SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 

 

2005

Blob Analysis of the Head and Hands: A Method for Deception Detection and Emotional State Identification
S. Lu, G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas, M. L. Jensen, J. Kruse
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, January, 2005.

An Approach for Intent Identification by Building on Deception Detection
J. Burgoon, M. Adkins, J. Kruse, M. L. Jensen, T. Meservy, S. Lu, G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, January 2005.

 

"Deception Detection through Automatic Unobtrusive Analysis of Nonverbal Behavior,"

T. O. Meservy, M. L. Jensen, J. Kruse, D. P. Twitchell, G. Tsechpenakis,J. K. Burgoon, D. N. Metaxas, J. F. Nunamaker Jr.,  IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for National and Homeland Security, to appear Sep/Oct 2005.

"Learning-based Dynamic Coupling of Discrete and Continuous Trackers,"

G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas, and C. Neidle,  IEEE International Workshop on modeling People and Human Interaction (PHI'05), in conjunction with ICCV'05, Beijing, China, October 2005.

"Discovery of Informative Unlabeled Data for Improved Learning,"

W. He, X. Huang, G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas, and C. Neidle,  IEEE International Workshop on modeling People and Human Interaction (PHI'05), in conjunction with ICCV'05, Beijing, China, October 2005.

"HMM-based Deception Recognition from Visual Cues,"

G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas, M. Adkins, J. Kruse, M. Jensen, T. Meservy, D. Twitchell, A. Deokar and J. Nunamaker,  IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo
(ICME'05), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 2005.

"Analysis and Recognition of Nonverbal Behavior Using 2D Visual Cues and Machine Learning,"

G. Tsechpenakis, D. Metaxas and S. Lu,  Project
Panel: Machine Learning Technology for Recognition and Analysis of Suspicious Behavior from Human Gestures and Movement, 2nd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS), Interacting Bodies, Lyon, France, June 2005.
 


2004
Learning Coupled Prior Shape and Appearance Models for Segmentation
X. Huang, Z. Li, D. Metaxas
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2004), Saint-Malo, France, September, 2004.

A Snake Model for Object Tracking in Natural Sequences
G. Tsechpenakis, K. Rapantzikos, N. Tsapatsoulis and S. Kollias
Elsevier, Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 19(3), pp. 219-238, March 2004. "Most requested article January-August 2004"

 

Intelligent Visual Descriptor Extraction from Video Sequences
P. Tzouveli, G. Andreou, G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Avrithis and S. Kollias
Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 3094, pp. 132-146, 2004.

Rule-driven Object Tracking in Clutter and Partial Occlusion with Model-based Snakes
G. Tsechpenakis, K. Rapantzikos, N. Tsapatsoulis, S. Kollias
EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on Object-based Semantic Image and Video Analysis, vol. 2004(6), pp. 841-860, June 2004.

Probabilistic Boundary-Based Contour Tracking with Snakes in Natural Cluttered Video Sequences

G. Tsechpenakis, N. Tsapatsoulis and S. Kollias
International Journal of Image and Graphics (IJIG): Special Issue on Deformable Models for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition, Vol. 4(3), pp. 469-498, 2004.

Pulmonary Micronodule Detection from 3D Chest CT
S. Chang, H. Emoto, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2004), Saint-Malo, France, September, 2004.


Patient-Specific Analysis of Left Ventricular Blood Flow
T. N. Jones, D. Metaxas
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2004), Saint-Malo, France, September, 2004.


High Resolution Acquisition, Learning and Transfer of Dynamic 3-D Facial Expressions
Y. Wang, X. Huang, C.-S. Lee, S. Zhang, Z. Li, D. Samaras, D. Metaxas, A. Elgammal, P. Huang
Annual Conf. of the European Association for Computer Graphics, Eurographics’04, Grenoble, France, August, 2004.


A Hybrid Face Recognition Method using Markov Random Fields
R. Huang, V. Pavlovic, D. Metaxas
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR’04), Cambridge, UK, August, 2004.


