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Welcome
to the Computer Vision Research Laboratory at UCSB. The name is there for
historical reasons; however, our research agenda and project scope have
broadened to include a diverse set of interesting and challenging topics.
Today, students, visitors, and faculty are engaged in advanced research related
to computer vision, medical image analysis, computer graphics, and
bioinformatics. This page is constantly under construction and contains
descriptions of some sample projects in the Computer Vision Laboratory. If you
desire further information, please contact Professor Yuan-Fang Wang directly.
Please contact Professor Yuan-Fang Wang directly or consult Google Scholar Page for full-length articles .
| Numbers | Years |
| 1-10 | 1984-1987 |
| 11-20 | 1987-1989 |
| 21-30 | 1990-1991 |
| 31-40 | 1991-1992 |
| 41-50 | 1993-1996 |
| 51-60 | 1996-1999 |
| 61-70 | 1999-2002 |
| 71-80 | 2003-2004 |
| 81-90 | 2004-2005 |
| 91-100 | 2005-2007 |
| 101-110 | 2008-2010 |
| 111-120 | 2011-2015 |
| 121-130 | 2015-2018 |
| 131-137 | 2018-2018 |
| 138-143 | 2018-2019 |
| 144-150 | 2019-2023 |
| 151-152 | 2023- |
Sample Older
Publications (2000 and before)
1.
Y.
F. Wang and Jih-Fang Wang, ``On 3D Model
Construction by Fusing Heterogeneous Sensor Data,'' CVGIP: Image Understanding,
Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 210-229, 1994.
2.
Zaiming
Yang and Y. F. Wang, ``Error Analysis of 3D Shape
Construction From Structured Lighting,'' Pattern
Recognition, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 189-206, 1996.
3.
Darrin
R. Uecker, Cheolwhan Lee, Y. F. Wang, Yulun Wang, ``Automated
Instrument Tracking in Robotically-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery,'' Journal of Image Guided Surgery,
Vol. 1, No. 6, 1996.
4.
S.
Chandrasekaran, B. S. Manjunath, Y. F. Wang, J. Winkeler, and H. Zhang, ``An Eigenspace Update Algorithm for Image
Analysis,'' CVGIP:
Graphic Models and Image Processing. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 321-332,
1997.
5.
C.
H. Lee, Y. F. Wang, and Tao Yang, ``Global
Optimization for Mapping Parallel Image Processing Tasks on Distributed Memory
Machines,'' Journal
of Parallel and Distributed Processing. Vol. 45, pp. 29-45, 1997.
6.
Y.
F. Wang, D. R. Uecker, and Y. Wang, `` ``A New
Framework for Vision-Enabled and Robotically-Assisted Minimally Invasive
Surgery,'' Computerized
Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 429-437, 1998.
7.
Ronald
Alferez and Y. F. Wang, `` Geometric and
Illumination Invariants for Object Recognition,'' IEEE Transactions on PAMI,
vol. 21, pp. 505-536, 1999.
8.
Y.
Chen, A. Saran, T. Smith, and Y. F. Wang, ``VCME: A
Visual Interactive Environment for Computational Modeling Systems,'' Encyclopeida of Microcomputers,
vol. 24, pp. 333-372, 2000.
9.
C.
H. Lee, Y. F. Wang, and Tao Yang, ``Partitioning and Scheduling for Parallel
Image Processing Operations,'' Proceedings
of the Seventh IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing,
San Antonio, pp. 86-90, TX, Oct. 25-28, 1995.
10.
B.
S. Manjunath, S. Chandrasekaran, and Y. F. Wang, ``An
Eigenspace Update Algorithm for Image Analysis,'' Proceedings of International
Symposium on Computer vision, Miami, FL, pp. 551-556, Nov. 21-23,
1995.
11.
Y.
F. Wang, D. Uecker, and Y. Wang, ``Choreographed
Scope Maneuvering in Robotically-Assisted Laparoscopy with Active Vision
Guidance,'' IEEE
Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, Saratoga, FL, pp.
187-192, Dec, 8-10, 1996.
12.
Y.
F. Wang and P. Liang, ``3D Shape and Motion
Analysis from Image Blur and Smear: A Unified Approach,'' International Conference on
Computer Vision,
13.
P.
Liang and Y. F. Wang, ``Local Scale
Controlled Anisotropic Diffusion with Local Noise Estimate for Image Smoothing
and Edge Detection,'' International
Conference on Computer Vision,
14.
