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Published in 1996

Conferences

Automated Matching Experiments with Different Kinds of SAR Imagery We carry out tests with two readily available autoinated matching algorithms in their application to (a) Magellan SAR stereo images, and (b) ERS-1…	M. Gelautz, G. Jakoib, G. Paar, S. Hensley, F. Leberl	Details
SAR Speckle Simulation After a short introduction to the principles of SAR speckle generation and its statistical properties, we give a review of different speckle…	R. Bolter, M. Gelautz, F. Leberl	Details

Published in 1998

Journals

SAR Image Simulation and Analysis of Alpine Terrain We describe the implementation of a so-called object-space algorithm to use a digital elevation model (DEM) and a sensor flight path as input for the…

M. Gelautz, H. Frick, J. Raggam, J. Burgstaller, F. Leberl

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Published in 1999

Journals

Parallel Image Processing Applied to Radar Shape-from-Shading Advanced parallelization techniques applied to a time-consuming surface reconstruction algorithm lead to excellent performance on massive parallel…	A. Goller, M. Gelautz, F. Leberl	Details
Relief Reconstruction from SAR Stereo Pairs: The "Optimal Gradient" Matching Method We present a method for improving relief reconstruction from SAR stereo images, relying on preprocessing of input data with an optimal filter. This…	P. Paillou, M. Gelautz	Details

Reports

A Retrieval System for Coats of Arms The paper describes a project aiming at content-based retrieval of coats of arms to facilitate information finding. The retrieval system should be…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger	Details
Content-based Image Retrieval of Coats of Arms The paper describes a content-based image retrieval system for coats of arms. The characteristics of arms are analyzed and specific features for…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger	Details
Merging Image Features by Self-organizing Maps in Content-based Image Retrieval This paper shows how merging by linear combination of weighted distance values can be performed. A weighting algorithm is presented for the automatic…	C. Breiteneder, D. Merkl, H. Eidenberger	Details

Published in 2000

Conferences

Construct3D: A Virtual Reality Application for Mathematics and Geometry Education Construct3D is a three dimensional geometric construction tool based on the collaborative augmented reality system "Studierstube". Our setup uses a…

H. Kaufmann, D. Schmalstieg, M. Wagner

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Automatic Query Generation for Content-based Image Retrieval We describe a subsystem of a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) environment that supports a user in the definition of image similarity. Out of a…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger	Details
Content-based Image Retrieval in Digital Libraries Today's systems for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) suffer from several drawbacks: First, user interfaces are much too complicated for average…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger	Details
Performance-optimized feature ordering for Content-based Image Retrieval We present a method to improve the performance of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems. The idea is based on the concept of query models [1],…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
Query model based Content-based Image Retrieval This abstract describes my doctoral thesis in the field of multimedia / content-based image retrieval (CBIR). CBIR aims at searching image libraries…	H. Eidenberger	Details

Theses

Suchmodell-basiertes Content-based Image Retrieval Die explosive Entwicklung des Internets in den letzten Jahren ermöglichte es, relativ kostengünstig Datenbestände von Museen, Archiven, etc.…

H. Eidenberger

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Published in 2001

Conferences

A Re-Usable Software Framework For Authoring And Managing Web Exhibitions In the course of a Web development project for the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna, ViEx, a reuse framework supporting authoring and managing…	C. Breiteneder, H. Platzer, M. Hitz	Details
Bhutan: A Virtual Exhibition "Bhutan: Fortress of the Gods" was a successful exhibition shown at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna. Later, other museums throughout Europe…	C. Breiteneder, H. Platzer, M. Hitz, J. Stockinger	Details

Reports

A Wearable 3D Augmented Reality Workspace This paper describes our work to build a wearable Augmented Reality system that supports true stereoscopic 3D graphics. Through a pen and pad…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
An Open Software Architecture for Virtual Reality Interaction This article describes OpenTracker, an open software architecture that provides a framework for the different tasks involved in tracking input…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Reitmayr	Details
Application Migration for Virtual Work Environments We present tools for managing applications in a distributed virtual work environment. A virtual work environment is a system that interfaces with…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Hesina	Details
Finger Tracking for Interaction in Augmented Environments Optical tracking systems allow three-dimensional input for virtual environment applications with high precision and without annoying cables.…	K. Dorfmüller-Ulhaas, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality The combination of mobile computing and collaborative Augmented Reality into a single system makes the power of computer enhanced interaction and…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details

Theses

A Multi-purpose virtual model of the solar system For centuries, astronomers have presented their research results about the structure of the Solar System with models. Most of them were small and…	G. Zotti	Details
Collaborative Augmented Reality A collection of papers on collaborative augmented reality submitted as a Habilitation thesis by Dieter Schmalstieg	D. Schmalstieg	Details

Published in 2002

Books

"The Right Move" - A concept for a video-based choreography tool S. Zillner, M. Gelautz, M. Kallinger: ""The Right Move" - A concept for a video-based choreography tool"; in: "Proceedings of the Photogrammetric…	S. Zillner, M. Gelautz, M. Kallinger	Details
A Framework for User Interface Design in Visual Information Retrieval This paper describes the user interface framework of the VizIR project. VizIR is an open project to develop a Java-based, extendible and…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
A Framework for Visual Information Retrieval In this paper a visual information retrieval project (VizIR) is presented. The goal of the project is the implementation of an open Content-based…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
An Experimental Study on the Performance of Visual Information Retrieval Similarity Models This paper is an experimental study on the performance of the two major methods for macro-level similarity measurement: linear weighted merging and…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
ARLib: The Augmented Library ARLib is a location-based application for a mobile Augmented Reality system based on a notebook computer, a head-mounted display fitted with a…	E. Umlauf, H. Piringer, G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Communication over the Internet using a 3D Agent with Real-time Facial Expression Analysis, Synthesis and Text to Speech Capabilities N. Chandrasiri, I. Barakonyi, T. Naemura, M. Ishizuka, H. Harashima: "Communication over the Internet using a 3D Agent with Real-time Facial…	N. Chandrasiri, I. Barakonyi, T. Naemura, M. Ishizuka, H. Harashima	Details
Construct3D: An Augmented Reality Application for Mathematics and Geometry Education Construct3D is a three dimensional geometry construction tool specifically designed for mathematics and geometry education. It is based on the mobile…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Distributed Applications for Collaborative Augmented Reality This paper focuses on the distributed architecture of the collaborative augmented reality system Studierstube. The system allows multiple users to…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Hesina	Details
JEmblazoner: Construction of Coats of Arms Images from Textual Descriptions This paper describes the free software component JEmblazoner. JEmblazoner is a Java-based user interface for Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR) in…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger, M. Wasinger	Details
Lookmark: A 2.5D Web Information Visualization System Lookmarks are thumbnails of existing web pages that can be arranged within a 2.5-dimensional space, just like documents can be arranged on a normal…	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger, G. Fiedler, M. Raab	Details
Macro-level Similarity Measurement in VizIR This paper analyzes the similarity measurement in Content-based Image and Video Retrieval systems (CBIR). The goal is to identify preliminaries for…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
Mathematics And Geometry Education With Collaborative Augmented Reality Construct3D is a three dimensional geometric construction tool specifically designed for mathematics and geometry education. It is based on the…	H. Kaufmann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Semantic Feature Layers in Content-based Image Retrieval: Implementation of Human World Features The major problem of most CBIR approaches is bad quality in terms of recall and precision. As a major reason for this, the semantic gap between…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
Structured Visual Markers for Indoor Pathfinding We present a mobile augmented reality (AR) system to guide a user through an unfamiliar building to a destination room. The system presents a…	M. Kalkusch, T. Lidy, M. Knapp, G. Reitmayr, H. Kaufmann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
VizlerControl: A Module-based Environment for Device Control based on Image Analysis The VizlerControl project aims at the development of a standardized, module-based environment for hardware device control. The term Vizler stands for…	H. Eidenberger	Details

Journals

A Platform for location based Augmented Reality Applications Augmented Reality (AR), enhancing a user´s perception of the real world with computer generated entities, and mobile computing, allowing users to…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Information Technology & Religion - Friends or Foes? J. Newman: "Information Technology & Religion - Friends or Foes?"; Borderlands, 1 (2002).	J. Newman	Details
SMIL 2.0: Markup Language for Multimedia Presentations The article describes version 2.0 of the XML-based multimedia authoring language SMIL (stands for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language). It…	H. Eidenberger, S. Boll	Details

Conferences

Angular Brushing of Extended Parallel Coordinates In this paper we present several extensions to the wellknown InfoViz technique of parallel coordinates, mainly concentrating on brushing and…	H. Hauser, F. Ledermann, H. Doleisch	Details
Communicating Multimodal Information on the WWW Using a Lifelike, Animated 3D Agent I. Barakonyi, N. Chandrasiri, S. Descamps, M. Ishizuka: "Communicating Multimodal Information on the WWW Using a Lifelike, Animated 3D Agent";…	I. Barakonyi, N. Chandrasiri, S. Descamps, M. Ishizuka	Details
Dynamically Shared Optical Tracking Optical Tracking using ARToolkit provides us with the base technology for a wealth of Augmented Reality applications. However, marker-based optical…	F. Ledermann, G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Dynamische Geometrie in Virtual Reality Construct3D ist eine Anwendung zur Konstruktion dreidimensionaler Geometrie basierend auf dem Augmented Reality (AR) System "Studierstube". In…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Geometry Education in the Augmented Classroom Current geometry and mathematics education still relies heavily on traditional tools such as pencil and paper to teach complex 3-dimensional…	D. Schmalstieg, H. Kaufmann, G. Reitmayr, F. Ledermann	Details
Two-Handed Direct Interaction with ARToolKit A mobile augmented reality system for 3D interaction requires an easy to use, interactive input device. In our work on the Studierstube project, we…	S. Veigl, A. Kaltenbach, F. Ledermann, G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details

Reports

The Studierstube Augmented Reality Project Our starting point for developing the Studierstube system was the belief that augmented reality, the less obtrusive cousin of virtual reality, has a…	D. Schmalstieg, A. Fuhrmann, G. Hesina, Z. Szalavari, L. Encarnacao, M. Gervautz, W. Purgathofer	Details
User Controlled Creation of Multiresolution Meshes E. Pojar, D. Schmalstieg: "User Controlled Creation of Multiresolution Meshes"; 2002.	E. Pojar, D. Schmalstieg	Details

Published in 2003

Books

A Comparative Study of Radar Stereo and Interferometry for DEM Generation M. Gelautz, P. Paillou, C. Chen, H. Zebker: "A Comparative Study of Radar Stereo and Interferometry for DEM Generation"; in: "Advances in SAR…	M. Gelautz, P. Paillou, C. Chen, H. Zebker	Details
A new method for visual descriptor evaluation Evaluation in visual information retrieval is usually performed by executing test queries and calculating recall and precision based on predefined…	H. Eidenberger	Details
A new perspective on visual information retrieval Visual information retrieval (VIR) is a research area with more than 300 scientific publications every year. Technological progress lets surveys…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Augmented Reality Kanji Learning ARToolKit programmers are familiar with the kanji symbols supplied with the distribution. Most of them have do not know what these kanji symbols…	I. Barakonyi, D. Wagner	Details
Augmented Reality Videonconferencing for Collaborative Work I. Barakonyi, W. Frieb, D. Schmalstieg: "Augmented Reality Videonconferencing for Collaborative Work"; in: "Proc. of the 2nd Hungarian Computer…	I. Barakonyi, W. Frieb, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Collaborative Augmented Reality in Education Technological advances enable the use of innovative learning tools for education. This work gives a brief insight into the potential and challenges…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Collaborative Work with Volumetric Data Using Augmented Reality Videoconferencing The Augmented Reality Videoconferencing System is a novel remote collaboration tool combining a desktop-based AR system and a videoconferencing…	I. Barakonyi, T. Fahmy, D. Schmalstieg, K. Kosina	Details
Data Management Strategies for Mobile Augmented Reality Any significant real-world application of mobile augmented reality will require a large model of location-bound data. While it may appear that a…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Distance measures for MPEG-7-based retrieval In visual information retrieval the careful choice of suitable proximity measures is a crucial success factor. The evaluation presented in this paper…	H. Eidenberger	Details
First Steps Towards Handheld Augmented Reality In this paper we describe the first stand-alone Augmented Reality (AR) system with self-tracking running on an unmodified personal digital assistant…	D. Schmalstieg, D. Wagner	Details
How good are the visual MPEG-7 features? The study presented in this paper analyses descriptions extracted with MPEG-7-descriptors from visual content from the statistical point of view.…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Location Based Applications for Mobile Augmented Reality In this work we investigate building indoor location based applications for a mobile augmented reality system. We believe that augmented reality is a…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR This paper describes how the handling of visual media objects is implemented in the visual information retrieval project VizIR. Essentially, four…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Medienverarbeitung in Java H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey: "Medienverarbeitung in Java"; dpunkt.verlag, Heidelberg, 2003, ISBN: 3-89864-184-8; 272 pages.	H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey	Details
SMIL and SVG in Teaching This paper describes how the web standards Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are used in…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Terrain Geomorphing in the Vertex Shader Terrain rendering has heretofore been computed by a CPU and rendered by a combination of CPU and GPU. It is possible to implement a fast terrain…	D. Wagner	Details
User Controlled Creation of Multiresolution Meshes E. Pojar, D. Schmalstieg: "User Controlled Creation of Multiresolution Meshes"; in: "Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Symposium on Interactive 3D…	E. Pojar, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Video Object Segmentation Using Stereo-derived Depth Maps D. Markovic, M. Gelautz: "Video Object Segmentation Using Stereo-derived Depth Maps"; in: "Vision in a Dynamic World", C. Beleznai, T. Schlögl (ed.);…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Video-based 3D Reconstruction of Moving Scenes Using Multiple Stationary Cameras M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz: "Video-based 3D Reconstruction of Moving Scenes Using Multiple Stationary Cameras"; in: "Vision in a Dynamic World", C.…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model The focus of this paper is on similarity modeling. In the first part we revisit underlying concepts of similarity modeling and sketch the currently…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details
WireAR - Legacy Applications in Augmented Reality Current Augmented Reality (AR) applications require that the application software be written to support a specific AR interface set up. WireAR was…	G. Reitmayr, M. Billinghurst, D. Schmalstieg	Details

Journals

Augmented Reality für die Geometrie Hannes Kaufmann ist Doktorand an der TU Wien. Sein Arbeitsgebiet: Augmented Reality ("AR") für den Mathematik- und Geometrieunterricht. AR bedeutet…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Distributed Applications for Collaborative Three-Dimensional Workspaces This paper focuses on the distributed architecture of the collaborative three-dimensional user interface management system Studierstube. The system…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Reitmayr, G. Hesina	Details
Mathematics And Geometry Education With Collaborative Augmented Reality Construct3D is a three dimensional geometric construction tool specifically designed for mathematics and geometry education. It is based on the…	H. Kaufmann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Multimedia 200x - Trends and perspectives H. Eidenberger, S. Boll: "Multimedia 200x - Trends and perspectives"; iX, 09 (2003), 85 - 90.	H. Eidenberger, S. Boll	Details
Radar stereo- and interferometry-derived digital elevation models: comparison and combination using Radarsat and ERS-2 imagery In this experiment, we derive and compare radar stereo and interferometric digital elevation models (DEMs) of a study site in Djibouti, East Africa.…	M. Gelautz, P. Paillou, C. Chen, H. Zebker	Details
SUNs free Java framework for media data Introduction to the Java Media Framewor (JMF). JMF is an os-independent extension to the Java SDK that allows processing (capturing, kompression,…	H. Eidenberger	Details
The MPEG-7 standard for multimedia content description An introduction to the MPEG-7 standard for the description of audiovisual content.	H. Eidenberger	Details
VizIR - A Framework for Visual Information Retrieval In this paper the visual information retrieval project VizIR is presented. The goal of the project is the implementation of an open visual…	H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder	Details

Conferences

A Flexible DirectShow Input Module for the Augmented Reality Toolkit T. Pintaric: "A Flexible DirectShow Input Module for the Augmented Reality Toolkit"; in: "Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Augmented…	T. Pintaric	Details
An Adaptive Thresholding Algorithm for the Augmented Reality Toolkit It is well known that fixed global thresholds have adverse effects on the reliability of marker-based optical trackers under non-uniform lighting…	T. Pintaric	Details
Augmented Reality Live-Action Compositing We shall demonstrate a system that performs live-action compositing of physical and virtual objects against a panoramic background image in real-time…	T. Pintaric	Details
Integrating Studierstube and DWARF Studierstube and DWARF are modular Augmented Reality frameworks, each with distinct advantages in different application areas. Both can easily be…	M. Bauer, O. Hilinges, A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, G. Klinker, J. Newman, G. Reitmayr, T. Fahmy, T. Pintaric, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Interactive Mediated Reality Mediated reality describes the concept of filtering our vision of reality, typically using a head-worn video mixing display. In this paper, we…	R. Grasset, J. Gascuel, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Knowledge-based Methods for Facilitating the Creation of Asbru Protocols K. Kaiser: "Knowledge-based Methods for Facilitating the Creation of Asbru Protocols"; Talk: 10th Doctoral Consortium on Advanced Information Systems…	K. Kaiser	Details
Presenting an Archaeological Site in the Virtual Showcase In this paper, we present our effort to use augmented reality technology to present an archaeological site inside the "Virtual Showcase". A scale…	F. Ledermann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Storytelling and Content presentation with Virtual and Augmented Environments in a Museum Context This paper gives an overview of the Virtual Showcase as an augmented reality display system for museums. It explains about different hardware…	S. Beckhaus, F. Ledermann, O. Bimber	Details
Tangible Augmented Reality for Computer Games C. Ulbricht, D. Schmalstieg: "Tangible Augmented Reality for Computer Games"; in: "Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on…	C. Ulbricht, D. Schmalstieg	Details
The Inverse Warp: Non-Invasive Integration of Shear-Warp Volume Rendering into Polygon Rendering Pipelines In this paper, a simple and efficient solution for combining shear-warp volume rendering and the hardware graphics pipeline is presented. The…	S. Bruckner, D. Schmalstieg, H. Hauser, E. Gröller	Details
Video-based virtual environments In this sketch we present a system for rapidly developing and deploying semi-interactive, video-based Virtual Environments.	T. Pintaric, A. Rizzo, U. Neumann	Details

Reports

A Testing Environment for Video-Based Multiview Computer Vision Research We describe the methodology, design considerations and practical implementation of an environment used in developing and testing video-based,…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
ARToolKit on the PocketPC Platform In this paper we describe the port of ARToolKit onto the PocketPC platform including optimizations that led to a three-fold speedup over the native…	D. Schmalstieg, D. Wagner	Details
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking To enable rich and meaningful Augmented Reality (AR) experiences within a Ubiquitous Computing environment, a detailed, coherent and up-to-date…	J. Newman, M. Wagner, T. Pintaric, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Presenting Past and Present of an Archaeological Site in the Virtual Showcase In this paper, we present our effort to use augmented reality technology to present an archaeological site inside the “Virtual Showcase”. A real…	F. Ledermann, D. Schmalstieg	Details

Talks

A Comparative Study of Radar Stereo and Interferometry for DEM Generation M. Gelautz, P. Paillou, C. Chen, H. Zebker: "A Comparative Study of Radar Stereo and Interferometry for DEM Generation"; Talk: Fringe'03, Frascati,…	M. Gelautz, P. Paillou, C. Chen, H. Zebker	Details
A Graphical Tuplespace D. Schmalstieg: "A Graphical Tuplespace"; Talk: Technische Universität München, Technische Universität München, Germany (invited); 07-22-2003.	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Augmented and Ubiquitous Environments with Studierstube D. Schmalstieg: "Augmented and Ubiquitous Environments with Studierstube"; Talk: Technische Universität Graz, Technische Universität Graz, Austria…	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Augmented Reality for Computer Supported Learning D. Schmalstieg: "Augmented Reality for Computer Supported Learning"; Talk: University of Salzburg, University of Salzburg, Austria (invited);…	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Augmented Reality Videoconferencing for Collaborative Work This paper describes an Augmented Reality videoconference system, which is a novel remote collaboration tool combining a desktop-based AR system and…	I. Barakonyi, W. Frieb, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Data Management Strategies for Mobile Augmented Reality Any significant real-world application of mobile augmented reality will require a large model of location-bound data. While it may appear that a…	G. Reitmayr	Details
First Steps Towards Handheld Augmented Reality In this paper we describe the first stand-alone Augmented Reality (AR) system with self-tracking running on an unmodified personal digital assistant…	D. Wagner	Details
How good are the visual MPEG-7 features? H. Eidenberger: "How good are the visual MPEG-7 features?"; Talk: SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference, Lugano, Switzerland;…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Location Based Applications for Mobile Augmented Reality In this work we investigate building indoor location based applications for a mobile augmented reality system. We believe that augmented reality is a…	G. Reitmayr	Details
Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR H. Eidenberger: "Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR"; Talk: SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference, Lugano,…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Mixed Reality: The Continuum from Virtual to Augmented Reality D. Schmalstieg: " Mixed Reality: The Continuum from Virtual to Augmented Reality"; Talk: IEEE Virtual Reality 2003, Los Angeles, USA; 03-25-2003.	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Presenting an Archaeological Site in the Virtual Showcase F. Ledermann: "Presenting an Archaeological Site in the Virtual Showcase"; Talk: VAST 2003, Brighton, England (invited); 2003.	F. Ledermann	Details
User Controlled Creation of Multiresolution Meshes We present a tool for the user-controlled creation of multiresolution meshes. Several automatic mesh reduction methods of high quality have been…	E. Pojar, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Video Object Segmentation Using Stereo-derived Depth Maps D. Markovic, M. Gelautz: "Video Object Segmentation Using Stereo-derived Depth Maps"; Poster: ÖAGM/AAPR, Laxenburg, Austria; 06-05-2003 - 06-06-2003.	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Video-based 3D Reconstruction of Moving Scenes Using Multiple Stationary Cameras M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz: "Video-based 3D Reconstruction of Moving Scenes Using Multiple Stationary Cameras"; Poster: ÖAGM/AAPR, Laxenburg, Austria;…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model H. Eidenberger: "Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, Santa Clara, USA;…	H. Eidenberger	Details

