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  16:00 March 10, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Md Junaedur Rahman 
"Paper discussion on HOG:
Tracking HoG Descriptors for Gesture Recognition"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract

Future Seminars

  13:00 March 17, 2010
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Mr Richard Atkins)
Mr Richard Atkins Kingston University
"100 years of high-performance engine testing"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
 
  13:00 March 25, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Protein Bioinformatics for Rational Drug Design"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
  13:00 March 31, 2010
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Harjit Singh)
Dr Harjit Singh Kingston University
"Concentrating solar thermal energy systems for buildings in the UK"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
 
  13:00 April 14, 2010
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Olga Duran)
Dr Olga Duran Kingston University
"Spectral unmixing for robust anomaly detection in hyperspectral images"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
  12:30 April 14, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Paul Rosin Cardiff University
"2D/3D Facial Models"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
  13:00 May 19, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Tony Davies 
"History! the Introduction of Frequency Modulation for Sound Broadcasting in Britain"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
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  12:30 June 16, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Yulia Hicks Cardiff University
"TBA"
(CISM Invited Talk)
 

Previous Seminars

 16:00 March 10, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Md Junaedur Rahman 
"Paper discussion on HOG:
Tracking HoG Descriptors for Gesture Recognition"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 March 4, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Power-laws, persistence and the distribution of information in software systems."
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 3, 2010
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Dina Laila)
Dr Dina Shona Laila 
"Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Sampled-Data Control Systems with Applications to Electromechanical Systems"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 March 3, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Ing. Raphael Grech Kingston University
"Multi Robot Vision - Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 February 24, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on 3D video:
Topology Dictionary with Markov Model for 3D Video Content-Based Skimming and Description"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
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 13:00 February 23, 2010
SB122 (DIRC Library)
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Martin Colbert Kingston University
"A Vehicle for Studying On-line Advertising"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 February 22, 2010
Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, UK
(Chair: Dr Clive Siviour)
Dr Homayoun Hadavinia Kingston University
"Modelling Failure of Composite Laminates under Monotonic and Low Velocity Impact Loading"
 
 13:00 February 18, 2010
Room 2004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Alexander Ellin)
Dr Alexander Ellin Kingston University
"In-Flight Investigation of Helicopter Main Rotor/Tail Rotor Interactional Aerodynamics"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 12:30 February 17, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Francis Wray Kingston University
"Parallel processing: multi-core and the future of number crunching"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 February 17, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Jesús Martínez del Rincón)
Mr Damien Simonnet Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 February 10, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Francisco Martinez Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
"Paper discussion on Pedestrian Detection:
Integral Channel Features"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 February 3, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Jesús Martínez del Rincón)
Mr Michal Lewandowski Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 9:00 January 29, 2010
King's College London Dental Institute
(Chair: Dr S. Romeed)
Dr Homayoun Hadavinia Kingston University
"A Decade of Research on Fracture and Fatigue of Materials"
 
