Ph.D. Projects

EG / CVMT Ph.D. Projects 1987 – 2009+
(revised 9/3-2014)
EG=Erik Granum, HIC=Henrik I. Christensen, HJA=Hans Jørgen Andersen,
CBM=Claus B. Madsen, TBM=Thomas B. Moeslund

2013   Anne-Marie S. Hansen, Defence August 27 2013
“Improvisation and co-expression in explorative digital music systems” (Supervisor HJA)
Comm.: Lars Bo Larsen (chairman), Stephanus A.G Wensveen, Renee Timmers.

2012 Rasmus Stenholt. Defence May 8, 2012 (Moderator HJA)
“Shaping 3-D Volumes in Immersive Virtual Environments”. (Supervisor EG/CBM)
Comm.: Stefani Serafin (Chair), Anthony Steed, Jakob Andreas Bærentzen.

2011   Preben Fihl. Defence March 29, 2011
”Automatic Video-based Analysis of Human Motion” (Supervisor TBM)
Comm: CBM (chairman), Ian Reid, Vittorio Ferrari

2011   Kamal Nasrollahi, Defence Febryary 9, 2011
”A Computer Vision Story on Video Sequences:
From Face Detection to Face Super-Resolution Using Face Quality Assessment” (Supervisor TBM)
Comm: HJA (chairman), Patrizio Campisi, Mads Nielsen

2011   Kristian Kirk, Defence February 23, 2011 (Moderator Lise B. Kofoed)
“Image Analysis For Above-Canopy Measurement of Leaf Area Index”. (Supervisors HJA/EG)
Comm.: TBM (Chairman), Filiberto Pla, Svend Christensen.

2010   Rolf Nordahl. Defence October 29, 2010 (Moderator Michael Mullins)
Presence studies as an evaluation method for user experiences in multimodal virtual environments   (Supervisors LBK/EG)
Comm.: Olga Timcenko (Chairwoman), Nicola Bernardini, Niels Jørgen Christensen.

2008   Michael Nielsen, Defence Nov 7, 2008 (Moderator TBM) (A4-Book)
Automatic Plant Annotation Using 3D Computer Vision (Supervisor HJA/EG)
Comm: CBM (chairman), Henning Tangen Søgaard, Horst Bishof

2005   Henrik Rojas Nagel, Defence Jun 17, 2005 (Moderator Erik Kjems) (Book)
Exploratory Visual Data Mining in Spatio-Temporal Virtual Reality (Supervisor EG)
Comm: CBM (Chairman), Simeon J. Simoff, Bernd Frölich

2004   Moritz Störring, Defence Jun 16, 2004 (Moderator Jens Haase) (Book)
Computer Vision and Human Skin Colour (Supervisor EG)
Comm: CBM (Chairman), James L. Crowley, Matti PietiKäinen

2003   Thomas B. Moeslund, Defence June 12, 2003 (Moderator Erik Kjems) Book
Computer Vision-Based Motion Capture of Body Language, Applying Spatially-Based Pruning of the State-space. (Supervisor EG)
Comm: CBM (Chairman), Pascal Fua, Adrian Hilton

2003   Salvatore Livatino, Defence mm dd, 2003 (Moderator NN)  Book
Acquisition and Recognition of Natural landmarks for Vision-Based Autonomous robot Navigation. (Supervisor CBM)
Comm: EG (Chairman), Robert B. Fisher, Giovanni A. Muscato.

2001   Hans Jørgen Andersen, Defence Mar 12, (Moderator Ole V. Larsen)  2002 Book
Outdoor Computer Vision and Weed Control (Supervisor EG)
Comm: Claus B. Madsen (Chairman), AWM Smeulders, Josse De Baerdemaerker.

1998   Paolo Pirjanian, Defence mm dd, 1998 (Moderator NN) Book
Multiple Objective Action Selection & Behavior Fusion Using Voting (Supervisor HIC)
Comm: Jan Helbo (Chairman), John Perram, Ronald C. Arkin.

1996   Steen Kristensen, Defence mm dd, 1996 (Moderator NN)  Book
Sensor Planning with Bayesian Decision Analysis (Supervisor HIC)
Comm: Finn V. Jensen (Chairman), John Perram, Thomas L. Dean

1996   Claus Siggaard Andersen, Defence mm dd, 1996 (Moderator NN)  A4
A Framework for Control of a Camera Head (Supervisor HIC)
Comm: HIC (Chairman), John Perram, James L. Crowley

1995   Jan Nielsen, Defence mm dd, 1995 (Moderator NN)  v2 1996 A4
Pose Estimation using View Variation of Line Segments (Supervisor FVN/EG)
Comm: EG (Chairman), HIC, Richard E. Blake

1994   Claus Brøndgaard Madsen, Defence Sep 26, 1994 (Moderator EG)   A4
Reactive View Planning for Quantification of Local Geometry (Supervisor HIC)
Comm: Henrik I. Christensen (Chairman), Jan-Olof Eklundh, Knut Conradsen

1994   Liang Ji, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh,
Defence mm dd, 1994 (Moderator NN)
Fully Automatic Chromosome Segmentation  (A4)
Comm: EG (Chairman), NN1, NN2

1994   Ole Vilhelm Larsen, Defence mm dd, 1994 (Moderator NN)   ___
Computing Order-Independent Statistical Characteristics of Stochastic Context-Free Languages. (Supervisors MGT/EG)
Comm: EG (Chairman),  Michael G. Thomason, NN

1992   Ole Hansen, Defence March 24, 1992 (Moderator NN)  A4 March 1992
On the Use of Local Symmetries in Image Analysis & Computer Vision (Supervisor EG)
Comm: EG (Chairman), Knut Conradsen, Jan J. Koenderink, Josef Bigün

1991   Jens Gregor, Defence June 25, 1991 (Moderator NN)   A4 June 1991
Aspects of Data-Driven Inference and Dynamic Programming Analysis of Pattern Structure in Strings. (Supervisors MGT/EG)
Comm: EG (Chairman), Michael G. Thomason, Peter Johansen, Horst Bunke

1990   Henrik I. Christensen, Defence January 17, (Moderator NN)  A4 March 1990
Aspects of Real Time Image Sequence Analysis (Supervisor EG)
Comm: EG (Chairman), Josef Kittler, Jens Damgaard Andersen

 Past Ph.D. Projects, Uncompleted

Jørgen Bjørnstrup, 1995-2000 (61 måneder)
3D Modelling of Human Anatomical and Volumetric Structures (Supervisor HIC/EG)

Karin Husballe Munk, 1995-2000 (41 måneder)    (Supervisor EG)

Peter Jürgensen, 1995-yy (Supervisor EG)

Lars Frøkjær Knudsen, 1991-1998 (87 måneder) (Supervisor EG)

Oliver Cros (tidl. Vejledt af OVL)

Jana Schiffel (tidl. Vejledt af Henrik Møller) 1996-1999 (27 måneder)

 Current CVMT Ph.D. Projects (expected year of defence) ??

Lars Reng (??)
In Search of the Motion Primitives for a Communicative Human Body Language. (Supervisors TBM/EG) New project with LBK.