June 7

08:00 

Registration

08:45

Opening Session

June 8

June 9

09:00

Invited Talk � David Lowe

Invited Talk � Wiro Niessen

Invited Talk � Isidore Rigoutsos

10:00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

10:15

Image Analysis I

Pattern Recognition

Image & Video Processing

11:45

Computer Vision I

Video Processing

Statistical Pattern Recognition

13:05

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

14:30

Syntactic Pattern Recognition

Image Analysis II

Computer Vision III

15:30

Applications I

Computer Vision II

Applications II

16:45

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

17:00

Face and Gesture Analysis

Medical Applications

Image Processing

18:00

AERFAI+APRP

meeting

Closing Session

Poster Session

Oral Session

June 7

10:15������� SESSION 1 - Image Analysis I     (POSTER)

Segment extraction using Burns principles in a pseudocolor� fuzzy Hough transform

Marta� Penas, Mar�a J. Carreira, Manuel G. Penedo, C�stor� Mari�o P�rez

Texture interpolation using ordinary Kriging

Sunil Chandra, Maria Petrou, Roberta Piroddi

Spectral methods in image segmentation: a combined approach

Fernando C. Monteiro, Aur�lio C. Campilho

Signal subspace identification in hyperspectral linear mixtures

Jos� Nascimento, Jos� M. B. Dias

Automatic selection of multiple texture feature extraction methods for texture pattern classification

Domenec Puig, Miguel �ngel Garcia

Detector of image orientation based on Borda-count

Loris Nanni, Alessandra Lumini

Color Image segmentation using acceptable histogram� segmentation

Julie� Delon, Agnes Desolneux, Jose Luis Lisani, Ana� Belen Petro

Adding subsurface attenuation to the Beckmann-Kirchhoff theory

Hossein Ragheb, Edwin R. Hancock

Multi-scale cortical keypoint representation for attention and object detection

Jo�o Rodrigues, J. M. Hans du Buf

Evaluation of distances between color image segmentations

Jaume Verg�s-Llah�, Alberto Sanfeliu

An algorithm for the detection of multiple concentric circles

Margarida Silveira

Image corner detection using Hough transform

Sung Kwan Kang, Yong Chul Chong, Jong An Park

Dissimilarity measures for visual pattern partitioning

Raquel Dosil, Xos� R. Fdez Vidal, Xos� M. Pardo

A comparative study of highlights detection and elimination by color morphology and polar color models

Francisco Ortiz, Fernando Torres, Pablo Gil

Algorithm for crest detection based on graph contraction

Nazha Selmaoui

A learning framework for object recognition on image� understanding

Xavier Mu�oz, Anna� Bosch, Joan� Mart�, Joan Espunya

A roof edge detection model

Qing H. Zhang, Song Gao, Tien D. Bui

A dynamic stroke segmentation technique for sketched symbol recognition

Vincenzo Deufemia, Michele� Risi

Application of wavelet transforms and Bayes classifier to segmentation of ultrasound images

Pawel Kies

Use of neural networks in automatic caricature generation: an approach based on drawing style capture

Rupesh N. Shet, Ka H. Lai, Eran A. Edirisinghe, Paul� W. H. Chung

Compact and robust fingerprints using DCT coefficients of key blocks

Sheng Tang, Jin Tao Li, Yong Dong Zhang

Fingerprint matching using minutiae coordinate systems

Farid Benhammadi, Hamid Hentous, Kadda Bey-Beghdad, Mohamed Aissani

The contribution of external features to face recognition

�gata Lapedriza, David Masip, Jordi Vitri�

Iris recognition based on quadratic spline wavelet multi-scale decomposition

Xing� Ming, Xiaodong� Zhu, Zhengxuan� Wang

11:45�� �����SESSION 2 - Computer Vision I     (ORAL)

Local single-patch features for pose estimation using the log-polar transform

Fredrik Viksten, Anders Moe

Efficient object-class recognition by boosting contextual information

Jaume Amores, Nicu Sebe, Petia Radeva

A real-time Gabor primal sketch for visual attention

Alexandre Bernardino, Jos� Santos-Victor

Matching deformable regions using local histograms of differential invariants

Nicol�s P�rez de la Blanca, Jos� M. Fuertes, Manuel Lucena

14:30������� SESSION 3 - Syntactic Pattern Recognition     (ORAL)