Theses

Application Management for three-dimensional user interfaces This master thesis presents a new approach to the application management of Studierstube, an Augmented Reality system offering a virtual workspace…	A. Zajic	Details
Comprehensive Calibration Procedures for Augmented Reality This work presents a comprehensive set of calibration procedures that consists of all tasks necessary for the calibration of devices commonly used in…	R. Splechtna	Details
Studierstube Render Array - A Seamless Tiled Display High-end rendering systems have provided the computer graphics community over a long period with high resolution graphics at high frame rates,…	G. Eibner	Details

Published in 2004

Books

A layered stereo algorithm using image segmentation and global visibility constraints We propose a new stereo algorithm which uses colour segmentation to allow the handling of large untextured regions and precise localization of depth…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Agents That Talk And Hit Back: Animated Agents in Augmented Reality AR Puppet is a hierarchical animation framework for Augmented Reality agents, which is a novel research area combining Augmented Reality (AR),…	I. Barakonyi, T. Psik, D. Schmalstieg	Details
AR Puppet: Animated Agents in Augmented Reality AR Puppet is a hierarchical animation framework for Augmented Reality agents, which is a novel research field connecting Augmented Reality (AR),…	I. Barakonyi, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Collaborative Augmented Reality for Outdoor Navigation and Information Browsing Augmented reality (AR) can provide an excellent user interface for visualization in a mobile computing application. The user´s view is augmented with…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, S. Tu (ed.): "Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols"; IOS Press, 2004, ISBN: 158603412x; 183 pages.	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, S. Tu	Details
Evaluating Lab@Future a collaborative e-learning laboratory experiments platform This paper presents Lab@Future, an advanced e-learning platform that uses novel Information and Communication Technologies to support and expand…	J. Courtiat, C. Davarakis, M. Faust, S. Grund, H. Kaufmann, D. Mwanza, A. Totter	Details
Experimental Combination of Intensity and Stereo Edges for Improved Snake Segmentation In this paper, we present an algorithm to combine edge information from stereo-derived depth maps with edges from the original intensity/color image…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) environments require detailed, coherent and up-to-date spatial models of the world. However, current tracking…	M. Wagner, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, J. Newman, T. Pintaric	Details
Hybrid User Interfaces Using Seamless Tiled Displays Hybrid user interfaces combine different ways of presenting information, such as desktop, projection, or head mounted displays, and turn an…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Eibner	Details
Image-Based Stereoscopic Painterly Rendering We present a new image-based stereoscopic painterly algorithm that we use to automatically generate stereoscopic paintings. Our work is motivated by…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
Recognition of Object Contours from Stereo Images: an Edge Combination Approach In this paper, we present an algorithm to combine edge information from stereo-derived depth maps with edges from the original intensity/color image…	M. Gelautz, D. Markovic	Details
Remote Collaboration Using Augmented Reality Videoconferencing This paper describes an Augmented Reality (AR) Videoconferencing system, which is a novel remote collaboration tool combining a desktop-based AR…	I. Barakonyi, T. Fahmy, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Stereo-based Image and Video Analysis for Multimedia Applications M. Gelautz, E. Stavrakis, M. Bleyer: "Stereo-based Image and Video Analysis for Multimedia Applications"; in: "The International Archives of…	M. Gelautz, E. Stavrakis, M. Bleyer	Details
Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality Augmented Reality (AR) provides a natural interface to the "calm" pervasive technology anticipated in large-scale Ubiquitous Computing environments.…	J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, D. Beyer, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker	Details
Web-based Visualization and Animation of Geospatial Data Using X3D M. Gelautz, M. Brandejsky, F. Kilzer, F. Amelung: "Web-based Visualization and Animation of Geospatial Data Using X3D"; in: "Science for Society:…	M. Gelautz, M. Brandejsky, F. Kilzer, F. Amelung	Details

Journals

A Video Browsing Application based on visual MPEG-7 Descriptors and Self-Organising Maps The paper introduces a novel approach for interactive video browsing that makes video content fully transparent to the user. Video clips are analysed…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Anwendungen digitaler Hochgeschwindigkeitsvideokameras The growing availability and affordability of digital high-speed video cameras opens the door to new applications in the areas of digital image…	M. Gelautz, W. Vogl, M. Schmutz	Details
ECAI 2004 - 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence K. Kaiser: "ECAI 2004 - 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence"; ÖGAI Journal, 23 (2004), 3; 8 - 11.	K. Kaiser	Details
Internet Communication Using Real-time Facial Expression Analysis and Synthesis Because popular technologies such as chat don’t capture people’s expressions or intonations, they fail to provide crucial emotional content. By…	N. Chandrasiri, I. Barakonyi, T. Naemura, M. Ishizuka, H. Harashima	Details
OpenML - Media from the belt This article describes OpenML - a C-based middleware for video and audio processing.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Statistical analysis of MPEG-7 image descriptions The study presented in this paper analyses the visual MPEG-7 descriptors from a statistical point of view. A statistical analysis is able to reveal…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Supporting Configurability in a Tangibly Augmented Environment for Design Students In many environments, the landscape of space and artefacts is evolving and changing with the tasks at hand. Integrating digital media and computation…	T. Binder, G. Michelis, M. Gelautz, G. Iacucci, K. Matkovic, T. Psik, I. Wagner	Details

Conferences

A Data Management Layer for Visual Information Retrieval This case study describes the data management layer of the VizIR visual information retrieval project. VizIR is an open source framework of software…	H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey	Details
Modelling of Visual Feature Derivation in the VizIR Framework If visual information retrieval should make further progress, it will be necessary to identify new ways to derive visual properties from higher…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Parallel Visual Information Retrieval in VizIR This paper describes how parallel retrieval is implemented in the content-based visual information retrieval framework VizIR. Generally, two major…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Temporal Plan Interdependencies Asbru is a complex formal language developed to represent clinical guidelines and protocols, which are time- and process-oriented. To facilitate and…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
The LAB@FUTURE Project - Moving Towards the Future of E-Learning This paper presents Lab@Future, an advanced e-learning platform that uses novel Information and Communication Technologies to support and expand…	V. Baudin, M. Faust, H. Kaufmann, V. Litsa, D. Mwanza, A. Pierre, A. Totter	Details
TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations"; in:…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations";…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Visual Data Mining This paper introduces a novel paradigm for integrated retrieval and browsing in content-based visual information retrieval systems. The proposed…	H. Eidenberger	Details
What are the potentials of the metadata standard MPEG-7? H. Eidenberger: "What are the potentials of the metadata standard MPEG-7?"; Talk: SNML 2004 Workshop, Salzburg; 12-04-2004; in: "Proceedings SNML…	H. Eidenberger	Details

Reports

Flexible Parametrization of Scene Graphs Scene graphs have become an established tool for developing interactive 3D applications, but with the focus lying on support for multi-processor and…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Scalable Techniques for Collaborative Outdoor Augmented Reality Research on mobile augmented reality (AR) so far concentrated on building and deploying prototypes and investigating technical and user interface…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Treating Temporal Information in Plan and Process Modeling K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Treating Temporal Information in Plan and Process Modeling"; 2004.	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details

Talks

A layered stereo algorithm using image segmentation and global visibility constraints We propose a new stereo algorithm which uses colour segmentation to allow the handling of large untextured regions and precise localization of depth…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
A new method for visual descriptor evaluation H. Eidenberger: "A new method for visual descriptor evaluation"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-26-2004.	H. Eidenberger	Details
A new perspective on visual information retrieval H. Eidenberger: "A new perspective on visual information retrieval"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-26-2004.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Agents That Talk And Hit Back: Animated Agents in Augmented Reality AR Puppet is a hierarchical animation framework for Augmented Reality agents, which is a novel research area combining Augmented Reality (AR),…	I. Barakonyi	Details
AR Puppet: Animated Agents in Augmented Reality AR Puppet is a hierarchical animation framework for Augmented Reality agents, which is a novel research field connecting Augmented Reality (AR),…	I. Barakonyi	Details
Augmented Reality: Technologie und Anwendungen in der Medizin D. Schmalstieg: "Augmented Reality: Technologie und Anwendungen in der Medizin"; Talk: Medizin-Universität Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria (invited);…	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Collaborative Augmented Reality for Outdoor Navigation and Information Browsing Augmented reality (AR) can provide an excellent user interface for visualization in a mobile computing application. The user’s view is augmented with…	G. Reitmayr	Details
Combining Augmented Reality and Sentient Computing J. Newman: "Combining Augmented Reality and Sentient Computing"; Talk: Workshop on Applications of Location-Aware Computing, Nottingham; 09-06-2004.	J. Newman	Details
Die Welt als Interface D. Schmalstieg: "Die Welt als Interface"; Talk: Mobile Computing Kongress 2004, Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany (invited); 10-20-2004.	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Distributed, Collaborative and Mobile Augmented Reality D. Schmalstieg: "Distributed, Collaborative and Mobile Augmented Reality"; Talk: SIGGRAPH 2004 Course #25 "Developing Augmented Reality…	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Experimental Combination of Intensity and Stereo Edges for Improved Snake Segmentation In this paper, we present an algorithm to combine edge information from stereo-derived depth maps with edges from the original intensity/color image…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) environments require detailed, coherent and up-to-date spatial models of the world. However, current tracking…	J. Newman, M. Wagner, T. Pintaric, D. Schmalstieg, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker	Details
Future Trends in Information Technology Hardware trends over the last decade have lead to substantial increase in computing power, storage capacity and network bandwidth while reducing…	G. Reitmayr	Details
Image-Based Stereoscopic Painterly Rendering We present a new image-based stereoscopic painterly algorithm that we use to automatically generate stereoscopic paintings. Our work is motivated by…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
Mobile Anwendungen von Augmented Reality D. Schmalstieg: "Mobile Anwendungen von Augmented Reality"; Talk: Fachhochschule Hagenberg, Austria, Fachhochschule Hagenberg, Austria (invited);…	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Mobile Augmented Reality D. Schmalstieg: "Mobile Augmented Reality"; Talk: Technische Universität Graz, Technische Universität Graz (invited); 01-16-2004.	D. Schmalstieg	Details
Recognition of Object Contours from Stereo Images: an Edge Combination Approach In this paper, we present an algorithm to combine edge information from stereo-derived depth maps with edges from the original intensity/color image…	M. Gelautz, D. Markovic	Details
Remote Collaboration Using Augmented Reality Videoconferencing This paper describes an Augmented Reality (AR) Videoconferencing System, which is a novel remote collaboration tool combining a desktop-based AR…	I. Barakonyi	Details
SMIL and SVG in teaching H. Eidenberger: "SMIL and SVG in teaching"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-25-2004.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Stereo-based Image and Video Analysis for Multimedia Applications M. Gelautz, E. Stavrakis, M. Bleyer: "Stereo-based Image and Video Analysis for Multimedia Applications"; Talk: XXth International Congress for…	M. Gelautz, E. Stavrakis, M. Bleyer	Details
Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality Augmented Reality (AR) provides a natural interface to the "calm" pervasive technology anticipated in large-scale Ubiquitous Computing environments.…	J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, B. Dagmar, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker	Details
Web-based Visualization and Animation of Geospatial Data Using X3D M. Gelautz, M. Brandejsky, F. Kilzer, F. Amelung: "Web-based Visualization and Animation of Geospatial Data Using X3D"; Poster: IEEE International…	M. Gelautz, M. Brandejsky, F. Kilzer, F. Amelung	Details

Theses

An Authoring Framework for Augmented Reality Presentations In this thesis, the design of APRIL, an XML-based language to create con\-tent-rich Augmented Reality (AR) applications and interactive…	F. Ledermann	Details
Automatic Generation of Graphical User Interfaces in Studierstube Studierstube is a system build to develop collaborative augmented reality applications. Interaction in this system is realised by means of the…	V. Maquil	Details
Der Türkische Schachspieler Hofkammerrat Wolfgang von Kempelen presented his mechanical chess player to the Viennese court of empress Maria Theresia in the year 1769. The chess…	A. Schälss	Details
Geometry Education with Augmented Reality To fill the gap of next-generation user interfaces for mathematics and geometry education Construct3D is introduced a three-dimensional dynamic…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Information Extraction - Utilizing Table Patterns B. Yildiz: "Information Extraction - Utilizing Table Patterns"; Supervisor: S. Miksch, K. Kaiser; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive…	B. Yildiz	Details
On Software Design for Augmented Reality Augmented reality (AR) is an intriguing user interface technique that combines the properties of the real world with information processed by a…	G. Reitmayr	Details
XML Databases for Augmented Reality The application of XML, an upcoming storage and communication format, requires an appropriate organisational system, if a certain quantity of…	W. Frieb	Details

Published in 2005

Books

Flexible Parametrization of Scene Graphs Scene graphs have become an established tool for developing interactive 3D applications, but with the focus lying on support for multi-processor and…	G. Reitmayr, D. Schmalstieg	Details
General Training of Spatial Abilities by Geometry Education in Augmented Reality Geometry education has proven as one powerful means of improving spatial abilities, an important component of human intelligence. In the first part…	H. Kaufmann, K. Steinbügl, A. Dünser, J. Glück	Details
Improving Spatial Abilities by Geometry Education in Augmented Reality - Application and Evaluation Design In the first part we summarize our development of a system that uses collaborative augmented reality as a medium for teaching, and uses 3D dynamic…	H. Kaufmann, K. Steinbügl, A. Dünser, J. Glück	Details
Perl. Einführung in die Programmierung und Problemlösen H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr: "Perl. Einführung in die Programmierung und Problemlösen"; dpunkt.verlag, 2005, ISBN: 3-89864-320-4; 272 pages.	H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr	Details

Journals

A Layered Stereo Matching Algorithm Using Image Segmentation and Global Visibility Constraints This work describes a stereo algorithm that takes advantage of image segmentation, assuming that disparity varies smoothly inside a segment of…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
AIME 2005 - 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine K. Kaiser: "AIME 2005 - 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine"; ÖGAI Journal, 24 (2005), 3; 2 - 6.	K. Kaiser	Details
Artificial Intelligence and Query Execution Methods in the VizIR Framework The article introduces the architecture of the querying components of the visual information retrieval framework VizIR. A major design goal was to…	D. Divotkey, H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey	Details
Colour Segmentation-based Computation of Dense Optical Flow with Application to Video Object Segmentation We propose a method for the computation of dense optical flow fields between two images of a video sequence. In a preprocessing step, the algorithm…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Geometrie und Raumvorstellung - Psychologische Perspektiven In diesem Beitrag soll zunächst ein kurzer Überblick über den psychologischen Wissensstand zum räumlichen Vorstellungsvermögen gegeben werden, wobei…	J. Glück, H. Kaufmann, A. Dünser, K. Steinbügl	Details
Interaction of Hypertext Forms and Global versus Sequential Learning Styles A. Dünser, M. Jirasko: "Interaction of Hypertext Forms and Global versus Sequential Learning Styles"; Journal of Educational Computing Research, 32…	A. Dünser, M. Jirasko	Details
Sicherheitsanker F. Seitner: "Sicherheitsanker"; Linuxmagazin, 3 (2005), 03/2005; 60 - 64.	F. Seitner	Details
Stereo Painting: Pleasing the Third Eye E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz: "Stereo Painting: Pleasing the Third Eye"; Journal of 3-D Imaging, United Kingdom (2005), 168; 20 - 23.	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
Visual Information Retrieval Grundlagen des Visual Information Retrieval	H. Eidenberger	Details
Web automatization with Mechanize H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr: "Web automatization with Mechanize"; iX, 7 (2005), 142 - 145.	H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr	Details

Conferences

APRIL: A High-level Framework for Creating Augmented Reality Presentations While Augmented Reality (AR) technology is steadily maturing, application development is still lacking advanced authoring tools -- even the simple…	F. Ledermann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Computer Generated Stereoscopic Artwork The focus of this work is to investigate and simulate artistic techniques in stereoscopy that go beyond stereo photography, such as stereoscopic…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
Content-based Querying Embedded in Multimedia Presentations This paper presents a solution for integrating content-based multimedia retrieval with semantics-based content selection techniques, content…	D. Divotkey, H. Eidenberger	Details
Digital (De)signs for Real Cities - Examining Sign Usage in Real and Digital Spaces Today´s cities are full of signs: road signs, signposts, maps, graffitis, among many others. Future mobile digital information systems used in urban…	F. Ledermann	Details
Drawing the Real In this paper we present an algorithm to automatically produce artistic drawings from stereo image pairs. The input to the algorithm is a natural…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch: "Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction"; Talk: 10th Conference…	K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch	Details
Gigabit Ethernet-based Parallel Video Processing This paper describes solutions for parallel video processing based on LAN-connected PC-like workstations. We outline application scenarios for the…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Graph-based Surface Reconstruction from Stereo Pairs Using Image Segmentation This paper describes a novel stereo matching algorithm for epipolar rectified images. The method applies colour segmentation on the reference image.…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Image-Based Stereoscopic Stylization We present a method to generate stylized stereo imagery that effectively communicates shape and distance of the depicted scene objects. We use…	E. Stavrakis, M. Bleyer, D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Interactive Presentation of 3D Remote Sensing Data on the Internet The interactive presentation of 3D remote sensing data on the internet presents a challenging task for ongoing research on geoscientific…	M. Gelautz, F. Kilzer, M. Brandejsky	Details
Panel: Virtual Reality and Spatial Ability H. Kaufmann, A. Rizzo, G. Kim, R. Darken, R. Astur, F. Tendick: "Panel: Virtual Reality and Spatial Ability"; Keynote Lecture: VR 2005, Bonn,…	H. Kaufmann, A. Rizzo, G. Kim, R. Darken, R. Astur, F. Tendick	Details
Parameterized Sketches from Stereo Images In this paper we present an algorithm to automatically generate sketches from stereo image pairs. Stereo analysis is initially performed on the input…	D. Markovic, E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
pdf2table: A Method to Extract Table Information from PDF Files Tables are a common structuring element in many documents, such as PDF files. To reuse such tables, appropriate methods need to be develop, which…	B. Yildiz, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Pedestrian tracking based on colour and spatial information F. Seitner, B. Lovell: "Pedestrian tracking based on colour and spatial information"; Talk: International Conference on Digital Image Computing:…	F. Seitner, B. Lovell	Details
Region-based Optical Flow Estimation with Treatment of Occlusions This paper describes an algorithm for computing the optical flow field between two consecutive frames. The algorithm takes advantage of image…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Semi-automatic transformation of structured guideline components into formal process representations K. Kaiser: "Semi-automatic transformation of structured guideline components into formal process representations"; Talk: 1st Doctoral Consortium at…	K. Kaiser	Details
Stereoscopic Painting with Varying Levels of Detail We present an algorithm for generating automatically stereoscopic paintings with varying levels of detail. We describe our interactive system built…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
Towards Massively Multi-User Augmented Reality on Handheld Devices Augmented Reality (AR) can naturally complement mobile computing on wearable devices by providing an intuitive interface to a three-dimensional…	T. Pintaric, F. Ledermann, D. Schmalstieg, D. Wagner	Details

Reports

Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction Formalizing Clinical Practice Guidelines for a subsequent computer-supported processing is a cumbersome, challenging, and time-consuming task. But…	K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch	Details
Information Extraction. A Survey. Information Extraction is a technique used to detect relevant information in larger documents and present it in a structured format. Information…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
iOrb - Unifying Command and 3D Input for Mobile Augmented Reality Input for mobile augmented reality systems is notoriously difficult. Three dimensional visualization would be ideally accompanied with 3D…	G. Reitmayr, C. Chiu, A. Kusternig, M. Kusternig, H. Witzmann	Details
Modeling Computer-Supported Clinical Guidelines and Protocols. A Survey. Clinical Practice Guidelines are an important means for improving quality in care. They describe systematic developed statements to promulgate the…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Programmieren in Perl Einführung in die Welt der Computer-Programmierung und die Programmiersprache Perl	H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr	Details
The Invisible Train T. Pintaric, F. Ledermann, D. Wagner: "The Invisible Train"; Group exhibition; organised by: Imagina, catalogue: "Imagina 2005"; Grimaldi Forum,…	T. Pintaric, F. Ledermann, D. Wagner	Details
Tutorial for the Document Exploration and Linking Tool This report represents a tutorial for the Document Exploration and Linking Tool (DELT/A), which has been developed at our group. The tutorial covers…	P. Votruba, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details

Talks

CoCoMA: Content and Context Aware Multimedia Content Retrieval, Delivery and C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger: "CoCoMA: Content and Context Aware Multimedia Content Retrieval, Delivery and"; Poster: ECDL 2005, Vienna; 09-04-2005.	C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger	Details
Förderung der Raumvorstellung mit Construct3D A. Dünser, H. Kaufmann: "Förderung der Raumvorstellung mit Construct3D"; Talk: Annual Austrian Geometry Teachers Conference, Strobl, Austria;…	A. Dünser, H. Kaufmann	Details
Raumvorstellungstraining mit Augmented Reality - wer profitiert vom Einsatz neuer Technologien? A. Dünser, K. Steinbügl, H. Kaufmann, J. Glück: "Raumvorstellungstraining mit Augmented Reality - wer profitiert vom Einsatz neuer Technologien?";…	A. Dünser, K. Steinbügl, H. Kaufmann, J. Glück	Details
Video Object Segmentation and Compositing In this presentation, we focus on techniques for video object segmentation and the subsequent combination of the extracted object(s) with another…	M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, D. Markovic, E. Stavrakis	Details

