publications


1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

1999

Spiral Search as an Efficient Mobile Robotic Search Technique
S. Burlington and G. Dudek, Submitted, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 1999 [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf] [postscript]
Efficient Topological Exploration
I. Rekleitis, V. Dujmovic and G. Dudek, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1999 [abstract,bibtex] [pdf] [postscript]
Learning Visual Landmarks for Pose Estimation
R. Sim and G. Dudek, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1999 [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf] [postscript]
SPOTT: A Predictable and Scalable Architecture for Autonomous Mobile Robot Control
J. Zelek and M. Levine, submission to IEEE Transactions on on Robotics and Automation, 1999 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]

1998

Viewpoint Selection - An Autonomous Robotic System for Virtual Environment Creation
E. Bourque and G. Dudek, IROS 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [bibtex]
On The Automated Selection of Viewpoints for Image Based Maps
E. Bourque, Master's Thesis - McGill University 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [bibtex]
Automated Image-Based Mapping
E. Bourque and G. Dudek, CVPR Workshop on Perception of Mobile Agents 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [bibtex]
Robotic Sightseeing - A Method for Automatically Creating Virtual Environments
E. Bourque, G. Dudek and P. Ciaravola, ICRA 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [bibtex]
Semi-Planar Performance Analysis and Kissing Circle Sensitivity
S. Burlington, Submitted, Centre for Intelligent Machines, 1998 [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf] [postscript]
On 3-D Surface Reconstruction Using Shape from Shadows
M. Daum and G. Dudek, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
Out of the Dark: Using Shadows to Reconstruct 3D Surfaces
M. Daum and G. Dudek, Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV) 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
Upper bound conditioning as a performance index for manipulator motion planning
Rene V. Mayorga and Luz Abril Torres, IROS 1998 [abstract,bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
On Multiagent Exploration
I. Rekleitis, G. Dudek and E. Milios, VI 1998 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Shock Graphs and Shape Matching
K. Siddiqi, Y. Berube, A. Tannenbaum, & S. W. Zucker, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1998 [abstract] [technical report (postscript)] [technical report (pdf)] [bibtex]
On the Psychophysics of the Shape Triangle.
K. Siddiqi, B. B. Kimia, A. R. Tannenbaum & S. W. Zucker. Submitted, 1998 [abstract] [postscript] [pdf] [bibtex]
Shock Graphs and Shape Matching
K. Siddiqi, A. Shokoufandeh, S. J. Dickinson and S. W. Zucker, International Journal of Computer Vision (To Appear), 1998 [abstract] [technical report (postscript)] [technical report (pdf)] [bibtex]
Mobile Robot localization using learned landmarks
R. Sim, Master's Thesis - McGill University 1998 [abstract] [postscript] [pdf] [bibtex]
Mobile robot localization from learned landmarks
R. Sim and G. Dudek, IROS 1998 [abstract] [postscript] [pdf] [bibtex]
A Global Topological Map formed by Local Metric Maps
S. Simhon and G. Dudek, IROS 1998 [abstract] [postscript] [pdf] [bibtex]
Islands of Reliability for Dual Topological-Metric Mapping
S. Simhon, Master's Thesis - McGill University 1998 [abstract] [postscript] [pdf] [bibtex]
Selecting Targets for Local Reference Frames
S. Simhon and G. Dudek, ICRA 1998 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]

 

1997

Autonomous exploration: An integrated systems approach
M. Bolduc, E. Bourque, G. Dudek, N. Roy, and R. Sim, AAAI 1997 [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
Automated Creation of Image-Based Virtual Reality
E. Bourque and G. Dudek, SPIE Conference on Intelligent Systems and Manufacturing 1997 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
On the Identification of Sonar Features
S. Lacroix and G. Dudek, IROS 1997 [pdf] [postscript] [abstract] [bibtex]
CONSTRAINTS AND THEIR SATISFACTION IN THE RECOVERY OF LOCAL SURFACE STRUCTURE
Jean W. Lagarde, McGill University Masters Thesis, 1997. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Multi-Robot Exploration of an Unknown Environment, Efficiently Reducing the Odometry Error
I. Rekleitis, G. Dudek and E. Milios, International Joint Conference in Artificial Intelligence, 1997 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Reducing odometry error through cooperating robots during the exploration of an unknown world
I. Rekleitis, G. Dudek and E. Milios, Fifth IASTED International Conference ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING, 1997 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Learning to rendezvous during multi-agent exploration
N. Roy and G. Dudek, European Workshop on Learning Robots, 1997 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]

 

