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2009
- Unsupervised Learning of Probabilistic Object Models (POMs) for Object Classification, Segmentation and Recognition using Knowledge Propagation. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. TPAMI. October 2009. [pdf]
- Classification of Spatially Unaligned fMRI Scans. NeuroImage. August 2009. [pdf]
- Statistical and Geometrical Approaches to Visual Motion Analysis. Spinger-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5604. August 2009. [website]
- Motion Integration Using Competitive Priors. Statistical and Geometrical Approaches to Visual Motion Analysis. Spinger-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5604. August 2009. [pdf]
- HOP: Hierarchical Object Parsing. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2009. [pdf]
- Compositional noisy-logical learning. Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference on Machine Learning. ICML. June 2009. [pdf]
- Learning a Hierarchical Deformable Template for Rapid Deformable Object Parsing. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. TPAMI. March 2009. [pdf]
- Unsupervised Learning of Probabilistic Grammar-Markov Models for Object Categories. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. TPAMI. January 2009. [pdf]
2008
- Model selection and parameter estimation in motion perception. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21. NIPS. December 2008. [pdf]
- Recursive Segmentation and Recognition Templates for 2D Parsing. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21. NIPS. December 2008. [pdf]
- Unsupervised Structure Learning: Hierarchical Recursive Composition, Suspicious Coincidence and Competitive Exclusion. Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision. ECCV. October 2008. [pdf]
- Bayesian generic priors for causal learning. Psychological Review, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 955-984. October 2008. [pdf]
- Sequential causal learning in humans and rats. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. July 2008. [pdf]
- Scale Invariance without Scale Selection. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2008. [pdf]
- Unsupervised Learning of Probabilistic Object Models for Object Classification, Segmentation and Recognition. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2008. [pdf]
- Structure-Perceptron Learning of a Hierarchical Log-Linear Model. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2008. [pdf]
- Max Margin AND/OR Graph Learning for Parsing the Human Body. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2008. [pdf]
- Graph-Shifts: Natural Image Labeling by Dynamic Hierarchical Computing. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2008. [pdf]
- Efficient Multilevel Brain Tumor Segmentation with Integrated Bayesian Model Classification. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 629-640. May 2008. [pdf]
- MRF Labeling with a Graph-Shifts Algorithm. Proceedings of International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, pp. 172-184. April 2008. [pdf]
- A primer on probabilistic inference. In M.Oaksford and N. Chater (Eds.). The probabilistic mind: Prospects for rational models of cognition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 33-58. March 2008. [pdf]
- Hierarchical Segmentation of Malignant Gliomas Via Integrated Contextual Filter Response. Image Processing. Edited by Reinhardt, Joseph M.; Pluim, Josien P. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 6914. February 2008. [pdf]
- Shape Matching and Registration by Data-driven EM. Journal of Computer Vision and Image Understanding. CVIU. vol. 109, pp. 290-304. February 2008. [pdf]
2007
- The noisy-logical distribution and its application to causal inference. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 20. NIPS. December 2007. [pdf]
- Rapid Inference on a novel AND/OR graph: Detection, Segmentation and Parsing of Articulated Deformable Objects in Cluttered Backgrounds. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 20. NIPS. December 2007. [pdf]
- Detection and Segmentation of Pathological Structures by the Extended Graph-Shifts Algorithm. Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer Aided Intervention. MICCAI. October 2007. [pdf]
- Unsupervised Learning of Object Deformation Models. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision. ICCV. October 2007. [pdf]
- Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. EMMCVPR 2007. Ezhou, China, August 27-29, 2007. Springer 2007. [website]
- Bayesian models of judgments of causal strength: A comparison. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. pp. 1241-1246. August 2007. [pdf]
- Segmentation of Sub-Cortical Structures by the Graph-Shifts Algorithm. Proceedings of Information Processing in Medical Imaging. pp. 183-197. July 2007. [pdf]
- Detecting Object Boundaries Using Low-, Mid-, and High-level Information. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2007. [pdf]
- Automated Extraction of the Cortical Sulci Based. on a Supervised Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. Vol. 26. No. 4. pp. 541-552. April 2007. [pdf]
- Efficient Coding of Visual Scenes by Grouping and Segmentation: Theoretical Principles and Biological Evidence In the Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding. Ed. K. Doya, S. Ishii, A. Pouget, and R.P.N. Rao. MIT Press. pp 145-188. January 2007. [pdf]
2006
- Unsupervised Learning of a Probabilistic Grammar for Object Detection and Parsing. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 19. NIPS. December 2006. [pdf]