 13:00 January 27, 2010
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Jian Wang)
Dr Jian Wang Kingston University
"Whole life costing in the integrated wing aerospace technology validation programme (IWATVP)"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 January 27, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Human Action Recognition:
Human Action Recognition in Videos Using Kinematic Features and Multiple Instance Learning"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 January 20, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr C Slater Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 January 20, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Panagiotis Sourtzinos Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 January 20, 2010
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Peter Omiyi Kingston University
"Inter-Cellular Slot Allocation for OFDMA-based Air-Interfaces Using Busy Bursts"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 January 13, 2010
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Maria Valera Espina Kingston University
"Paper discussion on People Tracking
People detection and tracking with multiple stereo cameras using particle filters"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 December 16, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Chunhui Zhao Kingston University
"Work in progress on Multi Camera Tracking"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 December 10, 2009
Rom 2001 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Professor Jennifer Wen)
Prof Jennifer Wen Kingston University
"CO2 release from pressurised pipeline rupture"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 December 9, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Jesús Martínez del Rincón 
"Paper discussion on Human Body Modelling:
Modeling Human Locomotion with Topologically Constrained Latent Variable Models"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 December 2, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 November 25, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Damien Simonnet Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Pedestrian Detection:
Human Detection Using Partial Least Squares Analysis"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 November 18, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Martin Tunnicliffe Kingston University
"Packet Pair Dispersion for Bandwidth Probing: Probabilistic and Sample-Path Approaches"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
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 16:00 November 18, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Alberto Colombo)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Work in progress:
3D Extended Histogram of Oriented Gradients (3DHOG) for Classification of Road Users in Urban Scenes"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 November 11, 2009
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Hessam Ghasemnejad)
Dr Hessam Ghasemnejad Kingston University
"Delamination Failure Analysis of Hybrid Composite Material Structures"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 November 11, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Jesús Martínez del Rincón 
"Paper discussion on Human Body Modelling:
Pose estimation and tracking using multivariate regression"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 15:00 November 4, 2009
SB232
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object Recognition: Learning Invariant Features through Topographic Filter Maps"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 October 28, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Conference report of ICCV"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
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 16:00 October 21, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Alexandros Moutzouris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Human Body Modelling: Modelling the Product Manifold of Posture and Motion"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 October 21, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Mr Michal Lewandowski, Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Human Pose Recovery: from activity independent 2D pose recovery to advanced dimension reduction of the space of human 3D motion"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 October 14, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Alberto Colombo)
Mr David Vallejo 
"A Multi-Agent Approach for Supporting Distributed Normality-based Intelligent Surveillance"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
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 13:00 October 14, 2009
Room 1004 Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Konstantin Volkov)
Dr Konstantin Volkov Kingston University
"Laser-Induced Detonation and Optical Breakdown in Gas-Particle and Gas-Droplet Mixtures"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 October 7, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Alberto Colombo)
Mr Francisco Martinez Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
"Work in progress: Recognising Human Action using HMM"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 September 30, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Jesús Martínez del Rincón)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Conference Report on AVSS"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 September 23, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Alberto Colombo)
Mr Md Junaedur Rahman 
"Paper discussion: On-line Learning of Shape Information for Object Segmentation and Tracking"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 September 23, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Vasilis Argyriou Kingston University
"Subpixel motion estimation in the frequency domain and 3D object reconstruction from a single camera"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 September 16, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Alberto Colombo)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Conference Report of BMVC"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 September 9, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr James Cope Kingston University
"Work in progress presentation"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 September 2, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Jesús Martínez del Rincón 
"Feature-Based Human Tracking"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 September 2, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Gaussian Processes: Sparse Probabilistic Regression for Activity-independent Human Pose Inference by R. Urtasun and T. Darrell in CVPR 2008"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 August 26, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Nada Philip Kingston University
"Medical Quality of Service for Optimized Ultrasound Streaming in Wireless Robotic Tele-ultrasonography System"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 15:30 August 26, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Herve Vedraine, Ms Laetitia Paper, Mr Damien Simonnet Kingston University
"Work in progress presentation"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
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 16:00 August 19, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Md Junaedur Rahman 
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 July 22, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Damien Simonnet Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 July 1, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Panagiotis Sourtzinos Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Pedestrian detection: Pedestrian Detection Using Boosted Features over Many Frames, by M. Jones and D. Snow in ICPR 2008"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 June 24, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Ms Laetitia Paper Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 June 24, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
John Lindsay Kingston University
"Virgil in the English Landscape Garden"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 June 18, 2009
SB122 (DIRC Library)
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Francisco Flórez-Revuelta University of Alicante (Spain)
"A Topology-Preserving Growing Neural Network for Real-Time Representation of Objects and Their Motion"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 June 17, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Jaroslaw Francik Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Gaussian Processes: Generalizing motion edits with Gaussian processes by L. Ikemoto, O. Arikan, D. Forsyth. ACM Trans. on Graphics Vol 28, No 1, Jan 2009"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 June 11, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Justin Cobb Kingston University
"Presentation: Intelligent Spaces Lab Video and Audio Hardware"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 June 11, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multiclass object detection: Sharing features: efficient boosting procedures for multiclass object detection, by Antonio Torralba, Kevin P. Murphy and William T. Freeman, in CVPR2004"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 June 9, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Mr Kelvin Williams, Dr David Wertheim Kingston University
"A Low Cost Photo-acoustic Measurement Process"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 June 3, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object tracking: Motion detection and tracking using belief indicators for an automatic visual-surveillance system, by Cina Motamed in Image and Vision Computing 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 May 27, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Damien Simonnet Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 May 27, 2009
Hawker Wing 1002, Roehampton Vale campus
Dr Yufeng Yao Kingston University
"DNS of Turbulent Flow around an Axisymmetric Hill"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 May 20, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object tracking: Dynamic Appearance Modeling for Human Tracking, by H. Lim , V. Morariu, O. Camps and M. Sznaier in CVPR 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 May 20, 2009
(Chair: Jarek Francik)
Prof Marek Tudruj Polish-Japanese University, Warsaw
"Distributed program control based on application global states monitoring"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 13:00 May 13, 2009
Room 1010 John Galsworthy Building, Penrhyn Road
Dr Hsein Kew Kingston University
"The Potential of Rubberised Concrete Products"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 May 6, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Michal Lewandowski Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Dimensionality reduction: Distribution-Based Dimensionality Reduction Applied to Articulated Motion Recognition, by S. Nayak, S. Sarkar and B. Loeding in PAMI May 2009"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 12:00 May 6, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Fatima Felisberti 
