Alain Pagani
Deputy director of Augmented Vision department at DFKI
I am deputy director of the Augmented Vision group and senior researcher at German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).
My research interests include Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Image Understanding, Augmented Reality and Machine Learning.
I am involved in publicly founded research projects as well as in industrial application projects.
I am particularly interested in 3D Computer Vision and Image-based scene reconstruction as well as in Object Detection and Tracking.
Here is an example of one of my recent developments in AR:
This video shows one possible use of my pose tracking library pulsAR - here using monocular visual-inertial tracking:
Since 2000 I am working with Prof. Didier Stricker on Augmented Reality topics (see here for an early application we developed in 2000 that combines Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Hand Recognition).
At DFKI, I am leading a team of 10 PhD students and researchers on topics related to Augmented Reality and Computer Vision. I am the coordinator of the EU project CORTEX² about eXtended Reality for telecooperation, and I am leading the EU projects FLUENTLY about human-robot cooperation, and HyperCOG about vision-based process control for production sites.
I have been leading the previous EU projects Co2Team (2019-2021) about Artificial Intelligence and AR support for flight pilots, Eyes of Things (2015-2017) about miniaturized low-power computer vision devices and LARA (2015-2017) about outdoor Augmented Reality based on Galileo navigation.
I was also involved in the BMBF project CAPTURE (2009-2012) about 3D reconstruction of urban scenes from multiple spherical images, and OnEye (2010-2013) about semi-supervised object tracking in videos.
Our object tracking technology is used in several industrial projects and won a Google Research Award (Didier Stricker).
Prior to joining DFKI, I was working at Fraunhofer IGD in the field of Augmented Reality, 3D Computer Vision and Color Calibration.
I was involved in the EU-project SKILLS (2007-2011) about Multimodal interfaces for the Capture and Transfert of Skills and IMPROVE (2005-2008) about Color Calibration of Multi-projector displays.
In 2000, I was a visiting researcher in the LAMP Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the group of Daniel Dementhon.
I am reviewer for different conferences (BMVC, ICML, ISMAR, IROS...) and journals (TPAMI, IMAVIS, JVCI, TVCG, SIVP, JAISE, TIP).
In 2021, I served as Poster Chair of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2021).
Contact information
Dr. Alain Pagani
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Trippstadterstr. 122
67663 Kaiserslautern
Germany
Phone: +49 631 205 75 -3530
email: alain.pagani [at] dfki.de
Publications
Book chapters
Principles of Object Tracking and Mapping, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Andrew Yeh Ching Nee; Soh Khim Ong. Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality. Pages 53-84, Springer Handbooks, ISBN 978-3-030-67821-0, Springer, Switzerland, 1/2023 [link]
Journal articles
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image Using Deep Learning: A Review, Muhammad Saif Ullah Khan, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Journal of Imaging MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
Exploiting Concepts of Instance Segmentation to Boost Detection in Challenging Environments, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Sensors MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
Mask-Aware Semi-Supervised Object Detection in Floor Plans, Tahira Shehzadi, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
Attention-Guided Disentangled Feature Aggregation for Video Object Detection, Shishir Muralidhara, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Sensors MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
Rethinking Learnable Proposals for Graphical Object Detection in Scanned Document Images, Sankalp Sinha, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
A narrative review of immersive virtual reality’s ergonomics and risks at the workplace: cybersickness, visual fatigue, muscular fatigue, acute stress, and mental overload, Alexis D. Souchet, Domitile Lourdeaux, Alain Pagani, Lisa Rebenitsch, Virtual Reality Springer, 2022 [pdf]
Investigating Attention Mechanism for Page Object Detection in Document Images, Shivam Naik, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
Toward Semi-Supervised Graphical Object Detection in Document Images, Goutham Kallempudi, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Future Internet MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
EmmDocClassifier: Efficient Multimodal Document Image Classifier for Scarce Data, Shrinidhi Kanchi, Alain Pagani, Hamam Mokayed, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, and Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences 12(3) MDPI, 2022 [pdf]