Theses

A Java-Based Media Server The distribution of multimedia content has become a prospective sector of the Internet business. Multimedia content is transmitted by media streaming…	H. Psaier	Details
Cash Flow - A Visualization Framework for 3D Flow Data The main contribution of this work is the fusion of scientific visualization algorithms and a scene graph resulting in a dynamic creation of the data…	M. Kalkusch	Details
Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds (Diploma Thesis) Until recently few research has been performed in the area of animal sound retrieval. The authors identify state-of-the-art techniques in general…	M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Discrimination and Retrieval of Environmental Sounds The human auditory sense may be regarded as the second most important sense after the sense of sight. This valuation is reflected in the field of…	D. Mitrovic	Details
Extracting Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines C. Akkaya: "Extracting Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines"; Supervisor: S. Miksch, K. Kaiser; Institut für Softwaretechnik und…	C. Akkaya	Details
LASSIE - Modeling Treatment Processes Using Information Extraction Modeling clinical guidelines and protocols in a computer-interpretable format is a challenging, but burdensome and time-consuming task. Existing…	K. Kaiser	Details
Master Thesis - Region-Based Optical Flow Estimation with Treatment of Occlusions The estimation of optical flow plays a key-role in several computer vision problems, including motion detection and segmentation, frame…	C. Rhemann	Details
Region-Based Optical Flow Estimation with Treatment of Occlusions C. Rhemann: "Region-Based Optical Flow Estimation with Treatment of Occlusions"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer; Institute for Software Technology…	C. Rhemann	Details
Selected Papers on 3D Computer Vision in Application to Optical and Radar Images M. Gelautz: "Selected Papers on 3D Computer Vision in Application to Optical and Radar Images"; TU Wien/Informatik, 2005.	M. Gelautz	Details
Trainierbarkeit der Raumvorstellung mit Augmented Reality A. Dünser: "Trainierbarkeit der Raumvorstellung mit Augmented Reality"; Institut für Psychologie, 2005.	A. Dünser	Details

Published in 2006

Books

An Event-Driven, Stochastic, Undirected Narrative (EDSUN) Framework for Interactive Contents In this paper, we present an extensible framework for interactive multimodal contents, with emphasis on augmented reality applications. The proposed…	A. Barclay, H. Kaufmann	Details
Designing Immersive Virtual Reality for Geometry Education Our work introduces immersive collaborative learning to geometry education. More specifically, we present a system that uses collaborative augmented…	H. Kaufmann, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Enrichment of clinical practice guidelines by semantics K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Enrichment of clinical practice guidelines by semantics"; in: "Semantic Technologies Showcase. The Austrian Situation", A.…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Learning Objects for Education with Augmented Reality To fill the gap of next-generation user interfaces for mathematics and geometry education Construct3D is presented, a three-dimensional dynamic…	H. Kaufmann, M. Papp	Details
Long Distance Distribution of Educational Augmented Reality Applications For distance education utilizing shared Virtual or Augmented Reality (VR/AR) applications, reliable network distribution of educational content is of…	H. Kaufmann, M. Csisinko, A. Totter	Details
Spatio-semantic systems for ubiquitous access to spatially structured information F. Ledermann: "Spatio-semantic systems for ubiquitous access to spatially structured information"; in: "Semantic Technologies Showcase - The Austrian…	F. Ledermann	Details
Towards a Taxonomy of Display Styles for Ubiquitous Multimedia In this article, a domain independent taxonomy of sign functions, rooted in an analysis of physical signs found in public space, is presented. This…	F. Ledermann, C. Breiteneder	Details
Virtual and Augmented Reality as Spatial Ability Training Tools Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR - overlaying virtual objects onto the real world) offer interesting and wide spread possibilities to…	A. Dünser, H. Kaufmann, K. Steinbügl, J. Glück	Details

Journals

Evaluation and Analysis of Similarity Measures for Content-based Visual Information Retrieval The selection of appropriate proximity measures is one of the crucial success factors of content-based visual information retrieval. In this area of…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Motion adaptive intra refresh for the H.264 video coding standard An intra refresh algorithm is presented which enables low-delay video communication at the efficiency of standard IP-coding schemes. It guarantees a…	R. Schreier, A. Rothermel	Details
Quaero (me) ante portas H. Eidenberger: "Quaero (me) ante portas"; iX, 11 (2006), 118 - 122.	H. Eidenberger	Details
The 7th European Research Framework H. Eidenberger: "The 7th European Research Framework"; iX, 9 (2006), 114 - 117.	H. Eidenberger	Details

Conferences

A Graph-based Approach to Optical Flow Estimation A vector field which describes the apparent motion between two images of a video sequence is commonly known as optical flow. The accurate estimation…	C. Rhemann, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Analysis of the Data Quality of Audio Descriptions of Environmental Sounds In this paper we perform statistical data analysis of a broad set of state-of-the-art audio features and low-level MPEG-7 audio descriptors. The…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, H. Eidenberger	Details
Architecture analysis for low-delay video coding Low-delay video coding is a key technology for video conferencing as well as upcoming remote-monitoring and automotive video applications like…	R. Schreier, A. Rahman, G. Krishnamurthy, A. Rothermel	Details
Biological Environment for Information Retrieval Heuristic methods based on biological aspects have been successfully used in many computer science areas of research, including information retrieval…	M. Girgis, A. Aly, B. Latef, B. El-Gamil	Details
Comics-Like Motion Depiction from Stereo In this paper, we present an algorithm to depict motion in comics-like form, with an artistic drawn-like representation of the scene, from a stereo…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Digital Television in Austria - Starting Experiences and Perspectives This paper discusses some starting experiences, state of the art and development perspectives of the digital television in Austria. The basic concept…	A. Samcovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder: "Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds"; Poster: IEEE Multimedia Modelling Conference, Beijing;…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Genetic Algorithms for Graph Layouts with Geometric Constraints In this paper we introduce an application of real-coded genetic algorithms to the problem of consistent graph layouts and explore the potential…	D. Vrajitoru, B. El-Gamil	Details
Kalman Filtering for Illumination-invariant Face Recognition We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant facial…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Kalman Filtering for Pose-invariant Face Recognition We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant facial…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Kalman Filtering for Robust Identification of Face Images with Varying Expressions and Lighting Conditions We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant face…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Motion Adaptive Intra Refresh for Low-Delay Video Coding An intra refresh algorithm is presented which enables low-delay video communication at the efficiency of standard IP-coding schemes. It guarantees a…	R. Schreier, A. Rothermel	Details
Segmentation-based Motion with Occlusions Using Graph-Cut Optimization We propose to tackle the optical flow problem by a combination of two recent advances in the computation of dense correspondences, namely the…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Supporting the Implementation of Living Guidelines by Information Extraction K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Supporting the Implementation of Living Guidelines by Information Extraction"; Poster: G-I-N Regional Symposium, Budapest, HU;…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
The Potential of Augmented Reality in Dynamic Geometry Education This paper summarizes work done within the previous 6 years to integrate and implement Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) technologies in geometry…	H. Kaufmann	Details

Reports

Abstraction and Implementation Strategies for Augmented Reality Authoring Augmented Reality (AR) application development is still lacking advanced authoring tools – even the simple presentation of information, which should…	F. Ledermann, D. Schmalstieg, I. Barakonyi	Details
Fast Pedestrian Tracking Based on Spatial Features and Colour, CVWW A tracking with appearance modelling system for pedestrians is described. For pedestrian detection a cascade of boosted classiers and Haar-like…	F. Seitner, A. Hanbury	Details
Towards a Taxonomy of Display Styles for Ubiquitous Multimedia In this article, a domain independent taxonomy of sign functions, rooted in an analysis of physical signs found in public space, is presented. This…	F. Ledermann, C. Breiteneder	Details

Talks

Latenzzeitoptimierte Videokompression R. Schreier, A. Rothermel: "Latenzzeitoptimierte Videokompression"; Talk: Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft Deutschland,…	R. Schreier, A. Rothermel	Details
Stereobildanalyse zur Erzeugung nicht-photorealistischer Ansichten In dieser Präsentation werden neue bildbasierte Verfahren zur automatischen Erzeugung künstlerischer Effekte in Imitation händischer Zeichen- und…	M. Gelautz	Details

Theses

Eyetrackingexperimente zur Evaluierung von Schipanoramakarten M. Kallinger: "Eyetrackingexperimente zur Evaluierung von Schipanoramakarten"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive…	M. Kallinger	Details
Implementation of a Low Cost Marker Based Infrared Light Optical Tracking System This diploma thesis investigates the implementation of a low cost marker based infrared light optical tracking system using commodity hardware. The…	M. Mehling	Details
Long Distance Distribution of Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications Collaboration is an intriguing and promising aspect in Virtual and Augmented Reality systems, whether participants are co-located or not. At least,…	M. Csisinko	Details
Pivy - Embedding a Dynamic Scripting Language into a Scene Graph Library This thesis presents the design and implementation of "Pivy": a Python language binding for the Coin scene graph library. Pivy allows for development…	T. Fahmy	Details
Robust detection and tracking of objects Due to the increasing availability of fast and cheap hardware in the past few years, today a wide range of complex visual tracking tasks is possible.…	F. Seitner	Details
Segmentation-based Stereo and Motion with Occlusions Given two images recorded from slightly different perspectives, a shape-from-stereo approach identifies corresponding points in both images that are…	M. Bleyer	Details
Segmentation-based Stereo and Motion with Occlusions Given two images recorded from slightly different perspectives, a shape-from-stereo approach identifies corresponding points in both images that are…	M. Bleyer	Details
Ubiquitous Animated Agents for Augmented Reality A growing spectrum of Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) applications suggests that interaction with computers should be as natural and effortless as…	I. Barakonyi	Details
Visualization of Complex Function Graphs in Augmented Reality Understanding the properties of a function over complex numbers can be much more difficult than with a function over real numbers. This work provides…	R. Liebo	Details

Published in 2007

Books

Abstraction and Implementation Strategies for Augmented Reality Authoring Augmented Reality (AR) application development is still lacking advanced authoring tools - even the simple presentation of information, which should…	F. Ledermann, I. Barakonyi, D. Schmalstieg	Details
Modeling Treatment Processes Using Information Extraction Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are important means to improve the quality of care by supporting medical staff. Modeling CPGs in a…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Semantics in Content-based Multimedia Retrieval H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva: "Semantics in Content-based Multimedia Retrieval"; in: "Multimedia Semantics - The Role of Metadata", Springer, 2007,…	H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva	Details

Journals

Biological Model for Information Retrieval Heuristic methods based on biological aspects have been successfully used in many computer science areas of research, including information retrieval…	M. Girgis, A. Aly, B. Latef, B. El-Gamil	Details
Evaluation of content-based image descriptors by statistical methods Evaluation of visual information retrieval systems is usually performed by executing test queries and computing recall- and precision-like measures…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Experimental Combination of Intensity and Stereo Edges for Improved Snake Segmentation In this paper, we present an algorithm to combine edge information from stereo-derived disparitymaps with edges from the original intensity/color…	D. Markovic, M. Gelautz	Details
Free and Open Source Enabling Technologies for Patient-Centric, Guideline-Based Clinical Decision Support: A Survey Objectives: Guideline-based clinical decision support is an emerging paradigm to help reduce error, lower cost, and improve quality in evidence-based…	T. Leong, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Graph-cut-based Stereo Matching using Image Segmentation with Symmetrical Treatment of Occlusions This paper describes a dense stereo matching algorithm for epipolar rectified images. The method applies colour segmentation on the reference image.…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Handy sapiens H. Eidenberger: "Handy sapiens"; iX, 2 (2007), 95 - 99.	H. Eidenberger	Details
How can Information Extraction ease formalizing treatment processes in clinical practice guidelines? A method and its evaluation Objective. Formalizing clinical practice guidelines for a subsequent computer-supported processing is a challenging, but burdensome and…	K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch	Details
Im Medienzeitäther - Aktuelle Trends in der Multimedia-Forschung H. Eidenberger: "Im Medienzeitäther - Aktuelle Trends in der Multimedia-Forschung"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2007),…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Managing Complex Augmented Reality Models Mobile augmented reality requires georeferenced data to present world-registered overlays. To cover a wide area and all artifacts and activities, a…	D. Schmalstieg, G. Schall, D. Wagner, I. Barakonyi, G. Reitmayr, J. Newman, F. Ledermann	Details
Multiple Head Mounted Displays in Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications With the recent introduction of low cost head mounted displays (HMDs), prices of HMD-based virtual reality setups dropped considerably. In various…	H. Kaufmann, M. Csisinko	Details
Warning: Subtle Aspects of Strategy Assessment may Affect Correlations Among Spatial Tests In this study, preliminary to a larger experiment, 42 participants completed four different spatial tests and, after each test, a strategy…	J. Glück, A. Dünser, K. Steinbügl, H. Kaufmann	Details

Conferences

A Macroblock-level Analysis on the Dynamic Behaviour of an H.264 Decoder This work targets the optimization of multi-processor H.264 decoder implementations. We have extended the simulator of a multi-core VLIW media…	F. Seitner, R. Schreier, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
A Meta Schema for Evidence Information in Clinical Practice Guidelines as a Basis for Decision-Making Clinical practice guidelines are an important instrument to aid physicians during medical diagnosis and treatment. Currently, different guideline…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, P. Martini, A. Öztürk	Details
Affordable Infrared-Optical Pose Tracking for Virtual and Augmented Reality In this paper, we describe the hard- and software of a new low-cost infrared-optical pose-tracking system for room-sized virtual environments. The…	T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann	Details
Analysis of a Kalman Approach for a Pedestrian Positioning System in Indoor Environments In this work we present the design principles of a wearable positioning system for users in unprepared indoor environments. We describe the most…	E. Herrera, R. Quiros, H. Kaufmann	Details
Assessment of Step Determination in a GPS/Compass/IMU System for Personal Positioning Nowadays, there have been great advances in the location technology, even though the user´s location indoor, outdoor is still a challenge. The…	E. Herrera, H. Kaufmann, R. Quiros	Details
Distributed Virtual Reality in Education H. Kaufmann: "Distributed Virtual Reality in Education"; Keynote Lecture: 11th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Embedding the Evidence Information in Guideline Representation Languages Clinical practice guidelines are widely used to support medical staff in treatment planning and decision-making, whereas, the classification of…	A. Öztürk, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch	Details
Formalizing 'Living Guidelines' using LASSIE: A Multi-step Information Extraction Method Living guidelines are documents presenting up-to-date and state-of- the-art knowledge to practitioners. To have guidelines implemented by…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Summary of Usability Evaluations of an Educational Augmented Reality Application We summarize three evaluations of an educational augmented reality application for geometry education, which have been conducted in 2000, 2003 and…	H. Kaufmann, A. Dünser	Details
Towards a Universal Implementation of 3D User Interaction Techniques This paper presents a versatile - write once, use everywhere - approach of standardizing the development of three-dimensional user interaction…	M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann	Details
Towards Integrated Authoring, Annotation, Retrieval, Adaptation, Personalization and Delivery of Multimedia Content We describe the CoCoMA task of the DELOS II European Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries. CoCoMA aims at the unification of the most important…	H. Eidenberger, S. Boll, S. Christodoulakis, D. Divotkey, K. Leopold, A. Martin, A. Perego, A. Scherp, C. Tsinaraki	Details

Reports

Medical Terminology Systems Medical terminologies provide a powerful instrument to both abstract medical information or to enrich it in order to make it better understandable.…

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Talks

An Introduction to media research at the IMS C. Rhemann: "An Introduction to media research at the IMS"; Talk: Wintergraph 2007, Nassfeld - Italien; 03-18-2007 - 03-20-2007.	C. Rhemann	Details
Entwicklung eines 3D-Raumvorstellungs-Lerntests mit Augmented Reality S. Strauß, I. Strasser, M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann, J. Glück: "Entwicklung eines 3D-Raumvorstellungs-Lerntests mit Augmented Reality"; Poster: 9.…	S. Strauß, I. Strasser, M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann, J. Glück	Details
Final Internship talk at Microsoft Research Cambridge Presentation of current research results in the field of interactive image segmentation and matting.	C. Rhemann	Details
Image Matting Presentation of recent research results in the field of image segmentation and matting.	C. Rhemann	Details
Learning Objects for Geometry Education with Augmented Reality H. Kaufmann: "Learning Objects for Geometry Education with Augmented Reality"; Keynote Lecture: Conference on E-Learning in a new Europe (BMUKK) -…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Mid-Internship talk at Microsoft Research Cambridge Presentation of current research results in the field of interactive image segmentation and matting.	C. Rhemann	Details

Theses

Image Stylization from Stereo Views of Natural Scenes As media technologies have developed over time, generating novel methods of creating, presenting and interacting with visual information, artists…	D. Markovic	Details
Pen-based Electronical Medical Record on a Tablet PC in a Medical Practice The medical sector is seen as one of the main areas for future application of pen-operated Tablet PCs. Some hospitals already use tablets for their…	D. Mayrhofer	Details
Physics Education in the Field of Mechanics with Virtual Reality PhysicsPlayground is an educational virtual reality application that should help students in understanding the concepts of mechanics in the field of…	B. Meyer	Details
Robust Edge-Tracking for Industrial Stitching of Carbon Fibre Mats Using a Laser Range Finder W. Wohlkinger: "Robust Edge-Tracking for Industrial Stitching of Carbon Fibre Mats Using a Laser Range Finder"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, M. Vincze;…	W. Wohlkinger	Details
UMLS for Information Extraction M. Kohler: "UMLS for Information Extraction"; Supervisor: K. Kaiser, S. Miksch; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive Systeme, 2007.	M. Kohler	Details

Published in 2008

Books

Computer-Interpretable Guideline Formalisms P. de Clercq, K. Kaiser, A. Hasman: "Computer-Interpretable Guideline Formalisms"; in: "Computer-based Medical Guidelines and Protocols: A Primer and…	P. Clercq, K. Kaiser, A. Hasman	Details
Visualization Methods to Support Guideline-Based Care Management W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Visualization Methods to Support Guideline-Based Care Management"; in: "Computer-based Medical Guidelines and…	W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details

Journals

Frameworks für Medienverarbeitung H. Eidenberger: "Frameworks für Medienverarbeitung"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 12 (2008), 122 - 125.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Review von Wiki-Engines H. Eidenberger et al.: "Review von Wiki-Engines"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 12 (2008), 50 - 60.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Strömungslehre H. Eidenberger: "Strömungslehre"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2008), 114 - 116.	H. Eidenberger	Details
Werkzeuge für Medien-Streaming H. Eidenberger: "Werkzeuge für Medien-Streaming"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2008), 135.	H. Eidenberger	Details

Conferences

3D Scene Reconstruction by Stereo Methods for Analysis and Visualization of Sports Scenes M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer, D. Markovic, C. Rhemann: "3D Scene Reconstruction by Stereo Methods for Analysis and Visualization of Sports Scenes"; Talk:…	M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer, D. Markovic, C. Rhemann	Details
A high-level simulator for the H.264/AVC decoding process in multi-core systems H.264 as a new-generation video coding algorithm is becoming increasingly important for international broadcasting standards such as DVB-H and DMB.…	F. Seitner, R. Schreier, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
A Latency Analysis on H.264 Video Transmission Systems Controlling and minimizing the delay of real-time video transmission systems is a key issue in latency sensitive applications. Examples for such kind…	R. Schreier, A. Rothermel	Details
A Psychophysical Study of Fixation Behavior in a Computer Game Prediction of gaze behavior in gaming environments can be a tremendously useful asset to game designers, enabling them to improve gameplay,…	V. Sundstedt, E. Stavrakis, M. Wimmer, E. Reinhard	Details
A Rigid-Body Target Design Methodology for Optical Pose-Tracking Systems The standard method for estimating the rigid-body motion of arbitrary interaction devices with an infrared-optical tracking system involves attaching…	T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann	Details
Analysis of Historical Artistic Documentaries The paper introduces a novel interdisciplinary project addressing the analysis of historical artistic films. The type of employed material has not…	M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
Construct3D - An Augmented Reality Application for Geometry Education Construct3D is a three dimensional geometric construction tool specifically designed for mathematics and geometry education. We describe our efforts…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Design Methodology for the SVENm Multimedia Engine The high computational demands of modern multimedia applications such as the H.264 video coding standard pose serious challenges on current hardware…	F. Seitner, J. Meser, G. Schedelberger, A. Wasserbauer, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, M. Schutti, R. Schreier, P. Vaclavik, G. Krottendorfer, G. Truhlar, T. Bauernfeind, P. Beham	Details
Design of a Virtual Reality Supported Test for Spatial Abilities This paper focuses on the development of a new spatial ability test in virtual reality (VR). This test measures the ability to visualize and mentally…	H. Kaufmann, M. Csisinko, I. Strasser, S. Strauß, I. Koller	Details
Development of d*star: A novel Spatial Ability Test in Virtual Environments We present d*star, a spatial ability test in an immersive Virtual Environment. In this project we are developing a dynamic test (consisting of a…	M. Csisinko	Details
Development of Multi-Core Video Decoding Platforms based on High-Level Architecture Simulations The high computational demands of state-of-the-art video coding standards such as H.264 pose serious challenges on strongly resource-restricted…	F. Seitner, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Easing the Formalization of Clinical Guidelines with a User-tailored, Extensible Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD) P. Martini, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Easing the Formalization of Clinical Guidelines with a User-tailored, Extensible Agile Model Driven Development…	P. Martini, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Evaluation of content-based Features for User-Centred Image Retrieval in Small Media Collections H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva: "Evaluation of content-based Features for User-Centred Image Retrieval in Small Media Collections"; Talk: SPIE IS&T…	H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva	Details
Evaluation of data-parallel splitting approaches for H.264 decoding The high computational demands of the H.264 decoding process pose serious challenges on current processor architectures. A natural way to tackle this…	F. Seitner, M. Bleyer, R. Schreier, M. Gelautz	Details
Evaluation of Different Methods for Using Colour Information in Global Stereo Matching Approaches Global algorithms currently represent the state-of-the-art in dense stereo matching. These methods first set up an energy function. The energy…	M. Bleyer, S. Chambon, U. Poppe, M. Gelautz	Details
High Resolution Matting via Interactive Trimap Segmentation We present a new approach to the matting problem which splits the task into two steps: interactive trimap extraction followed by trimap-based alpha…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, A. Rav-Acha, T. Sharp	Details
Improving Color Modeling for Alpha Matting This paper addresses the problem of extracting an alpha matte from a single photograph given a user-defined trimap. A crucial part of this task is…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, M. Gelautz	Details
Interactive Tools for Image-based Stereoscopic Artwork E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz: "Interactive Tools for Image-based Stereoscopic Artwork"; Poster: SPIE IS&T Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose,…	E. Stavrakis, M. Gelautz	Details
MapFace - A Graphical Editor to Support the Semantic Annotation of Medical Text The mapping of medical texts to concepts of medical terminology systems is a prerequisite for many tasks of automatically processing these documents.…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
MapFace - An Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx) K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, P. Martini: "MapFace - An Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx)"; Talk: Twenty-First IEEE International Symposium on…	K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, P. Martini	Details
Physics Playground: Physics Education in Virtual Reality This talk presents an immersive VR application for physics education. It utilizes a recent physics engine developed for the PC gaming market to…	H. Kaufmann	Details
PlayMancer - A European Serious Gaming 3D Environment "PlayMancer" is a EC-funded research project aiming to implement a platform for universally accessible and serious games. Within this project, Vienna…	C. Schönauer	Details
Playmancer: A European Serious Gaming 3D Environment Serious games are about to enter the medical sector to give people with behavioural or addictive disorders the ability to use them as part of health…	E. Kalapanidas, H. Wanatabe, C. Davarakis, H. Kaufmann, F. Aranda, T. Lam, T. Ganchev, D. Konstantas	Details
Simple but Effective Tree Structures for Dynamic Programming-based Stereo Matching This work describes a fast method for computing dense stereo correspondences that is capable of generating results close to the state-of-the-art. We…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Simulating Educational Physical Experiments in Augmented Reality We present an augmented reality application for mechanics education. It utilizes a recent physics engine developed for the PC gaming market to…	H. Kaufmann, B. Meyer	Details
SqueezeOrb: A Low-Cost Pressure-Sensitive User Input Device This paper introduces a new low-cost pressure-sensitive user input device called "SqueezeOrb". The device is built from an assembly force-sensing…	T. Pintaric, T. Kment, W. Spreicer	Details
Syntactical Negation Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines In clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) the medical information is stored in a narrative way. A large part of this information occurs in a negated…	S. Gindl, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details

