VLBV 1997 PROGRAMME


The Collegium Conference Center, Linköping, Sweden

Monday July 28
09:30 Registration
10:00 Opening Speech
Invited Speech:
10:15 Philippe Salembier, Luis Garrido, David Garcia, UPC
Image Sequence Analysis and Merging Algorithms
11:05 Coffee
Motion Estimation and Coding:
11:30 Kumi Jinzenji, Satoshi Ishibashi, Hiroshi Kotera, NTT Human Interface Labs
Layered Sprites for Video Compression by Detecting Camera Movement
11:55 Peter M. Kuhn, M. Eiermann, A. Weisgerber, R. Poppenwimmer, W. Stechele, T.U. Munich
VLSI Implementation of Mean-Corrected Blockmatching Motion Estimation of Partial Quadtrees
12:20 Guanming Lu, Houjie Bi, Nanjing Uni. of Posts & Telecommunications
A Motion-Compensated Image Sequence Coding Scheme at Very Low Bitrate
12:45 Lunch
Image Quality:
14:00 Makoto Fujimura, Saori Yamasaki, Hideo Kuroda, Uni. Nagasaki
Nonverbal Message Transmission Model via Videophone for Measurement of Picture Quality
14:25 Uwe Strohbeck, Uwe Jäger, Fachhochshcule Heilbronn, William G. Allen,
Uni. Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne
Context-Sensitive Image Data Reduction by FORI
14:50 Coffee
Wavelets: Chaired by: Yoshinori Hatori
15:15 Hiromi Shinfuku, Takashi Ajiro, Tsuyoshi Otake, Akira Kawanaka, Sophia University
Video Coding Scheme Applying Zerotree Wavelet to Continuous Regions of Intra- and Inter-mode
15:40 Michael H. Lee, King N. Ngan, Uni. Western Australia
Very Low Bit-Rate Video Coding With Wavelet Transform and Quadtree-Based Vector Quantization


Tuesday July 29
Region and Object Based Coding: Chaired by: Philippe Salembier
9:00 Robert J. Fergusson, John J. Soraghan, Uni. Strathclyde
Human Visual System based Video Coding
9:25 Jurgen Stauder, Uni. Hannover
Segmentation of Moving Objects in Presence of Moving Shadows
9:50 Douglas Chai, King N. Ngan, Uni. Western Australia
Extraction of VOP from Videophone Scene
10:15 Y. Kang, J. W. Stroming, S. M. Kang, T. S. Huang, Uni. Illinois
An Efficient Algorithm for Computing the Perspective Transform
10:40 Coffee
Model Based Coding 1: Chaired by: Fernando Pereira
11:05 Jörgen Ahlberg, Jacob Ström, Haibo Li, Uni. Linköping
Extraction and Coding of Face-model Parameters
11:30 Markus Kampmann, Geovanni Martinez, Uni. Hannover
Automatic Adaptation of Face Models in Videophone Sequences with More than One Person
11.55 Lunch
Model Based Coding 2: Chaired by: Torbjörn Einarsson
13:40 Minchul Park, Masahide Kaneko, Hiroshi Harashima, Uni. Tokyo
Analysis of Human Head Motion Using Referential Frames
14:05 Hai Tao, R. Lopez, T. S. Huang, Uni. Illinois
Facial Feature Tracking Under Varying Pose Using Bayesian Nets
14:30 Coffee
Touristic Session:
15:00 Bus Departure from the Collegium
Conference Dinner


Wednesday July 30
System Issues: Chaired by: Michael Lee
9:00 Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa
Very Low Bitrate Video: The Content-Based Approach
9:25 Atsushi Sagata, Atsushi Shimizu, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kotera, NTT Human Interafce Labs
Efficient Video Coding for the Internet and its Bitrate Scaling
9:50 Torbjörn Einarsson, Ericsson Telecom, Compression Lab.
Mixed Resolution Video Coding for Low Bit-rate Channels
10:15 Haibo Li, Linköping Univ.
Image Analysis Tools for Video Transmission in a Distance Learning Scenario
10:40 Coffee
11:05
Discussions and Conclusions Chaired by: Thomas Huang
12.15 Lunch