Working Groups of ISPRS Commission III 2008-2012

Photogrammetric Computer Vision and Image Analysis


 

WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION III


INTERCOMMISSION WG of ISPRS COMMISSION III


 

WG III/1 - Pose Estimation and Surface Reconstruction from Image and/or Range Data
 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Helmut Mayer Jan-Michael Frahm Christoph Strecha Yongjun Zhang
Institute of Geoinformatics and Computer Vision
Bundeswehr University Munich
85577 Neubiberg
Germany
 
+49 89 6004 3429
+49 89 6004 4090
 
Department of Computer Science
University of North Carolina
Campus Box 3175, Sitterson Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
USA
 
+1 919 962 1703
+1 919 962 1799
 
Computer Vision laboratory
EPFL / IC / ISIM
BC 308 (Batiment BC)
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
 
+ 41 21 693 76 21
+ 41 21 693 75 20
 
School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering
Wuhan University
129 Luoyu Road, 430079
China
 
+86 27-68778010
 
www.unibw.de/ipk www.cs.unc.edu/~jmf/ cvlab.epfl.ch/~strecha/  

 

 

WG III/1 - Terms of Reference:

  • Investigating different camera models (perspective, projective, generic, non-linear distortions, frame and line sensors)
  • Developing robust self-calibration methods (without markers)
  • Developing robust orientation methods without markers
  • Using different features: points, lines, conics, silhouettes, etc for image calibration/orientation
  • Bundle-block adjustment
  • Studying multi-view image matching and surface reconstruction techniques
  • Studying optimization-based image matching and surface reconstruction techniques
  • Studying the combination of images and other sensors (GPS/INS, terrestrial/aerial laser-scanners) for calibration, orientation and surface reconstruction
  • Real-time calibration, orientation and surface reconstruction
  • Management of huge image blocks
  • Comparison and benchmarking of calibration, orientation, and surface reconstruction techniques

 


 

WG III/2 - 3D Point Cloud Processing
 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Frédéric Bretar George Vosselman Qingming Zhan Adrien Chauve
MATIS Laboratory
Institut Géographique National
2-4 avenue Pasteur
94165 Saint-Mandé
France
 
+33 1 43 98 84 38
+33 1 43 98 85 81
 
ITC
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
 
+31 53 487 4344
+31 53 487 4335
 
School of Urban Design
Wuhan University
Dong Hu Nan Lu 8
Wuhan, Hubei [Hupeh] 430072
China
 
+86 27 68772147
+86 27 68773062
 
CEMAGREF Montpellier and MATIS Laboratory
Institut Géographique National
2-4 avenue Pasteur
94165 Saint-Mandé
France
+33 1 43 98 80 00 + 73 61
+33 1 43 98 85 81
 
recherche.ign.fr/ labos/matis www.itc.nl/personal/ vosselman   recherche.ign.fr/ labos/matis

 

 

WG III/2 - Terms of Reference:

  • Information extraction from point clouds and surface models
  • Registration of point clouds and surface models
  • Classification/segmentation of natural and urban areas from point clouds
  • Analysis of full-waveform lidar data
  • Data management systems
  • Feature extraction and 3D modelling
  • Quality analysis of the data

 


 

WG III/3 - Image Analysis for Indexation and Image Retrieval
 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Konrad Schindler Matthieu Cord Michel Roux Olivier Tournaire
ETH Zürich
Institute for Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15
8093 Zürich
Switzerland
 
+41 44 633 30 04
+41 44 633 11 01
 
LIP6
Université Paris VI
104, Avenue du Président Kennedy
75016 Paris
France
 
+33 1 44 27 71 39
 
Département Traitement du Signal et des Images
Telecom Paris Tech
46, rue Barrault
75634 Paris Cedex 13
France
 
+33 1 45 81 81 28
+33 1 45 81 37 94
 
MATIS Laboratory
Institut Géographique National
2-4, avenue Pasteur
94165 Saint-Mandé
France
 
+33 1 43 98 80 00 + 71 25
+33 1 43 98 85 81
 
www.igp.ethz.ch/
photogrammetry/people/Schindler
webia.lip6.fr/~cord/ www.tsi.enst.fr/ recherche.ign.fr/labos/matis

 

 

WG III/3 - Terms of Reference:

