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Date: December 13, Monday, 2010
Subject: Make3D: Learning 3D Models from
a Single Still Image
Speaker: Ashutosh Saxena,
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Cornell University.
Abstract: We consider the problem of converting a standard 2D digital picture
into a 3D model. This is a challenging problem, since an image is
formed by a projection of the 3D scene onto two dimensions, thus
losing the depth information. We take a supervised learning approach
to this problem, and model the scene depth as a function of the image
features. We show that, even on unstructured scenes of a large variety
of environments, our algorithm is frequently able to recover accurate
3D models. (See https://make3d.cs.cornell.edu )
We then look at the
problem of combining our cues such as stereo (for stereo cameras) or
parallax (for videos) for producing 3D views from 2D views.
The last few decades have seen great progress in tackling each of
these problems in isolation. Only, recently have researchers returned
to the difficult task of considering them jointly. We consider
learning a set of related models in such that they both solve their
own problem and help each other. Our method requires only a limited
“black box” interface with the models, allowing us to use very
sophisticated, state-of-the-art classifiers without having to look
under the hood.
We then apply our methods to robotics applications: (a) vision-based
navigation: obstacle avoidance for autonomously driving a small
electric car and autonomously flying aerial vehicles, and (b) personal
robots, where we develop learning algorithms for robot manipulation.
This enables our robot to perform tasks such as open new doors, clear
up cluttered tables, and unload items from a dishwasher.
Biography: Ashutosh Saxena is
an assistant professor in computer science
department at Cornell University. His research interests include
machine learning, computer vision and robotics. He received his MS in
2006 and Ph.D. in 2009 from Stanford University, and his B.Tech. in
2004 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He has worked
in Bose Corporation, CSIRO (Australia) and Microsoft in the past, and
founded Zunavision in 2008.
Ashutosh developed Make3D (https://make3d.cs.cornell.edu),
an algorithm
that converts a single photograph into a 3D model. Tens of thousands
of users used this technology to convert their pictures to 3D. He also
developed algorithms that enable robots to have a holistic
understanding of the scene. This enables the robots to perform
household chores such as unload items from a dishwasher, or fly
autonomously through indoor environments. His work has received
substantial amount of attention in popular press, including the
front-page of New York Times, BBC, ABC, New Scientist, Discovery
Science, ACM and Wired Magazine. He has won best paper awards in 3DRR
and IEEE ACE. He was also a recipient of National Talent Scholarship.
Time: 6:30 – 8.30PM
Pizza and Networking: 6.30
– 7PM
Talk: 7 – 8.30PM
Place: Bannan Engineering
Building, Room EC 326, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95050 (https://www.scu.edu/map/upload/scu_map.pdf)
Past Events and Meeting Abstracts and Slides
November 8, 2010: Making 3D Printing Ideas Real: A Demo and Talk
October 21, 2010: Tutorial on "Status of knowledge on non-binary LDPC
decoders"
September 13, 2010: Principles of Canesta
CMOS 3D Time of Flight Systems
June 14, 2010: Next
Generation 3D Television - Demo at HDI-US Inc
May 10, 2010: Electronic Tagging and Managing Congestion
in Electric Power Transmission
Systems
April 12, 2010: Pervasive Learning –
Diagnosis and Management of Production Systems
March 15, 2010: An overview of various
physical and MAC layer research and
developmental issues in 4G cellular systems
Feb 10, 2010: Developer Opportunities with
CLEAR WiMAX 4G
Jan 26, 2010: CES Download
Jan 11, 2010: Distributed Systems Health
Management
Dec 11, 2009: Next-generation mobile WiMAX (802.16m) Update
Nov 9, 2009: Digital Compensation of
Dynamic Acquisition Errors at the Front-End of High-Performance A/D
Converters
Oct 12, 2009: Detection of Information
Flow and Anonymous Networking ~IEEE SPS
Distinguished Lecturer~
Sep 21, 2009: Low-Voltage Oversampling
Analog-to-Digital Conversion
Sep 17, 2009: Monitoring video quality
inside a network ~IEEE SPS Distinguished
Lecturer~
Jun 22, 2009: Adaptive Learning in a
