Multiview video coding using cuboid data compression. This project investigates novel approaches to multiview video coding that use new data compression techniques and explicit occlusion handling. These new approaches complement the state-of-the-art, improving interactivity with instantaneous view change and VCR functionality, reducing encoding complexity, and increasing compression efficiency.
Automated Determination of the Pose of a Human from Visual Information - Markerless 3D Pose Recovery of Humans from Videos. The development of 3D human pose recovery has been sought by computer vision researchers for many years. Our results will, firstly, have benefit for Australia's standing in the international computer vision community. Over time, the research outcomes will be developed into a software product for rehabilitation analysis by recognizing discrepancies between the walking pat ....Automated Determination of the Pose of a Human from Visual Information - Markerless 3D Pose Recovery of Humans from Videos. The development of 3D human pose recovery has been sought by computer vision researchers for many years. Our results will, firstly, have benefit for Australia's standing in the international computer vision community. Over time, the research outcomes will be developed into a software product for rehabilitation analysis by recognizing discrepancies between the walking patterns of healthy individuals and those with abnormalities as a result of accidents or diseases. The Australian economy will benefit by the reduction in the lifetime cost of injuries. This software will also provide benefits to the movie animation, computer games industry, and the training of athletes.Read moreRead less
An automated 3D model-based object recognition system. A novel, practical 3D vision system is proposed as a platform for fundamental applied research in 3D data acquisition, object modelling and object recognition. The significance of the vision system lies in the advancement of knowledge in three key areas of computer vision, registration, recognition and error propagation. The result is a system capable of sensing, modelling and identifying arbitrarily shaped free-form objects in a scene, an a ....An automated 3D model-based object recognition system. A novel, practical 3D vision system is proposed as a platform for fundamental applied research in 3D data acquisition, object modelling and object recognition. The significance of the vision system lies in the advancement of knowledge in three key areas of computer vision, registration, recognition and error propagation. The result is a system capable of sensing, modelling and identifying arbitrarily shaped free-form objects in a scene, an attribute lacking in current systems. Such a system can provide substantial economic benefits to industrial procedures such as grasp planning and quality control.Read moreRead less
Statistical Methods of Model Fitting and Segmentation in Computer Vision. Electronic sensors such as cameras and lasers can provide a rich source of information about the position, shape, and motion of objects around us. However, to extract this information in a reliable, automatic, and accurate way requires a sophisticated statistical theory of the process. Example applications include: video surveillance (better automatic detection of moving people and vehicles and of characterising what those ....Statistical Methods of Model Fitting and Segmentation in Computer Vision. Electronic sensors such as cameras and lasers can provide a rich source of information about the position, shape, and motion of objects around us. However, to extract this information in a reliable, automatic, and accurate way requires a sophisticated statistical theory of the process. Example applications include: video surveillance (better automatic detection of moving people and vehicles and of characterising what those people and vehicles are doing), industrial prototyping and inspection (measuring the size and shape of objects), urban planning (laser scanning streetscapes to create computer models of cities), entertainment industry (movie special effects and games), etc. Read moreRead less
Improved detection and characterisation of breast cancer using magnetic resonance imaging, and novel image analysis and pattern recognition techniques. Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in Australian women. With no clear cause, one mainstay of management has been early detection. Newer medical imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging require complex analysis to achieve their full benefit. Should the computationally demanding analyses of these images provide more sensitive ....Improved detection and characterisation of breast cancer using magnetic resonance imaging, and novel image analysis and pattern recognition techniques. Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in Australian women. With no clear cause, one mainstay of management has been early detection. Newer medical imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging require complex analysis to achieve their full benefit. Should the computationally demanding analyses of these images provide more sensitive and specific detection of early cancers, the potential reductions in morbidity and mortality from breast cancer will be of immense value. Successful implementation of the proposed project will further enhance Australia's position as a world leader in biomedical research and application of computational technologies to health problems.Read moreRead less