Comparison of two different prediction schemes for the analysis of time series of graphs

Horst Bunke, Peter Dickinson, Miro Kraetzl

Machine learning with seriated graphs

Hang Yu, Edwin R Hancock

Information theoretic text classification using the Ziv-Merhav method

David Pereira Coutinho, M�rio A. T. Figueiredo

15:30������� SESSION 4 - Applications I     (POSTER)

Multiple face detection at different resolutions for perceptual user interfaces

Modesto Castrill�n Santana, Javier� Lorenzo, Oscar� D�niz-Su�rez, J. Isern, Antonio Falc�n-Martel

An analysis of facial description in static images and video streams

Modesto Castrill�n Santana, Javier Lorenzo, Daniel Hern�ndez, Yeray� Rodr�guez-Dom�nguez

Performance driven facial animation by appearance based racking

Jos�� Miguel Buenaposada, Enrique Mu�oz, Luis Baumela

Color distribution tracking for facial analysis

Juan Jos�� Gracia-Roche, Carlos Orrite, Emiliano Bernu�s, Jos� El�as Herrero

Head gesture recognition based on Bayesian network

Peng� Lu,� Xiangsheng� Huang, Xinshan Zhu, Yangsheng�� Wang

Detection and tracking of face by a walking robot

Do Joon Jung, Chang Woo Lee, Hang Joon Kim

PCA positioning sensor characterization for terrain based navigation of Uvs

Paulo Oliveira

Monte Carlo localization using SIFT features

Arturo Gil, �scar� Reinoso, Asunci�n Vicente, C�sar Fern�ndez, Luis Pay�

A new method for the estimation of the image Jacobian for the control of an uncalibrated joint system

Jose M. Sebastian, Lizardo� Pari, Carolina� Gonz�lez, Luis� �ngel

Accelerometer based gesture recognition using continuous HMMs

Timo Pylv�n�inen

An approach to improve online hand-eye calibration

Fanhuai Shi, Jianhua� Wang, Yuncai� Liu

Performance analysis of homomorphic systems for image change detection

Gonzalo Pajares, Jos� Jaime Ruz, Jes�s M. de la Cruz

Car license plates extraction and recognition based on connected components analysis and HMM decoding

David Llorens, Andr�s� Marzal, Vicente� Palaz�n, Juan M. Vilar

Multi-resolution image analysis for vehicle detection

Cristina Hilario, Juan Manuel Collado, Jos� Maria Armingol, Arturo de la Escalera

A novel adaptive Gaussian mixture model for background subtraction

Jian Cheng, Jie� Yang, Yue Zhou

Intelligent target recognition on based wavelet adaptive network based fuzzy inference system

Engin Avci, Ibrahim Turkoglu, Mustafa� Poyraz

Image processing application development: from rapid prototyping to SW/HW co-simulation and automated code generation

Cristina Vicente, Ana Toledo, Pedro S�nchez Palma

Xilinx system generator based HW components for rapid prototyping of computer vision SW/HW systems

Ana Toledo, Cristina Vicente, Juan� Suard�az, Sergio Cuenca

2-D discrete cosine transform (DCT) on meshes with hierarchical control modes

Cheong Ghil Kim, Su Jin Lee, Shin Dug Kim

Domain-specific codesign for automated visual inspection systems

Sergio Cuenca, Antonio C�mara, Juan Suard�az, Ana Toledo

Hardware-accelerated template matching

Ra�l Cabido, Antonio� S. Montemayor, �ngel� S�nchez

17:00������� SESSION 5 - Face & Gesture Analysis     (ORAL)

Discriminative face recognition through Gabor responses and sketch distortion

Daniel Gonz�lez-Jim�nez, Jos� Luis Alba-Castro

HMM-based gesture recognition for robot control

Hye Sun Park, Eun� Yi Kim, Sang Su Jang, Se Hyun Park, Min Ho Park, Hang� Joon Kim

Removing shadows from face images using ICA

Jun Liu, Xiangsheng Huang, Yangsheng� Wang

10:15������� SESSION 6 - Pattern Recognition     (POSTER)

