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robert pless

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computer science & eng.
washington university
pless@cse.wustl.edu
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Publications

All papers, organized chronologically, or by publication type, or limited to: I am especially happy that many of these papers have undergraduate co-authors.
Publications in plessRefs.bib [rss]
2012
[92] Tools for Richer Crowd Source Image Annotations
Joshua Little, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
In Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2012. [bib] [pdf]
[91] LOST: Longterm Observation of Scenes (with Tracks)
Austin Abrams, Jim Tucek, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2012. [bib] [pdf]
2011
[90] Webcam Geo-localization using Aggregate Light Levels
Nathan Jacobs, Kylia Miskell, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, pp. 132-138, 2011. [bib] [pdf]
[89] Measuring optical distortion in aircraft transparencies: a fully automated system for quantitative evaluation
Michael Dixon, Robert Glaubius, Philip Freeman, Robert Pless, Michael P. Gleason, Matthew M. Thomas, William D. Smart
Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 22 (5), pp. 1-14, 2011. [bib] [pdf]
[88] On analyzing video with very small motions
Michael Dixon, Austin Abrams, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2011. [bib] [pdf]
[87] Propulsive Forces on the Flagellum during Locomotion of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
P.V. Bayly, B.L. Lewis, E.C. Ranz, R.J. Okamoto, R.B. Pless, S.K. Dutcher
Biophysical Journal, vol. 100 (11), pp. 2716 - 2725, 2011. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
[86] Exploratory Analysis of Time-Lapse Imagery with Fast Subset PCA
Austin Abrams, Emily Feder, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, pp. 336-343, 2011. [bib] [pdf]
[85] Principal Component Analysis of Dynamic Relative Displacement Fields Estimated from MR Images
Teresa M. Abney, Yuan Feng, Robert Pless, Ruth J. Okamoto, Guy M. Genin, Philip V. Bayly
PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6 (7), pp. e22063, 2011. [bib]
2010
[84] Efficient Coverage Maintenance Based on Probabilistic Distributed Detection
Guoliang Xing, Xiangmao Chang, Chenyang Lu, Jianping Wang, Robert Pless, Joseph A O'Sullivan
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 9 (9), pp. 1346-1360, 2010. [bib] [pdf]
[83] Efficient spatiotemporal analysis of the flagellar waveform of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Philip V Bayly, B. L. Lewis, P. S. Kemp, Robert Pless, S. K. Dutcher
Cytoskeleton, vol. 67 (1), pp. 56-69, 2010. [bib] [pdf]
[82] Compressive Sensing and Differential Image Motion Estimation
Nathan Jacobs, Stephen Schuh, Robert Pless
In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 718-721, 2010. [bib] [pdf]
[81] Using Cloud Shadows to Infer Scene Structure and Camera Calibration
Nathan Jacobs, Brian Bies, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 1102-1109, 2010. [bib] [pdf]
[80] Webcams in Context: Web Interfaces to Create Live 3D Environments
Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
In Proc. ACM SIGMM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM), pp. 331-340, 2010. [bib] [pdf]
[79] In vivo two-photon imaging reveals monocyte-dependent neutrophil extravasation during pulmonary inflammation
Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava, Wenjun Li, Bernd H. Zinselmeyer, Baomei Wang, Jiaming Lai, Robert Pless, Andrew E. Gelman, Alexander S. Krupnick, Mark J. Miller
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 107 (42), pp. 18073-18078, 2010. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
[78] Relative brain displacement and deformation during constrained mild frontal head impact
Y. Feng, T. M. Abney, R. J. Okamoto, R. B. Pless, G. M. Genin, P. V. Bayly
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 7 (6), pp. 1677-1688, 2010. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
2009
[77] Proc. IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing
Robert Pless, James Davis, Stefano Soatto, eds., Snowbird, Utah 2009. [bib]
[76] A Survey of Manifold Learning for Images
Robert Pless, Richard Souvenir
IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications, vol. 1 pp. 83-94, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[75] Two-photon microscopy and multidimensional analysis of cell dynamics
Bernd H Zinselmeyer, John Dempster, David L Wokosin, Jonathan Cannon, Robert Pless, Ian Parker, Mark J Miller
Methods in Enzymology, vol. 461 pp. 349-378, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[74] Persistence and Tracking: Putting Vehicles and Trajectories in Context
Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs, Michael Dixon, Ralph Hartley, Patrick Baker, Derek Brock, Nick Cassimatis, Dennis Perzanowski
In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), pp. 1-8, 2009. [bib]
[73] Minimum description length and clustering with exemplars
Po-Hsiang Lai, Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA pp. 1318-1322, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[72] The Global Network of Outdoor Webcams: Properties and Applications
Nathan Jacobs, Walker Burgin, Nick Fridrich, Austin Abrams, Kylia Miskell, Bobby H. Braswell, Andrew D. Richardson, Robert Pless
In ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL GIS), pp. 111-120, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[71] Adventures in Archiving and Using Three Years of Webcam Images
Nathan Jacobs, Walker Burgin, Richard Speyer, David Ross, Robert Pless
In IEEE CVPR Workshop on Internet Vision, pp. 39-46, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[70] The Global Webcam Imaging Network
Nathan Jacobs, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
In Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), pp. 1-8, 2009. (Winner of the Best Student Paper award) [bib]
[69] Efficient Tracking of Many Objects in Structured Environments
Nathan Jacobs, Michael Dixon, Scott Satkin, Robert Pless
In IEEE ICCV Workshop on Visual Surveillance, pp. 1-8, 2009. [bib]
[68] Calibrating and using the Global Network of Outdoor Webcams (Winner PhD Forum Prize)
Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distrubted Smart Cameras (ICDSC), 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[67] An Efficient System for Vehicle Tracking in Multi-Camera Networks
Michael Dixon, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distrubted Smart Cameras (ICDSC), pp. 1-8, 2009. [bib] [pdf]
2008
[66] Time Scales in Video Surveillance
Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 18 (8), pp. 1106-1113, 2008. [bib] [pdf]
[65] A System for Rapid Interactive Training of Object Detectors
Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
In Proc. International Symposium on Visual Computing, vol. 5359 pp. 123-132, 2008. [bib] [pdf]
[64] Location-Specific Transition Distributions for Tracking
Nathan Jacobs, Michael Dixon, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, pp. 1-8, 2008. [bib]
[63] Toward Fully Automatic Geo-Location and Geo-Orientation of Static Outdoor Cameras
Nathan Jacobs, Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Video/Image Sensor Networks, pp. 1-6, 2008. [bib]
[62] Manifold Learning for 4D CT Reconstruction of the Lung
Manfred Georg, Richard Souvenir, Andrew Hope, Robert Pless
In Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis, pp. 1-8, 2008. [bib] [pdf]
[61] Simultaneous Data Volume Reconstruction and Pose Estimation from Slice Samples
Manfred Georg, Richard Souvenir, Andrew Hope, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 1-6, 2008. [bib] [pdf]
2007
[60] Localized and Configurable Topology Control in Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless
In International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN'07), pp. 75-80, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[59] Minimum Power Configuration for Wireless Communication in Sensor Networks
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Ying Zhang, Qingfeng Huang, Robert Pless
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 3 (2), pp. 11, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[58] Image distance functions for manifold learning
Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
Image and Vision Computing, vol. 25 (3), pp. 365-373, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[57] Shape background modeling: The shape of things that came
Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, pp. 27-32, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[56] Geolocating Static Cameras
Nathan Jacobs, Scott Satkin, Nathaniel Roman, Richard Speyer, Robert Pless
In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Rio De Janiero, Brazil pp. 1-6, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[55] Consistent Temporal Variations in Many Outdoor Scenes
Nathan Jacobs, Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 1-6, 2007. [bib] [pdf]
[54] Applications of Manifold Learning Techniques in 4D-CT Reconstruction
Andrew Hope, Manfred Georg, Jonathan Cannon, J Hubenschmidt, Wei Lu, Dan Low, Robert Pless
In International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR), pp. 1-5, 2007. (Winner of the Reviewer's Choice Award) [bib] [pdf]
[53] Faster and More Accurate Face Detection on Mobile Robots Using Geometric Constraints
Michael Dixon, Frederick Heckel, Bill Smart, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2007. [bib] [pdf]
2006
[52] Real-time constant memory visual summaries for surveillance
Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In VSSN '06: Proceedings of the 4th ACM international workshop on Video surveillance and sensor networks, ACM Press, New York, NY, USA pp. 155-160, 2006. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
[51] On Manifold Structure of Cardiac MRI Data: Application to Segmentation
Qilong Zhang, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 1092-1098, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
[50] Finding Minimal Parameterizations of Cylindrical Image Manifolds
Michael Dixon, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
In CVPRW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop on Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision (POCV), IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA pp. 192-197, 2006. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
[49] Impact of Sensing Coverage on Greedy Geographic Routing Algorithms
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Qingfeng Huang
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Special Issue on Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 17 (4), pp. 348-360, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
[48] Detecting Roads in Stabilized Video with the Spatio-Temporal Structure Tensor
Robert Pless
Geoinformatica, vol. 10 (1), pp. 39-56, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
[47] Segmenting Multiple Familiar Objects under Mutual Occlusion
Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In Proc. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 197-200, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
[46] Image Manifold Interpolation Using Free-Form Deformations
Richard Souvenir, Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In Proc. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 1437-1440, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
[45] Imaging Through Time: The advantages of sitting still
Robert Pless
Kostas Daniilidis, Reinhard Klette, Alex Leonardis, eds., Chapter in Imaging Beyong the Pinhole Camera, Kluwer, pp. 345-363, 2006. [bib] [pdf]
