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2013

International Journals

K. Khoshhal and J. Dias - "Probabilistic Human Interaction Understanding - Exploring Relationship Between Human Body Motion and the Environmental Context". Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 820-830, May 2013. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2012.09.021

J. F. Ferreira, J. Lobo, P. Bessière, M. Castelo-Branco, J. Dias - "A Bayesian Framework for Active Artificial Perception" - IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (Systems Man and Cybernetics, part B), vol.43, no.2, pp.699-711, April 2013 |  
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2214477

D. Portugal and R. P. Rocha - "Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms: Examining Performance and Scalability”. Advanced Robotics Journal, Special Issue on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, Vol. 27, Iss. 5, March, 2013. |  
DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2013.763722

Book Chapters

D. Portugal and R. P. Rocha - "Retrieving Topological Information for Mobile Robots Provided with Grid Maps". In Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, Vol. 358, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 204–217, 2013. |  
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36907-0_14

J. M. A. Luz, M. S. Couceiro, D. Portugal, R. P. Rocha, H. Araújo, G. Dias - "Comparison of Classification Methods for Golf Putting Performance Analysis". Computational Intelligence and Decision Making - Trends and Applications, From Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering Bookseries, Springer Verlag, vol. 61, pp. 35-45, 2013.
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_4

M. S. Couceiro, F. M. L. Martins, F. Clemente, R. P. Rocha & N. M. F. Ferreira - "Towards a Further Understanding of the Robotic Darwinian PSO". Computational Intelligence and Decision Making - Trends and Applications, From Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering Bookseries, Springer Verlag, pp. 13-22, 2013.
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_2

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

J. Quintas, P. Menezes, J. Dias - "Context-based perception and understanding of human intentions". 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), Gyeongju, Korea, August, 2013. [accepted]

João Quintas, Paulo Menezes, Jorge Dias - "Context-aware cooperation between human and robotic teams in catastrophic incidents". 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), Gyeongju, Korea, August, 2013. [accepted]

D. Portugal, M. S. Couceiro and R. P. Rocha - "Concurrent Bayesian Learners for Multi-Robot Patrolling Missions". Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, May, 2013

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha and N. F. Ferreira - "Fault-Tolerance Assessment of a Darwinian Swarm Exploration Algorithm under Communication Constraints". Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, May, 2013

J. F. Ferreira and J. Dias - "Hierarchical Log-Spherical Inference Grid – An Unconventional Approach to Robotic Perception and Action". UARACIN – Workshop on Unconventional Approaches to Robotics, Automation and Control Inspired by Nature, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), May 6th-10th, 2013. |  

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, N. M. Ferreira - "Fault-Tolerance Assessment of a Darwinian Swarm Exploration Algorithm under Communication Constraints". In Proc. of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013. [Accepted]

A. Araújo, D. Portugal, M. S. Couceiro and R. P. Rocha - "Integrating Arduino-based Educational Mobile Robots in ROS”. In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Mobile Robots and Competitions (Robotica2013), pp. 8-13, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013

M. S. Couceiro, D. Portugal and R. P. Rocha - "A Collective Robotic Architecture in Search and Rescue Scenarios”. Proc. of 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 64-69, Coimbra, Portugal, 2013

Poster Presentations in Conferences with Referees

P. Catré, A. Marques, J. Quintas, J. Dias - "TICE-Healthy: A Dynamic Extensible Personal Health Record". in HEALTHINF2013, Barcelona, Spain, February, 2013. [accepted]

2012

PhD thesis

Hadi Aliakbarpour - "Exploiting Inertial Planes for Multi-sensor 3D Data Registration". PhD thesis, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), November, 2012. (Supervisor: Jorge Dias) |  

José Prado - "A new probabilistic methodology to support an emotive dialog between a human and a robot". PhD thesis, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), November, 2012. (Supervisor: Jorge Dias) |  

MSc thesis

Pedro Machado, "InerTouchHand". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, September, 2012. (Supervisor: Prof. Jorge Lobo; Co-supervisor: Pedro Trindade) |  

Walter Miani, "Arduino programming using Matlab and Simulink". M.Sc. Thesis, Universitá Degli Studi di Udine, September, 2012. (Supervisor: Prof. Pier Luca Montessoro; Co-supervisor: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervisor: Eng. David Portugal; Co-supervisor: Eng. Micael Couceiro) |  

Amadeu Fernandes, "Comunicação Ad Hoc em Equipas de Robôs Móveis Utilizando a Tecnologia ZigBee". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, September, 2012. (Supervisor: Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervisor: Eng. David Portugal; Co-supervisor: Eng. Micael Couceiro) |  

André Araújo, "ROSint - Integration of a mobile robot in ROS architecture". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, July, 2012. (Supervisor: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervisor: Eng. David Portugal; Co-supervisor: Eng. Micael Couceiro) |  

Book

J. Lobo and J. Dias - "Integration of Visual and Inertial Sensing for Artificial Perception Systems". Springer Cognitive Systems Monographs (COSMOS), December, 2012. [accepted]

J. F. Ferreira and J. Dias - "Probabilistic Approaches for Robotic Perception". Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR), 20th December, 2012. [accepted]

International Journals

M. S. Couceiro, J. A. T. Machado, R. P. Rocha and N. M. F. Ferreira - "A fuzzified systematic adjustment of the robotic Darwinian PSO". In Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 60, Issue 12, pp. 1625-1639, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.021

J. Quintas, Y. Charalambous, C. Tsiourti, J. Dias - "Integration of an Automatic Indoor and Outdoor Activity Monitoring with a Social Network". in Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (JAPA), Volume 20, Supplement, August: Abstracts for the 8th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Active Ageing 2012, 20, S278, 2012

J. F. Ferreira, C. Tsiourti, J. Dias - Learning emergent behaviours for a hierarchical Bayesian framework for active robotic perception - In Cognitive Processing journal, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Page 155-159, Springer, 2012 |  
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-012-0481-9

M. S. Couceiro, D. Portugal, N. Gonçalves, R. Rocha, J. Miguel A. Luz, C. M. C. Figueiredo, G. Dias - "A Methodology for Detection and Estimation in the Analysis of the Golf Putting". Pattern Analysis and Applications, Springer, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-012-0276-8

M. S. Couceiro, F. M. L. Martins, R. P. Rocha & N. M. F. Ferreira - "Analysis and Parameter Adjustment of the RDPSO - Towards an Understanding of Robotic Network Dynamic Partitioning based on Darwin's Theory". International Mathematical Forum, Hikari, Ltd., Vol. 7, Issue 32, pp. 1587-1601, 2012.  |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

J. F. Ferreira, M. Castelo-Branco, J. Dias - "A hierarchical Bayesian framework for multimodal active perception". Adaptive Behavior, 20(3):172–190, June 2012. [Published online ahead of print, March 1st, 2012] |  
DOI: 10.1177/1059712311434662
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 4 ; Web Of Science: 1 ; Scopus: 1

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, N. M. Fonseca Ferreira, J. A. T. Machado - "Introducing the Fractional Order Darwinian PSO". Signal, Image and Video Processing, Fractional Signals and Systems Special Issue, Springer, 2012.  |  
DOI: 10.1007/s11760-012-0316-2
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

J. Lobo - "Interactive Demonstration of a Remote Reconfigurable Logic Laboratory for Basic Digital Design". International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), Vol. 8, Pages. 19-20 , ISSN: 1861-2121, 2012 |  
DOI: 10.3991/ijoe.v8iS1.1886

J. Dias, A. Sahbani, L. Seneviratne, S. Zeghloul, J. Zhang - "Autonomous Grasping", Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Special Issue on Autonomous Grasping, Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 323-325, ISSN 0921-8890, March 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.07.007

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Lobo, J. Dias - "Extracting Data from Human Manipulation of Objects Towards Improving Autonomous Robotic Grasping" - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier: Special Issue on Autonomous Grasping, Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 396–410, March 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.07.020
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 6 ; Web Of Science: 2 ; Scopus: 2