Reports

Analyse der Machbarkeit und des Innovationspotentials der Anwendung der Technologie des Optical Real-Time Trackings für Aufgaben der Tunnelvortriebsvermessung Innerhalb dieser Studie wird untersucht, ob die Technologie des "Optical Real-Time Trackings" für Aufgaben der Tunnenvortriebsvermessung geeignet und…	A. Mossel, T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann	Details
Multimedia-Bibliotheken http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
SqueezeOrb: A Low-Cost Pressure-Sensitive User Input Device This paper introduces a new low-cost pressure-sensitive user input device called "SqueezeOrb''. The device is built from an assembly force-sensing…	T. Pintaric, T. Kment, W. Spreicer	Details
Wiki-Engines im Review http://www.heise.de	D. Carl, H. Eidenberger, M. Ludewig, S. Mintert, C. Schulz, B. Spanneberg, G. Völkl, R. Heyden	Details

Talks

Cognitive strategies on solving spatial tasks: development of a dynamic spatial test in augmented reality Within an interdisciplinary research project on cognitive strategies and training aspects of spatial ability, funded by the Austrian research fund…	I. Strasser, H. Kaufmann, S. Strauß, J. Glück, M. Csisinko	Details
Development of d*star We present d*star, a new spatial ability test, where the participant is embedded in an immersive Virtual Environment. Equipped with tracked stereo…	M. Csisinko	Details
MapFace - An Aid for Medical Experts to Easily Annotate Documents with MetaMap Transfer Mapping medical concepts from a terminology system, to the concepts in the narrative text of a medical document is necessary to provide semantically…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch	Details
Motion Analysis for Video Object Segmentation In this talk, we present work on motion analysis with the goal to automatically extract objects of a video scene by using color segmentation and an…	M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann	Details

Theses

Bildsegmentierung - eine Benutzerstudie unter Verwendung von Eye-tracking B. Foelsner: "Bildsegmentierung - eine Benutzerstudie unter Verwendung von Eye-tracking"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann; E 188, 2008.	B. Foelsner	Details
Dynamic Differential Geometry in an Educational Augmented Reality Application In this thesis a number of geometry software packages leading both to static and dynamic constructions and their particular features will be…	M. Tschurlovits	Details
Evaluation and Implementation of Improved Edge Detection Methods for an Industrial Robot Sewing Process A. Schöffmann: "Evaluation and Implementation of Improved Edge Detection Methods for an Industrial Robot Sewing Process"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, M.…	A. Schöffmann	Details
Evaluierung von Fehlermetriken für Image Matting Image Matting aims to separate a foreground object from an arbitrary image, which is explained as a combination of foreground and background. The…	P. Rott	Details
MapFace - A Graphical Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx) It is a complex but very important task to formalize a clinical practice guideline and model it into a representation that can be executed and…	T. Gschwandtner	Details
Negation Detection in Medical Documents Using Syntactical Methods Medical information is often stored in a narrative way, which makes the automated processing a difficult and time-consuming task. Persons responsible…	S. Gindl	Details
Skeletal Structure Generation for Optical Motion Capture Motion capture systems today have to deliver high quality motion data, while being flexible and easily adaptable to different actors. Therefore,…	C. Schönauer	Details

Published in 2009

Books

Physics Education in Virtual Reality: An Example We present an immersive VR application for physics education. It utilizes a recent physics engine developed for the PC gaming market to simulate…	H. Kaufmann, B. Meyer	Details
Playmancer Project: A Serious Videogame as Additional Therapy Tool for Eating and Impulse Control Disorders Reviews and few non-controlled studies showed the effectiveness of several specific designed computer video-games as an additional form of treatment…	S. Jiménez-Murcia, F. Aranda, E. Kalapanidas, D. Konstantas, T. Ganchev, O. Kocsis, T. Lam, J. Santamaría, T. Raguin, C. Breiteneder, H. Kaufmann, C. Davarakis	Details

Journals

Automatic Analysis - First Results in Shot Boundary Detection The project Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection1 is a joint effort of archivists, film- and computer scientists with the goal of gaining…	M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
Development of a High-Level Simulation Approach and Its Application to Multicore Video Decoding In this paper, we introduce a high-level simulation methodology for the modeling of multicore video processing architectures. This method allows…	F. Seitner, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, R. Beuschel	Details
Dynamic Differential Geometry in Education We present an augmented reality application which introduces differential geometry in educational dynamic geometry software. New functionality such…	H. Kaufmann	Details
PlayMancer: Games for Health with Accessibility in Mind The term Serious Games has been used to describe computer and video games used as educational technology or as a vehicle for presenting or promoting…	E. Kalapanidas, C. Davarakis, F. Aranda, S. Jiménez-Murcia, O. Kocsis, T. Ganchev, H. Kaufmann, T. Lam, D. Konstantas	Details
Versioning computer-interpretable guidelines: Semi-automatic modeling of `Living Guidelines´ using an information extraction method Objective Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are means to provide evidence-based medical knowledge. In order to make up-to-date "best" scientific…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Virtual Environments for Mathematics and Geometry Education Since ancient times mathematicians and geometricians use visualisations to describe, discuss, to study and to teach mathematics. In mathematics…	H. Kaufmann	Details

Conferences

A Perceptually Motivated Online Benchmark for Image Matting The availability of quantitative online benchmarks for low-level vision tasks such as stereo and optical flow has led to significant progress in the…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, J. Wang, M. Gelautz, P. Kohli, P. Rott	Details
A Stereo Approach that Handles the Matting Problem via Image Warping We propose an algorithm that simultaneously extracts disparities and alpha matting information given a stereo image pair. Our method divides the…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rother, C. Rhemann	Details
An Evaluation of Interactive Image Matting Techniques Supported by Eye-Tracking Recently, the quantitative evaluation of interactive single image matting techniques has become possible by the introduction of high-quality ground…	C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz, B. Foelsner	Details
Finding the Missing Piece: Content-Based Video Comparison The contribution of this paper consists of a framework for video comparison that allows for the analysis of different movie versions. Furthermore, a…	M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
First Steps Towards Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection “Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection” aims at a computer-aided analysis of the films of Soviet avant-garde filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896 –…	V. Kropf, M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hahn, D. Mitrovic	Details
Image Segmentation Via Iterative Geodesic Averaging We present a simple and fast method for performing unsupervised segmentation. Our method works by centering a square window on each pixel of the…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Local Stereo Matching Using Geodesic Support Weights Local stereo matching has recently experienced large progress by the introduction of new support aggregation schemes. These approaches estimate a…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Modelling Clinical Guidelines and Protocols for the Prevention of Risks Against Patient Safety A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Modelling Clinical Guidelines and Protocols for the Prevention of Risks Against Patient Safety"; Talk: The XXIInd…	A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
New Appearance Models for Image Matting Image matting is the task of estimating a fore- and background layer from a single image. To solve this ill posed problem, an accurate modeling of…	D. Singaraju, C. Rother, C. Rhemann	Details
On Feature Selection in Environmental Sound Recognition Given a broad set of content-based audio features, we employ principal component analysis for the composition of an optimal feature set for…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, H. Eidenberger	Details
Runtime-Optimised Intra-4x4 Mode-Decision for H.264/AVC Video Encoding We describe a method that considerably improves the computational behaviour of H.264 Intra-only encoders. Such Intra-only encoders come to use in…	H. Jordan, F. Seitner, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Temporally Consistent Disparity Maps from Uncalibrated Stereo Videos We address the problem of computing a sequence of dense disparity maps from two synchronized video streams recorded by slightly displaced cameras.…	M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details

Reports

Curious computers http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
Java Media Framework http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
JeeCam Communication Server http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
Light theatre http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
Pipelines: IPTV, MPEG-21, IMS http://www.heise.de	H. Eidenberger	Details
ReMINE Deliverable 4.7 -- First Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System In recent years sophisticated approaches have been developed in order to permit computerized processing and visualizing of clinical practice…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang	Details
ReMINE Internal Deliverable -- Second Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System In recent years sophisticated approaches have been developed in order to permit computerized processing and visualizing of clinical practice…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang	Details
Technical Report - A Perceptually Motivated Online Benchmark for Image Matting The availability of quantitative online benchmarks for low-level vision tasks such as stereo and optical flow has led to significant progress in the…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, J. Wang, M. Gelautz, P. Kohli, P. Rott	Details

Talks

A Review of Serious Games as Psychological Support in Health Videogames are a special form of new technologies. Initially they have been conceived for entertainment; however, during the last years, a new wave…	A. Lopez, J. Santamaría, I. Krug, L. Gamazo, K. Gunnard, E. Kalapanidas, D. Konstantas, T. Ganchev, O. Kocsis, T. Lam, T. Raguin, C. Breiteneder, H. Kaufmann, C. Davarakis, F. Aranda, S. Jiménez-Murcia	Details
Digital Media - Visual Computing M. Gelautz: "Digital Media - Visual Computing"; Talk: femIT Ringvorlesung, Innsbruck (invited); 11-25-2009.	M. Gelautz	Details
Image Matting and Evaluation M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann: "Image Matting and Evaluation"; Talk: ITG Fachtagung "Algorithmen für die Signalverarbeitung", Graz (invited); 10-02-2009.	M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Interactive Matting Matting aims to accurately extract a foreground object out of a photograph or video and is an important operation in many image/video editing…	C. Rhemann	Details
Non-photorealistic Rendering from Stereo Images M. Gelautz, D. Markovic, E. Stavrakis: "Non-photorealistic Rendering from Stereo Images"; Talk: Technical University Prague, CMP, Seminar, Center for…	M. Gelautz, D. Markovic, E. Stavrakis	Details
Von flachen Bildern zu 3D Video/TV Bunt und bewegt sind sie ja schon, die Bilder auf unseren Bildschirmen. Was noch fehlt, um unsere Umwelt realistisch abbilden zu können, ist die…	M. Gelautz	Details
Wie schaut meine Therapie aus? - Therapieplanung, -ausführung, -monitoring und -evaluierung K. Kaiser: "Wie schaut meine Therapie aus? - Therapieplanung, -ausführung, -monitoring und -evaluierung"; Talk: Veranstaltungsreihe "Was IT alles…	K. Kaiser	Details

Theses

Applications of Mixed Reality This thesis gives an overview of the author´s scientific work in previous years. It reflects the author´s ambition to develop applications of mixed…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Coreference Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines Focusing on Hypernym/Hyponym Relations M. Romauch: "Coreference Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines Focusing on Hypernym/Hyponym Relations"; Supervisor: K. Kaiser, S. Miksch;…	M. Romauch	Details
Evaluierung konkurrierender Datenterme für das Stereokorrespondenzproblem At the moment, many stereo matching algorithms (global and local) only use intensity values for the disparity map calculation. However, recent…	R. Gross	Details
Improving Data Fusion in User Positioning Systems A fault detection and correction methodology for user positioning systems based on Kalman filtering is presented in this thesis. To develop this…	E. Herrera	Details
Information Requisition is the Core of Guideline-Based Medical Care: Which Information is Needed for Whom? One indispensable precondition for designing a functional software product is to gather knowledge about (1) who is going to use the software, (2)…	T. Gschwandtner	Details
Kinetosis / Motion Sickness: A new Approach for Adaptation in Virtual Reality Kinetosis is the medical expression for motion sickness. It comes from the Greek word "kinein" which means "to move". In this master´s thesis the…	P. Kölndorfer	Details
Stereoscopic Non-Photorealistic Rendering E. Stavrakis: "Stereoscopic Non-Photorealistic Rendering"; Supervisor, Reviewer: M. Gelautz, E. Gröller; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive…	E. Stavrakis	Details

Published in 2010

Books

Applications of Mixed Reality This thesis gives an overview of the author´s scientific work in previous years. It reflects the author´s ambition to develop applications of mixed…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Features for Content-Based Audio Retrieval Today, a large number of audio features exists in audio retrieval for ifferent purposes, such as automatic speech recognition, music information…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details

Journals

An Empirical Pipeline to Derive Gaze Prediction Heuristics for 3D Action Games Gaze analysis and prediction in interactive virtual environments, such as games, is a challenging topic since the 3D perspective and variations of…	M. Bernhard, E. Stavrakis, M. Wimmer	Details
Archive Film Comparison In this paper, the authors present an approach for video comparison, in which an instantiated framework allows for the easy comparison of different…	M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
Easing Semantically Enriched Information Retrieval - An Interactive Semi-Automatic Annotation System for Medical Documents Mapping medical concepts from a terminology system to the concepts in the narrative text of a medical document is necessary to provide semantically…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch	Details
Use of strategy in a 3-dimensional spatial ability test Use of strategy was investigated using a new spatial test in which items are presented in three-dimensional space and solutions are actively…	I. Strasser, I. Koller, S. Strauß, M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann, J. Glück	Details

Conferences

A Novel Trajectory Clustering Approach for Motion Segmentation We propose a novel clustering scheme for spatio-temporal segmentation of sparse motion fields obtained from feature tracking. The approach allows for…	M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
A Spatially Varying PSF-based Prior for Alpha Matting In this paper we considerably improve on a state-of-the-art alpha matting approach by incorporating a new prior which is based on the image formation…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, P. Kohli, M. Gelautz	Details
A Study Of Gradual Transition Detection in Historic Film Material The detection of gradual transitions focuses on two types of approaches: unified approaches, i.e. one detector for all gradual transition types, and…	M. Seidl, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Adaptive Methods of Kalman Filtering for Personal Positioning Systems Kalman filtering is very efficient for data fusion, in which the definition of the process and measurement noises (i.e. the matrices Q and R,…	E. Herrera, H. Kaufmann	Details
Camera Take Reconstruction In this paper we focus on a novel issue in the field of video retrieval stemming from film analysis, namely the investigation of film montage…	M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder, D. Mitrovic	Details
Does Color Really Help in Dense Stereo Matching? This paper investigates the role of color in global stereo matching approaches. In our evaluation study, we build various energy functions by…	M. Bleyer, S. Chambon	Details
Geodesic Adaptive Support Weight Approach For Local Stereo Matching Local stereo matching has recently experienced large progress by the introduction of new support aggregation schemes. These approaches estimate a…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann	Details
Identifying Actions Described in Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Semantic Relations K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch: "Identifying Actions Described in Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Semantic Relations"; Talk: 2nd International…	K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch	Details
Information Requisition for Computer-Supported Medical Care One indispensable precondition for designing a functional software product for the modeling and execution of a computerized clinical practice…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Learning an Interactive Segmentation System Many successful applications of computer vision to image or video manipulation are interactive by nature. However, parameters of such systems are…	H. Nickisch, C. Rother, P. Kohli, C. Rhemann	Details
Near Real-Time Stereo With Adaptive Support Weight Approaches Algorithms based on the adaptive support weight strategy currently represent the state-of-the-art in local stereo matching. Unfortunately, their…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Real-Time Edge Detection for Automated Fibre-Mat Stitching M. Richtsfeld, A. Schöffmann, M. Vincze: "Real-Time Edge Detection for Automated Fibre-Mat Stitching"; Talk: 6th annual IEEE Conference on Automation…	M. Richtsfeld, A. Schöffmann, M. Vincze	Details
Scene Segmentation in Artistic Archive Documentaries Scene segmentation is a crucial task in the structural analysis of film. State-of-the-art scene segmentation algorithms usually target fiction films…	D. Mitrovic, S. Hartlieb, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Supporting the Abstraction of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction Modelling clinical practice guidelines in a computer-interpretable format is a challenging and complex task. The modelling process involves both…	K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Surface Stereo with Soft Segmentation This paper proposes a new stereo model which encodes the simple assumption that the scene is composed of a few, smooth surfaces. A key feature of our…	M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli	Details
VITAL - The Virtual Environment Interaction Technique Abstraction Layer Traditionally 3D interaction techniques (3DITs) are implemented in VR applications in a proprietary way on specific target platforms. Mixing 3DIT…	M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann	Details

Reports

JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2010 We participated in two tasks: semantic indexing (SIN) and instance search (INS). SIN runs We submitted 4 light runs, 2 with RBF kernel, 2 with a…	W. Bailer, S. Hölzl, R. Mörzinger, H. Stiegler, F. Lee, R. Sorschag	Details
ReMINE Deliverable 4.8 -- Third Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang: "ReMINE Deliverable 4.8 -- Third Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System"; Report…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang	Details

Talks

3D ohne Brille - Die Zukunft des Fernsehens M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, M. Bleyer: "3D ohne Brille - Die Zukunft des Fernsehens"; Talk: Consumer Content Conference, Köln (invited); 08-17-2010.	M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, M. Bleyer	Details
3D Video - Challenges and State-of-the-art Techniques M. Gelautz: "3D Video - Challenges and State-of-the-art Techniques"; Talk: Intelligent Systems, Innsbruck (invited); 01-12-2010.	M. Gelautz	Details
A Spatially Varying PSF-based Prior for Alpha Matting C. Rhemann, C. Rother, P. Kohli, M. Gelautz: "A Spatially Varying PSF-based Prior for Alpha Matting"; Poster: International Computer Vision Summer…	C. Rhemann, C. Rother, P. Kohli, M. Gelautz	Details
Digital Media - Visual Computing M. Gelautz: "Digital Media - Visual Computing"; Talk: femIT Ringvorlesung, Linz (invited); 11-04-2010.	M. Gelautz	Details
Digital Media - Visual Computing M. Gelautz: "Digital Media - Visual Computing"; Talk: femIT Ringvorlesung, Krems (invited); 03-04-2010.	M. Gelautz	Details
Digitale Bildverarbeitung: Software-Werkzeuge für 3D-Video M. Gelautz: "Digitale Bildverarbeitung: Software-Werkzeuge für 3D-Video"; Talk: Innovationstag der Wirtschaftskammer Wien, Wien (invited); 12-09-2010.	M. Gelautz	Details
Filtering for Visual Correspondance C. Rhemann, A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rother, M. Gelautz: "Filtering for Visual Correspondance"; Talk: Microsoft Research Cambridge, Vision Meeting,…	C. Rhemann, A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rother, M. Gelautz	Details
Geodesic Support Weights For Local Stereo This paper presents a window-based method for solving the stereo matching problem. Our contribution is to introduce the concept of connectivity for…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Improving the Energy Model of Stereo Matching Algorithms Global stereo approaches formulate the stereo matching problem in terms of an energy function that is subject to optimization. It is known that…	M. Bleyer	Details
Real-Time Tunneling Measurement based on Infrared optical Tracking (RTMIOT) This talks describes a system to perform tunneling measurement in real time based on optical infrared tracking. This stereo measurement system,…	A. Mossel	Details
Spatial Scene Reconstruction for 3D Video/TV M. Gelautz, A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, C. Rother: "Spatial Scene Reconstruction for 3D Video/TV"; Talk: AIECS 2010, Graz (invited); 08-30-2010…	M. Gelautz, A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, C. Rother	Details
Surface Stereo with Soft Segmentation (Poster presentation - ICVSS 2010) M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli: "Surface Stereo with Soft Segmentation (Poster presentation - ICVSS 2010)"; Poster: International Computer Vision…	M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli	Details
Surface Stereo with Soft Segmentation (Talk for best presentation award - ICVSS 2010) M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli: "Surface Stereo with Soft Segmentation (Talk for best presentation award - ICVSS 2010)"; Talk: International Computer…	M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli	Details
Visual Computing - 3D Szenen in Bild/Video M. Gelautz: "Visual Computing - 3D Szenen in Bild/Video"; Talk: Gastvortrag FH Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg (invited); 06-09-2010.	M. Gelautz	Details

Theses

Ein relationales Framework zur Verwaltung von videobasierten Trajektorien L. Frey: "Ein relationales Framework zur Verwaltung von videobasierten Trajektorien"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz; E188, 2010.	L. Frey	Details
Erstellung eines Standarddatensatzes für die Evaluierung von Alpha Matting Algorithmen und Aufbereitung der Resultate für die Lehre "Image Matting" is the process of separating a foreground object from a background in digital images. In order to quantitatively compare the results…	J. Pucher	Details
Interactive Image Matting Image matting aims to extract a foreground object from a single natural image by recovering the partial transparency and corresponding color of the…	C. Rhemann	Details
Modeling Sources and Sinks in Crowded Scenes by Clustering Trajectory Points Obtained by Video-based Particle Advection Analysis of real surveillance video footage is very challenging - hence this thesis provides solutions to enhance the quality of trajectories of…	R. Planinc	Details
Neue Kameraperspektiven bei TV Sportübertragungen A. Regner: "Neue Kameraperspektiven bei TV Sportübertragungen"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz; E188, 2010.	A. Regner	Details
Runtime-optimised Intra Coding Mode Selection for Real-time H.264/AVC Video Coding H. Jordan: "Runtime-optimised Intra Coding Mode Selection for Real-time H.264/AVC Video Coding"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, M. Bleyer;…	H. Jordan	Details

