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Publications, Robert Collins

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• Efficient Mean Shift Belief Propagation for Vision Tracking
  M. Park, Y. Liu, and R. Collins
  Proceedings of CVPR 2008, June, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Rotation Symmetry Group Detection Via Frequency Analysis of Frieze-Expansions
  S. Lee, R. Collins, and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of CVPR 2008, June, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Shape Variation-based Frieze Pattern for Robust Gait Recognition
  S. Lee, Y. Liu, and R. Collins
  Proceedings of CVPR 2007, June, 2007.

• Body Localization in Still Images Using Hierarchical Models and Hybrid Search
  J. Zhang, J. Luo, R. Collins, and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'06), Vol. II, June, 2006, pp. 1536 -- 1543. [Abstract]
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• Bayesian Body Localization Using Mixture of Nonlinear Shape Models
  J. Zhang, R. Collins, and Y. Liu
  International Conference of Computer Vision (ICCV'05), October, 2005, pp. 725 - 732. [Abstract]
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• On-Line Selection of Discriminative Tracking Features
  R. Collins, Y. Liu, and M. Leordeanu
  IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 27, No. 10, October, 2005, pp. 1631 - 1643.
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• A Flow-Based Approach to Vehicle Detection and Background Mosaicking in Airborne Video
  H. Yalcin, R. Collins, M. Hebert, and M.J. Black
  Video Proceedings in conjunction with CVPR'05, June, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Background Estimation under Rapid Gain Change in Thermal Imagery
  H. Yalcin, R. Collins, and M. Hebert
  Second IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification in and Beyond the Visible Spectrum (OTCBVS'05), June, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Unsupervised Learning of Object Models from Video Sequences
  M. Leordeanu and R. Collins
  IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '05), Vol. 1, June, 2005, pp. 1142 - 1149. [Abstract]
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• A flow-based approach to vehicle detection and background mosaicking in airborne video.
  H. Yalcin, R. Collins, M. Black, and M. Hebert
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-11, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Three-Dimensional Scene Flow
  S. Vedula, S. Baker, P. Rander, R. Collins, and T. Kanade
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 27, No. 3, March, 2005, pp. 475 - 480. [Abstract]
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• An Open Source Tracking Testbed and Evaluation Web Site
  R. Collins, X. Zhou, and S.K. Teh
  IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS 2005), January 2005, January, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Multilevel Spectral Partitioning for Efficient Image Segmentation and Tracking
  D. Tolliver, S. Baker, and R. Collins
  Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, January, 2005.

• Representation and Matching of Articulated Shapes
  J. Zhang, R. Collins, and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'04), Vol. II, June, 2004, pp. 342 - 349. [Abstract]
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• A Computational Model for Periodic Pattern Perception Based on Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 26, No. 3, March, 2004, pp. 354 - 371. [Abstract]
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• A Master-Slave System to Acquire Biometric Imagery of Humans at Distance
  X. Zhou, R. Collins, T. Kanade, and P. Metes
  ACM International Workshop on Video Surveillance, November, 2003. [Abstract]
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• On-Line Selection of Discriminative Tracking Features
  R. Collins and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference of Computer Vision (ICCV '03), Vol. 1, October, 2003, pp. 346 - 352. [Abstract]
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• Mean-shift Blob Tracking through Scale Space
  R. Collins
  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'03), IEEE, June, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [287 KB] copyrighted

• On-Line Selection of Discriminative Tracking Features
  R. Collins and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-12, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [919 KB] copyrighted

• Silhouette-based Human Identification from Body Shape and Gait
  R. Collins, R. Gross, and J. Shi
  Intl' Conference on Face and Gesture, October, 2002, pp. 351-356. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [287 KB], ps.gz [432 KB] copyrighted

• An active camera system for acquiring multi-view video
  R. Collins, O. Amidi, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP '02), September, 2002, pp. 517 - 520.
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• Gait Sequence Analysis using Frieze Patterns
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV'02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [973 KB], ps.gz [567 KB] copyrighted

• Bayesian Color Constancy for Outdoor Object Recognition
  Y. Tsin, R. Collins, V. Ramesh, and T. Kanade
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'01), December, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Gait Sequence Analysis using Frieze Patterns
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-38, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1073 KB], ps.gz [659 KB] copyrighted

• Skewed Symmetry Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Vol. 1, December, 2001, pp. 872 - 879. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [519 KB], ps.gz [773 KB] copyrighted

• Algorithms for cooperative multisensor surveillance
  R. Collins, A. Lipton, H. Fujiyoshi, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 89, No. 10, October, 2001, pp. 1456 - 1477. [Abstract]
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• Robust Midsagittal Plane Extraction from Normal and Pathological 3D Neuroradiology Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus
  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 20, No. 3, March, 2001, pp. 175 - 192. [Abstract]
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• Evaluation of a Robust Midsagittal Plane Extraction Algorithm for Coarse, Pathological 3D Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus
  Proceedings of the Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI 2000), Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2000.
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• Introduction to the special section on video surveillance
  R. Collins, A. Lipton, and T. Kanade
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 22, No. 8, August, 2000, pp. 745 - 746.
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• A Computational Model for Repeated Pattern Perception using Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  2000 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2000), Vol. 1, June, 2000, pp. 537 - 544. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [979 KB], ps.gz [1433 KB], ps.z [1654 KB] copyrighted