"Memory biases for faces with a briefly acquired status of cheating or trustworthiness"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 13:00 May 6, 2009
Hawker Wing 2004, Roehampton Vale campus
Mr Adrian Godwin Lerch Bates
"Challenges in design, modeling, simulation and control of elevator systems"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 April 29, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 April 29, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dr Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Unifying power-law behaviour, functionality and defect distribution in general software systems"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 April 29, 2009
John Galsworthy 1006, Penrhyn Road campus
Dr Ted Donchev, Miss Diana Petkova Kingston University
"FRP Applications for Structural Engineering"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 April 25, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multi-camera tracking: Tracking objects across cameras by incrementally learning inter-camera colour calibration and patterns of activity"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 April 22, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object tracking: Dynamic 3D Scene Analysis from a Moving Vehicle , by B. Leibe, N. Cornelis, K. Cornelis, and L. Van Gool, in CVPR 2007 (best paper)"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:30 April 22, 2009
PRJG5002
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Mr Laurence Loughnane RSA
"Sex, Lies and Pricing"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 April 15, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Discussion: Vide-omics: a new paradigm for video analytics?"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 April 15, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Les Hatton)
Prof Derek Jones Kingston University
"When is a specification sufficiently complete and accurate?"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 April 8, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Herve Vedraine Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Contour tracking: Contour Tracking by Stochastic Propagation of Conditional Density, by Michael Isard and James Blake, in ECCV 1996"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
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 12:30 April 3, 2009
SB329
Prof Gennady Falin Moscow State University
"Stochastic Models of Communication Systems"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 April 1, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Spyridon Bakas Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 April 1, 2009
Hawker Wing 1002, Roehampton Vale campus
Prof Tao Zhang, Mr Xiaomeng Zhu Kingston University
"SHS synthesis of Intermetallics and high performance ceramics by induction heating"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 March 25, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr S. Amin Dadgar Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Pose recovery: A Quantitative Evaluation of Video-based 3D Person Tracking, by Alexandru O. Balan, Leonid Sigal and Michael J. Black, in PETS 2005"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 March 11, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Panagiotis Sourtzinos Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 March 4, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Sergio Velastin Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object tracking: Robust Object Tracking by Hierarchical Association of Detection Responses, by Chang Huang, Bo Wu, and Ramakant Nevatia in ECCV'08"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 February 25, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Alexandros Moutzouris Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 February 23, 2009
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Alessandro Farinelli University of Southampton
"Decentralised Coordination using the Max-Sum algorithm"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 February 18, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Boris X. Vintimilla ESPOL University
"Paper discussion on Shadow removal: Shadow Removal with Blob-based Morphological Reconstruction for Error Correction, by L.Q Xu, J. L. Landabaso, M Pardàs in ICASSP 2005"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 18, 2009
Room 2001, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale campus
(Chair: Prof. Ing. Andrea Benedetti)
Dr Andrea Benedetti University of Bologna
"Behaviour of concrete structures acted on by fire: damage mechanics, investigation and rehabilitation"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 14:00 February 18, 2009
Room 2001, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale campus
(Chair: Prof. Ing. Andrea Benedetti)
Dr Andrea Benedetti University of Bologna
"Behaviour of steel structures acted on by fire:Thermo mechanical analysis and protection design"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 February 11, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Algorithm for automatically calibrating multiple cameras into a single view map"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 4, 2009
SB122 (DIRC Library)
(Chair: Dr Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Derek Jones Kingston University
"The impact of experience on software developer performance"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 February 4, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multi camera tracking: Video Surveillance using a Multi-Camera Tracking and Fusion System, by Z. Zhang, A. Scanlon, W. Yin, Li Yu, P.L. Venetianer in M2SFA2 2008"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 January 28, 2009
Room 2001, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Homayoun Hadavinia)
Dr Hessam Ghasemnejad, Dr Homayoun Hadavinia Kingston University
"Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Crashworthiness of Composite Box Structures"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 January 28, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 January 21, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Justin Cobb Kingston University
"Meeting to discuss software contributions and frameworks"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 January 15, 2009
SB122 (DIRC Library)
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Pablo Zegers Universidad de Los Andes
"Exponential Transitions are Useful to Determine Consistency in Training Processes"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 January 14, 2009
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Justin Cobb Kingston University
"Meeting for researchers to discuss software tools available and used in DIRC"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 15:00 January 5, 2009
Room 2005, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Professor Andrew Leung)
Prof Andrew Leung City University, Hong Kong
"Fly Ash Treatment Systems (FATS) for Joss Paper Burner with Heat Recovery Unit & The Fractal finite element method"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 December 17, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr S. Amin Dadgar Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 12:30 December 11, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Khurshid Ahmad Trinity College Dublin
"Cross-modal Information Processing"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 13:30 December 10, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Spam, Scams and Filtering"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 December 10, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Bei Bei Zhan Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Crowd dynamics: Self-Organizing Maps for the Automatic Interpretation of Crowd Dynamics, by B.Zhan, P.Remagnino,N.Monekosso and S.A.Velastin, in ISVC 2008"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 December 4, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dr Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Jim Little, David P. Meger University of British Columbia, Canada
"Curious George: An Autonomous, Adaptive Home Robot"
(CISM Invited Talk)
Abstract
 13:00 December 3, 2008
Room 1005, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Dr Siaka Dembele)
Dr Siaka Dembele, Mr Ricardo Rosario, Prof Jennifer Wen, Paul Warren, Stuart Dale Kingston University
"Investigation of Glazing Behaviour in Fires using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer Modelling"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 December 3, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Michal Lewandowski Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 November 26, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dr Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Boris X. Vintimilla ESPOL University
"Approximation and Processing of Digital Images using Adaptive Triangular Meshes"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 November 26, 2008
Room 1005, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Jialin Su)
Dr Jialin Su, Prof Andrzej Ordys Kingston University
"Advanced Control of Vehicle Suspension"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 November 26, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Pose recovery: Model-Driven Segmentation of Articulating Humans in Laplacian Eigenspace, by A. Sundaresan and R. Chellappa, in IEEE Trans. PAMI 2008"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 November 19, 2008
Room 1005, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
(Chair: Professor Andrzej Ordys)
Prof Andrzej Ordys, Mr Kin Yip Chan, Mr George Ferrie Kingston University
"Vision-based system to increase driving safety"
(Kingston University, Faculty of Engineering Research Seminar)
Abstract
 16:00 November 19, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 November 12, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Vehicle tracking: Vehicle Segmentation and Tracking from a Low-Angle Off-Axis Camera, by Neeraj Kanhere, Shrinivas Pundlik and Stanley Birchfield, CVPR05"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 November 5, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Justin Cobb Kingston University
"DIRC software library"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 October 29, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multi- camera correspondence: Multicamera correspondence based on principal axis of human body, by M Hu, J Lou, W Hu, and T Tan, ICIP 2004 Relative position estimation of non-overlapping cameras, by N Anjum, M Taj and A Cavallaro, ICAS"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 October 27, 2008
Lancaster University
(Chair: Plamen Angelov)
Dr Maria Martini Kingston University
"Wireless Video Transmission: from joint source and channel coding to cross-layer design"
 