SynPo-Net--Accurate and Fast CNN-Based 6DoF Object Pose Estimation Using Synthetic Training, Yongzhi Su, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Sensors 21 MDPI /2021 [pdf]
Survey and Performance Analysis of Deep Learning Based Object Detection in Challenging Environments, Muhammad Ahmed, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Sensors 21(15), 5116 MDPI 2021 [pdf]
From IR Images to Point Clouds to Pose: Point Cloud-Based AR Glasses Pose Estimation, Ahmet Firintepe, Carolin Vey, Stylianos Asteriadis, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Journal of Imaging 7 pp1-18 MDPI 4/2021 [pdf]
Contrastive Learning for 3D Point Clouds Classification and Shape Completion, Danish Nazir, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker Sensors 21, MDPI, 2021 [pdf]
Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Precision Agriculture, Maria Teresa Linaza, Jorge Posada, Jürgen Bund, Peter Eisert, Marco Quartulli, Jürgen Döllner, Alain Pagani, Igor G. Olaizola, Andre Barriguinha, Theocharis Moysiadis, Laurent Lucat, Agronomy 11 MDPI/2021 [pdf]
Cascade Network with Deformable Composite Backbone for Formula Detection in Scanned Document Images, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences 11(16) MDPI, 2021 [pdf]
CasTabDetectoRS: Cascade Network for Table Detection in Document Images with Recursive Feature Pyramid and Switchable Atrous Convolution, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Journal of Imaging 7(10) MDPI, 2021 [pdf]
HybridTabNet: Towards Better Table Detection in Scanned Document Images, Danish Nazir, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences 11(18) MDPI, 2021 [pdf]
Mixed reality applications in urology: Requirements and future potential, Gerd Reis, Mehmet Yilmaz, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Arkadiusz Miernik, Paul Lesur, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Annals of Medicine and Surgery 66 pp1-6 Elsevier 2021 [pdf]
Towards Robust Object detection in Floor Plan Images: A Data Augmentation Approach, Shashank Mishra, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Applied Sciences 11(23) MDPI, 2021 [pdf]
Augmented Reality Geovisualisation for Underground Utilities, Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Alain Pagani, Ivan Carrillo, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail, Konstantinos Smagas, Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science (PFG), 2020 [pdf]
Automatic Museum Audio Guide, Noelia Vallez, Stephan Krauss, Jose-Luis Espinosa-Aranda, Alain Pagani, Kasra Seirafi, Oscar Deniz, Sensors 20 (779), 2020 [pdf]
6DoF Object Tracking based on 3D Scans for Augmented Reality Remote Live Support, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Michael Schneider, Oleksandr Artemenko, Didier Stricker, Computers 7(1), 2018 [pdf]
Eyes of Things, Oscar Deniz, Noelia Vallez, Jose L. Espinosa-Aranda, Jose M. Rico-Saavedra, Javier Parra-Patino, Gloria Bueno, David Moloney, Alireza Dehghani, Aubrey Dunne, Alain Pagani, Stephan Krauss, Ruben Reiser, Martin Waeny, Matteo Sorci, Tim Llewellynn, Christian Fedorczak, Thierry Larmoire, Marco Herbst, Andre Seirafi, Kasra Seirafi, Sensors, 17(5), May 2017 [pdf]
Modeling Reality for Camera Registration in Augmented Reality Applications, Alain Pagani, KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s13218-014-0320-5 [link]
A user supported object tracking framework for interactive video production, Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting 11(9), 2014 [pdf]
In-situ visualization for cultural heritage sites using novel augmented reality technologies, Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani, Michael Zoellner, Virtual Archeology Review, 1(2):37–41, May 2010. [pdf]
Spatially Uniform Colors for Projectors and Tiled Displays, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2007 [pdf]
IMPROVE: An innovative application for collaborative mobile mixed reality design review, Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 2007 [pdf]
Conference Papers
Structure PLP-SLAM: Efficient Sparse Mapping and Localization using Point, Line and Plane for Monocular, RGB-D and Stereo Cameras, Fangwen Shu, Jiaxuan Wang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 [pdf]
Learning Attention Propagation for Compositional Zero-Shot Learning, Muhammad Gul Zain Ali Khan, Muhammad Ferjad Naeem, Luc Van Gool, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023 [pdf]
Dynamic Cost Volumes with Scalable Transformer Architecture for Optical Flow, Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference (IMVIP), 2023 [pdf]
BoxMask: Revisiting Bounding Box Supervision for Video Object Detection, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023 [pdf]
CORTEX² Extended collaborative telepresence for future work and education, Alain Pagani, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Alireza Javanmardi, Yaxu Xie, Sylvain Rivier, Vincent Bailleau, Emmanuel Helbert, Pierre-Yves Noel, Yazid Benazzouz, Jean-Pierre Lorré, Franklyn Ohai, Maja Nisevic, Anton Vedder, Gael de Chalendar, Vasileios Theodorou, Ilia Pietri, Maria-Evgenia Xezonaki, Florian Andres, Lydia Szymendera, Olivier Grzelak, Cristina Gasch, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Research Colloquium. Leading & Managing in the Digital Era (LMDE), 2023 [pdf]
