Cha Zhang

Ph.D. Thesis:

"On Sampling of Image-Based Rendering data", June 2004. [pdf]

Book:

C. Zhang and T. Chen, Light Field Sampling, Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing, Morgan and Claypool, 2006.

Book Chapters and Journal Papers:

• C. Zhang, P. Yin, Y. Rui, R. Cutler, P. Viola, X. Sun, N. Pinto and Z. Zhang, "Boosting-Based Multimodal Speaker Detection for Distributed Meeting Videos", to appear, IEEE Trans. on Multimedia.
• B. Stancil, C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Active Multi-Camera Networks: From Rendering to Surveillance", to appear, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, special issue on Distributed Processing in Vision Networks.
• A. Kubota, A. Smolic, M. Magnor, M. Tanimoto, T. Chen and C. Zhang, "Multi-View Imaging and 3DTV", Signal Processing Magazine, special issue on Multi-View Imaging and 3DTV, Vol. 24, No. 6, 2007.
• C. Zhang, D. Florencio and Z. Zhang, "Maximum Likelihood Sound Source Localization and Beamforming for Directional Microphone Arrays in Distributed Meetings", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, pp. 538-548, Vol. 10, No. 3, Apr. 2008.
• C. Zhang and Y. Rui, "Automated Lecture Services", Multimedia Services in Intelligent Environments, to be published.
• Akira Kubota, Aljoscha Smolic, Marcus Magnor, Masayuki Tanimoto, Tsuhan Chen and C. Zhang, "Multi-View Imaging and 3DTV", Signal Processing Magazine, special issue on Multi-View Imaging and 3DTV, Vol. 24, No. 6, 2007.
• C. Zhang, Y. Rui, J. Crawford and L. He, "An Automated End-to-End Lecture Capture and Broadcasting System", ACM Trans. on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan. 2008. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Active Rearranged Capturing of Image-Based Rendering Scenes - Theory and Practice", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, pp. 520-531, Vol. 9, No. 3. Apr 2007. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and J. Li, "On the Compression and Streaming of Concentric Mosaic Data for Free Wondering in a Realistic Environment over the Internet", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, pp. 1170-1182, Vol. 7, No. 6, Dec 2005. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "A Survey on Image-Based Rendering - Representation, Sampling and Compression", EURASIP Signal Processing: Image Communication, pp. 1-28, Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan 2004. (invited paper) [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Spectral Analysis for Sampling Image-Based Rendering Data", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, pp. 1038-1050, Vol. 13, No. 11, Nov 2003. (See my thesis, Chapter 4)
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "From Low Level Features to High Level Semantics", The Handbook of Video Database Design and Applications, CRC Press, 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "An Active Learning Framework for Content-Based Information Retrieval", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, pp. 260-268, Vol. 4, No. 2, Jun 2002. [pdf]
• Y. Wu, C. Zhang and J. Li, "Smart-Rebinning for the Compression of Concentric Mosaic", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, pp. 332-342, Vol. 4, No. 3, Sep 2002. [pdf]

Conference Papers:

