, Q. Wei, W. Hu, Y. Jia

Multivariate Laplace Filter: a Heavy-Tailed Model for Target Tracking .................................................253D. Wang, C. Zhang, X. Zhao

Recovering Euclidean Deformable Models from Stereo-motion.................................................................257X. Llado, A. Del Bue, L. Agapito

People and Luggage Recognition in Airport Surveillance Under Real-Time Constraints .......................261V. Atienza-Vanacloig, J. Rosell-Ortega, G. Andreu-Garcia, J.M. Valiente-Gonzalez

Tracking Features on a Moving Object Using Local Image Bases .............................................................265A. Maki, Y. Hatanaka, T. Matsuyama

Incremental Trajectory Aggregation in Video Sequences ...........................................................................270I. Pop, M. Scuturici, S. Miguet

Structure from Motion: Combining Features Correspondences and Optical Flow ..................................274A. Fakih, J. Zelek

Qualitative Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Event Detectors ..........................................................................278B. Kaiser, G. Heidemann

Force Histograms Computed in O(NlogN)....................................................................................................282J. Ni, P. Matsakis

Fast and Precise Kinematic Skeleton Extraction of 3D Dynamic Meshes..................................................286J. Tierny, J. Vandeborre, M. Daoudi

A Factorization Algorithm for Trifocal Tensor Estimation ........................................................................290L. Wang, F.C. Wu

Recognizing Picture-Taking Environment from Satellite Images: A Feasibility Study............................294J. Luo, W. Hao, D. McIntyre, D. Joshi, J. Yu

A New Approach to 3D Shape Recovery of Local Planar Surface Patches from Shift-Variant Blurred Images..................................................................................................................................298

X. Tu, M. Subbarao, Y. Kang

Usage of Needle Maps and Shadows to Overcome Depth Edges in Depth Map Reconstruction.................................................................................................................................................303

M. Iiyama, K. Hamada, K. Kakusho, M. Minoh

3D Reconstruction by Combining Shape from Silhouette with Stereo.......................................................307H. Lin, J. Wu

Rapid Anomalous Region Extraction Method by Iterative Projection onto Kernel Eigenspace........................................................................................................................................................311

S. Kawabata, S. Hiura, K. Sato

C1 Units for Scene Classification ...................................................................................................................315D. Song, D. Tao

A Study of Change Detection from Satellite Images Using Joint Intensity Histogram .............................319Y. Kita

Visual Metrology with Uncalibrated Radial Distorted Images ...................................................................323X. Deng, F. Wu, Y. Wu, F. Duan

3D Ordinal Constraint in Spatial Configuration for Robust Scene Recognition.......................................327C.L. Teo, S. Li, L. Cheong, J. Sun

Enhanced Resolution-Aware Fitting Algorithm Using Interpolation Operator........................................332J. Shin, D. Kim

Near Real-time Stereo Based on Effective Cost Aggregation ......................................................................336F. Tombari, S. Mattoccia, L. Di Stefano, E. Addimanda

Dynamic Markov Random Fields for Stochastic Modeling of Visual Attention .......................................340A. Kimura, D. Pang, T. Takeuchi, J. Yamato, K. Kashino

Towards Estimation of Dense Disparities from Stereo Images Containing Large Textureless Regions.........................................................................................................................................345

M.V. Rohith, G. Somanath, C. Kambhamettu, C. Geiger

Intuitive Event Modeling for Personalized Behavior Monitoring ..............................................................350A. Azough, A. Delteil, F. De Marchi, M.S. Hacid

Combining Multiple Spatial Hidden Markov Models in Image Semantic Classification and Annotation .......................................................................................................................................................354

L. Wang, H.H.S. Ip

Confidence-based Cost Modulation for Stereo Matching............................................................................358R. Gherardi

Face Modeling and Tracking with Gabor Wavelet Network Prior ............................................................362M. Park, S. Lee

Practical Pure Pan and Pure Tilt Camera Calibration................................................................................366I.N. Junejo, H. Foroosh

Information-based Gaze Control Adaptation To Scene Context for Mobile Robots ................................370T. Xu, K. Kuhnlenz, M. Buss

On the Scalability of Robot Localization Using High-Dimensional Features ............................................374T. Ueda, K. Tanaka

Multiscan-based Map Optimizer for RFID Map-Building with Low-Accuracy Measurements..................................................................................................................................................378

K. Tanaka

Merging Maps of Multiple Robots.................................................................................................................382N. Adluru, L.J. Latecki, M. Sobel, R. Lakaemper

Image Sampling for Localization Using Entropy .........................................................................................386L. Lacheze, R. Benosman

Control and Recognition on a Humanoid Head with Cameras Having Different Field of View ..................................................................................................................................................................390

A. Ude, T. Asfour

Improvement of Feature Matching in Catadioptric Images Using Gyroscope Data.................................394J. Bazin, I. Kweon, C. Demonceaux, P. Vasseur

Sensor Planning for PTZ Cameras Using the Probability of Camera Overload .......................................399Y. Yao, C. Chen, B. Abidi, D. Page, A. Koschan, M. Abidi

Shapes to Synchronize Camera Networks ....................................................................................................404R. Chang, S. Ieng, R. Benosman

Integration of Time-sequential Range Images for Reconstruction of a High-resolution 3D Shape ................................................................................................................................................................408

Y. Watanabe, T. Komuro, M. Ishikawa

MOBT9 T2PO1 PATTERN RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS (POSTERS) Separability of Ternary Error-Correcting Output Codes ...........................................................................412

S. Escalera, O. Pujol, P. Radeva

Feature Extraction Base on Local Maximum Margin Criterion ................................................................416W. Yang, J. Wang, M. Ren, J. Yang

Redundant DWT Based Translation Invariant Wavelet Feature Extraction for Face Recognition ......................................................................................................................................................420

D. Li, H. Luo, Z. Shi

A Hidden Markov Model-Based Continuous Gesture Recognition System for Hand Motion Trajectory ........................................................................................................................................................424

M. Elmezain, A. Al-Hamadi, J. Appenrodt, B. Michaelis

Help-Training for Semi-supervised Discriminative Classifiers. Application to SVM...............................428M.M. Adankon, M. Cheriet

Unsupervised Design of Artificial Neural Networks via Multi-Dimensional Particle Swarm Optimization ....................................................................................................................................................432

S. Kiranyaz, T. Ince, A. Yildirim, M. Gabbouj

Learning in Imbalanced Relational Data ......................................................................................................436A.S. Ghanem, S. Venkatesh, G. West

Bagging Very Weak Learners with Lazy Local Learning ...........................................................................440X. Zhu, C. Bao, W. Qiu

Cone-Restricted Subspace Methods ..............................................................................................................444T. Kobayashi, N. Otsu

Analysis of Efficient Lip Reading Method for Various Languages ............................................................448T. Saitoh, K. Morishita, R. Konishi

Intruders Pattern Identification.....................................................................................................................452V.D. Gesu, G. Lo Bosco, J.H. Friedman

Unsupervised Image Embedding Using Nonparametric Statistics .............................................................456G. Mei, C.R. Shelton

A Study of Non-frontal-view Facial Expressions Recognition ....................................................................460Y. Hu, Z. Zeng, L. Yin, X. Wei, J. Tu, T.S. Huang

On-line Boosted Cascade for Object Detection.............................................................................................464I. Visentini, L. Snidaro, G.L. Foresti

Face Recognition Based on LBP and Orthogonal Rank-One Tensor Projections.....................................468N. Tan, L. Huang, C. Liu

Analysis on Two Fisher Methods and a Synthesized Discriminant Projection..........................................472Z. Zeng, C. Liu, L. Huang

Gender Classification Based on Facial Surface Normals.............................................................................476J. Wu, W.A.P. Smith, E.R. Hancock

On-Line Signature Verification by Using Most Discriminating Points ......................................................480M.T. Ibrahim, L. Guan

Automatic Classification of Partial Shoeprints Using Advanced Correlation Filters for Use in Forensic Science ..........................................................................................................................................484

M. Gueham, A. Bouridane, D. Crookes

Optimal Feature Weighting for the Discrete HMM.....................................................................................488O. Missaoui, H. Frigui

Contour Registration and Corresponding Point Selection for Dorsal Fin Recognition............................492J. Stewman, K. Debure

Incremental Learning in Non-stationary Environments with Concept Drift Using a Multiple Classifier Based Approach..............................................................................................................497

M. Karnick, M.D. Muhlbaier, R. Polikar

Knowledge Based Cluster Ensemble for 3D Head Model Classification....................................................501Z. Yu, H. Wong

Stability as Performance Metric for Subjective Pattern Recognition - Application of Electoral College in Face Recognition ...........................................................................................................505

L. Chen

Weakly Supervised Learning Using Proportion-based Information: An Application to Fisheries Acoustics ..........................................................................................................................................510

R. Fablet, R. Lefort, C. Scalarin, J. Masse, P. Cauchy, J.M. Boucher

Hand Posture Recognition with Co-Training ...............................................................................................514Y. Fang, J. Cheng, J. Wang, K. Wang, J. Liu, H. Lu

Assembly of Puzzles by Connecting Between Blocks ...................................................................................518T. Murakami, F. Toyama, K. Shoji, J. Miyamichi

Learning Combined Similarity Measures from User Data for Image Retrieval .......................................522M. Arevalillo-Herraez, F.J. Ferri, J. Domingo

Fast Wavelet-based Visual Classification......................................................................................................526G. Yu, J. Slotine

A Real-time Accompaniment System Based on Sung Voice Recognition...................................................531L. Luo, P. Lu, Z. Wang

A 2D Model for Face Superresolution ...........................................................................................................535B.G.V. Kumar, R. Aravind

A Multiple Model Structure for Tracking by Variable Rate Particle Filters ............................................539Y. Ulker, B. Gunsel, S. Kirbiz

Exploiting Qualitative Domain Knowledge for Learning Bayesian Network Parameters with Incomplete Data ......................................................................................................................................543

W. Liao, Q. Ji

A Statistical Signature for Automatic Dialogue Classification....................................................................547A. Pesarin, M. Cristani, V. Murino, C. Drioli, A. Perina, A. Tavano

Optimal Feature Weighting for the Continuous HMM ...............................................................................551O. Missaoui, H. Frigui

Hand Motion Expertise Analysis Using Dynamic Hierarchical Activity Modeling and Isomap ..............................................................................................................................................................555

K. Kahol, M. Vankipuram

An Example Based Image Retrieval System for the TRACE Repository ..................................................559R. Lamb, R. Angryk, P. Martiens

An Extended Version of the k-means Method for Overlapping Clustering...............................................563G. Cleuziou

Head Pose Estimation: Classification or Regression?..................................................................................567G. Guo, Y. Fu, C.R. Dyer, T.S. Huang

Classification by Bagged Consistent Itemset Rules ......................................................................................571Y. Shidara, M. Kudo, A. Nakamura

Multifractality in Arterial Pulse ....................................................................................................................575A.J. Joshi, S. Chandran, V.K. Jayaraman, B.D. Kulkarni

Linear Discriminant Analysis for Data with Subcluster Structure ............................................................579H. Park, J. Choo, B.L. Drake, J. Kang

Robust Recognition of 1-D Barcodes Using Camera Phones.......................................................................583S. Wachenfeld, S. Terlunen, X. Jiang

Robust Indoor Activity Recgnition Via Boosting .........................................................................................587M. Shimosaka, T. Mori, T. Sato

A Network Intrusion Detection Method Using Independent Component Analysis...................................591D. Yang, H. Qi

Wavelet-based Salient Points with Scale Information for Classification ...................................................595A. Teynor, H. Burkhardt

Semantic Grouping of Visual Features .........................................................................................................600A. Teynor, H. Burkhardt

On Refining Dissimilarity Matrices for an Improved NN Learning...........................................................604R.P.W. Duin, E. Pekalska

Variance Estimation for Two-class and Multi-class ROC Analysis Using Operating Point Averaging .........................................................................................................................................................608

P. Paclik, C. Lai, J. Novovicova, P.P.W. Duin

Color Face Recognition Based on 2DPCA ....................................................................................................612C. Wang, B. Yin, X. Bai, Y. Sun

MOCT1 T1P3OR1B FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS (ORAL) 3D Rotational Invariant Local Binary Patterns ...........................................................................................616

J. Fehr, H. Burkhardt

CDIKP: A Highly-Compact Local Feature Descriptor................................................................................620Y. Tsai, Q. Wang, S. You

A Bayesian Local Binary Pattern Texture Descriptor .................................................................................624C. He, T. Ahonen, M. Pietikainen

MOCT2 T1P3OR2B IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING (ORAL) Local Stereo Matching with 3D Adaptive Cost Aggregation for Slanted Surface Modeling and Sub-pixel Accuracy ..................................................................................................................................628

Y. Zhang, M. Gong, Y. Yang

IBR-based Free-viewpoint Imaging of a Complex Scene Using Few Cameras..........................................632N. Ukita, S. Kawata, M. Kidode

Convenient Reconstruction of Natural Plants by Images ............................................................................636W. Ma, H. Zha

MOCT3 T2P3OR5B CLUSTERING (ORAL) Incremental Clustering via Nonnegative Matrix Factorization ..................................................................640

S.S. Bucak, B. Gunsel

Time-series Clustering by Approximate Prototypes ....................................................................................644V. Hautamaki, P. Nykanen, P. Franti

Constrained Clustering by a Novel Graph-Based Distance Transformation.............................................648K. Rothaus, X. Jiang

MOCT4 T2P3OR1B STATISTICAL, SYNTACTIC AND STRUCTURAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) Improving the Matching of Graphs Generated from Shapes by the Use of Procrustes Distances into a Clique-based MAP Formulation ........................................................................................652

G. Sanroma, F. Serratosa, R. Alquezar

A Local Descriptor for Finding Corresponding Points in Vector Fields....................................................656L. Xu, H.Q. Dinh

Bayesian Classification for the Statistical Hough Transform .....................................................................660R. Dahyot

MOCT5 T3P3OR3B SUPERRESOLUTION AND INPAINTING (ORAL) Image Inpainting Using Wavelet-based Inter and Intra-scale Dependency...............................................664

D. Cho, T.D. Bui

Watershed-Guided Inpainting for Image Magnification .............................................................................668Z. Wang, Y.F. Li

MOCT6 T6P3OR2B BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Grading Nuclear Pleomorphism on Histological Micrographs...................................................................672

E. Cosatto, M. Miller, H.P. Graf, J.S. Meyer

Unsupervised Mammograms Segmentation .................................................................................................676M. Haindl, S. Mikes

Supervised Enhancement of Lung Nodules by Use of a Massive-Training Artificial Neural Network (MTANN) in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) .........................................................................680

K. Suzuki, Z. Shi, J. Zhang

MOCT7 T7P3OR2B MULTIMODAL FUSION AND OTHER MODALITIES (ORAL) On Using Error Bounds to Optimize Cost-Sensitive Multimodal Biometric Authentication...................684

N. Poh, J. Kittler

Score Based Biometric Template Selection ...................................................................................................688Y. Li, J. Yin, E. Zhu, C. Hu, H. Chen

A Cryptosystem Based on Palmprint Feature ..............................................................................................692X. Wu, K. Wang, D. Zhang

TUAT1 T1P6OR7 SEGMENTATION, COLOR AND TEXTURE (ORAL) Saliency Cuts: An Automatic Approach to Object Segmentation ..............................................................696

Y. Fu, J. Cheng, Z. Li, H. Lu

An Approach for Dynamic Combination of Region and Boundary Information in Segmentation ...................................................................................................................................................700

M.S. Allili, D. Ziou

Image Segmentation by Convex Quadratic Programming..........................................................................704M. Rivera, O. Dalmau, J. Tago

Beyond Partitions: Allowing Overlapping Groups in Pairwise Clustering................................................709A. Torsello, S.R. Bulo, M. Pelillo

Locally Invariant Texture Analysis from the Topographic Map................................................................713G. Xia, J. Delon, Y. Gousseau

Texture Classification with Minimal Training Images ................................................................................717A.T. Targhi, J. Geusebroek, A. Zisserman

TUAT2 T1P6OR3 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Human Action Recognition with Line and Flow Histograms......................................................................721

N. Ikizler, R.G. Cinbis, P. Duygulu

3D Shape Context and Distance Transform for Action Recognition ..........................................................725M. Grundmann, F. Meier, I. Essa

Clothes-Invariant Gait Identification Using Part-based Adaptive Weight Control..................................729A. Hossain, Y. Makihara, W. Junqui, Y. Yagi

Geometric Constraints on 2D Action Models for Tracking Human Body .................................................733A. Gritai, A. Basharat, M. Shah

Human Activity Recognition from Frame's Spatiotemporal Representation............................................737Z. Zhao, A. Elgammal

Action Recognition Based on Homography Constraints .............................................................................741Y. Shen, N. Ashraf, H. Foroosh