Solving particularization with supervised clustering competition scheme

Oriol Pujol, Petia� Radeva

Adaptive optimization with constraints: convergence and oscillatory behaviour

Fernando J. Coito, Jo�o M. Lemos

Boosting statistical local feature based classifiers for face recognition

Xiangsheng Huang, Yangsheng Wang

Dynamic and static weighting in classifier fusion

Rosa M. Valdovinos, J. Salvador S�nchez, Ricardo Barandela

A novel one-parameter regularized kernel Fisher discriminant method for face recognition

Wensheng Chen, Pongchi� Yuen, Jian� Huang, Daoqing� Dai

AutoAssign - An automatic assignment tool for independent components

Matthias Bohm, Kurt Stadlthanner, Ana M. Tom�, Peter Gruber, Ana R. Teixeira, Fabian Theis, Carlos G. Puntonet,Elmar W. Lang

Improving the discrimination capability with an adaptive synthetic discriminant function filter

J. �ngel Gonz�lez-Fraga, Victor H. Diaz-Ram�rez, Vitaly Kober, Josu� �lvarez-Borrego

Globally exponential stability of non-autonomous delayed neural networks

Qiang Zhang, Wenbing� Liu,� Xiaopeng Wei, Jin Xu

Grouping of non-connected structures by an irregular graph Pyramid

Walter G. Kropatsch, Yll Haxhimusa

An adjacency grammar to recognize symbols and gestures in a digital pen framework

Joan Mas, Gemma� S�nchez, Josep Llad�s

Graph clustering using heat content invariants

Bai� Xiao, Edwin R. Hancock

Matching attributed graphs: 2nd-order probabilities for

pruning the search tree

Francesc Serratosa, Alberto Sanfeliu

Synthesis of median spectral graph

Miquel� Ferrer, Francesc Serratosa, Alberto Sanfeliu

Feature selection for graph-based image classifiers

Bertrand Le Saux, Horst� Bunke

Time reduction of stochastic parsing with stochastic context-free grammars

Joan Andreu S�nchez, Jos� Miguel Bened�

An utterance verification algorithm in keyword spotting System

Haisheng Dai, Xiaoyan� Zhu, Yupin Luo, Shiyuan� Yang

A clustering algorithm for the fast match of acoustic conditions in continuous speech recognition

Luis Javier Rodr�guez, M. In�s Torres

Adaptive signal models for wide-band speech and audio compression

Pedro Vera Candeas, Nicol�s Ruiz Reyes, Manuel Rosa� Zurera, Juan C. Cuevas Mart�nez, Francisco� L�pez Ferreras

Cryptographic-speech-key generation architecture improvements

L. Paola Garcia Perera, Juan A. Nolazco, Carlos Mex Perera

Performance of a SCFG-based language model with training data sets of increasing size

Joan A. S�nchez, Jos�� Miguel Bened�, Diego Linares

Speaker dependent ASRs for Huastec and western-Huastec Nahuatl languages

Juan A. Nolazco, Luis R. Salgado, Marco O. Pe�a

Parallel perceptrons, activation margins and imbalanced training set pruning

Iv�n Cantador, Jos� R. Dorronsoro

Automatic segmentation of bilingual corpora: a comparison of different techniques

Ismael Garc�a-Varea, Daniel� Ortiz, Francisco Nevado, Pedro A. G�mez, Francisco� Casacuberta

Word translation disambiguation using multinomial classifiers

Jes�s Andr�s, Jos� R. Navarro, Alfons Juan, Francisco Casacuberta

Different approaches to bilingual text classification based on grammatical inference techniques

Jorge Civera, Elsa Cubel, Alfons Juan, Enrique Vidal

Semantic similarity between sentences through approximate tree matching

Francisco Jose Ribadas, Manuel� Vilares, Jesus Vilares

11:45������� SESSION 7 - Video Processing     (ORAL)

Contextual soccer detection using mosaicing techniques

Lluis Barcel�, Xavier Binefa

From moving edges to moving regions

Loic Biancardini, Eva Dokladalova, Serge Beucher, Laurent Letellier

A 3D dynamic model of human actions for probabilistic image tracking

Ignasi Rius, Daniel Rowe, Jordi Gonz�lez, Xavi Roca

A framework to integrate particle filters for robust tracking in non-stationary environments