M. S. Couceiro, C. M. Figueiredo, J. M. A. Luz, N. M. F. Ferreira & R. P. Rocha - "A Low-Cost Educational Platform for Swarm Robotics". International Journal of Robots, Education and Art, IJREA, Volume 2, Issue 1, February, pp. 1-15, 2012.
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 4

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias, "3D Reconstruction based on Multiple Virtual Planes by Using Fusion-based Camera Network". Journal of Computer Vision (IET), ISSN: 1751-9632, 2012. [accepted]

J. Prado, C. Simplício, N. F. Lori and J. Dias - "Visuo-Auditory Multimodal Emotional Structure to Improve Human-Robot-Interaction". International Journal of Social Robotics, Volume 4, p. 29-51, ISSN: 1875-4791, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-011-0134-7
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Book Chapters

M. S. Couceiro, A. R. Lopes, N. M. F. Ferreira, A. G. Ferreira, R. Rocha - "Toward the Concept of Robot Society: A Multi-Robot SLAM Case Study". Mathematical Methods in Engineering Book, Springer, 2012. [Accepted]

L. Almeida, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Augmented reality framework for the socialization between elderly people", peer reviewed chapter in "Handbook of Research on ICTs for Healthcare and Social Services: Developments and Applications", Isabel Maria Miranda & Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Eds.), IGI Global, 2012. (Accepted).

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

D. Portugal and R. P. Rocha - "Decision Methods for Distributed Multi-Robot Patrol". In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR’2012), College Station, Texas, USA, November, 2012. (Accepted)

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha, C. M. Figueiredo, J. M. A. Luz & N. M. F. Ferreira - "Multi-Robot Foraging based on Darwin’s Survival of the Fittest". In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, October, 2012. |  

M. Couceiro, C. Figueiredo, D. Portugal, R. P. Rocha, N. M. Ferreira - "Initial Deployment of a Robotic Team - A Hierarchical Approach Under Communication Constraints Verified on Low-Cost Platforms". In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, October, 2012. |  

K. Khoshhal, P. Menezes, J. Dias - "Descriptive Human Action and Interaction Analysis in a Hierarchical Framework". In 2012 International Workshop on Human-Agent Interaction (iHAI 2012), in IROS2012, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012. [accepted]

J. Lobo, J. F. Ferreira, P. Trindade and J. Dias - "Bayesian 3D Independent Motion Segmentation with IMU-Aided RBG-D Sensor". In proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Information Integration (MFI 2012), Hamburg, September, 2012. |  

C. Christophorou, P. Alvito, P. Andreou, E. Christodoulou, J. Dias, G. Samaras - "SocialRobot: Elderly home Care and socialization". In the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Forum 2012, Eindhoven, September, 2012 |  

D. R. Faria, J. Lobo, J. Dias - "Identifying Objects from Hand Configurations during In-hand Exploration". In proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Information Integration (MFI 2012), Hamburg, September, 2012. |  

P. Trindade, J. Lobo, J. P. Barreto - "Hand gesture recognition using colour and depth images enhanced with hand angular pose data". In proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Information Integration (MFI 2012), Hamburg, September, 2012. |  

J. Quintas, L. Almeida, M. Brito, G. Quintela, P. Menezes, J. Dias - "Context-based understanding of interaction intentions". in Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2012), Paris, France, 2012 |  

K. Khoshhal, J. Dias - "Interrelation Analysis for Interpersonal Behaviour Understanding in Social Context". In 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 2012), Dubrovnik, Croatia, September, 2012. |  

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Lobo, J. Dias - "A Probabilistic Framework to Detect Suitable Grasping Regions on Objects". In 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 2012), Dubrovnik, Croatia, September, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.3182/20120905-3-HR-2030.00090

R. Martins, J. F. Ferreira, J. Dias - "Touch attention Bayesian models for object feature extraction in robotic blind manipulation". In 32nd International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (MaxEnt 2012), Munich, July, 2012. |  

M. S. Couceiro, F. M. L. Martins, R. P. Rocha, N. M. F. Ferreira - "Introducing the Fractional Order Robotic Darwinian PSO". In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences - ICNPAA’2012, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2012. |  

K. Khoshhal, L. Santos, H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - "Parameterizing Interpersonal Behaviour with Laban Movement Analysis - A Bayesian Approach". in 3rd International Workshop on Socially Intelligent Surveillance and Monitoring (SISM2012) in CVPR2012, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, June, 2012. |  

A. Araújo, D. Portugal, M.S. Couceiro, C.M. Figueiredo and R.P. Rocha - "Small and Compact Mobile Robots: Surveying and Comparing Platforms". In Proceedings of the AUTOMATICS International Conference (AUTOMATIC 2012), Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2012. |  

G. Macesanu, S. Grigorescu, J. F. Ferreira, J. Dias, F. Moldoveanu - "Real Time Facial Features Tracking using an Active Vision System". In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM 2012), Brasov, Romania, May 24-26, 2012. |  

R. Martins, D. R. Faria, J. Dias - "Representation framework of perceived object softness characteristics for active robotic hand exploration". In Proceedings of 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI2012) - Workshop on Advances in Tactile Sensing and Touch based Human-Robot Interaction, Boston, USA, March 5-8, 2012 |  

L. Almeida, P. Menezes and J. Dias - "On-Line 3D Body Modelling for Augmented Reality". GRAPP 2012 - International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, Rome, Italy, February 24-26, 2012. |  

J. Hosseini, D. R. Faria, J. Lobo, J. Dias, "Probabilistic Classification of Grasping Behaviors using Visuo-haptic Perception". In Proceedings of the 3rd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS'12), Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, February, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_26

P. Freitas, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Online Topological Mapping of a Sparse Camera Network". In Proceedings of the 3rd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS'12), Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, February, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_25

D. Portugal, R. P. Rocha, "Measuring Variables Effect to Statistically Model the Multi-Robot Patrolling Problem by means of ANOVA". In Proceedings of the 3rd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS'12), 199-206, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, February, 2012. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_22

A. Araújo, D. Portugal, M. S. Couceiro, C. Figueiredo, R.P. Rocha - "TRAXBOT: Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform". In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, February, 2012. |  

D. Portugal, R.P. Rocha, "Extracting Topological Information from Grid Maps for Robot Navigation". In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART'2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, February, 2012. |  

Poster Presentations in Conferences with Referees

P. Trindade, J. Lobo - "Grasp type identification and gesture recognition using distributed accelerometers". In HANDLE Workshop, Benicassim, Spain, February, 2012 |  

R. Martins, J. Dias - "Representation framework of perceived object softness characteristics for active robotic hand exploration". In HANDLE Workshop, Benicassim, Spain, February, 2012 |  

G. Macesanu, J. F. Ferreira, J. Dias - "A Bayesian Hierarchy for Gaze Following". 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, COGSYS 2012, TU Vienna, Austria, February 22-23, 2012. |  

2011

PhD thesis

João Filipe Ferreira. Bayesian Cognitive Models for 3D Structure and Motion Multimodal Perception. PhD thesis (submitted in 2010), Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), July 11th, 2011. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

MSc thesis

Henrique Gonçalves Guerra, "Processamento Binaural em Tempo Real Para Localização". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, September, 2011. (Supervisor: Jorge Lobo) |  

Pedro Miguel Caetano França Costa, "Implementação De Algoritmos De Saliência Em Tempo-real Numa GPU (Implementation Of Real-time Visual Saliency Algorithms On GPU)". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, July, 2011. (Supervisor: Jorge Lobo) |  

International Journals

J. Dias - "Robotics Activities in Portugal - an Overview" in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, December 2011 |  

H. Aliakbarpour, L. Almeida, P. Menezes, J. Dias - "Multi-sensor 3D Volumetric Reconstruction Using CUDA". Journal of 3D Research, Volume 2, Number 4, ISSN: 2092-6731, Springer, December 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1007/3DRes.04(2011)6