TUAT3 T2P6OR4 MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA MINING (ORAL) Collaborative Learning by Boosting in Distributed Environments ............................................................745

S. Wang, C. Zhang

Asymmetric Real Adaboost ............................................................................................................................749Z. Wang, C. Fang, X. Ding

A New Objective Function for Sequence Labeling.......................................................................................753Y. Tsuboi, H. Kashima

Generalized Criteria for Uniqueness of Gibbs Measures ............................................................................757H. Zhou, Z. Zheng

A Matrix Alignment Approach for Link Prediction ....................................................................................761J. Scripps, P. Tan, F. Chen, A. Esfahanian

TUAT4 T5P6OR2 HANDWRITING RECOGNITION (ORAL) Character Recognition under Severe Perspective Distortion ......................................................................765

L. Li, C.L. Tan

Improvements in Hidden Markov Model Based Arabic OCR ....................................................................769R. Prasad, S. Saleem, M. Kamali, R. Meermeier, P. Natarajan

Convex Hull Based Approach for Multi-Oriented Character Recognition from Graphical Documents........................................................................................................................................................773

P.P. Roy, U. Pal, J. Llados, F. Kimura

Neural Net Vector Quantizers for discrete HMM-Based On-Line Handwritten Whiteboard-Note Recognition .......................................................................................................................777

J. Schenk, G. Rigoll

A New HMM for On-Line Character Recognition Using Pen-Direction and Pen-Coordinate Features........................................................................................................................................781

Y. Katayama, S. Uchida, H. Sakoe

TUAT5 T6P6OR1 BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Fast Protein Homology and Fold Detection with Sparse Spatial Sample Kernels ....................................785

P. Kuksa, P. Huang, V. Pavlovic

Segmentation of Overlapping/aggregating Nuclei Cells in Biological Images ...........................................789F. Cloppet, A. Boucher

Subject-Independent Brain Computer Interface through Boosting ...........................................................793S. Lu, C. Guan, H. Zhang

Fast and Automatic Reconstruction of Structured Illumination Microscopy Images with Multiscale Products.........................................................................................................................................797

C. Tauber, P.F.G. Rodriguez, V. Loriette, N. Chenouard, B. Dubertret, J. Olivo-Marin

Pattern Rejection Strategies for the Design of Self-Paced EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces..........................................................................................................................................................801

F. Lotte, H. Mouchere, A. Lecuyer

A New Approach for Automatic Analysis of 3D Low Dose CT Images for Accurate Monitoring the Detected Lung Nodules ........................................................................................................806

A. El-Baz, G. Gimel'farb, R. Falk, M.A. El-Ghar

TUAT6 T7P6OR1 FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION (ORAL) Fake Fingertip Generation from a Minutiae Template ...............................................................................810

J. Galbally, R. Cappelli, A. Lumini, D. Maltoni, J. Fierrez

Fingerprint Orientation Analysis With Topological Modeling ...................................................................814Z. Hou, J. Li, H.K. Lam, L.T.P. Chen, H.L. Wang, W.Y. Yau

Adaptive Pore Model for Fingerprint Pore Extraction ...............................................................................818Q. Zhao, L. Zhang, D. Zhang, N. Luo, J. Bao

Securing Fingerprint Template: Fuzzy Vault with Minutiae Descriptors .................................................822A. Nagar, K. Nandakumar, A.K. Jain

Generative Models for Fingerprint Individuality Using Ridge Models......................................................826C. Su, S.N. Srihari

Comparative Analysis of Registration Based and Registration Free Methods for Cancelable Fingerprint Biometrics................................................................................................................830

A.O. Thomas, N.K. Ratha, J.H. Connell, R.M. Bolle

TUAT8 T4PO1 MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING AND CONTENT-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (POSTERS) Block-Diagonal Form of Distance Matrix for Region-Based Image Retrieval ..........................................834

D. Kinoshenko, V. Mashtalir, E. Yegorova

Depth-based Image Mosaicing for Both Static and Dynamic Scenes .........................................................838Q. Zhi, J.R. Cooperstock

Synthesizing 3D Videos by a Motion-Conditioned Background Mosaic ....................................................842S. Rothaus, K. Rothaus, X. Jiang

An Efficient Gradient Computation Approach to Discriminative Fusion Optimization in Semantic Concept Detection...........................................................................................................................846

C. Ma, C. Lee

Re-ranking of Web Image Search Results Using a Graph Algorithm........................................................850H. Zitouni, S. Sevil, D. Ozkan, P. Duygulu

Collaborative and Content-based Image Labeling.......................................................................................854N. Zhou, W.K. Cheung, X. Xue, G. Qiu

Audio-Visual Event Classification via Spatial-Temporal-Audio Words ....................................................858Y. Cao, S. Baang, S. Liu, M. Li, S. Hu

Video Summarization with Supervised Learning ........................................................................................863J. Basak, V. Luthra, S. Chaudhury

Using an Artificial Imagination for Texture Retrieval ................................................................................867B. Thomee, M.J. Huiskes, E. Bakker, M.S. Lew

Fast and Robust Image Identification ...........................................................................................................871P. Brasnett, M. Bober

Tile-based Image Visual Codeword Extraction for Efficient Indexing and Retrieval ..............................876Z. Zhang, O. Nasraoui

Image-Based Automatic Detection of Indoor Scene Events and Interactive Inquiry................................880K. Maki, N. Katayama, N. Shimada, Y. Shirai

Free-hand Sketch Grouping for Video Retrieval .........................................................................................884J.P. Collomosse, G. McNeill, L. Watts

Efficient Meta-information Annotation and View-dependent Representation System for 3D Objects on theWeb ..........................................................................................................................................888

Y. Kawai, S. Tazawa, R. Furukawa, H. Kawasaki

Visual Features with Semantic Combination Using Bayesian Network for a More Effective Image Retrieval ...............................................................................................................................................892

S. Barrat, S. Tabbone

TUAT9 T1PO2 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS / IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING / OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) A Novel 3-D Motion Estimation Approach to Virtual Viewpoint Control.................................................896

Y.K. Yu, S.H. Or, K.H. Wong, K.K. Lee

Real-time Foreground Segmentation on GPUs Using Local Online Learning and Global Graph Cut Optimization ................................................................................................................................900

M. Gong, L. Cheng

Detecting Shadows of Moving Vehicles Based on HMM .............................................................................904Y. Wang, H.D. Cheng, J. Shan

Robust Relative Pose Estimation with Integrated Cheirality Constraint ..................................................908W. Xu, J. Mulligan

Automatic Face and Facial Features Initialization for Robust and Accurate Tracking...........................912M.A. Haj, J. Orozco, J. Gonzalez, J.J. Villanueva

Computing Multiple View Geometry in Space-Time from Mutual Projections of Multiple Cameras ...........................................................................................................................................................916

C. Wan, J. Sato

Automatic Generation of HMM Topology for Sign Language Recognition ..............................................920T. Matsuo, Y. Shirai, N. Shimada

Back to the Future: Robust Foreground Extraction with Reversed-Time Background Modeling ..........................................................................................................................................................924

A.K. Sinha, P. Guha, A. Mukerjee

Motion Estimation Approach Based on Dual-Tree Complex Wavelets .....................................................928C. Wu, Q. Wang, H. Wang

Tracking a Firefly -A Stable Likelihood Estimation for Variable Appearance Object Tracking-..........................................................................................................................................................932

Y. Tsukamoto, Y. Matsumoto, T. Wada

An Empirical Comparison of High Definition Video and Regular Video in Optical Flow Computation ....................................................................................................................................................936

J.P. Adkins-Hill, J.M. Fortunato, Y. Zhang, J.R. Sullins

A Method of Small Object Detection and Tracking Based on Particle Filters ..........................................940Y. Huang, J. Llach, C. Zhang

Camera Calibration for Uneven Terrains by Observing Pedestrians ........................................................944I.N. Junejo

Video Object Segmentation Based on Graph Cut with Dynamic Shape Prior Constraint.......................948P. Tang, L. Gao

Motion Recognition Based on Dynamic-Time Warping Method with Self-Organizing Incremental Neural Network .........................................................................................................................952

S. Okada, O. Hasegawa

2D and 3D Upper Body Tracking with One Framework.............................................................................956L. Zhang, J. Chen, Z. Zeng, Q. Ji

Real Time Appearance Based Hand Tracking .............................................................................................960M. Donoser, H. Bischof

Improvement on Mean Shift Based Tracking Using Second-Order Information .....................................964L. Xiao, P. Li

Calibration-free Camera Hand-Over for Fast and Reliable Person Tracking in Multi-Camera Setups.................................................................................................................................................968

B. Moller, T. Plotz, G.A. Fink

Recursive Structure and Motion Estimation from Noisy Uncalibrated Video Sequences ........................972D.Q. Huynh, A. Heyden

Probabilistic Mixtures of Differential Profiles for Shape Recognition .......................................................977L. Ding, M. Belkin

Multilinear Analysis Based on Image Texture for Face Recognition .........................................................981H. Lu, H. Chen, Y. Chen

Color Filtering-based Efficient Face Detection ............................................................................................985Y.N. Chae, J. Chung, H.S. Yang

Identification and Pose under Severe Occlusion in Range Images .............................................................989P. Merchan, A. Adan, S. Salamanca

Directional Entropy Feature for Human Detection .....................................................................................993L. Meng, L. Li, S. Mei, W. Wu

A Coordinate System for Articulated 2D Shape Point Correspondences ..................................................997A. Ion, W.G. Kropatsch, Y. Haxhimusa, S.B.L. Marmol

Improved Gaussian Mixtures for Robust Object Detection by Adaptive Multi-Background Generation .....................................................................................................................................................1001

M. Haque, M. Murshed, M. Paul

Lie Group Distance Based generic 3-d Vehicle Classification...................................................................1005P. Yarlagadda, O. Ozcanli, J. Mundy

Bi-Model Tracking of Object of Interest Using Invariant Spatiogram Descriptor .................................1009J. Li, W. Yau, J. Wang, W. Ser

Monocular Multi-Human Detection Using Augmented Histograms of Oriented Gradients..................1013C. Chuang, S. Huang, L. Fu, P. Hsiao

Bilateral Symmetry of Object Silhouettes under Perspective Projection.................................................1017K. Bitsakos, H. Yi, L. Yi, C. Fermuller

Application of the Wrapper Framework for Image Object Detection .....................................................1021M. Farmer

3D Face Recognition with the Average-Half-Face......................................................................................1025J. Harguess, S. Gupta, J.K. Aggarwal

Object Labeling for Recognition Using Vocabulary Trees........................................................................1029I. Slobodan

Recognition of Box-like Objects by Fusing Cues of Shape and Edges......................................................1033C. Chen, J.K. Aggarwal

3D Object Recognition by Fast Spherical Correlation between Combined View EGIs and PFT .................................................................................................................................................................1038

D. Wang, H. Qian

Registration by Using a Pseudo Color Attribute ........................................................................................1042F.T. Romero, M. Devy

Object Detection at Multiple Scales Improves Accuracy...........................................................................1046S. Bileschi

Object Localization Using Affine Invariant Substructure Constraints....................................................1051I. Chakraborty, A. Elgammal

Shape from Self-Calibration and Fast Marching Method.........................................................................1056Y. Iwahori, T. Nakagawa, S. Fukui, H. Kawanaka, R.J. Woodham

Stereo Matching Using Random Walks ......................................................................................................1060R. Shen, I. Cheng, X. Li, A. Basu

Combining Shape-from-Shading and Stereo Using Gaussian-Markov Random Fields .........................1064T.S.F. Haines, R.C. Wilson

Depth Recovery Using Defocus Blur at Infinity .........................................................................................1068H. Lin, K. Gu

Epipolar Geometry and Log-Polar Transform in Wide Baseline Stereo Matching ................................1072K. Palander, S.S. Brandt

Direct 3-D Shape Recovery from Image Sequence Based on Multi-scale Bayesian Network.................1076N. Tagawa, J. Kawaguchi, S. Naganuma, K. Okubo

Asymmetric Post-processing for Stereo Correspondence..........................................................................1080D. Min, J. Oh, K. Sohn

Approximation of Salient Contours in Cluttered Scenes...........................................................................1084R. Huang, N. Sang, Q. Tang

Joint Segmentation and Registration of Elastically Deformable Objects ................................................1088G. Cohen, J.M. Francos, R. Hagege

Image-based Plant Modeling by Knowing Leaves from Their Apexes.....................................................1093W. Ma, H. Zha, J. Liu, X. Zhang, B. Xiang

Image Mosaicing Using Local Optical Flow Registration .........................................................................1097N. Rebiere, M. Flavie, A. Fortier, F. Deschenes

Resolution Enhancement for Binocular Stereo ..........................................................................................1102A.V. Bhavsar, A.N. Rajagopalan

TUAT10 T3PO3 IMAGE, SPEECH AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS (POSTERS) Facial Expression Analysis with Facial Expression Deformation .............................................................1106

S. Park, J. Shin, D. Kim

Semantic Feature Extraction for Accurate Eye Corner Detection ...........................................................1110C. Xu, Y. Zheng, Z. Wang

Automatic Road Sign Detection Method Based on Color Barycenters Hexagon Model.........................1114Q. Zhang, S. Kamata

An Incremental Method for Accurate Iris Segmentation ..........................................................................1118P. Li, X. Liu

A Comparative Evaluation of Average Face on Holistic and Local Face Recognition Approaches ....................................................................................................................................................1122

S. Zhao, X. Zhang, Y. Gao

Hallucinating Facial Images and Features..................................................................................................1126B. Li, H. Chang, S. Shan, X. Chen, W. Gao

Robust Outdoor Text Detection Using Text Intensity and Shape Features .............................................1130Z. Liu, S. Sarkar

Illumination Transition Image: Parameter-based Illumination Estimation and Re-rendering........................................................................................................................................................1134

J. Liu, N. Zheng, L. Xiong, G. Meng, S. Du

Directionality Measurement and Illumination Estimation of 3D Surface Textures by Using Mojette Transform........................................................................................................................................1138

P. Jia, J. Dong, L. Qi

Validation of Correspondences in MLESAC Robust Estimation .............................................................1142H. Rastgar, L. Zhang, D. Wang, E. Dubois

A Graph Cut Based Active Contour without Edges with Relaxed Homogeneity Constraint.................1146N. El-Zehiry, A. Elmaghraby

An Affinity Propagation Based Method for Vector Quantization Codebook Design..............................1150W. Jiang, F. Ding, Q. Xiang

Appearance Enhancement Using a Projector-Camera Feedback System ...............................................1154T. Amano, H. Kato

Detection of Digital Processing of Images through a Realistic Model of CCD Noise ..............................1158J.B. Maillard, D. Levesque, F. Deschenes

Using Collaborative Learning for Image Contrast Enhancement ............................................................1162Y. Chang, D. Lee, J. Archibald, Y. Hong

Phase-Adaptive Image Signal Fusion Using Complex-valued Wavelets ..................................................1166A. Wong, D. Clausi, P. Fieguth

Complex Background Modeling and Motion Detection Based on Texture Pattern Flow.......................1170B. Zhang, Y. Gao, B. Zhong

A Fast Algorithm of Video Super-Resolution Using Dimensionality Reduction by DCT and Example Selection .........................................................................................................................................1174

K. Watanabe, Y. Iwai, T. Haga, M. Yachida

Object Recognition and Segmentation Using SIFT and Graph Cuts .......................................................1179A. Suga, K. Fukuda, T. Takiguchi, Y. Ariki

Impulse Noise Removal by Spectral Clustering and Regularization on Graphs .....................................1183O. Lezoray, V.T. Ta, A. Elmoataz

Collaborate Ball and Player Trajectory Extraction in Broadcast Soccer Video .....................................1187Y. Zhang, H. Lu, C. Xu

Detection of Representative Frames of A Shot Using Multivariate Wald-Wolfowitz Test.....................1191P.P. Mohanta, S.K. Saha, B. Chanda

The Lattice Width and Quasi-straightness in Digital Spaces ....................................................................1195F. Feschet

Object Boundary Extraction Using Active B-Snake Model ......................................................................1199Y. Wang, E.K. Teoh, Z. Hou, J. Wang

Video Attention: Learning to Detect A Salient Object Sequence..............................................................1203T. Liu, N. Zheng, W. Ding, Z. Yuan

Tree-Serial Dynamic Programming for Image Processing........................................................................1207A. Kopylov

Edge-Preserving Unscented Kalman Filter for Speckle Reduction ..........................................................1211G.R.K.S. Subrahmanyam, A.N. Rajagopalan, R. Aravind, G. Rigoll

Robust and Precise Eye Detection Based on Locally Selective Projection ...............................................1215Y. Zheng, Z. Wang

Reducing Noise and Redundancy in Registered Range Data for Planar Surface Extraction.................1219A. Swadzba, A. Vollmer, M. Hanheide, S. Wachsmuth