Francesc Moreno-Noguer, Alberto Sanfeliu

14 :30������� SESSION 8 - Image Analysis II     (ORAL)

Curvature based clustering for DNA microarray data analysis

Emil Saucan, Eli Appleboim

Mathematical morphology in polar-logarithmic coordinates. Application to erythrocyte shape analysis

Miguel A. Luengo Oroz, Jes�s Angulo, Georges Flandrin, Jacques Klossa

Phase unwrapping via graph cuts

Jos� M. B. Dias, Gon�alo Valad�o

15 :30������� SESSION 9 - Computer Vision II     (POSTER)

An invariant and compact representation for unrestricted pose

Robert S�derberg, Klas Nordberg, G�sta Granlund

Gabor parameter selection for local feature detection

Plinio Moreno, Alexandre Bernardino, Jos� Santos-Victor

Real-time tracking using multiple target models

Manuel Lucena, Jos� M. Fuertes, Nicol�s P�rez de la Blanca

Illumination intensity, object geometry and highlights invariance in multispectral imaging

Ra�l Montoliu, Filiberto Pla, Arnoud C. Klaren

Dealing with multiple motions in optical flow estimation

Jes�s Chamorro-Mart�nez, Javier Mart�nez-Baena, Elena Gal�n-Perales, B. Prados Su�rez

Conversion into three-dimensional implicit surface representation from topological active volumes based segmentation

Jos� Rouco, Noelia� Barreira, Manuel G. Penedo, Xos� M. Pardo

Automatic matching and motion estimation from two views of a multiplane scene

G. L�pez-Nicol�s, C. Sag��s, J.J. Guerrero

Probabilistic image-based tracking: improving particle filtering

Daniel� Rowe, Ignasi Rius, Jordi Gonz�lez, Xavi Roca, Juan J. Villanueva

A Functional simplification of the BCS/FCS image segmentation

Pablo Martinez, Miguel� Pinzolas, J. L.� Coronado, Daniel Garcia

Polygon optimisation for the modelling of planar range data

Samuel Nunes, Daniel Almeida, Eddy Loke, J. M. Hans du Buf

Stereo vision system with the grouping process of multiple reaction-diffusion models

Atsushi� Nomura, Makoto Ichikawa, Hidetoshi Miike

Registration of moving surfaces by means of one-shot laser projection

Carles Matabosch, David Fofi, Joaquim Salvi, Josep� Forest

A computer vision sensor for panoramic depth perception

Radu Orghidan, El Mustapha Mouaddib, Joaquim Salvi

Probabilistic object tracking based on machine learning and importance sampling

Peihua Li,Haijing Wang

A calibration algorithm for POX-slits camera

Nuno Martins, H�lder Ara�jo

Vision-based interface for integrated home entertainment system

Jae Sik Chang, Sang Ho Kim, Hang Joon Kim

A proposal for a homeostasis based adaptive vision system

Javier� Lorenzo, Daniel Hern�ndez, Cayetano Guerra, J. Isern

Relaxed grey-world: computational colour constancy by surface matching

Francesc Tous, Mar�a Vanrell, Ram�n Baldrich

A real-time driver visual attention monitoring system

Jorge P. Batista

An approach to vision-based person detection in robotic applications

Carlos Castillo, Carolina Chang

A new approach to the template update problem

Cayetano Guerra, Mario Hern�ndez, A. Dom�nguez, D. Hern�ndez

17:00������� SESSION 10 - Medical Applications     (ORAL)

Automatic classification of breast tissue

Arnau Oliver, Jordi Freixenet, Anna� Bosch, David Raba, Reyer� Zwiggelaar

On reproducibility of ultrasound image classification

Martin Svec, Radim� S�ra, Daniel Smutek

Prior based cardiac valve segmentation in echocardiographic sequences: geodesic active contour guided by region and shape prior

Yanfeng Shang, Xin Yang, Ming Zhu, Biao Jin, Ming Liu

10:15������� SESSION 11 - Image & Video Processing     (POSTER)