• A System for Video Surveillance and Monitoring
  R. Collins, A. Lipton, T. Kanade, H. Fujiyoshi, D. Duggins, Y. Tsin, D. Tolliver, N. Enomoto, and O. Hasegawa
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-00-12, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2000. [Abstract]
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• A Computational Model for Repeated Pattern Perception using Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-00-08, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2000. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [907 KB], ps.gz [1467 KB], ps.z [1693 KB] copyrighted

• Periodic Pattern Analysis Under Affine Distortions Using Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  2nd International Workshop on Algebraic Frames for the Perception Action Cycle (AFPAC), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1888, Springer-Verlag Belin, Heidelberg, 2000, pp. 241 - 250.
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• Fast Image-Based Tracking by Selective Pixel Integration
  F. Dellaert and R. Collins
  ICCV 99 Workshop on Frame-Rate Vision, September, 1999. [Abstract]
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• Three-Dimensional Scene Flow
  S. Vedula, S. Baker, P. Rander, R. Collins, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Vision, Vol. 2, September, 1999, pp. 722 - 729. [Abstract]
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• Calibration of an Outdoor Active Camera System
  R. Collins and Y. Tsin
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '99), June, 1999, pp. 528 - 534. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [277 KB], ps.gz [665 KB] copyrighted

• A System for Video Surveillance and Monitoring
  R. Collins, A. Lipton, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Eighth International Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, April, 1999.
  Download: pdf [423 KB], ps.gz [692 KB] copyrighted

• Advances in Cooperative Multi-Sensor Video Surveillance
  T. Kanade, R. Collins, A. Lipton, P. Burt, and L. Wixson
  Darpa Image Understanding Workshop, Morgan Kaufmann, November, 1998, pp. 3-24. [Abstract]
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• The Ascender System: Automated Site Modeling from Multiple Aerial Images
  R. Collins, C. Jaynes, Y. Cheng, X. Wang, F. Stolle, H. Schultz, E. Riseman, and A. Hanson
  Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Vol. 72, No. 2, November, 1998, pp. 143-162. [Abstract]
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• Frieze and Wallpaper Symmetry Groups Classification under Affine and Perspective Distortion
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-37, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1998. [Abstract]
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• Automatic Bilateral Symmetry (Midsagittal) Plane Extraction from Pathological 3D Neuroradiological Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus, M.D.
  SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging, February, 1998.
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• Calibration of an Outdoor Active Camera System
  R. Collins and Y. Tsin
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-36, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [258 KB], ps.gz [442 KB] copyrighted

• Using a DEM to Determine Geospatial Object Trajectories
  R. Collins, Y. Tsin, J.R. Miller, and A. Lipton
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-19, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [573 KB], ps.gz [1029 KB] copyrighted

• Multi-Image Focus of Attention for Rapid Site Modeling
  R. Collins
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1997, pp. 575 - 581. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [274 KB], ps.gz [433 KB] copyrighted

• Cooperative Multi-Sensor Video Surveillance
  T. Kanade, R. Collins, A. Lipton, P. Anandan, P. Burt, and L. Wixson
  Proceedings of the 1997 DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, May, 1997, pp. 3-10.
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• On the Adequacy of Projective Camera Models
  R. Collins
  Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing : Image Understanding, Vol. 65, No. 3, March, 1997, pp. 434-435.

• Automatic Extraction of the Central Symmetry Plane from Neuroradiology Images
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-96-40, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1996. [Abstract]
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• A Space-Sweep Approach to True Multi-Image Matching
  R. Collins
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1996, pp. 358-363. [Abstract]
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• Determining Correspondences and Rigid Motion of 3-D Point Sets with Missing Data
  X. Wang, Y. Cheng, R. Collins, and A. Hanson
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1996, pp. 252-257. [Abstract]
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• Three-Dimensional Grouping and Information Fusion for Site Modeling from Aerial Images
  C. Jaynes, F. Stolle, H. Schultz, R. Collins, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, February, 1996, pp. 479-490.
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• UMass Progress in 3D Building Model Acquisition
  R. Collins, A. Hanson, E. Riseman, C. Jaynes, F. Stolle, X. Wang, and Y. Cheng
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, February, 1996, pp. 305-315.
  Download: pdf [352 KB], ps.gz [435 KB] copyrighted