J. F. Ferreira, J. Lobo, J. Dias - "Bayesian Real-Time Perception Algorithms on GPU - Real-Time Implementation of Bayesian Models for Multimodal Perception Using CUDA" - published online February 2010, Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Part II Special issue on: Parallel Computing for Real-Time Image Processing, 6(3): 171-186, September 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1007/s11554-010-0156-7 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 18 ; Web Of Science: 2

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and J. Dias. "Towards Human Motion Capture from a Camera mounted on a mobile Robot". Image and Vision Computing, Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 382-393, May 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2011.01.003 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5 ; Scopus: 4

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

M. S. Couceiro, N. M. Ferreira, F. M. Martins, R. P. Rocha, and F. Clemente. "Statistical Significance Analysis of the R-DPSO". In Proc. of Int. Symp. on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems (ISCIES'2011), Coimbra, Portugal, Nov. 16-18, 2011.  |  

Jorge Lobo, "Interactive Demonstration of a Remote Reconfigurable Logic Laboratory for Basic Digital Design". in Proceedings of the 1st Experiment@ International Conference - Remote & Virtual Labs - exp.at’11, Nov 2011. (Exhibition session)  |  

Jorge Lobo, "A Remote Reconfigurable Logic Laboratory for Basic Digital Design". in Proceedings of the 1st Experiment@ International Conference - Remote & Virtual Labs - exp.at’11, Nov 2011. |  

J. Quintas, P. Menezes, J. Dias - "Cloud Robotics: Towards Context Aware Robotic Networks" - in Proceedings of IASTED, The 16th IASTED International Conference on Robotics (Robo 2011), Pittsburgh, USA, November 7-9, 2011 |  

J. Prado, L. Seneviratne, J. Dias - "Synthesis of Emotions on a Human-Robot-Interactive Platform" - in Proceedings of IASTED, The 16th IASTED International Conference on Robotics (Robo 2011), Pittsburgh, USA, November 7-9, 2011  |  

J. M. Luz, M. S. Couceiro, D. Portugal, R.P. Rocha, H. Araújo and G. Dias. "Comparison of Classification Methods for Golf Putting Performance Analysis". In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems (ISCIES'2011), Coimbra, Portugal, November 16-18, 2011. |  

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha and N. M. Ferreira. "Ensuring Ad Hoc Connectivity in Distributed Search with Robotic Darwinian Particle Swarms". In Proc. of 9th IEEE Int. Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2011), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 284-289, Nov. 1-5, 2011.  |  
DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106752
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

M. S. Couceiro, R. P. Rocha and N. M. Ferreira. "A Novel Multi-Robot Exploration Approach based on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms". In Proc. of 9th IEEE Int. Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2011), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 327-332, Nov. 1-5, 2011.  |  
DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106751
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 8

D. Portugal and R. P. Rocha. "On the Performance and Scalability of Multi-Robot Patrolling Algorithms". In Proc. of 9th IEEE Int. Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2011), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 50-55, Nov. 1-5, 2011.  |  
DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106761
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

L. Almeida, P. Menezes, L. D. Seneviratne, J. Dias - "Incremental 3D Body Reconstruction Framework for Robotic Telepresence Applications"- in Proceedings of IASTED, The 16th IASTED International Conference on Robotics (Robo 2011), Pittsburgh, USA, November 7-9, 2011 |  

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Quintas, P. Freitas, J. Dias - "Mobile Robot Cooperation with Infrastructure for Surveillance: Towards Cloud Robotics". Workshop on Recognition and Action for Scene Understanding (REACTS) in the 14th International Conference of Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), September 2011, Spain. |  

L. Santos and J. Dias: "Hierarchy and Reversibility in Human Motion Modelling: A Bayesian Approach", in 1st Workshop on Recognition and Action for Scene Understanding (REACTS) 2011, Malaga, Spain. |  

L. Almeida, F. Vasconcelos, J.P. Barreto, P. Menezes, and J. Dias - "On-line incremental 3D human body reconstruction for HMI or AR applications" In CLAWAR2011 - The 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots And the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Paris, France, September 2011 |  

K. Khoshhal, Jorge Dias - "Probabilistic Human Activity Understanding Exploring Relationship Between Human Body Motion and the Environmental Context" - in Workshop on Recognition and Action for Scene Understanding (REACTS) as a satellite event of the 14th International Conference of Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP) Spain, 1-2 September 2011.  |  

M. S. Couceiro, N. M. F. Ferreira, Rui Rocha - "O Conceito da Sociedade Robótica - Evidências Extraídas a Partir de GridSLAM Cooperativo em Player/Stage". 6º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, August 29 – September 02, Maputo, Moçambique, 2011. |  

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - "Volumetric 3D Reconstruction without Planar Ground Assumption". ICDSC'11, Fifth ACM / IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, August, 2011, Belgium. |  
DOI: 10.1109/ICDSC.2011.6042942

M. S. Couceiro, N. M. F. Ferreira, and R. Rocha. “Multi-Robot Exploration based on Swarm Optimization Algorithms”. In Proc. of 7th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC’2011), Rome, Italy, Jul. 24-29, 2011. |  

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - "Inertial-Visual Fusion For Camera Network Calibration". IEEE 9th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN'2011), Caparica, Portugal, July, 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1109/INDIN.2011.6034914
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

D. Portugal and R.Rocha - "Partitioning Generic Graphs into k Balanced Subgraphs" - In 6th Iberian Congress On Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMNE 2011), 14-17 June 2011, Coimbra, Portugal. |  

J. Lobo, P. Trindade, J. Dias - Observing hand grasp type and contact points using hand distributed accelerometers and instrumented objects - in IEEE/ICRA 2011: Workshop on Autonomous Grasping, Shanghai, China, May 2011. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

M. Hofmann, M. Kaiser, H. Aliakbarpour, G. Rigoll - "Fusion of Multi-Modal Sensors in a Voxel Occupancy Grid for Tracking and Behaviour Analysis". International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS 2011), Delft, The Netherlands, April, 2011. |  

J. Quintas, K. Khoshhal, H. Aliakbarpour, M. Hofmann, J. Dias - "Using Concurrent Hidden Markov Models to Analyze Human Behaviours in a Smart Home Environment" - in Wiamis 2011, 12th international Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 13-15 April 2011.  |  

K. Khoshhal, H. Aliakbarpour, J. Quintas, M. Hofmann and J. Dias - "Probabilistic LMA-based Human Motion Analysis by Conjugating Frequency and Spatial based Features" - in Wiamis 2011, 12th international Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 13-15 April 2011.  |  

L. Almeida, P. Menezes, J. Dias - Stereo Vision Head Vergence Using GPU Cepstral Filtering - VISAPP 2011 - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, March 5-7, 2011 |  

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - "Multi-resolution Virtual Plane based 3D Reconstruction using Inertial-Visual Data Fusion". VISAPP 2011, International Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, March, 2011, Algarve, Portugal |  

L. Almeida, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Vergence Using GPU Cepstral Filtering", in Proceedings of the DoCEIS'11 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Lisbon, Portugal, February 21-23, 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_35

J. Prado, C. Simplicio, J. Dias - Robot Emotional State through Bayesian Visuo-Auditory Perception - In DoCEIS’11 , 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 21-23 February 2011, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal. |  

D. Portugal, R. Rocha - A survey on multi-robot patrolling algorthms - In DoCEIS’11 , 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 21-23 February 2011, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_15
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 7 ; Web Of Science: 1

L. Santos, J. Dias - Motion Patterns: Signal Interpretation Towards the Laban Movement Analysis Semantics - In DoCEIS’11 , 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 21-23 February 2011, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_36
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

J. Soares, J. Lobo, "A Remote FPGA Laboratory for Digital Design Students", Proceedings of the 7th Portuguese Meeting on Reconfigurable Systems - REC2011, Feb 2011, pp.95-98 |  