Y.
F. Wang and Ronald-Bryan O. Alferez, ``A
Unified Framework for Image-Derived Invariants,'' the 3rd Asian Conference on
Computer Vision,
15.
Ronald
Alferez and Y. F. Wang, ``Image Indexing and
Retrieval Using Image-Derived, Geometrically and Illumination Invariant
Features,'' Proceedings
of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems,
pp. 177-182,
16.
Ronald
Alferez and Y. F. Wang, ``Highly Discriminative
Invariant Features for Image Matching,'' Proceedings
of the third International Conference On Visual Information Systems,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 435-442, June, 1999.
17.
Ronald
Alferez and Y. F. Wang, ``Image Database Indexing
using a Combination of Invariant Shape and Color Descriptions,'' Proceedings of the Second
International Conference On Information Fusion, Sunnyvale, CA, pp.
688-695, July, 1999.
2001
18.
Ronald
Alferez and Y. F. Wang, "Invariant, Intra-Class Retrieval in Homogeneous Databases,''
Proceedings of the 2001
IEEE Multimedia Conference, pp. 177-182, Tokyo, Japan, 2001.
19.
D.
Koppel, Y. F. Wang, and Hua Lee, ''Automated
Image Rectification in Video-Endoscopy,'' Proceedings of the International Conference on
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI),
20.
T.
Can, Y. J. Wang, Y. F. Wang, and J. Su, ''A
Distributed Protein Visualization Application,'' Proceedings of the third
International Conference on Bioinfomatics, (presentation slides) Atlanta, GA, Nov.,
2001.
21.
C.
M. Tan, Y. F. Wang, and C. D. Lee, ''The Use of
BiGrams to Enhance Text Categorization,'' Journal Information Processing and Management,
vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 529-546, 2002.
2002
22.
D.
Koppel, Yuan-Fang Wang, and Hua Lee, "Viewing
Enhancement in Video-Endoscopy," Proceedings
of the Workshop on Applications Computer Vision, pp. 304-307,
2003
23.
Tolga
Can and Yujun Wang and Yuan-Fang Wang and Jianwen Su, "FPV: Fast Protein Visualization Using Java
3D," Proceedings
of the Eighteenth Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp.
88-95, Melbourne, FL, 2003.
24.
Tolga
Can and Yujun Wang and Yuan-Fang Wang and Jianwen Su, "FPV: Fast Protein Visualization
Using Java 3D," Bioinformatics,
vol. 19, June, 2003, pp. 0-10.
25.
Tolga
Can and Yuan-Fang Wang, "CTSS: A Robust and
Efficient Method for Protein Structure Alignment Based on Local Geometrical and
Biological Features," Proceedings
of the IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference, pp.
169-179, Palo Alto, CA, Aug, 2003.
26.
Yi
Wu, Long Jiao, Gang Wu, Edward Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Invariant Feature Extraction and Biased
Statistical Inference for Video Surveillance," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop
on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance, pp. 528-538,
Miami, FL, Jul., 2003.
27.
Gang
Wu, Yi Wu, Long Jiao, Yuan-Fang Wang, and Edward Chang, "Multi-camera Spatio-temporal Fusion and Biased
Sequence-data Learning for Security Surveillance," Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia
Conference, pp. 528-538, Berkeley, CA, 2003.
28.
Wei Niu, Long Jiao, Dan Han, and Yuan-Fang Wang "Real-Time Multi-Person Tracking in Video
Surveillance," Proceedings
of the Pacific Rim Multimedia Conference, pp. 2C1 1-5,
2004
29.
D.
Koppel, Y. F. Wang, and Hua Lee, ''Image-Based
Rendering and Modeling in Video-Endoscopy,'' Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on
Biomedical Imaging, pp. 272-279, Arlington, VA, April, 2004.
30.
D.
Koppel, Y. F. Wang, and Shivkumar Chandrasekaran, ''Toward Real-Time, Physically-Correct Soft
Tissue Behavior Simulation,'' Proceedings
of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, pp.
185-188, Arlington, VA, April, 2004.
31.
A.
Bhattacharya, Tolga Can T. Kahveci, A. Singh, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "ProGreSS: Simultaneous Searching of Protein
Databases by Sequence and Structure," Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Pacific Rim
Bioinformatics Conference
32.
