Preliminary Programme:

Wednesday 26 November

• Registration: 8:30 - 9:15

Session 1: 9:15 - 10:15

• Opening
• Keynote: The past, present, and future of image processing systems engineering: A personal perspective.
  Professor R.M. Hodgson

Session 2: Applications: 10:40 - 12:20

• 3D pose estimation of beef carcasses using symmetry
  David W Penman, Nawar S. Alwesh
• Background Correction in Forensic Photography
  Gordon M Miskelly, John H Wagner
• Towards a Human Tracking System for a Mobile Robot Using Neural-Based Motion Detectors
  John A Perrone, Tony Voyle, Margaret E Jefferies
• Some developments on active contours and logarithmic hue-like colour space: Application to Lip Tracking
  Patrice Delmas, Marc Lievin
• Defect analysis of grit-blasted or spray-painted surface using Vision Sensing Techniques
  G Sen Gupta, Tin Aung Win, Chris Messom, Serge Demidenko, Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Session 3: Image Retrieval: 1:20 - 3:00

• Keynote: Content-based Image Retrieval in Digital Image Databases using Structure, Color and Texture
  Professor J Aggarwal
• Image Retrieval Using Colour Co-occurrence Histograms
  Linjiang Yu, Georgy Gimel'farb
• Object Recognition Robust under Translation, Rotation and Scaling in Application of Image Retrieval
  Sanun Srisuk, Rerkchai Fooprateepsiri, Sahatsawat Waraklang

Session 4: Remote Sensing: 3:20 - 5:00

• A description of New Zealand Forest using Full Polarisation Radar Imagery
  Stephen McNeill, David Pairman
• Detecting Buildings and Roof Segments by Combining LIDAR Data and Multispectral Images
  Franz Rottensteiner, John Trinder, Simon Clode, Kurt Kubik
• The effects of multipath on a bathymetric synthetic aperture sonar using belief propagation
  Michael Hayes, Philip Barclay
• Vehicle detection from airborne images by separation of texture properties and their fusion
  Hartwig Hetzheim, Anko Borner
• Panoramic Mapping using CCD-Line Camera and Laser Scanner with Integrated Position and Orientation System
  Ralf Reulke, Aloysius Wehr, Reinhard Klette, Martin Scheele, Karsten Scheibe
  

Thursday 27 November

Session 5: Poster 1 Introductions: 9:00 - 10:00

• A Traffic Object Detection System for Road Traffic Measurement and Management
  Carsten Dalaff, Ralf Reulke, Axel Kroen, Thomas Kahl
• Interactive Modelling of Hair with Texture Maps
  Will Baker, Scott A King
• Bi-Quadratic Interpolation of Intensity for Fast Shading of Three Dimensional Objects
  Ekta Walia, Chandan Singh
• An Efficient and Topological Correct Polygonisation Algorithm for Finite Element Data Sets
  Burkhard Wunsche, Jenny Zheng Lin
• A Novel Image Retrieval Based on the Representative Colours
  Jianfeng Ren, Yuli Shen, Lei Guo
• Generalized Perona-Malik Equation Based Entropy Maximization
  Hesan Z Rafi, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh
• Multigrid Analysis of Curvature Estimators
  Simon Hermann, Reinhard Klette
• Use of Multiple Surface-Tilts Approximations in Shape-from-shading using Jacobi's Iterative Method
  Osamu Ikeda
• 3D Articulated Structure and Motion Analysis from Monocular Images
  Xiaoyun Zhang, Yuncai Liu
• Parameter Identification for two Stereo Models
  FaJie Li, Qi Zang, Reinhard Klette
• Direct vs Reflected Acoustic Timing Simulation for Measuring the Tow-Path of a Synthetic Aperture Sonar
  Edward N Pilbrow, Michael P Hayes
• Extraction of Shape of an Object and Construction of closed Curves using Image Information
  Junko Fukuda
• Fast algorithm for VQ-based wavelet coding system
  OO Khalifa
• Feature Points Extraction from Faces
  GU Hua, SU Guang-Da, DU Cheng
• Laser-Based Finger Tracking System Suitable for MOEMS Integration
  Stephane Perrin, Alvaro Cassinelli, Masatoshi Ishikawa
• Obtaining Three dimensional Information from Forests using Polarmetric Interferometry
  Stephen McNeill, David Pairman
• Player Segmentation Evaluation for Trajectory Estimation in Soccer Games
  Hanjoo Kim, Siwook Nam, Jaihie Kim
• Reinventing the Microscope in the Age of Digital Imaging
  CA Holdaway, RM Hodgson

Session 6: Phase 10:40 - 11:40

• Comparison of Wavefront sensing using subdivision at the aperture and focal planes
  Richard M Clare, Richard G Lane
• Effects of Spectral Amplitude and Phase Errors on Interpretability of Images
  WH Hsiao, E Ip, RP Millane
• Estimating phase aberrations from intensity data
  Theam Yong Chew, Richard G Lane

Panel Discussion 11:40 - 12:20

Session 7a: Coding: 1:20 - 3:00

• Better Compression Rate For Images With The Deployment of ATSVD
  A. Sharifinejad
• Intra Frame Relay in ECC Video
  Bing Du, Anthony Maeder, Miles Moody
• Stereo Image Compression by Quadrant Vector Quantization
  Chompoonuch, Rutikorn Varakulsiripunth, Tanasak Phanprasit, Manas Sanworasil
• Watermarking Still Image Using Parameterized Wavelet Systems
  Zhuan Qing Huangm Zhuhan Jiang
• A New Image Copyright Protection Algorithm
  Ji-Hong Chang, Long-Wen Chang