K. Khoshhal, H. Aliakbarpour, J. Quintas, K. Mekhnacha, J. Ros and J. Dias - "LMA-based Human Behaviour Analysis Using HMM" - In DoCEIS’11 , 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 21-23 February 2011, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_21
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

H. Aliakbarpour, K. Khoshhal, J. Quintas, K. Mekhnacha, J. Ros, M. Andersson and J. Dias - "HMM-based Abnormal Behaviour Detection Using Heterogeneous Sensor Network" - In DoCEIS’11 , 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, 21-23 February 2011, Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_30
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

P. Trindade, J. Lobo - Distributed accelerometers for gesture recognition and visualization - in Proceedings of the DoCEIS'11 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Lisbon, Portugal, February 21-23, 2011. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_24
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Lobo, J. Dias. "Manipulative Tasks Identification by Learning and Generalizing Hand Motions". In DoCEIS'11 - 2nd Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Costa da Caparica - Portugal, February, 2011 |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_19
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

2010

MSc thesis

Pedro Trindade, "Using Distributed Accelerometers for Gesture Recognition and Visualization". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, September, 2010. (Supervisor: Jorge Nuno de Almeida e Sousa Lobo) |  

International Journals

J. Santos, D. Celorico, J. Varandas, J. Dias - "Medical Interface for Echographic Free-hand Images", Journal of Computational Vision and Biomechanics, Vol. 3, N.1, Serial Publications, ISSN 0973-6778, June 2010 |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Rett, J.; Dias, J. and Ahuactzin, J-M.: Bayesian reasoning for Laban Movement Analysis used in Human Machine Interaction Int. J. Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.13-35. (2010)  |  
DOI: 10.1504/IJRIS.2010.029812
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - "IMU-aided 3D Reconstruction based on Multiple Virtual Planes." - DICTA'10, International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications - Australian Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Society Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1–3 December 2010, Sydney, Australia. "Best Paper Award".  |  

C. Simplício, J. Prado, J. Dias - "Comparing Bayesian Networks to Classify Facial Expressions" - in Proceedings of RA-IASTED, The 15th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, November 1-3, 2010 |  

D. Portugal, C. H. Antunes and R. Rocha. “A Study of Genetic Algorithms for Approximating the Longest Path in Generic Graphs”. In Proc. of 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC’2010), Istambul, Turkey, pages 2539-2544, Oct. 10-13, 2010 |  
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5641920
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

M. S. Couceiro, A. R. Lopes, N. M. Ferreira, A. G. Ferreira and R. Rocha. “The Concept of Robot Society: Evidence Taken From Multi-Robot SLAM”. In Proc. of Mathematical Methods in Engineering International Symposium (MME’10), Coimbra, Portugal, Oct. 21-24, 2010. |  

P. Núñez, P. Drews Jr, A. Bandera, R. Rocha, M. Campos and J. Dias - Change detection in 3D environments based on Gaussian Mixture Model and Robust Structural Matching for Autonomous robotic applications- in proceedings of The 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - October 18-22, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan |  

R. Martins, D. R. Faria, J. Dias - Symbolic Level Generalization of In-hand Manipulation Tasks from Human Demonstrations using Tactile Data Information - to appear in IEEE/RSJ IROS'2010: Workshop on Grasping Planning and Task Learning by Imitation, Taipei, Taiwan - October 2010. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Dias - Learning Motion Patterns from Multiple Observations along the Actions Phases of Manipulative Tasks - to appear in IEEE/RSJ IROS'2010: Workshop on Grasping Planning and Task Learning by Imitation, Taipei, Taiwan - October 2010.  |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

Paulo Drews Jr, Rui Rocha, Mario Campos, Jorge Dias - Detecção de Mudanças e Recuperação de formas em mapas 3D baseados em nuvens de pontos - CBA 2010 - XVIII Congresso Brasilerio de Automática - 12 a 16 de Setembro 2010, Bonito/MS - Brasil |  

Ferreira, J. F., and Dias, J. - A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Multimodal Active Perception -“Smarter sensors, easier processing” - Workshop, 11th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 2010), 24th August, 2010. |  

K. Khoshhal, H. Aliakbarpour, J. Quintas, P. Drews, J. Dias - Probabilistic LMA-based Classification of Human Behaviour Understanding Using Power Spectrum Technique - Fusion 2010 - 13th International Conference on Information Fusion - EICC Edinburgh, UK, July 26-29 2010. |  

H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - Human Silhouette Volume Reconstruction Using a Gravity-based Virtual Camera Network. 13th International Conference on Information Fusion, 26-29 July 2010 EICC Edinburgh, UK. |  

P. Drews, J. Quintas, J. Dias, M. Andersson, J. Nygards, J. Rydell - Crowd behavior analysis under cameras network fusion using probabilistic methods - 13th International Conference on Information Fusion, 26-29 July 2010 EICC Edinburgh, UK. |  

M. S. Couceiro, N. M. Ferreira and R. Rocha. “Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Flying Robots”. In Proc. of Int. Workshop Robocontrol 2010 — Applied Robotics and Automation, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, May 6-7, 2010. |  

P. Drews Jr, P. Núñez, R. Rocha, M. Campos and J. Dias. "Novelty Detection and 3D Shape Retrieval using Superquadrics and Multi-Scale Sampling for Autonomous Mobile Robots". In Proc. of 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'2010), Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3-8, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4244-5040-4/10 |  

D. Portugal, R. Rocha - MSP Algorithm: Multi-Robot Patrolling based on Territory Allocation using Balanced Graph Partitioning - In Proc. of 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’2010), Special Track on Intelligent Robotic Systems (ROBOT), Sierre, Switzerland, pages 1271-1276, Mar. 22-26, 2010. |  
DOI: 10.1145/1774088.1774360
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 19

C. Simplício, J. Prado, J. Dias - A Face Attention Technique for a Robot Able to Interpret Facial Expressions - in Proceedings of the DoCEIS'10 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Lisbon, February, 2010. Springer - ISBN 978-3-642-11627-8 |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_36
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

L. Santos, J. Dias - Laban Movement Analysis towards Behavior Patterns - in Proceedings of the DoCEIS'10 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Lisbon, February, 2010. Springer - ISBN 978-3-642-11627-8 |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_20

H. Aliakbarpour, J. F. Ferreira, K. Khoshhal, J. Dias - A Novel Framework for Data Registration and Data Fusion in Presence of Multi-modal Sensors - in Proceedings of the DoCEIS 2010 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems - Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 22-24, 2010. Springer - ISBN 978-3-642-11627-8 |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_33
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 6 ; Web Of Science: 3

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Dias - Grasp Exploration for 3D Object Shape Representation using Probailistic Map - In Proceedings of the DoCEIS'10 - Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems. Lisbon, February, 2010. Springer - ISBN 978-3-642-11627-8 |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11628-5_23
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

L. Santos, J.Dias - Human motion classifier based on Laban Movement Analysis - 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, COGSYS 2010, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |  

J. Prado , J.Lobo , J.Dias - SoPHIE: Social Robotic Platform for Human Interactive Experimentation, - 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, COGSYS 2010, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |  

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Lobo, J. Dias - Probabilistic Representation of 3D Object Shape by In-Hand Exploration - in Proceedings of The 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'10, pp. 1560-1565 - Taipei, Taiwan - October 2010 |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649286
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 4

Poster Presentations in Conferences with Referees

P. Trindade, J. Lobo - "3D visualization for Handle datasets and distributed hand accelerometers". In 10th International UJI Robotics Schooll: Summer school on robot grasping (IURS 2010), Benicassim, Spain, September, 2010 |  

J. F. Ferreira, A. Malhão, M.C. Branco, J. Dias - A Bayesian Hierarchy as a Model of Human Active Visuauditory Perception - 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, COGSYS 2010, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |  

2009

PhD thesis

Luiz Gustavo Mirisola - Exploiting Attitude sensing in vision-based navigation, mapping and tracking including results from an airship
Supervisor Dr. Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias (FCTUC)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Coimbra |  