Video Denoising Via Discrete Regularization on Graphs ..........................................................................1223M. Ghoniem, Y. Chahir, A. Elmoataz

Nonlocal Morphological Levelings by Partial Difference Equations over Weighted Graphs ................1227V. Ta, A. Elmoataz, O. Lezoray

Toward an Interactive Device for Quick News Story Browsing ...............................................................1231M. Kherallah, H. Karray, M. Ellouze, A.M. Alimi

Efficient Video Text Detection Using Edge Features .................................................................................1235P. Shivakumara, W. Huang, C.L. Tan

Image Deblurring with Blur Kernel Estimation from a Reference Image Patch ....................................1239P. Huang, Y. Lin, S. Lai

Detecting Moving Text in Video Using Temporal Information ................................................................1243W. Huang, P. Shivakumara, C.L. Tan

Automatic Video Annotation with Adaptive Number of Key Words .......................................................1247F. Wang, W. Lu, J. Liu, M. Shah, D. Xu

Human Action Recognition Using Temporal-State Shape Contexts.........................................................1251P. Hsiao, C. Chen, L. Chang

Invariant Visual Patterns for Video Copy Detection .................................................................................1255X. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, J. Guo, J. Li

Anomalous Trajectory Patterns Detection..................................................................................................1259C. Piciarelli, C. Micheloni, G.L. Foresti

Image Categorization by a Classifer Based on Probabilistic Topic Model ..............................................1263T. Yamaguchi, M. Maruyama

Denighting: Enhancement of Nighttime Images for a Surveillance Camera ...........................................1267A. Yamasaki, H. Takauji, S. Kaneko

Removing Salt-and-Pepper Noise from Binary Images of Engineering Drawings ..................................1271H.S.M. Al-Khaffaf, A.Z. Talib, R.A. Salam

Face Super-resolution Using 8-connected Markov Random Fields with Embedded Prior ....................1275K. Guo, X. Yang, R. Zhang, G. Zhai, S. Yu

Finding the Splitting Vector for Image Resolution Up-conversion...........................................................1279X. Xu, H. Pan

A Scene-Based Video Watermarking Technique Using SVMs .................................................................1283S. Yen, H. Chang, C. Wang, P.S. Wang, M. Chang

TUB1 T1P3OR6 MOTION, TRACKIG, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Camera Motion Filtering and Its Applications...........................................................................................1287

J. Gao

Layered Method of Visibility Resolving in Depth Image-based Rendering .............................................1291Y. Huang, C. Zhang

Vector Field Resampling Using Local Streamline Approximation...........................................................1295M. Thomas, C. Kambhamettu, C.A. Geiger

TUBT2 T1P3OR5 IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING (ORAL) Recognizing Actions from Still Images........................................................................................................1299

N. Ikizler, R.G. Cinbis, S. Pehlivan, P. Duygulu

Image Classification: Are Rule-based Systems Effective when Classes are Fixed and Known? ..........................................................................................................................................................1303

P. Shivakumara, D. Rajan, S.A. Sadananthan

A Novel Gaussianized Vector Representation for Natural Scene Categorization ...................................1307X. Zhou, X. Zhuang, H. Tang, M. Hasegawa-Johnson, T.S. Huang

TUBT3 T2P3OR4 MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA MINING (ORAL) Adaptive Nonstationary Regression Analysis .............................................................................................1311

O. Krasotkina, V. Mottl

On the Efficient Minimization of Convex Surrogates in Supervised Learning .......................................1315R. Nock, F. Nielsen

Robust Estimation for Sparse Data .............................................................................................................1319W. Lo, S. Chen

TUBT4 T5P3OR2 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Structural Poisson Mixtures for Classification of Documents ..................................................................1324

J. Grim, J. Novovicova, P. Somol

A Stochastic Nearest Neighbor Character Prototype Approach for Online Writer Identification..................................................................................................................................................1328

G.X. Tan, C. Viard-Gaudin, A.C. Kot

Video Caption Duration Extraction ............................................................................................................1332H. Bai, J. Sun, S. Naoi, Y. Katsuyama, Y. Hotta, K. Fujimoto

TUBT5 T6P3OR1 MICROARRAY DATA ANALYSIS AND PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS (ORAL) A Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm Using a Correlation Metrics and Gene Ontology .....................................1336

M. Zhang, T. Therneau, M.A. McKenzie, P. Li, P. Yang

TUB6 T7P3OR1 IRIS RECOGNITION (ORAL) Counterfeit Iris Detection Based on Texture Analysis...............................................................................1340

Z. Wei, X. Qiu, Z. Sun, T. Tan

Synthesis of Large Realistic Iris Databases Using Patch-based Sampling ...............................................1344Z. Wei, T. Tan, Z. Sun

Adaptive Asymmetrical SVM and Genetic Algorithms Based Iris Recognition......................................1348K. Roy, P. Bhattacharya

TUCT1 T1P4OR7 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) HMM-based Unusual Motion Detection without Tracking.......................................................................1352

A. Utasi, L. Czuni

A Novel Method for Real-time Multiple Moving Targets Detection from Moving IR Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................1356

F. Yao, A. Sekmen, M. Malkani

Training Sequential On-line Boosting Classifier for Visual Tracking......................................................1360H. Grabner, J. Sochman, H. Bischof, J. Matas

Tracking Across Non-overlapping Views Via Geometry...........................................................................1364R. Pflugfelder, H. Bischof

TUCT2 T1P4OR4 FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS (ORAL) A Contrast Equalization Procedure for Change Detection Algorithms: Applications to Remotely Sensed Images of Urban Areas ...................................................................................................1368

A. Fournier, P. Weiss, L. Blanc-Feraud

View-Invariant Full-Body Gesture Recognition from Video.....................................................................1372B. Peng, G. Qian, S. Rajko

3D Face Recognition Using Sparse Spherical Representations .................................................................1377R.S. Llonch, E. Kokiopoulou, I. Tosic, P. Frossard

Interactive Feature Visualization for Image Retrieval ..............................................................................1381J. Imo, S. Klenk, G. Heidemann

TUCT3 T2P4OR6 MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA MINING (ORAL) Component-wise Parameter Smoothing for Learning Mixture Models ...................................................1385

C.K. Reddy, B. Rajaratnam

On Second Order Operators and Quadratic Operators ............................................................................1389M. Felsberg

Graph-Based Semi-Supervised Learning with Redundant Views ............................................................1393Y. Gong, C. Chen, Y. Tian

Semi-Supervised Feature Selection Under Logistic I-RELIEF Framework............................................1397Y. Cheng, Y. Sun, Y. Cai, J. Li

TUCT4 T3P4OR2 PATTERN CLASSIFICATION AND APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Weightlessness Feature - A Novel Feature for Single Tri-axial Accelerometer Based Activity Recognition......................................................................................................................................1401

Z. He, Z. Liu, L. Jin, L. Zhen, J. Huang

Efficient Automated Method for Image-based Classification of Microbial Cells ....................................1405P. Ruusuvuori, J. Seppala, T. Erkkila, A. Lehmussola, J.A. Puhakka, O. Yli-Harja

Motherese Detection Based On Segmental and Supra-Segmental Features ............................................1409A. Mahdhaoui, M. Chetouani, C. Zong

Shape-Based Matching of Heart Sounds.....................................................................................................1413T. Syeda-Mahmood, F. Wang

TUCT5 T6P4OR1 BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Internal Evaluation of Registration Results for Radiograpbic Images ....................................................1417

B.P. Selby, G. Sakas, S. Walter, W. Groch, U. Stilla

Imaging Biomarker Analysis of Rat Mammary Fat Pads and Glandular Tissues in MRI Images ............................................................................................................................................................1421

Y. Tao, J. Xuan, M.T. Freedman, G. Chepko, P.G. Shields, Y. Wang

Image Analysis Approach for Identification of Renal Transplant Rejection ..........................................1425A. El-Baz, G. Gimel'farb, M.A. El-Ghar

TUCT6 T7P4OR1 FACE RECOGNITION (ORAL) Online Personal Identification in Night Using Multiple Face Representations .......................................1429

A. Kumar, T. Srikanth

3d Face Recognition Using the Surface Interpenetration Measure: A Comparative Evaluation on the FRGC Database..............................................................................................................1433

C.C. Queirolo, L. Silva, O.R.P. Bellon, M.P. Segundo

Facial Expression Recognition from Near-Infrared Video Sequences .....................................................1438M. Taini, G. Zhao, S.Z. Li, M. Pietikainen

Verification of Human Faces Using Predicted Eigenvalues ......................................................................1442B. Mandal, X. Jiang, A. Kot

TUBCT 8 T1PO5 COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS / SEGMENTATION, COLOR AND TEXTURE / OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) Robust Real-Time Face Alignment Based on ASM with Boosting Regression for Displacement Prediction ...............................................................................................................................1446

Y. Su, H. Ai, S. Lao

Attention-based Video Reframing: Validation Using Eye-tracking .........................................................1450C. Chamaret, O. Le Meur

Three-Dimensional Cell Counting for In-Situ Microscopy .......................................................................1454G. Martinez, J. Frerichs, G. Rudolph, T. Scheper

3D Shape Reconstruction from Incomplete Silhouettes in Multiple Frames ...........................................1458M. Toyoura, M. Iiyama, T. Funatomi, K. Kakusho, M. Minoh

A Performance Controllable Octree Construction Method ......................................................................1462Z. Chen, H. Chou, W. Chen

3D Human Posture Estimation Using the HOG Features from Monocular Image.................................1466K. Onishi, T. Takiguchi, Y. Ariki

Real-time Detection and Interpretation of 3D Deictic Gestures for InteractionWith an Intelligent Environment................................................................................................................................1470

J. Richarz, T. Plotz, G.A. Fink

Refining PTZ Camera Calibration ..............................................................................................................1474I.N. Junejo, H. Foroosh

The Projective Equation of a Circle and Its Application in Camera Calibration ...................................1478Y. Zheng, Y. Liu

GPS Coordinate Estimation From Calibrated Cameras ...........................................................................1482I.N. Junejo, H. Foroosh

A Probabilistic Approach for Tracking Fibers...........................................................................................1486M. Donoser, T. Mauthner, H. Bischof, J. Kritzinger

Quasi-Euclidean Uncalibrated Epipolar Rectification ..............................................................................1490A. Fusiello, L. Irsara

Regular Texture Removal for Video Stabilization .....................................................................................1494S. Battiato, G. Puglisi, A.R. Bruna

Real-time Camera Position and Posture Estimation Using a Feature Landmark Database with Priorities ................................................................................................................................................1498

T. Taketomi, T. Sato, N. Yokoya

Human Reappearance Detection Based on On-line Learning...................................................................1502L. Hu, Y. Wang, S. Jiang, Q. Huang, W. Gao

Non-rigid Image Registration Based on the Globally Optimized Correspondences ...............................1506H.I. Koo, J.G. Kuk, N.I. Cho

Wire Detection in Low-Altitude, Urban, and Low-Quality Video Frames ..............................................1510J. Candamo, D. Goldgof

Automatic Geo-Registration of Maritime Video Feeds..............................................................................1514X. Cao, Z. Rasheed, H. Liu, N. Haering

Effective Scene Matching with Local Feature Representatives.................................................................1518S. Ma, W. Wang, Q. Huang, S. Jiang, W. Gao

Robust Auto-Calibration of a PTZ Camera with Non-overlapping FOV ................................................1522N. Ashraf, H. Foroosh

Road Region Estimation Using a Sequence of Monocular Images ...........................................................1526K. Yamaguchi, A. Watanabe, T. Naito, Y. Ninomiya

Medical Image Segmentation Via Min s-t Cuts with Sides Constraints ...................................................1530J. Chen, L.G. Shapiro

An Effective Method for Detection and Segmentation of the Body of Human in the View of a Single Stationary Camera..........................................................................................................................1534

H. Lu, C. Jia, R. Zhang

Metal-Dielectric Object Classification by Polarization Degree Map ........................................................1538S. Tominaga, T. Yamamoto

Spatio-temporal 3D Pose Estimation and Tracking of Human Body Parts Using the Shape Flow Algorithm..............................................................................................................................................1542

M. Hahn, L. Kruger, C. Wohler

Image Segmentation Towards Natural Clusters ........................................................................................1546Z. Tan, N.H.C. Yung

A Random Walker Based Approach to Combining Multiple Segmentations..........................................1550P. Wattuya, K. Rothaus, J.S. Prabni, X. Jiang

Contour Grouping with Shape Manifold and Distance Transform..........................................................1554Q. Zou, S. Luo, Y. Huang, Y. Li

Segmentation by Combining Parametric Optical Flow with a Color Model ...........................................1558A. Ulges, T.M. Breuel

Evolving Boundary Detectors for Natural Images via Genetic Programming ........................................1562I. Kadar, O. Ben-Shahar, M. Sipper

On Segmentation Evaluation Metrics and Region Counts ........................................................................1566A. Hanbury, J. Stottinger

Active Contour Algorithm for Texture Segmentation Using a Texture Feature Set...............................1570S.V. Pons, J.L.G. Rodriguez, O.L.V. Perez

Detecting Changes in Multilayered Orthoimages with Spatiotemporal Texture Blocks ........................1574R. Miezianko, D. Pokrajac

Classifiability Criteria for Refining of Random Walks Segmentation .....................................................1578S. Rysavy, A. Flores, R. Enciso, K. Okada

Top Down Image Segmentation Using Congealing and Graph-Cut .........................................................1582D. Moore, J. Stevens, S. Lundberg, B.A. Draper

Watershed Framework to Region-based Image Segmentation .................................................................1586F.C. Monteiro, A. Campilho

Background Subtraction Technique Based on Chromaticity and Intensity Patterns .............................1590A. Amato, M. Mozerov, I. Huerta, J. Gonzalez, J.J. Villanueva

Accelerating Active Contour Algorithms with the Gradient Diffusion Field ..........................................1594C. Kiser, C. Musial, P. Sen

A Fast Hierarchical Approach to Image Segmentation .............................................................................1598Z. Fu, A. Robles-Kelly

Boosted Cannabis Image Recognition .........................................................................................................1602N. Xie, X. Li, X. Zhang, W. Hu, J.Z. Wang

3D Object Localization Based on Occluding Contour Using STL CAD Model.......................................1606K. Maruyama, Y. Kawai, T. Yoshimi, F. Tomita

3D Localization of Partially Buried Object in Unstructured Environment .............................................1610K. Maruyama, K. Oka, R. Takase, Y. Kawai, T. Yoshimi, H. Takahashi, F. Tomita

GA Based Feature Generation for Training Cascade Object Detector ....................................................1614K. Masada, Q. Chen, H. Wu, T. Wada

A Bottom-Up, View-Point Invariant Human Detector ..............................................................................1618N. Thome, S. Ambellouis

Robust Decomposition of a Digital Curve into Convex and Concave Parts.............................................1622T. Roussillon, L. Tougne, I. Sivignon

Kernel Functions for Robust 3D Surface Registration with Spectral Embeddings ................................1626X. Liu, A. Donate, M. Jemison, W. Mio

Layered Object Categorization ....................................................................................................................1630L. Yang, J. Yang, N. Zheng, H. Cheng

Variational Maximum A Posteriori Model Similarity and Dissimilarity Matching................................1634J. Chiverton, M. Mirmehdi, X. Xie

Calibration of Projector-Camera Systems from Virtual Mutual Projection ...........................................1638F. Sakaue, J. Sato

3D Model Based Vehicle Localization by Optimizing Local Gradient Based Fitness Evaluation ......................................................................................................................................................1642

Z. Zhang, M. Li, K. Huang, T. Tan

Online Object Recognition by MSER Trajectories ....................................................................................1646H. Riemenschneider, M. Donoser, H. Bischof

Compact Algorithm for Strictly ML Ellipse Fitting...................................................................................1650K. Kanatani, Y. Sugaya

Automatic Bi-Layer Video Segmentation Based on Sensor Fusion ..........................................................1654Q. Wu, P. Boulanger, W.F. Bischof

Use of Band Ratioing for Building Illumination Independent Texture Classification Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................1658

R. Muniz, J.A. Corrales, M. Rico-Secades

TUBCT9 T3PO1 AUDIO AND IMAGE PROCESSING AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) Tree-Structure Lossless Coding Using Intervector Angle .........................................................................1662

J. Rokui

The Fourier Analysis of 2DT Movement with Particular Reference to Hand Gesture Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................1666

P.R.G. Harding, T.J. Ellis

Adaptive Speech Enhancement with Varying Noise Backgrounds...........................................................1670T. Kuhnapfel, T. Tan, S. Venkatesh, S.E. Nordholm, B. Igel

Improving Recto Document Side Restoration with an Estimation of the Verso Side from a Single Scanned Page......................................................................................................................................1674

C. Wolf

Constrained Piecewise Linear Approximation of Digital Curves .............................................................1678A. Kolesnikov

