Biometrics

Video Analytics & Surveillance

Face Recognition

Video Recognition 

Vision-based control (Nouse) & Face Tracking

Neural Networks &
Pattern Recognition

Autonomous Robot Navigation

See also:

Patents

Media Coverage  

UofA PhD dissertation

InCyb PhD dissertation

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For Abstracts and PDFs of all publications written from 2001 to 2007 - see NRC publication archives  
For publications written prior to 2001  - see my University of Alberta alumni site  
For list of all publications by Dr. Dmitry Gorodnichy, see CV.

Biometrics:

D.O. Gorodnichy, R. Hoshino. Calibrated confidence scoring for biometric identification. In Proceedings of the NIST International Biometric Performance Conference (IBPC 2010), NIST Gaithersburg, March 2-4, 2010. 

D.O. Gorodnichy, R. Hoshino. Score Calibration for Optimal Biometric Identification, Proceedings of Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2010), 31 May – 2 June, Ottawa, 2010. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy. Multi-order analysis framework for comprehensive biometric performance evaluation, In Proceedings of  SPIE Conference on Defense, Security, and Sensing. DS108: Biometric Technology for Human Identification track. Orlando, 5 - 9 April 2010. 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, "Evolution and  evaluation of biometric systems", Special Track on Applied Computational Intelligence in Biometrics, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence Applications (CISDA), 8-10 July, 2009.

Video Analytics & Surveillance:

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy. VAP/VAT: Video Analytics Platform and Testbed. SPIE Conference on Defense, Security, and Sensing, DS226: Visual Analytics for Homeland Defense and Security track. 5 - 9 April 2010, Orlando 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Tony Mungham, "Automated video surveillance: challenges and solutions. ACE Surveillance (Annotated Critical Evidence) case study", NATO SET-125 Symposium "Sensor and Technology for Defence against Terrorism", Mainheim, April 2008. 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Mohammad A. Ali, Elan Dubrofsky, Kris Woodbeck. Zoom on the evidence with ACE Surveillance. International Workshop on Video Processing and Recognition (VideoRec’07). May 28-30, 2007. Montreal , QC , Canada . NRC 49349. - [Pdf and Poster]

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, ACE Surveillance: The Next Generation Surveillance for Long-Term Monitoring and Activity Summarization. First International Workshop on Video Processing for Security (VP4S-06), June 7-9, Quebec City, Canada. NRC 48493.  [Pdf] [Poster]

Face Recognition:

Invited Contribution:  Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, “Face databases and evaluation” chapter in Encyclopedia of Biometrics (Editor: Stan Li), Planned for publication in 2009, Elsevier Publisher 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Seeing faces in video by computers. Editorial. Image and Video Computing, Vol. 24, No. 5 (Special Issue on Face Processing in Video  Sequences, Editor: D.O. Gorodnichy), pp. 1-6, May 2006. NRC 48295. 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Video-based framework for face recognition in video. Second Workshop on Face Processing in Video (FPiV'05) in Proceedings of Second Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'05), pp. 330-338, Victoria, BC, Canada, 9-11 May, 2005. ISBN 0-7695-2319-6. NRC 48216. [Slides]  

D.O. Gorodnichy,  Projection learning vs correlation learning: from Pavlov dogs to face recognition.  AI'05 Workshop on Correlation learning, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 8-12, 2005. NRC 48209  [Slides] 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Associative neural networks as means for low-resolution video-based recognition.  International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'05), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 31-August 4, 2005. NRC 48217. 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Recognizing faces in video requires approaches different from those developed for face recognition in photographs, NATO IST - 044 Workshop on "Enhancing Information Systems Security through Biometrics", Ottawa, Canada, October 18-20, 2004. NRC 47149 - [Slides]  

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy. Facial Recognition in Video. In Proc.of IAPR Int. Conf. on Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication (AVBPA'03), LNCS 2688, pp. 505-514, Guildford, UK, June 9-11, 2003. NRC 47150 - [Poster: pdf, photo]  

Video Recognition:

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy and Arjun Yogeswaran. Detection and tracking of pianist hands and fingers.   In Proc. of the Canadian conference Computer & Robot Vision (CRV'06), Quebec, Canada, June 7-9, 2006. NRC 48492.   