Jörg Rett - Robot - Human interface using laban movement analysis inside a bayesian framework
Supervisor Dr. Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias (FCTUC)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Coimbra |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 16

MSc thesis

David Portugal, "RoboCops: A Study of Coordination Algorithms for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Patrolling Missions". M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, September, 2009. (Supervisor: Prof. Rui P. Rocha) |  

International Journals

Luiz G.B. Mirisola, Dias, J. "Exploiting Attitude Sensing in Vision-Based Navigation for an Airship" - Journal of Robotics, vol. 2009, Article ID 854102, 2009, doi:10.1155/2009/854102 |  
DOI: 10.1155/2009/854102
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

Book Chapters

F.Ferreira, I.Amorin, R.Rocha and J.Dias, "T-SLAM: Registering Topological and Geometric Maps for Robot Localization", published in Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Sukhan Lee, Hanseok Ko and Hernsoo Hahn (Editors), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 35,2009, ISBN 978-3-540-89858-0 |  

Mirisola, L. and Dias, J.(2009), ”Tracking a Moving Target from a Moving Camera with Rotation-Compensated Imagery”, in Intelligent Aerial Vehicles, Chapter XVIII, ed. Thanh Mung Lam,In-Tech, Austria, ISBN: 978-953-7619-41-1, January 2009. |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

L. Santos and J. Dias, "Human-Robot Interaction: Invariant 3-D Features for Laban Movement Analysis Shape Component",14th IASTED Internation Conference on Robotics and Applications, RA 2009, November 2 - 4, 2009 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. |  

Ferreira, J. F., Prado, J. A., Lobo, J., Dias, J., Multimodal Active Exploration Using A Bayesian Approach. In: 14th IASTED International Conference in Robotics and Applications, Cambridge MA, USA, November 2-4, 2009. |  

L. Santos , J. Prado , J. Dias "Human Robot Interaction Studies on Laban Human Movement Analysis and Dynamic Background Segmentation" In Proceedings of IROS 2009, The 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, St Louis, USA  |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354564
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

D. R. Faria and Jorge Dias. "3D Hand Trajectory Segmentation by Curvatures and Hand Orientation for Classification through a Probabilistic Approach". In Proceedings of The 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'09, St. Louis, MO, USA - October 2009. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354792
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 9 ; Web Of Science: 1

P. Núñez, P. Drews Jr, R. Rocha, M. Campos and J. Dias. "Novelty Detection and 3D Shape Retrieval based on Gaussian Mixture Models for Autonomous Surveillance Robotics".
In Proc. of 2009 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2009)
St. Louis, MO, USA, Oct. 11-15, 2009 |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354712
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 6

J. Prado, L. Santos, J. Dias - A Technique for Dynamic Background Segmentation using a Robotic Stereo Vision Head - Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Toyama, Japan, Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 2009 |  
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326303

P. Núñez, P. Drews Jr, R. Rocha and J. Dias, "Data Fusion Calibration for a 3D Laser Range Finder and a Camera"
European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR)
September 23-25, 2009
Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia |  

D. R. Faria, José Prado, Paulo Drews Jr. and Jorge Dias. "Object Shape Retrieval through Grasping Exploration". In Proc.of 4th European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR'09, Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2009. |  

D. R. Faria, R. Martins, J. Dias - Human reach-to-grasp generalization strategies: a Bayesian approach - Workshop at Robotics: Science and Systems 2009, Workshop: "Understanding the Human Hand for Advancing Robotic Manipulation" - Jully 28, 2009 - Dillon Eng Seattle, WA, USA |  

H. Aliakbarpour, P. Núñez, J. Prado, K. Khoshhal and J. Dias - An Efficient Algorithm for Extrinsic Calibration between a 3D Laser Range Finder and a Stereo Camera for Surveillance - Proceedings of the ICAR 2009 - 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics - Munich, Germany, June 22-26, 2009 |  

J. Prado, L. Santos, J. Dias - Horopter based Dynamic Background Segmentation applied to an Interactive Mobile Robot - Proceedings of the ICAR 2009 - 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics - Munich, Germany, June 22-26, 2009 |  

D. R. Faria, H. Aliakbarpour, J. Dias - Grasping Movements Recognition in 3D Space Using a Bayesian Approach - Proceedings of the ICAR 2009 - 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics - Munich, Germany, June 22-26, 2009 |  

Lobo, J.; Ferreira, J.F.; Dias, J.; Robotic Implementation of Biological Bayesian Models Towards Visuo-inertial Image Stabilization and Gaze Control - ROBIO 2008. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 22-25 Feb. 2009 Page(s):443 - 448, 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913044  |  
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913044
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5 ; Web Of Science: 1

Ferreira, J.F.; Pinho, C.; Dias, J.; Implementation and Calibration of a Bayesian Binaural System for 3D Localisation - ROBIO 2008. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 22-25 Feb. 2009 Page(s):1722 - 1727, 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913261  |  
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913261
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 9 ; Web Of Science: 1

Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias - Towards Human reach-to-grasp generalization strategies: studies based a probabilistic approach for grasp exploration & sensor data combination & shape representation - Dagstuhl Seminar 09431 "From Form to Function", Dagstuhl, Germany, 2009 |  

R. Menendez, J. Dias, J. Prado, H. Aliakbarpour, S. Andino, "Multiclass brain computer interface based on visual attention", European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks Advances in Computational Intelligence and Learning, Bruges, Belgium, 2009 |  

Luiz G. B. Mirisola and Jorge Dias: "UMA METODOLOGIA DE ODOMETRIA VISUAL/INERCIAL E SLAM 3D COM UM VANT"
IX Simpósio Brasileiro de Automação Inteligente
Brasil 2009 |  

2008

PhD thesis

Rui Bernardes - Desenvolvimento de Novas Metodologias para o Mapeamento Multimodal da Macula
Supervisor: Dr. Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias (FCTUC) and Dr. José Cunha-Vaz (AIBILI)
Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra
2008 |  

Book Chapters

Santos, J. B., Celorico, D., Varandas J. and Dias J. (2007), “Medical interface for echographic free-hand images”, in Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, Chapter VII, ed. J.Tavares & N. Jorge, Taylor & Francis Group, VipImage, ISBN 978-0-415-45777-4, London, 2008 |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

R. P. Rocha and J. Dias "Sharing Information Efficiently in Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems".In Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration, ed. Ned Kock, IGI Global, 2008. 561-568, Dec. 2007. |  
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch085

Joerg Rett, Jorge Dias and Juan-Manuel Ahuactzin.
"Laban Movement Analysis using a Bayesian model and perspective projections"
In: Brain, Vision and AI - Edited by Cesare Rossi
ISBN: 978-953-7619-04-6 |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 6

Alexandra Moutinho, Luiz Mirisola, José Azinheira and Jorge Dias. "Project DIVA: Guidence and Vision Surveillance Techniques For An Autonomous Airship".
In: Robotics Research Trends - Xing P. Guô (Editor).
ISBN: 1-60021-997-7 |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

I. Amorim, R. Rocha and J. Dias. - Mobile robotic surveillance systems: Detecting and evaluating changes in 3D mapped environments. In Proc. of 2nd Israeli Conference on Robotics (ICR 2008), Herzlia, Israel, Nov. 19-20, 2008 |  

Luiz G. B. Mirisola, and Jorge Dias, "Tracking from a Moving Camera with Attitude Estimates"
ICR 08 - The 2nd Israeli Conference on Robotics
19-20 Nov. 2008, Herzlia, Israel |  

J. Prado, J. Dias - "Visuovestibular-Based Gaze Control Experimental Case" - RECPAD 14a Conferencia Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões, Coimbra, 2008 |  

J. P. Barreto, J. M. Santos, P. Menezes, and F. Fonseca. "Ray-Based Calibration of Medical Endoscopes". In "Int. Work. on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-Classical Cameras", Marseille, France, October 2008.