Published in 2011

Books

Fundamental Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Identifying Treatment Activities for Modelling Computer-Interpretable Clinical Practice Guidelines K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch: "Identifying Treatment Activities for Modelling Computer-Interpretable Clinical Practice Guidelines"; in:…	K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch	Details
Wireless Displays in Educational Augmented Reality Applications Augmented Reality (AR) as defined by Azuma [1] does not pose restrictions on output devices to be used for AR. Starting with light-weight notebooks…	H. Kaufmann, M. Csisinko	Details

Journals

Content generation for 3D video/TV A lack of suitable 3D content currently constitutes a major bottleneck for transferring the recent success of 3D cinema to our home TV. In this paper…	N. Brosch, A. Hosni, G. Ramachandran, L. He, M. Gelautz	Details
Evaluation of data-parallel H.264 decoding approaches for strongly resource-restricted architectures Decoding of an H.264 video stream is a computationally demanding multimedia application which poses serious challenges on current processor…	F. Seitner, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz, R. Beuschel	Details
Film Analysis of Archive Documentaries Film experts, archives and museums state highly demanding requirements for automated film analysis. The experimental style of archive documentaries…	M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Gradual transition detection in historic film material-a systematic study The segmentation of films and videos into shots requires the detection of gradual transitions such as dissolves and fades. There are two types of…	M. Seidl, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
Identification of ancient coins based on fusion of shape and local features R. Huber-Mörk, S. Zambanini, M. Zaharieva, M. Kampel: "Identification of ancient coins based on fusion of shape and local features"; Machine Vision…	R. Huber-Mörk, S. Zambanini, M. Zaharieva, M. Kampel	Details
Information requisition is the core of guideline-based medical care: which information is needed for whom? Rationale, aims and objectives: It is mandatory for the design of an efficient software product to know the different groups of users of a software…	T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch	Details
Retrieval of motion composition in film M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder: "Retrieval of motion composition in film"; Digital Creativity, 22 (2011), 4; 219 - 234.	M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details

Conferences

A Global Sampling Method for Alpha Matting Alpha matting refers to the problem of softly extracting the foreground from an image. Given a trimap (specifying known foreground/background and…	K. He, C. Rhemann, C. Rother, X. Tang, J. Sun	Details
Action scene detection from motion and events Action scenes usually contain higher motion activity than other scenes in feature films while showing events like fights, gun shots and car crashes.…	R. Sorschag, M. Hörhan	Details
CareCruiser: Exploring and Visualizing Plans, Events, and Effects Interactively In recent years, sophisticated visualization methods have been developed to support both, the logical structure and the time-oriented aspects of…	T. Gschwandtner, W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang	Details
Chronic Pain Rehabilitation with a Serious Game using Multimodal Input Rehabilitation for chronic pain follows a multidisciplinary approach, which despite the effort, often lacks the long term success and patients often…	C. Schönauer, T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann, S. Jansen-Kosterink, M. Vollenbroek-Hutten	Details
CORI: A Configurable Object Recognition Infrastructure In this work, we present an object recognition infrastructure that can be adapted to the needs of a broad spectrum of tasks without writing a single…	R. Sorschag	Details
Cross-Modal Analysis of Audio-Visual Film Montage A stylistic device frequently employed by filmmakers is the synchronous montage (composition) of audio and visual elements. Synchronous montage helps…	M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
Cutting the Cord: Wireless Mixed Reality Displays In this paper we present wireless technologies that can be used to transmit uncompressed stereoscopic video signals to wireless displays in real…	M. Csisinko, H. Kaufmann	Details
Deep Web Integrated Systems: Current Achievements and Open Issues The problem of extracting data that resides in the deep Web has become the center of many research efforts in the recent few years. The challenges in…	B. El-Gamil, W. Winiwarter, B. Božić, H. Wahl	Details
Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Visualization of Therapy Plans and Patient Data CareCruiser is a system designed to visualize the effects of applying clinical treatment plans and to support the exploration of the effects that the…	T. Gschwandtner, W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang	Details
Detection and Classification of Petroglyphs in Gigapixel Images With the advances of digital photography, the number of high quality images of rock panels containing petroglyphs grows steadily. Different…	M. Seidl, C. Breiteneder	Details
Fast Cost-Volume Filtering for Visual Correspondence and Beyond Many computer vision tasks can be formulated as labeling problems. The desired solution is often a spatially smooth labeling where label transitions…	C. Rhemann, A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rother, M. Gelautz	Details
Full body interaction for serious games in motor rehabilitation Serious games and especially their use in healthcare applications are an active and rapidly growing area of research. A key aspect of games in…	C. Schönauer, T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann	Details
Object Removal by Depth-guided Inpainting Object removal by image inpainting aims at the visual uniformity of the inpainted blanks among their surroundings. Most inpainting algorithms pursue…	L. He, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Object Stereo - Joint Stereo Matching and Object Segmentation This paper presents a method for joint stereo matching and object segmentation. In our approach a 3D scene is represented as a collection of visually…	M. Bleyer, C. Rother, P. Kohli, D. Scharstein, S. Sinha	Details
PatchMatch Stereo - Stereo Matching with Slanted Support Windows Common local stereo methods match support windows at integer-valued disparities. The implicit assumption that pixels within the support region have…	M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, C. Rother	Details
Quality Assurance for Data from Low-Tech Participants in Distributed Automation Engineering Environments Participants in modern automation engineering projects typically work distributed and in parallel. Therefore, there are advanced approaches for…	R. Mordinyi, A. Pacha, S. Biffl	Details
Real-time Local Stereo Matching Using Guided Image Filtering Adaptive support weight algorithms represent the state-of-the-art in local stereo matching. Their limitation is a high computational demand, which…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz, C. Rother	Details
Retrieval of Visual Composition in Film The spatial arrangement of visual elements of an image, i.e. the visual composition, is a research subject in the domain of visual arts which include…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Segmentation-Based Depth Propagation in Videos In this paper we propose a simple yet effective approach to convert existing 2D video content into 3D. We present a new semi-automatic algorithm that…	N. Brosch, C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz	Details
Supporting Knowledge Modelling by Multi-modal Learning: Defining the Requirements A persistent problem faced in modelling medical knowledge is the required combination of skills from the fields of computer science and medicine. The…	K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang	Details
Temporally Consistent Disparity and Optical Flow via Efficient Spatio-temporal Filtering Abstract. This paper presents a new efficient algorithm for computing temporally consistent disparity maps from video footage. Our method is…	A. Hosni, C. Rhemann, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Temporally Consistent Disparity and Optical Flow via Efficient Spatio-temporal Filtering This paper presents a new efficient algorithm for computing temporally consistent disparity maps from video footage. Our method is motivated by…	A. Hosni, C. Rhemann, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details

Reports

JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2011: Semantic Indexing and Instance Search W. Bailer, R. Sorschag, F. Lee, H. Stiegler, G. Schwendt: "JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2011: Semantic Indexing…	W. Bailer, R. Sorschag, F. Lee, H. Stiegler, G. Schwendt	Details
MHB-F Specification MHB-F stands for Many-Headed Bridge, Free-text version. It is an intermediate representation tailored to the modelling of clinical guidelines or…	A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser	Details

Talks

3D Interaction Technique Authoring utilizing VITAL (Virtual Environment Interaction Technique Abstraction Layer) VITAL is a framework targeted on 3D interaction technique (3DIT) authors. Its open architecture promotes creation of 3DIT implementations which are…	M. Csisinko	Details
A Framework For Perceptual Studies In Photorealistic Augmented Reality In photorealistic augmented reality virtual objects are integrated in the real world in a seamless visual manner. To obtain a perfect visual…	M. Knecht, A. Dünser, C. Traxler, M. Wimmer, R. Grasset	Details
Ausgewählte Kapitel aus Visual Computing: 3D Video und Bildstilisierung M. Gelautz: "Ausgewählte Kapitel aus Visual Computing: 3D Video und Bildstilisierung"; Talk: Gastvortrag FH Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg (invited);…	M. Gelautz	Details
Automated Analysis and Retrieval of Archive Film M. Zeppelzauer: "Automated Analysis and Retrieval of Archive Film"; Talk: 4. Forum Medientechnik, St. Pölten (invited); 11-24-2011 - 11-25-2011.	M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Recent advances in segmentation and stereo matching C. Rhemann: "Recent advances in segmentation and stereo matching"; Talk: Eingeladener Vortrag am Max Planck Inst., MPI Saarbrücken, Deutschland…	C. Rhemann	Details
Recent Progress in Stereo Matching M. Bleyer: "Recent Progress in Stereo Matching"; Talk: ÖAGM / AAPR Workshop 2011, Graz (invited); 03-26-2011 - 03-27-2011.	M. Bleyer	Details
Recent Progress in Stereo Matching M. Bleyer: "Recent Progress in Stereo Matching"; Talk: The 29th Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Colloquium - Czech Technical University, Prag…	M. Bleyer	Details

Theses

A Framework for the Design and Development of Multimodal Interaction on Multi-touch Surfaces F. Pilz: "A Framework for the Design and Development of Multimodal Interaction on Multi-touch Surfaces"; Supervisor: H. Kaufmann; 188/2, 2011.	F. Pilz	Details
A Vision-Based System for Fingertip Detection on Tracked Interactive Surfaces M. Autengruber: "A Vision-Based System for Fingertip Detection on Tracked Interactive Surfaces"; Supervisor: H. Kaufmann; 188/2, 2011.	M. Autengruber	Details
Bestimmung von Hominoidsegmenten aus 3D-Bodyscannerdaten K. Schiffl: "Bestimmung von Hominoidsegmenten aus 3D-Bodyscannerdaten"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, A. Baca; Institute of Software Technology and…	K. Schiffl	Details
Design eines interaktiven taktilen Shape Displays mittels Schrittmotoren und dem Bowdenzug-Konzept J. Weissenböck: "Design eines interaktiven taktilen Shape Displays mittels Schrittmotoren und dem Bowdenzug-Konzept"; Supervisor: H. Kaufmann; 188/2,…	J. Weissenböck	Details
Development of an Active Motion Capture Suit for Teaching Motion Skills Current multimedia support for teaching and practicing motion skills is usually limited to video and two-dimensional graphics. Especially in areas…	G. Gerstweiler, E. Vonach	Details
Die Bedeutung von Alpha-Matting für die Darstellung von Bildern auf 3D-Bildschirmen: eine Benutzerstudie S. Arnberger: "Die Bedeutung von Alpha-Matting für die Darstellung von Bildern auf 3D-Bildschirmen: eine Benutzerstudie"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, C.…	S. Arnberger	Details
Echtzeitansätze in der Stereoanalyse C. Czermak: "Echtzeitansätze in der Stereoanalyse"; Supervisor: M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz; Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, 2011.	C. Czermak	Details
Effiziente kantenerhaltende Glättung und ihre Anwendung in der Praxis G. Braun: "Effiziente kantenerhaltende Glättung und ihre Anwendung in der Praxis"; Supervisor: M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz; Institute of Software…	G. Braun	Details
Entwicklung eines multitouchfähigen Schaufensters M. Grünling: "Entwicklung eines multitouchfähigen Schaufensters"; Supervisor: H. Kaufmann; 188/2, 2011.	M. Grünling	Details
Erstellung eines Datensatzes zur Evaluierung von Stereo-Matching-Algorithmen B. Gneiss: "Erstellung eines Datensatzes zur Evaluierung von Stereo-Matching-Algorithmen"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann; 188/2, 2011.	B. Gneiss	Details
Evaluierung und Entwurf von Epipolarrektifizierungsverfahren zur Verwendung in einem Stereovision Framework A. Bogner: "Evaluierung und Entwurf von Epipolarrektifizierungsverfahren zur Verwendung in einem Stereovision Framework"; Supervisor: M. Bleyer, C.…	A. Bogner	Details
Evaluierung von Algorithmen zur Novel-View-Generierung aus Stereobildern M. Eisenbarth: "Evaluierung von Algorithmen zur Novel-View-Generierung aus Stereobildern"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, F. Seitner; Institute of Software…	M. Eisenbarth	Details
Event-Driven 3D Vision for Human Activity Analysis in Context of Dance and Fitness Training of Elderly People Over the last years many implementations concerning the recognition of human motion have been developed. In doing so different systems for human…	T. Hahn	Details
Features in visual media analysis Today, film analysis is still a tedious process performed mostly manually by film experts. Existing computer vision approaches aim at improved…	M. Zaharieva	Details
Interactive image segmentation in higher order graphs D. Antensteiner: "Interactive image segmentation in higher order graphs"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann; 188/2, 2011.	D. Antensteiner	Details
Rauschunterdrückung einer nicht ausgerichteten Bildfolge R. Kloibhofer: "Rauschunterdrückung einer nicht ausgerichteten Bildfolge"; Supervisor: M. Gelautz, C. Rhemann; 188/2, 2011.	R. Kloibhofer	Details
Real-Time Stereo Matching for Embedded Systems in Robotic Applications C. Humenberger: "Real-Time Stereo Matching for Embedded Systems in Robotic Applications"; Supervisor, Reviewer: M. Vincze, M. Gelautz; E376, 2011;…	M. Humenberger	Details
Syntactic and Semantic Concepts in Audio-Visual Media In recent years tremendous amounts of audio-visual media have become available to the public and increased the demand for efficient access and…	D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer	Details

Published in 2012

Books

Advances in Multimedia Modeling K. Schoeffmann, B. Merialdo, A. Hauptmann, C. Ngo, Y. Andreopoulos, C. Breiteneder: "Advances in Multimedia Modeling"; in series "Lecture Notes in…	K. Schoeffmann, B. Merialdo, A. Hauptmann, C. Ngo, Y. Andreopoulos, C. Breiteneder	Details
Frontiers of Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Handbook of Multimedia Information Retrieval Multimedia information retrieval: That is the desire to make computers see, hear and understand like humans do. Is it possible to give perception to…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Professional Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and…	H. Eidenberger	Details

Journals

A Flexible Object-of-Interest Annotation Framework for Online Video Portals In this work, we address the use of object recognition techniques to annotate what is shown where in online video collections. These annotations are…	R. Sorschag	Details
Archive Film Material - A novel Challenge for Automated Film Analysis M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder: "Archive Film Material - A novel Challenge for Automated Film Analysis"; The Frames Cinema Journal, 1…	M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder	Details
ARTiFICe - Augmented Reality Framework for Distributed Collaboration This paper introduces a flexible and powerful software framework based on an off the shelf game engine which is used to develop distributed and…	A. Mossel, C. Schönauer, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
User-Centric Learning and Evaluation of Interactive Segmentation Systems Many successful applications of computer vision to image or video manipulation are interactive by nature. However, parameters of such systems are…	P. Kohli, H. Nickisch, C. Rother, C. Rhemann	Details
Visualizing Sound Emission of Elephant Vocalizations: Evidence for Two Rumble Production Types Recent comparative data reveal that formant frequencies are cues to body size in animals, due to a close relationship between formant frequency…	A. Stöger, G. Heilmann, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Ganswindt, S. Hensman, B. Charlton	Details

Conferences

A Generic Approach for Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections In this paper we explore the performance of a generic methodology for the detection of social events in large photo collections. The proposed…	M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Accuracy-Efficiency Evaluation of Adaptive Support Weight Techniques For Local Stereo Matching Adaptive support weight (ASW) strategies in local stereo matching have recently attracted many researchers due to their compelling results. In this…	A. Hosni, M. Gelautz, M. Bleyer	Details
Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Healthcare Augmented Reality (AR) combines the real and the virtual and is interactive in real-time. In addition, virtual and real objects are registered in 3D…	H. Kaufmann	Details
AR Record & Replay: Situated Compositing of Video Content in Mobile Augmented Reality In this paper we present a novel approach to record and replay video content composited in-situ with a live view of the real environment. Our…	T. Langlotz, M. Zingerle, R. Grasset, H. Kaufmann, G. Reitmayr	Details
Automated Petroglyph Image Segmentation with Interactive Classifier Fusion The number of high quality images of rock panels containing petroglyphs grows steadily. Different time-consuming manual methods to determine and…	M. Seidl, C. Breiteneder	Details
Design eines Serious Games für die Rehabilitation von chronischen Rückenschmerzen Die Rehabilitation von Patienten mit chronischen Rückenschmerzen verfolgt einen multidisziplinären Ansatz, welcher trotz des betriebenen Aufwandes…	C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann, S. Jansen-Kosterink, M. Vollenbroek-Hutten	Details
Event-driven Body Motion Analysis For Real-time Gesture Recognition This paper presents an evaluation of spatiotemporal data generated by a dynamic stereo vision sensor in a highdimensional space (3D volume and time)…	B. Kohn, A. Belbachir, T. Hahn, H. Kaufmann	Details
Extracting 3D Scene-consistent Object Proposals and Depth from Stereo Images This work combines two active areas of research in computer vision: unsupervised object extraction from a single image, and depth estimation from a…	M. Bleyer, C. Rhemann, C. Rother	Details
Full Body Motion Capture - A Flexible Marker Based Solution Full body motion capture (MoCap) plays an increasingly im-portant role in many fields from entertainment to medicine. How-ever, accurate motion…	C. Schönauer, T. Pintaric, H. Kaufmann	Details
High-Quality Reflections, Refractions, and Caustics in Augmented Reality and their Contribution to Visual Coherence In this paper we present a novel high-quality rendering system for Augmented Reality (AR). We study ray-tracing based rendering techniques in AR with…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
How to Select and Customize Object Recognition Approaches for an Application? Recently, object recognition has been successfully implemented in a couple of multimedia content annotation and retrieval applications. The employed…	R. Sorschag	Details
Motion Segmentation in Videos from Time of Flight Cameras This paper investigates motion estimation and segmentation of independently moving objects in video sequences from a range camera. Specifically, we…	S. Ghuffar, N. Brosch, N. Pfeifer, M. Gelautz	Details
Multimodal Motion Guidance: Techniques for Adaptive and Dynamic Feedback The ability to guide human motion through automatically generated feedback has significant potential for applications in areas, such as motor…	C. Schönauer, K. Fukushi, A. Olwal, H. Kaufmann, R. Raskar	Details
Physically-Based Depth of Field in Augmented Reality We present a novel method for rendering and compositing video in augmented reality. We focus on calculating the physically correct result of the…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
Quality Analysis of Virtual Views on Stereoscopic Video Content Depth Image-Based Rendering (DIBR) allows the creation of virtual camera viewpoints from a 2D image and its corresponding disparity map. This enables…	M. Eisenbarth, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Recurring Element Detection in Movies Recurring elements in movies contribute significantly to the development of narration, themes, or even mood. The detection of such elements is…	M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Semi-Local Features for the Classification of Segmented Objects Image features are usually extracted globally from whole images or locally from regions-of-interest. We propose different approaches to extract…	R. Sorschag	Details
Spatio-temporally Coherent Interactive Video Object Segmentation via Efficient Filtering In this paper we propose a fast, interactive object segmentation and matting framework for videos that allows users to extract objects from a video…	N. Brosch, A. Hosni, C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz	Details
Spatiotemporal Multiple Persons Tracking Using Dynamic Vision Sensor Although motion analysis has been extensively investigated in the literature and a wide variety of tracking algorithms have been proposed, the…	E. Piatkowska, A. Belbachir, S. Schraml, M. Gelautz	Details

Reports

Analyzing the Feasibility of PTAM based Localization Algorithms in Large Environments on Mobile Devices Augmented reality (AR) is a young field in science and industry. In AR we interact in a real environment with virtual content. AR has the potential…

O. Kosyreva, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann, E. Vonach, G. Gerstweiler

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Talks

3D Film - Herausforderungen an die Wissenschaft M. Gelautz: "3D Film - Herausforderungen an die Wissenschaft"; Talk: Informatiktag 2012, Wien (invited); 11-05-2012.	M. Gelautz	Details
ARTiFICe - An Augmented Reality Framework for Distributed Collaboration This talk presents a flexible and powerful software framework based on an off the shelf game engine which is used to develop distributed and…	A. Mossel	Details
Ausgewählte Kapitel aus Visual Computing: 3D Video und Bildstilisierung M. Gelautz: "Ausgewählte Kapitel aus Visual Computing: 3D Video und Bildstilisierung"; Talk: Gastvortrag FH Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg (invited);…	M. Gelautz	Details
Distributed Interaction with Kinect and Mobile Phone in Augmented Reality A. Mossel, C. Schönauer: "Distributed Interaction with Kinect and Mobile Phone in Augmented Reality"; Talk: IGDA Unity3D, Vienna (invited);…	A. Mossel, C. Schönauer	Details
Interactive Video Segmentation via Efficient Filtering In [2], we present a fast, interactive segmentation and matting framework for videos. It is based on recent work [5] that recovers high-quality…	N. Brosch, A. Hosni, C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz	Details
Virtual Reality Training for Upper Limb Prosthesis Patients The initial fitting of an upper limb prosthesis can be a frustrating experience for amputees, impairing the learning of prosthesis control.…	A. Mossel	Details

