Technical Program

Day 1 (Monday, May 11, 2009)

08:00 – 08:20 Breakfast EBU II 232

08:20 – 08:30 Welcome EBU II 205/206

08:30 to 12:00 Overview Talks EBU II 205/206

08:30 - 08:35 Opening Remarks - Past, Present and Future of Active Vision Ruzena Bajcsy (UCB)
08:35 - 08:40 Opening Remarks - Past, Present and Future of Motion Analysis JK Aggarwal (UT Austin)
08:40 – 08:55 Event Modeling and Recognition in Camera Networks Larry Davis (UMD)
08:55 – 09:10 Robust Video Understanding Systems - Review and Challenges V. Ramesh (Siemens)
09:10 – 09:25 Simulating a Functional Populace Norm Badler (UPenn)
09:25 – 09:40 Information-Driven Inference under Resource Constraints John Fisher (MIT)
09:40 – 09:55 Research Challenges for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Ian Akyildiz (GTech)
09:55 – 10:10 Content-based Scalable Video Streaming in Video Sensor Networks Aggelos Katsaggelos (Northwestern)

10:10 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 10:45 Sensing, Cooperation and Control in Networked Systems Mark Campbell (Cornell)
10:45 – 11:00 snBench: Virtualization and Programming Support for Video Sensor Networks Azer Bestavros (BU)
11:00 – 11:15 Video Analytics from Homeland Protection to Theft Prevention and Crowd Analysis Peter Tu (GE)
11:15 – 11:30 VideoWeb: A Network of Wireless Video Cameras Bir Bhanu (UCR)
11:30 – 11:45 Education Opportunities: Computer Science Perspective Thomas Henderson (UU)
11:45 – 12:00 Education Opportunities: Electrical Engineering Perspective Narendra Ahuja (UIUC)

12:00 – 01:15 Lunch EBU II 232

01:15 – 01:30 ONR Programs Martin Kruger (ONR) EBU II 205/206

01:30 – 01:45 Setup for Breakout sessions

01:45 – 03:30 Breakout Sessions - Group Presentations and Discussions

Presentations by Group Leaders (10 minutes each) and short presentations by selected participants.

The overall list of participants for each technical group is available here.

Group 6 does not meet on the first day and will have a plenary discussion followed by final recommendations on day 2.

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Group 1: Video Processing and Video Understanding EBU II 205
Group Co-Leaders: Rama Chellappa (UMD), Gerard Medioni (USC)
Talks:

• Exploiting Sparsity, Geometry and Statistics for Video Processing and Understanding Using a Camera Network Rama Chellappa (UMD)
  
• Distributed Vision: algorithms, scalability, forensics Gerard Medioni (USC)
  

List of participants for Group 1.

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Group 2: Simulation, Graphics, Cognition and Video Networks EBU II 215
Group Co-Leaders: Demetri Terzopoulos (UCLA), Chuck Dyer (U. Wisconsin)
Talks:

• Virtual Vision: A Simulation Framework for Camera Sensor Networks Research Demetri Terzopoulos (UCLA)
  
• Tracking in camera networks using joint projective invariants Chuck Dyer (U. Wisconsin)
  

List of participants for Group 2.

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Group 3: Wireless Video Sensor Networks, Communications and Control EBU II 206
Group Co-Leaders: Antonio Ortega (USC), Venkatesh Saligrama (BU)
Talks:

• Video Analytics in Multicamera Networks Venkatesh Saligrama (BU)
  
• Challenges in Practical Distributed Video Compression Antonio Ortega(USC)
  

List of participants for Group 3.

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Group 4: Distributed Embedded Cameras and Real Time Video Analysis EBU II 202
Group Co-Leaders: Hamid Aghajan (Stanford), Paul Brewer (Object Video)
Talks:

• Vision: ideas for enabling Ambient Intelligence and serving Social Networks Hamid Aghajan (Stanford)
  
• Maritime Persistent Surveillance Paul Brewer (Object Video)
  

List of participants for Group 4.

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Group 5: Applications EBU II 203
Group Co-Leaders: Glenn Healey (UCI), Bogdan Matei (Sarnoff)
Talks:

• Processing Multispectral/Hyperspectral Video Glenn Healey (UCI)
  
• Multi-Camera Tracking and Data Association Bogdan Matei (Sarnoff)
  

List of participants for Group 5.

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03:30 – 03:50 Break

03:50 – 05:45 Breakout Sessions, Continued (Possibly remixing of some groups). Rooms as above.

06:00 Reception/Buffet EBU II 232

Day 2 (Tuesday, May 12, 2009)

08:00 – 08:20 Breakfast EBU II 232
08:20 - 08:30 Announcements EBU II 205/206
08:30 – 08:45 NSF Opportunities Scott Midkiff (NSF) EBU II 205/206
08:45 – 09:00 ARO Opportunities Liyi Dai (ARO) EBU II 205/206

09:00 – 12:00 Group Presentations to the Entire Workshop and Discussions EBU II 205/206

(20 minutes/group)

09:00 – 10:20 Group 1 - 4 Presentations

10:20 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:05 Group 5 Presentations
11:05 – 12:00 Presentation and Discussion on Educational Opportunities and Curriculum Development Sharad Mehrotra (UCI), Jenq-Neng Hwang (UW)


12:00 – 1:00 Lunch EBU II 232

01:00 – 03:00 Breakout Sessions: Remixing of individuals in various groups.

Preparation for final recommendations for all groups.

Group 1: Video Processing and Video Understanding EBU II 205
Group 2: Simulation, Graphics, Cognition and Video Networks EBU II 215
Group 3: Wireless Video Sensor Networks, Communications and Control EBU II 206
Group 4: Distributed Embedded Cameras and Real Time Video Analysis EBU II 202
Group 5: Applications EBU II 203
Group 6: Educational Opportunities and Curriculum Development EBU II 216

The list of participants for Groups 1-6 is available here

03:00 – 03:20 Break

03:20 – 05:00 Recommendation by the Groups for Research Directions and Educational Opportunities/Curriculum Development EBU II 205/206

(15 minutes/group)

05:00 Workshop Adjourned