Towards Incorporating 3D Space-Awareness into an Augmented Reality Sign Language Interpreter, Fabrizio Nunnari, Eleftherios Avramidis, Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Yasser Hamidullah, Sepideh Mollanorozy, Cristina España-Bonet, Emil Woop, Patrick Gebhard, International Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology (SLTAT), 2023 [pdf]
Deep Orientation-Guided Gender Recognition from Face Images, Mohamed Selim, Stephan Krauß, Tewodros Amberbir Habtegebrial, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems. International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems (ICPRS), 2022 [pdf]
Human intelligent machine teaming in single pilot operation: A case study, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Charles-Alban Dormoy, Alain Pagani, Jean-Marc Andre, Didier Stricker, Human Computer Interaction International Conference (HCII), 2022 [pdf]
PlaneRecNet: Multi-Task Learning with Cross-Task Consistency for Piece-Wise Plane Detection and Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image, Yaxu Xie, Fangwen Shu, Alain Pagani, Jason Raphael Rambach, Didier Stricker, British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2021 [pdf]
Visual SLAM with Graph-Cut Optimized Multi-Plane Reconstruction, Fangwen Shu, Yaxu Xie, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021 [pdf]
Comparing Head and AR Glasses Pose Estimation, Ahmet Firintepe, Oussema Dhaouadi, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021 [pdf]
A Study of Human-Machine Teaming For Single Pilot Operation with Augmented Reality, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Alain Pagani, Charles-Alban Dormoy, Jean-Marc Andre, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021 [pdf]
Pose Tracking vs. Pose Estimation of AR Glasses with Convolutional, Recurrent, and Non-Local Neural Networks: A Comparison, Ahmet Firintepe, Sarfaraz Habib, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, EuroXR International Conference (EuroXR), 2021 [pdf]
SLAM in the Field: An Evaluation of Monocular Mapping and Localization on Challenging Dynamic Agricultural Environment, Fangwen Shu, Paul Lesur, Yaxu Xie, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2021 [pdf] [supp. material]
A Comparison of Single and Multi-View IR image-based AR Glasses Pose Estimation Approaches, Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (IEEEVR-2021), 2021 [pdf] [supp. material]
A human factors’ approach for multimodal collaboration with Cognitive Computing to create a Human Intelligent Machine Team: a Review, Charles-Alban Dormoy, Jean-Marc Andre, Alain Pagani, EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation and Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens (EASN), 2021 [pdf]
TGA: Two-level Group Attention for Assembly State Detection, Hangfan Liu, Yongzhi Su, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2020 [pdf]
HMDPose: A large-scale trinocular IR Augmented Reality Glasses Pose Dataset, Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2020 [pdf]
The More, the Merrier? A Study on In-Car IR-based Head Pose Estimation, Ahmet Firintepe, Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2020 [pdf]
AutoPOSE: Large-Scale Automotive Driver Head Pose and Gaze Dataset with Deep Head Pose Baseline, Mohamed Selim, Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2020 [pdf]
Deep Multi-State Object Pose Estimation for Augmented Reality Assembly, Yongzhi Su, Jason Rambach, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Paul Lesur, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2019 [pdf]
SlamCraft: Dense Planar RGB Monocular SLAM, Jason Rambach, Paul Lesur, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), 2019 [pdf]
Augmented Reality in Physics education: Motion understanding using an Augmented Airtable, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, European Association on Virtual and Augmented Reality (EuroVR), 2019 [pdf]
Universal Web-Based Tracking for Augmented Reality Applications, Yannic Bonenberger, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, European Association on Virtual and Augmented Reality (EuroVR), 2018 [pdf]
Learning 6DoF Object Poses from Synthetic Single Channel Images, Jason Rambach, Chengbiao Deng, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2018 [pdf]
Image Quality-Aware Deep Networks Ensemble for Efficient Gender Recognition in the Wild, Mohamed Selim, Suraj Sundararajan, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2018, [pdf]
Augmented Things: Enhancing AR Applications leveraging the Internet of Things and Universal 3D Object Tracking, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2017 (ISMAR 2017 Best Poster Paper Award), [pdf]