A Graphical Model Framework for Coupling MRFs and Deformable Models
R. Huang, V. Pavlovic, D. Metaxas
CVPR’04, Washington, DC, USA, June, 2004.


Cardiac Segmentation from MRI-Tagged and CT Images
D. Metaxas, T. Chen, X. Huang, L. Axel
8th WSEAS International Conf. on Computers, special session on Imaging and Image Processing of Dynamic Processes in biology and medicine & WSEAS Transactions, Athens, Greece, July, 2004.

MetaMorphs: Deformable Shape and Texture Models

X. Huang, D. Metaxas, T.Chen
CVPR’04, Washington, D.C., June, 2004.


Hybrid Image Registration based on Configural Matching of Scale-Invariant Salient Region Features
X. Huang, Y. Sun, D. Metaxas, F. Sauer, C. Xu
IEEE Workshop on Image and Video Registration (IVR’04) in conjunction with CVPR’04, Washington D.C., July, 2004.


A Hierarchical Framework for High Resolution Facial Expression Tracking
X. Huang, S. Zhang, Y. Wang, D. Metaxas, D. Samaras
IEEE Workshop on Articulated and Nonrigid Motion (ANM’04) in conjunction with CVPR’04, Washington D.C., June, 2004.


2003
Statistical Cue Integration in DAG Deformable Models
S. K. Goldenstein, C. Vogler, D. Metaxas
IEEE PAMI, Vol. 25 (7), July 2003.

Scan-Conversion Algorithm for Ridge Point Detection on Tubular Objects
S. Chang, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2003), Montréal, Canada, November, 2003

Left Ventricle Composite Material Model for Stress-Strain Analysis
Z. Hu, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, ISSN: 0302-9743, Volume 2673, pp. 218 – 229, 2003.

Handshapes and Movements: Multiple-Channel American Sign Language Recognition
C. Vogler, D. Metaxas
Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction: 5th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2003, Genova, Italy, April, 2003.

Scan-Conversion Algorithm for Ridge Point Detection on Tubular Objects
S. Chang, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2003), Montréal, Canada, November, 2003.

Establishing Local Correspondences towards Compact Representations of Anatomical Structures
X. Huang, N. Paragios, D. Metaxas
Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI’03), Montreal, Canada, November, 2003.

Adaptive Rule-based Recognition of Events in Video Sequences
V. Tzouvaras, G. Tsechpenakis, G. Stamou and S. Kollias
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Barcelona, Spain, September 2003.

Intelligent Visual Descriptor Extraction from Visual Sequences
P. Tzouveli, G. Andreou, G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Avrithis and S. Kollias
International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, KI 2003, Hamburg, Germany, September 2003.

Object Tracking in Clutter and Partial Occlusion through Rule-driven Utilization of Snakes

G. Tsechpenakis, K. Rapatzikos, N. Tsapatsoulis and S. Kollias
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, Baltimore, USA, July 2003.

2002

Adjusting Shape Parameters using Model-Based Optical Flow Residuals
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
IEEE PAMI, Vol. 24 , Issue 6, June, 2002.


LV-RV Shape Modeling Based on a Blended Parameterized Model
K. Park, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2002), Tokyo, Japan, September, 2002.


In-vivo Strain and Stress Estimation of the Left Ventricle from MRI Images
Z. Hu, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2002), Tokyo, Japan, September, 2002.


Hybrid System Models of Navigation Strategies for Games and Animations
E. Aaron, F. Ivancic, D. Metaxas
Computation and Control: 5th International Workshop, HSCC 2002, Stanford, CA, USA, March, 2002.


A Hybrid Dynamical Systems Approach to Intelligent Low-Level Navigation
E. Aaron, H. Sun, F. Ivancic, D. Metaxas
Computer Animation 2002, Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2002.


From Visual Input to Modeling Humans
D. Metaxas
Computer Animation 2002, Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2002.


Considering Hierarchical Hybrid Systems for Intelligent Animated Agents
E. Aaron, D. Metaxas
Innovative Concepts for Agent-Based Systems: First International Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts, WRAC 2002, McLean, VA, USA, January, 2002.