Theses

A Virtual Dressing Room based on Depth Data Many of the currently existing Virtual Dressing Rooms are based on diverse approaches. Those are mostly virtual avatars or fiducial markers, and they…	P. Presle	Details
Augmented Reality Video - Situated Video Compositions in Panorama-based Augmented Reality Applications The rapid development of mobile devices such as smart phones has led to new possibilities in the context of Mobile Augmented Reality (AR). While…	M. Zingerle	Details
Combining Multiple Depth Cameras for Reconstruction In the past few years depth cameras and their applications have gained more and more attention. Especially the publication of the Microsoft Kinect…	K. Wendelin	Details
Eine Untersuchung zur Wichtigkeit von Farbe in Stereo-Matching The aim of stereo-algorithms is to find corresponding points in two horizontally displaced images. The displacement between these corresponding…	A. Hasslacher	Details
Emotionsbasierte Videoverfremdung This master thesis is about obfuscation of persons shown in a video. The obfuscation process is based on an automatic evaluation of emotional speech.…	C. Fischl	Details
Evaluierung eines nichtlinearen Disparitätsmapping Ansatzes zur Anpassung von Stereo 3D Inhalten When producing a high quality 3D film via stereo cameras, producers often have to face the challenge to make changes of the depth perception in post…	S. Stransky	Details
Integration von automatischer Shoterkennung und Disparitätsabschätzung in ein Stereo Matching Framework Two 2D-images, recorded from a pair of parallel cameras, have a slightly different perspective because of their horizontal displacement. This can be…	V. Nake	Details
Intelligent Video Annotation and Retrieval Techniques Videos are an integral part of current information technologies and the web. The demand for efficient retrieval rises with the increasing number of…	R. Sorschag	Details
Physics Driven 3D Dynamic Geometry Software for Elementary Education Spatial abilities are an essential part of human recognition and general intelligence. They represent our ability to perceive spatial patterns,…	D. Zeller	Details
System zum Vergleich von Interest-Point-Detektoren In this work an overview of the most important methods for interest-point-detection is provided. Common concepts are explained in detail.…	P. Eisele	Details
Zeitlich konsistente Disparitätsbestimmung in einem globalen Stereo Matching Verfahren The increasingly popular 3D technology extends the movie experience by an additional dimension: depth. However, this technology introduces entirely…	E. Hiller	Details

Published in 2013

Books

Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-Based Information Extraction Method Translating clinical practice guidelines into a computer-interpretable format is a challenging and laborious task. In this project we focus on…	R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser	Details
Stereo Matching - State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges M. Bleyer, C. Breiteneder: "Stereo Matching - State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges"; in: "Advanced Topics in Computer Vision", issued by:…	M. Bleyer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Supporting Computer-interpretable Guidelines´ Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions Modeling computer-interpretable clinical practice guidelines is a complex and tedious task that has been of interest for several attempts to automate…	A. Minard, K. Kaiser	Details

Journals

A Serious Exergame for Patients Suffering from Chronic Musculoskeletal Back and Neck Pain: A Pilot Study Introduction: Over recent years, the popularity of videogames has gone beyond youth and gamers and is slowly entering the field of professional…	S. Jansen-Kosterink, R. Veld, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann, H. Hermens, M. Vollenbroek-Hutten	Details
Automated detection of elephants in wildlife video Biologists often have to investigate large amounts of video in behavioral studies of animals. These videos are usually not sufficiently indexed which…	M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Fast Cost-Volume Filtering for Visual Correspondence and Beyond Many computer vision tasks can be formulated as labeling problems. The desired solution is often a spatially smooth labeling where label transitions…	A. Hosni, C. Rhemann, M. Bleyer, C. Rother, M. Gelautz	Details
Improving Data Fusion in Personal Positioning Systems for Outdoor Environments A fault detection and correction methodology for personal positioning systems for outdoor environments is presented. We demonstrate its successful…	E. Herrera, H. Kaufmann, J. Secue, R. Quiros, G. Fabregat	Details
Local Color Transfer between Images Using Dominant Colors A color-transfer method that can transfer colors of an image to another for the local regions using their dominant colors is proposed. In order to…	J. Yoo, M. Park, J. Cho, K. Lee	Details
Qualität nach Maß Vertraglich festgelegte Preise können durch das Gewährleistungsrecht in Frage gestellt werden. In der Auftrags-Softwareentwicklung ist ein…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Secrets of Adaptive Support Weight Techniques for Local Stereo Matching In recent years, local stereo matching algorithms have again become very popular in the stereo community. This is mainly due to the introduction of…	A. Hosni, M. Bleyer, M. Gelautz	Details
Wide Area Motion Tracking Using Consumer Hardware In this paper, we present a wide area tracking system based on consumer hardware and available motion capture modules and middleware. We are using…	C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann	Details

Conferences

15 Years of VR/AR in Education - A Personal Summary and Outlook 15 Years of VR/AR in Education - A Personal Summary and Outlook	H. Kaufmann	Details
3D Building Reconstruction and Thermal Mapping in Fire Brigade Operations Fire fighting remains a dangerous profession despite many recent technological and organizational measures. Sensors and technical systems can augment…	C. Schönauer, E. Vonach, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
3D Building Reconstruction and Thermal Mapping in Fire Brigade Operations Fire fighting remains a dangerous profession despite many recent technological and organizational measures. Sensors and technical systems can augment…	C. Schönauer, E. Vonach, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
3DTouch and HOMER-S: Intuitive Manipulation Techniques for One-Handed Handheld Augmented Reality Existing interaction techniques for mobile AR often use the multi-touch capabilities of the device´s display for object selection and manipulation.…	B. Venditti, H. Kaufmann, A. Mossel	Details
A framework for HDR stereo matching using multi-exposed images Real world scenes that contain high dynamic range illumination present a special challenge for stereo matching algorithms due to a lack of texture in…	T. Akhavan, H. Yoo, M. Gelautz	Details
Accelerating Structured Web Crawling without Losing Data Size of retrieved data versus crawling time formulate a well- known dilemma in the structured Web crawling community. The real challenge within this…	B. El-Gamil, W. Winiwarter	Details
Acoustic Detection of Elephant Presence in Noisy Environments The automated acoustic detection of elephants is an important factor in alleviating the human-elephant conflict in Asia and Africa. In this paper, we…	M. Zeppelzauer, A. Stöger, C. Breiteneder	Details
Asynchronous Stereo Vision for Event-Driven Dynamic Stereo Sensor Using an Adaptive Cooperative Approach This paper presents an adaptive cooperative approach towards the 3D reconstruction tailored for a bio-inspired depth camera: the stereo dynamic…	E. Piatkowska, A. Belbachir, M. Gelautz	Details
Automated Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder: "Automated Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections"; in: "ICMR '13 Proceedings of the 3rd ACM…	M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder	Details
Autonomous Flight using a Smartphone as On-Board Processing Unit in GPS-Denied Environments In this paper, we present a low-weight and low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for autonomous flight and navigation in GPS-denied environments…	M. Leichtfried, C. Kaltenriner, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details
Depth Map Inpainting and Super-Resolution based on Internal Statistics of Geometry and Appearance Depth maps captured by multiple sensors often suffer from poor resolution and missing pixels caused by low reflectivity and occlusions in the scene.…	S. Ikehata, J. Cho, K. Aizawa	Details
Depth Map Upsampling using Cost-Volume Filtering Depth maps captured by active sensors (e.g., ToF cameras and Kinect) typically suffer from poor spatial resolution, considerable amount of noise, and…	J. Cho, S. Ikehata, H. Yoo, M. Gelautz, K. Aizawa	Details
Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D We tackle the problem of jointly increasing the spatial resolution and apparent measurement accuracy of an input low-resolution, noisy, and perhaps…	M. Hornacek, C. Rhemann, M. Gelautz, C. Rother	Details
Differential Irradiance Caching for Fast High-Quality Light Transport Between Virtual and Real Worlds Fast and realistic synthesis of real videos with computer generated content has been a challenging problem in computer graphics. It involves…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
Differential Progressive Path Tracing for High-Quality Previsualization and Relighting in Augmented Reality In this paper we present a novel method for real-time high quality previsualization and cinematic relighting. The physically based Path Tracing…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
DrillSample: Precise Selection in Dense Handheld Augmented Reality Environments One of the primary tasks in a dense mobile augmented reality (AR) environment is to ensure precise selection of an object, even if it is occluded or…	A. Mossel, B. Venditti, H. Kaufmann	Details
Flexible Spaces: Dynamic Layout Generation for Infinite Walking in Virtual Environments Redirected walking techniques enable natural locomotion through immersive virtual environments (VEs) that are larger than the real world workspace.…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann, E. Suma, M. Bolas	Details
Ground Truth Evaluation for Event-Based Silicon Retina Stereo Data In this paper we present a new approach for the evaluation of event-based Silicon Retina stereo matching results. The evaluation of stereo matching…	J. Kogler, F. Eibensteiner, M. Humenberger, M. Gelautz, J. Scharinger	Details
Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-based Information Extraction Method R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser: "Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-based Information Extraction Method"; Talk: Workshop on Knowledge…	R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser	Details
New Content-Based Features for the Distinction of Violent Videos and Martial Arts Real violence is unwanted content in video portals as it is forensically relevant in video surveillance systems. Naturally, both domains have to deal…	M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger	Details
Parallel Tracking and Mapping in Hofburg Festsaal Precise localization for mobile Augmented Reality in large indoor environments without specific tracking infrastructure is challenging. This is…	G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann, C. Schönauer, E. Vonach	Details
PS Move API: A Cross-Platform 6DoF Tracking Framework With the introduction of 6DoF motion controllers for game consoles, low cost hardware for 3D interaction became widely available. However, no…	T. Perl, B. Venditti, H. Kaufmann	Details
Supporting Computer-Interpretable Guidelines' Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions A. Minard, K. Kaiser: "Supporting Computer-Interpretable Guidelines' Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions"; Talk: Workshop on…	A. Minard, K. Kaiser	Details
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: A serious game aiding rehabilitation in the context of Subacromial Impingement Syndrome Serious games can help to improve efficacy of motor rehabilitation especially in a home environment. We introduce "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", a…	P. Fikar, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann	Details
Unsupervised Clustering of Social Events This paper describes our contribution to the social event de- tection (SED) task of the MediaEval Benchmark 2013. We present a robust unsupervised…	M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, M. Fabro	Details
Visualizing Complex Process Hierarchies During the Modeling Process Clinical practice guidelines are documents that include recommendations describing appropriate care for the management of patients with a specific…	A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, S. Miksch	Details
Wide Area Optical User Tracking in Unconstrained Indoor Environments In this paper, we present a robust infrared optical 3D position tracking for wide area indoor environments up to 30m. The system consists of two…	A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details

Talks

3D Film/TV - Research and Challenges In this talk we address the topic of 3D scene reconstruction from stereo views in the context of 3D film/TV applications. After an introduction into…	M. Gelautz	Details
Augmented Reality H. Kaufmann: "Augmented Reality"; Keynote Lecture: Funkenflug - Innovationsforum Völkerkundemuseum, Welt Museum Wien (invited); 01-10-2013.	H. Kaufmann	Details
Augmented Reality Technologien und Industrielle Anwendungsmöglichkeiten Augmented Reality Technologien und Industrielle Anwendungsmöglichkeiten	H. Kaufmann	Details
Dense RGB-D Correspondence Search at Large Displacement (talk) M. Hornacek: "Dense RGB-D Correspondence Search at Large Displacement (talk)"; Talk: Talk an der TU Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland; 12-20-2013.	M. Hornacek	Details
Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk) M. Hornacek: "Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk)"; Talk: Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag am University College London,…	M. Hornacek	Details
Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk) M. Hornacek: "Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk)"; Talk: Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag am McGill University, Montreal,…	M. Hornacek	Details
Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk) M. Hornacek: "Depth Super Resolution by Rigid Body Self-Similarity in 3D (talk)"; Talk: VRVis Forum, Wien; 07-25-2013.	M. Hornacek	Details
Education in Augmented Reality H. Kaufmann: "Education in Augmented Reality"; Talk: The Visual Language of Technique between Science and Art: Heritage and Expectations in Research…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Flexible Spaces: A Virtual Step Outside of Reality In this paper we introduce the concept of flexible spaces - a novel redirection technique that generalizes the use of overlapping (impossible) spaces…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann, M. Bolas, E. Suma	Details
Image and Video Matting (ICCV 2013 Tutorial) Matting refers to the problem of accurate extraction of foreground objects in images and video, which plays a fundamental role in image and video…	E. Varnousfaderan, M. Gelautz, B. Price, J. Cho	Details
Recent Advances in Local Stereo Matching In this talk we address recent research in the field of local stereo matching, with a focus on adaptive support weight algorithms. In particular, we…	M. Gelautz	Details
Robust Long-Range Optical Tracking for Tunneling Measurement Tasks Over the last years, automation for tunnel construction and mining activities increased rapidly. To allow for enhanced tunneling measurement,…	A. Mossel, G. Gerstweiler, E. Vonach, K. Chmelina, H. Kaufmann	Details
SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk) M. Hornacek: "SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk)"; Talk: Annual Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition,…	M. Hornacek	Details
Supporting methods for modeling computer-interpretable guidelines Today's healthcare is faced with ever new challenges: longer life expectancy, rising costs, rapid development of new medical methods and scientific…	K. Kaiser	Details
Virtual- and Augmented Reality in Education H. Kaufmann: "Virtual- and Augmented Reality in Education"; Talk: Intel Webinar, Internet (invited); 09-04-2013.	H. Kaufmann	Details

Theses

A Virtual Reality Training Tool for Upper Limb Prostheses The technology of electromyography has become very common in being used to control hand prostheses. This technology allows the capture of controlling…	M. Bressler	Details
Autonome Lokalisierung und Navigation eines unbemannten Luftfahrzeugs (UAV) mithilfe eines Smartphones als zentrale Recheneinheit An UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is an aircraft flying without an on-board human pilot. For example they can be utilized to explore for human…	C. Kaltenriner, M. Leichtfried	Details
BCI-Based Cursor Control Using EEG Sensorimotor Rhythms Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are human-computer interaction systems in which users communicate with a computer via a direct neural interface.…	S. Böhm	Details
Content-based video summarization to Object Maps The amount of digital video content available in the web is constantly increasing. Its handling requires efficient technologies: text search on large…	M. Martos	Details
Cross-Platform Tracking of a 6DoF Motion Controller There is a lack of software for 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) tracking using affordable off-theshelf hardware. With the introduction of motion…	T. Perl	Details
Kontrollflusstransformation von BPMN zu Asbru BPMN is a well known and understandable, graphical process description language for business processes and is supported by a variety of modelling…	T. Tschach	Details
Novel Methods for Discontinuity Preserving Support Aggregation in Local Stereo Matching This thesis addresses the stereo matching problem, in which the depth information for scene objects is obtained by matching corresponding pixels in a…	A. Hosni	Details
Pattern-Based MIDI Composing This master thesis deals with different approaches for algorithmic composing. Such techniques are merged with methods of pattern recognition. The aim…	J. Fellner	Details
Positive Impact Game as a Contribution to Movement Rehabilitation With the continuous improvements in surgery and the rapid development of bioelectrical interfaces, a new type of prosthesis with a higher quality is…	J. Brandstetter	Details
Stereo Matching M. Bleyer: "Stereo Matching"; Institut für Softwaretechnik und interaktive Systeme, 2013.	M. Bleyer	Details
Support Framework for Obstacle Detection on Autonomous Trains Autonomous driving vehicles are a rapidly emerging technlogy that will radically transform the face of public and personal transportation in the near…	M. Gschwandtner	Details
Tracking and Visual Quality Inspection in Harsh Environments M. Heber: "Tracking and Visual Quality Inspection in Harsh Environments"; Supervisor, Reviewer: H. Bischof, M. Gelautz; Institute for Computer…	M. Heber	Details
Videosegmentierung durch Analyse audiovisueller Merkmale Due to the increasing amount of digital videos the segmentation and classification of videos is manually no longer feasible. Hence there is a need…	C. Fuchs	Details
Virtual HW/SW Prototyping for Design and Runtime Prediction of Parallel Video Coding Systems The high computational demands of state-of-the-art video coding standards such as H.264 pose serious challenges on embedded processor architectures.…	F. Seitner	Details
Visualizing and interactive modelling of process hierarchies This study deals with the visualization and modeling of protocol-based treatment plans that are composed from hierarchically structured…	H. Hirsch	Details

Published in 2014

Books

Advances in Embedded Computer Vision This illuminating collection offers a fresh look at the very latest advances in the field of embedded computer vision. Emerging areas covered by this…	B. Kisacanin, M. Gelautz	Details
Categorization and Machine Learning: The Modeling of Human Understanding in Computers Machine learning is the attempt to imitate human categorization of perceived reality in computers. It is driven by the desire to provide machines…	H. Eidenberger	Details
GeodiKon. Die Lernmaterialien Das Buch enthält mehr als 100 ausgewählte, erprobte und nach speziellen Kriterien zusammengestellte Raumvorstellungsübungen, durch die die…	A. Asperl, C. Feßl, W. Gems, H. Kaufmann, S. Leopoldseder, G. Maresch, D. Miestinger, T. Müller, K. Luksch, G. Redl, K. Scheiber, G. Schilling, H. Schmied, H. Slepcevic, M. Wischounig	Details
Walking in Virtual Reality: Flexible Spaces and Other Techniques In many virtual reality applications the virtual world is larger than the available physical workspace. Multiple mechanical solutions have been…	K. Vasylevska, I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details

Journals

Age-group estimation in free-ranging African elephants based on acoustic cues of low-frequency rumbles A. Stöger, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Baotic: "Age-group estimation in free-ranging African elephants based on acoustic cues of low-frequency rumbles";…	A. Stöger, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Baotic	Details
Cooperative and asynchronous stereo vision for dynamic vision sensors Dynamic vision sensors (DVSs) encode visual input as a stream of events generated upon relative light intensity changes in the scene. These sensors…	E. Piatkowska, A. Belbachir, M. Gelautz	Details
Enhancement of sparse Silicon Retina-based stereo matching using Belief Propagation and Two-Stage Post-Filtering We present two improvement techniques for stereo matching algorithms using silicon retina sensors. We verify the results with ground truth data. In…	J. Kogler, F. Eibensteiner, M. Humenberger, C. Sulzbachner, M. Gelautz, J. Scharinger	Details
Motion estimation and segmentation in depth and intensity videos This paper investigates motion estimation and segmentation of independently moving objects in video sequences that contain depth and intensity…	S. Ghuffar, N. Brosch, N. Pfeifer, M. Gelautz	Details
SmartCopter - Enabling Autonomous Flight in Indoor Environments with a Smartphone as On-Board Processing Unit We present a low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for autonomous flight and navigation in GPS-denied environments using an off-the-shelf smartphone…	A. Mossel, M. Leichtfried, C. Kaltenriener, H. Kaufmann	Details
Software ohne Gewähr Wer glaubt, dass der Markt allein den Preis einer Software bestimmt, der negiert wesentliche Aspekte des Rechtsgeschäfts…	H. Eidenberger	Details
Towards an automated acoustic detection system for free-ranging elephants M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hensman, A. Stöger: "Towards an automated acoustic detection system for free-ranging elephants"; Bioacoustics-The International…	M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hensman, A. Stöger	Details
Vision-Based Long-Range 3D Tracking, applied to Underground Surveying Tasks To address the need of highly automated positioning systems in underground construction, we present a long-range 3D tracking system based on infrared…	A. Mossel, G. Gerstweiler, E. Vonach, K. Chmelina, H. Kaufmann	Details

Conferences

A Unified Framework for Retrieving Diverse Social Images In this paper we explore the performance of a generic, unified framework for the retrieval of relevant and diverse images from social photo…	M. Zaharieva, P. Schwab	Details
ACTO: A Modular Actuated Tangible User Interface Object We introduce a customizable, reusable actuated tangible user interface object: ACTO. Its modular design allows quick adaptations for different…	E. Vonach, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
Clustering and Retrieval of Social Events in Flickr This paper describes our contributions to the Social Event Detection (SED) task as part of the MediaEval Benchmark 2014. We first present an…	M. Zaharieva, P. Schopfhauser, M. Fabro, M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Depth Map Post-Processing for Depth-Image-Based Rendering: A User Study We analyse the impact of depth map post-processing techniques on the visual quality of stereo pairs that contain a novel view. To this end, we…	M. Nezveda, N. Brosch, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Development of Tests to Evaluate the Sensory Abilities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using Touch and Force Sensors An emerging line of research that attempts to reveal underlying mechanisms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) studies differences in sensory…	M. Riederer, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann, E. Söchting, C. Lamm	Details
Echtzeitvermessung mit Infrarottrackingkameras - Untersuchung einer neuen Messtechnik für untertage K. Chmelina, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann: "Echtzeitvermessung mit Infrarottrackingkameras - Untersuchung einer neuen Messtechnik für untertage"; in:…	K. Chmelina, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details
Efficient Depth Propagation in Videos with GPU-acceleration In this paper we propose an optimized semi-automatic approach for efficient 2D-to-3D video conversion. It is based on a conversion algorithm [1] that…	M. Ivancsics, N. Brosch, M. Gelautz	Details
Efficient quality enhancement of disparity maps based on alpha matting We propose an efficient disparity map enhancement method that improves the alignment of disparity edges and color edges even in the presence of mixed…	N. Brosch, M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz, F. Seitner	Details
Evaluating RGB+D Hand Posture Detection Methods for Mobile 3D Interaction In mobile applications it is crucial to provide intuitive means for 2D and 3D interaction. A large number of techniques exist to support a natural…	D. Fritz, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details
Evaluation of LDR, Tone Mapped and HDR Stereo Matching Using Cost-volume Filtering Approach We present stereo matching solutions based on a fast costvolume filtering approach for High Dynamic Range (HDR) scenes. Multi-exposed stereo images…	T. Akhavan, H. Yoo, M. Gelautz	Details
Gestalt Interest Points for Image Description in Weight-Invariant Face Recognition In this work, we propose two improvements of the Gestalt Interest Points (GIP) algorithm for the recognition of faces of people that have underwent…	M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger	Details
Graph-based Similarity of Petroglyphs M. Seidl, E. Wieser, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Pinz, C. Breiteneder: "Graph-based Similarity of Petroglyphs"; in: "VISART "Where Computer Vision Meets…	M. Seidl, E. Wieser, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Pinz, C. Breiteneder	Details
Highly Overparameterized Optical Flow Using PatchMatch Belief Propagation Motion in the image plane is ultimately a function of 3D motion in space. We propose to compute optical flow using what is ostensibly an extreme…	M. Hornacek, F. Besse, J. Kautz, A. Fitzgibbon, C. Rother	Details
Influence of Vertical Navigation Metaphors on Presence A sense of spatial presence as a feeling of "being there" is an important part of the virtual experience. Navigation is a fundamental task in virtual…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann	Details
Multimodal Synchronization of Image Galleries This paper describes our contribution to the MediaEval 2014 task on the Synchronization of multi-user Event Media (SEM). We propose two multimodal…	M. Zaharieva, M. Riegler, M. Fabro	Details
Real-Time Machine Guidance with Tracking Cameras Mining and tunneling processes are more and more automatized, mechanized and speeded up. Machines, such as roadheaders, jumbos, dredgers, loaders…	K. Chmelina, E. Lammer, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details
SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs We take a new approach to computing dense scene flow between a pair of consecutive RGB-D frames. We exploit the availability of depth data by seeking…	M. Hornacek, A. Fitzgibbon, C. Rother	Details
Stereo HDR Disparity Map Computation Using Structured Light In this paper, we present work in progress towards the generation of a ground truth data set for High Dynamic Range (HDR) stereo matching. The…	T. Akhavan, C. Kapeller, J. Cho, M. Gelautz	Details
The Effects of Direct and Global Illumination on Presence in Augmented Reality In this paper we present an experiment, which was designed and conducted with the goal to study the effect of lighting on the sense of presence in…	P. Kán, A. Dünser, M. Billinghurst, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann	Details
Towards the Application of TimeML in Clinical Guidelines The modeling of computer-interpretable clinical guidelines is a laborious task. In this project we propose a two-step approach to explore whether the…	R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser	Details
Unsupervised selection of robust audio feature subsets Feature selection is applied to identify relevant and complementary features from a given high-dimensional feature set. In general, existing…	G. Sageder, M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Using TimeML to Support the Modeling of Computerized Clinical Guidelines The modeling of clinical guidelines in order to apply them in computerized medical tools is a challenging and laborious task. In this project we show…	R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser	Details

