[Front cover]

[Copyright notice] (PDF)

pp. iv

Table of contents (PDF)

pp. v-x

Title Page i (PDF)

pp. i

Title Page iii (PDF)

pp. iii

Foreword (PDF)

pp. xi-xii

Committees (PDF)

pp. xiii-xvii

Plenary Talks (PDF)

pp. xviii-xxiv

Textural Segmentation of Sidescan Sonar Images Based on Gabor Filters Bank and Active Contours without Edges (Abstract)

Kaveh Samiee

GholamAli Rezai Rad

pp. 3-8

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Commentary Paper on "Textural Segmentation of Sidescan Sonar Images Based on Gabor Filters Bank and Active Contours without Edges" (Abstract)

Nikos Komodakis

George Bebis

pp. 9

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Vehicle Detection Using Multi-level Probability Fusion Maps Generated by a Multi-camera System (Abstract)

pp. 10-17

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Robust Unattended and Stolen Object Detection by Fusing Simple Algorithms (Abstract)

Juan Carlos San Miguel

José M. Martínez

pp. 18-25

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Commentary Paper 1 on "Robust Unattended and Stolen Object Detection by Fusing Simple Algorithms" (Abstract)

Stefan Atev

pp. 26

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Commentary Paper 2 on "Robust Unattended and Stolen Object Detection by Fusing Simple Algorithms" (Abstract)

Michal Sofka

pp. 27-28

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Dynamic Models for People Detection and Tracking (Abstract)

pp. 29-35

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Commentary Paper on "Dynamic Models for People Detection and Tracking" (Abstract)

pp. 36-37

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On Stable Dynamic Background Generation Technique Using Gaussian Mixture Models for Robust Object Detection (Abstract)

pp. 41-48

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Commentary Paper 1 on "On Stable Dynamic Background Generation Technique Using Gaussian Mixture Models for Robust Object Detection" (Abstract)

Ingrid Visentini

pp. 49

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Commentary Paper 2 on "On Stable Dynamic Background Generation Technique Using Gaussian Mixture Models for Robust Object Detection'" (Abstract)

Michal Sofka

pp. 50-51

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An Integrated System for Moving Object Classification in Surveillance Videos (Abstract)

pp. 52-59

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MPEG-7 Motion Descriptor Extraction for Panning Camera Using Sprite Generated (Abstract)

Muhammad Asif

John J. Soraghan

pp. 60-66

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Recognizing Shapes in Video Sequences Using Multi-class Boosting (Abstract)

Naresh P. Cuntoor

Matt Welborn

pp. 67-74

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Commentary Paper on "Recognizing Shapes in Video Sequences Using Multi-class Boosting" (Abstract)

Andrea Salgian

pp. 75-76

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Camera Handoff with Adaptive Resource Management for Multi-camera Multi-target Surveillance (Abstract)

Yi Yao

pp. 79-86

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Commentary Paper on "Camera Handoff with Adaptive Resource Management for Multi-camera Multi-target Surveillance" (Abstract)

Carlo Regazzoni

pp. 87

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Tracking People in Crowds by a Part Matching Approach (Abstract)

pp. 88-95

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AVSS 2008 Commentary Paper for: "Tracking People in Crowds by a Part Matching Approach" (Abstract)

Thomas B. Moeslund

pp. 96-97

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Commentary Paper 2 on "Tracking People in Crowds by a Part Matching Approach" (Abstract)

pp. 98

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A Probabilistic Template Update Method for Tracking Facial Tissue in Thermal Infrared (Abstract)

Yan Zhou

Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis

Ioannis T. Pavlidis

pp. 99-106

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Commentary Paper on "A Probabilistic Template Update Method" (Abstract)

pp. 107

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A Probabilistic Bayesian Framework for Model-Based Object Tracking Using Undecimated Wavelet Packet Descriptors (Abstract)

Majid Asadi

Carlo S. Regazzoni

pp. 108-115

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Commentary Paper 1 on "A Probabilistic Bayesian Framework for Model-Based Object Tracking Using Undecimated Wavelet Packet Descriptors" (Abstract)

pp. 116

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Commentary Paper 2 on "A Probabilistic Bayesian Framework for Model-Based Object Tracking Using Undecimated Wavelet Packet Descriptors" (Abstract)

Hafiz Malik

pp. 117-118

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Action Signature: A Novel Holistic Representation for Action Recognition (Abstract)

pp. 121-128

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Commentary Paper 1 on (Abstract)

pp. 129

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Commentary Paper 2 on Action Signature: A Novel Holistic Representation for Action Recognition (Abstract)

François Brémond

Mohamed Bécha Kaâniche

pp. 130-131

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A Localized Approach to Abandoned Luggage Detection with Foreground-Mask Sampling (Abstract)

pp. 132-139

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Commentary Paper 1 on "A Localized Approach to Abandoned Luggage Detection with Foreground-Mask Sampling" (Abstract)

pp. 140-141

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Commentary Paper 2 on "A Localized Approach to Abandoned Luggage Detection with Foreground-Mask Sampling" (Abstract)

Andrea Prati

pp. 142

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Multi-view Access Monitoring and Singularization in Interlocks (Abstract)

pp. 143-150

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Commentary Paper 1 on (Abstract)

pp. 151

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Commentary Paper 2 on "Multi-view Access Monitoring and Singularization in Interlocks" (Abstract)

