Robert Pless

Patrick and Donna Martin Professor and
Chair of Computer Science

George Washington University

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Selected papers across all topics, or all papers, organized chronologically or by publication type, or focussed on specific topics: I am especially happy that many of these papers have undergraduate co-authors.
2019
[137] Improved Embeddings with Easy Positive Triplet Mining (, and ), In arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.04370, . [bibtex] [url]
[136]Regularization-Free Strain Mapping in Three Dimensions, With Application to Cardiac Ultrasound (, , , , , , , and ), In Journal of biomechanical engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, volume 141, . [bibtex]
[135] Visualizing Deep Similarity Networks ( and ), In IEEE Winter Conference on Computer Vision (WACV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[134] Hotels-50K: A Global Hotel Recognition Dataset ( and ), In AAAI, . [bibtex] [pdf]
2018
[133]System and method for quantifying deformation, disruption, and development in a sample (, , , and ), Google Patents, . [bibtex]
[132] Characterizing the Visual Social Media Environment of Eating Disorders (, and ), In 2018 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[131] Anomaly Explanation Using Metadata (, , , , and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[130] Deep Randomized Ensembles for Metric Learning (, and ), In Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2017
[129] Recognizing​ ​Images​ ​of​ ​Eating​ ​Disorders​ ​in​ ​Social​ ​Media​ ​(Abstract) (, , , , , and ), In Proceedings of the 2nd Social Media Mining for Health Applications Workshop & Shared Task, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[128]Deep Feature Interpolation for Image Content Changes (, , , , , and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex]
[127] Self calibrating lenticular markers and articulated pose estimation (, and ), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[126] TraffickCam: Crowdsourced and Computer Vision Based Approaches to Fighting Sex Trafficking (, , and ), In 2017 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[125] [Chapter] Learning from Outdoor Webcams: Surveillance of Physical Activity Across Environments (), Chapter in , Springer International Publishing, . [bibtex] [url] [doi]
2016
[124] SparkleGeometry: Glitter Imaging for 3D Point Tracking ( and ), In IEEE Workshop on Computational Cameras and Displays, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[123] Using Chromo-coded Light Fields for Virtual Reality ( and ), In IEEE Virtual Reality (poster), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[122] Single Image Camera Calibration with Lenticular Arrays for Augmented Reality ( and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[121] Webcams, crowdsourcing, and enhanced crosswalks: Developing a novel method to analyze active transportation ( and ), In Frontiers in Public Health, volume published online, . [bibtex] [url] [doi]
2015
[120] Cameras and crowds in transportation tracking (, , , and ), In International Conference on Wireless, Connected and Mobile Health Research, . [bibtex] [url] [doi]
[119] Fasting protects mice from lethal DNA damage by promoting small intestinal epithelial stem cell survival (, , , , , , , , , and ), In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Acad Sciences, volume 112, . [bibtex] [url]
[118] Characterizing Feature Matching Performance over Long Time Periods (, and ), In IEEE Winter Conference on Computer Vision (WACV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[117] Indexing Open Imagery to Create Tools to Fight Sex Trafficking (, , and ), In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[116] Structured Light Field Design for Correspondence Free Rotation Estimation ( and ), In Proc. International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[115] The Geometry of Colorful, Lenticular Fiducial Markers (, and ), In Proc. IEEE International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[114] Building Dynamic Cloud Maps from the Ground Up (, and ), In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2014
[113] Learning from Outdoor Webcams: Surveillance of Physical Activity Across Environments (, , , , , and ), In NSF Workshop on Big Data and Urban Informatics, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[112] Images Don't Forget: Online Photogrammetry to Find Lost Graves (, and ), In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[111] Democratizing the Visualization of 500 million webcam images (, and ), In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[110] Fast-scale network dynamics in human cortex have specific spectral covariance patterns (, , , , , and ), In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Acad Sciences, volume 111, . [bibtex] [url]
[109] Simple and accurate methods for quantifying deformation, disruption, and development in biological tissues (, , , , , , and ), In Journal of The Royal Society Interface, The Royal Society, volume 11, . [bibtex] [url]
[108] Structure from Shadow Motion (, and ), In Proc. International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2013
[107] Web-accessible geographic integration and calibration of webcams ( and ), In ACM Trans. Multimedia Comput. Commun. Appl., ACM, volume 9, . [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[106] Emerging technologies: webcams and crowd-sourcing to identify active transportation (, , , and ), In American Journal of Preventitive Medicine, volume 44, . [bibtex] [url]
[105]DETECTING OPTICAL DEFECTS IN TRANSPARENCIES (, , , , and ), . [bibtex]