World of Projections
Mar 25, 2009: WiMAX
Update: IEEE 802.16m and WiMAX future
Feb 9, 2009: The Scalable Communication
Core: A Multi-Core Reconfigurable Wireless Baseband Prototype
Feb 7, 2009: SPS SCV Workshop on FPGAs for Digital Signal Processing
Applications
Jan 12, 2009: Dynamic Graphs
Dec 8, 2008: Exploiting Real World
Channels for Increased Capacity
Nov 3, 2008: Design Techniques and CMOS
Implementation of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)
Oct 20, 2008: Multichip module packaging
and its impact on architecture
Sep 22, 2008: Past and Future of Digital
Watermarking
Aug 30, 2008: SPS SCV Workshop on Bio-informatics and Bio-signal
Processing
June 2, 2008: Enhancing Image Fidelity
through Spatio-Spectral Design for Color Image
Acquisition, Reconstruction, and Display
May 12, 2008: Content-Adaptive Efficient Resource
Allocation for Packet-Based Video Transmission
Apr 14, 2008: RF Systems Design
:Fundamental Theory and WiMAX Examples
Mar 10, 2008: Digital Fingerprinting for
Multimedia Forensics
Feb 11, 2008: Simplified Fast Motion
Estimation: Simplified and Unified Multi-Hexagon Search (SUMH) with Context
Adaptive Lagrange Multiplier (CALM)
Jan 7, 2008: An Open Baseband Processing
Architecture for Future Mobile Terminal
Design
Dec 10, 2007: Re-Live the Movie "The
Matrix": From Harry Nyquist to Image-Based
Rendering
Nov 12, 2007: Efficient Techniques for MPEG-2
to H.264 VideoTranscoding
Oct 8, 2007: Overview of Multimedia
Signal Processing on Multi-Core Processors
Sep 17, 2007: Transceiver
Designs for Multicarrier Transmission
Sep 10, 2007: Overview of WiMax Technology and Evolution {Slides}
May,
2007: Tesla Roadster: Embedded microprocessors and Design
trade-offs!
March,
2007: A Simulation Model for IEEE 802.11n
Feb
12, 2007: A/D and D/A Converters with Integrated High-speed
Compression
May
12, 2006: New Directions in Home Theater Systems
Apr 10, 2006: Correcting Distortion in Multi-media Audio
Terminals
Feb
13, 2006: Distributed Wireless Communication: A Shannon-Theoretic
Perspective on Fading Multihop Networks {Slides}
Dec 12,
2005: Mobile WiMAX:
True Broadband Wireless Enabled {Slides}
Jun 13, 2005: Using
Technology to Keep Other Countries Honest
Apr
25, 2005: How many antennas does it take to get broadband wireless
access? - The story of MIMO {Slides}
Jan
10, 2005: Converting MATLAB Algorithms to FPGA or ASIC Designs
Dec
13, 2004: Reconfigurable Systems Emerge {Slides}
Nov
08, 2004: Nonlinear adaptive systems
Sept
13, 2004: Anytime, Anywhere IP Communications
June
14, 2004: Fortran 95, or Matlab meets C++
April
12, 2004:On the Deployment of the Voice Biometric: Challenges and
Best Practices
March
08, 2004: Telephony Speech Recognition Application Testing {Slides}
Feb
05, 2004:Speech Technology for Computer Assisted Language Learning
(CALL) {Slides}
Charter
IEEE Santa Clara Valley
Signal Processing Society (SPS) focuses on all aspects of the theory and application
of Signals involving filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating,
detecting, analyzing, recognizing, synthesizing, recording, and reproducing
signals. The term "signal" includes audio, video, speech, image,
communication, geophysical, sonar, radar, medical, musical etc.
Our chapter was featured in
the March 2008 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine E-Newsletter. Please
click here for the article.
2010 Officers
Chair
Victor Ramamoorthy
victor[at]infinitealgorithms[dot]com
Vice Chair
Sankalita
Saha
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Treasurer
Bhaskar
Saha
bhaskar[dot]saha[at]nasa[dot]gov
Secretary
Afshaneh
Pakdaman
afshaneh[at]ieee[dot]org
Program Coordinator
Ifiok
Umoh
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2007-2009 Officers
Chairman
Tokunbo
Ogunfunmi
Vice Chairman/ Treasurer
Xiaoshu
Qian
Program Co-ordinator
Yen-Kuang
Chen
Treasurer
Vlad Potanin
Secretary
Douglas Chan
2006 Officers
Chairman
M Saseetharran
Vice Chairman/ Treasurer
Man Po (Bill) Lam
Program Co-ordinator
Brian Sublett
Treasurer
Ozur Oyman
Secretary
Madan
Ankapura
2005 Officers
Chairman
M Saseetharran
Vice Chairman/ Treasurer
Man Po (Bill) Lam
Program Co-ordinator
Brian Sublett
Secretary
Vikash
Rungta
Just Joined
Madan
Ankapura
2004 Officers
Chairman
M Saseetharran
Vice Chairman
P S Chang
Secretary
Nelson Zierbach
Treasurer
V (Ramki)
Ramakrishna
Auxiliary Officer
Kenneth White
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