1996

MONOCULAR OPTICAL FLOW FOR REAL-TIME VISION SYSTEMS
Stephen M. Benoit and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-96-09, 1996. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Environment Exploration Using ``Just-in-Time'' Sensor Fusion
G. Dudek, P. Freedman and I. Rekleitis, VI 1996 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Just-in-time sensing: efficiently combining sonar and laser range data for exploring unknown worlds
G. Dudek, P. Freedman and I. Rekleitis, VI 1996 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Optical Flow Recognition from the Power Spectrum of a Single Blurred Image
I. Rekleitis, International Conference in Image Processing, 1996 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Steerable Filters and Cepstral Analysis for Optical Flow Calculation from a Single Blurred Image
I. Rekleitis, VI 1996 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Mobile robot navigation and control: A case study
N. Roy, G. Dudek, and M. Daum, AAAI 1996 [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Surface Sensing and Classification for Efficient Mobile Robot Navigation
N. Roy, G. Dudek, and P. Freedman, International Conference on Robotics and Automation 1996 [bibtex] [abstract] [postscript] [pdf]
On The Automated Selection of Viewpoints for Image Based Maps
Kenong Wu, Master's Thesis - McGill University 1996 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
Vision-based Robot Localization Without Explicit Object Models
G. Dudek and C. Zhang, International Conference on Robotics and Automation 1996 [bibtex] [abstract] [postscript] [pdf]

 

1995

Informative Views and Sequential Recognition
Tal Arbel and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-95-10, 1995. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
RECOGNIZING VOLUMETRIC OBJECTS IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTY
Tal Arbel, McGill University Masters Thesis, 1995. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Localizing a Robot with Minimum Travel
G. Dudek, K. Romanik and S Whitesides, Sixth ACM-SIAM Symposium of Discrete Algorithms (SODA) 1995 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Experiments in sensing and communication for robot convoy navigation
G. Dudek, M. Jenkin E. Milios and D. Wilkes, IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1995 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Space occupancy using multiple shadowimages
M. Langer, G. Dudek and S. Zucker, IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1995 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Understanding Referring Expressions in a Person-Machine Spoken Dialogue
C. Pateras, G. Dudek and R. Demori, IEEE Conference of Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 1995 [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Visual Motion Estimation based on Motion Blur Interpretation
I. Rekleitis, Master's Thesis - McGill University 1995 [abstract, bibtex] [postscript]
Surface Recovery Using Curvature and Motion Consistency
G. Soucy F.P. Ferrie, McGill University, 1995. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Translation, Rotation and Scale Invariant 2-D Object Recognition
L. A. Torres M., Master's Thesis, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus-Morelos, 1995 [abstract,bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Autonomous Exploration: Driven by Uncertainty
Peter Whaite and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-93-17, 1995. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
On the Sequential Determination of Model Misfit
Peter Whaite and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-94-11, 1995. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]

 

1994

Multi-scale object recognition using surface patches
W. Alami and G. Dudek, SPIE 1994 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]
Informative Views and Active Recognition
Tal Arbel, Frank P. Ferrie, and Peter Whaite, McGill University TR-CIM-94-16, 1994. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Recognizing Volumetric Objects in the Presence of Uncertainty
Tal Arbel, Peter Whaite, and Frank Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-94-03, 1994. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Precise positioning using model-based maps
P. Mackenzie and G. Dudek, ICRA 1994 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript] [bibtex]

1993

Using local information in a non-local way for mapping graph-like worlds
G. Dudek, P. Freedman, and S. Hadjres, International Joint Conference in Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 1993 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Map Validation and Self-Location in a Graph-Like World
G. Dudek, M. Jenkin, E. Milios and D. Wilkes, International Joint Conference in Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 1993 [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Using local information in a non-local way for mapping graph-like worlds
G. Dudek and M. Jenkin, International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), 1993 [abstract] [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]
Finding the Parts of Objects in Range Images
Andre Lejeune and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University TR-CIM-93-8, 1993. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]
Partitioning Range Images Using Curvature and Scale
Andre Lejeune and Frank P. Ferrie, McGill University. [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]

 

1992

Reflections on modelling a sonar range sensor
D. Wilkes, G. Dudek, M. Jenkin and E. Milios, CIM Technical Report, 1992 [bibtex] [postscript] [pdf]

 

1991

DYNAMICALLY ESTIMATING MOBILE RANGE CAMERA POSE FROM INVARIANT FEATURE MEASUREMENTS
Duncan L. Baird, McGill University Masters Thesis, 1991 [abstract] [pdf] [postscript]