[104] Collaborative imaging of urban forest dynamics: augmenting re-photography to visualize changes over time (, , , and ), In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, . [bibtex] [url]
[103] Collaborative rephotography (, , , and ), In ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 Studio Talks, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[102] Finding Jane Doe: a forensic application of 2D image calibration (, and ), In 5th International Conference on Imagining for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP), IET Digital Library, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[101]NG2 (+) pericytes support interstitial migration and effector function of myeloid leukocytes during sterile inflammation (, , , , , , , , , and ), In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, volume 43, . [bibtex]
[100] Capillary and arteriolar pericytes attract innate leukocytes exiting through venules and'instruct'them with pattern-recognition and motility programs (, , , , , , , , , , , , and ), In Nature Immunology, Nature Publishing Group, volume 14, . [bibtex] [html]
[99] Webcam2Satellite: Estimating Cloud Maps from Webcam Imagery (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[98] Two Cloud-Based Cues for Estimating Scene Structure and Camera Calibration (, and ), In IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[97] Shadow Estimation Method for" The Episolar Constraint: Monocular Shape from Shadow Correspondence" (, , , , and ), In arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4112, . [bibtex] [url]
[96] The Episolar Constraint: Monocular Shape from Shadow Correspondence (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2012
[95] Physically-Induced Cytoskeleton Remodeling of Cells in Three-Dimensional Culture (, , , , , , , , , and ), In PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, volume 7, . [bibtex] [url]
[94] Tools for Richer Crowd Source Image Annotations (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [url]
[93]Can publicly available webcameras and mechanical Turk be used to evaluate physical activity policy and built environment change? (, , , and ), In Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Elsevier, volume 15, . [bibtex]
[92] LOST: Longterm Observation of Scenes (with Tracks) (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[91] Heliometric Stereo: Shape from Sun Position (, and ), In Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2011
[90]Principal Component Analysis of Dynamic Relative Displacement Fields Estimated from MR Images (, , , , and ), In PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, volume 6, . [bibtex] [doi]
[89] Webcam Geo-localization using Aggregate Light Levels (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[88] Measuring optical distortion in aircraft transparencies: a fully automated system for quantitative evaluation (, , , , , and ), In Machine Vision and Applications, volume 22, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[87] On analyzing video with very small motions (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[86] Propulsive Forces on the Flagellum during Locomotion of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (, , , , and ), In Biophysical Journal, volume 100, . [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[85] Exploratory Analysis of Time-Lapse Imagery with Fast Subset PCA (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
2010
[84] Webcams in Context: Web Interfaces to Create Live 3D Environments ( and ), In Proc. ACM SIGMM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM), . [bibtex] [url]
[83] Using Cloud Shadows to Infer Scene Structure and Camera Calibration (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[82] Compressive Sensing and Differential Image Motion Estimation (, and ), In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[81] Efficient Coverage Maintenance Based on Probabilistic Distributed Detection (, , , and ), In IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, volume 9, . [bibtex] [url]
[80] Efficient spatiotemporal analysis of the flagellar waveform of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (, , , and ), In Cytoskeleton, volume 67, . [bibtex] [url]
[79] In vivo two-photon imaging reveals monocyte-dependent neutrophil extravasation during pulmonary inflammation (, , , , , , , , and ), In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 107, . [bibtex] [url] [doi]
[78] Relative brain displacement and deformation during constrained mild frontal head impact (, , , , and ), In Journal of The Royal Society Interface, volume 7, . [bibtex] [url] [doi]
2009
[77] The Global Network of Outdoor Webcams: Properties and Applications (, , , , , , and ), In ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL GIS), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[76] Efficient Tracking of Many Objects in Structured Environments (, , and ), In IEEE ICCV Workshop on Visual Surveillance, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[75] Calibrating and using the Global Network of Outdoor Webcams (Winner PhD Forum Prize) ( and ), In ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distrubted Smart Cameras (ICDSC), . [bibtex] [url]
[74] An Efficient System for Vehicle Tracking in Multi-Camera Networks (, and ), In ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distrubted Smart Cameras (ICDSC), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[73] Adventures in Archiving and Using Three Years of Webcam Images (, , , and ), In IEEE CVPR Workshop on Internet Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[72]Proc. IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, (Robert Pless, James Davis, Stefano Soatto, eds.), . [bibtex]