Application of Triphone Clustering in Acoustic Modeling for Continuous Speech Recognition in Bengali ..................................................................................................................................1682

P. Banerjee, G. Garg, P. Mitra, A. Basu

A Mixed Markov Model for Change Detection in Aerial Photos with Large Time Differences .....................................................................................................................................................1686

C. Benedek, T. Sziranyi

A New Global Shape Prior for Level Set Based Segmentation .................................................................1690L. Zhang, Q. Ji

Reversible Binary Image Data Hiding By Run-Length Histogram Modification ...................................1694G. Xuan, Y.Q. Shi, P. Chai, X. Tong, J. Teng, J. Li

Double-edge-model Based Character Stroke Extraction from Complex Backgrounds..........................1698J. Yu, L. Huang, C. Liu

A Method for Removing Cyclic Artefacts in Discrete Tomography Using Latin Squares .....................1702S. Chandra, I. Svalbe

Context Aware Privacy in Visual Surveillance ...........................................................................................1706S. Moncrieff, S. Venkatesh, G. West

Nonlocal Graph Regularization for Image Colorization ...........................................................................1710O. Lezoray, V.T. Ta, A. Elmoataz

A Robust Iterative Multiframe SRR Based on Hampel Stochastic Estimation with Hampel-Tikhonov Regularization ..............................................................................................................................1714

V. Patanavijit

A Hybrid PNN-GMM Classification Scheme for Speech Emotion Recognition......................................1718W. Ser, L. Cen, Z.L. Yu

Moving Object Segmentation Using the 9/7-10/8 Dual-tree Complex Filter Bank..................................1722A. Baradarani, J. Wu

The Structure Analysis of Ultra Thin Magnetic Film Images ...................................................................1726A. Nedzved, S. Ablameyko, A. Belotserkovsky, A. Maziewski, W. Dobrogowski

Spatially-Variant Morphological Operations on Binary Images Based on the Polar Distance Transform ......................................................................................................................................1730

K. Norell, J. Lindblad

Gender Classification In Two Emotional Speech Databases .....................................................................1734M. Kotti, C. Kotropoulos

Reversible Data Hiding of Full Color JPEG2000 Compressed Bit-stream Preserving Bit-depth Information .........................................................................................................................................1738

S. Ohyama, M. Niimi, K. Yamawaki, H. Noda

Entropic Thresholding Based on Gray-level Spatial Correlation Histogram ..........................................1742Y. Xiao, Z. Cao, T. Zhang

Improved Percolation-based Method for Crack Detection in Concrete Surface Images........................1746T. Yamaguchi, S. Hashimoto

A Cellular Automaton for Ultra-Fast Watershed Transform on GPU ....................................................1750C. Kauffmann, N. Piche

Static Text Region Detection in Video Sequences Using Color and Orientation Consistencies..................................................................................................................................................1754

D. Kim, K. Sohn

Feature Extraction Method Based on Cascade Noise Elimination for Sketch Recognition ...................1758J. Yang, H. Byun

Estimating 3D Fibre Orientation in Volume Images .................................................................................1762M. Axelsson

An Adaptive Monte Carlo Approach to Nonlinear Image Denoising.......................................................1766A. Wong, A. Mishra, P. Fieguth, D. Clausi

An Online Polygonal Approximation of Digital Signals and Curves with Dynamic Programming Algorithm ..............................................................................................................................1770

A. Kolesnikov

Video-based Activity and Movement Pattern Analysis in Overnight Sleep Studies................................1774W. Liao, C. Yang

Breaking the YASS Algorithm via Pixel and DCT Coefficients Analysis ................................................1778X. Yu, N. Babaguchi

Density-based Approach for Text Extraction in Images ...........................................................................1782F. Liu, X. Peng, T. Wang, S. Lu

Convolutional Neural Network with Embedded Fourier Transform for EEG Classification ...............1786H. Cecotti, A. Graeser

Multiple Classifier Applied on Predicting Microsleep from Speech.........................................................1790J. Krajewski, A. Batliner, R. Wieland

A New Spatial Perceptual Mask for Image Watermarking.......................................................................1794X. Zhu

Application of Graph Coloring in Physical Layout Segmentation............................................................1798D. Gaceb, V. Eglin, F. Lebourgeois, H. Emptoz

A Device Enhancing and Denoising Algorithm for X-ray Cardiac Fluoroscopy.....................................1802V. Bismuth, R. Vaillant

Every Color Chromakey...............................................................................................................................1806A. Yamashita, H. Agata, T. Kaneko

Non-dominated Sorting Evolution Strategy-based K-means Clustering Algorithm for Accent Classification .....................................................................................................................................1810

S. Ullah, F. Karray, J. Won

A Machine Learning Based Scheme for Double JPEG Compression Detection .....................................1814C. Chen, Y.Q. Shi, W. Su

Image Annotation Refinement Using Semantic Similarity Correlation ...................................................1818S. Zhu, Y. Liu

Learning Polynomial Function Based Neutral-Emotion GMM Transformation for Emotional Speaker Recognition...................................................................................................................1822

Z. Shan, Y. Yang

3D Image Analysis for Evaluating Internal Deformation / Fracture Characteristics of Materials ........................................................................................................................................................1826

M. Nakazawa, Y. Aoki, M. Kobayashi, H. Toda

Improved Novel View Synthesis from Depth Image with Large Baseline................................................1830C. Cheng, S. Lin, S. Lai, J. Yang

Detecting Information-Hiding in WAV Audios..........................................................................................1834Q. Liu, A.H. Sung, M. Qiao

Tongue Line Extraction ................................................................................................................................1838L.L. Liu, D. Zhang, A. Kumar, X. Wu

Parametric Video Compression Using Appearance Space Santanu .........................................................1842S. Chaudhury, S. Tripathi, S.D. Roy

A Novel Efficient Approach for Audio Segmentation ................................................................................1846T. Giannakopoulos, A. Pikrakis, S. Theodoridis

How Effective is Human Video Surveillance Performance 7 ....................................................................1850N. Sulman, T. Sanocki, D. Goldgof, R. Kasturi

TUBCT10 T5PO1 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) Arbitrary Warped Document Image Restoration Based on Segmentation and Thin-Plate Splines ............................................................................................................................................................1853

Y. Zhang, C. Liu, X. Ding, Y. Zou

Combining Content and Structure Similarity for XML Document Classification Using Composite SVM Kernels ..............................................................................................................................1857

S. Ghosh, P. Mitra

Wang Notation Tool: Layout Independent Representation of Tables......................................................1861P. Jha, G. Nagy

Computer Graphics Identification Using Genetic Algorithm ...................................................................1865W. Chen, Y.Q. Shi, G. Xuan, W. Su

Document-Zone Classification Using Partial Least Squares and Hybrid Classifiers..............................1869W. Abd-Almageed, M. Agrawal, W. Seo, D. Doermann

Clustering of Short Commercial Documents for the Web.........................................................................1873M. Carullo, E. Binaghi, I. Gallo, N. Lamberti

Histogram of Radon Transform. A Useful descriptor for shape retrieval ...............................................1877S. Tabbone, O.R. Terrades, S. Barrat

Offline Handwritten Devanagari Word Recognition: A Segmentation Based Approach.......................1881B. Shaw, S.K. Parui, M. Shridhar

Efficient MRF Approach to Document Image Enhancement ...................................................................1885T. Obafemi-Ajayi, G. Agam, O. Frieder

Stop Word Detection in Compressed Textual Images: an Experiment on Indic Script Documents......................................................................................................................................................1889

U. Garain, A.K. Das

Ancient Document Analysis Based on Text Line Extraction.....................................................................1893F. Kleber, R. Sablatnig, M. Gau, H. Miklas

Spam Filtering with Several Novel Bayesian Classifiers ...........................................................................1897C. Chen, Y. Tian, C. Zhang

A New Courtesy Amount Recognition Module of a Check Reading System ...........................................1901W. Ding, C.Y. Suen, A. Krzyzak

Augment Document Image Binarization by Learning ...............................................................................1905Y. Zhu

Improved Document Image Binarization by Using a Combination of Multiple Binarization Techniques and Adapted Edge Information ...............................................................................................1909

B. Gatos, I. Pratikakis, S.J. Perantonis

Curve Fitting Algorithm Using Iterative Error Minimization for Sketch Beautification ......................1913J. Yang, H. Byun

A Cascade Detector for Text Detection in Natural Scene Images.............................................................1917S.M. Hanif, L. Prevost, P.A. Negri

Template Selection for On-line Signature Verification..............................................................................1921N. Liu, Y. Wang

Recognition of Books by Verification and Retraining ...............................................................................1925N.V. Neeba, C.V. Jawahar

Real-Time Image-Based Rendering System for Virtual City Based on Image Compression Technique and Eigen Texture Method ........................................................................................................1929

R. Sato, S. Ono, H. Kawasaki, K. Ikeuchi

A Geometric Approach for Accurate and Efficient Performance Evaluation of Layout Analysis Methods ..........................................................................................................................................1933

D. Bridson, A. Antonacopoulos

A Symbol Graph Based Handwritten Math Expression Recognition ......................................................1937Y. Shi, F.K. Soong

Segmentation-free Recognizer Based on Enhanced Four Plane Feature for Realistic Chinese Handwriting ....................................................................................................................................1941

T. Su, T. Zhang, H. Huang, C. Liu

A Novel Orientation Free Method for Online Unconstrained Cursive Handwritten Chinese Word Recognition .........................................................................................................................................1945

T. Long, L. Jin

Query by Table ..............................................................................................................................................1949R. Padmanabhan, G. Nagy

An Evaluation Survey of Binarization Algorithms on Historical Documents..........................................1953P. Stathis, E. Kavallieratou, N. Papamarkos

A Study of Semi-tied Covariance Modeling for Online Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................1957

Y. Wang, Q. Huo

Text-Tracking Wearable Camera System for Visually-Impaired People ................................................1962M. Tanaka, H. Goto

Ballot Mark Detection...................................................................................................................................1966E.H.B. Smith, D. Lopresti, G. Nagy

Tailoring Text for Automatic Layouting of Newspaper Pages..................................................................1970L. Hennig, T. Strecker

WEAT1 T1P6OR4 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Dual Generative Models for Human Motion Estimation from an Uncalibrated Monocular Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................1974

X. Zhang, G. Fan

Tracking Human Body by Using Particle Filter Gaussian Process Markov-Switching Model..............................................................................................................................................................1978

J. Wang, H. Man, Y. Yin

A Unifed Model for Activity Recognition from Video Sequences .............................................................1982E. Resendiz, N. Ahuja

Pose Sentences: A New Representation for Action Recognition Using Sequence of Pose Words .............................................................................................................................................................1986

K. Hatun, P. Duygulu

Pedestrian Detection Using Boosted Features over Many Frames ...........................................................1990M.J. Jones, D. Snow

Human Appearance Matching Across Multiple Non-overlapping Cameras ...........................................1994Y. Cai, K. Huang, T. Tan

WEAT2 T1P6OR5 OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (ORAL) Estimating the Number of People in Crowded Scenes by MID Based Foreground Segmentation and Head-shoulder Detection...............................................................................................1998

M. Li, Z. Zhang, K. Huang, T. Tan

Efficient Tensor Based Face Recognition....................................................................................................2002S. Rana, W. Liu, M. Lazarescu, S. Venkatesh

Discriminative Estimation of 3D Human Pose Using Gaussian Processes ...............................................2006X. Zhao, H. Ning, Y. Liu, T. Huang

Pedestrian Detection by Modeling Local Convex Shape Features............................................................2010J. Park, Y. Luo, H. Wang, Y.L. Murphey

Human Detection by Searching in 3D Space Using Camera and Scene Knowledge ...............................2014Y. Li, B. Wu, R. Nevatia

Joint Visual Vocabulary For Animal Classification...................................................................................2019H.M. Afkham, A.T. Targhi, J. Eklundh, A. Pronobis

WEAT3 T1P6OR6 OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (ORAL) Memory Efficient Recognition of Specific Object with Local Features ...................................................2023

K. Kise, K. Noguchi, M. Iwamura

Flexible Object Recognition in Cluttered Scenes Using Relative Point Distribution Models .................2027A. Bouganis, M. Shanahan

Deformable Template Combining Alignable and Non-alignable Sketches ..............................................2032L. Zhang, H. Gong, T. Wu, J. Dong

Linear Representation of Discrete Surfaces in 3D .....................................................................................2036C. Arcelli, G.S. Di Baja, L. Serino

Support Vector Data Description for Image Categorization From Internet Images ..............................2040X. Yu, D. DeMenthon, D. Doermann

WEAT4 T2P6OR2 SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES AND KERNEL METHODS (ORAL) Generalized Chebyshev Kernels for Support Vector Classification .........................................................2044

S. Ozer, C.H. Chen

A Least Square Kernel Machine with Box Constraints .............................................................................2048J. Basak

Indefinite Kernel Fisher Discriminant ........................................................................................................2052B. Haasdonk, E. Pekalska

Large Margin AR Model for Time Series Classification ...........................................................................2056K.B. Venkataramana, C.C. Sekhar

Fast Incremental Learning for One-class Support Vector Classifier Using Sample Margin Information....................................................................................................................................................2060

P.J. Kim, H.J. Chang, J.Y. Choi

Non-Linear Feature Extraction by Linear PCA Using Local Kernel.......................................................2064K. Hotta

WEAT5 T3P6OR1 IMAGE REPRESENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION (ORAL) The Polar Distance Transform by Fast-Marching .....................................................................................2068

R. Strand, K. Norell

A Multiobjective Simulated Annealing Based Fuzzy-Clustering Technique with Symmetry for Pixel Classification in Remote Sensing Imagery...................................................................................2072

S. Saha, S. Bandyopadhyay

Discrete Pulse Transform of Images: Algorithm and Applications ..........................................................2076B. Anguelov

A Colour Text/Graphics Separation Based on a Graph Representation .................................................2080R. Raveaux, J. Burie, J. Ogier

Graph Cut Based Deformable Model with Statistical Shape Priors.........................................................2084N. El-Zehiry, A. Elmaghraby

Extending Depth of Field by Intrinsic Mode Image Fusion ......................................................................2088H. Hariharan, A. Koschan, M. Abidi

WEAT6 T4P6OR1 MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING AND CONTENT-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (ORAL) Adaptive Semantic Bayesian Framework for Image Attention ................................................................2092

W. Zhang, Q.M.J. Wu, G. Wang

A Fast Image Retrieval System Using Index Lookup Table on Mobile Device .......................................2096J. Yang, S. Park, H. Seong, H. Byun, Y. Lim

Learning Weighted Distances for Relevance Feedback in Image Retrieval ............................................2100T. Deselaers, R. Paredes, E. Vidal, H. Ney

An Empirical Comparison of Graph-based Dimensionality Reduction Algorithms on Facial Expression Recognition Tasks ..........................................................................................................2104

L. He, J.M. Buenaposada, L. Baumela

A Computer Vision Based Camera Pedestal's Vertical Motion Control..................................................2108R.Y.D. Xu, J.M. Brown, J.M. Traish, D. Dezwa

WEAT8 T6PO1 BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS (POSTERS) Robust Extraction of 1D Skeletons from Grayscale 3D Images................................................................2112

E. Antunez, L. Guibas

Clustering Initiated Multiphase Active Contours and Robust Separation of Nuclei Groups for Tissue Segmentation................................................................................................................................2116

A. Hafiane, F. Bunyak, K. Palaniappan

Point-based Digitally Reconstructed Radiograph ......................................................................................2120A. Shen, L. Luo

SVM Ensemble Classification of NMR Spectra Based on Different Configurations of Data Processing Techniques ..................................................................................................................................2124

K. Lienemann, T. Plotz, G.A. Fink

Retinal Vessel Tree Segmentation Using a Deformable Contour Model..................................................2128L. Espona, M.J. Carreira, M.G. Penedo, M. Ortega

Image Segmentation by Geodesic Voting. Application to the Extraction of Tree Structures from Confocal Microscope Images ..............................................................................................................2132

Y. Rouchdy, L.D. Cohen

Quantitative Abdominal Fat Estimation Using MRI .................................................................................2137O.D. Leinhard, A. Johansson, J. Rydell, O. Smedby, F. Nystrom, P. Lundberg, M. Borga

Stability Evaluation of a Classifer for Detecting Abdominal Tumors in FDG-PET/CT Images ............................................................................................................................................................2141

H. Hontani, Y. Sawada

Robust Intensity-based 3D-2D Registration of CT and X-ray Images for Precise Estimation of Cup Alignment after Total Hip Arthroplasty ........................................................................................2145

G. Zheng

Medical Image Registration Using Phase-Only Correlation for Distorted Dental Radiographs...................................................................................................................................................2149

K. Ito, T. Aoki, E. Kosuge, R. Kawamata, I. Kashima

An Iterative Classification Method of 2D CT Head Data Based on Statistical and Spatial Information....................................................................................................................................................2153