Talks

Landscape of Current Imaging Technology A. Mossel, R. Raskar: "Landscape of Current Imaging Technology"; Talk: Summer School on Advances in Imaging, MIT Media Lab (invited); 08-07-2014.	A. Mossel, R. Raskar	Details
Locally Rigid RGB-D Scene Flow (talk) M. Hornacek: "Locally Rigid RGB-D Scene Flow (talk)"; Talk: Computer Vision Winter Workshop, Krtiny, Tschechische Republik; 02-03-2014.	M. Hornacek	Details
SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk) M. Hornacek: "SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk)"; Talk: Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Colloquium, Prag, Tschechische…	M. Hornacek	Details
SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk) M. Hornacek: "SphereFlow: 6 DoF Scene Flow from RGB-D Pairs (talk)"; Talk: EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Wien (invited); 07-24-2014.	M. Hornacek	Details
What if ... Visions and Trends for Imaging Applications A. Mossel, R. Raskar: "What if ... Visions and Trends for Imaging Applications"; Talk: Summer School on Advances in Imaging, MIT Media Lab (invited);…	A. Mossel, R. Raskar	Details

Theses

Depth-guided disocclusion inpainting for temporal consistent virtual view synthesis Depth Image Based Rendering (DIBR) has become an important tool in the field of free-viewpoint video and three-dimensional television as this…	T. Rittler	Details
Effiziente Tiefenpropagierung in Videos mit GPU-Unterstützung The commercial availability of stereoscopic displays increases the demand for 3D content. Therefore, fast and robust tools for the generation of such…	M. Ivancsics	Details
Evaluation of depth map post-processing techniques for novel view generation Depth-Image-Based Rendering (DIBR) is a key technology for the processing and distribution of three-dimensional (3D) content. Given a two-dimensional…	M. Nezveda	Details
High-Quality Real-Time Global Illumination in Augmented Reality High-quality image synthesis, indistinguishable from reality, has been one of the most important problems in computer graphics from its beginning.…	P. Kán	Details
Intuitive und markerlose Interaktion in einer mobilen Virtual Reality Anwendung auf Basis von RGBD-Daten The diploma thesis discusses touchless interaction techniques on handheld devices to intuitively manipulate a virtual 3D scene that is presented to…	D. Fritz	Details
Robust Wide-Area Tracking and Intuitive 3D Interaction for Mixed Reality Environments Mixed reality has been a focus of research for many years and has recently gained particular importance with the emergence of powerful, low-cost…	A. Mossel	Details

Published in 2015

Books

Walking in Virtual Reality: Flexible Spaces and Other Techniques In many virtual reality applications the virtual world is larger than the available physical workspace. Multiple mechanical solutions have been…

K. Vasylevska, I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann

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3D Position Estimation in Wide and Unconstrained Indoor Environments In this paper, a system for 3D position estimation in wide, unconstrained indoor environments is presented that employs infrared optical outside-in…	A. Mossel	Details
Backward compatible HDR stereo matching: a hybrid tone-mapping-based framework Stereo matching under complex circumstances, such as low-textured areas and high dynamic range (HDR) scenes is an ill-posed problem. In this paper we…	T. Akhavan, H. Kaufmann	Details
Cross-Platform Social Event Detection A large part of media shared on online platforms such as Flickr and YouTube is captured at various social events (such as music festivals,…	M. Zaharieva, M. Fabro, M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Development of Tests to Evaluate the Sensory Abilities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder An emerging line of research attempts to reveal underlying mechanisms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by studying differences in sensory processing…	E. Söchting, J. Hartl, M. Riederer, C. Schönauer, H. Kaufmann, C. Lamm	Details
HyMoTrack: A Mobile AR Navigation System for Complex Indoor Environments Navigating in unknown big indoor environments with static 2D maps is a challenge, especially when time is a critical factor. In order to provide a…	G. Gerstweiler, E. Vonach, H. Kaufmann	Details
Markerless 3D Interaction in an Unconstrained Handheld Mixed Reality Setup In mobile applications, it is crucial to provide intuitive means for 2D and 3D interaction. A large number of techniques exist to support a natural…	D. Fritz, A. Mossel, H. Kaufmann	Details

Conferences

Fast PatchMatch Stereo Matching using Multi-Scale Cost Fusion for Automotive Applications J. Cho, M. Humenberger: "Fast PatchMatch Stereo Matching using Multi-Scale Cost Fusion for Automotive Applications"; Talk: 2015 IEEE Intelligent…	J. Cho, M. Humenberger	Details
GOALS: Modeling Clinical Guidelines Based on TimeML Concepts Clinical practice guidelines aim at raising the quality of healthcare. They are written in a narrative style and have to be translated into a…	R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser	Details
High-Quality Consistent Illumination in Mobile Augmented Reality by Radiance Convolution on the GPU Consistent illumination of virtual and real objects in augmented reality (AR) is essential to achieve visual coherence. This paper presents a…	P. Kán, J. Unterguggenberger, H. Kaufmann	Details
Indoor Skydiving in Immersive Virtual Reality with Embedded Storytelling We describe the Virtual Jump Simulator, which allows subjects to perform an indoor parachute jump in a virtual environment. The necessity to jump…	H. Eidenberger, A. Mossel	Details
Influence of Path Complexity on Spatial Overlap Perception in Virtual Environments Real walking in large virtual indoor environments within a limited real world workspace requires effective spatial compression methods. These methods…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann	Details
Interactive HDR Environment Map Capturing on Mobile Devices Real world illumination, captured by digitizing devices, is beneficial to solve many problems in computer graphics. Therefore, practical methods for…	P. Kán	Details
Interpretable Video Representation The immense amount of available video data poses novel requirements for video representation approaches by means of focusing on central and relevant…	L. Diem, M. Zaharieva	Details
Media Synchronization and Sub-Event Detection in Multi-User Image Collections Personal media capturing devices, such as smartphones or personal image and video cameras, are rarely synchronized. As a result, common tasks, like…	M. Zaharieva, M. Riegler	Details
MIS @ Retrieving Diverse Social Images Task 2015 In this paper, we describe our approach for the MediaEval 2015 Retrieving Diverse Social Images Task. The proposed approach exploits available…	M. Zaharieva, L. Diem	Details
Mobile Multiview Diffuse Texture Extraction This paper presents a novel method for diffuse texture extraction from a set of multiview images. We address the problem of specularities removal by…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
Mutual Proximity Awareness in Immersive Multi-User Virtual Environments with RealWalking Are users aware of each other in an immersive multi-user virtual environment if they cannot see or hear each other? We present a study on users´…	I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details
Requirements Analysis On A Virtual Reality Training System For CBRN Crisis Preparedness Over the past decade, training in virtual reality for military and disaster preparedness has been increasingly recognized as an important adjunct to…	A. Mossel, A. Peer, J. Göllner, H. Kaufmann	Details
Simulation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Simulation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection"; Talk:…	S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Social Event Mining in Large Photo Collections A significant part of publicly available photos on the Internet depicts a variety of different social events. In order to organize this steadily…	M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, M. Fabro, D. Schopfhauser	Details
Structured-light-based Depth Reconstruction Using Low-light Pico Projector In this work we investigate an infrared structured light prototype which is intended for 3D reconstruction in resource-restricted mobile…	T. Rittler, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Touch, Movement & Vibration: User Perception of Vibrotactile Feedback for Touch and Mid-Air Gestures Designing appropriate feedback for gesture interfaces is an important aspect of user experience and performance. We conduct the first investigation…	C. Schönauer, A. Mossel, I. Zaiți, R. Vatavu	Details
Towards An Immersive Virtual Reality Training System For CBRN Disaster Preparedness Over the past decade, training in virtual reality for military and disaster preparedness has been increasingly recognized as an important adjunct to…	A. Mossel, A. Peer, J. Göllner, H. Kaufmann	Details
Trifocal system for high-quality inter-camera mapping and virtual view synthesis We present an innovative L-shaped trifocal system involving a high-end main camera with a compact assistant stereo rig attached to it. The system can…	F. Seitner, M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz, G. Braun, C. Kapeller, W. Zellinger, B. Moser	Details

Patents

Verfahren zum Erstellen eines dreidimensionalen virtuellen Modells einer Umgebung für Anwendungen zur Positionsbestimmung H. Kaufmann, A. Mossel: "Verfahren zum Erstellen eines dreidimensionalen virtuellen Modells einer Umgebung für Anwendungen zur Positionsbestimmung";…

H. Kaufmann, A. Mossel

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Reports

Evaluation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection Outliers often reveal crucial information about the underlying data such as the presence of unusual observations that require for in-depth analysis.…

S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder

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Augmented Reality Anwendungen für Ausbildung und Assistenz In meinem Vortrag werde ich zuerst die mehrjährige Entwicklung einer Augmented Reality (AR) Anwendung für den Geometrieunterricht zusammenfassen und…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Coarse-to-fine stereo matching for high resolution images Stereo matching denotes the problem of finding correspondences in pairs of images in order to perform 3D reconstruction. However, high resolution…	M. Nezveda	Details
IRYSTEC - perceptual display engine T. Akhavan: "IRYSTEC - perceptual display engine"; Talk: 4 th Automotive Platform Meeting, DFF - The German Flat Panel Display Forum e.V .,…	T. Akhavan	Details
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Architecture H. Kaufmann: "Virtual and Augmented Reality in Architecture"; Talk: Augmented Architecture Workshop, Center of Geometry and Computational Design,…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Virtual Reality: The Next Steps A. Mossel: "Virtual Reality: The Next Steps"; Keynote Lecture: Vioneers: Technology Playground, TU Wien (invited); 05-26-2015.	A. Mossel	Details

Theses

Assessing the Sensory Functionality of Children using Depth Data: Development of a reproducible and stable Test for Measuring the Kinaesthesia of Children (with ASD) Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental disorder that often in-volves sensory and motor problems. A sense that has not yet been…	J. Hartl	Details
Dense Stereo Matching for Urban Outdoor Scenes Dense stereo matching is an active research topic in the area of Computer Vision. Depth information is extracted from a dense correspondence search…	K. Lasinger	Details
Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Adventure Game for the Virtualizer This thesis describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a virtual reality (VR) adventure game for the Virtualizer, the PrioVR and the…	E. Broneder	Details
Erfassung sensorischer Fähigkeiten bei Kindern mit Autismus mittels Touchscreen und Berührungssensoren Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental disorder with an average prevalence of less than one percent. It is characterized by…	M. Riederer	Details
Evaluation of a Hybrid Sound Model for 3D Audio Games with Real Walking Audio games are a subcategory of computer games that have spatialized audio as the only output that their players receive. In order to provide a…	M. Urbanek	Details
Full Body Interaction in Serious Games for Rehabilitation Serious games and especially their employment in healthcare applications are an active and rapidly growing area of research. Video games are expected…	C. Schönauer	Details
Game-based Health Monitoring using Tangible User Interface Objects Patients being monitored in hospitals often do not behave as in their daily life. Especially for children such examinations can lead to stress…	M. Ternek	Details
Geometrically Motivated Dense Large Displacement Matching in Continuous Label Spaces The problem of correspondence search (or matching) remains a central focus of research in a variety of domains of computer vision. To date, the…	M. Hornacek	Details
Interaction in Dense One-Handed Handheld Augmented Reality The rapid improvement of handheld hardware devices enable real-time rendering of a large number of 3D models in handheld augmented reality (AR)…	B. Venditti	Details
Kameragestützte Informationsvisualisierung durch Augmented Reality für Fahrerassistenzsysteme J. Hofmann-Wellenhof: "Kameragestützte Informationsvisualisierung durch Augmented Reality für Fahrerassistenzsysteme"; Supervisor: H. Kaufmann;…	J. Hofmann-Wellenhof	Details
MoCapGym: Erlernen motorischer Fähigkeiten mittels Motion-Capture Performing a precise sequence of movements is essential in sports and physical therapy. These exercises have to be repeated regularly, frequently and…	E. Vonach	Details
Temporally Coherent Cost Volume Filtering-based Depth Propagation in Videos The growing availability of three-dimensional (3D) displays in the commercial sector and related trends in this field increase the demand for 3D…	T. Schausberger	Details
Visualisierungs- und Interaktionstechniken für das Lernen komplexer Bewegungen mit HMD Learning motion skills in Virtual Reality environments requires not only a precise motion tracking system, but also adequate visualization…	G. Gerstweiler	Details

Published in 2016

Journals

A Retargeting Approach for Mesopic Vision: Simulation and Compensation Retargeting approaches aim at providing a uni ed framework for image rendering in which both the intended scene luminance and the actual luminance of…	M. Rezagholizadeh, T. Akhavan, A. Soudi, H. Kaufmann, J. Clark	Details
Interactive 3D Segmentation of Rock-Art by Enhanced Depth Maps and Gradient Preserving Regularization M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, S. Schulter, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof: "Interactive 3D Segmentation of Rock-Art by Enhanced…	M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, S. Schulter, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof	Details
Leveraging workflow control patterns in the domain of clinical practice guidelines Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) include recommendations describing appropriate care for the management of patients with a specific…	K. Kaiser, M. Marcos	Details
Sicherer Fallschirmsprung im Virtual Jump Simulator Fallschirmspringen bei jedem Wetter, beliebig oft, mit Netz, doppeltem Boden und Adrenalinkick? Das ermöglicht der Virtual Jump Simulator der…	H. Eidenberger, A. Mossel	Details
Structured-light-based Depth Reconstruction Using Low-light Pico Projector In this work we investigate an infrared structured light prototype which is intended for 3D reconstruction in resource-restricted mobile…	T. Rittler, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details

Conferences

3D Scene Reconstruction via Hierarchical Stereo Matching The reconstruction of 3D scenes from a pair of stereo images/videos that were captured from slightly displaced camera view points presents an…	M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz	Details
A Hybrid Sound Model for 3D Audio Games with Real Walking Spatialized audio is the only output that players receive in audio games. In order to provide a realistic view of the environment, it has to be of…	I. Podkosova, M. Urbanek, H. Kaufmann	Details
Algorithms for 3D film content generation and post-processing In this talk we present algorithms for 3D reconstruction and novel view synthesis that form part of a 3D film processing chain which aims at…	M. Gelautz, M. Nezveda, N. Brosch, F. Seitner	Details
An Adaptive Clustering Approach for the Diversification of Image Retrieval Results In this paper, we explore the application of an adaptive clustering approach for the diversification of image retrieval results in the context of the…	M. Zaharieva	Details
An Efficient DCT template-based Object Detection Method using Phase Correlation In this work, we propose an efficient algorithm, which utilizes the combination of discrete cosine transform (DCT) and phase correlation (PC) for…	H. Eidenberger, M. Hörhan	Details
Design of a Health Monitoring Toy for Children Especially for young children measuring their physiological parameters to assess their health can be stressful, even when conducted at home by their…	E. Vonach, M. Ternek, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
Digital Vibrons: Understanding Users' Perceptions of Interacting with Invisible Digital Matter We investigate in this work users´ perceptions of interacting with invisible, zero-weight digital matter for smart mobile scenarios. To this end, we…	R. Vatavu, A. Mossel, C. Schönauer	Details
Evaluation of robust PCA for supervised audio outlier detection Outliers often reveal crucial information about the underlying data such as the presence of unusual observations that require for in-depth analysis.…	S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Group Feature Selection for Audio-Based Video Genre Classification The performance of video genre classification approaches strongly depends on the selected feature set. Feature selection requires for expert…	G. Sageder, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
ImmersiveDeck: A large-scale wireless VR system for multiple users We present preliminary results of work on a low-cost multi-user immersive Virtual Reality system that enables collaborative experiences in large…	I. Podkosova, K. Vasylevska, C. Schönauer, E. Vonach, P. Fikar, E. Broneder, H. Kaufmann	Details
Interactive Segmentation of Rock-Art in High-Resolution 3D Reconstructions M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof: "Interactive Segmentation of Rock-Art in High-Resolution 3D…	M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof	Details
Large Scale Cut Plane: An Occlusion Management Technique for Immersive Dense 3D Reconstructions Dense 3D reconstructions of real-world environments become wide spread and are foreseen to act as data base to solve real world problems, such as…	A. Mossel, C. Kößler	Details
Linear Optimization Approach for Depth Range Adaption of Stereoscopic Videos Depth-Image Based Rendering (DIBR) techniques enable the creation of virtual views from color and corresponding depth images. In stereoscopic 3D film…	W. Zellinger, B. Moser, A. Chouikhi, F. Seitner, M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz	Details
Machine Learning with Dual Process Models Similarity measurement processes are a core part of most machine learning algorithms. Traditional approaches focus on either taxonomic or thematic…	H. Eidenberger, B. Klauninger, M. Unger	Details
Model-based Video Content Representation Recurring visual elements in videos commonly represent central content entities, such as main characters and dominant objects. The automated…	L. Diem, M. Zaharieva	Details
Retrieving Diverse Social Images at MediaEval 2016: Challenge, Dataset and Evaluation This paper provides an overview of the Retrieving Diverse Social Images task that is organized as part of the MediaEval 2016 Benchmarking Initiative…	B. Ionescu, A. Gînscǎ, M. Zaharieva, B. Boteanu, M. Lupu, H. Müller	Details
Similarity Assessment as a Dual Process Model of Counting and Measuring Based on recent findings from the field of human similarity perception, we propose a dual process model (DPM) of taxonomic and thematic similarity…	H. Eidenberger, B. Klauninger	Details
Streaming and Exploration of Dynamically Changing Dense 3D Reconstructions in Immersive Virtual Reality We introduce a novel framework that enables large-scale dense 3D scene reconstruction, data streaming over the network and immersive exploration of…	A. Mossel, M. Kröter	Details
Towards Perceptually Coherent Depth Maps in 2D-to-3D Conversion We propose a semi-automatic 2D-to-3D conversion algorithm that is embedded in an efficient optimization framework, i.e., cost volume filtering, which…	N. Brosch, T. Schausberger, M. Gelautz	Details
Video Content Representation Using Recurring Regions Detection In this work we present an approach for video content representation based on the detection of recurring visual elements or regions. We hypothesize…	L. Diem, M. Zaharieva	Details

Reports

Research Activities in 3D Content Generation This report describes work on 3D content generation performed under the Austrian 3D-ConTourNet participation project Hyperion3D. We review key…

M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, W. Zellinger, B. Moser, C. Kapeller

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Forward Projection for High-Dimensional Data We provide a novel view on group structure in data. Projecting observations onto a subspace spanned by a small selection of observations, we…	T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Group Detection in the Context of Imbalanced Data The problem of group detection with no prior knowledge, i.e clustering, is one of the most important tasks in data analysis. It has been addressed in…	S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder	Details
Guided projections for analysising the structure of high dimensional data T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova: "Guided projections for analysising the structure of high dimensional data";…	T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova	Details
Imagine a Holodeck - Research within a Large Scale VR Platform H. Kaufmann: "Imagine a Holodeck - Research within a Large Scale VR Platform"; Talk: VR Meetup Vienna, Wien (invited); 05-20-2016.	H. Kaufmann	Details
MediCubes: A Health Monitoring Toy for Children Especially for young children measuring their physiological parameters to assess their health can be stressful, even when conducted at home by their…	E. Vonach, M. Ternek, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann	Details
Research Activities in 3D Content Generation M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, W. Zellinger, B. Moser, C. Kapeller: "Research Activities in 3D Content Generation"; Talk: EU COST IC1105 -…	M. Nezveda, M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, W. Zellinger, B. Moser, C. Kapeller	Details
Stereo Reconstruction of Sports Scenes: Algorithms, Applications, and Challenges Stereo analysis allows to reconstruct a dynamic 3D scene from two or more input videos that were taken from slightly displaced viewpoints. The…	M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, C. Kapeller, N. Brosch	Details
Virtual & Augmented Reality @ TU Wien H. Kaufmann: "Virtual & Augmented Reality @ TU Wien"; Keynote Lecture: AVR Playground Conference, Wien (invited); 06-13-2016.	H. Kaufmann	Details
Virtual Reality Research and Applications H. Kaufmann: "Virtual Reality Research and Applications"; Talk: John Pavlik's VR Seminar, Bogota (via Skype) (invited); 06-20-2016.	H. Kaufmann	Details
Virtual Reality: The next Challenges A. Mossel: "Virtual Reality: The next Challenges"; Keynote Lecture: AVR Playground Conference, Wien (invited); 06-13-2016.	A. Mossel	Details
Virtual Reality: The Origins and Current Research A. Mossel: "Virtual Reality: The Origins and Current Research"; Keynote Lecture: Virtual Reality Meetup Vienna #1, Wien (invited); 01-25-2016.	A. Mossel	Details
Virtual und Augmented Reality - Forschungsübersicht H. Kaufmann: "Virtual und Augmented Reality - Forschungsübersicht"; Talk: Symposium Schallforschung, Institut für Schallforschung, ÖAW (invited);…	H. Kaufmann	Details
Walking Through Large Virtual Environments H. Kaufmann: "Walking Through Large Virtual Environments"; Talk: GCD Symposium, Wien (invited); 11-18-2016.	H. Kaufmann	Details