[71] A Survey of Manifold Learning for Images ( and ), In IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications, volume 1, . [bibtex] [url]
[70] Two-photon microscopy and multidimensional analysis of cell dynamics (, , , , , and ), In Methods in Enzymology, volume 461, . [bibtex] [url]
[69]Persistence and Tracking: Putting Vehicles and Trajectories in Context (, , , , , and ), In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex]
[68] Minimum description length and clustering with exemplars (, and ), In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), IEEE Press, . [bibtex] [url]
[67]The Global Webcam Imaging Network (, and ), In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), . [bibtex]
2008
[66] Time Scales in Video Surveillance ( and ), In IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, volume 18, . [bibtex] [url]
[65] A System for Rapid Interactive Training of Object Detectors ( and ), In Proc. International Symposium on Visual Computing, volume 5359, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[64] Location-Specific Transition Distributions for Tracking (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[63] Toward Fully Automatic Geo-Location and Geo-Orientation of Static Outdoor Cameras (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Video/Image Sensor Networks, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[62] Manifold Learning for 4D CT Reconstruction of the Lung (, , and ), In Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[61] Simultaneous Data Volume Reconstruction and Pose Estimation from Slice Samples (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2007
[60] Geolocating Static Cameras (, , and ), In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[59] Applications of Manifold Learning Techniques in 4D-CT Reconstruction (, , , , , and ), In International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR), . [bibtex] [url]
[58] Consistent Temporal Variations in Many Outdoor Scenes (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[57] Localized and Configurable Topology Control in Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks (, and ), In International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN'07), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[56] Minimum Power Configuration for Wireless Communication in Sensor Networks (, , , and ), In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, volume 3, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[55] Image distance functions for manifold learning (), In Image and Vision Computing, volume 25, . [bibtex] [url]
[54] Shape background modeling: The shape of things that came ( and ), In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[53] Faster and More Accurate Face Detection on Mobile Robots Using Geometric Constraints (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2006
[52] Real-time constant memory visual summaries for surveillance ( and ), In VSSN '06: Proceedings of the 4th ACM international workshop on Video surveillance and sensor networks, ACM Press, . [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[51]On Manifold Structure of Cardiac MRI Data: Application to Segmentation (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex]
[50] Finding Minimal Parameterizations of Cylindrical Image Manifolds (, and ), In CVPRW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop on Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision (POCV), IEEE Computer Society, . [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[49] Impact of Sensing Coverage on Greedy Geographic Routing Algorithms (, , and ), In IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Special Issue on Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks, volume 17, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[48] Detecting Roads in Stabilized Video with the Spatio-Temporal Structure Tensor (), In Geoinformatica, volume 10, . [bibtex] [url]
[47] Segmenting Multiple Familiar Objects under Mutual Occlusion ( and ), In Proc. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[46]Image Manifold Interpolation Using Free-Form Deformations (, and ), In Proc. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), . [bibtex]
[45] Imaging Through Time: The advantages of sitting still (), Chapter in Imaging Beyong the Pinhole Camera (Kostas Daniilidis, Reinhard Klette, Alex Leonardis, eds.), Kluwer, . [bibtex] [url]
2005
[44] Manifold Clustering ( and ), In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), . [bibtex] [url]
[43] Segmentation informed by manifold learning (, and ), In International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition EMMCVPR (LNCS 3757), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[42]Segmenting Cardiopulmonary Images using Manifold Learning with Level Sets ( and ), In IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision for Biomedical Image Applications (LNCS 3765), . [bibtex]
[41] Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration for energy conservation in sensor networks (, , , , and ), In ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, ACM Press, volume 1, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[40] Analysis of Persistent Motion Patterns Using the 3D Structure Tensor ( and ), In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[39] Spatio-Temporal Detection and Isolation: Results on the PETS2005 Datasets (, and ), In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Performance Evaluation in Tracking and Surveillance, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[38] Isomap and non-parametric models of image deformation ( and ), In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[37] Spatio-temporal background models for outdoor surveillance (), In Journal on Applied Signal Processing, volume 14, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[36] Minimum Power Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks (, , , and ), In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2004