2005
[44] Manifold Clustering
Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), pp. 648-653, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[43] Segmentation informed by manifold learning
Qilong Zhang, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
In International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition EMMCVPR (LNCS 3757), pp. 398-413, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[42] Segmenting Cardiopulmonary Images using Manifold Learning with Level Sets
Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision for Biomedical Image Applications (LNCS 3765), pp. 479-488, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[41] Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration for energy conservation in sensor networks
Guoliang Xing, Xiaorui Wang, Yuanfang Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Christopher Gill
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, ACM Press, vol. 1 (1), New York, NY, USA pp. 36-72, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[40] Analysis of Persistent Motion Patterns Using the 3D Structure Tensor
John Wright, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, pp. 14-19, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[39] Spatio-Temporal Detection and Isolation: Results on the PETS2005 Datasets
Richard Souvenir, John Wright, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Performance Evaluation in Tracking and Surveillance, pp. 62-69, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[38] Isomap and non-parametric models of image deformation
Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, pp. 195-200, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[37] Spatio-temporal background models for outdoor surveillance
Robert Pless
Journal on Applied Signal Processing, vol. 14 pp. 2281-2291, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
[36] Minimum Power Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Ying Zhang, Qingfeng Huang, Robert Pless
In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Urbana-Champaign, IL pp. 390-401, 2005. [bib] [pdf]
2004
[35] Extrinsic Calibration of a Camera and Laser Range Finder
Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 2301-2306, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[34] Fusing Video and Sparse Depth Data in Structure from Motion
Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 3403-3406, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[33] Constraints for Heterogeneous Sensor Auto-Calibration
Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
In IEEE Workshop on Realtime 3D Sensors and Their Use, pp. 38-43, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[32] On greedy geographic routing algorithms in sensing-covered networks
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Qingfeng Huang
In ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), ACM Press, pp. 31-42, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[31] Road extraction from motion cues in aerial video
Robert Pless, David Jurgens
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Geographic Information Systems, pp. 31-38, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[30] Camera Cluster in Motion: Motion Estimation for Generalized Camera Designs
Robert Pless
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 11 (4), pp. 39-44, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[29] Differential Structure in non-linear Image Embedding Functions
Robert Pless
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Articulated and non-rigid Motion, pp. 10-17, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[28] Bayesian stereo: 3D vision designed for sensor fusion
John Larson, Robert Pless
In SPIE: Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, vol. 5608 pp. 198-206, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
[27] Co-Grid: An Efficient Coverage Maintenance Protocol for Distributed Sensor Networks
Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Joseph A. O'Sullivan
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), ACM Press, pp. 414-423, 2004. [bib] [pdf]
2003
[26] A 3D Pattern for Pose Estimation for Object Capture
Lei Wang, Cindy Grimm, Robert Pless
In Vision Interface, pp. 395-401, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[25] A New Input Device for 3D Sketching
Mark Schroering, Cindy Grimm, Robert Pless
In Vision Interface, pp. 311-318, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[24] On Local Search and Placement of Meters in Networks
Samir Khuller, Randeep Bhatia, Robert Pless
SIAM Journal on Computing, vol. 32 (2), pp. 470-487, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[23] Using many cameras as one
Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. II: 587-593, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[22] Better background models for visual surveillance
Robert Pless, Scott Siebers, Ben Westover
In Optical Society of America: Optical Sensing for Homeland Security, 2003. [bib]
[21] Evaluation of Local Models of Dynamic Backgrounds
Robert Pless, John Larson, Scott Siebers, Ben Westover
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 73-78, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[20] Using Isomap to Explore Video Sequences
Robert Pless
In Proc. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), pp. 1433-1440, 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[19] Proc. IEEE Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision and Camera Networks
Robert Pless, Jose Santos-Victor, Yasushi Yagi, eds., Madison Wisconsin 2003. [bib] [pdf]
[18] Optimal Evaluation of Strain Fields using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sean Songbai Ji, Philip V. Bayly, Panagiotis G. Massouros, Robert B. Pless, Guy M. Genin.
In ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, 2003. [bib]
[17] Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration in wireless sensor networks
Xiaorui Wang, Guoliang Xing, Yuanfang Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Christopher Gill
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys), ACM Press, pp. 28-39, 2003. [bib] [doi]
2002
[16] Using thousands of images of an object
Robert Pless, Ian Simon
In Proceedings of the 6th Joint Conference on Information Science, (CVPRIP), pp. 684-687, 2002. [bib] [pdf]
[15] Two View Discrete and Differential constraints for generalized imaging systems
Robert Pless
In Proc. of the IEEE Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, pp. 53-59, 2002. [bib] [pdf]
[14] Embedding Images in non-Flat Spaces
Robert Pless, Ian Simon
In Conference on Imaging Science Systems and Technology, pp. 182-188, 2002. [bib] [pdf]
2001
[13] A Spherical Eye from Multiple Camera (makes better models of the world)
Patrick Baker, Cornelia Fermuller, Yiannis Aloimonos, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 576-583, 2001. [bib] [pdf]
2000
[12] Video Linking
Robert Pless
PhD thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland 2000. [bib]
[11] Fault Tolerant K-Center Problems
Samir Khuller, Robert Pless, Yoram Sussman
Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 242 pp. 237-245, 2000. [bib] [pdf]
[10] Detecting Independent Motion: The Statistics of Temporal Continuity
Robert Pless, Tomas Brodsky, Yiannis Aloimonos
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 22 (8), pp. 68-73, 2000. [bib] [pdf]
[9] The Full Degree Spanning Tree Problem
Randeep Bhatia, Samir Khuller, Yoram Sussman, Robert Pless
Networks, vol. 36 (4), pp. 203-209, 2000. [bib] [pdf]
[8] The Ouchi Illusion as an artifact of biased flow estimation
Cornelia Fermuller, Robert Pless
Vision Research, vol. 40 (1), pp. 77-95, 2000. [bib] [pdf]
[7] Camera Networks for Building Shape Models from Video
Patrick Baker, Robert Pless, Cornelia Fermuller, Yiannis Aloimonos
In Workshop on 3D Structure from Multiple Images of Large-scale Environments (SMILE), 2000. [bib] [pdf]
[6] New Eyes for Shape and Motion Estimation
Patrick Baker, Robert Pless, Cornelia Fermuller, Yiannis Aloimonos
In BMVC '00: Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, Springer-Verlag, pp. 118-128, 2000. [bib] [pdf]
1999
[5] Independent Motion: The Importance of History
Robert Pless, Tomas Brodsky, Yiannis Aloimonos
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 2092-2097, 1999. [bib] [pdf]
[4] Explaining the Ouchi Illusion
Robert Pless, Cornelia Fermuller
In Optical Society of America, 1999. [bib]
[3] Statistical Biases in Optic Flow
Cornelia Fermuller, Robert Pless
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 1561-1566, 1999. [bib] [pdf]
1997
[2] Families of stationary patterns producing illusory movement: Insights into the visual system
Cornelia Fermuller, Robert Pless, Yiannis Aloimonos
Proc. Royal Society, London B, vol. 264 pp. 795-806, 1997. [bib] [pdf]
1992
[1] Ultrasonic spectroscopy of metallic spheres using electromagnetic-acoustic transduction
Ward L Johnson, Stephen J Norton, Felix Bendec, Robert Pless
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 91 (5), pp. 2637-2642, 1992. [bib] [pdf]
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