Theses

Automatisierte Generierung von 3D-Gebäudemodellen aus vektorbasierten Grundrissplänen Floor plans are commonly used in the construction industry and contain crucial information about the depicted building. For several years now, the…	L. Furlan	Details
Design and Evaluation of Stereo Matching Techniques for Silicon Retina Cameras Nowadays, techniques for 3D reconstruction that are used in a variety of computer vision applications need to account for the 3D structure of a…	J. Kogler	Details
Editing Reality - A Tool for Interactive Segmentation and Manipulation of 3D Reconstructed Scenes The rise of consumer devices capable of 3D scanning has given many people access to technology that is able to reconstruct three-dimensional…	C. Huber	Details
Real-time Filtering of Monte Carlo Noise on GPU Producing photo-realistic images, hardly distinguishable from the real photos, is one of the most important problems in computer graphics. Physically…	M. Davletaliyev	Details
Realistic Rendering in Mobile Augmented Reality Augmented Reality (AR) applications combine a view of a physical, real-world environment with computer-generated objects and effects in real-time.…	J. Unterguggenberger	Details
Spatio-temporal Video Analysis for Semi-automatic 2D-to-3D Conversion This thesis addresses the problem of cost-efficiently converting monoscopic (2D) videos to stereoscopic (3D) videos. Common practices to perform such…	N. Brosch	Details
Speckle Tracking - ACTO Tracking durch optische Maussensoren The use of Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) for medical and entertainment purposes seems promising because of their mostly very intuitive handling and…	D. Bernhardt	Details
Streaming and Exploration of Dynamically Changing Dense Surface Reconstructions in Immersive Virtual Reality Low cost commodity depth cameras like the Microsoft Kinect allow to sense the structure of the environment. With the aid of dense surface…	M. Kröter	Details
Virtual Reality Menü Interaktion mit einer Smartwatch In immersive virtual environments users are placed inside virtual reality simulations. In such systems, menus are needed to change the system state,…	F. Schuster	Details

Published in 2017

Journals

Automatic Classification of Functional Gait Disorders This article proposes a comprehensive investigation of the automatic classification of functional gait disorders based solely on ground reaction…	D. Slijepcevic, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Gorgas, C. Schwab, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, B. Horsak	Details
Clustering of imbalanced high-dimensional media data S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder: "Clustering of imbalanced high-dimensional media data"; Advances in Data…	S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder	Details
Compressing VR: Fitting Large Virtual Environments within Limited Physical Space In practice, real-world physical workspaces and technological limitations restrict the free and unlimited exploration of an arbitrary large-scale…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann	Details
Ground reaction force measurements for gait classification tasks: Effects of different PCA-based representations D. Slijepcevic, B. Horsak, C. Schwab, A. Raberger, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, M. Zeppelzauer: "Ground reaction force measurements for gait…	D. Slijepcevic, B. Horsak, C. Schwab, A. Raberger, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, M. Zeppelzauer	Details
Unsupervised group feature selection for media classification The selection of an appropriate feature set is crucial for the efficient analysis of any media collection. In general, feature selection strongly…	M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, M. Hudec	Details

Conferences

Automated Interior Design Using a Genetic Algorithm In this paper, we present a system that automatically populates indoor virtual scenes with furniture objects and optimizes their positions and…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
Depth-guided Disocclusion Inpainting for Novel View Synthesis The generation of novel views is a crucial processing step in 3D content generation, since it gives control over the amount of depth impression on…	T. Rittler, M. Nezveda, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Digital Playbook - A Teaching Tool for American Football A playbook in American Football can consist of hundreds of plays, and to learn each play and the corresponding assignments and responsibilities is a…	M. Vorstandlechner, M. Gelautz, C. Putz	Details
Discovering New Monte Carlo Noise Filters with Genetic Programming This paper presents a novel method for the discovery of new analytical filters suitable for filtering of noise in Monte Carlo rendering. Our method…	P. Kán, M. Davletaliyev, H. Kaufmann	Details
Improved Cooperative Stereo Matching for Dynamic Vision Sensors with Ground Truth Evaluation Event-based vision, as realized by bio-inspired Dynamic Vision Sensors (DVS), is gaining more and more popularity due to its advantages of high…	E. Piatkowska, J. Kogler, A. Belbachir, M. Gelautz	Details
Intelligent Film Assistant for Personalized Video Creation on Mobile Devices We describe the development of an intelligent film assistant system that supports the creation of professional video content on mobile devices such…	D. Schörkhuber, F. Seitner, B. Salzbrunn, M. Gelautz, G. Braun	Details
Preventing Imminent Collisions between Co-Located Users in HMD-Based VR in Non-Shared Scenarios This paper presents two experiments set in a multi-user HMD-based VR system where users navigate by real walking in a large real and vir- tual area.…	I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details
Retrieving Diverse Social Images at MediaEval 2017: Challenges, Dataset and Evaluation This paper provides an overview of the Retrieving Diverse Social Images task that is organized as part of the MediaEval 2017 Benchmarking Initiative…	M. Zaharieva, B. Ionescu, A. Ginsca, R. Santos, H. Müller	Details
Robust and sparse clustering for high-dimensional data We introduce a robust and sparse clustering procedure for high-dimensional data. The robustness aspect is addressed by a weighting function…	S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Stereo reconstruction of sports scenes: algorithms, applications and challenges M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, C. Kapeller, N. Brosch: "Stereo reconstruction of sports scenes: algorithms, applications and challenges"; in: "International…	M. Gelautz, F. Seitner, C. Kapeller, N. Brosch	Details
Teaching Virtual Reality with HTC Vive and Leap Motion Creating high quality virtual reality (VR) experience takes time and requires extensive practice. Although, multiple virtual and augmented reality…	K. Vasylevska, I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details
The Gestalt Interest Points Distance Feature for Compact and Accurate Image Description In this work, we present the novel Inter-GIP Distances (IGD) feature and its integration into the Gestalt Interest Points (GIP) image descriptor.…	M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger	Details
Towards a Universal Music Symbol Classifier Optical Music Recognition (OMR) aims to recognize and understand written music scores. With the help of Deep Learning, researchers were able to…	A. Pacha, H. Eidenberger	Details
Towards Efficient Spatial Compression in Self-Overlapping Virtual Environments Space available for any virtual reality experience is often strictly limited and abridges the virtual world to a size of a room. To extend the amount…	K. Vasylevska, H. Kaufmann	Details
Towards Self-Learning Optical Music Recognition Optical Music Recognition (OMR) is a branch of artificial intelligence that aims at automatically recognizing and understanding the content of music…	A. Pacha, H. Eidenberger	Details
VROnSite: Towards Immersive Training of First Responder Squad Leaders in Untethered Virtual Reality We present the VROnSite platform that enables immersive training of first responder on-site squad leaders. Our training platform is fully immersive,…	A. Mossel, M. Froeschl, C. Schönauer, A. Peer, J. Göllner, H. Kaufmann	Details
VRRobot: Robot Actuated Props in an Infinite Virtual Environment We present the design and development of a fully immersive virtual reality (VR) system that can provide prop-based haptic feedback in an infinite…	E. Vonach, C. Gatterer, H. Kaufmann	Details

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Diversity and credibility for social Images and image retrieval Social media has established itself as an inextricable component of today´s society. Images make up a large proportion of items shared on social…

I. Bogdan, M. Lupu, M. Rohm, A. Ginsca, H. Müller

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Finding groups in large and high-dimensional data using a k-means-based algorithm S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Zaharieva: "Finding groups in large and high-dimensional data using a k-means-based…	S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Zaharieva	Details
Grouping and outlier detection using robust sparse clustering S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Grouping and outlier detection using robust sparse clustering"; Talk: Olomouc…	S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
Local projection for outlier detection T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Local projection for outlier detection"; Talk: Olomouc Days of Applied…	T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder	Details
The Opportunities of Virtual & Augmented Reality The advent of technologically based approaches through mixed reality (MR) environments holds significant promise in its ability to form a new medium,…	A. Mossel	Details
Virtual Reality in Reality The advent of technologically based approaches through mixed reality (MR) environments holds significant promise in its ability to form a new medium,…	A. Mossel	Details
Virtual Reality: Beyond Physical Frontiers The advent of technologically based approaches through mixed reality (MR) environments holds significant promise in its ability to form a new medium,…	A. Mossel	Details
Virtual Reality: Über physische Grenzen hinweg Die Erwartungshaltung an Virtual Reality (VR) -Umgebungen in verschiedenen Anwendungsgebiete ist sehr hoch. Allerdings gibt es eine Reihe von…	A. Mossel	Details

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Applications of High Dynamic Range Imaging The High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) pipeline provides us with greater level of detail in color and brightness pixel values by introducing methods…	T. Akhavan	Details
Virtual Reality zum Anfassen - VR-System mit robotergestütztem haptischem Feedback Continuously improving hardware increases the realism in Virtual Reality (VR). However, the immersion is often disturbed due to the lack of…	C. Gatterer	Details

Published in 2018

Books

3D Visual Content Datasets Development and performance evaluation of efficient methods for coding, transmission, and quality assessment of 3D visual content require rich…	K. Fliegel, F. Battisti, M. Carli, M. Gelautz, L. Krasula, P. Le-Callet, V. Zlokolica	Details
Quality of Experience and Quality of Service Metrics for 3D Content Traditionally, the quality of a multimedia system was mainly assessed through the evaluation of its Quality of Service (QoS) that is by evaluating…	M. Barreda-Angeles, F. Battisti, G. Boato, M. Carli, E. Dumic, M. Gelautz, C. Hewage, P. Le-Callet, A. Liotta, C. Pasquini, A. Pereda-Baños, C. Politis, D. Sandic, M. Tekalp, M. Torres-Vega, V. Zlokolica	Details

Journals

A Baseline for General Music Object Detection with Deep Learning Deep learning is bringing breakthroughs to many computer vision subfields including Optical Music Recognition (OMR), which has seen a series of…	A. Pacha, J. Hajič, J. Calvo-Zaragoza	Details
DARGS: Dynamic AR Guiding System for Indoor Environments Complex public buildings, such as airports, use various systems to guide people to a certain destination. Such approaches are usually implemented by…	G. Gerstweiler, K. Platzer, H. Kaufmann	Details
Extraction of Structural and Semantic Data from 2D Floor Plans for Interactive and Immersive VR Real Estate Exploration Three-dimensional reconstructions of indoor environments are useful in various augmented and virtual scenarios. Creating a realistic virtual…	G. Gerstweiler, L. Furlan, M. Timofeev, H. Kaufmann	Details
Guided projections for analyzing the structure of high-dimensional data A powerful data transformation method named guided projections is proposed creating new possibilities to reveal the group structure of…	T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Rohm, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova	Details

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A workflow for 3D model reconstruction from multi-view depth acquisitions of dynamic scenes We propose a workflow for generating highquality 3D models of dynamic scenes for the film and entertainment industry. Our 3D scanning system…	C. Kapeller, B. Sespede, M. Nezveda, M. Labschütz, S. Flöry, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Advancing OMR as a Community: Best Practices for Reproducible Research Optical Music Recognition has been under investigation for over 60 years but remains an unsolved problem, because research happens distributedly,…	A. Pacha	Details
An End-to-end System for Real-Time Point Cloud Visualization The growing availability of RGB-D data, as delivered by current depth sensing devices, forms the basis for a variety of mixed reality (MR)…	H. Hofer, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Automatic Furniture Arrangement Using Greedy Cost Minimization In this paper, we present a novel method for fast generation of furniture arrangements in interior scenes. Our method exploits the benefits of…	P. Kán, H. Kaufmann	Details
Co-Presence and Proxemics in Shared Walkable Virtual Environments with Mixed Colocation The purpose of the experiment presented in this paper is to investigate co-presence and locomotory patterns in a walkable shared virtual environment.…	I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details
Handwritten Music Object Detection: Open Issues and Baseline Results Optical Music Recognition (OMR) is the challenge of understanding the content of musical scores. Accurate detection of individual music objects is a…	A. Pacha, K. Choi, B. Coüasnon, Y. Ricquebourg, H. Eidenberger	Details
How Current Optical Music Recognition Systems Are Becoming Useful for Digital Libraries Optical Music Recognition (OMR) promises to make large collections of sheet music searchable by their musical content. It would open up novel ways of…	J. Hajič, M. Kolárová, A. Pacha, J. Calvo-Zaragoza	Details
Mutual Collision Avoidance During Walking in Real and Collaborative Virtual Environments In walkable multi-user HMD-based VR immersed users have to avoid colliding with each other while performing tasks or exploring the virtual…	I. Podkosova, H. Kaufmann	Details
Optical Music Recognition in Mensural Notation with Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks In this work, we present an approach for the task of optical music recognition (OMR) using deep neural networks. Our intention is to simultaneously…	A. Pacha, J. Calvo-Zaragoza	Details
Robot Supported Virtual and Augmented Reality In this dissertation different aspects from research in the fields of Tangible User Interfaces, encounter-type devices and Passive Haptics are…	E. Vonach	Details
Self-Learning Optical Music Recognition A. Pacha: "Self-Learning Optical Music Recognition"; Talk: Vienna young Scientists Symposium, Wien; 06-07-2018 - 06-08-2018; in: "Vienna young…	A. Pacha	Details
Vision-based Autonomous Feeding Robot This paper tackles the problem of vision-based indoor navigation for robotic platforms. Contrary to methods using adaptions of the infrastructure…	M. Schörghuber, M. Wallner, R. Jung, M. Humenberger, M. Gelautz	Details

Reports

Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Embedded Computer Vision S. Mattoccia, B. Kisačanin, M. Gelautz, S. Chai, A. Belbachir, G. Dedeoglu, F. Stein: "Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Embedded Computer Vision";…

S. Mattoccia, B. Kisačanin, M. Gelautz, S. Chai, A. Belbachir, G. Dedeoglu, F. Stein

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A Post-processing Tool for Multi-view 2D-plus-depth Video B. Sespede, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz: "A Post-processing Tool for Multi-view 2D-plus-depth Video"; Poster: The 15th ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on…	B. Sespede, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
An Evaluation Framework for Dynamic Scene Acquisitions Using Multiple Stereo Cameras C. Kapeller, B. Sespede, M. Nezveda, M. Labschütz, S. Flöry, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz: "An Evaluation Framework for Dynamic Scene Acquisitions Using…	C. Kapeller, B. Sespede, M. Nezveda, M. Labschütz, S. Flöry, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Camera-based pose estimation in dynamic environments - concept and status This PhD tackles the challenge of camera-based methods for navigation and environmental sensing in dynamic environments. The goal is to design a…	M. Schörghuber, M. Humenberger, M. Gelautz	Details

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Advances in the Multimodal 3D Reconstruction and Modeling of Buildings Driven by the need for faster and more efficient workflows in the digitization of urban environments, the availability of affordable 3D…	M. Schwärzler	Details
Asynchronous Stereo Vision Event-driven Stereo Matching and Tracking for Dynamic Vision Sensors This thesis addresses the problem of stereo reconstruction from a stream of events provided by two dynamic vision sensors (DVS) in a stereo…	E. Piatkowska	Details
Evaluation of a 3D Reconstruction System Comprising Multiple Stereo Cameras Recent advances in the fields of media production and mixed/virtual reality have generated an increasing demand for high-quality 3D models obtained…	C. Kapeller	Details
Fast CPU Ray-Triangle Intersection Method Ray tracing is a technique capable of synthesizing highly realistic images. It accurately simulates the physical distribution of light in a scene and…	T. Pichler	Details
Interactive Post-Processing of 2D-Plus-Depth Videos: Algorithms, Implementation and Evaluation One of the approaches to reconstruct the depth of real-world objects or scenes consists of using stereo cameras to record them in image or video…	B. Sespede	Details
Performance Analysis of a Stereo Matching Implementation in OpenCL Stereo matching is one of the first steps in the process of calculating 3D information from two 2D images. To triangulate a 3D point from two…	S. Rotheneder	Details
Real-Time Visualization Pipeline for Dynamic Point Cloud Data Current developments in sensor and computer vision technologies are pushing the boundaries of extended reality (XR) applications. Digital…	H. Hofer	Details
Robot-Assisted Game Incorporating Emotional Postures for Children with ASD Joint attention has been shown to have an important impact on the development of the social cognition in children. Children with autism spectrum…	D. Stoeva	Details
Techniques for Improving Mobile Video Creation In this thesis, we explore methods to assist non-professional users with video creation on mobile devices. The developed algorithms are embedded into…	D. Schörkhuber	Details
TrACTOr & StARboard Tracking and Haptic Interaction for Learning in AR In our modern and computer-driven environment the topic of Human Computer Interaction becomes more important, in order to design efficient and…	C. Schindler	Details

Published in 2019

Journals

Robust and sparse k-means clustering for high-dimensional data S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm: "Robust and sparse k-means clustering for high-dimensional data"; Advances in Data…

S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm

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An End-to-end System for Real-Time Point Cloud Visualization The growing availability of RGB-D data, as delivered by current depth sensing devices, forms the basis for a variety of mixed reality (MR)…	H. Hofer, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
Evaluation Study on Semantic Object Labelling in Street Scenes We present a processing pipeline for semantic scene labelling that was developed in view of autonomous driving applications. Our study focuses on two…	A. Wittmann, M. Gelautz, F. Seitner	Details
Semi-automatic post-processing of multi-view 2D-plus-depth video We propose a post-processing framework based on multiview interactive video segmentation for correcting 2D-plus-depth video footage. The suggested…	B. Sespede, F. Seitner, M. Gelautz	Details
SLAMANTIC - Leveraging Semantics to Improve VSLAM in Dynamic Environments In this paper, we tackle the challenge for VSLAM of handling nonstatic environments. We propose to include semantic information obtained by deep…	M. Schörghuber, D. Steininger, Y. Carbon, M. Gelautz	Details
Towards Eye-Friendly VR: How Bright Should It Be? Visual information plays an important part in the perception of the world around us. Recently, head-mounted displays (HMD) came to the consumer…	K. Vasylevska, H. Yoo, T. Akhavan, H. Kaufmann	Details

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Body Language in Human‐Robot Interaction	M. Gelautz, D. Stoeva, D. Schörkhuber	Details
Body Language in Human‐Robot Interaction D. Stoeva: "Body Language in Human‐Robot Interaction"; Poster: Summer School TrustRobots 2019, Wien; 15.09.2019 - 20.09.2019.	D. Stoeva	Details
Camera-Based In-Cabin Monitoring - Applications and Business Cases M. Gelautz: "Camera-Based In-Cabin Monitoring - Applications and Business Cases"; Vortrag: Forum Automatisierte Mobilität, Wien (eingeladen);…	M. Gelautz	Details
Computer Vision Trends - Autonomous Driving and Human-Robot Interaction In recent years, computer vision research has been strongly influenced by latest developments in the fields of artificial intelligence and deep…	M. Gelautz	Details
Digital Observation of Human Motion, Expression, and Intention Die Entwicklung von Algorithmen und Softwarewerkzeugen zur Beobachtung und automatischen Interpretation von menschlicher Bewegung durch Videoanalyse…	M. Gelautz	Details
Robust k-means-based clustering for high-dimensional data We introduce a robust k-means-based clustering method for high-dimensional data where not only outliers but also a large number of noise variables…	P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm	Details
Visual Computing in Autonomous Driving and Human-Robot Interaction	M. Gelautz	Details

Theses

Mapping of Realism in Rendering onto Perception of Presence in Augmented Reality Augmented Reality (AR) is about seamless integration of virtual computer-generated objects into the real-world view. Ideally, virtual objects should…	D. Schüller-Reichl	Details
Semantic Labelling of Objects in Street Scenes An automatic and robust semantic interpretation of street scenes is required in order to improve driving assistance systems and to reach fully…	A. Wittmann	Details
Walkable Multi-User VR: Effects of Physical and Virtual Colocation The research presented in this dissertation focuses on multi-user VR, where multiple immersed users navigate the virtual world by physically walking…	I. Podkosova	Details

Published in 2020

Journals

Immersive training of first responder squad leaders in untethered virtual reality We present the VROnSite platform that supports immersive training of first responder units´ on-site squad leaders. Our training platform is fully…

A. Mossel, C. Schönauer, M. Froeschl, A. Peer, J. Göllner, H. Kaufmann

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Teaching Digital Fabrication to Early Intervention Specialists for Designing Their Own Tools We taught basic principles of digital fabrication to four early intervention therapists that were specialized in the training of children with…

F. Güldenpfennig, P. Fikar, R. Ganhör

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Robust and sparse k-means clustering in high dimension We introduce a robust k-means-based clustering method for high-dimensional data where not only outliers but also a large number of noise variables…

P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm

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Published in 2021

Journals

Local projections for high-dimensional outlier detection A novel approach for outlier detection is proposed, called local projections, which is based on concepts of the Local Outlier Factor (LOF) (Breunig…	T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Rohm, S. Brodinova, C. Breiteneder	Details
StARboard & TrACTOr: Actuated Tangibles in an Educational TAR Application We explore the potential of direct haptic interaction in a novel approach to Tangible Augmented Reality in an educational context. Employing our…	E. Vonach, C. Schindler, H. Kaufmann	Details

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mHealthINX - The mental Health experience concept M. Sili, M. Bachler, E. Broneder, R. Luigies, N. Hungerländer: "mHealthINX - The mental Health experience concept"; accepted as talk for: 4th…

M. Sili, M. Bachler, E. Broneder, R. Luigies, N. Hungerländer

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