Fusion of unsynchronized optical tracker and inertial sensor in EKF framework for in-car Augmented Reality delay reduction, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Sebastian Lampe, Ruben Reiser, Manthan Pancholi, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2017 [pdf]
Sparse-MVRVMs Tree for Fast and Accurate Head Pose Estimation in the Wild, Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), 2017 [pdf]
Eyes of Things, Noelia Vallez, Jose L. Espinosa-Aranda, Jose M. Rico-Saavedra, Javier Parra-Patino, Oscar Deniz, Alain Pagani, Stephan Krauss, Ruben Reiser, Didier Stricker, David Moloney, Alireza Dehghani, Aubrey Dunne, Dexmont Pena, Martin Waeny, Pedro Santos, Matteo Sorci, Tim Llewellynn, Christian Fedorczak, Thierry Larmoire, Elodie Roche, Marco Herbst, Andre Seirafi, Kasra Seirafi, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 2017 [pdf]
Learning to Fuse: A Deep Learning Approach to Visual-Inertial Camera Pose Estimation, Jason Rambach, Aditya Tewari, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2016 [pdf]
Sensors for location-based Augmented Reality - the example of Galileo and EGNOS, Alain Pagani, José Henriques, Didier Stricker, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2016 [pdf]
LARA: A location-based and augmented reality assistive system for underground utilities' networks through GNSS, Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Kostas Smagas, Alain Pagani, Jose Henriques, Alejandro Garcia, Elisa Jimeno, Ivan Carillo, Petros Patias, Charalampos Georgiadis, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail, International Conference on Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 [pdf]
LBS Augmented Reality Assistive Systems for utilities infrastructure management through Galileo and EGNOS, Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Kostas Smagas, Alain Pagani, Jose Henriques, Alejandro Garcia, Elisa Jimeno, Ivan Carillo, Petros Patias, Charalampos Georgiadis, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2016 [pdf]
Feature-augmented Trained Models for 6DOF Object Recognition and Camera Calibration, Kripasindhu Sarkar, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2016 [pdf]
Real Time Head Pose Estimation Using Multi-Variate RVM on Faces in the Wild, Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), 2015 [pdf]
Advancing Physics Learning Through Traversing a Multi-Modal Experimentation Space , Jochen Kuhn, Alexander Nussbaumer, Johanna Pirker, Dimosthenis Karatzas, Alain Pagani, Owen Conlan, Martin Memmel, Christina M. Steiner, Christian Gütl, Dietrich Albert, Andreas Dengel, Immersive Learning Research Network Conference (iLRN), 2015 [pdf]
A Superior Tracking Approach: Building a strong Tracker through Fusion, Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2014 [pdf] [supplemental material] (Tracker Fusion Library available, see "Software" section)
Consistent Pose Uncertainty Estimation for Spherical Cameras, Bernd Krolla, Christiano Couto-Gava, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2014 [pdf]
OnEye – Producing and broadcasting generalized interactive videos, Alain Pagani, Christian Bailer, Didier Stricker, Proceedings of the Networked and Electronic Media Summit (NEM Summit), Nantes, France, 2013 [pdf]
Bildbasierte Messung und Analyse sportlicher Aktivitäten, Alain Pagani, Christian Bailer, Didier Stricker, I. Fichtner (Hrsg.), Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in der angewandten Trainingswissenschaft. Beiträge zur 15. Frühjahrsschule des IAT am 17./18. April 2013 in Leipzig, 2013 [pdf]
Real-time Modeling and Tracking Manual Workflows from First-Person Vision, Nils Petersen, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Adelaide, Australia, 2013 [pdf]
A user supported tracking framework for interactive video production, Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), London, UK, 2013 [pdf]
Robust Guided Matching and Multi-layer Feature Detection Applied to High Resolution Spherical Images, Christiano Couto Gava, Alain Pagani, Bernd Krolla, Didier Stricker, International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2013 [pdf]
Circular markers for camera pose estimation, Alain Pagani, Johannes Köhler, Didier Stricker, International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 2011 [pdf]
Dense 3D Point Cloud Generation from Multiple High-resolution Spherical Images, Alain Pagani, Christiano Gava, Yan Cui, Bernd Krolla, Jean-Marc Hengen, Didier Stricker International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST), 2011 [pdf]
Structure from Motion using full spherical panoramic cameras. Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker ICCV Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras (OMNIVIS), 2011 [pdf]
Robust point matching in HDRI through estimation of illumination distribution, Yan Cui, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Proceedings of Annual Symposium of the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM), 2011 [pdf]
Detection and Identification Techniques for Markers Used in Computer Vision Johannes Köhler, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering (IRTG 1131 Workshop), 2010 [pdf]
