Rene Vidal

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Center for Imaging Sciences

Address:
3400 N. Charles St.
Clark 308B
Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: (410) 516-7306
Fax: (410) 516-4594
E-mail: rvidal@cis.jhu.edu
Website: http://www.cis.jhu.edu/~rvidal/

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Research Interest Statement

Biomedical imaging: diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), heart motion analysis

Computer vision: recognition of human activities, reconstruction of dynamic scenes, non-rigid motion analysis, structure from motion and multiple view geometry, omnidirectional vision.

Machine learning: GPCA, clustering and segmentation on geometric spaces, kernels on dynamical systems, kernel GPCA, dynamic GPCA.

Hybrid systems: observability and identification of hybrid systems.

Robotics: vision-based control of unmanned ground and aerial vehicles.

Current Projects

Biomedical Imaging:
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Heart Motion Analysis

Computer Vision:
Segmentation of Dynamic Scenes
Dynamic Textures
Omnidirectional Motion Estimation and Segmentation
Multiple view geometry

Hybrid Systems:
Observability and Identification of Hybrid Systems

Machine Learning :
Generalized PCA

Publications

Vishwanathan V., A. Smola, R. Vidal (2007). "Binet-Cauchy Kernels on Dynamical Systems and its Application to the Analysis of Dynamic Scenes." International Journal of Computer Vision, 73(1): 95-119.

Vidal R., R. Tron, R. Hartley (2007). "Multiframe Motion Segmentation with Missing Data Using PowerFactorization and GPCA." International Journal on Computer Vision, (online).

Vidal R., Y. Ma (2006). "A Unified Algebraic Approach to 2-D and 3-D Motion Segmentation." Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 25(3): 403-421.

Vidal R., Y. Ma, S. Soatto, S. Sastry (2006). "Two-View Multibody Structure from Motion." International Journal of Computer Vision, 68(1): 7-25.

Vidal R., Y. Ma, S. Sastry (2005). "Generalized Principal Component Analysis (GPCA)." IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell., 27(12): 1945-1959.

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