Automated Segmentation of the Left and Right Ventricles in 4D Cardiac SPAMM Images
Montillo, D. Metaxas, L. Axel
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2002), Tokyo, Japan, September, 2002.


Algorithmic issues in modeling motion
P. K. Agarwal, P. Koehl, M. Lin, D. Manocha, D. Metaxas, B. Mirtich, D. Mount, S. Muthukrishnan, D. Pai, E. Sacks, J. Snoeyink, L. J. Guibas, S. Suri, O. Wolefson, H. Edelsbrunner, J. Erickson, M. Isard, S. Har-Peled, J. Hershberger, C. Jensen, L. Kavraki
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Vol. 34 , Issue 4, pp. 550 – 572, December 2002.

Knowledge - Assisted Video Analysis and Object Detection
G. Tsechpenakis, G. Akrivas, G. Andreou, G. Stamou and S. Kollias
EUNITE 2002: European Symposium on Intelligent Technologies, Hybrid Systems and their Implementation on Smart Adaptive Systems, Albufeira, Portugal, September 2002.


2001

Affine Arithmetic Based Estimation of Cue Distributions in Deformable Model Tracking
S. Goldenstein, C. Vogler, D. Metaxas
CVPR’01, Kauai, Hawaii, December, 2001.


Scalable nonlinear dynamical systems for agent steering and crowd simulation

S. Goldenstein, M. Karavelas, D. Metaxas, L. Guibas, E. Aaron, A. Goswami
Computers & Graphics, Vol. 25, Issue 6 , pp. 983-998, December 2001.


Methods for Modeling and Predicting Mechanical Deformations of the Breast Under External Perturbations
F. S. Azar, D. Metaxas, M. D. Schnall
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2001), Utrecht, The Netherlands, October, 2001.


Hybrid Segmentation of Anatomical Data
C. Imielinska, D. Metaxas, J. Udupa, Y. Jin, T. Chen
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2001),Utrecht, The Netherlands, October, 2001.


Automating gait generation
H. C. Sun, D. Metaxas
SIGGRAPH 2001: Los Angeles, CA, USA, August, 2001.


A Framework for Reasoning about Animation Systems
E. Aaron, D. Metaxas, F. Ivancic, O. Sokolsky
Intelligent Virtual Agents: Third International Workshop, IVA 2001, Madrid, Spain, September, 2001.

A Multiresolution Approach for Main Mobile Object Localization in Video Sequences
G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Xirouhakis and A. Delopoulos
International Workshop on Very Low Bitrate Video Coding (VLBV01), Athens, Greece, October 2001.


2000

Variable Albedo Surface Reconstruction from Stereo and Shape from Shading
D. Samaras, D. Metaxas, P. Fua, Y. G. Leclerc
CVPR00, Hilton Head, South Carolina, June, 2000


Modeling water for computer animation
N. Foster, D. Metaxas
Communications of the ACM, Vol. 43 , Issue 7, pp. 60 – 67, July 2000.

Dynamic Deformable Models for Enhanced Haptic Rendering in Virtual Environments
R. Ramanathan, D. Metaxas
IEEE Virtual Reality 2000 Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, March, 2000.


Animation of Human Locomotion Using Sagittal Elevation Angles
H. C. Sun, D. Metaxas
Pacific Graphics 2000 (PG'00), Hong Kong, China, October, 2000.


A framework for motion recognition with applications to American sign language and gait recognition
C. Vogler, H. Sun, D. Metaxas
Workshop on Human Motion (HUMO'00), Austin, Texas, December, 2000.


Optical Flow Constraints on Deformable Models with Applications to Face Tracking

D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 38(2), pp. 99-127, July, 2000.


Model-Based Estimation of 3D Human Motion

I. Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas
IEEE PAMI, Vol. 22 (12), December, 2000.

Main Mobile Object Detection and Localization in Video Sequences

G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Xirouhakis and A. Delopoulos
The Fourth International Conference on Visual Information Systems, Lyon, France, November 2000.