Markerless Camera Pose Estimation - An Overview, Tobias Nöll, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering (IRTG 1131 Workshop), 2010 [pdf]
Real-time camera pose estimation using correspondences with high outlier ratios Tobias Nöll, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2010 [pdf]
Robust Detection and Identification of Partially Occluded Circular Markers. Johannes Koehler, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2010 [pdf]
SIFT in perception based color space, Yan Cui, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2010 [pdf]
Canaux projectifs intégraux pour la mise en correspondance de régions,.Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, ORASIS: Journées francophones des jeunes chercheurs en vision par ordinateur, 2009 [pdf]
In-Situ Visualization for Cultural Heritage Sites using Novel Augmented Reality Technologies, Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani, Michael Zöllner, International Conference on Graphic Archeology and Cultural Heritage, 2009 [pdf]
Integral P-channels for fast and robust region matching, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Michael Felsberg, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2009 [pdf]
Learning Local Patch Orientation with a Cascade of Sparse Regressors, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2009 [pdf]
Reality Filtering : A Visual Time Machine in Augmented Reality, Michael Zoellner, Alain Pagani, Yulian Pastarmov, Harald Wuest, Didier Stricker, International Symposium on Virtual Reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST), 2008 [pdf]
An Architecture for Prototyping and Application Development of Visual Tracking Systems, Mario Becker, Gabriele Bleser, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Harald Wuest, 3DTV Conference, 2007 [pdf]
Feature Management for Efficient Camera Tracking, Harald Wuest, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), 2007 (Best Paper Award INI-GraphicsNet 2008 - Honorable Mentions) [pdf]
IMPROVE: Advanced Displays and Interaction Techniques for Collaborative Design Review, Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno de Araujo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele de Amicis, Inigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, Maylu Hafner, and Don McIntyre, Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007 [pdf]
IMPROVE: Collaborative Design Review in Mobile Mixed Reality, Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, Oliver Machui, Jose M. Jiménez, Georg Bodammer, Don McIntyre, Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007 [pdf]
IMPROVE: Designing Effective Interaction for Virtual and Mixed Reality Environments, Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Céline Paloc, Giuseppe d Conti, Raffaele DeAmicis, Inigo Barandarian, Celine Paloc, Oliver Machui, Georg Bodammer, Jose Manuel Jiménez, Don McIntyre, Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007 [pdf]
IMPROVE: An Innovative Application for Collaborative Mobile Mixed Reality Design Review, Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, Virtual Concept Conference, 2006 [pdf] (journal version)
Photometric and Chromatic Calibration for Multi-Projector Tiled Displays, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, IS&T / SID Color Imaging Conference (CIC), 2006 (Best Paper Award INI-GraphicsNet 2007 - Honorable Mentions) [pdf]
Visual Tracking for Augmented Reality: No Universal Solution but Many Powerful Building Blocks, Mario Becker, Gabriele Bleser, Alain Pagani, Yulian Pastarmov, Didier Stricker, Florent Vial, Jens Weidenhausen, Cédric Wohlleber, Harald Wuest, Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität : 2. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, 2005 [pdf]
A comparative study of seven solutions to the PnP problem, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, ORASIS: Journées francophones des jeunes chercheurs en vision par ordinateur, 2003 [pdf]
Theses
Reality Models for efficient registration in Augmented Reality, Alain Pagani, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern, Dr. Hut Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3843920117 [link]
Integration of Virtual Objects into an Image from a Single View, Alain Pagani, Master Thesis, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2002 (Best Thesis Award - INI-GraphicsNet ) [pdf]
Software
Tracker Fusion Library (Linux)
The Tracker Fusion Library is provided for testing purposes. You are allowed to use the provided implementation/library for non commercial purposes only. For commercial usage (including source code if required) please contact Prof. Stricker (Didier.Stricker@dfki.de). For implementation issues, please contact Christian Bailer (Christian.Bailer@dfki.de).
If you publish results based on this code, please cite: "A Superior Tracking Approach: Building a strong Tracker through Fusion, Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2014"
TrackerFusionLibrary 1.0 (Jan-20-2015)
TrackerFusionLibrary 1.1 (Aug-03-2015)
TrackerFusionLibrary 1.2 (Nov-04-2015)