• Automated Texture Extraction from Multiple Images to Support Site Model Refinement and Visualization
  X. Wang, J. Lim, R. Collins, and A. Hanson
  Proc.Computer Graphics and Visualization, 1996.
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• Automatic Construction of Three-Dimensional Models of Buildings
  C. Jaynes, R. Collins, Y. Cheng, X. Wang, F. Stolle, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  RADIUS: Image Understanding for Imagery Intelligence, O. Firschein and T. Strat, ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 1996, pp. 223-236.
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• Maximum-Weight Bipartite Matching Technique and Its Application in Image Feature Matching
  Y. Cheng, V. Wu, R. Collins, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  SPIE Conference on Visual Communication and Image Processing, 1996.
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• The UMass Ascender System for 3D Site Model Construction
  R. Collins, C. Jaynes, Y. Cheng, X. Wang, F. Stolle, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  RADIUS: Image Understanding for Imagery Intelligence, O. Firschein and T. Strat, ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 1996, pp. 209-222.
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• Site Model Acquisition and Extension from Aerial Images
  R. Collins, Y. Cheng, C. Jaynes, F. Stolle, X. Wang, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  International Conference on Computer Vision, June, 1995, pp. 888-893. [Abstract]
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• A System for Automated Site Model Acquisition
  R. Collins, C. Jaynes, F. Stolle, X. Wang, Y. Cheng, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Integrating Photogrammetric Techniques with Scene Analysis and Machine Vision II, Vol. 7617, April, 1995.
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• Automatic Extraction of Buildings and Terrain from Aerial Images
  R. Collins, A. Hanson, E. Riseman, and H. Schultz
  International Workshop on Automatic Extraction of Man-Made Objects from Aerial and Space Images, April, 1995, pp. 169-178.
  Download: pdf [377 KB], ps.gz [1665 KB] copyrighted

• Task Driven Perceptual Organization for Extraction of Rooftop Polygons
  C. Jaynes, F. Stolle, and R. Collins
  IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, December, 1994, pp. 152-159. [Abstract]
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• Progress in Computer Vision at the University of Massachusetts
  E. Riseman, A. Hanson, R. Collins, B. Draper, and R. Weiss
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, November, 1994, pp. 43-51.

• Site Model Acquisition under the UMass RADIUS Project
  R. Collins, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, November, 1994, pp. 351-358.
  Download: pdf [316 KB], ps.gz [498 KB] copyrighted

• Triangulation Without Correspondences
  Y. Cheng, R. Collins, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, November, 1994, pp. 993-1000.
  Download: pdf [187 KB], ps.gz [119 KB] copyrighted

• A Bayesian Analysis of Projective Incidence
  R. Collins
  Applications of Invariance in Computer Vision II, October, 1993, pp. 151-163.

• Model Acquisition Using Stochastic Projective Geometry
  R. Collins
  doctoral dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, September, 1993.
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• Matching Perspective Views of Coplanar Structures using Projective Unwarping and Similarity Matching
  R. Collins and J.R. Beveridge
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1993, pp. 240-245. [Abstract]
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• Model Matching and Extension for Automated 3D Site Modeling
  R. Collins, A. Hanson, E. Riseman, and Y. Cheng
  Arpa Image Understanding Workshop, April, 1993, pp. 197-203.

• Projective Reconstruction of Approximately Planar Scenes
  R. Collins
  Interdisciplinary Computer Vision: An Exploration of Diverse Applications, No. 1838, October, 1992, pp. 174-185.
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• Single Plane Model Extension using Projective Transformations and Data Fusion
  R. Collins
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1992, pp. 752-754. [Abstract]
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• Vanishing Point Calculation as a Statistical Inference on the Unit Sphere
  R. Collins and R. Weiss
  International Conference on Computer Vision, December, 1990, pp. 400-403. [Abstract]
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• Deriving Line and Surface Orientation by Statistical Methods
  R. Collins and R. Weiss
  Darpa Image Understanding Workshop, September, 1990, pp. 433-438.

• The Schema System
  B. Draper, R. Collins, J. Brolio, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  The International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 2, No. 3, January, 1989, pp. 209-250.

• An Efficient and Accurate Method for Computing Vanishing Points
  R. Collins and R. Weiss
  Topical Meeting on Image Understanding and Machine Vision, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C, Vol. 14, 1989, pp. 92-94.

• Image Interpretation by Distributed Cooperative Processes
  B. Draper, J. Brolio, R. Collins, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 1988, pp. 129-135. [Abstract]
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• Issues in the Development of a Blackboard-Based Schema System for Image Understanding
  B. Draper, R. Collins, J. Brolio, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Blackboard Systems, R. S. Engelmore and A. J. Morgan, ed., Addison Wesley, 1988.

• Tools and Experiments in the Knowledge-Directed Interpretation of Road Scenes
  B. Draper, R. Collins, J. Brolio, J. Griffith, A. Hanson, and E. Riseman
  Darpa Image Understanding Workshop, February, 1987, pp. 178-193.

• LEX JUSTICE : A Version Space Approach to Legal Reasoning
  R. Collins
  Counselor Project Technical Memo 16, December, 1986.

• The Law as a Learning System
  E. Rissland and R. Collins
  Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, August, 1986.