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Robotics Institute
Seminar, February 23, 2006
Time and Place | Seminar Abstract | Speaker Biography | Speaker Appointments
Space-Time Analysis and
Manipulation of Behaviors in Video
Michal
Irani
Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Math
The Weizmann Institute of Science
NSH
3305
Refreshments 3:15 pm
Talk 3:30 pm
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Abstract |
Video provides a visual window into the
space-time world. It tells us how dynamic scenes continuously evolve over
extended periods of time. This makes video much more than a plain collection of
image-frames. Yet, it is still treated as such.
In
this talk I will show how by moving away from image-frames and analyzing
information contained in entire space-time volumes, we can perform tasks that
are very difficult and often impossible to perform otherwise. In particular, I
will show how this space-time approach can be used for solving three problems
related to analysis of dynamic scenes:
(i)
Fast search of complex behaviors in video (based on a single example clip).
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Completion of missing information in video (including very complex dynamic information).
(iii)
Detection of "irregularities" in visual data (including detection of
suspicious/salient behaviors in video, saliency/attention in images, and other
applications).
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Speaker Biography |
Michal Irani is on staff at the Weizmann Institute of
Science, working in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.
She received a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem in 1985, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer
Science from the same institution in 1989 and 1994, respectively. From 1993 to
1996, she was a member of the technical staff of the Vision Technologies
Laboratory at the
Michal's
research interests center around computer vision and image processing.
Currently, she focuses on automatic analysis of video information and its
application to real-world problems. Michal's prizes and honors include the
David Sarnoff Research Center Technical Achievement Award (1994), the Yigal
Allon Three-Year Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scientists (1998), and the
Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics (2003). At the European Conference on
Computer Vision, she received awards for Best Paper in 2000 and in 2002, and
was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Marr Prize at the IEEE International
Conference on Computer Vision in 2001 and in 2005.
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Speaker Appointments |
For
appointments, please contact Janice Brochetti (janiceb@cs.cmu.edu)
The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.