A. Handa, J. Sivaswamy, K. M. Krishna, S. Singh, and P. Menezes. "Person following with a mobile robot using a modified optical flow". In "Clawar 2008", Coimbra, Portugal, September 2008.

D. R. Faria and Jorge Dias "Hand Trajectory Segmentation and Classification Using Bayesian Techniques"
Workshop on "Grasp and Task Learning by Imitation"
2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Acropolis Convention Center, Nice, France
Sept, 22-26, 2008 |  

J. Lobo, J. Filipe Ferreira, J. Augusto Prado, J. Dias, "Robotic Implementation of Biological Bayesian Models for Visuo-inertial Image Stabilization and Gaze Control", 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Acropolis Convention Center, Nice, France, Sept 22-26, 2008 |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4651258

Joerg Rett and Luis Santos and Jorge Dias "Laban Movement Analysis for Multi-Ocular Systems"
2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Acropolis Convention Center
Nice, France, Sept, 22-26, 2008 |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650717
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 4

Rui Rocha, Filipe Ferreira and Jorge Dias, "Multi-Robot Complete Exploration using Hill Climbing and Topological Recovery"
2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Acropolis Convention Center, Nice, France
Sept, 22-26, 2008 |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650625
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 11 ; Web Of Science: 2

F. Ferreira and J. Dias, "Merging Topological Maps for Localisation in Large Environments"
CLAWAR'2008 - 11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
8-10 September, 2008, Coimbra, Portugal |  

F. Ferreira, I. Amorim, R. Rocha and J. Dias, "T-SLAM: Registering Topological and Geometric Maps for Robot Localization in Large Environments"
MFI'2008 - IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems
Aug. 20-22, 2008, Seoul, Korea |  
DOI: 10.1109/MFI.2008.4648097
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 7

Ferreira, J. F., Pinho, C., and Dias J., Active Exploration Using Bayesian Models for Multimodal Perception, In: Image Analysis and Recognition, Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (Springer LNCS), International Conference ICIAR 2008, Campilho, Aurélio and Kamel, Mohamed (Eds.), pp. 369-378, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, June 25-27, 2008. |  
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69812-8_36
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 8 ; Web Of Science: 3

J. Monteiro and R. Rocha. “RACbot-RT: Robust Digital Control for Differential Soccer-Player Robots”.
In Proc. of 5th Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO’08)
Funchal, Portugal
Pages 225-228, May 11-15, 2008. |  

J. Monteiro and R. Rocha. “Robust Digital Control for Differential Soccer-Player Robots”.
In Proc. of 8th Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
Aveiro, Portugal
Pages 45-50, Apr. 2, 2008. |  

C. Pinho, J. F. Ferreira, P. Bessière, and J. Dias, “A Bayesian Binaural System for 3D Sound-Source Localisation,” in International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2008), pp 109-114, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, April 2008. |  

J. F. Ferreira, P. Bessière, K. Mekhnacha, J. Lobo, J. Dias, and C. Laugier, “Bayesian Models for Multimodal Perception of 3D Structure and Motion,” in International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2008), pp. 103-108, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, April 2008. |  

2007

PhD thesis

Paulo Jorge Carvalho Menezes,"Multi-Cue Visual Tracking for Human-Robot Interaction", PhD Thesis, Univ. Coimbra, January, 2007. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

International Journals

Ferreira, F., Santos, V. and Dias, J., A Topological Path Layout for Autonomous Navigation of Multi-sensor Robots, International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing, Editor-in-Chief: Salvatore Pannacchio, International Society for Advanced Research, 3, 203-215, July 2007. Also in Emerging Technologies Robotics and Control Systems, INTERNATIONALSAR, Vol. 2, 191-203, 2007. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

Peter Corke, Jorge Lobo and Jorge Dias, "An introduction to inertial and visual sensing", International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue 2nd Workshop on Integration of Vision and Inertial Sensors, vol.26, n.6, June 2007, pages 519-535. |  
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907079279 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 84 ; Web Of Science: 36 ; Scopus: 55

Jorge Lobo and Jorge Dias, "Relative Pose Calibration Between Visual and Inertial Sensors", International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue 2nd Workshop on Integration of Vision and Inertial Sensors, vol.26, n.6, June 2007, pages 561-575. |  
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907079276 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 102 ; Web Of Science: 42 ; Scopus: 55

R. Rocha, J. Dias, A. Cunha and J. Varandas. “Towards a New Mobility Concept for Cities: Architecture & Programming of Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles”.
Industrial Robot, 34(2), Emerald journals
ISSN 0143-991X, pages 142-149
Mar. 18, 2007. |   | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

F. Ferreira, L. Davim, R. Rocha, J. Dias and V. Santos, Presenting a technique for registering images and range data using a topological representation of a path within an environment, Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Inteligent Systems, Vol 3, 47 - 55,2007 |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Jorge Dias, Markus Vinzce, Peter Corke, and Jorge Lobo, Editorial: Special Issue: 2nd Workshop on Integration of Vision and Inertial Sensors, The International Journal of Robotics Research 2007 26: 515-517. |  
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907079903 | Impact Factor

Book Chapters

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, J. Dias, and T. Germa. Towards an Interactive Humanoid Companion with Visual Tracking Modalities. Humanoid Robots, Human-like Machines, Matthias Hackel (Ed.), ISBN: 978-3-902613-07-3, InTech, 2007. |  
DOI: 10.5772/4813
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Luiz G. B. Mirisola, Jorge M. M. Dias and A. Traça de Almeida. Trajectory recovery and 3D mapping from rotation compensated imagery for an airship. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robots and Systems (IROS07), San Diego, CA, USA, Nov. 2007. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399029
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 13

Jörg Rett & Jorge Dias - Human Machine Interaction based on Bayesian Analysis of Human Movements - VR@P 2007 - 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, ESTG-Leiria, 24-29 Setembro de 2007 Publicado em: Virtual and Rapid Manufacturing – Bártolo et. Al. (eds), 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, ISBN 13: 978-0-415-41602-3 |  

C. Simplício, D. R. Faria, J. Dias - 3D Photo-realistic talking head for human-robot interaction - VR@P 2007 - 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, ESTG-Leiria, 24-29 Setembro de 2007 Publicado em: Virtual and Rapid Manufacturing – Bártolo et. Al. (eds), 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, ISBN 13: 978-0-415-41602-3 |  

J. Dias, C. Simplicio, D. R. Faria - 3D Photo-realistic talking head for human-robot interaction - Proceedings of the 3rd Internacional Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 24 to 29 September, 2007 |  

Luiz G. B. Mirisola, Jorge Lobo, and Jorge Dias. 3D map registration using vision/laser and inertial sensing. In European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR2007), Freiburg, Germany, Sep. 2007. |  

Luiz G. B. Mirisola and Jorge M. M. Dias. Exploiting inertial sensing in mosaicing and visual navigation. In 6th IFAC Symposium on Inteligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV07), Toulouse, France, Sep. 2007. |  

M. Fontmarty, F. Lerasle, P. Danès, and Paulo Menezes. "Filtrage Particulaire pour la capture de mouvement dédiée à l'interaction homme-robot". In "Congrès francophone ORASIS", Obernai, 2007.

