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Peter N. Belhumeur

 

Professor of Computer Science

 

 

Laboratory for the Study of Visual Appearance

 

 

Columbia University

 


 Contact

623 Schapiro (CEPSR)
Department of Computer Science
Columbia University

New York, New York 10027

belhumeur dot cs dot columbia dot edu
212 939-7087
212 939-7008 (fax)

 



Research

My research focuses on computational vision and image processing. Within these areas, I concentrate on two subproblems: the representation and recognition of objects under variable illumination and the estimation of the geometry of objects from low-level cues like image brightness, binocular stereopsis, and motion.  Applications include face and object recognition, tracking, image-based rendering, computer graphics, content-based image and video compression, and human computer interfaces.


Courses:

Spring 2008 Course:  Computational Photography

 

Fall 2007 Course:  Biometrics

 



Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Students

·        Jinwei Gu

·        Dhruv Kumar Mahajan

·        Nandan Dixit

·        Athinodoros Georghiades

·        Hansen Chen

·        Melissa Koudelka

·        Todd Zickler

·        Tolga Eren

 


Databases

Yale Face Database

Yale Face Database A

Yale Face Database

HRL Database

  


Not so Recent Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

"In Search of  Illumination Invariants," Int. Journal of Computer Vision, submitted.  (with H. Chen and D. Jacobs)  [PS] [PDF]

"From Few to Many: Generative Models of Object Recognition," IEEE Trans. PAMI, in press. (with A. Georghiades and D. Kriegman)

"What Shadows Reveal About Object Structure," accepted for publication in JOSA, in press. (with D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"Determining Generative Models of Objects Under Varying Illumination: Shape and Albedo from Multiple Images Using SVD and Integrability," Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 35(3), pp. 203—22, 1999.  (with A. Yuille, D. Snow, R. Epstein)

"The Bas-Relief Ambiguity," Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 35(1), 1999, pp. 33—44. (with D. Kriegman and A. Yuille)  [PS] [PDF]

"Computational Vision at Yale," Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 35(1), pp. 5—12, 1999. (with , J. Duncan, G. Hager, D. McDermott, A.S. Morse, S. Zucker

"Tracking in 3D: Image Variability Decomposition for Recovering Object Pose and Illumination," Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2(1), pp. 82—91, 1999. (with G. Hager)  [PS] [PDF]

"Shadows, Shading, and Projective Ambiguity," Shape, Contour, and Groupin gin Computer Vision, D. Forsyth, J. Mundy, V. Gesu, R. Cipolla,  (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 132—51. 1999. (with D. Kriegman and A. Yuille)

"Representations for Recognition Under Variable Illumination," Shape, Contour, and Grouping in Computer Vision, D. Forsyth, J. Mundy, V. Gesu, R. Cipolla,  (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1999, pp. 95—131.  (with A. Georghiades and D. Kriegman)

"What Is the Set of Images of an Object Under All Possible Illumination Conditions?" Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 28(3), 1998, PP. 245—60. (with D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"Efficient Region Tracking with Parametric Models of Geometry and Illumination," IEEE Trans. PAMI, 20(10), pp. 1025—39, October 1998. (with G. Hager) [PS] [PDF]

"Eigenfaces vs. Fisherfaces: Recognition Using Class Specific Linear Projection," IEEE Trans. PAMI, Special Issue on Face Recognition, 19(7), pp. 711—20, July 1997.  (with J. Hespanha and D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"A Bayesian Approach to Binocular Stereopsis," Int. Journal of Computer Vision, 19(3), pp. 237—60, 1996. [PS] [PDF]

"A Computational Theory for Binocular Stereopsis," D. Knill and W. Richards (Eds.), Perception as Bayesian Inference, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

"Toward a Model-based Bayesian Theory for Estimating and Recognizing Parameterized 3-D Objects Using Two or More Images Taken from Different Positions," IEEE Trans. PAMI, 11(10), pp. 1028-52, October 1989. (with B. Cernuschi-Frias, D. Cooper, and Y. Hung)

Invited  Papers

"Shape and Enlightenment: Reconstruction and Recognition under Variable Illumination," Int. Symposium on Robotics Research, pp. 79—88, October 1999.  (with D. Kriegman and A. Georghiades) [PS] [PDF]

"Shadows, Shading, and Projective Ambiguity," Int. Joint Workshop on Shape, Contour, and Grouping, Palermo, Italy, May 1998. (with D. Kriegman) 

"Representations for Recognition Under Variable Illumination," Int. Joint Workshop on Shape, Contour, and Grouping, Palermo, Italy, May 1998.   (with A. Georghiades and D. Kriegman)

"Bayesian Models for Reconstructing the Scene Geometry in a Pair of Stereo Images," Proc. Conf. Info. Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1993. 