• S. Junuzovic, R. Hegde, Z. Zhang, P. A. Chou, C. Zhang and Z. Liu, "Requirements and Recommendations for an Enhanced Meeting Viewing Experience", ACM Multimedia 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oct. 2008.
• C. Zhang, Z. Liu, Z. Zhang and Q. Zhao, "Semantic Saliency Driven Camera Control for Personal Remote Collaboration", MMSP 08, Queensland, Australia, Oct. 2008.
• C. Zhang, R. Hamid and Z. Zhang, "Taylor Expansion Based Classifier Adaptation: Application to Person Detection", CVPR 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, Jun. 2008.
• C. Zhang, D. Florencio and Z. Zhang, "Why Does PHAT Work Well in Low Noise, Reverberative Environments?", ICASSP 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar. 2008.
• C. Zhang and P. Viola, "Multiple-Instance Pruning for Learning Efficient Cascade Detectors", NIPS 2007, Vancouver, Canada, Dec. 2007. [pdf]
• D. Ba, D. Florencio and C. Zhang, "Enhanced MVDR Beamforming for Arrays of Directional Microphones", ICME 2007, Beijing, China, Jul. 2007.
• Z. Liu, C. Zhang and Z. Zhang, "Learning-Based Perceptual Image Quality Improvement for Video Conferencing", ICME 2007, Beijing, China, Jul. 2007 (best paper award). [pdf]
• C. Zhang, Z. Zhang and D. Florencio, "Maximum Likelihood Sound Source Localization for Multiple Directional Microphones", ICASSP 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, Apr. 2007. [pdf]
• T. Yu, C. Zhang, M. Cohen and Y. Rui, "Monocular Video Foreground/Background Segmentation by Tracking Spatial-Color Gaussian Mixture Models", IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing 2007, Austin, TA, Feb. 2007. [pdf]
• C. Zhang, Y. Rui and L. He, "Light Weight Background Blurring for Video Conferencing Applications", ICIP 2006, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2006. [pdf]
• C. Zhang, P. Yin, Y. Rui, R. Cutler and P. Viola, "Boosting-Based Multimodal Speaker Detection for Distributed Meetings", MMSP 2006, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct. 2006. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and Y. Rui, "Robust Visual Tracking via Pixel Classification and Integration", ICPR 2006, Hong Kong, China, Aug 2006. [pdf]
• B. Yu, C. Zhang, Y. Rui and K. Nahrstedt, "A Three-Layer Virtual Director Model for Supporting Automated Multi-site Distributed Education", ICME 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jul 2006. [pdf]
• C. Huang, P. Chou, J. Li and C. Zhang, "Adaptive Peer-to-Peer Streaming with MutualCast", Int. Packet Video Workshop 2006, Hangzhou, China, Apr. 2006.
• P. Viola, J. Platt and C. Zhang, "Multiple Instance Boosting for Object Dection", NIPS 2005, Vancouver, Canada, 2005. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Light Field Capturing with Lensless Cameras", ICIP 2005, Genova, Sep. 2005.
• C. Zhang, Y. Rui, L. He and M. Wallick, "Hybrid Speaker Tracking in An Automated Lecture Room", ICME 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jul. 2005.
• J. Li, P. Chou and C. Zhang, "Mutualcast: An Efficient Mechanism for One-To-Many Content Distribution ", ACM SIGCOMM Asia Workshop, Beijing, Apr 2005. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "A Self-Reconfigurable Camera Array", Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2004, Norrkoping, Sweden, Jun 2004. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "View-Dependent Non-Uniform Sampling for Image-Based Rendering", ICIP 2004, Singapore, Oct 2004. [pdf]
• W. Zhang, C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Security Analysis for Key Generation Systems Using Face Images", ICIP 2004, Singapore, Oct 2004.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "A Self-Reconfigurable Camera Array", Sketch presentation in SIGGRAPH 2004, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 2004.
• J. Li and C. Zhang, "Distributed Hosting of Web Content with Erasure Coding and Unequal Weight Assignment", ICME 2004, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun 2004.
• H. Y. Bang, C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Semantic Propagation from Relevance Feedbacks", ICME 2004 (invited paper), Taipei, Taiwan, Jun 2004.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Annotating Retrieval Database with Active Learning", ICIP 2003, Barcelona, Spain, Sep 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Non-Uniform Sampling of Image-Based Rendering Data with the Position-Interval Error (PIE) Function", VCIP 2003, Lugano, Switzerland, Jul 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "A System for Active Image-Based Rendering", ICME 2003, Baltimore, MD, Jul 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Surface Plenoptic Function: A Tool for the Sampling Analysis of Image-Based Rendering", ICASSP 2003, Hong Kong, China, Apr 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "On Generalized Sampling for Image-Based Rendering Data", ICASSP 2003, Hong Kong, China, Apr 2003.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Towards Optimal Least Square Filters Using The Eigenfilter Approach", ICASSP 2002, Orlando, FL, May 2002.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Indexing and Retrieval of 3D models Aided by Active Learning", Demo on ACM Multimedia 2001, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Oct 2001.
• C. Zhang and T. Chen, "Efficient Feature Extraction for 2D/3D Objects in Mesh Representation", ICIP 2001, Thessaloniki, Greece, Oct 2001. [pdf]
• C. Zhang, J. Li, "Interactive Browsing of 3D Environment over the Internet", VCIP 2001, San Jose, CA, Jan 2001.
• Y. Wu, C. Zhang, J. Li and J. Xu, "Smart-Rebinning for Compression of Concentric Mosaics", ACM Multimedia 2000, Los Angeles, CA, Oct-Nov 2000.
• C. Zhang and J. Li, "Compression and Rendering of Concentric Mosaics with Reference Block Codec (RBC)", VCIP 2000, Perth, Australia, Jun 2000. [pdf]
• C. Zhang and J. Li, "Compression of Lumigraph with Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) Prediction and Just-in-time Rendering", IEEE Data Compression Conference, pp.253-262, Snowbird, Utah, Mar 2000. [pdf]