 13:30 October 22, 2008
Rm JG2008
(Chair: Prof Declan Naughton)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Activities of the Bioinformatics & Genomic Signal Processing Research Group at KU"
(Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group (BPSRG), Kingston University)
 
 16:00 October 22, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Sergio Velastin, Dr Dimitrios Makris, Mr Panagiotis Sourtzinos Kingston University
"ECCV conference report"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 October 16, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 October 15, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on People Tracking: Tracking Attention for Multiple People: Wandering Visual Focus of Attention Estimation, by Kevin Smith, Sileye Ba, Jean-Marc Odobez and Daniel Gatica-Perez, report IDIAP-RR 06-40, 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 October 8, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Work in progress: REASON"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 October 2, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Paul Kuo, Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"BMVC Conference report"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 October 1, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Islam Choudhury Kingston University
"Empirical Modelling of Business Process patterns with Ontologies within a Generic Reusable Business Object Modelling Framework"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 October 1, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Norbert Buch)
Dr Gordon Hunter Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multi modal face tracking: Resynthesis of Facial and Intraoral Articulation from Simultaneous Measurements, by J. Beskow, O. Engwall, and B. Granström in International Conference on Phonetic Sciences  2003"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 September 24, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"The acoustic radiation field of seismic airgun sources and their potential impact on marine animals"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 September 23, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris, Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"BMVC Conference report"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 September 18, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Gordon Hunter Kingston University
"Statistical and Other Approaches to the Modelling of Natural Spoken Language"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 September 17, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Tracking in a distributed camera system: A Framework for Tracking Moving Target in a Heterogeneous Camera Suite, by Nan Ning and Tele Tan, ICARCV 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 July 30, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Annesley Kingston University
"Ph.D. work"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 15:00 July 22, 2008
TBC
(Chair: Prof Robert Istepanian)
Prof Aura Ganz University of Massachusets, USA
"Medical Emergency Assistive Technologies"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 July 16, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Sergio Velastin)
Prof Luciano da Fontoura Costa Universidade Sao Paolo
"Structure and Dynamics in Complex Systems"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 July 9, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Predicting the flight of a javelin in a prevailing wind"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 July 2, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Work in progress: MEDUSA"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 June 20, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Paper discussion on Action recognition: A 3-Dimensional SIFT Descriptor and its Application to Action Recognition, by Paul Scovanner, Saad Ali and Mubarak Shah, in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Multimedia 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 17:30 June 18, 2008
Roberts Theatre, Sopwith Building, Penrhyn Road
Prof Robert Istepanian Kingston University
"Dial- h For health: The Impact of Emerging Wireless and Network Technologies on Future Healthcare Services"
(Professorial Public Lecture)
Abstract
 16:00 June 18, 2008
DIRC library
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Intrusion Detection in Visual Surveillance using Texture Classification in Real- Time"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 11:00 June 12, 2008
SB122 (DIRC Library)
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Marek Tudruj Polish-Japanese University, Warsaw
"Tutorial on Distributed Computing"
(Task scheduling in programs for execution in dynamic SMP clusters with communication on the fly)
Abstract
 13:00 June 11, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Marek Tudruj Polish-Japanese University, Warsaw
"An architecture of dynamic SMP clusters for efficient numerical computations."
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 13:00 June 10, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Ioannis Ignatiadis, Dr Adomas Svirskas, Prof Jonathan Briggs Kingston University
"PANDA Project: Enabling e-collaborations in the European ERP Industry"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 June 4, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Real-time ghost removal for foreground segmentation methods"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 June 4, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Goto considered not particularly harmful: defect analysis in a major numerical software library"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 May 28, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Tracking across non-overlapping cameras: Appearance modeling for tracking in multiple non-overlapping cameras by O. Javed, K. Shafique and M. Shah, CVPR 2005"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 May 21, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Christopher Madden Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 May 21, 2008
SB329
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Dr Maria Martini Kingston University
"Wireless Multimedia Networking"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:30 May 21, 2008
SB329
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Dr Christos Politis 
"Wireless Multimedia Networking"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 15:00 May 16, 2008
SB329
(Chair: JC Nebel)
Dr Honghai Liu University of Portsmouth
"Towards a Unified Representation for Intelligent Robotics and Its Application"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 May 14, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Phase Congruency: Image Features from Phase Congruency by Peter Kovesi, in Videre: Journal of Computer Vision Research, Summer 1999"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:15 May 13, 2008
Wroclaw, Poland
(Chair: Dr. Malgorzata Kotulska)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Modelling facial features and body postures: extraction, fitting and potential applications"
Abstract
 13:30 May 7, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
John Lindsay Kingston University
"KU2.0 or And let there be light"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 May 7, 2008
DIRC library
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Detection and Classification of Vehicles for Urban Traffic Scenes"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 April 30, 2008
Hawker Wing 1003, Roehampton Vale
Dr Adel Ghobbar Delft University of Technology
"Implementing Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Supportability RAMS for the MRO Industry: a Case Study at European Airlines"
Abstract
 16:00 April 30, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multiple-hypothesis tracking: A Multiple-Hypothesis Approach for Multiobject Visual Tracking by Seong-Wook Joo and Rama Chellappa in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 April 23, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Najla Megherbi Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 April 23, 2008
PRSB329
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Dr Philip JB Jackson University of Surrey
"Extracting Highlights from Soccer Audio"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 April 16, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Carlos Orrite Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
"Paper discussion on 2D Pose tracking: Exploiting Spatio-Temporal Constraints for Robust 2D Pose Tracking by Gregory Rogez, Ignasi Rius, Jesus Martinez-del-Rincon and Carlos Orrite, in ICCV 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 April 2, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Carlos Orrite-Urunuela University of Zaragoza
"Human Motion Analysis Research at the Computer Vision Laboratory (University of Zaragoza)"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 April 2, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Boundary fragment model: A Boundary-Fragment-Model for Object Detection by Andreas Opelt, Axel Pinz and Andrew Zisserman in ECCV 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 March 26, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 March 26, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"Conservation of software defect and scale-free behaviour in software systems"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 19, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
David Haskins Kingston University
"Ubiubi.org"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 March 19, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"Paper discussion on 3D model retrieval, dimensionality reduction: Comparison of dimension reduction methods for database-adaptive 3D model retrieval by R. Ohbuchi, J. Kobayashi, A. Yamamoto and T. Shimizu, accepted for Proc. 5th Int. Workshop on Adaptive"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 March 12, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung, Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 9:00 March 11, 2008
Limoges, France
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"Towards the formal reduction of linear differential-algebraic equations"
(Talk at Limoges University)
Abstract
 13:00 March 5, 2008
Roehampton Vale Campus, Room 82
Prof Jennifer Wen Kingston University
"Spontaneous ignition of pressurized hydrogen release into ambient air"
Abstract
 16:00 March 5, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on People counting: Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Counting Applications in Crowded Situations by Sidla et al, in AVSS '06"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 19:30 March 4, 2008
IET Kingston-upon-Thames Branch, "The Lion", Hampton Wick
(Chair: David Lindsley)
Dr Gordon Hunter Kingston University
"Recent Advances in Speech Technology"
(IET Kingston-upon-Thames Branch)
Abstract
 16:00 February 27, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Christopher Madden Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 February 20, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Dimensionality reduction, Pose recovery: Inferring 3D Body Pose from Silhouettes using Activity Manifold Learning by Ahmed Elgammal and Chan-Su Lee"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 15, 2008
Room 1004, Hawker Wing, Roehampton Vale
Mr Adnan Adnan 
"Developing decision models for outsourcing in the manufacturing industry"
Abstract
 16:00 February 13, 2008
DIRC library
Mr Norbert Buch, Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Experimentator"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 6, 2008
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Robert Mellor Kingston University
"The IT innovation gap in SMEs"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 February 6, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Paper discussion on Action Recognition: Action Recognition from Arbitrary Views using 3D Exemplars in ICCV 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 January 30, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Robert Mullen Kingston University
"An introductory talk on Ant Algorithms"
(CISM Research Student Talk)
Abstract
 13:00 January 15, 2008
Room 8, Town House, Penrhyn Road
Dr James Lim Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde
"Design-development of a light gauge steel portal framing system"
Abstract
 16:00 January 9, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Bei Bei Zhan Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Tracking in crowds: A Multiview Approach to Tracking People in Crowded Scenes using a Planar Homography Constraint in ECCV 2006"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 January 8, 2008
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Mr S. Amin Dadgar Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 16:00 December 19, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Jesús Martínez del Rincón, Dr Dimitrios Makris 
"Paper discussion on Body Tracking: Real-time Body Tracking Using a Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model in ICCV 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 December 11, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Work in progress"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 December 5, 2007
Room 81, Roehampton Vale
Mr Frank Heyes Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd
"Turbochargers for Industrial Diesel and Gas Engines"
Abstract
 13:00 November 28, 2007
Room 81, Roehampton Vale
Dr Zhi Shang Kingston University
"CFD Application in Future Super-Critical Water-Cooled Reactor (SCWR)"
Abstract
 16:00 November 28, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on An application of Graph Cuts: Tracking Through Clutter Using Graph Cuts in BMVC 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 November 27, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Alberto Colombo, Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Conference reports"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 November 21, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Mike J Smith Kingston University
"Close Range Remote Sensing: Kite Aerial Photography"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 November 21, 2007
81, Roehampton Vale
Dr Barnaby Osborne Kingston University
"Low Reynolds Number Liquid Jet Break-up in Reduced Gravity"
Abstract
 13:00 November 14, 2007
PRSB329
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Dr Deven Patel Institute of Child Health, University College London
"Virological patterns in HIV-infected pregnant women"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 November 14, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Mr Norbert Buch Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Object Recognition: Robust Object Recognition with Cortex-Like Mechanisms in PAMI"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 November 13, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"ICCV Conference report"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
 