1999

Combining Information using Hard Constraints
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
CVPR’99, Ft. Collins, CO, USA, June, 1999.


Dynamic Simulation for Zero-Gravity Activities
G. Huang, S. Huh, A. Goswami, D. Metaxas, N. Badler
International Space Human Factors Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1999.

User Choices for Efficient 3D Motion and Shape Extraction from Orthographic Projections
Y. Xirouhakis, G. Tsechpenakis and A. Delopoulos,
The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS99), Pafos, Cyprus, September 1999.

2D Motion Estimation in the Extraction of 3D Motion and Structure of Rigid Objects
G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Xirouhakis and A. Delopoulos,
International Workshop on Synthetic-Natural Hybrid Coding and 3D Imaging (IWSNHC3DI'99), Santorini, Greece, September 1999.

Verification Report of Core Experiment on Fast Block-Matching Motion Estimation using Advanced Diamond Zonal Search with Embedded Radar
G. Tsechpenakis, Y. Avtithis and S. Kollias
International Organization for Standardization, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG99/M5116, October 1999.


1998

Image Segmentation Based on the Integration of Pixel Affinity and Deformable Models
T. N. Jones, D. Metaxas
CVPR '98, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, June, 1998.


An Anthropometric Face Model using Variational Techniques

D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas, M. Stone
SIGGRAPH’98, Orlando, FL, USA, July, 1998.


Shape Evolution with Structural and Topological Changes using Blending
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
IEEE PAMI, Vol. 20(11), pp. 1186-1205, November, 1998.

Deformable Model-Based Shape and Motion Analysis from Images using Motion Residual Error
D. DeCarlo and D. Metaxas
ICCV’98, Bombay, India, January, 1998.


Vision-Based Animation of Digital Humans

Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas
Computer Animation '98, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1998.

 

1997

Automated 3D Segmentation Using Deformable Models and Fuzzy Affinity
T. N. Jones, D. Metaxas
Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI'97), Poultney, Vermont, USA, June, 1997.


Segmentation Using Deformable Models with Affinity-based Localization

T. N. Jones, D. Metaxas
CVRMed / MRCAS'97, Grenoble, France, March, 1997.


Modeling the Motion of a Hot, Turbulent Gas
N. Foster, D. Metaxas
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, California, USA, August, 1997.


Controlling Fluid Animation
N. Foster, D. Metaxas
Computer Graphics International (CGI’97), Kinepolis, Belgium, June, 1997.


1996

Blended Deformable Models
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
IEEE PAMI, Vol 18(4), pp. 443-448, April 1996.


Realistic Animation of Liquids
N. Foster, D. Metaxas
Graphical Models and Image Processing, Vol. 58, Issue 5, pp. 471 – 483, September 1996.


Model-based Estimation of 3D Human Motion with Occlusion Based on Active Multi-Viewpoint Selection
Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas
CVPR’96, San Francisco, CA, USA, June, 1996.


1995

Integrating Anatomy and Physiology for Behavior Modeling
D. DeCarlo, J. Kaye, D. Metaxas, J. R. Clarke, B. Webber, N. Badler
MedicineMeets Virtual Reality 3, San Diego, 1995.


Adaptive Shape Evolution Using Blending
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
ICCV’95, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, June, 1995.


3D Human Body Model Acquisition from Multiple Views

Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas
ICCV’95, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, June, 1995.

1994

Blended Deformable Models
D. DeCarlo, D. Metaxas
CVPR’04, Seattle, WA, USA, June, 1994.


Active Part-Decomposition, Shape and Motion Estimation of Articulated Objects: A Physics-based Approach

Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas, R. Bajcsy
CVPR’94, Seattle, WA, USA, June, 1994.

Active Motion-based Segmentation of Human Body Outlines

Kakadiaris, D. Metaxas, R. Bajcsy
Workshop on Motion of Non-Rigid and Articulated Objects, Austin, TX, November, 1994.

 
   
 
 
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