Session 7b: Biometrics: 1:20 - 3:00

• Accurately measuring the size of the pupil of the eye
  Xiang Lin, Jennifer Craig, Simon Dean, Gisela Klette, Reinhard Klette
• An AFIS using fingerprint classification
  Chaur-Chin Chen, Yaw-Yi Wang
• Fingerprint Images Segmentation Using Two Stages Coarse to Fine Discrimination Technique
  Andrew Teoh, TS Ong, WY Sek NCL David
• Palmprint Recognition with PCA and ICA
  Tee Connie, Andrew Teoh, Michael Goh, David Ngo
• Fast training and faster execution face detectors
  Brendan McCane, Kevin Novins

Session 8a: Stereo: 3:40 - 5:00

• 3D Reconstruction Using Shape from Phometric Stereo and Contours
  Chia-Yen Chen, Reinhard Klette, Chi-Fa Chen
• Dense Stereo Correspondence Based on Recursive Adaptive Size Multi-Windowing
  Sylvia Oi-Ye Chan, Ya-Ping Wong, Jacob K Daniel
• Investigation of Directional Filter on Kube Pentland's 3D Surface Reflectance Model using Photometric Stereo
  Jiahua Wu, Mike J Chantler
• Stereo Disparity Estimation in Moment Space
  Angeline Pang, R Mukundan, Ng Liang Shing

Session 8b: Biomedical: 3:40 - 5:00

• Automatic Particle Picking of Biological Molecules Imaged by Electron Microscopy
  Jasmine Banks, Rosalba Rothnagel, Ben Jankamer
• Template-Driven 3D Segmentation for Biomedical Images in Confocal Microscopy
  Kai-Hsun Lee, Ying-Cheng Chen, Yung-Chang Chen
• The impact of RF Inhomogeneity on MR Image non-uniformity
  Mohammed Ali Oghabian, Shaahin Mehdipour, Nader Riahi Alam
• Toward a Mobility Aid for the Blind
  Roger F Browne

Conference Dinner: 6:30 - 9:30

Friday 28 November

Session 9: Poster 2 Introductions: 9:00 - 10:00

• Animation of Tree Development
  Zhuming Lam, Scott A King
• Automatic Fingerprint Center Point Determination by using Modified Directional Field and Morphology
  Andrew Teoh, TS Ong, WY Sek NCL David
• Modelling of Turbulent Water over Natural Terrain
  Nathan Holmberg, Burkhard Wunsche
• Automated Feature Extraction for Object Recognition
  Ilya Levner, Vadim Bulitko, Lihong Li, Greg Lee, Russell Greiner
• Optimal Wavelets and Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition
  G.Y.Chen, TD Bui, A Krzyzak
• Refinement to the chamfer matching for a "centre on" fit
  Jingying Chen, Paul Tan, Terence Goh
• A point-represented model based approach for 3D visual tracking
  Jing Leng, Han Wang
• 3D Modeling from Radiograph with Conebeam Geometry
  S. Ngamanekrat, W. Withayachumnankul, C. Pintavirooj, M. Sangworasil
• A study on the Image Based 3D Modeling by Weighted Bi-directional Registration
  Hyo Sung Kim, Yong Gi Park, Ki Gon Nam, Sung Wook Seol, Jae Heum Joo
• A Survey of Coded Image and Video Quality Assessment
  Amal Punchihewa, Donald Bailey, R.M. Hodgson
• Accuracy Improvement in Camera Calibration
  FaJie Li, Qi Zang, Reinhard Klette
• Combination of PCA and Wavelet Transforms for Face Recognition on 2.5D Images
  Chi-Fa Chen, Yu-Shan Tseng, Chia-Yen Chen
• Face Feature Detection Using Gabor Wavelets
  Andreas Tsoumanis, Konsta Koppinen, Jaakko Astola
• Human Activity Recognition by Head Movement using Elman Network and Neuro-Markovian Hybrids
  Henry CC Tanm Liyanage C DeSilva
• Microaneurysm Detection in Colour Fundus Images
  Lee Streeter, Michael J Cree
• Robust Tracking Algorithm of Multiple Objects Under Dynamic Environment
  Sung-Wook Seol, Jee Hye Jang, Hyo-Sung Kim, Ki-Gon Nam, Chul-Hun Lee
• Scaling and Power Spectra of Natural Images
  R.P. Millane, S. Alzaidi, W.H.Hsiao

Session 10: Graphics: 10:40 - 12:20

• A Strategy for 3D Face Analysis and Synthesis
  Mark Chan, Chia-Yen Chen, Gareth Barton
• Fast Texture Mapping of Photographs on a 3D Facial Model
  Yuya Iwakiri, Keisuke Yorioka, Toyohisa Kaneko
• Authoring and Visualizing Stereo Panoramic Images with Independent Objects
  Johnson Chen, Shou-Kang Wei, Reinhard Klette
• Efficient Collision Detection for Skeletally Animated Models in Interactive Environments
  Vadim Macagon, Burkhard Wunsche
• Filmmaking Production System with Rule-based Reasoning.
  Shen Jinhong, Seiya Miyazaki, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda

Session 11: Techniques: 1:20 - 3:00

• A Real-time FPGA Implementation of a Barrel Distortion Correction Algorithm with Bilinear Interpolation
  CT Johnston, KT Gribbon, DG Bailey
• Classification Strategies for Image Classification in Genetic Programming
  Will R Smart, Mengjie Zhang
• More Active Shape Model
  Hans Henrik Thodberg, Lars Hyldstrup, Soren Klim, Stig Mortensen, Bjarni Bdvarsson
• Scene Reconstruction by Greedy Belief Propagation
  Chris J Forne, Michael P Hayes
• Sub-pixel estimation of local extrema
  Donald Bailey

Session 12: 3:40 - 4:00

• Awards and prizes
• Closing