Journal Publications and Book Chapters

  1. R. S. Feris, R. Raskar, L. Chen, K. Tan and M. Turk. “Multi-Flash Stereopsis: Depth Edge Preserving Stereo with Small Baseline Illumination”. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 147-159, 2008 (PDF).

  2. Y. Tian, A. Hampapur, L. Brown, R. S. Feris, M. Lu, A. Senior, C. Shu and Y. Zhai. “Event Detection, Query, and Retrieval for Video Surveillance”. Artificial Intelligence for Maximizing Content Based Image Retrieval, 2008. (Book Chapter)

  3. Y. Zana, R. Cesar, R. Feris and M. Turk. “Local Approach for Face Verification in Polar Frequency Domain”. Image and Vision Computing Journal, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 904-913, 2006 (PDF).

  4. R. S. Feris, M. Turk, R. Raskar and K. Tan. “Specular Highlights Detection and Reduction with Multi-Flash Photography”. International Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, vol. 1, no. 12, pp. 35-42, 2006 (PDF).

  5. Y. Chang, C. Hu, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “Manifold-Based Analysis of Facial Expressions”. Image and Vision Computing Journal, vol.24, no. 6, pp. 605-614, 2006 (PDF).

  6. R. S. Feris, M. Turk, R. Raskar, K. Tan and G. Ohashi. “Recognition of Isolated Fingerspelling Gestures Using Depth Edges”. B. Kisacanin, V. Pavlovic and T. Huang (eds.), Real-time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction, Springer-Verlag, 2005 - Book Chapter (PDF)

  7. R. Raskar, K. Tan, R. S. Feris, J. Kobler, J. Yu and M. Turk. “Harnessing Real-World Depth Edges with Multi-Flash Imaging”. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (IEEE CG&A), vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 32-38, January 2005 (PDF).

  8. R. S. Feris, V. Krueger and R. Cesar. “A Wavelet Subspace Method for Real-time Face Tracking”. Journal of Real-time Imaging, vol. 10, pp. 339-350, 2004 (PDF).

  9. R. Raskar, K. Tan, R. S. Feris, J. Yu and M. Turk. “Non-photorealistic Camera: Depth Edge Detection and Stylized Rendering using Multi-Flash Imaging”. ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2004), Vol. 23, Issue 3, August 2004. Also accepted in SIGGRAPH Emergent Technologies, 2004 (PDF)

Conference Publications

  1. R. S. Feris, Y. Tian, Y. Zhai and A. Hampapur. “Facial Image Analysis Using Local Feature Adaptation Prior to Learning”. IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2008 (PDF).

  2. Y. Tian, R. S. Feris and A. Hampapur. “Real-Time Detection of Abandoned and Removed Objects in Complex Environments”. IEEE International Workshop on Visual Surveillance (in conjunction with ECCV'08), Marseille, France, 2008 (PDF).

  3. D. Vaquero, R. S. Feris, M. Turk and R. Raskar. “Characterizing the Shadow Space of Camera-Light Pairs”. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR’08), Anchorage, Alaska, June 2008 (PDF).

  4. L. Chen, R. S. Feris, Y. Zhai, L. Brown and A. Hampapur. “An Integrated System for Moving Object Classification in Surveillance Videos”, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance”, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2008 (PDF).

  5. L. Chen, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “Efficient Partial Shape Matching Using the Smith-Waterman Algorithm”. CVPR Workshop on Non-Rigid Shape Analysis and Deformable Image Alignment, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2008 (PDF).

  6. A. Hampapur, L. Brown, R. S. Feris, A. Senior, C. Shu, Y. Tian, Y. Zhai and M. Lu, “Searching Surveillance Video", IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance, London , UK , September 2007 (PDF).

  7. A. Senior, L. Brown, A. Hampapur, C. Shu, Y. Zhai, R. S. Feris, Y. Tian, S. Borger and C. Carlson, “Video Analytics for Retail: the IBM Smart Surveillance Retail Solution”. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance”, London , UK , September 2007 (PDF).

  8. R. S. Feris, Y. Tian and A. Hampapur. “Capturing People in Surveillance Video”. IEEE International Workshop on Visual Surveillance, 2007 (PDF).

