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Journal Articles

2023

F. Logothetis, R. Mecca, I. Budvytis and R. Cipolla.
A CNN-based approach for the point-light photometric stereo problem.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 131(1):101-120, 2023.

2021

SD. Morad, R. Mecca, R.P.K. Poudel, S. Liwicki and R. Cipolla.
Embodied visual navigation with automatic curriculum learning in real environments.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(2):683-690, 2021.

2018

F. Logothetis, R. Mecca, F. Sgallari and R. Cipolla.
A differential approach to shape from polarisation: a level set characterisation.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 1573-1405, 2018.

2017

V. Badrinarayanan, A. Kendall and R. Cipolla.
SegNet: a deep convolutional encoder-decoder architecture for scene segmentation.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 39(12):2481-2495, 2017.

2016

S. Cassidy, B. Stenger, L. Van-Dongen, K. Yanagisawa, R. Anderson, V. Wan, S. Baron-Cohen and R. Cipolla.
Expressive Visual Text-To-Speech as an Assistive Technology for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 148:193-200, July 2016.
K Chaiyasarn, TK Kim, F Viola, R Cipolla and K Soga.
Distortion-Free Image Mosaicing for Tunnel Inspection Based on Robust Cylindrical Surface Estimation through Structure from Motion.
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 30(4), 2016.
(Best paper award, 2016).
R. Mecca, Y. Queau, F. Logothetis and R. Cipolla.
A single-lobe photometric stereo approach for heterogeneous material.
SIAM Journal on Imaging Science, 9(4):1858-1888, 2016.
S. Stent, R. Gherardi, B. Stenger, K. Soga and R. Cipolla.
Visual change detection on tunnel linings.
Machine Vision Applications, 27(3):319-330, 2016.

2015

M.T. Pham, O.J. Woodford, F. Pebert, A. Maki, R. Gherardi, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla.
Distances and Means of Direct Similarities.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 112(3):285-306, 2015.

2014

R. Anderson, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla.
Using bounded diameter minimum spanning trees to build dense active appearance models.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 110(1):48-57, October 2014.
V. Badrinarayanan, I. Budvytis and R. Cipolla.
Mixture of trees probabilistic graphical model for video segmentation.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 110(1):14-29, October 2014.

2013

O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
Achieving robust face recognition from video by combining a weak photometric model and a learnt generic face invariant.
Pattern Recognition, 46(1):9-23, 2013.
V. Badrinarayanan, I. Budvytis and R. Cipolla.
Semi-supervised video segmentation using tree structured graphical models.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 35(11):2751-2764, 2013.
A. Maki, F. Pebert, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla.
Detecting bipedal motion from correlated probabilistic trajectories.
Pattern Recognition Letters, 34(15):1808-1818, 2013.
T.H. Yu, O. Woodford and R. Cipolla.
A performance evaluation of volumetric 3D interest points detectors.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 102(1-3):180-197, 2013.

2012

T.K. Kim, I. Budvytis and R. Cipolla.
Making a shallow network deep: conversion of a boosting classifier into a decision tree by boolean optimisation.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 100(2):203-215, 2012.

2011

G.J. Brostow, C. Hernandez, G. Vogiatzis, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla.
Video Normals from Colored Lights.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 33(10):2104-2114, October 2011.
Y. Chen and R. Cipolla.
Single and sparse view 3D reconstruction by learning shape priors.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 115(5):586-602, 2011.
C. Hernandez, G. Vogiatzis and R. Cipolla.
Overcoming shadows in 3-source photometric stereo.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 33(2):419-426, February 2011.
T.K. Kim, B. Stenger, J. Kittler and R. Cipolla.
Discriminant Analysis Using Sufficient Spanning Sets and Its Applications.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 91(2):216-232, 2011.

2010

O. Arandjelovic, R.I. Hammoud and R. Cipolla.
Thermal and reflectance based personal identification methodology under variable illumination.
Pattern Recognition, 43(5):1801-1803, 2010.
N.D.F. Campbell, G. Vogiatzis, C. Hernandez and R. Cipolla.
Automatic 3D object segmentation in multiple views using volumetric graph-cuts.
Image and Vision Computing, 28(1):14-25, 2010.
T.K. Kim, J. Kittler and R. Cipolla.
On-line learning of mutually orthogonal subspaces for face recognition.
IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 19(4):1067-1074, 2010.

2009

O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
A methodology for rapid illumination-invariant face recognition using image processing filters.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 113(2):159-171, 2009.
O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
A pose-wise linear illumination manifold model for face recognition using video.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 113(1):113-125, 2009.
G. J. Brostow, J. Fauqueur and R. Cipolla.
Semantic object classes in video: a high definition ground truth database.
Pattern Recognition Letters, 30(2):88-97, 2009.
T.K. Kim and R. Cipolla.
Canonical correlation analysis of video volume tensors for action categorization and detection.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 31(8):1415-1428, August 2009.