Conference Papers

"Beyond Lambert: Reconstructing Surfaces with Arbitrary BRDFs," Int. Conf. of Computer Vision, 2001, submitted.  (with S. Magda, T. Zickler, and D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"Shedding Light on Image-Based Rendering," SIGGRAPH 2000 Technical Sketch, p. 255, 2000  (with S. Magda, J. Lu, and D. Kriegman)

"In Search of Illumination Invariants," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, vol. 2, pp. 254—61, 2000.  (with H. Chen and D. Jacobs) [PS] [PDF]

"From Few to Many: Generative Models of Recognizing Faces under Variable Pose and Illumination," Proc. Fourth IEEE Int. Conf. on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, pp. 277-84, 2000. (with A. Georghiades) [PS] [PDF]

"Illumination-Based Image Synthesis: Creating Novel Images of Human Faces Under Differing Pose and Lighting," IEEE Workshop on Multi-View Modeling and Analysis of Visual Scenes, pp. 47—54, 1999.

"Tracking in 3D: Image Variability Decomposition for Recovering Object Pose and Illumination," Int. Conf. on  Pattern Analysis and Applications, 1998. (with G. Hager)

"Illumination Cones for Recognition Under Variable Lighting: Faces," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 52—58, 1998.  (with A. Georghiades and D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"Comparing Images Under Variable Illumination," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 610—17, 1998. (with D. Jacobs and R. Basri)  [PS] [PDF]

"What Do Shadows Reveal About Object Structure?" Proc. Fifth European Conf. on Computer Vision, vol. 2, pp. 399—414, 1998. (with D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"The Bas-Relief Ambiguity," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 1060—66, 1997. (with D. Kriegman and A. Yuille) [PS] [PDF]

"What Is the Set of Images of an Object Under All Possible Illumination Conditions?" Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 270—277, 1996.  (with D. Kriegman)  [PS] [PDF]

"Real-Time Tracking of Image Regions with Changes in Geometry and Illumination," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 403—10, 1996. (with G. Hager) [PS] [PDF]

"Eigenfaces vs. Fisherfaces: Recognition Using Class Specific Linear Projection," Proc. Fourth European Conf. on Computer Vision, vol. 1, pp. 45—58, 1996.  (with J. Hespanha and D. Kriegman) [PS] [PDF]

"Learning Object Representations from Lighting Variations," Int. Workshop on Object Representation in Computer Vision II, pp. 179—99, 1996. (with R. Epstein and A. Yuille) [PS] [PDF]

"Estimation of Motion Boundary Location and Optical Flow Using Dynamic Programming," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing, vol. 3, pp. 509—12, 1996. (with X. Papademetris) [PS] [PDF]

"Recovering Object Surfaces from Viewed Changes in Surface Texture Patterns," Proc. IEEE Fifth  Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, pp. 876—81, 1995. (with A. Yuille) [PS] [PDF]

"Global Priors for Binocular Stereopsis," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 730—4, 1994. [PS] [PDF]

"A Binocular Stereo Algorithm for Reconstructing Sloping, Creased, and Broken Surfaces in the Presence of Half-occlusion," Proc.IEEE  Fourth  Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, pp. 431—8, 1993. [PS] [PDF]

"A Bayesian Treatment of the Stereo Correspondence Problem Using Half-occluded Regions," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR,  pp. 506—12, 1992. (with D. Mumford) [PS] [PDF]

"3-D Object Position Estimation and Recognition Based on Parameterized Surfaces and Multiple Views," Proc. IEEE Conf. Robotics and Automation, vol.1, pp. 639—44, 1986. (with B. Cernuschi-Frias and D. B. Cooper)

"Estimating and Recognizing Parameterized 3-D Objects Using a Moving Camera," Proc. IEEE Conf. CVPR, pp. 167—71, 1985. (with B. Cernuschi-Frias and D. B. Cooper)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award.

Best Paper Award.

Best Paper Award.

Nominated for Best Paper Award, same award as in Footnote 3.