F. Li, L. Gu, D. Bartz, M. Audette

3D Model Fitting for Facial Expression Analysis Under Uncontrolled Imaging Conditions .................2157P. Maurel, A. McGonigal, R. Keriven, P. Chauvel

Gene Function Prediction Using Protein Domain Probability and Hierarchical Gene Ontology Information ...................................................................................................................................2161

J. Jung, M.R. Thon

Regional Motion Patterns for the Left Ventricle Function Assessment ...................................................2165J. Garcia-Barnes, D. Gil, F. Carreras, S. Pujadas

Intelligence Computing Approach for Seizure Detection Based on Intracranial Electroencephalogram (IEEG).....................................................................................................................2169

T. Shen, X. Kuo, C. Yu

A Practical Method to Reducing Metal Artifact for Dental CT Scanners ...............................................2173K. Kobayashi, A. Katsumata, K. Ito, T. Aoki

Real-Time Update of 3D Deformable Models for Computer Aided Liver Surgery ................................2177B. Dagon, C. Baur, V. Bettschart

A Novel Segmentation Algorithm for Pulmonary Nodule in Chest Radiograph.....................................2181E. Wei, J. Yan, M. Xu, J. Zhang

Automatic Working Area Classification in Peripheral Blood Smears Using Spatial Distribution Features Across Scales ............................................................................................................2185

X. Xiong, S.H. Ong, J.H. Lim, N.N. Tung, J. Liu, D. Racoceanu, K. Tan, A. Chong, K. Foong

Hemorrhage Slices Detection in Brain CT Images.....................................................................................2189R. Liu, C.L. Tan, T.Y. Leong, C.K. Lee, B.C. Pang, C.C.T Lim, Q. Tian, S. Tang, Z. Zhang

Tracking of Arabidopsis Thaliana Root Cells in Time-lapse Microscopy ...............................................2193M. Marcuzzo, P. Quelhas, A.M. Mendonca, A. Campilho

An Automatic Cell Segmentation Method for Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy.....................................................................................................................................................2197

A. Kuijper, B. Heise

Automated Quantification of Cell Endocytosis Using Active Contours and Wavelets ...........................2201A. Dufour, V. Meas-Yedid, A. Grassart, J.C. Olivo-Marin

Microarray Image Analysis Based on an Evolutionary Approach ...........................................................2205E. Zacharia, D. Maroulis

Identification of Phosphorylation Sites Using A Hybrid Classifier Ensemble Approach .......................2209Z. Yu, Z. Deng, H. Wong

Visualization of Transitions of Developing of Hepatitis C Virus-associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma......................................................................................................................................................2213

T. Miyamoto, Y. Fujita, S. Uchimura

Semi-supervised Method for Gene Expression Data Classification with Gaussian Fields and Harmonic Functions ..............................................................................................................................2217

Y. Gong, C. Chen

Challenging Issues in Iterative Intelligent Medical Search .......................................................................2221G. Luo, C. Tang

Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using Model-based ECG Analysis ..........................................................2225R. Couceiro, P. Carvalho, J. Henriques, M. Antunes, M. Harris, J. Habetha

Cervicographic Image Retrieval by Spatial Similarity of Lesions ............................................................2230Z. Xue, L.R. Long, J. Jeronimo

Arterial Pulse Rate Variability Analysis for Diagnoses .............................................................................2234A.J. Joshi, S. Chandran, V.K. Jayaraman, B.D. Kulkarni

Classification Method for Microarray Probe Selection Using Sequence, Thermodynamics and Secondary Structure Parameters .........................................................................................................2238

L. Gupta, S. Kumar, R. Singh, R. Shaik, N. Dimitrova, A. Gorthi, B. Lakshmi, D. Pai, S. Kamalakaran, X. Zhao, M. Wigler

Vector Valued Regression for Iron Overload Estimation..........................................................................2243L. Baldassarre, A. Barla, B. Gianesin

Determination of Optimal Metabolic Pathways through a New Learning Algorithm............................2247C.A. Murthy, M. Das, R.K. De, S. Mukhopadhyay

WEAT9 T2PO2 CLASSIFICATION AND CLUSTERING (POSTERS) The Implication of Data Diversity for a Classifier-free Ensemble Selection in Random Subspaces .......................................................................................................................................................2251

A.H. Ko, R. Sabourin, L.E. Soares De Oliveira, A. De Souza Britto Jr.

Group-based Meta-classification .................................................................................................................2256N.A. Samsudin, A.P. Bradley

Classification by Reflective Convex Hulls ...................................................................................................2260M. Kudo, A. Nakamura, I. Takigawa

An Empirical Study of Facial Components Classification by Integrating Dimensionality Reduction and Clustering .............................................................................................................................2264

F. Min, L. Lin, N. Sang

An Experimental Study of Graph Classification Using Prototype Selection ...........................................2268A. Fischer, K. Riesen, H. Bunke

A Class-Selective Rejection Scheme Based on Blockwise Similarity of Typicality Degrees ...................2272H.L. Capitaine, C. Frelicot

Efficient User Preference Predictions Using Collaborative Filtering .......................................................2276Y. Song, C.L. Giles

Pre-extracting Method for SVM Classification Based on the Non-parametric K-NN Rule ...................2280D. Han, C. Han, Y. Yang, Y. Liu, W. Mao

Learning Vector Quantization with Local Subspace Classifier ................................................................2284S. Hotta

Growing Neural Gas for Temporal Clustering...........................................................................................2288I.J. Sledge, J.M. Keller

Learning Visual Dictionaries and Decision Lists for Object Recognition ................................................2292W. Zhang, T.G. Dietterich

Preliminary Approach on Synthetic Data Sets Generation Based on Class Separability Measure..........................................................................................................................................................2296

N. Macia, E. Bernado-Mansilla, A. Orriols-Puig

Generalized Gaussian Distributions for Sequential Data Classification ..................................................2300M. Bicego, D. Gonzalez-Jimenez, E. Grosso, J.L.A. Castro

Dunn's Cluster Validity Index as a Contrast Measure of VAT Images ...................................................2304T.C. Havens, J.C. Bezdek, J.M. Keller, M. Popescu

Dynamic Oscillating Search Algorithm for Feature Selection ..................................................................2308P. Somol, J. Novovicova, J. Grim, P. Pudil

Multi-class Classification Strategies for Fisher Scores of Gesture and Sign Sequences .........................2312O. Aran, L. Akarun

Fast Model Selection for Max Min Over-based Training of Support Vector Machines .........................2316F. Timm, S. Klement, T. Martinetz

Automatic Coefficient Selection in Weighted Maximum Margin Criterion ............................................2320Z. Cheng, B. Shen, X. Fan, Y. Zhang

Fast and Regularized Local Metric for Query-based Operations.............................................................2324K. Abou-Moustafa, F. Ferrie

Spectral Aggregation for Clustering Ensemble ..........................................................................................2328X. Wang, C. Yang, J. Zhou

Utilizing Non-Uniform Cost Learning for Active Control of Inter-class Confusion ...............................2332D.S. Mansjur, Q. Fu, B.H. Juang

Selectivity Supervision in Combining Pattern-Recognition Modalities by Feature- and Kernel-Selective Support Vector Machines ................................................................................................2336

A. Tatarchuk, V. Mottl, A. Eliseyev, D. Windridge

Effective Shrinkage of Large Multi-class Linear SVM Models for Text Categorization .......................2340J. Dong, C.Y. Suen, A. Krzyzak

Multi-stage Branch-and-Bound for Maximum Variance Disparity Clustering ......................................2344N. Thakoor, V. Devarajan, J. Gao

Weighted Solution Path Algorithm of Support Vector Regression for Abnormal Data.........................2348W. Mao, L. Dong, G. Zhang

Texture Synthesis by Support Vector Machines ........................................................................................2352J. Dong, Y. Duan, G. Sun, L. Qi

SVMs, Gaussian Mixtures, and their Generative/Discriminative Fusion ................................................2356T. Deselaers, G. Heigold, H. Ney

Cluster Validation Using a Probabilistic Attributed Graph......................................................................2360A.L.N. Fred, A.K. Jain

Incremental Learning of Mixture Models for Simultaneous Estimation of Class Distribution and Inter-Class Decision Boundaries.....................................................................................2364

D.S. Mansjur, B.H. Juang

Improving Gaussian Processes Classification by Spectral Data Reorganizing........................................2368H. Zhou, D. Suter

Boosting Gaussian Mixture Models via Discriminant Analysis ................................................................2372H. Tang, T.S. Huang

Active Query Selection for Semi-supervised Clustering ............................................................................2376P.K. Mallapragada, R. Jin, A.K. Jain

Kernel Bisecting K-means Clustering for SVM Training Sample Reduction..........................................2380X. Liu, G. Feng

Bregman Sided and Symmetrized Centroids..............................................................................................2384F. Nielsen, R. Nock

Gesture Recognition Using Sparse Code of Hierarchical SOM ................................................................2388A. Shimada, R. Taniguchi

Anomaly Detection by Combining Decision Trees and Parametric Densities .........................................2392M. Reif, M. Goldstein, A. Stahl, T.M. Breuel

Semi-Supervised Learning on Large Complex Simulations......................................................................2396J.N. Korecki, R.E. Banfield, K.W. Bowyer, W.P. Kegelmeyer

Probabilistic Clustering by Random Swap Algorithm ..............................................................................2400P. Franti, O. Virmajoki, V. Hautamaki

Semi-supervised Marginal Discriminant Analysis Based on QR Decomposition ....................................2404R. Xiao, P. Shi

Alternative Similarity Functions for Graph Kernels .................................................................................2408J. Kunegis, A. Lommatzsch, C. Bauckhage

Semi-supervised Discriminant Analysis Based on UDP Regularization...................................................2412H. Qiu, J. Lai, J. Huang, Y. Chen

VoB Predictors: Voting on Bagging Classifications ...................................................................................2416X. Su, T.M. Khoshgoftarr, X. Zhu

Dynamic Score Combination of Binary Experts ........................................................................................2420R. Tronci, G. Giacinto, F. Roli

Feature Selection for Clustering with Constraints Using Jensen-Shannon Divergence .........................2424Y. Li, M. Dong, Y. Ma

Impact of Feature Correlations on Separation Between Bivariate Normal Distributions......................2428K. Kryszczuk, A. Drygajlo

Automatic Generation of Optimum Classification Cascades ....................................................................2432E. El-Sherif, S. Abdelazeem, M.F.A. El-Yazeed

A New Clustering Approach Based on Graph Partitioning for Navigation Patterns Mining ................2436M. Jalali, N. Mustapha, A. Mamat, N.B. Sulaiman

People Detection Based on Co-occurrence of Appearance and Spatiotemporal Features ......................2440Y. Yamauchi, H. Fujiyoshi, B. Hwang, T. Kanade

A Fast Revised Simplex Method for SVM Training ..................................................................................2444C. Sentelle, G.C. Anagnostopoulos, M. Georgiopoulos

A Systematic Solution for the NN3 Forecasting Competition Problem Based on an Ensemble of MLP Neural Networks ............................................................................................................2448

P.J.L. Adeodato, G.C. Vasconcelos, A.L. Arnaud, R.C.L.V. Cunha, D.S.M.P. Monteiro

WEBT1 T1P3OR4 IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING (ORAL) Analysis of Subsurface Scattering under Generic Illumination................................................................2452

Y. Mukaigawa, K. Suzuki, Y. Yagi

Adaptive Local Contrast Enhancement for the Visualization of High Dynamic Range Images ............................................................................................................................................................2457

J. Zhang, S. Kamata

Phase Diagram of a Long Bar Under a Higher-order Active Contour Energy: Application to Hydrographic Network Extraction from VHR Satellite Images ..........................................................2461

A. El Ghoul, I.H. Jermyn, J. Zerubia

WEBT2 T1P3OR7 ROBOTICS AND VISUAL NAVIGATION (ORAL) Dynamic Structure from Motion Based on Nonlinear Adaptive Observers ............................................2465

O. Dahl, A. Heyden

Solving Quadratically Constrained Geometrical Problems Using Lagrangian Duality .........................2469C. Olsson, A. Eriksson

Navigation Using a Spherical Camera.........................................................................................................2474R. Arora, H. Parthasarathy

WEBT3 T1P4OR9 OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (ORAL) Boosting Performance for 2D Linear Discriminant Analysis via Regression ..........................................2478

N. Nguyen, W. Liu, S. Venkatesh

Boosted Complex Moments for Discriminant Rotation Invariant Object Recognition ..........................2482P. Yap, X. Jiang, A.C. Kot

Correspondences of Point Sets Using Particle Filters ................................................................................2486R. Lakaemper, S. Li, M. Sobel

WEBT4 T2P3OR3 STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) Numerical Analysis of Mahalanobis Metric in Vector Space ....................................................................2491

S. Joken, N. Inoue, Y. Yamashita

Pattern Vectors from the Ihara Zeta Function...........................................................................................2495P. Ren, R.C. Wilson, E.R. Hancock

Parzen Discriminant Analysis ......................................................................................................................2499Y. Fang, S. Shan, H. Chang, X. Chen, W. Gao

WEBT5 T3POR2 SPEECH AND AUDIO RECOGNITION (ORAL) Recognition of Multiple Drivers' Emotional State .....................................................................................2503

J. Wang, Y. Gong

Adaptive Context Recognition Based on Audio Signal ..............................................................................2507Z. Zeng, X. Li, X. Ma, Q. Ji

Combining Speech Energy and Edge Information for Fast and Efficient Voice Activity Detection in Noisy Environments.................................................................................................................2511

X. Li, Y. Deng

WEBT6 T5P3OR1 HANDWRITING RECOGNITION (ORAL) Estimating the Readability of Handwritten Text - A Support Vector Regression Based Approach........................................................................................................................................................2515

A. Schlapbach, F. Wettstein, H. Bunke

How Much Handwritten Text Is Needed for Text-Independent Writer Verification and Identification..................................................................................................................................................2519

A. Brink, M. Bulacu, L. Schomaker

A Study of a New Misclassification Measure for Minimum Classification Error Training of Prototype-based Pattern Classifiers ............................................................................................................2523

T. He, Q. Huo

WECT1 T1P4OR2 COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Robust Estimation of Foreground in Surveillance Videos by Sparse Error Estimation.........................2527

M. Dikmen, T.S. Huang

Evaluation of Clustering Methods for Finding Dominant Optical Flow Fields in Crowded Scenes .............................................................................................................................................................2531

G. Eibl, N. Brandle

Simultaneous Multi-modal Registration of Multiple Images Based on Multi-Dimensional Joint Phase Moment Distributions ..............................................................................................................2535

A. Wong

Seamless Image-Based Texture Atlases Using Multi-band Blending .......................................................2539C. Allene, J. Pons, R. Keriven

WECT2 T1P4OR6 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Target Tracking Using Mean-Shift And Affine Structure ........................................................................2543

C. Zhao, A. Knight, I. Reid

Modulation-Domain Particle Filter for Template Tracking .....................................................................2548R.S. Prakash, R. Aravind

Switching Local and Covariance Matching for Efficient Object Tracking..............................................2552J. Wang, Y. Yagi

Morphological Source Separation for Particle Tracking in Complex Biological Environments ................................................................................................................................................2556

N. Chenouard, S. Vernhettes, I. Bloch, J. Olivo-Marin

WECT3 T2P4OR4 STATISTICAL, SYNTACTIC AND STRUCTURAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) On-line Novelty Detection Using the Kalman Filter and Extreme Value Theory ...................................2560

H. Lee, S.J. Roberts

Approximating a Non-homogeneous HMM with Dynamic Spatial Dirichlet Process ............................2564H. Ren

Prior-Updating Ensemble Learning for Discrete HMM............................................................................2568G. Heo, P. Gader

Birkhoff Polytopes, Heat Kernels and Graph Complexity ........................................................................2572F. Escolano, E.R. Hancock, M.A. Lozano

Bregman Distance to L1 Regularized Logistic Regression ........................................................................2577M.D. Gupta, T.S. Huang

Generalized Nonlinear Discriminant Analysis ...........................................................................................2581L. Zhang, W. Zhou, H. Zhang, L. Jiao

Feature Selection Focused within Error Clusters ......................................................................................2585S. Wang, H.S. Baird

WECT4 T2P4OR3 STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) Transductive Optimal Component Analysis...............................................................................................2589

Y. Zhu, Y. Wu, X. Liu, W. Mio

WECT5 T3P4OR1 SPEECH RECOGNITION (ORAL) On Efficient Viterbi Decoding for Hidden semi-Markov Models .............................................................2593

R. Datta, J. Hu, B. Ray

A Phone-Viseme Dynamic Bayesian Network for Audio-Visual Automatic Speech Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................2597

L. Terry, A.K. Katsaggelos

Enhanced Speaker Recognition Based on Intra-Model Fusion and Accent Modeling............................2601S. Mangayyagari, T. Islam, R. Sankar