 13:00 November 7, 2007
RV81, Roehampton Vale
Dr Hai-Tao Zhang Huazhong Univ. of Science and Tech, China
"Network- based coordinated predictive control of flocks"
Abstract
 16:00 October 31, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Fei Yin Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Estimating numbers in crowds : Fast Crowd Segmentation Using Shape Indexing in ICCV 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 14:00 October 26, 2007
Kent University
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"A Decomposition Lemma for Systems of Linear DAEs"
(Talk at Kent University)
 
 13:00 October 24, 2007
RV81, Roehampton Vale
Mr Paul Brandon Kingston University
"New Methodologies of Damper Testing"
Abstract
 13:00 October 17, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Sergio Velastin)
Esin Turkbeyler Roke Manor Research
"VISUAL MTI for UAV Systems"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 October 17, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Sergio Velastin Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Graph cuts: Graph Cuts in Vision and Graphics: Theories and Applications"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 October 10, 2007
NTI Meeting Room, Grove House
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Gary Broughton Kingston University
"The Formal Reduction of Matrix Pseudo-Linear Equations via Moser Reduction"
(CISM Research Student Talk)
Abstract
 13:30 October 10, 2007
NTI Meeting Room, Grove House
(Chair: James Denholm-Price)
Miss Angela Wigmore Kingston University
"Speech recognition and Maths: The TalkMaths application"
(CISM Research Student Talk)
Abstract
 16:00 October 3, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Prof Graeme A. Jones Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Image features / SIFT: Histograms of oriented gradients for human detection"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 12:00 September 28, 2007
SB329
(Chair: J.-C. Nebel)
Dr Malgorzata Kotulska Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
"Analysing Stochastic Time Series"
(Tutorial)
Abstract
Download
 13:00 September 26, 2007
SB329
(Chair: J-C. Nebel)
Dr Malgorzata Kotulska Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
"Electro-nanopores in the lipid membrane. Computer modeling vs experiments"
(Invited Talk)
Abstract
Download
 13:00 September 20, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Gordon Hunter, Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"The KU-Talk System"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 September 19, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"AVSS conference report"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 September 13, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Jarinee Chattratichart Kingston University
"Usability Testing and the Magic Number 5"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 12:00 September 4, 2007
SB329
(Chair: James Orwell)
Mr Alessio Dore University of Genova
"Video-Radio Tracking in a Smart Space Scenario"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 August 23, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Mr Witold Dyrka 
"Evaluation of the usage of probabilistic context-free grammars for the detection of binding sites within protein sequences"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 August 22, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Image identifier: A Robust Visual Identifier Using the Trace Transform in VIE 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 August 8, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Shadow removal: Learning and Removing Cast Shadows through a Multidistribution Approach"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 July 25, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on KLT tracker: Good Features to Track"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 July 19, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Markov Models of Periodically Varying Backgrounds for Change Detection"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:30 July 19, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Jesús Martínez del Rincón 
"Feature-Based Tracking for Video-Surveillance Applications"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 July 13, 2007
Room 18, Roehampton Vale
Mr Sergio Ferraris Kingston University
"LES of a backdraft and partially premixed combustion configurations"
Abstract
 13:00 July 12, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Multi-Camera Tracking and the Harsh Reality"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:30 July 12, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Krzysztof Zienowicz Kingston University
"Modelling and Analysis of Tennis Rallies Using Information from both Video and Audio Signals"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 July 11, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Pose estimation: Fast Human Pose Estimation using Appearance and Motion via Multi-Dimensional Boosting Regression in CVPR 2007"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 15:00 June 29, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Paolo Remagnino)
Dr How-Lung Eng Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
"Visual surveillance research activities at the Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 June 28, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Sergio Velastin)
Prof Luciano da Fontoura Costa Universidade Sao Paolo
"Integrating Structure and Function with Complex Networks"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 June 20, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Multi-camera tracking: Activity Topology Estimation for Large Networks of Cameras"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 17:30 June 18, 2007
Roberts Lecture Theatre, Penrhyn Road, Kingston
Prof Jonathan Briggs Kingston University
"eCommerce 2.0: How AJAX, blogging, mashups, search engines and social networks are changing business"
(Public Lecture)
Abstract
 13:00 June 14, 2007
PRSB329
(Chair: Kamran Etebar)
Dr Kamran Etebar, Dr James Denholm-Price, Dr Nicholas Freestone, Ms Shell Morgan 
"course i no how 2 rite English. i gotta b in gcse english innit!"
(L&T Debate)
Abstract
 13:00 June 6, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Jarek Francik)
Dariusz Burdon Kingston University
"Environment Aware Human Avatars"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 June 6, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Recognition and removal of glasses (spectacles): Automatic Eyeglasses Removal from Face Images in ACCV 2002"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 11:00 June 4, 2007
PRSB329
(Chair: JD-P)
Dr Jacques Lemaire I.U.T. Nice-Côte d'Azur
"Data Mining teaching with Microsoft SQL Server 2005"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 May 31, 2007
PRSB329
(Chair: Chris Tompsett)
Mr Chris Tompsett, Dr James Denholm-Price, Dr Nicholas Freestone, Ms Shell Morgan Kingston University
"Gadgets and gizmos or lectures and books? Are we bending over backwards for the i-Pod generation?"
(L&T Debate)
Abstract
 16:00 May 23, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Sergio Velastin Kingston University
"iLIDS dataset:"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 19:00 May 22, 2007
TH113
(Chair: Jim Mclean)
Prof Mark Nixon University of Southampton
"Biometrics: The ear and the gait"
(British Computer Society Event (Kingston & Croydon Branch))
Abstract
 13:00 May 17, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Bei Bei Zhan Kingston University
"Image Descriptors with Constraints for Crowd Dynamics Estimation"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 May 10, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Kostas Danas Kingston University
"Health Informatics: An Introduction and a Case Study"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 May 9, 2007
Room 81, Roehampton Vale
Dr Daniel New University of Liverpool
"Elliptic jets in cross flow – vortex dynamics and trajectory-scaling"
Abstract
 14:00 May 9, 2007
RV81, Roehampton Vale
Dr Daniel New University of Liverpool
"Elliptic jets in cross flow – vortex dynamics and trajectory-scaling"
Abstract
 16:00 May 9, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Paper discussion on Action recognition: Actions as Space-Time Shapes"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 March 29, 2007
PRSB122
Prof Les Hatton Kingston University
"How to write scientific papers and get them accepted reasonably often"
Abstract
 16:00 March 28, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Prof Graeme A. Jones Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Performance Evaluation for Object Detection: Performance evaluation of object detection algorithms for video surveillance, by Jacinto Nascimento and Jorge Marques (in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2006.)"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 15:00 March 22, 2007
Room 18, Roehampton Vale
Dr Pascale Domingo University of Rouen and INSA of Rouen
"Large eddy simulation of a lifted flame in a vitiated coflow"
Abstract
 13:00 March 15, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Les Hatton)
Dr Stuart Reid Cranfield University
"Myths of non-functional testing"
(CISM seminar program)
Abstract
 16:00 March 14, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Gait Extraction: A Bayesian Framework for Extracting Human Gait Using Strong Prior Knowledge, by Ziheng Zhou, Adam Prugel-Bennett, and Robert I. Damper"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 March 12, 2007
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Mr Peter Kock 
"Automotive Software Development for Electronic Control"
Abstract
 13:00 March 6, 2007
Room 4, Town House Penrhyn Road
Mr Costas Georgopoulos 
"Sustainable Development with Concrete"
Abstract
 13:00 March 6, 2007
Room 4, Town House, Penrhyn Road
Mr Costas Georgopoulos 
"Sustainable Development with Concrete"
Abstract
 11:00 March 6, 2007
Room 4, Town House Penrhyn Road
Mr Costas Georgopoulos 
"Sustainable Development with Concrete"
Abstract
 11:00 March 6, 2007
Room 4, Town House, Penrhyn Road
Mr Costas Georgopoulos 
"Sustainable Development with Concrete"
Abstract
 11:00 March 6, 2007
RV4, Roehampton Vale
Mr Costas Georgopoulos 
"Sustainable Development with Concrete"
Abstract
 16:00 February 28, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Performance Evaluation: Performance Evaluation of Surveillance Systems Under Varying Conditions"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 22, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Wayne Huang Kingston University
"Modelling Multi-media Semantics for Intelligent Multimedia Services"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 February 21, 2007
RV81
Dr Siva P R Muppala Kingston University
"LES Quality Assessment Methods for Combusting Flows"
Abstract
 16:00 February 14, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Co-Training: Unsupervised Improvement of Visual Detectors using Co-Training, by Levin, A. Viola, P. and Freund, Y"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 February 8, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
John Lindsay Kingston University
"A Blunt Dialectic"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 February 7, 2007
Faculty of Engineering, Kingston Universtity, London
Dr Mohamed Maidi Kingston University
"Vortex and noise control in subsonic and supersonic turbulent round jets: a numerical study"
Abstract
 13:00 February 1, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Xinheng Wang Kingston University
"Wireless Mesh Networks in Security Surveillance and Healthcare"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 January 18, 2007
SB329
(Chair: Sergio Velastin)
Ms Rita Chattopadhyay Siemens Corporate Research, Bangalore, India
"Embedded Platform for Computer Vision"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 January 17, 2007
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Gait Reconstruction: Towards Pose Invariant Gait Reconstruction by Nick Spencer and John Carter"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 December 14, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Jamshid Dehmeshki Kingston University
"The Computer Aided Detection system; Application on Medical imaging"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 December 13, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr H Ragheb 
"Paper discussion on Probabilistic context-free grammar for body pose recognition: View invariant recognition of actions using grammars by Abhijit S. Ogale, Alap Karapurkar and Yiannis Aloimonos"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 December 7, 2006
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Zhaoping Li University College London
"A bottom up saliency map in the primary visual cortex for visual selection; theory and experiments"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
 