Ankur
Jain, Edward Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang "Adaptive
Stream Resource Management Using Kalman Filter," Proceedings of the ACM Sigmod
Conference, pp. 11-22, Paris, France, 2004.
33.
Edward
Chang and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Toward
Building a Robust and Intelligent video Surveillance System: A Case
Study," (invited paper) Proceedings
of the IEEE Multimedia and Expo Conference, pp. 1391-1394,
34.
W
Niu, J. Long, D. Han, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Human
Activity Detection and Recognition for Video Surveillance," Proceedings of the IEEE
Multimedia and Expo Conference, pp. 719-722,
35.
R.
Rangaswami, Z. Dimitrijevic, K. Kakligian, Edward Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "The SfinX Video Surveillance
System," Proceedings
of the IEEE Multimedia and Expo Conference, pp. 151-160, Taipei,
Taiwan, 2004.
36.
E.
Chang, Yuan-Fang Wang, and V. Rodoplu, "Distributed
Video Data Fusion and Mining," Proceedings
of the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, pp. 222-233,
2005
37.
Long
Jiao, Gang Wu, Yi Wu, Edward Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "The Anatomy of a Multi-Camera video
Surveillance System," the
ACM Multimedia System Journal , vol. 10, pp. 144-163, 2005.
38.
Dan
Koppel, Yuan-Fang Wang and Hua Lee, "Robust
and Real-time Image Stabilization," Proceedings
of IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, pp. 350-355,
Colorado, 2005.
39.
Dianna
Han, Doug Kuschner, and Yuan-fang Wang, "Upper
Limb Position Sensing: A Machine Vision Approach," Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE EMBS
Conference on Neural Engineering, Arlington, VA, pp. 490-493, 2005.
40.
Dianna
Han, Doug Kuschner, and Yuan-fang Wang, "A
System for Limb Modeling, Position Sensing and Stimulation Control," 10th Anniversary IFESS Conference,
41. Yuan-Fang Wang,
E. Chang, and Ken Cheng, "A Video Analysis
Framework for Soft Biometry Security Surveillance," Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Video
Surveillance and Sensor Networks, pp. 71-78,
2006
42.
A.
Jain, D. Koppel, K. Kaligian, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Using Stationary-Dynamic Camera Assemblies for
Wide-area Video Surveillance and Selective Attention," Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 537-544,
2006.
43.
G.
Wu, A. Rahimi, King-Shy Goh, T. Tsai, A. Jain, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Identify Color in Motion in Video Sensor",
Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 561-569,
2006.
44.
T.
Can, Chao-I Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Efficient Molecular Surface Generation Using Level-Set
Methods, "Journal of Molecular
Graphics and Modeling, vol. 25, pp. 442-454, 2006.
45.
K.
S. Oh, Edward Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Robust Perceptual Color
Identification", US Patent 7,136,524.
2007
46.
A.
Jain E. Chang, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Bayesian Reasoning for Sensor Group-Queries and
Diagnosis, "Proceedings of
Database Systems for Advanced Applications , pp. 522-538, 2007.
47.
D.
Koppel, C.-I. Chen, Yuan-Fang Wang, Hua Lee, Jia Gu, A. Poirson, and R.
Wolters, "Toward Automated Model Building from Video in Computer
Assisted Diagnoses in Colonoscopy,
"
Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging
Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2007.
2008
49.
D.
Koppel, Chang-Ming Tsai, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Regularizing Optical-Flow Computation using Tensor
Theory and Complex Analysis, " CVPR Workshop on Tensors in Image Processing
and Computer Vision, Anchorage, AL, Jun. 2008., pp. 1-6.
50.
D.
Koppel, Shiv Chandrasekaran, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "A New Framework for Behavior Modeling of Organs and
Soft Tissue using the Boundary-Element Methods, " CVPR Workshop
on Workshop on Nonrigid Shape Analysis and Deformable Image Alignment, Anchorage,
AL, Jun. 2008 pp. 1-6.
51.
C-M.
Tsai, Z.-M. Yeh, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Contrast Compensation for Back-lit and Front-lit
Color Face Images via Fuzzy Logic Classification and Image Illumination
Analysis", Proceedings of International Conference on
Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2008.
52.
C.-I.
Chen, D. Sargent, C.-M. Tsai, Yuan-Fang Wang and D. Koppel, "Stabilizing Stereo
Correspondence Computation Using Delaunay Triangulation and Planar Homography, " Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISCV),
vol. 5358, pp. 846-855, 2008.