Noise Robust Voice Detector for Speaker Recognition ..............................................................................2605G. Hernandez, J.R. Calvo, R. Fernandez, I. Rodes, R. Martinez

WECT6 T5P4OR1 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION (ORAL) Using Web Search Engines to Improve Text Recognition .........................................................................2609

M. Donoser, H. Bischof, S. Wagner

An Interactive System for the Automatic Generation of Huge Handwriting Databases from a Few Specimens............................................................................................................................................2613

M. Djoua, R. Plamondon

Image Objects and Multi-Scale Features for Annotation Detection .........................................................2617J. Chen, E. Saund, Y. Wang

A New Edge-Based Text Verification Approach for Video .......................................................................2622J. Zhang, D. Goldgof, R. Kasturi

WEBCT8 T5P02 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) Figure-Ground Discrimination and Distortion-Tolerant Recognition of Color Characters in Scene Images .............................................................................................................................................2626

T. Wakahara

Radical Based Fine Trajectory HMMs of Online Handwritten Characters ............................................2630P. Liu, L. Ma, F.K. Soong

Layer-Based Binarization for Textual Images............................................................................................2634Y. Navon

Multi Script Handwriting Recognition with N-Streams Low Level features...........................................2639Y. Kessentini, T. Paquet, A. Benhamadou

Fractal-Based System for Arabic/Latin, Printed/Handwritten Script Identification..............................2643S.B. Moussa, A. Zahour, A. Benabdelhafid, A.M. Alimi

Simplified Polynomial Network Classifier for Handwritten Character Recognition..............................2647T. Miyoshi, H. Shinjo, T. Nagasaki

Machine Reading of Camera-Held Low Quality Text Images: an ICA-Based Image Enhancement Approach for Improving OCR Accuracy ...........................................................................2652

U. Garain, A. Jain, A. Maity, B. Chanda

White-Space Models for Offline Arabic Handwriting Recognition ..........................................................2656P. Dreuw, S. Jonas, H. Ney

Dynamic Filters Selection for Textual Document Image Binarization .....................................................2660H. Cecotti, A. Belaid

A Discriminative Semi-Markov Model for Robust Scene Text Recognition............................................2664J.J. Weinman, E. Learned-Miller, A. Hanson

Improving Digital Ink Interpretation through Expected Type Prediction and Dynamic Dispatch..........................................................................................................................................................2669

K.S. Tay, K. Koile

A Robust Technique for Text Extraction in Mixed-type Binary Documents...........................................2673C. Strouthopoulos, A. Nikolaidis

Describing Texture Directions with Von Mises Distributions ...................................................................2677C. Grana, D. Borghesani, R. Cucchiara

A Novel Two-Stage Algorithm for Baseline Estimation and Correction in Farsi and Arabic Handwritten Text line ...................................................................................................................................2681

M. Ziaratban, K. Faez

Word-wise Sinhala Tamil and English Script Identification Using Gaussian Kernel SVM...................2686S. Chanda, S. Pal, U. Pal

A Study of On-line Handwritten Chemical Expressions Recognition ......................................................2690J. Yang, G. Shi, K. Wang, Q. Geng, Q. Wang

Online Recognition of Handwritten Mathematical Expressions with Support for Matrices .................2694C. Li, R. Zeleznik, T. Miller, J.J. La Viola Jr.

Generic Scale-space Process for Handwriting Documents Analysis.........................................................2698G. Joutel, V. Eglin, H. Emptoz

Combining Visual and Textual Features for Filtering Spam Emails .......................................................2702F. Gargiulo, C. Sansone

An Ellipsoid Constrained Quadratic Programming (ECQP) Approach to MCE Training of MQDF-based Classifiers For Handwriting Recognition ...........................................................................2706

Y. Wang, P. Liu, Q. Huo

Discriminative HMM Training with GA for Handwritten Word Recognition........................................2710T.K. Bhowmik, S.K. Paui, U. Roy

On-Line Handwritten Kanji String Recognition Based on Grammar Description of Character Structures ....................................................................................................................................2714

I. Ota, R. Yamamoto, T. Nishimoto, S. Sagayama

Incremental Classification of Invoice Documents ......................................................................................2719H. Hamza, Y. Belaid, A. Belaid, B.B. Chaudhuri

Indexing and Retrieving Cursive Documents without Recognition ..........................................................2723A. Clavelli, L.P. Cordella, C. De Stefano, A. Marcelli

A Feature Selection Algorithm for Handwritten Character Recognition ................................................2727L. Cordella, C. De Stefano, F. Fontanella, C. Marrocco

Online Handwritten Bangla Character Recognition Using HMM ...........................................................2731S.K. Parui, K. Guin, U. Bhattacharya, B.B. Chaudhuri

WEBCT9 T7PO1 BIOMETRICS (POSTERS) Robust Log-Gabor Filter for Ear Biometrics .............................................................................................2735

B. Arbab-Zavar, M.S. Nixon

Block-based and Multi-resolution Methods for Ear Recognition Using Wavelet Transform and Uniform Local Binary Patterns ............................................................................................................2739

Y. Wang, Z. Mu, H. Zeng

Multitask Learning for EEG-Based Biometrics .........................................................................................2743S. Sun

3D Ear Modeling and Recognition from Video Sequences Using Shape from Shading..........................2747S. Cadavid, M. Abdel-Mottaleb

A Non-cooperative Long-range Biometric System for Maritime Surveillance ........................................2751X. Li, G. Chen, Q. Ji, E. Blasch

Fingerprint Alignment Using Special Ridges..............................................................................................2755C. Hu, J. Yin, E. Zhu, H. Chen, Y. Li

On Averaging Face Images for Recognition under Pose Variations.........................................................2759X. Zhang, S. Zhao, Y. Gao

Extraction of Complex Wavelet Features for Iris Recognition .................................................................2763X. He, P. Shi

Iris Localization Based on Multi-resolution Analysis ................................................................................2767L. Pan, M. Xie, Z. Ma

A Performance Evaluation of Filter Design and Coding Schemes for Palmprint Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................2771

F. Yue, W. Zuo, K. Wang

FCM-based Orientation Selection for Competitive Coding-based Palmprint Recognition....................2775F. Yue, W. Zuo, K. Wang, D. Zhang

Recognition of Blurred Faces Using Local Phase Quantization................................................................2779T. Ahonen, E. Rahtu, V. Ojansivu, J. Heikkila

Image Quality Assessment with Visual Attention ......................................................................................2783Q. Ma, L. Zhang

Towards Mobile Authentication Using Dynamic Signature Verification: Useful Features and Performance Evaluation........................................................................................................................2787

M. Martinez-Diaz, J. Fierrez, J. Galbally, J. Ortega-Garcia

Smile, You're on Identity Camera ...............................................................................................................2792Y. Ning, T. Sim

Filtering Large Fingerprint Database for Latent Matching......................................................................2796J. Feng, A.K. Jain

A Practical Palmprint Recognition Algorithm Using Phase Information ................................................2800S. Iitsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki

A Discriminant Color Space Method for Face Representation and Verification on a Large-scale Database................................................................................................................................................2804

J. Yang, C. Liu

Improving Efficiency of Fingerprint Matching by Minutiae Indexing ....................................................2808Y. Zhang, J. Tian, K. Cao, P. Li, X.Yang

An Evaluation of Bi-modal Facial Appearance+Facial Expression Face Biometrics..............................2812P. Tsai, T.P. Tran, T. Hintz, T. Jan

Topological Structure-based Alignment for Fingerprint Fuzzy Vault .....................................................2817J. Li, X. Yang, J. Tian, P. Shi, P. Li

Facial Feature Estimation from the Local Structural Diversity of Skulls................................................2821Y. Pei, H. Zha, Z. Yuan

Combine Hierarchical Appearance Statistics for Accurate Palmprint Recognition ...............................2825Y. Han, Z. Sun, T. Tan

Similarity-Based Matching for Face Authentication .................................................................................2829C. Rosenberger, L. Brun

Ear Recognition Using LLE and IDLLE Algorithm ..................................................................................2833Z. Xie, Z. Mu

IR and Visible Face Recognition Using Fusion of Kernel Based Features ...............................................2837S.M. Desa, S. Hati

Sitting Posture Analysis by Pressure Sensors .............................................................................................2841K. Kamiya, M. Kudo, H. Nonaka, J. Toyama

How to Make Iris Recognition Easier?........................................................................................................2845W. Dong, Z. Sun, T. Tan

A Hierarchical Model for the Evaluation of Biometric Sample Quality ..................................................2849Q. He, Z. Sun, T. Tan, Y. Zou

Using SIFT Features in Palmprint Authentication ....................................................................................2853J. Chen, Y. Moon

Multiscale Competitive Code for Efficient Palmprint Recognition ..........................................................2857W. Zuo, F. Yue, K. Wang, D. Zhang

Remote Multimodal Biometric Authentication Using Bit Priority-Based Fragile Watermarking ...............................................................................................................................................2861

T. Hoang, D. Tran, D. Sharma

Pose Adaptive LDA Based Face Recognition..............................................................................................2865Z. Wang, X. Ding, C. Fang

A Corner Strength Based Fingerprint Segmentation Algorithm with Dynamic Thresholding..................................................................................................................................................2869

A. Baig, A. Bouridane, F. Kurugollu

Investigating the Separability of Features from Different Views for Gait Based Gender Classification..................................................................................................................................................2873

D. Zhang, Y. Wang

Fingerprint Indexing Based on Composite Set of Reduced SIFT Features .............................................2877X. Shuai, C. Zhang, P. Hao

Biomapping: Privacy Trustworthy Biometrics Using Noninvertible and Discriminable Constructions.................................................................................................................................................2881

J. Shi, Z. You, M. Gu, K. Lam

Evaluation Protocol for the DXM2VTS Database and Performance Comparison of Face Detection and Face Tracking on Video .......................................................................................................2885

D. Teferi, J. Bigun

Multiclass mv-Granular Soft Support Vector Machine: A Case Study in Dynamic Classifier Selection for Multispectral Face Recognition ............................................................................2889

R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore

Computational Approaches for Real-time Extraction of Soft Biometrics................................................2893Y. Ran, G. Rosenbush, Q. Zheng

Multimodal Biometrics Management Using Adaptive Score-level Combination ....................................2897A. Kumar, V. Kanhangad, D. Zhang

Indexing Iris Images .....................................................................................................................................2901R. Mukherjee, A. Ross

Extraction of Shoe-Print Patterns from Impression Evidence Using Conditional Random Fields ..............................................................................................................................................................2905

V. Ramakrishnan, S. Srihari

Fronto-Normal Gait Incorporating Accurate Practical Looming Compensation ...................................2909T.K.M. Lee, M. Belkhatir, P.A. Lee, S. Sanei

A Hybrid Approach to Gender Classification from Face Images .............................................................2913Z. Xu, L. Lu, P. Shi

Palmprint Identification Based on Non-separableWavelet Filter Banks .................................................2917J. Wu, X. You, Y.Y. Tang, Y. Cheung

Measuring Skin Reflectance Parameters ....................................................................................................2921M.P. Dickens, W.A.P. Smith, H. Ragheb, E.R. Hancock

Cancelable Iris Biometric .............................................................................................................................2925J. Zuo, N.K. Ratha, J.H. Connell

Integrating Minutiae Based Fingerprint Matching with Local Mutual Information .............................2929J. Li, S. Tulyakov, F. Farooq, J.J. Corso, V. Govindaraju

THAT1 T1P6OR8 SEGMENTATION, COLOR AND TEXTURE (ORAL) Texture Segmentation Benchmark ..............................................................................................................2933

M. Haindl, S. Mikes

Unsupervised Dynamic Texture Segmentation Using Local Spatiotemporal Descriptors......................2937J. Chen, G. Zhao, M. Pietikainen

An Adaptive-PCA Algorithm for Reflectance Estimation from Color Images........................................2941A. Mansouri, T. Sliwa, J.Y. Hardeberg, Y. Voisin

Silhouette Extraction Based on Iterative Spatio-temporal Local Color Transformation and Graph-Cut Segmentation .............................................................................................................................2945

Y. Makihara, Y. Yagi

HOPS: Efficient Region Labeling Using Higher Order Proxy Neighborhoods .......................................2949A.Y.C. Chen, J.J. Corso, L. Wang

THAT2 T1P6OR9 SENSOR SYSTEMS (ORAL) Understanding Vehicle Motion via Spatial Integration of Intensities ......................................................2953

J.Y. Zheng, Y. Bhupalam, H.T. Tanaka

Hand Modeling and Tracking from Voxel Data: An Integrated Framework with Automatic Initialization ................................................................................................................................2958

C. Tran, M.M. Trivedi

Uncertainty Minimization in Multi-sensor Localization Systems Using Model Selection Theory ............................................................................................................................................................2962

S.R. Sukumar, H. Bozdogan, D.L. Page, A.F. Koschan, M.A. Abidi

Real-time Accurate Optical Flow-based Motion Sensor............................................................................2966Z. Wei, D. Lee, B.E. Nelson, J.K. Archibald

THAT3 T2P6OR6 FEATURE REDUCTION, MANIFOLD LEARNING (ORAL) Semi-Supervised Learning by Locally Linear Embedding in Kernel Space............................................2970

R. Liu, Y. Wang, T. Baba, D. Masumoto

Localized Feature Selection for Gaussian Mixtures Using Variational Learning ...................................2974Y. Li, M. Dong, Y. Ma

Monte Carlo Subspace Method: An Incremental Approach to High-Dimensional Data Classification..................................................................................................................................................2978

T. Sakai

Metric Learning: A General Dimension Reduction Framework for Classification and Visualization ..................................................................................................................................................2982

C. Lu, G. Feng, J. Jiang, P. Wang

Maximum-Likelihood Dimensionality Reduction in Gaussian Mixture Models with an Application to Object Classification ............................................................................................................2986

M. Piccardi, H. Gunes, A.F. Otoom

THAT4 T2P6OR3 CLASSIFICATION AND CLUSTERING (ORAL) Ridge Regression for Two Dimensional Locality Preserving Projection..................................................2990

N. Nguyen, W. Liu, S. Venkatesh

Robust Region-Based Background Subtraction and Shadow Removing Using Color and Gradient Information ...................................................................................................................................2994

M. Izadi, P. Saeedi

Bhattacharyya Boosting................................................................................................................................2999Y. Jiang, X. Ding

Embedding HMM's-based Models in a Euclidean Space: The Topological Hidden Markov Models ............................................................................................................................................................3003

D. Bouchaffra

A Probabilistic Model for Classifying Segmented Images .........................................................................3007L. Wu, P. Neskovic, L. Cooper

Early Recognition of Sequential Patterns by Classifier Combination......................................................3011S. Uchida, K. Amamoto

THAT5 T3P6OR2 SURVEILLANCE AND VIDEO PROCESSING (ORAL) Real-time Abnormal Motion Detection in Surveillance Video ..................................................................3015

N. Kiryati, T.R. Raviv, Y. Ivanchenko, S. Rochel

Detecting Queues at Vending Machines: A Statistical Layered Approach ..............................................3019X. Naturel, J. Odobez

Human Motion Recognition Using Gaussian Processes Classification.....................................................3023H. Zhou, L. Wang, D. Suter

Fast and Reliable PCA-Based Temporal Segmentation of Video Sequences ...........................................3027J. Filip, M. Haindl

An Approach for Video Cut Detection Using Bipartite Graph Matching as Dissimilarity Distance ..........................................................................................................................................................3031

S.J.F. Guimaraes, Z.K.G. Do Patrocinio Jr., H.B. De Paula

Shot Boundary Detection Using Co-occurrence of Global Motion in Video Stream ..............................3035Y. Murai, H. Fujiyoshi

THAT6 T5P6PR1 HANDWRITING RECOGNITION (ORAL) Unsupervised Writer Style Adaptation for Handwritten Word Spotting ................................................3039

J.A. Rodriguez, F. Perronnin, G. Sanchez, J. Llados

Lexicon-based Offline Recognition of Amharic Words in Unconstrained Handwritten Text ...............3043Y. Assabie, J. Bigun

Combining Quadratic Classifier and Pair Discriminators by Pairwise Coupling for Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition.............................................................................................3047

T. Gao, C. Liu

Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition Using Local Discriminant Projection with Prior Information..........................................................................................................................................3051

H. Zhang, J. Yang, W. Deng, J. Guo

A Novel Approach for the Recognition of a Wide Arabic Handw itten Word Lexicon ..........................3055I.B. Cheikh, A. Belaid, A. Kacem

Hybrid Statistical-Structural On-line Chinese Character Recognition with Fuzzy Inference System ............................................................................................................................................................3059

A. Delaye, S. Mace, E. Anquetil

THAT8 T1PO3 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS / FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS / OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND RECOGNITION (POSTERS) SIFT Features for Object Recognition and Tracking within the IVSEE System ....................................3063