 13:00 November 22, 2006
PRMB208
(Chair: JD-P)
Llenalia Garcia Fernandez Abertay University, Dundee
"Censored Log10-Normal model from a Bayesian perspective applied to HBV lab performances in QCMD programmes"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
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 16:00 November 15, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
John-Paul Renno Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Adaptive appearance models for tracking: Robust Online Appearance Models for Visual Tracking, by Jepson, Fleet and El-Maraghi"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 November 8, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Dr Leon Mishnaevsky_Jr Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
"Computational Experiments in the Mesomechanics of Materials"
Abstract
 16:00 November 1, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Binary classification for foreground segmentation : Ensemble Tracking, by Shai Avidan"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 October 25, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Gordon Williams Imperial College London & Sydney Univ.
"The Role of Standards in Characterising New Materials"
Abstract
 15:00 October 23, 2006
PRMB208
(Chair: JD-P)
Prof Phil Dyke Plymouth University
"Wave trapping around near circular islands"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 October 19, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Ms Edita Hamzic Kingston University
"Tracking and analysis of cells in co-culture"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:15 October 19, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Mr Witold Dyrka 
"Probabilistic Context Free Grammar for pattern recognition: application to protein sequences"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 October 18, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
John-Paul Renno Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Motion detection and  tracking : The AIT Outdoors Tracking System for Pedestrians and Vehicles, Pnevmatikakis et al"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 14:00 October 13, 2006
6239, Health Faculty, Kingston Hill
Prof Akinori Abe ATR Knowledge Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
"Risk Management in Nursing: The E-Nightingale Project"
Abstract
 13:00 October 12, 2006
PRFC201
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Adrian E. Raftery University of Washington, Seattle & UTIA, Prag
"Recent Advances in Model-Based Clustering: Variable Selection and Social Networks"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 October 11, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Erdogan Madenci The University of Arizona
"Peridynamic Theory for Multi-scale Analysis of Metallic and Composite Structures"
Abstract
 13:00 October 5, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Martin Tunnicliffe Kingston University
"Imprecise Probability and Network Quality-of-Service"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
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 13:00 September 28, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Paul Kuo Kingston University
"Facial Feature Fitting by Improved Active Contour Models"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 September 21, 2006
Town House, Penrhyn Road, Kingston University
(Chair: Dr. P.L. Bidgood)
Dr Gordon Hunter Kingston University
"Statistical Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Modelling of Natural Language and Demographic Data"
(Kingston University, Faculty of CISM, Statistics Research Symposium)
 