  9. R. S. Feris, R. Raskar and M. Turk. “Dealing with Multi-scale Depth Changes and Motion in Depth Edge Detection”. Proceedings of SIBGRAPI'06 Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, Manaus , Brazil , October 2006. IEEE Computer Society press. Awarded "One of the Best Image Processing and Computer Vision Papers" (PDF)

  10. H. Guan, J. Chang, L. Chen, R. Feris, and M. Turk. “Multi-view Appearance-based 3D Hand Pose Estimation”. IEEE Workshop on Vision for Human Computer Interaction (in conjunction with CVPR'06) , New York , NY , June 2006 (PDF).

  11. H. Guan, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “The Isometric Self-Organizing Map for Hand Pose Estimation”. International Conference on Face and Gesture Recognition, Southampton , UK , 2006 (PDF).

  12. R. S. Feris, L. Chen, M. Turk, R. Raskar and K. Tan. “Discontinuity Preserving Stereo with Small Baseline Multi-Flash Illumination”. International Conference on Computer Vision ( ICCV'05 ), - oral presentation (4% acceptance), Beijing , China , 2005 (PDF).

  13. Y. Zana, R. Cesar, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “Face Verification in Polar Frequency Domain: a Biologically Motivated Approach”. International Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe , NV , 2005 (PDF).

  14. R. S. Feris, R. Raskar, K. Tan and M. Turk. “Specular Reflection Reduction with Multi-Flash Imaging”. Proceedings of SIBGRAPI'04 Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, Curitiba , Brazil , October 2004. IEEE Computer Society press – also accepted as a poster in SIGGRAPH 2004 (PDF).

  15. R. S. Feris, M. Turk, R. Raskar, K. Tan and G. Ohashi. “Exploiting Depth Discontinuities for Vision-based Fingerspelling Recognition”. IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction (in conjunction with CVPR'04), Washington DC , USA , June 2004 (PDF).

  16. K. Tan, J. Kobler, R. S. Feris, P. Dietz and R. Raskar. “Shape Enhanced Surgical Visualizations and Medical Illustrations with Multi-flash Imaging”. International Conference on Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI'04), Rennes , France 2004 (PDF).

  17. C. Hu, Y. Chang, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “Manifold Based Analysis of Facial Expression”. IEEE Workshop on Face Processing in Video (in conjunction with CVPR'04), Washington DC , USA , June 2004 (PDF).

  18. C. Hu, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “ Real-time View-Based Face Alignment Using Active Wavelet Networks ”. Workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures (in conjunction with ICCV'03), Nice , France , October 2003 (PDF).

  19. C. Hu, R. S. Feris and M. Turk. “ Active Wavelet Networks for Face Alignment ”. In Proceedings of British Machine Vision Conference, Norwich , 2003 (PDF).

  20. M. Turk, C. Hu, R. S. Feris, F. Lashkari and A. Beall. “ TLA Based Face Tracking ”. In Proceedings of the 15 th International Conference on Vision Interfaces, Calgary , Canada , 2002 (PDF).

  21. R. S. Feris, J. Gemmell, K. Toyama and V. Krueger. “ Hierarchical Wavelet Networks for Facial Feature Localization” . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Washington D.C. , USA , May 20-21, 2002 (PDF).

  22. R. S. Feris, V. Krueger and R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Efficient Real-Time Face Tracking in Wavelet Subspace ”. Workshop on Recognition, Analysis and Tracking of Faces and Gestures in Real-Time Systems (in conjunction with ICCV'01), Vancouver , BC , 2001 (PDF).

  23. R. S. Feris and R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Locating and Tracking Facial Landmarks Using Gabor Wavelet Networks” . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2013, pp. 311-320. ICAPR'2001 International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , May 2001. The International Association for Pattern Recognition, Springer-Verlag press (PDF).

  24. V. Krueger and R. Feris. “Wavelet Subspace Method for Real-time Face Tracking. Proc. Pattern Recognition”, 23 rd DAGM Symposium, Munich , Germany 2001.

  25. R. S. Feris, T. E. Campos and R. M. Cesar Jr. “ A Project for Face Recognition from Video Sequences Using GWN and Eigenfeature Selection ”. In Proceedings of WAICV'2000 Workshop in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, pp. 141-145, Atibaia , Brazil , November 2000 (PDF).