A new fuzzy multi-channel filter for the reduction of impulse noise

Stefan Schulte, Val�rie De Witte, Mike� Nachtegael, Dietrich Van der Weken, Etienne E. Kerre

Enhancement and cleaning of handwritten data by using neural networks

Jos� Luis Hidalgo, Salvador Espa�a, Maria Jos� Castro, Alberto Jos� P�rez

Zerotree wavelet based image quilting for fast texture synthesis

Dhammike S. Wickramanayake, Eran A. Edirisinghe, Helmut E. Bez

Semantic feature extraction based on video abstraction and temporal modeling

Kisung� Lee

Video retrieval using an EDL-based timeline

Jos� San Pedro, Nicolas� Denis, Sergio Dom�nguez

A new secret sharing scheme for images based on additive 2-dimensional cellular automata

Gonzalo �lvarez Mara��n, Luis Hern�ndez Encinas, �ngel Mart�n del Rey

A fast motion estimation algorithm based on diamond and triangle search patterns

Yun� Cheng, Zhiying� Wang, Kui� Dai, Jianjun Guo

A watermarking scheme� based on discrete non-separable wavelet transform

Jianwei Yang, Xinge You, Yuan Yan Tang, Bin Fang

A fast run-length algorithm for wavelet image coding with reduced memory usage

Jose Oliver, Manuel P. Malumbres

Contour-based image registration using mutual information

Nancy A. �lvarez, Jos� M. Sanchiz, Jorge� Badenas, Filiberto Pla, Gustavo Casa�

Improving correspondence matching using label consistency constraints

Hongfang Wang, Edwin R. Hancock

The Euclidean distance transform applied to the FCC and BCC grids

Robin Strand

A global-to-local matching strategy for registering retinal fundus images

Xinge You, Bin Fang, Zhenyu He, Yuan Yan Tang

A model-based method for face shape recovery

William A. Smith, Edwin R. Hancock

Visual detection of hexagonal headed bolts using method of frames and matching pursuit

Pier Luigi Mazzeo, Ettore Stella, Nicola� Ancona, Arcangelo� Distante

A new region-based active contour for object extraction using level set method

Lishui Cheng, Jie� Yang, Xian Fan

Improving ASM search using mixture models for grey-level profiles

Yanong Zhu, Mark Fisher, Reyer Zwiggelaar

Human figure segmentation using independent components analysis

Gr�gory� Rogez, Carlos Orrite, Jes�s Mart�nez-del-Rinc�n

Adaptive window growing technique for efficient image matching

Boguslaw Cyganek

Managing resolution in digital elevation models using image processing techniques

Rolando Quintero, Serguei Levachkine, Miguel Torres, Marco� Moreno, Giovanni Guzman

Object image retrieval by shape content in complex scenes using geometric constraints

Agn�s Borr�s, Josep Llad�s

Appearance-based recognition of words in american sign language

Morteza Zahedi, Daniel� Keysers, Hermann Ney

Robust person-independent visual sign language recognition

J�rg Zieren, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss

Extracting motion features for visual human activity representation

Filiberto Pla, Pedro� Ribeiro, Jos� Santos-Victor, Alexandre Bernardino

Modelling spatial correlation and image statistics for improved tracking of human gestures

Rik Bellens, Sidharta Gautama, Johan D'Haeyer

Fast and accurate hand pose detection for human-robot interaction

Luis Ant�n Canal�s, Elena S�nchez Nielsen, Modesto Castrill�n Santana

11:45������� SESSION 12 - Statistical Pattern Recognition     (ORAL)

Testing some improvements of the Fukunaga and Narendra's fast nearest neighbour search algorithm in a spelling task

Eva G�mez-Ballester, Luisa� Mic�, Jos� Oncina

A stochastic approach to Wilson's editing algorithm

Fernando Vazquez, J. Salvador S�nchez, Filiberto Pla

Data characterization for effective prototype selection

Ram�n A. Mollineda, J. Salvador S�nchez, Jos� M. Sotoca

Phrase-based alignment models for statistical machine translation

Jes�s Tom�s, Jaime Lloret, Francisco Casacuberta

14:30������� SESSION 13 - Computer Vision III     (ORAL)