- Image Parsing: Segmentation, Detection, and Recognition. In Towards Category-Level Object Recognition. Eds. J. Ponce, M. Hebert, C. Schmid, A. Zisserman. Springer LNCS 4170. pp 545-576. October 2006. [pdf]
- Multilevel Segmentation and Integrated Bayesian Model Classification with an Application to Brain Tumor Segmentation. Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer Aided Intervention. MICCAI. vol. 2, pp. 790-798. October 2006. [pdf]
- A Learning Based Algorithm for Automatic Extraction of the Cortical Sulci. Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer Aided Intervention. MICCAI. vol. 1, pp. 695-703. October 2006. [pdf]
- Modeling causal learning using Bayesian generic priors on generative and preventive powers. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 519-524. July 2006. [pdf]
- A primer on probabilistic inference. In Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Supplement to special issue on Probabilistic Models of Cognition, vol 10, no. 7. July 2006. [pdf]
- Vision as Bayesian Inference: Analysis by Synthesis? In Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 301-308. July 2006. [pdf]
- Probabilistic models of cognition: Where next? In Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 292-293. July 2006. [pdf]
- Probabilistic Models of Cognition: Conceptual Foundations. In Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 287-291. July 2006. [pdf]
- The perceived motion of a stereokinetic stimulus. Vision Research, vol. 46, no. 15, pp. 2375-87. July 2006. [pdf]
- Bottom-Up & Top-down Object Detection using Primal Sketch Features and Graphical Models. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2006. [pdf]
2005
- Ideal Observers for Detecting Human Motion: Correspondence Noise. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 18. NIPS. December 2005. [pdf]
- Augmented Rescorla-Wagner and Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 18. NIPS. December 2005. [pdf]
- A Hierarchical Compositional System for Rapid Object Detection. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 18. NIPS. December 2005. [pdf]
- Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. EMMCVPR 2005. St. Augustine, FL, USA, November 9-11, 2005, Proceedings Springer 2005.
- The DLR Hierarchy of Approximate Inference. UAI. pp. 493-500. July 2005. [pdf]
- Image Parsing: Unifying Segmentation, Detection, and Recognition. International Journal of Computer Vision. IJCV. vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 113-140. July 2005. [pdf]
- A Time-Efficient Cascade for Real Time Object Detection. 1st International Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired. In association with CVPR 2005. June 2005. [pdf]
2004
- The Rescorla-Wagner Algorithm and Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Causal Parameters. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 17. NIPS. December 2004. [pdf]
- The Convergence of Contrastive Divergences. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 17. NIPS. December 2004. [pdf]
- Object Perception as Bayesian Inference. Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 555, pp 271-304. 2004. [pdf]
- AdaBoost Learning for Detecting and Reading Text in City Scenes. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2004. [pdf]
- Motion Estimation by Swendsen-Wang Cuts. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. June 2004. [pdf]
- Shape Matching and Recognition: Using Generative Models and Informative Features. Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision. ECCV. vol. 3, pp 195-209, May 2004. [pdf]
2003
- A Large Deviation Theory Analysis of Bayesian Tree Search. In Mathematical Methods in Computer Vision, Eds. P. Olver and A. Tannenbaum, IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 133, pp 1-17, Spinger, 2003. [pdf]
- Human and Ideal Observers for Detecting Image Curves. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 16. NIPS. December 2003. [pdf]
- A Bayesian Network for Relational Shape Matching. Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision. ICCV. October 2003. [pdf]
- Image Parsing: Segmentation, Detection, and Recognition. Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision. ICCV. October 2003. [pdf]
- A Generative Model Based Approach to Motion Segmentation. In B. Michaelis and G. Krell (Eds.). German Conference on Pattern Recognition (DAGM), Springer LNCS vol. 2781, pp 313-320, September 2003. [pdf]
- The Generic Viewpoint Assumption and Planar Bias. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. TPAMI. Vol. 25, No. 8, August 2003. [pdf]
- Manhattan World. Neural Computation, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp 1063-1088. May 2003. [pdf]
- Bayesian Models of Object Perception. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Vol. 13, pp 1-9. April 2003. [pdf]
- The Concave-Convex Procedure (CCCP). Neural Computation, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp 915-936. April 2003. [pdf]
- A Statistical Approach to Multi-Scale Edge Detection. Image and Vision Computing (IVC), Special issue on Generative-Model Based Vision, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp 37-48, January 2003. [pdf]
- Algorithms from Statistical Physics for Generative Models of Images. Image and Vision Computing (IVC), Special issue on Generative-Model Based Vision, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp 29-36, January 2003. [pdf]
- Statistical Edge Detection: Learning and Evaluating Edge Cues. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. TPAMI. Vol. 25, No. 1, pp 57-74. January 2003. [pdf]
- The KGBR Viewpoint-Lighting Ambiguity. Journal of the American Optical Society. Vol.20, No. 1, pp 24-31. January 2003. [pdf]