  26. R. S. Feris and R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Tracking Facial Features Using Gabor Wavelet Networks” . In Proceedings of SIBGRAPI'2000 Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, pp. 22-27, Gramado , Brazil , October 2000. IEEE Computer Society press (PDF).

  27. T. E. Campos, R. S. Feris, R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Improved Face versus Non-Face Discrimination Using Fourier Descriptors through Feature Selection” . In Proc. of SIBGRAPI'2000 Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, pp. 28-35, Gramado , Brazil , October 2000. IEEE Computer Society press (PDF).

  28. R. S. Feris, T. E. Campos, R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Detection and Tracking of Facial Features in Video Sequences ”. Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 1793, pp. 127-135. Proc. MICAI-2000, Acapulco , Mexico , April 2000. Springer-Verlag press (PDF).

  29. T. E. Campos, R. S. Feris, R. M. Cesar Jr. “ Eigenfaces versus Eigeneyes: First Steps Towards Performance Assessment of Representations for Face Recognition” . Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 1793, pp. 193-201. Proceedings of MICAI-2000, Acapulco , Mexico , April 2000. Springer-Verlag press (PDF).

  30. R. S. Feris, W. F. Lages. “ Stereo Image Matching Using Correlation and Relaxation Labeling ”. IV Congress for Scientific Initiation and Postgraduation at Aeronautics Institute of Technology, pp. 193-199, Sao Jose dos Campos-SP, Brazil, October 1998 (in portuguese).

Theses and Reports

  1.  R. S. Feris. “Detection and Analysis of Depth Discontinuities with Lighting and Viewpoint Variation”, PhD thesis, University of California , Santa Barbara , 2006 (PDF).

  2. R. S. Feris,  J. Gemmell, K. Toyama and V. Krueger. “Facial Feature Detection using a Hierarchical Wavelet Face Database” . Microsoft Research Technical Report MSR-TR-2002-05, January 2002 (PDF).

  3. R. S. Feris, R. Cesar Jr. “ Efficient Real-time Face Tracking in Wavelet Subspace ”. MSc. thesis, University of Sao Paulo , May 2001. Awarded as the Second Best Computer Science MSc. Thesis in Brazil (Nationwide Competition, 2002) (PDF in portuguese)

Demos and Posters

  1. A. Agrawal, V. Branzoi, R. Chellappa, R. Feris, R. Raskar, K. Tan and M. Turk. “Depth Edges in Real-Time Using a Multi-Flash Camera”. CVPR DEMO, 2005

  2. R. Raskar, K. Tan, R. Feris, J. Yu and M. Turk. “ Non-photorealistic Camera: Automatic Stylization with Multi-Flash Imaging ”. SIGGRAPH Emergent Technologies, 2004.

  3. R. Feris, R. Raskar, K. Tan and M. Turk. “ Specular Reflection Reduction Using a Multi-Flash Camera ”. To appear as a SIGGRAPH poster, 2004.

Patents and Disclosures

  1. A. Hampapur, R. S. Feris, “System and Method for Searching People in Video Images Based on Physical Attributes”, Disclosure filed with IBM Watson Research Center, April 2008.

  2. R. S. Feris, L. Chen, Y. Zhai, L. Brown, “System and Method for Visual Object Classification with Calibration”, Disclosure filed with IBM Watson Research Center, February 2008.

  3. Y. Tian, R. S. Feris, M. Lu, A. Hampapur, “Detection of Abandoned and Removed Objects in a Video Stream”, US Patent Pending, 2008.

  4. Y. Tian, R. S. Feris, M. Lu, A. Hampapur, “Real-time Processing of Video Frames for Triggering an Alert Related Application”, US Patent Pending, 2008.

  5. R. Feris, Y. Tian and A. Hampapur, “Efficient Training Method and Accurate Object Detection System Based on Learning Style and Content Features”, US Patent Pending, 2007.

  6. R. Feris, Y. Tian and A. Hampapur, “Rule-Based Combination of a Hierarchy of Classifiers for Smart Surveillance”, US Patent Pending, 2007.

  7. R. Raskar, K. Tan and R. Feris, “Stylized Rendering Using a Multi-Flash Camera”. Filed with Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, US Patent pending, Application Number 10/847, May 2004.