Stereo reconstruction of a submerged scene

Ricardo Ferreira, Jo�o P. Costeira, Jo�o A. Santos

Dynamic texture recognition using normal flow and texture regularity

Renaud P�teri, Dmitry Chetverikov

The MORFO3D foot database

Jos�� Garc�a-Hern�ndez, Stella Heras, Alfons Juan, Roberto� Paredes, Beatriz� Nacher, Sandra Alemany, Enrique Alc�ntara, Juan Carlos Gonz�lez

15:30������� SESSION 14 � Applications II     (POSTER)

Spontaneous handwriting text recognition and classification using finite-state models

Alejandro H�ctor Toselli, Mois�s Pastor, Alfons� Juan, Enrique Vidal

Combining global and local threshold to binarize document of images

Elise Gabarra, Antoine Tabbone

Extended bi-gram features in text categorization

Xian Zhang, Xiaoyan� Zhu

Combining fuzzy color clustering and morphological methods for old documents recovery

Jo�o Caldas Pinto, Louren�o Bandeira, Jo�o M.C. Sousa, Pedro� Pina

A new Algorithm for pattern optimization in protein-protein interaction extraction system

Yu Hao, Xiaoyan Zhu, Ming� Li

Support vector machines for HIV-1 protease cleavage site prediction

Loris Nanni, Alessandra Lumini

Medial grey-level based representation for proteins in volume images

Ida-Maria Sintorn, Magnus� Gedda, Susana� Mata,

Stina� Svensson

Bayesian reconstruction for transmission tomography with scale hyperparameter estimation

Antonio L�pez, Rafael� Molina, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

Automatic segmentation and registration of lung surfaces in temporal chest CT scans

Helen Hong, Jeongjin� Lee, Yeni� Yim, Yeong Gil� Shin

Breast segmentation with pectoral muscle suppression on digital mammograms

David Raba, Arnau Oliver, Joan� Mart�, Marta Peracaula, Joan� Espunya

Semivariogram and SGLDM methods:� comparison for the diagnosis of solitary lung� nodule

Arist�fanes C.� Silva, Anselmo C. Paiva, Paulo C. P. Carvalho, Marcelo Gattass

Anisotropic 3D reconstruction and restoration for rotation-scanning 4D echocardiographic images based on MAP-MRF

Qiang Guo, Xin Yang, Min Zhu, Kun Sun

Comparison of feature extraction methods for breast cancer detection

Rafael Llobet, Roberto� Paredes, Juan C. P�rez-Cort�s

A text categorization approach for music style recognition

Carlos P�rez-Sancho, Jos� Manuel I�esta, Jorge� Calera-Rubio

Fast surface grading using color statistics in the CIE Lab space

Fernando L�pez, Jos� Miguel Valiente, Ram�n Baldrich, Mar�a Vanrell

Quantitative identification of marbles aestethical features

Roberto Bruno, Lorenza Cuoghi, Pascal� Laurenge

Leather inspection based on wavelets

Jo�o Lu�s Sobral

Multispectral image segmentation by energy minimization for fruit quality estimation

Adolfo Mart�nez-Us�, Filiberto� Pla, Pedro Garcia-Sev�lla

Thresholding methods on MRI to evaluate intramuscular fat level on Iberian ham

Mar �vila, Marisa Dur�n, Andres� Caro, Teresa� Antequera, Ramiro Gallardo

Automatic mask extraction for PIV-based dam-break analysis

Alberto Biancardi, Paolo Ghilardi, Matteo� Pagliardi

Analysis of� meso textures of geomaterials through Haralick parameters

Margarida Taborda Duarte, Joanne M. R. Fernlund

Decision fusion for target detection using multi-spectral image sequences from moving cameras

Luis L�pez Guti�rrez, Leopoldo Altamirano Robles

Recognition of facial gestures based on support vector machines

Attila� Fazekas, Istv�n� S�nta

17:00������� SESSION 15 - Image Processing     (ORAL)

Bayesian reconstruction of color images acquired with a single CCD

Miguel Vega, Rafael� Molina, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

Multiscale approach for thinning ridges of fingerprint

Xinge You, Bin Fang, Yuan Yan Tang, Jian Huang

Fast and exact algorithm for total variation minimization

J�r�me Darbon, Marc Sigelle