F. Lopez-Garcia

Incoherent Motion Detection Using a Time-series Gram Matrix Feature ...............................................3067M. Kazui, M. Miyoshi, S. Muramatsu, H. Fujiyoshi

An Interactive Scene Annotation Tool for Video Surveillance .................................................................3072W. Hu, J. Wen, H. Gong, Y. Wang

Learning Motion Patterns in Crowded Scenes Using Motion Flow Field ................................................3076M. Hu, S. Ali, M. Shah

Image Transformation for Object Tracking in High-Resolution Video...................................................3081T.E. Choe, K. Ramnath, M.W. Lee, N. Haering

Human Tracking Based on Soft Decision Feature and Online Real Boosting .........................................3085T. Yamashita, H. Fujiyoshi, S. Lao, M. Kawade

Spatio-Temporal Patches for Night Background Modeling by Subspace Learning ...............................3089Y. Zhao, H. Gong, L. Lin, Y. Jia

Full Body Tracking-Based Human Action Recognition ............................................................................3093J. Gu, X. Ding, S. Wang, Y. Wu

Deformable Surface Stereo Tracking-by-Detection Using Second Order Cone Programming.................................................................................................................................................3097

S. Shen, Y. Zheng, Y. Liu

On Edge Structure Based Adaptive Observation Model for Facial Feature Tracking...........................3101X. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Feng, M. Zhou

Online Feature Evaluation for Object Tracking Using Kalman Filter ....................................................3105Z. Han, Q. Ye, J. Jiao

SVD Based Kalman Particle Filter for Robust Visual Tracking...............................................................3109X. Zhang, W. Hu, Z. Zhao, Y. Wang, X. Li, Q. Wei

Robust Trajectory Estimation of Soccer Players by Using Two Cameras ...............................................3113N. Kasuya, I. Kitahara, Y. Kameda, Y. Ohta

Frame-skipping Tracking for Single Object with Global Motion Detection............................................3117M. Anlong, M. Huadong

Orientation and Scale Invariant Mean Shift Using Object Mask-Based Kernel.....................................3121K.M. Yi, H.S. Ahn, J.Y. Choi

Behaviour Based Particle Filtering for Human Articulated Motion Tracking........................................3125J. Darby, B. Li, N. Costen

Tracking of Articulated Pose and Motion with a Markerized Grid Suit .................................................3129J. Karlekar, S.N. Le, A.C. Fang

Hierarchical Estimation for Adaptive Visual Tracking.............................................................................3133S. Yun, J. Na, W. Kang, J. Choi

Violence Classification Based on Shape Variations from Multiple Views................................................3137F. Liu, Y. Jia

A Covariance-based Method for Dynamic Background Subtraction.......................................................3141S. Zhang, H. Yao, S. Liu, X. Chen, W. Gao

Understanding Visual Dictionaries via Maximum Mutual Information Curves.....................................3145W. Zhang, H. Deng

Feature Selection for Real-time Image Matching Systems ........................................................................3149Q. Wang, S. You

A New Hierarchical Approach in Robust Real-Time Image Feature Detection and Matching ........................................................................................................................................................3153

M. Langer, K.D. Kuhnert

Efficient Detection of Projected Concentric Circles Using Four Intersection Points on a Secant Line.....................................................................................................................................................3157

X. Ying, H. Zha

Local Gabor Phase Difference Pattern for Face Recognition ...................................................................3161Y. Guo, Z. Xu

Very Fast Ellipse Detection Using GPU-Based RHT .................................................................................3165J.K. Lee, B.A. Wood, T.S. Newman

Exact Integral Images at Generic Angles for 2D Barcode Detection........................................................3169T. Chin, H. Goh, N. Tan

Ranking the Local Invariant Features for the Robust Visual Saliencies..................................................3173S. Xia, P. Ren, E.R. Hancock

Automated Stroke Ending Analysis for Drawing Tool Classification ......................................................3177M.C. Vill, R. Sablatnig

Novel Image Feature Alphabets for Object Recognition ...........................................................................3181M. Lillholm, L. Griffin

GPU-boosted Online Image Matching ........................................................................................................3185A. Chariot, R. Keriven

A New Image Division for LBP Method to Improve Face Recognition under Varying Lighting Conditions ......................................................................................................................................3189

H.M. Vazquez, E.G. Reyes, Y.C. Molleda

Unsupervised Categorization of Heterogeneous Text Images Based on Fractals....................................3193B. Khelifi, N. Zaghden, M. Adel Alimi, R. Mullot

A Dynamic Programming Approach for Segmenting Digital Planar Curves into Line Segments and Circular Arcs.........................................................................................................................3197

F. Tortorella, R. Patraccone, M. Molinara

Learning Invariant Region Descriptor Operators with Genetic Programming and the F-Measure..........................................................................................................................................................3201

C.B. Perez, G. Olague

Point-of-Interest Detection for Range Data ................................................................................................3205F. Viksten, K. Nordberg, M. Kalms

Non-Neighboring Rectangular Feature Selection Using Particle Swarm Optimization .........................3209A. Hidaka, T. Kurita

pi-SIFT: A Photometric and Scale Invariant Feature Transform ............................................................3213J. Park, K. Park, S. Baeg, M. Baeg

Combining Local Descriptors for 3D Object Recognition and Categorization .......................................3217A.S. Salgian

Confidence Rated Boosting Algorithm for Generic Object Detection ......................................................3221N.A. Zaidi, D. Suter

Distance Transformation, Reverse Distance Transformation and Discrete Medial Axis on Toric Spaces...................................................................................................................................................3225

D. Coeurjolly

Automatic Eye State Recognition and Closed-eye Photo Correction .......................................................3229Z. Liu, H. Ai

Interactive Labeling of Facial Action Units ................................................................................................3233L. Zhang, Y. Tong, Q. Ji

Unfolding Warping For Object Recognition ..............................................................................................3237J. Xie, M. Hu, M. Shah

Efficient Geometric Matching with Higher-Order Features.....................................................................3241C. Paramanand, A.N. Rajagopalan

Image Retrieval with Graph Kernel on Regions ........................................................................................3245J. Lebrun, S. Philipp-Foliguet, P. Gosselin

MDL Patch Correspondences on Unlabeled Images..................................................................................3249J. Karlsson, K. Astrom

Linear Time Recognition Algorithms for Topological Invariants in 3D ..................................................3254L. Chen, Y. Rong

Local Shape Features for Object Recognition ............................................................................................3258B. Heisele, C. Rocha

Multi-view Face Recognition by Nonlinear Tensor Decomposition..........................................................3262C. Tian, G. Fan, X. Gao

THAT9 T2PO5 STATISTICAL, SYNTACTIC, AND STRUCTURAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (POSTERS) Supervised Learning Rule Selection for Multiclass Decision with Performance Constraints ................3266

N. Jrad, E. Grall-Maes, P. Beauseroy

Affine Moment Invariants Generated by Automated Solution of the Equations ....................................3270T. Suk, J. Flusser

Detecting Hubs and Quasi Cliques in Scale-free Networks .......................................................................3274S. Srihari, H.K. Ng, K. Ning, H.W. Leong

Error-Correcting Output Coding for Chagasic Patients Characterization .............................................3278S. Escalera, O. Pujol, P. Radeva

A New Method to Obtain the shift-table in Boyer-Moore's String Matching Algorithm .......................3282Y. Wang

Dual Clustering for Categorization of Action Sequences ..........................................................................3286J. Cheng, L. Wang, C. Leckie

Establishing Point Correspondence Using Multidirectional Binary Pattern for Face Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................3290

S. Zhao, Y. Gao

Probabilistic Diffusion Classifiers for Object Detection ............................................................................3294C. Bauckhage

Fuzzy Maximum Scatter Discriminant Analysis and its Application to Face Recognition ....................3298J. Wang, W. Yang, J. Yang

Robust Shape Normalization Based on Implicit Representations ............................................................3302T. Jiang, C. Tomasi

Automatic Extraction of Natural Fracture Traces from Borehole Images ..............................................3306J. Kherroubi

Classification of Perceived Running Fatigue in Digital Sports .................................................................3310B. Eskofier, F. Hoenig, P. Kuehner

Bayesian Sequential Face Detection with Automatic Re-initialization.....................................................3314A. Matsui, S. Clippingdale, T. Matsumoto

Parts Based Generative Models for Graphs ...............................................................................................3318D. White, R.C. Wilson

A New Radical-Based Approach to Online Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition ....................3322L. Ma, C. Liu

Signature Verification Based on Fusion of On-line and Off-line Kernels ................................................3326V. Mottl, M. Lange, V. Sulimova, A. Yermakov

Kernel Oriented Discriminant Analysis for Speaker-Independent Phoneme Spaces .............................3330H. Choi, R. Gutierrez-Osuna, S. Choi, Y. Choe

A Microeconomic Approach to Multi-Objective Spatial Clustering ........................................................3334U. Gupta, N. Ranganathan

Face Recognition Using Anisotropic Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Packets ............................................3338Y. Peng, X. Xie, W. Xu, Q. Dai

Clustered Microcalcification Detection Based on a Multiple Kernel Support Vector Machine with Grouped Features (GF-SVM) ..............................................................................................3342

T. Chang, J. Feng, H. Liu, H.H.S. Ip

Clustering by Evidence Accumulation on Affinity Propagation ...............................................................3346X. Zhang, F. Wu, Y. Zhuang

Active Contour Detection of Linear Patterns in Spectrogram Images.....................................................3350T.A. Lampert, S.E.M. O'Keefe

Kernel Bandwidth Estimation in Methods Based on Probability Density Function Modelling .......................................................................................................................................................3354

A.G. Bors, N. Nasios

On the Asymptotic Variances of Gaussian Markov Random Field Model Hyperparameters in Stochastic Image Modeling ......................................................................................................................3358

A.L.M. Levada, N.D.A. Mascarenhas, A. Tannus

Integrated Probability Function On Local Mean Distance For Image Recognition ...............................3362Z. Lou, Z. Jin

Online Anomal Movement Detection Based on Unsupervised Incremental Learning............................3366K. Sudo, T. Osawa, H. Tanaka, H. Koike, K. Arakawa

Hybrid Wavelet Support Vector Classification of Temporal Bone Abnormalities .................................3370J. George, T.K. Subin, K. Rajeev

Illumination Invariant Spatio-colorimetric Normalization .......................................................................3374D. Muselet, A. Tremeau

Quantitative Analysis of Iaido Proficiency by Using Motion Data ...........................................................3378W. Choi, S. Mukaida, H. Sekiguchi, K. Hachimura

Change Detection Based on Adaptive Markov Random Fields ................................................................3382K. Chen, C. Huo, J. Cheng, Z. Zhou, H. Lu

A Novel Robust Kernel for Appearance-Based Learning..........................................................................3386C. Liao, S. Lai

Fast Approximate Kernel-Based Similarity Search for Image Retrieval Task .......................................3390D. Gorisse, M. Cord, F. Precioso, S. Philipp-Foliguet

A Variational Inference Based Approach for Image Segmentation .........................................................3394Z. Li, Q. Liu, J. Cheng, H. Liu

A Framework for Efficient Correspondence Using Feature Interrelations .............................................3398A. Tsolakis, M. Falelakis, A. Delopoulos

An Adaptive Scene Description for Activity Analysis in Surveillance Video...........................................3402B. Morris, M. Trivedi

Uncertainty Based Classification Fusion - A Soft-Biometrics Test Case..................................................3406H. Gamboa, A.L.N. Fred

Non-Abelian Invariant Feature Detection...................................................................................................3410Y. Gur, N. Sochen

Efficient Implementation of SVM for Large Class Problems ...................................................................3414P. Ilayaraja, N.V. Neeba, C.V. Jawahar

Scribble-a-Secret: Similarity-Based Password Authentication Using Sketches ......................................3418M. Oka, K. Kato, Y. Xu, L. Liang, F. Wen

Feature Fusion Hierarchies for Gender Classification ..............................................................................3422F. Scalzo, G. Bebis, M. Nicolescu, L. Loss, A. Tavakkoli

An Incremental Nested Partition Method ...................................................................................................3426J. Correa-Morris, J. Ruiz-Shulcloper, A. Pons-Porrata

Performance Evaluation of Relevance Vector Machines as a Nonlinear Regression Method in Real-World Chemical Spectroscopic Data..............................................................................................3430

D. Porro, N. Hdez, I. Talavera, O. Nunez, A. Dago, R.J. Biscay

Temporal Difference Learning to Detect Unsafe System States ...............................................................3434H. Ning, W. Xu, Y. Zhou, Y. Gong, T. Huang

View Invariant Object Recognition .............................................................................................................3438P. Srestasathiern, A. Yilmaz

A Uniformity Criterion and Algorithm for Data Clustering.....................................................................3442S. Shetty, N. Ahuja

Bag-of-Features Kernel Eigen Spaces for Classification ...........................................................................3446G. Sharma, S. Chaudhury, J.B. Srivastava

Geodesic K-means Clustering ......................................................................................................................3450N. Asgharbeygi, A. Maleki

A Novel Validity Measure for Clusters of Arbitrary Shapes and Densities.............................................3454N.A. Yousri, M.S. Kamel, M.A. Ismail

A Comparison of Clustering Fully Polarimetric SAR Images Using SEM Algorithm and G0P Mixture ModelWith Different Initializations .....................................................................................3458

M.M. Horta, N.D.A. Mascarenhas, A.C. Frery

Object Recognition Using Graph Spectral Invariants ...............................................................................3462B. Xiao, R. Wilson, E. Hancock

THBT1 T1P3OR1 COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Structure and Motion Factorization under Quasi-Perspective Projection with Missing Data in Tracking Matrix........................................................................................................................................3466

G. Wang, Q.M.J. Wu, W. Huang

Extended Kalman Filtering Approach to Stereo Video Stabilization.......................................................3470K.K. Lee, K.H. Wong, M.M.Y. Chang, Y.K. Yu, M.K. Leung

A Similarity Measure under Log-Euclidean Metric for Stereo Matching ...............................................3474Q. Gu, J. Zhou

THBT2 T1P3OR2 FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS (ORAL) A Method of Feature Selection Using Contribution Ratio Based on Boosting ........................................3478

M. Tsuchiya, H. Fujiyoshi

A Hypergraph-based Approach to Affine Parameters Estimation...........................................................3482S.R. Bulo, A. Albarelli, A. Torsello, M. Pelillo

Using Covariance Matrices for Unsupervised Texture Segmentation......................................................3486M. Donoser, H. Bischof

THBT3 T1P3OR3 IMAGE MODELLING AND SCENE UNDERSTANDING (ORAL) Efficient Image Inner Products Applied to Active Appearance Models ..................................................3490

K. Netzell, J.E. Solem

Combined Visual Attention Model for Video Sequences ...........................................................................3494M. Milanova, S. Rubin, R. Kountchev, V. Todorov, R. Kountcheva

NorMaL: Non-compact Markovian Likelihood for Change Detection ....................................................3498O.G. Sezer, J.L. Mundy, Y. Altunbasak, D.B. Cooper

THBT4 T2P3OR1 STATISTICAL, SYNTACTIC, AND STRUCTURAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (ORAL) An Approximate Algorithm for Median Graph Computation Using Graph Embedding ......................3502

M. Ferrer, E. Valveny, F. Serratosa, K. Riesen, H. Bunke

Scale-invariant Region-based Hierarchical Image Matching....................................................................3506S. Todorovic, N. Ahuja

Multiple View Based 3D Object Classification Using Ensemble Learning of Local Subspaces .......................................................................................................................................................3511

J. Wu, K. Fukui

THBT5 T2P3OR2 HYBRID METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION (ORAL) Hybrid SVM - Random Forest Classifcation System for Oral Cancer Screening Using LIF Spectra............................................................................................................................................................3515

R.K. Singh, S.K. Naik, L. Gupta, S. Balakrishnan, C. Santhosh, K.M. Pai

An Adjustable Combination of Linear Regression and Modified Probabilistic Neural Network for Anti-Spam Filtering ................................................................................................................3519

T.P. Tran, P. Tsai, T. Jan

MCS-based Balancing Techniques for Skewed Classes: An Empirical Comparison..............................3523M.T. Ricamato, C. Marrocco, F. Tortorella

THBT6 T3P3OR1 SIGNAL THEORY AND REPRESENTATION (ORAL) Beyond SVD: Sparse Projections Onto Exemplar Orthonormal Bases for Compact Image Representation...............................................................................................................................................3527

K.S. Gurumoorthy, A. Rajwade, A. Banerjee, A. Rangarajan

A Minimum Description Length Principle Based Method for Signal Change Detection in Machine Condition Monitoring ...................................................................................................................3531

J. Hulkkonen, J. Heikkonen

EK-SVD: Optimized Dictionary Design for Sparse Representations .......................................................3535R. Mazhar, P.D. Gader