2009
53.
C.-I.
Chen and D. Sargent and C.-M. Tsai and Yuan-Fang Wang and D. Koppel, "Uniscale Multi-view Registration Using Double Dog-Leg
Method", Proceedings of
the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Feb. 2009.
54.
C.-I.
Chen and D. Sargent and C.-M. Tsai and Yuan-Fang Wang and D. Koppel, "Feature Detector and Descriptor for Medical Images
", Proceedings of the SPIE Medical
Imaging Conference, Feb. 2009.
55.
D.
K. Kim and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Smoke Detection in Video", World Congress on Computer Science and
Information Engineering, Apr. 2009, pp.759-763.
56.
C-M.
Tsai, Z.-M. Yeh, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Decision Tree-Based Contrast Enhancement for Various
Color Images", Machine
Vision and Applications, Sep. 2009.
2010
57.
D.
Sargent, C.-I. Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Cross
Modality Registration of Video and Magnetic Tracker Data for 3D Appearance and
Structure Modeling", Proceedings
of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, March 2010.
58.
C.-I.
Chen, D. Sargent, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Modeling
Tumor/Polyp/Lesion Structure in 3D for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in
Colonoscopy", Proceedings of the
SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, March 2010.
2011
59.
Y.
Gong and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Multi-view Stereo
Point Cloud visualization", Proceedings of International Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe, CA,
2011.
60.
Yuan-fang
Wang, Edward Chang and Ken Cheng, "Adaptive multi-modal integrated
biometric identification detection and surveillance systems", US Patent 7,956,890.
61.
Yuan-Fang
Wang, "PhotoModel3D:
a Photo- and Video-based 3D Modeling Tool," Public Software Release.
62.
Yuan-Fang
Wang, "PhotoNav3D:
A Spatially-Aware Photo Browsing Tool", Public
Software Release.
63.
Yuan-Fang
Wang, "Mosaic3D: a
Panoramic Image Stitching Tool", Public
Software Release.
2013
64.
Che-Tsung
Lin, Yu-Chen Lin, Long-Tai Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Front Vehicle Blind Spot Translucentization Based on
Augmented Reality," Proceedings
of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference,
2014
65.
Che-Tsung
Lin, Yu-Chen Lin, Long-Tai Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Enhancing Vehicular Safety in Adverse Weather using
Computer Vision Analysis," Proceedings
of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference,
66.
Yuan-Fang
Wang, "Photo- and Video-based Ranging and
Modeling", International
Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA, 2014.
67.
Hua Lee and Yuan-Fang
Wang, "High-Performance Tomogrpahic Imaging and Applications
", International
Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA, 2014.
2015
68.
Che-Tsung
Lin, Long-Tai Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Evaluation, Design and Application of Object Tracking
Technologies for Vehicular Technology Applications
,
" Proceedings
of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference,
69.
Yuan-Fang
Wang, "Computer Vision Analysis for Vehicular Safety Applications
", International
Telemetering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2015.
2016
70.
Jiangyuan Mei, Jujun Gao, Meizhu Liu and
and Yuan-Fang Wang, "
Learning a Mahalanobis Distance-Based Dyanamic Time Warping Measure for MultivarirateTime Series Classification
,
"
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 46, No, 6, 2016.
71.
Che-Tsung
Lin, Way Chen, Long-Tai Chen, and Yuan-Fang Wang, "Robust and Efficient Tracking with Large Lens Distortion for Vehicular Technology Applications
for Vehicular Technology Applications
,
" Proceedings
of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference,
2017
72.
J. Xiao, E. Liu, L. Zhao, Yuan-Fang Wang, and W. Jiang
"
Detail Enhancement of Image Super-Resolution based on Detail Synthesis
,
"
Signal Processing: Image Communcation, Vol. 50, February, 2017, pp. 2-33.
73.
X. Wang, G. Oxholm, D. Zhang, Yuan-Fang Wang,
"
Multimodel Transfer: A hierarchical Deep Convolutional Network for Fast Artistic Sytle Transfer,
"
IEEE CVPR Conference, Hawaii, August 2017.
74.
D. Zhang, H. Maei, X. Wang, and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Visual Object Tracking in Videos,
"
Technical Report
75.