 16:00 September 20, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC): Integrating Bottom-Up/Top-Down for Object Recognition by DDMCMC, Song-Chun Zhu, Rong Zhang and Zhuowen Tu"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 September 6, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Human Pose Recognition: Fast Pose Estimation with Parameter Sensitive Hashing, G. Shakhnarovich, P. Viola, T. Darrell"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 August 23, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Anders Oredsson NTNU Trondheim
"Real-time detection of high-level scenarios in massive data from video surveillance"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 August 23, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Face Recognition: A weighted probabilistic approach to face recognition from multiple images and video sequences, Yongbin Zhang and Aleix Martinez"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 16:00 August 9, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Bayesian Networks: Vision-Based Speaker Detection Using Bayesian Networks, James M. Rehg"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 July 26, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Ivo Everts University of Amsterdam
"Object Tracking with Multiple PTZ Cameras"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 July 26, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Modelling patterns of activities: A Template-Based Multi-Player Action Recognition of the Basketball Game, Matej Perse et al"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 July 20, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Bei Bei Zhan Kingston University
"Crowd analysis: A survey"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 July 13, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Marek Mittmann Kingston University
"Physics-Based Animation of Human Avatars"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 July 12, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Prof Graeme A. Jones Kingston University
"Paper discussion on SIFT – Scale Invariant Feature Transform: Object Recognition from Local Scale-Invariant Features, David G. Lowe"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 15:00 July 7, 2006
University of Leeds
Neda Lazarevic Kingston University
"Performance Evaluation in Visual Surveillance using the F-Measure"
Abstract
 14:00 July 5, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Tim Ellis)
Prof Geoff West Curtin University, Western Australia
"Smart Homes"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
 
 16:00 June 28, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Mean Shift Algorithm: Kernel-Based Object Tracking, Dorin Comaniciu"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 June 26, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Krzysztof Zienowicz Kingston University
"Tennis Video Analysis"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 June 22, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Samuel Hägglund, Dr Andreas Hoppe Kingston University
"Development of a live-cell imaging system for direct viewing in a flow chamber"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 June 15, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Paper discussion on Particle Filter: Multi-Object Tracking using the Particle Filter Algorithm on the Top-View Plan, Santiago Venegas Martne"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 14:00 June 13, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Neda Lazarevic Kingston University
"Designing Evaluation Methodologies: the case of motion detection"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 June 1, 2006
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Ms Faiza Younas Janjua Kingston University
"Maximum Steganographic Capacity of JPEG Images in Secure Networks"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:30 June 1, 2006
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Alberto Colombo Kingston University
"Catadioptric Sensors: Application, Classification and Calibration"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 16:00 May 31, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Valerie Leung)
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Paper discussion on AdaBoost: Robust Real-time Object Detection, Paul Viola and Michael Jones"
(CISM - DIRC reading group)
Abstract
 13:00 May 18, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Valerie Leung Kingston University
"Image processing for looking at stars, cars, people and runways"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 9:00 May 8, 2006
Ulm University
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"Ein Zerlegungssatz fuer lineare differential-algebraische Gleichungssysteme"
Abstract
 13:00 April 13, 2006
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Tony Davies 
"Discussion of EPSRC procedures for the assessment of Research Grant Applications and of Final Reports on Research Grants"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
 
 13:00 April 5, 2006
SB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Hannah Dee Kingston University
"Where are they going? Explaining visible behaviour in the context of surveillance"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 30, 2006
PRMB112
(Chair: JD-P)
Dr Nigel Ling Kingston University
"Analysing mixed 3-factor linear models."
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 23, 2006
PRMB62
(Chair: JD-P)
John Lindsay Kingston University
"The Choice of Hercules or what comes between grep and google?"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 March 17, 2006
Millenium House, Kingston upon Thames
(Chair: Dr. MC Limbachiya)
Dr Angelos Koulouris 
"A Multidisciplinary Approach to the characterisation of Natural and Recycled Aggregates for Structural Concrete"
Abstract
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 13:00 March 16, 2006
SB329
(Chair: JD-P)
Dr Vicki Tariq University of Central Lancashire
"Mathematics in the Biosciences: Rising to the Challenge"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 9, 2006
PRTH113
(Chair: JD-P)
Prof Nicky Best Imperial College, London
"The inquiring mind of the statistician - the Bristol and Shipman cases"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 March 8, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Thomas Pardeon Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
"Recent advances in the micromechanics of ductile fracture"
Abstract
 13:00 February 22, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Andrew Crocombe University of Surrey
"Environmental degradation in adhesively bonded structures"
Abstract
 13:00 February 9, 2006
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Steve Maybank Birkbeck College, University of London
"Application of the Fisher-Rao Metric to Structure Detection in Images"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 February 8, 2006
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Dr Ted Donchev Kingston University
"Fibre reinforced polymers strengthening of bridge and building structures"
Abstract
 13:00 January 12, 2006
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Richard White Kane Computing Ltd
"Future development/directions in processing technology to support digital video processing for security applications"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 December 8, 2005
PRSB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Miroslav Hamouz University of Surrey
"3D Assisted Face Recognition"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 December 7, 2005
SB329
Dr James Orwell, Dr Mark Joy, Neda Lazarevic, Dr Sarah Barman, Dr Penelope Bidgood, Dr Eckhard Pfluegel, Dr Nasrollah Saebi Kingston University
"Summary of Research Interests"
(Joint Maths and DIRC Research Workshop)
Abstract
 15:00 December 7, 2005
SB329
Dr Dimitrios Makris, Dr Adam Szarowicz, Mr Nikos Nikolaou, Dr Jaroslaw Francik, Dr A Shihab Kingston University
"Summary of Research Interests"
(Joint Maths and DIRC Research Workshop)
Abstract
 13:00 December 7, 2005
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Alojz Ivankovic University College Dublin, Ireland
"Modelling of deformation and failure of polymers: Why is bridging of length and time scales necessary?"
Abstract
 13:00 December 2, 2005
PRSB122
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Najla Megherbi Kingston University
"Audio-Video Data Association Using Belief Theory: applied to Multiple People Tracking"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 14:00 November 30, 2005
Sopwith Lecture Theatre
Prof Nigel Shadbolt University of Southampton
"Artificial Intelligence, yesterday, today, and tomorrow."
Abstract
 12:00 November 29, 2005
SB329
Dr Andreas Hoppe, Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"From Images to Answers"
(Bio-Imaging Group Launch Event)
Abstract
 13:00 November 23, 2005
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Dr Ewen Kellar The Welding Institute (TWI)
"Why bolt it when you can bond it? The Glueing Evolution"
Abstract
 13:00 November 9, 2005
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Felicity Guild Queen Mary, University of London
"Intralaminar Cracking in CFRP Laminates: Detection and Numerical"
Abstract
 13:30 October 26, 2005
Town House 112
(Chair: JD-P)
Prof Maurice Cox National Physical Laboratory
"Calculating the area under a curve given by a general set of points"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 October 26, 2005
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Dr Evgeny Petrov Imperial College London
"Analysis of strongly nonlinear vibrations for complex structures with"
Abstract
 13:00 October 20, 2005
SB329
(Chair: JD-P)
Dr Robert Mellor Kingston University
"Does E-Learning Work?"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 October 13, 2005
SB 329
Dr Jaroslaw Francik Kingston University
"Autonomous Behaviour for Animated Characters: Towards Artificial Acting"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 13:00 October 12, 2005
RV18, Roehampton Vale
Prof Allan Hutchinson Oxford Brookes University
"Engineering research in adhesives, sealants and composites for industry"
Abstract
 13:00 October 10, 2005
SB329
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr James Annesley, Dr James Orwell, John-Paul Renno Kingston University
"Evaluation of MPEG7 Descriptors for Visual Surveillance Retrieval"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
Abstract
 12:30 April 13, 2005
196
Mr Julian Wells Kingston University
"Modelling profit-rate distributions: A case-study in the use of L-moments"
Abstract
 13:30 March 9, 2005
196
Dr Derek Magee University of Leeds
"Cognitive Vision: Towards fully autonomous learning."
Abstract
 13:30 February 23, 2005
196
Dr Mark Joy Kingston University
"Stochastic neural networks of the Hopfield type."
Abstract
 13:30 February 16, 2005
196
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"A Matrix-based Framework for Primality Testing"
Abstract
 13:00 December 6, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Andrew Stoddart OMG
"Commercial motion capture today"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:00 December 1, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Multi-Sensor Kalman Tracking"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:30 November 10, 2004
196
Dr Len Freeman University of Manchester
"Feedback guided dynamic loop scheduling"
Abstract
 13:30 October 27, 2004
196
Mrs Lyn Leventhall Kingston University
"Bridging the gap between online and face to face tutorials in Mathematics"
(CISM Seminar Programme)
 