F. Ferreira, L. Davim, R. Rocha, V. Santos and J. Dias. “Using Local Features to Classify Objects having Printable Codes”.
In Proc. of Int. Conf. 5th Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration on promoting Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing (WESIC’07)
Warsaw, Poland, Jun. 21-22, 2007. |  

J.B. Santos, D. Celorico, J. Varandas, J. Dias, “Automatic segmentation of echocardiographic Left Ventricular Images by windows adaptive thresholds”, Proceedings of the International Congress on Ultrasonics, Vienna, April 9-13, 2007 doi:10.3728/ICUltrasonics. 2007 |  
DOI: 10.3728/ICUltrasonics
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

A. Cunha, J. Varandas, J. Dias, R. Rocha and S. van der Spek. “Towards a New Mobility Concept for Cities”.
Nova Terra Connected Cities, Interreg IIIC Network publication
ISSN 1570-0402, pages 27-31, Feb. 2007. |  

Rett, J., Dias, J.: Human Robot Interaction based on Bayesian Analysis of Human Movements. In: Proceedings of EPIA 07, Lecture Notes in AI, Springer Verlag, Berlin. (2007) |  

Rett, J., Dias, J.: Human-robot interface with anticipatory characteristics based on Laban Movement Analysis and Bayesian models. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). (2007) |  
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428436
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 9

F. Ferreira, V. Santos and Jorge Dias, ROBUST PLACE RECOGNITION WITHIN MULTI-SENSOR VIEW SEQUENCES USING BERNOULLI MIXTURE MODELS, The 6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IAV 2007, Toulouse, France |  

2006

PhD thesis

Jorge Nuno de Almeida e Sousa Lobo, "Integraton of Vision and Inertial Sensing", PhD Thesis, Supervisor: Jorge M.M.Dias, December 2006. |  

R. Rocha, "Building Volumetric Maps with Cooperative Mobile Robots and Useful Information Sharing - A Distributed Control Approach based on Entropy", PhD Thesis, Supervisor:Jorge M.M.Dias (FCTUC) and Adriano da Silva Carvalho (FEUP), Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, May, 2006. |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

G.Kumar, K. Krishna, and P. Menezes. "Multi-target Detection by Multi-sensor Systems: A Comparison of Systems". In "IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics", Kunming, China, December 2006.

Baptista P., Bernardes R., Ferreira J., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Multimodal macula mapping: study for rigid, perspective and non-rigid image registration. V Congresso de Investigação em Medicina, 23-24th November 2006, Coimbra Portugal.

Bernardes R., Baptista P., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Multimodal functional and morphological nonrigid image registration. V Congresso de Investigação em Medicina, 23-24th November 2006, Coimbra Portugal. |  

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and J. Dias. "Visual Tracking Modalities for a Companion Robot". In proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems (IROS2006), Beijing China, October 2006. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282099
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

P.Baptista, J.Ferreira, R.Bernardes, J.Dias, J. Cunha-Vaz, “Multimodal Macula Mapping by Deformable Image Registration“, CompIMAGE'2006 Symposium - Computational Modeling of Objects Represented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications, 20-21 October, 2006 |  

A. Clodic, S. Fleury, R. Alami, R. Chatila, G. Bailly, L. Brèthes, M. Cottret, P. Danès, X. Dollat, F. Elisei, I. Ferrané, M. Herrb, G. Infantes, C. Lemaire, F. Lerasle, J. Manhes, P. Marcoul, P. Menezes, and V. Montreuil. "Rackham: An Interactive Robot-Guide". In "RO-MAN 06", University of Hertfordshide, 9 2006.

Jörg Rett and Jorge Dias, "Gesture Recognition Using a Marionette Model and Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs)", Proceedings of ICIAR 2006, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, ISSN 0302-9743, Volume 4142/2006 69-80, September 2006 |  

F. Ferreira and V. Santos, J. Dias, “Integration of Multiple Sensors using Binary Features in a Bernoulli Mixture Model”, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems September 3-6, 2006, Heidelberg, Germany |  

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and J. Dias. "Data Fusion for 3D Gestures Tracking using a Camera Mounted on a Robot". In "International Conference on Pattern Recognition", Hong Kong, August 2006.

R. Rocha, J. Dias, A. Cunha and J. Varandas. “Towards a New Mobility Concept for Cities: Architecture & Programming of Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles”.
In Proc. of 12th IASTED Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications (RA’2006)
ISBN 0-88986-595-7, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pages 96-101
Aug. 14-16, 2006. |  

Luiz G. B. Mirisola and Jorge Lobo and Jorge Dias, "Stereo Vision 3D Map Registration for Airships using Vision-Inertial Sensing", The 12th IASTED Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications, Honolulu, USA, August 2006 |  

R. Rocha. “Efficient Information Sharing and Coordination in Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems”.
In Proc. of II European-Latin-American Workshop on Engineering Systems (SELASI’2006), Porto, Portugal
Jun. 22, 2006. |  

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and J. Dias. "Visual Tracking Based Modalities Dedicated to a Robot Companion". In "International Workshop on Vision Based Human-Robot Interaction Euros 2006", Euron, March 2006.

J. Lobo, J. F. Ferreira and J. Dias - "Bioinspired Visuovestibular Artificial Perception System for Independent Motion Segmentation". Second International Cognitive Vision Workshop, ECCV 9th European Conference on Computer Vision, Graz, Austria, 2006 |  

2005

MSc thesis

João Filipe Ferreira, "TELE3D – Um Scanner para Registo Tridimensional de Objectos", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, January, 2005. (Supervisor:Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

International Journals

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems: a study of Vision-based 3-D Mapping using Information Theory”. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 53(3–4), Elsevier journals, pages 282-311, Dec. 31, 2005. |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.008 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 56 ; Web Of Science: 16 ; Scopus: 26

Rui Bernardes, Jorge Dias, José Cunha-Vaz, “Mapping the Human Blood-Retinal Barrier Function”, IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Engineering, 52(1), pp 106- 116, Jan. 2005. |  
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.839801 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 15 ; Web Of Science: 9

Book Chapters

João Filipe Ferreira and Jorge Dias, “ Three-Dimensional Planar Profile Registration in 3D Scanning”, M. Kamel and A. Campilho (Eds.): ICIAR Oct 2005, LNCS 3656, pp. 617–624, 2005. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005. |  
DOI: 10.1007/11559573_76
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, j. Dias, and Raja Chatila. "A Single Camera Motion Capture System dedicated to Gestures Imitation". In "International Conference on Humanoid Robots", IEEE-RAS, Tsukuba, Japan, December 2005.

Jörg Rett and Jorge Dias, "Visual based Human Motion Analysis: Mapping Gestures Using a Puppet Model", 12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, December 5-8, 2005. |  

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, J. Dias, and R. Chatila. "Appearance-Based Tracking of 3D Articulated Structures". In "36th International Symposium on Robotics", Tokyo, Japan, November 2005.

Bernardes R., Ferreira F., Baptista P., Sebastião A., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Functional and morphological retinal data fusion. EMBEC 2005, 20-25th November 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.

Pedro Baptista, Rui Bernardes, João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias and José Cunha-Vaz, "Multimodal Macula Mapping: Study for Rigid Perspective And Deformable Image Registration", The 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC’05, Nov. 2005. |  

Rui Bernardes, João Filipe Ferreira, Pedro Baptista, Ana Sebastião, Jorge Dias, José Cunha-Vaz, "Distortion Free Registration Between Multifocal ERG and Retinal Leakage Analyzer", The 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC’05, Nov. 2005. |  

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, J. Dias, and R. Chatila. "Single camera-based tracking of 3D gestures". In "International Conference on Robotics and Applications (RA'2005)", IASTED, Cambridge (USA), October 2005.

Bernardes R., Baptista P., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Multimodal Functional and Morphological Nonrigid Image Registration. ICIP’05, 11-14th September 2005, Génova, Itália.  |  
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2005.1529955
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

P. Menezes, J. Dias, F. Lerasle, and R. Chatila. "Robot interface by model-based vision tracking of human gestures". In "IROS 2005 Workshop on Mobile Manipulators: Basic Techniques, New Trends & Applications", Edmonton (Canada), August 2005.

F. Ferreira, V. Santos, J. Dias, “A Low-level Framework for a Probabilistic Treatment of the Topological Description of a Robot Mission”, IROS 2005– 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Canada, Aug., 2005. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545362

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Exploring Information Theory for Vision-Based Volumetric Mapping”. In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’2005), Edmonton, Canada, pages 2409-2414, 2-6 Aug. 2005. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545338
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 13

P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, J. Dias, and R. Chatila. "Suivi visuel de structures articulées 3D par filtrage particulaire". In "ORASIS 2005", Fournol Puyde-Dôme, mai 2005.