Gorodnichy, D., Yogeswaran, A., and Comeau, G. C-MIDI stands for MIDI that "sees" the notes. Video recognition of pianist hands and fingers.  Toronto-Montreal Computer Vision Workshop. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 29-30, 2006. NRC 48786.  

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy and Gilles Bessens. From recognition in brain to recognition in perceptual vision systems. Case study: identifying computer users with low-resolution webcams. Poster at CVR'05 Conference on Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems. York University, Toronto, June 15-18, 2005. NRC 48208 [Slides] 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy. Second order change detection, and its application to blink-controlled perceptual interfaces. In Proc. IASTED Conf. on Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing (VIIP 2003), pp. 140-145, Benalmádena, Spain, Sept. 8-10, 2003. NRC 47151 [Slides] 

Nouse^®, Vision-based control and Face Tracking: 

Gorodnichy, D., Dubrofsky, E., and Mohammad, A.Ali. Working with a computer hands-free using the Nouse Perceptual Vision Interface. International Workshop on Video Processing and Recognition (VideoRec’07). May 28-30, 2007. Montreal , QC , Canada . NRC 49354. -  [Pdf and Poster]  

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Perceptual Cursor - a solution to the broken loop problem in vision-based hands-free computer control devices. NRC-IIT Technical Report ERB-1133, February 2006. NRC 48472.  [Pdf] 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy Towards automatic retrieval of blink-based lexicon for persons suffered from brain-stem injury using video cameras. In CD-ROM Proc. of the First IEEE CVPR Workshop on Face Processing in Video (FPIV'04), Washington DC, June 28, 2004. ISBN 0-7695-2158-4. ISSN 1063-6919. NRC 47138  [Slides] 

Gilles Bessens and Dmitry O. Gorodnichy Towards building user seeing computers.  Second Workshop on Face Processing in Video (FPiV'05) jointly with AI/GI/CRV'05, 9-11 May 2005, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2005. NRC 48210. [Slides] 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy and  Gerhard Roth. Nouse 'Use your nose as a mouse' perceptual vision technology for hands-free games and interfaces Image and Vision Computing, Volume 22, Issue 12 , 1 October 2004, Pages 931-942, 2004. NRC 47140  [On web]  

D.O. Gorodnichy and G. Roth. Affordable yet robust and precise face tracking using USB cameras with application to designing hands-free user interfaces, UIST'02, Oct 27-30, 2002. NRC 45856  [Abstract & Pdf] [Slides] [Cites] 

D.O. Gorodnichy, S. Malik and G. Roth. Affordable 3D Face Tracking Using Projective Vision, Proceedings of International Conference on Vision Interface (VI'2002), pp. 383-390, Calgary, May 27-29, 2002. NRC 45862  [Abstract & Pdf] [Slides] [Cites] 

D.O. Gorodnichy, S. Malik and G. Roth. Nouse `Use Your Nose as a Mouse' - a New Technology for Hands-free Games and Interfaces, Proceedings of International Conference on Vision Interface (VI'2002), pp. 354-361, Calgary, May 27-29, 2002. NRC 45855 [Abstract & Pdf] [Poster] [Cites] 

Dmitry O. Gorodnichy. On Importance of Nose for Face Tracking, Proc. Intern. Conf. on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG'2002), pp. 188-196, Washington DC, May 20-21, 2002. NRC 45854 [Abstract & Pdf] [Poster] [Cites] 

See also publications by/with Health Practitioners and Rehabilitation Scientists

"Leading by the Nose: Collaborative Adaption of New Hands-Free Computer Tool ". Poster at ASSET'08 Conference.

"Can Adults in Complex Continuing Care Facility Use "Nose as Mouse" Technology? " Poster at ASSET'08 Conference.

See also Facial Feature Tracking papers at UofA site

Neural Networks 

Oleksiy K. Dekhtyarenko and Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, High Performance Associative Neural Networks: Overview and Library. Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'06), Quebec City, Canada, July 7-9, 2006. NRC 48492.[Abstract and Pdf] [Library]  

See older publications see: University of Alberta alumni site