2008

C. Hernández, G Vogiatzis and R. Cipolla.
Multi-view photometric stereo.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 30(3):548-554, March 2008.
J. Shotton, A. Blake and R. Cipolla.
Multi-scale categorical object recognition using contour fragments.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 30(7):1270-1281, July 2008.
A. Thayananthan, R. Navaratnam, B. Stenger, P. H. S. Torr and R. Cipolla.
Pose estimation and tracking using multivariate regression.
Pattern Recognition Letters, 29(9):1302--1310, 2008.
G. Vogiatzis, G. S. Seitz, P. H. S. Torr and R Cipolla.
Reconstructing relief surfaces.
Image and Vision Computing, 26(3):397-404, 2008.

2007

C. Hernández, F. Schmitt and R. Cipolla.
Silhouette coherence for camera calibration under circular motion.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 29(2):343-349, February 2007.
T.K. Kim, O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
Boosted manifold principal angles for image set-based recognition.
Pattern Recognition, 40(9):2475-2484, September 2007.
T.K. Kim, J. Kittler and R. Cipolla.
Discriminative learning and recognition of image set classes using canonical correlations.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 29(6):1005-1018, June 2007.
B. Stenger, A. Thayananthan, P. H. S. Torr and R. Cipolla.
Estimating 3D hand pose using hierarchical multi-label classification.
Image and Vision Computing, 25(12):1885-1894, December 2007.
G. Vogiatzis, C. Hernández, P. Torr and R. Cipolla.
Multi-view stereo via volumetric graph-cuts and occlusion robust photo-consistency.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 29(12):2241-2246, December 2007.

2006

O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
An information-theoretic approach to face recognition from face motion manifolds.
Image and Vision Computing, 24(6):639-647, June 2006.
O. Arandjelovic and R. Cipolla.
Incremental learning of temporally-coherent Gaussian mixture models.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Technical Papers, May 2006.
M. Johnson, G. J. Brostow, J. Shotton, O. Arandjelovic, V. Kwatra and R. Cipolla.
Semantic photo synthesis.
Computer Graphics Forum, 25(3):407-413, September 2006.
B. Stenger, A. Thayananthan, P. H. S. Torr and R. Cipolla.
Model-based hand tracking using a hierarchical Bayesian filter.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 28(9):1372-1384, September 2006.
J. Wang, H. Zha and R. Cipolla.
Coarse-to-fine vision-based localization by indexing scale-invariant features.
IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 36(2):413-422, April 2006.

2005

O. M. C. Williams, A. Blake and R. Cipolla.
Sparse Bayesian Learning for Efficient Visual Tracking.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 27(8):1292-1304, August 2005.

2004

A. R. Dick, P. H. S. Torr and R. Cipolla.
Modelling and Interpretation of Architecture from Several Images.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 60(2):111-134, November 2004.
P. Smith, T. Drummond and R. Cipolla.
Layered motion segmentation and depth ordering by tracking edges.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 26(4):479-494, 2004.
M. Weber, A. Blake and R. Cipolla.
Towards a complete dense geometric and photometric reconstruction under varying pose and illumination.
Image and Vision Computing, 22(10):787-793, 2004.
K.-Y. K. Wong and R. Cipolla.
Reconstruction of outdoor sculpture from silhouettes under approximate circular motion of an uncalibrated hand-held camera.
IEICE Trans. Information and Systems, E87-D-(1):27-33, 2004.
K.-Y. K. Wong and R. Cipolla.
Reconstruction of sculpture from its profiles with unknown camera positions.
IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 13(3):381-389, March 2004.
K.-Y. K. Wong, P. R. S. Mendonça and R. Cipolla.
Reconstruction of surfaces of revolution from single uncalibrated views.
Image and Vision Computing, 22(10):829-836, 2004.

2003

E. Malis, G. Chesi and R. Cipolla.
Visual servoing with respect to planar contours having complex and unknown shapes.
Int. Journal of Robotics Research, 22(10/11):841-854, 2003.
K.-Y. K. Wong, P. R. S. Mendonça and R. Cipolla.
Camera calibration from surfaces of revolution.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 25(2):147-161, February 2003.

2002

G. Chesi, A. Garulli, A. Vicino and R. Cipolla.
Estimating the fundamental matrix via constrained least-squares: a convex approach.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24(3):397-401, March 2002.
T. W. Drummond and R. Cipolla.
Real-time tracking of complex structures with on-line camera calibration.
Image and Vision Computing, 20(5-6):427-433, July 2002.
(Best application prize, BMVC99).
T. W. Drummond and R. Cipolla.
Real-time visual tracking of complex structures.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24(7):932-946, 2002.
E. Malis and R. Cipolla.
Camera self-calibration from unknown planar structures enforcing the multi-view constraints between collineations.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24(9):1268-1272, September 2002.
K.-Y. K. Wong, P. R. S. Mendonça and R. Cipolla.
Structure and motion estimation from apparent contours under circular motion.
Image and Vision Computing, 20(5-6):441-448, 2002.