 13:00 October 25, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Graeme A. Jones Kingston University
"Kalman Filters: Practical issues of tracking"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
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 13:30 October 13, 2004
196
Dr Gordon Hunter Kingston University
"Some statistical approaches to modelling modern British English dialogue (and some possible applications.)"
Abstract
 13:00 October 11, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Prof Graeme A. Jones Kingston University
"Kalman Filters: Introducing a popular vision tool"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
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 13:00 September 23, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Daniel Noelke 
"De-Noising of 3D wide-field microscopy images using wavelets"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:00 June 28, 2004
SB121
Prof Anthony T.S. Ho University of Surrey
""Digital Watermarking and Authentication""
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:00 June 16, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel Kingston University
"A 3D research background"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:00 May 25, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr James Orwell Kingston University
"Tracking a Fixed Population with Multiple Cameras"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:15 May 5, 2004
TH111
Prof Anthony O'Neill Newcastle University
"Statistical models for the analysis of longitudinal data."
 
 13:00 March 30, 2004
SB121
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Tutorial on Hidden Markov Model"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:30 March 24, 2004
TH112
K. Baker 
"Bayes' rule of inference: Does integration provide an answer to a meaningless question?"
Abstract
 13:30 March 17, 2004
276
Dr Nigel Ling Kingston University
"Statistical power in nested designs."
Abstract
 13:00 March 16, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr David Thirde Kingston University
"Hierarchical Probabilistic Models for Video Object Segmentation and Tracking"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:30 March 10, 2004
276
Dr Claude-Pierre Jeannerod Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
"An introduction to the complexity of linear algebra in exact arithmetic"
Abstract
 13:30 March 3, 2004
EM305
Dr Dugald Duncan Heriot-Watt University
"Numerical methods for welltest analysis"
Abstract
 13:00 March 2, 2004
SB121
Dr A Shihab Kingston University
"Investigating Hidden Markov Models. Capabilities in 2D Classification"
(Journal Club)
Abstract
 13:00 February 17, 2004
SB121
(Chair: Dimitrios Makris)
Dr Maria Valera Espina Kingston University
"Real-time architecture for large distributed surveillance systems"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:00 February 10, 2004
SB121
Dr Dimitrios Makris Kingston University
"Bridging the gaps between Cameras"
(DIRC Research Colloquium)
Abstract
 13:30 December 10, 2003
276
Prof Maurice Cox National Physical Laboratory
"Mathematics for measurement"
Abstract
 13:15 December 3, 2003
276
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University
"Algorithms for solving linear systems of differential equations"
 
 14:30 October 22, 2003
276
Prof Chris Eilbeck Heriot-Watt University
"Breathers solutions of the Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger equation"
 
 13:15 October 8, 2003
PRMB276
(Chair: Les Hatton)
Dr James Denholm-Price Kingston University
"Dressed ensembles: Are they a viable alternative to calibration for probabilistic weather forecasting?"
Abstract
 13:15 April 30, 2003
208
Dr Martin Harrison Loughborough University
"The HELM project - Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics"
Abstract
 13:30 March 26, 2003
EM305
Dr Ozcan Gundogdu Kingston University
"Vibrated Septum Filtration and Cluster Formation in Shear Flow."
 
 13:30 March 12, 2003
208
Dr Steven Furnell University of Plymouth
"Cybercrime: Vandalising the Information Society"
Abstract
 13:30 February 26, 2003
208
Dr Michael Davies Queen Mary College
"The simulation of turbulent flows over surfaces, with the lattice Boltzmann method."
 
 13:00 February 12, 2003
MLT
Mr Frank Barker University of Melbourne, Australia
"Probability, Statistics and Individuals in evidence based medicine."
Abstract
 13:30 January 29, 2003
245
Prof Des Higham The University of Strathclyde
"Small world networks and applications to bioinformatics"
Abstract
 13:30 December 11, 2002
208
Dr David Griffiths University of Dundee
"Mixed finite elements & stability"
 
 12:30 December 4, 2002
208
Dr Kamal Ahmed Kingston University
"Fixed point theorems for A-proper mappings"
 
 13:30 November 20, 2002
208
Dr Jennifer Scott Numerical Analysis Group, RAL.
"HSL and the solution of sparse systems"
Abstract