[35] Extrinsic Calibration of a Camera and Laser Range Finder ( and ), In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), . [bibtex] [url]
[34] Fusing Video and Sparse Depth Data in Structure from Motion ( and ), In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), . [bibtex] [url]
[33] Constraints for Heterogeneous Sensor Auto-Calibration ( and ), In IEEE Workshop on Realtime 3D Sensors and Their Use, . [bibtex] [url]
[32] On greedy geographic routing algorithms in sensing-covered networks (, , and ), In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), ACM Press, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[31] Road extraction from motion cues in aerial video ( and ), In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Geographic Information Systems, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[30] Camera Cluster in Motion: Motion Estimation for Generalized Camera Designs (), In IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, volume 11, . [bibtex] [url]
[29] Differential Structure in non-linear Image Embedding Functions (), In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Articulated and non-rigid Motion, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[28] Bayesian stereo: 3D vision designed for sensor fusion ( and ), In SPIE: Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, volume 5608, . [bibtex] [html]
[27] Co-Grid: An Efficient Coverage Maintenance Protocol for Distributed Sensor Networks (, , and ), In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), ACM Press, . [bibtex] [pdf]
2003
[26]Optimal Evaluation of Strain Fields using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (, , , and ), In ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, . [bibtex]
[25] A 3D Pattern for Pose Estimation for Object Capture (, and ), In Vision Interface, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[24] A New Input Device for 3D Sketching (, and ), In Vision Interface, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[23] On Local Search and Placement of Meters in Networks (, and ), In SIAM Journal on Computing, volume 32, . [bibtex] [ps]
[22] Using many cameras as one (), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[21]Better background models for visual surveillance (, and ), In Optical Society of America: Optical Sensing for Homeland Security, . [bibtex]
[20] Evaluation of Local Models of Dynamic Backgrounds (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[19] Using Isomap to Explore Video Sequences (), In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[18] Proc. IEEE Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision and Camera Networks, (Robert Pless, Jose Santos-Victor, Yasushi Yagi, eds.), . [bibtex] [html]
[17]Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration in wireless sensor networks (, , , , and ), In Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys), ACM Press, . [bibtex] [doi]
2002
[16] Using thousands of images of an object ( and ), In Proceedings of the 6th Joint Conference on Information Science, (CVPRIP), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[15] Two View Discrete and Differential constraints for generalized imaging systems (), In Proc. of the IEEE Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[14] Embedding Images in non-Flat Spaces ( and ), In Conference on Imaging Science Systems and Technology, . [bibtex] [pdf]
2001
[13] A Spherical Eye from Multiple Camera (makes better models of the world) (, , and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
2000
[12] Video Linking (), PhD thesis, Department of Computer Science, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[11] Fault Tolerant K-Center Problems (, and ), In Theoretical Computer Science, volume 242, . [bibtex] [ps]
[10] Detecting Independent Motion: The Statistics of Temporal Continuity (, and ), In IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, volume 22, . [bibtex] [url]
[9] The Full Degree Spanning Tree Problem (, , and ), In Networks, volume 36, . [bibtex] [pdf]
[8] The Ouchi Illusion as an artifact of biased flow estimation ( and ), In Vision Research, volume 40, . [bibtex] [html]
[7] Camera Networks for Building Shape Models from Video (, , and ), In Workshop on 3D Structure from Multiple Images of Large-scale Environments (SMILE), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[6] New Eyes for Shape and Motion Estimation (, , and ), In BMVC '00: Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, Springer-Verlag, . [bibtex] [url]
1999
[5] Independent Motion: The Importance of History (, and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
[4]Explaining the Ouchi Illusion ( and ), In Optical Society of America, . [bibtex]
[3] Statistical Biases in Optic Flow ( and ), In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), . [bibtex] [pdf]
1997
[2] Families of stationary patterns producing illusory movement: Insights into the visual system (, and ), In Proc. Royal Society, London B, volume 264, . [bibtex] [pdf]
1992
[1] Ultrasonic spectroscopy of metallic spheres using electromagnetic-acoustic transduction (, , and ), In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 91, . [bibtex] [url]