Z. Fan, D. Zhang, Q. Zhu and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
Virtual Dictionary based Kernel Sparse Repreentation for Face Recognition ,
"
Journal of Pattern Recognition, Oct 2017
76.
Z. Fan, D. Zhang, Q. Zhu and Yuan-Fang Wang
" A Fast Kernel Sparse Representation basec Classification for Undersampling Problem
,
"
Under review
2018
77.
X. Wang, W. Chen J. Wu, Yuan-Fang Wang, and William Wang
"
Video Captioning via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning
"
IEEE CVPR Conference, June 2018.
78.
X. Wang, Yuan-Fang Wang, and William Wang
"
Watch Listen and Describe: Globaly an dLoally Aligned Cross-Model Attention for Video Captioning
"
NAACL-HLT 2018.
79.
X. Wang, W Chen, Yuan-Fang Wang, and William Wang
"
No Metrics Are Perfect: Adversarial Reward Learning for Visual StoryTelling
"
ACL (Oral Presentation), 2018.
80.
Da Zhang, Xiyang Dai, Xin Wang, Yuan-Fang Wang
"
S3D: Single Shot multi-Span Detector via Fully 3D Convolutional Network
"
BMCV (Oral Presentation, 4.3% acceptance rate), 2018.
81.
Da Zhang, Xiyang Dai, Yuan-Fang Wang
"
Dynamic Temporal Pyramid Network: A Closer Look at Multi-Scale Modeling for Activity Detection
"
ACCV (Oral Presentation, 4.5% acceptance rate), 2018.
2019
82.
Da Zhang, Xiyang Dai, Xin Wang, Yuan-Fang Wang, Larry Davis
"
MAN: Moment Alignment Network for Natural Language Moment Retrieval via Iterative Graph Adjustment
"
CVPR 2019, Long Beach, CA
83.
Xin Wang, Qiuyuan Huang, Asli Celikyilmaz, Jianfeng Gao, Dinghan Shen, Yuan-Fang Wang, William Yang Wang, Lei Zhang
"
Reinforced Cross-Modal Matching and Self-Supervised Imitation Learning for Vision-Language Navigation
"
CVPR 2019 (oral) Best student paper award
84.
Xin Wang, Jiawei Wu, Junkun Chen, Lei Li, Yuan-Fang Wang, and William Yang Wang,
"
VaTex: a Large-Scale, High-Quality Multilingual Dataset for Video-and_language Research
"
ICCV (Oral presentation, 4.5% acceptance rate)
2020
85.
Xin Wang, Qiuyuan Huang, Asli Celikyilmaz, Jianfeng Gao, Dinghan Shen, Yuan-Fang Wang, William Yang Wang, Lei Zhang
"
Vision-Language Navigation Policy Learning and Adaptation
"
to appear in IEEE Transactions on PAMI
86.
Da Zhang, Xiyang Dai, Yuan-Fang Wang
"
METAL: Minimum Effort Temporal Activity Localization in Untrimmed Videos
"
CVPR 2020 (Oral presentation, 5% acceptance rate), Seattle, WA
2022
87.
Jinsheng Xiao, Shuhao Zhang, Yuntao Yao, ZhongYuan Wang, Yongqin Zhang and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
Generative adversarial network with hybrid attention and compromised normalization for multi-scene image conversion
"
Neural Computing and Applications, 2022.
88.
Haotain Xia, Rhys Tracy, Erwan Fraisse, Linda Petzold, and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
VERN: VolleyBall Rally Dataset with Expression Notation Language
"
IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs, Oct 2022
2023
89.
Jinsheng Xiao, Yuntao Yao; Jian Zhou, Haowen Guo, Qiuze Yu and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
FDLR-Net: A Feature Decoupling and Localization Refinement Network for object detection in Remote Sensing Images
"
Expert Systems with Applications, 2023
90.
Rhys Tracy, Haotian Xia, Alex Rasla, Yuan-Fang Wang, and Ambuj Singh,
"
RallyGraph: Specialized Graph Encoding for Enhanced Volleyball Prediction,
"
KDD Workshop on Data Science and AI for Sports (DSAI4Sports), 2023
91.
Haotian Xia, Rhys Tracy, Yun Zhao, Yuqing Wang Weining Shen, and Yuan-Fang Wang
"
Advanced Volleyball Stats for All Levels: Automatic Setting Tactic Detection and Classification with a Single Camera
"
Workshop in International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), Shanghai, October, 2023