Snap, Crackle, Pop: Opening the Window on the Variable Radio Universe. Time variability is a frontier of discovery in astronomy. We will conduct a comprehensive set of surveys with new radio telescopes and instruments in order to build a full census of bursts, pulses, and flickers in the radio sky. Coupled with rapid follow up observations in the optical, X-ray and gamma-ray bands, these surveys will allow us to probe fundamental physics behind violent and unpredictable behaviour in the Universe ....Snap, Crackle, Pop: Opening the Window on the Variable Radio Universe. Time variability is a frontier of discovery in astronomy. We will conduct a comprehensive set of surveys with new radio telescopes and instruments in order to build a full census of bursts, pulses, and flickers in the radio sky. Coupled with rapid follow up observations in the optical, X-ray and gamma-ray bands, these surveys will allow us to probe fundamental physics behind violent and unpredictable behaviour in the Universe. Our techniques, pipelines, and algorithms will serve as stepping stones for future experiments, and will also have wide applicability to searches for weak signals in noisy data in areas including physics, ecology, medical science, and economics.Read moreRead less
A New Approach to Studying Whole Bodies and Body Parts Applied to Problems of Forensic Science. To bring to the study of whole humans and human body parts, new methods capable of major advances such as those already provided by DNA technology in the study of human tissues, cells and molecules. This will allow better identification of human groups, geographic populations, gender differences and ageing.
To update facilities in forensic sciences strengthening Australian security systems thus he ....A New Approach to Studying Whole Bodies and Body Parts Applied to Problems of Forensic Science. To bring to the study of whole humans and human body parts, new methods capable of major advances such as those already provided by DNA technology in the study of human tissues, cells and molecules. This will allow better identification of human groups, geographic populations, gender differences and ageing.
To update facilities in forensic sciences strengthening Australian security systems thus helping fight terrorism and crime.
To establish international collaborations for Australia, especially with Asia.
To train young people, through Master's and Doctoral degrees programmes, in handling the new techniques and applying them to problems of forensic science
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Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of technology-assisted dietary assessment. This project aims to compare leading methods for technology-assisted dietary assessment. Excessive cost and questionable accuracy limit the routine use of dietary assessment and undermine decision making in Australia. This project intends to compare three technology methods of assessing diet with the current standard recall method used in population surveys in order to confirm if the use of food images and automated metho ....Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of technology-assisted dietary assessment. This project aims to compare leading methods for technology-assisted dietary assessment. Excessive cost and questionable accuracy limit the routine use of dietary assessment and undermine decision making in Australia. This project intends to compare three technology methods of assessing diet with the current standard recall method used in population surveys in order to confirm if the use of food images and automated methods provide new approaches to improve accuracy and consumer acceptability. Expected outcomes of this project include more accurate and acceptable methods of assessing dietary intake. These findings will inform decision making for researchers, policy makers and practitioners in Australia, and potentially lead to more regular population surveillance.Read moreRead less
Efficient multi-view video coding with cuboids and base anchored models. This project aims to address current deficiencies in multi-view video coding technology to achieve the ultra-compression efficiency demanded by increasing display resolutions and synchronised viewpoints. The project expects to generate new knowledge, by moving from the current pixel-centric approach to methods that concentrate information common to many view-frames. The project is expected to improve compression of audio-vi ....Efficient multi-view video coding with cuboids and base anchored models. This project aims to address current deficiencies in multi-view video coding technology to achieve the ultra-compression efficiency demanded by increasing display resolutions and synchronised viewpoints. The project expects to generate new knowledge, by moving from the current pixel-centric approach to methods that concentrate information common to many view-frames. The project is expected to improve compression of audio-visual services that are of great interest to international standards bodies and industry, while facilitating free interaction and augmented reality. This project will provide significant benefits to broadcast, entertainment, surveillance and health industries and position Australia as a world leader in this field.Read moreRead less
Real-time signal processing and distributed robotic telescope networking for co-detection of gravitational waves and their optical counterparts. An international collaboration of scientists will employ a global network of telescopes and detectors to search for ripples in space-time. The project will use novel computational tools to study exotic phenomena in the distant Universe.