Gang Qian

pp. 152-153

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Learning and Classification of Trajectories in Dynamic Scenes: A General Framework for Live Video Analysis (Abstract)

Brendan T. Morris

Mohan M. Trivedi

pp. 154-161

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Commentary Paper on (Abstract)

François Brémond

Guido Pusiol

pp. 162-163

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Object and Scene-Centric Activity Detection Using State Occupancy Duration Modeling (Abstract)

Murtaza Taj

Andrea Cavallaro

pp. 164-171

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Video Surveillance for Biometrics: Long-Range Multi-biometric System (Abstract)

pp. 175-182

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Commentary Paper on "Video Surveillance for Biometrics: Long-Range Multi-biometric System" (Abstract)

Xiaolei Huang

pp. 183

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Super-Resolution of Facial Images in Video with Expression Changes (Abstract)

Jiangang Yu

Bir Bhanu

pp. 184-191

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Evaluation of Background Subtraction Algorithms with Post-Processing (Abstract)

Donovan H. Parks

Sidney S. Fels

pp. 192-199

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Spatial Scalable Region of Interest Transcoding of JPEG2000 for Video Surveillance (Abstract)

Katharina Quast

André Kaup

pp. 203-210

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Multi-camera Control through Constraint Satisfaction for Persistent Surveillance (Abstract)

Faisal Z. Qureshi

Demetri Terzopoulos

pp. 211-218

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Fault Detection Framework for Video Surveillance Systems (Abstract)

Junqiang Zhou

Simeon Ntafos

Balakrishnan Prabhakaran

pp. 219-226

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Annotation Collection and Online Performance Evaluation for Video Surveillance: The ViSOR Project (Abstract)

Roberto Vezzani

Rita Cucchiara

pp. 227-234

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The Segmentation of the Supraorbital Vessels in Thermal Imagery (Abstract)

Zhen Zhu

Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis

Ioannis Pavlidis

pp. 237-244

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A Fast Linear Registration Framework for Multi-camera GIS Coordination (Abstract)

Karthik Sankaranarayanan

James W. Davis

pp. 245-251

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Uncalibrated Framework for On-line Camera Cooperation to Acquire Human Head Imagery in Wide Areas (Abstract)

F. Dini

pp. 252-258

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Commentary Paper on "Uncalibrated Framework for On-line Camera Cooperation to Acquire Human Head Imagery in Wide Areas" (Abstract)

Xiaojing Yuan

pp. 259

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Person Tracking with Audio-Visual Cues Using the Iterative Decoding Framework (Abstract)

pp. 260-267

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Commentary Paper on (Abstract)

Shishir Shah

pp. 268-269

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Automatic Detection of Adverse Weather Conditions in Traffic Scenes (Abstract)

pp. 273-279

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Commentary Paper 1 on "Automatic Detection of Adverse Weather Conditions in Traffic Scenes" (Abstract)

Andrea Prati

pp. 280

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Commentary Paper 2 on "Automatic Detection of Adverse Weather Conditions in Traffic Scenes" (Abstract)

pp. 281-282

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Color Retrieval for Video Surveillance (Abstract)

Lisa M. Brown

pp. 283-290

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[Publisher's information] (PDF)

pp. 366

Shadow Removal in Indoor Scenes (Abstract)

pp. 291-298

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Commentary Paper on "Shadow Removal in Indoor Scenes" (Abstract)

Michal Sofka

pp. 299-300

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Foreground Object Detection Using Two Successive Images (Abstract)

pp. 301-306

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Commentary Paper on "Foreground Object Detection Using Two Successive Images" (Abstract)

Andrea Salgian

pp. 307-308

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Continuous Background Update and Object Detection with Non-static Cameras (Abstract)

pp. 309-316

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Experimental Analysis of Face Recognition on Still and CCTV Images (Abstract)

pp. 317-324

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Commentary on "Experimental Analysis of Face Recognition on from Still Image to Video Image" (Abstract)

George Toderici

pp. 325

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Visual Players Detection and Tracking in Soccer Matches (Abstract)

P. L. Mazzeo

P. Spagnolo

M. Leo

T. D

pp. 326-333

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Commentary Paper 1 on "Visual Players Detection and Tracking in Soccer Matches" (Abstract)

Nils Krahnstoever

pp. 334-335

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Commentary Paper 2 on "Visual Players Detection and Tracking in Soccer Matches" (Abstract)

pp. 336

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Commentary Paper 3 on Visual Players Detection and Tracking in Soccer Matches (Abstract)

Hafiz Malik

pp. 337-338

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An Object- and Task-Oriented Architecture for Automated Video Surveillance in Distributed Sensor Networks (Abstract)

pp. 339-346

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Commentary Paper on "An Object- and Task-Oriented Architecture for Automated Video Surveillance in Distributed Sensor Networks" (Abstract)

Rong Zheng

pp. 347

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Local Initiation Method for Multiple Object Association in Surveillance Environment with Multiple Cameras (Abstract)

pp. 348-355

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People Detection and Tracking with TOF Sensor (Abstract)

pp. 356-361

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Author Index (PDF)

pp. 363-364