THCT1 T1P4OR1 COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Rapid Signer Adaptation for Continuous Sign Language Recognition Using a Combined Approach of Eigenvoices, MLLR, and MAP ..............................................................................................3539

U. Von Agris, C. Blomer, K. Kraiss

Face Age Estimation Using Patch-based Hidden Markov Model Supervectors......................................3543X. Zhuang, X. Zhou, M. Hasegawa-Johnson, T. Huang

Randomized Trees for Real-Time One-Step Face Detection and Recognition ........................................3547V. Belle, T. Deselaers, S. Schiffer

Bag-of-Visual-Words Models for Adult Image Classification and Filtering............................................3551T. Deselaers, L. Pimenidis, H. Ney

THCT2 T1P4OR5 MOTION, TRACKING, VIDEO ANALYSIS (ORAL) Manifold Optimisation for Motion Factorisation.......................................................................................3555

A. Shaji, S. Chandran, D. Suter

Critical Configurations of Lines to Geometry Determination of Three Cameras ...................................3559M. Zhao, R. Chung

Detection of the Intersection Lines in Multiplanar Environments: Application to Real-Time Estimation of the Camera-Scene Geometry ......................................................................................3564

G. Simon, M. Berger

Consistent and Efficient Sampler for Geometric Computation ................................................................3568S.S. Brandt

A Contrario Matching of SIFT-like Descriptors ........................................................................................3572J. Rabin, J. Delon, Y. Gousseau

THCT3 T1P4OR3 FEATURES AND IMAGE DESCRIPTORS (ORAL) Circular Earth Mover's Distance for the Comparison of Local Features ................................................3576

J. Rabin, J. Delon, Y. Gousseau

Scale-invariant Medial Features Based on Gradient Vector Flow Fields ................................................3580D. Engel, C. Curio

V-LGBP: Volume Based Local Gabor Binary Patterns for Face Representation and Recognition ....................................................................................................................................................3584

S. Xie, S. Shan, X. Chen, W. Gao

THCT4 T2P4OR1 INVARIANCE IN RECOGNITION (ORAL) Illumination Invariants Based on Markov Random Fields .......................................................................3588

P. Vacha, M. Haindl

Graph-based Classification for Multiple Observations of Transformed Patterns ..................................3592E. Kokiopoulou, S. Pirillos, P. Frossard

Rotation Invariant Local Phase Quantization for Blur Insensitive Texture Analysis ............................3596V. Ojansivu, E. Rahtu, J. Heikkila

Regularized Discriminant Analysis for Transformation-Invariant Object Recognition ........................3600Y. Noh, J. Hamm, D.D. Lee

THCT5 T2P4OR2 PATTERN RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS (ORAL) Robust Time Recognition of Video Clock Based on Digit Transition Detection and Digit-Sequence Recognition ...................................................................................................................................3605

X. Yu, Y. Li, W.S. Lee

A Hilbert Warping Method for Camera-based Finger-writing Recognition ...........................................3609H. Ishida, T. Takahashi, I. Ide, H. Murase

Affine Invariant Shape Descriptors: The ICA-Fourier Descriptor and the PCA-Fourier Descriptor ......................................................................................................................................................3614

Y. Mei, D. Androutsos

How Current BNs Fail to Represent Evolvable Pattern Recognition Problems and a Proposed Solution..........................................................................................................................................3618

N. Ghosh, B. Bhanu

THBCT8 T2PO4 MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA MINING (POSTERS) A New HMM Training and Testing Scheme...............................................................................................3622

A.H. Ko, R. Sabourin, A. De Souza Britto Jr.

Online Adaptive Clustering in a Decision Tree Framework .....................................................................3626J. Basak

Eigenspace Interpolation for Appearance-Based Object Recognition .....................................................3630T. Takahashi, L.I. Ide, Y. Mekada, H. Murase

Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithm for HMM Training ...................3634F. Yang, C. Zhang, T. Sun

Clustering-based Locally Linear Embedding .............................................................................................3638K. Hui, C. Wang

An Improvement on Learning with Local and Global Consistency .........................................................3642J. Gui, D. Huang, Z. You

Fuzzy Discriminant Projections for Facial Expression Recognition.........................................................3646R. Zhi, Q. Ruan, Z. Miao

RUSBoost: Improving Classification Performance when Training Data is Skewed ...............................3650C. Seiffert, T.M. Khoshgoftaar, J. Van Hulse, A. Napolitano

Adaptive Laplacian Eigenfunctions as Bases for Regression Analysis .....................................................3654L. Ding, X. Bai

A New Multiobjective Simulated Annealing Based Clustering Technique Using Stability and Symmetry................................................................................................................................................3658

S. Saha, S. Bandyopadhyay

Unsupervised Clustering Using Hyperclique Pattern Constraints ...........................................................3662Y. Chang, D. Lee, J. Archibald, Y. Hong

Categorization Using Semi-Supervised Clustering ....................................................................................3666J. Hu, M. Singh, A. Mojsilovic

Local Regularized Least-Square Dimensionality Reduction .....................................................................3670Y. Jia, C. Zhang

Differential Evolution Based Feature Subset Selection..............................................................................3674R.N. Khushaba, A. Al-Ani, A. Al-Jumaily

FastNMF: A Fast Monotonic Fixed-point Non-negative Matrix Factorization Algorithm with High Ease of Use ...................................................................................................................................3678

L. Li, Y. Zhang

Feature Selection via Decision Tree Surrogate Splits ................................................................................3682C. Springer, W.P. Kegelmeyer

Three Related Types of Multi-Value Association Patterns........................................................................3687T.W.H. Lui, D.K.Y. Chiu

Incremental Machine Learning Techniques for Document Layout Understanding ...............................3691S. Ferilli, M. Biba, T.M.A. Basile, F. Esposito

Detecting Trends in Social Bookmarking Systems Using a Probabilistic Generative Model and Smoothing ...............................................................................................................................................3695

R. Wetzker, T. Plumbaum, A. Korth, C. Bauckhage, T. Alpcan, F. Metze

Face Recognition Using Complete Fuzzy LDA ...........................................................................................3699W. Yang, H. Yan, J. Wang, J. Yang

Topologically Correct Surface Reconstruction Using Alpha Shapes and Relations to Ball-Pivoting ..........................................................................................................................................................3703

P. Stelldinger

Feature Selection Combining Genetic Algorithm and Adaboost Classifiers ...........................................3707H. Chouaib, O.R. Terrades, S. Tabbone, F. Cloppet, N. Vincent

Detecting and Ordering Salient Regions for Efficient Browsing ..............................................................3711L. Shoemaker, R.E. Banfield, L.O. Hall, K.W. Bowyer, W.P. Kegelmeyer

Fuzzy Rule Selection Using Iterative Rule Learning for Speech Data Classification .............................3715O. Dehzangi, B. Ma, E.S. Chng, H. Li

Manifold Denoising with Gaussian Process Latent Variable Models .......................................................3719Y. Gao, K.L. Chan, W. Yau

A Discrete-Time Parallel Update Algorithm for Distributed Learning ...................................................3723T. Alpcan, C. Bauckhage

Relevant Pattern Selection for Subspace Learning ....................................................................................3727J.H. Na, S.M. Yun, M. Kim, J.Y. Choi

Regression with Interval Output Values .....................................................................................................3731H. Kashima, A. Inokuchi, K. Yamasaki, H. Saigo

Scale Invariant Face Recognition Using Probabilistic Similarity Measure .............................................3735Z. Wang, Z. Miao

A Clustering Algorithm Combine the FCM algorithm with Supervised Learning Normal Mixture Model ...............................................................................................................................................3739

W. Wang, C. Wang, X. Cui, A. Wang

Graph Drawing Using Quantum Commute Time ......................................................................................3743D. Emms, E. Hancock, R. Wilson

Combining Hierarchical Clusterings Using Min-transitive Closure ........................................................3747A. Mirzaei, M. Rahmati

Adaptive Habituation Detection to Build Human Computer Interactive systems Using a Real-time Cross-modal Computation ..........................................................................................................3751

M. Kon, T. Koshizen, K. Aihara, H. Tsujino

Properties of the k-norm Pruning Algorithm for Decision Tree Classifiers ............................................3755M. Zhong, M. Georgiopoulos, G.C. Anagnostopoulos

A Supervised Learning Approach for Imbalanced Data Sets ...................................................................3759G.H. Nguyen, A. Bouzerdoum, S.L. Phung

Locality Preserving Multi-nominal Logistic Regression............................................................................3763K. Watanabe, T. Kurita

RANSAC-SVM for Large-Scale Datasets ...................................................................................................3767K. Nishida, T. Kurita

Illuminant Dependence of PCA, NMF and NTF in Spectral Color Imaging ...........................................3771A. Andriyashin, J. Parkkinen, T. Jaaskelainen

A Self-organized Approach for Unsupervised Fault Detection in Multiple Systems ..............................3775T. Rognvaldsson, G. Panholzer, S. Byttner, M. Svensson

Face Image Retrieval by Using Haar Features ...........................................................................................3779B. Shen, C. Chen, H. Hsu

Supervised Learning of a Generative Model for Edge-Weighted Graphs ...............................................3783A. Torsello, D.L. Dowe

Feature Condensing Algorithm for Feature Selection ...............................................................................3787P. Krizek, J. Kittler, V. Hlavac

Improving Bayesian Network Parameter Learning Using Constraints ...................................................3791C.P. De Campos, Q. Ji

On the Selection of Base Prototypes for LAESA and TLAESA Classifiers .............................................3795S. Hernandez-Rodriguez, J.F. Martinez-Trinidad, J.A. Carrasco-Ochoa

Endmember Detection Using the Dirichlet Process....................................................................................3799A. Zare, P.D. Gader

Selecting Relevant Features for Human Motion Recognition ...................................................................3803D. Gehrig, T. Schultz

Learning a Discriminative Sparse Tri-value Transform ...........................................................................3807Z. Qu, G. Qiu, P.C. Yuen

Dynamic Target Classification in Wireless Sensor Networks ...................................................................3811Y. Sun, H. Qi

Fast Multiple Instance Learning Via L1,2 Logistic Regression ................................................................3815Z. Fu, A. Robles-Kelly

Specularity Removal and Relighting of 3D Object Model for Virtual Exhibition ..................................3819S. Chow, K. Chan

Estimating the Number of People in a Video Sequence via Geometrical Model .....................................3823H. Arai, I. Miyagawa, H. Koike, M. Haseyama

Virtual Focusing Image Synthesis for User-specified Image Region Using Camera Array ...................3827S. Sugimoto, M. Okutomi

Analysis of Human Behaviour in Front of a Target Scene ........................................................................3831A. Lablack, C. Djeraba

Radon Transform and Conformal Geometric Algebra with Lines...........................................................3835L. Falcon-Morales, E. Bayro-Corrochano

Multiple Kernel Learning from Sets of Partially Matching Image Features...........................................3839S. Fu, G.S. Yang, Z. Hou, Z. Liang, M. Tan

3D Gaze Estimation with a Single Camera without IR Illumination........................................................3843J. Chen, Q. Ji

Detection and Tracking of Marine Vehicles in Video ................................................................................3847S. Fefilatyev, D. Goldgof

Model-Based Visual Self-Localization Using Geometry and Graphs .......................................................3851D. Gonzalez-Aguirre, T. Asfour, E. Bayro-Corrochano, R. Dillmann

Motion Capture Data Retrieval Using an Artist's Doll..............................................................................3856T. Feng, P. Gunawardane, J. Davis, B. Jiang

New Extensions of the 3-Simplex for Exterior Orientation .......................................................................3860J.M. Steinbis, T.L. Vincent, W.A. Hoff

Calibration of a Structured Light System by Observing Planar Object from Unknown Viewpoints......................................................................................................................................................3865

K. Yamauchi, H. Saito, Y. Sato

Matching Images More Efficiently with Local Descriptors.......................................................................3869D. Zhang, W. Wang, Q. Huang, S. Jiang, W. Gao

Applying Similarity Metrics to 3D Acquisition in Structured-Light Systems .........................................3873G.T. Jay, R. Smith

A Semisupervised Approach to Space Carving ..........................................................................................3877S. Prakash, A. Robles-Kelly

Making Real Games Virtual: Tracking Board Game Pieces.....................................................................3881S. Scher, R. Crabb, J. Davis

Symmetric Segment-based Stereo Matching of Motion Blurred Images with Illumination Variations.......................................................................................................................................................3885

W. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Huo, Q. Huang, W. Gao

Relative Scale Estimation Between Two Camera Motions ........................................................................3889Y. Jeong, I. Kweon

An Improved Mean-Shift Tracker with Kernel Prediction and Scale Optimisation Targeting for Low-Frame-Rate Video Tracking ........................................................................................3893

Z. Li, J. Chen, N.N. Schraudolph

Trajectories Normalization for Viewpoint Invariant Gait Recognition ...................................................3897F. Jean, R. Bergevin, A.B. Albu

Visual planes-based Simultaneous Localization And Model Refinement for Augmented Reality ............................................................................................................................................................3901

R. Servant, E. Marchand, P. Houlier, I. Marchal

Finite Element Modeling of Facial Deformation in Videos for Computing Strain Pattern ....................3905V. Manohar, M. Shreve, D. Goldgof, S. Sarkar

Markerless Human Motion Capture: An Application of Simulated Annealing and Fast Marching Method..........................................................................................................................................3909

Y. Lu

Human Activities: Handling Uncertainties Using Fuzzy Time Intervals .................................................3913M.S. Ryoo, J.K. Aggarwal

Boosting Local Feature Descriptors for Automatic Objects Classification in Traffic Scene Surveillance....................................................................................................................................................3918

Z. Zhang, M. Li, K. Huang, T. Tan

Multi-cue Collaborative Kernel Tracking with Cross Ratio Invariant Constraint.................................3922L. Ma, J. Cheng, H. Lu

Hierarchical Background Subtraction Using Local Pixel Clustering.......................................................3926B. Zhong, H. Yao, S. Shan, X. Chen, W. Gao

Real-time 3D Tracking Using Multiple Sample Points ..............................................................................3930A. Seki, H. Hattori

Monocular 3D Tracking of Multiple Interacting Targets..........................................................................3934T. Osawa, K. Sudo, H. Arai, H. Koike

Adaptive Selection of Non-Target Cluster Centers for K-means Tracker ...............................................3938H. Oike, H. Wu, T. Wada

A New Algorithm for Static Camera Foreground Segmentation Via Active Coutours and GMM ..............................................................................................................................................................3942

C.K. Wan, B.Z. Yuan, Z.J. Miao

An Approach to Texture-Based Image Recognition by Deconstructing Multispectral Co-occurrence Matrices Using Tchebichef Orthogonal Polynomials .............................................................3946

M. Cheong, K.S. Loke

Monocular Video Foreground Segmentation System ................................................................................3950X. Wu, Y. Wang, X. Zheng

Scale-invariant Density-based Clustering Initialization Algorithm and its Application ........................3954C. Hua, R. Sagawa, Y. Yagi

Efficient Background Modeling through Incremental Support Vector Data Description .....................3958A. Tavakkoli, M. Nicolescu, G. Bebis, M. Nicolescu

Object-of-Interest Extraction by Integrating Stochastic Inference with Learnt Active Shape Sketch..................................................................................................................................................3962

H. Li, L. Lin, T. Wu, X. Liu, L. Dong

Lennard-Jones Force Field for Geometric Active Contour.......................................................................3966Z. Li, Q. Liu, H. Lu, D. Metaxas

lRegion-based Active Contours and Sparse Representations for Texture Isegmentation ......................3970F. Lecellier, J. Fadili, S. Jehan-Besson, M. Revenu

Multiband Image Segmentation and Object Recognition Using Texture Filter Banks ..........................3974Y. Kang, K. Kidono, T. Naito, Y. Ninomiya

Effective Features Based on Normal Linear Structures for Detecting Microcalcifications in Mammograms................................................................................................................................................3978

Z.Q. Wu, J. Jiang, Y.H. Peng

Rayleigh Segmentation of the Endocardium in Ultrasound Images .........................................................3982M. Hansson, N. Overgaard, A. Heyden

Rendering of Brain Tumors Using Endoneurosonography.......................................................................3986R.M. Cadena, S. De La Cruz Rodriguez, E. Bayro-Corrochano

A Novel Automatic Seed Point Selection Algorithm for Breast Ultrasound Images ...............................3990J. Shan, H.D. Chen, Y. Wang

Robust Modeling and Recognition of Hand Gestures with Dynamic Bayesian Network .......................3994H. Suk, B. Sin, S. Lee

Tracking of Persons for Video Surveillance of Unattended Environments .............................................3998S. Kong, M.K. Bhuyan, C. Sanderson, B.C. Lovell

Analytical Method for MGRF Potts Model Parameter Estimation..........................................................4002A.M. Ali, A.A. Farag, G. Gimel'farb

Author Index