  • Information mining in large satellite, aerial and street view image archives
  • Satellite, aerial and street-view image indexing and retrieval
  • Machine learning and context aware image understanding
  • Image semantics and knowledge representation
  • Integration of heterogeneous features: textural, spectral and geometrical attributes
  • Integration of low and high level features (points, segments, regions, graphs, etc) in the indexation and retrieval processes
  • Integration of 3D information and spatial relations between the features
  • Multi-resolution image indexing
  • Image retrieval for georeferencing and pose estimation
  • Management of huge heterogeneous data sets

 


 

WG III/4 - Complex Scene Analysis and 3D Reconstruction
 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Franz Rottensteiner Caroline Baillard Gunho Sohn Markus Gerke
Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation
Leibniz University Hannover
Nienburger Str.1
D-30167 Hannover
Germany
 
+49 511 762 3893
+49 511 762 2483
 
SIRADEL
3 allée Adolphe Bobière
CS 24343
35043 Rennes
France
 
+33 (0)2 23 48 05 00
+33 (0)2 23 48 05 99
 
GEOICT
York University
Toronto, M3J 1P3
Canada
 
+1 416 650 8011
 
ITC
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
 
 
www.ipi.uni-hannover.de www.siradel.com www.geoict.net www.itc.nl

 

 

WG III/4 - Terms of Reference:

  • Extraction of buildings, roads, vehicles, vegetation, and other objects for the generation and update of high-resolution 3D city models and road databases from aerial, spaceborne and terrestrial data
  • Automatic and semi-automatic urban models with various levels of detail
  • Interpreting the image data, by itself and together with information from urban GIS data, CAD models, etc.
  • Developing analysis tools and models required to integrate information about multiple object classes and their interconnections within complex scenes
  • Study of trade-off between geometry and radiometry/texture for visualization
  • Efficiency and quality assessment and dependency on the quality of the input data

 


 

WG III/5 - Image Sequence Analysis
 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Uwe Stilla Chris Mc Glone Stefan Hinz Matthias Butenuth
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Arcisstr. 21
80333 Munich
Germany
 
+49 89 289 22671
+49 89 280 9573
 
Science Applications International Corporation
Spatial Tech. & Concept Division
14668 Lee Rd
Chantilly, VA 20151
USA
 
+1 703 676 9228
+1 703 676 9300
 
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
University of Karlsruhe
Kaiserstr. 12
76128 Karlsruhe
Germany
 
+49 721 608-2314
+49 721 608-8450
 
Remote Sensing Technology
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Arcisstr. 21
80333 Munich
Germany
 
+49 89 289 23857
+49 89 280 9573
 
www.ipk.bv.tum.de www.saic.com www.ipf.uni-karlsruhe.de www.ipk.bv.tum.de

 

 

WG III/5 - Terms of Reference:

  • Studying camera and camera network calibration from image sequences including cameras with non-standard geometry and variable frame rates
  • Studying ego-motion determination for navigation, georeferencing and object reconstruction
  • Studying detection, reconstruction, classification and tracking of single and multiple objects in image sequences
  • Studying event reconstruction from image sequences as well as single and multiple video streams
  • Investigating the quality assessment of calibration, orientation and object detection using image sequences
  • Benchmarking of calibration, orientation and object detection techniques using image sequences

 


ICWG III/VII - Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing

 

 Chair  Co-Chair  Co-Chair  Secretary
Wolfgang Förstner Jie Shan Selim Aksoy Björn Waske
Institute of Photogrammetry
Bonn University
Nussallee 15
53115 Bonn
Germany
 
+49 228 732 2713
+49 228 732 2712
 
School of Civil Engineering
Purdue University
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
USA
 
+1 765-494-2168
+1 765-496-7996
 
Department of Computer Engineering
Bilkent University
Bilkent, 06800, Ankara
Turkey
 
+90 (312) 290-3405
+90 (312) 266-4047
 
University of Iceland
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hajaroarhagi 2-6
107 Reykjavik
Iceland
 
+354 525 4670
+354 525 4632
 
Web: www.ipb.uni-bonn.de Web: engineering.purdue.edu/ ce/jshan Web: www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/ ~saksoy Web: www.hi.is/en/simaskra/ enska/4636

 

ICWG III/VII - Terms of Reference:

  • Statistical and non-statistical methods for pattern recognition
  • Pixel-based and object-based methods
  • Graphical models (random fields, Bayesian nets) and stochastic grammars
  • Scale space methods
  • Data fusion
  • Quality and uncertainty in pattern recognition
  • Benchmarking

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