2001

I. Infantino, R. Cipolla and A. Chella.
Reconstruction of architectural scenes from uncalibrated photos and maps.
IEICE Trans. Information and Systems, E00-A-(12), December 2001.
P. R. S. Mendonça, K.-Y. K. Wong and R. Cipolla.
Epipolar Geometry from Profiles under Circular Motion.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 23(6):604-616, June 2001.

2000

T. W. Drummond and R. Cipolla.
Application of Lie algebras to affine invariant visual servoing.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 37(1):21-41, 2000.

1999

T. J. Cham and R. Cipolla.
Automated B-spline curve representation incorporating MDL and error-minimizing control point insertion strategies.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 21(1):49-53, 1999.
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Affine reconstruction of curved surfaces from uncalibrated views of apparent contours.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 21(11):1188-1198, November 1999.
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Extracting group transformations from image moments.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 73(1):29-42, 1999.
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Uncalibrated reconstruction of curved surfaces.
Image and Vision Computing, 17(8):617-623, June 1999.
(Best science paper prize, BMVC97).
J. Sato, K. Kinoshita and R. Cipolla.
Epipolar geometry of curved surfaces and visual navigation from uncalibrated cameras.
Trans. of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, J82-D-II(9):1401-1410, 1999.
K. Åström, R. Cipolla and P. J. Giblin.
Generalised epipolar constraints.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 33(1):51-72, 1999.

1998

R. Cipolla.
The visual motion of curves and surfaces.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A356(1740):1103-1121, May 1998.
R. R. Dowland, P. J. Clarkson and R. Cipolla.
A prototyping strategy for use in interactive robotic system development.
Robotica, 16(5):517-521, 1998.
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Quasi-invariant parameterisations and matching of curves in images.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 28(2):117-136, 1998.

1997

R. Cipolla and A. Blake.
Image divergence and deformation from closed curves.
Int. Journal of Robotics Research, 16(1):77-96, 1997.
R. Cipolla, G. Fletcher and P. J. Giblin.
Following cusps.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 23(2):115-129, 1997.
R. Cipolla and N. J. Hollinghurst.
Visually guided grasping in unstructured enviroments.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 19(3-4):337-346, 1997.
(Invited paper).
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Affine integral invariants for extracting symmetry axes.
Image and Vision Computing, 15(8):627-635, 1997.
K. C. Yow and R. Cipolla.
Feature-based human face detection.
Image and Vision Computing, 15(9):713-735, 1997.

1996

R. Cipolla and N. J. Hollinghurst.
Human-robot interface by pointing with uncalibrated stereo vision.
Image and Vision Computing, 14(3):171-178, 1996.
R. Cipolla, N. J. Hollinghurst, A. H. Gee and R. R. Dowland.
Computer vision in interactive robotics.
Assembly Automation, 16(1):18-24, 1996.
(Invited paper and award for excellence).
A. H. Gee and R. Cipolla.
Fast visual tracking by temporal consensus.
Image and Vision Computing, 14(2):105-114, 1996.

1995

T. J. Cham and R. Cipolla.
Symmetry detection through local skewed symmetries.
Image and Vision Computing, 13(5):439-450, 1995.
(Joint best science paper prize, BMVC94).
J. Sato and R. Cipolla.
Image registration using multi-scale texture moments.
Image and Vision Computing, 13(5):341-353, 1995.
(Joint best science paper prize, BMVC94).
M. W. Wright, R. Cipolla and P. J. Giblin.
Skeletonisation using an extended euclidean distance transform.
Image and Vision Computing, 13(5):367-375, 1995.

1994

A. H. Gee and R. Cipolla.
Determining the gaze of faces in images.
Image and Vision Computing, 12(10):639-647, 1994.
N. J. Hollinghurst and R. Cipolla.
Uncalibrated stereo hand-eye coordination.
Image and Vision Computing, 12(3):187-192, 1994.
(First prize British Robot Association competition, Towards the 21st Century).

1993

Y. Okamoto, R. Cipolla, H. Kazama and Y. Kuno.
Human interface system using qualitative visual motion interpretation.
Trans. of Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of Japan, J76-D-II(8):1813-1821, 1993.

1992

R. Cipolla and A. Blake.
Surface shape from the deformation of apparent contours.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 9(2):83-112, November 1992.
R. Cipolla and A. Zisserman.
Qualitative surface shape from deformation of image curves.
Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 8(1):53-69, 1992.

1991

A. Blake and R. Cipolla.
Robust estimation of surface curvature from deformation of apparent contours.
Image and Vision Computing, 9(2):107-112, April 1991.

1990

R. Cipolla and M. Yamamoto.
Stereoscopic tracking of bodies in motion.
Image and Vision Computing, 8(1):85-90, February 1990.

Before 1990

M. Yamamoto and R. Cipolla.
A cooperative analysis of stereo and moving images.
Trans. of Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of Japan, J72-D-II(6):855-865, 1989.
Copyright © 2005 Roberto Cipolla