Bernardes R., Baptista P., Ferreira J., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Registration of functional and morphological imaging modalities. EASDec, 15th Meeting of the EASD Eye Complications Study Group, 27-29th May 2005, Coimbra, Portugal.

Baptista P., Bernardes R., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Automatic Establishment of Macular Coordinates. EASDec, 15th Meeting of the EASD Eye Complications Study Group, 27-29th May 2005, Coimbra, Portugal.

Bernardes R., Baptista P., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Registration of functional and morphological imaging modalities. ISIE – 3rd Annual Meeting, 29-30th April 2005, Fort Lauderdale, Flórida, EUA.

Jorge Lobo and Jorge Dias, "Relative Pose Calibration Between Visual and Inertial Sensors", Proceedings of the ICRA 2005 Workshop on Integration of Vision and Inertial Sensors - 2nd InerVis, Barcelona, Spain, April 18, 2005. |  

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems: a Study of Vision-based 3-D Mapping using Information Theory”. In Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’2005), Barcelona, Spain, pages 386-391, 18-22 Apr. 2005. |  

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Entropy Gradient-based Exploration with Cooperative Robots in 3-D Mapping Missions”. In Proc. of ICRA’2005 Workshop on Cooperative Robotics, Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 22, 2005. |  

J. Martins, R. Rocha, J. Lobo and J. Dias. “RAC Robotic Soccer Small-Size Team: Control Architecture and Global Vision”. In Proc. of Scientific Workshop of Robótica’2005 National Robotics Festival, Coimbra, Portugal, Apr. 29, 2005. |  

G. Bailly, L. Brèthes, R. Chatila, A. Clodic, J. Crowley, P. Danès, F. Elisei, S. Fleury, M. Herrb, F. Lerasle, P. Menezes, and R. Alami. "HR+ : Towards an Interactive Autonomous Robot". In "Journées ROBEA", pages 39-45. Montpellier, March 2005.

João Ferreira, Rui Bernardes, P. Baptista, Jorge Dias, José Cunha-Vaz, "Earmarking Retinal Changes in a Sequence of Digital Color Fundus Photographs", The 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, EMBEC’05, November 20-25, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, IFMBE Proc 2005, 11(1), ISSN: 1727-1983 © 2005 IFMBE |  

J. Rodrigues, S. Brandão, J. Lobo, R. Rocha and J. Dias. “RAC Robotic Soccer Small-Size Team: Omnidirectional Drive Modelling and Robot Construction”. In Proc. of Scientific Workshop of Robótica’2005 National Robotics Festival, Coimbra, Portugal, 2005. |  

2004

MSc thesis

João Pedro Paiva Alves, "CyberNav – Sistema de Navegação para Veículos Móveis", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, 2004. (Supervisor:Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

International Journals

Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, Cameras with inertial sensors, Electronic Imaging Vol 14, N 1, SPIE International Technical Group Newsletter, Jan. 2004. |   | Impact Factor

Joaquim Varandas, Pedro Baptista, Jaime Santos, Jorge Dias, “VOLUS - A visualization system for 3D ultrasound data”, Ultrasonics Journal, V42, Elsevier, pp. 689-694, 2004 |  
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.11.006 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 14 ; Web Of Science: 9 ; Scopus: 12

Nuno Martins, Jorge Dias, "Camera calibration using reflections in planar mirrors and object reconstruction using volume carving method”, The Imaging Science Journal, Vol. 52, UK, pp. 117-130, 2004. |  
DOI: 10.1179/136821904225011609 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3 ; Web Of Science: 1

Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, “Inertial Sensed Ego-motion for 3D Vision”, Journal of Robotic Systems 21(1), Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2004. |  
DOI: 10.1002/rob.10122
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 31 ; Web Of Science: 13

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Baptista P., Bernardes R., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Automatic Establishment of Macular Coordinates. EVER, 24-27th Setember 2004, Vilamoura, Portugal.

Paulo Menezes, José Barreto, Jorge Dias, "FACE TRACKING BASED ON HAAR-LIKE FEATURES AND EIGENFACES", 5th IFAC/EURON Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, July 5-7, 2004. |  

L. Brèthes, P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and J. Hayet. "Face Tracking and hand gesture recognition for human robot interaction". In "International Conference on Robotics and Automation", New Orleans, May 27 June 1 2004.

Filipe Ferreira, V. Santos, J. Dias, “Robot Navigation Base on Landmarks Detected in Multi-Scale Range Images ”, ISOMA ISOMA 2004 9th International Symposium on manufacturing and Applications – WAC – World Automation Congress, Jun 28 - July 1, 2004. |  
DOI: 10.1109/WAC.2004.185211

Bernardes R., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: OCT B-Scans Geometric Registration Using an Energy Minimization Method. ISIE – 2nd Annual Meeting, 23-24 de Abril de 2004, Fort Lauderdale, Flórida, EUA.

José Barreto, Paulo Menezes and Jorge Dias, "Human-Robot Interaction based on Haar-like Features and Eigenfaces", ICRA 2004 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans LA, USA, April 26-May 1, 2004. |  
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308099
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 52 ; Web Of Science: 2

Filipe Ferreira, J. Dias, V. Santos, “Convergence of methods for Multi-Scale Image analysis for Object and Image recollection”, IAS-8: 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 10-13, 2004. |  

L. Brèthes, P. Menezes, F. Lerasle, and M. Briot. "Segmentation couleur et Condensation pour le suivi et la reconnaissance des gestes humains". In "14 ème Congrès Francophone AFRIF-AFIA de Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle", Toulouse France, January 2004.

Rett, J., Dias, J.: Autonomous Robot Navigation - A study using Optical Flow and log-polar image representation. In: Proceedings of the Colloquium of Automation, Salzhausen 2003/2004. (2004) - (Best Paper Award) |  

Technical Report

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Entropy-based 3-D Mapping with teams of Cooperative Mobile Robots: a simulation study”. Technical Report, ISR - Coimbra, 16 pages, Feb. 2004. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

2003

MSc thesis

Carlos Manuel Cerqueira Simplício, "Reconhecimento de Imagem Utilizando Invariantes Geométricos", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, May, 2003. (Supervisor: Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

Nuno Alexandre Cid Martins, "Reconstrução Tridimensional Multi-Ocular Utilizando Superfícies Reflectoras Planas". M.Sc. Thesis, March, 2003. (Supervisor: Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

International Journals

Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, Vision and Inertial Sensor Cooperation – Using Gravity as a Vertical Reference, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 25(12), IEEE Press, pp. 1597-1608, Dec. 2003. |  
DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2003.1251152 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 92 ; Web Of Science: 45 ; Scopus: 65

Jorge Lobo, Carlos Queiroz, Jorge Dias, World feature detection and mapping using stereovision and inertial sensors, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal, 44(1), Elsevier, ISBN 0921-8890, pp. 69-81, July 2003. |  
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(03)00011-3
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 27 ; Web Of Science: 9 ; Scopus: 13

João Alves , Jorge Lobo , and Jorge Dias , “Camera-Inertial Sensor Modelling and Alignment for Visual Navigation”, Machine Intelligence & Robotic Control, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 103–111, 2003. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 20 ; Web Of Science: 2

J Alves and J Dias, “Design and control of a spherical mobile robot”, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 217 Part I, Institute of Mech. Engineers, UK, 2003. |   | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 23

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Assessing Information Utility in Cooperation-based Robotic Systems”. In Proc. of First European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR’2003), Radziejowice, Poland, pages 135-140, Sep. 4-6, 2003. |  

João Alves, Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, “Camera-Inertial Sensor modelling and alignment for Visual Navigation”, Proceedings of ICAR2003 - the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, pages 1693–1698, Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003. |  

Carlos Simplício, Jorge Dias, “Traffic Signs Identification - the ICE-TOPIA system”, Proceedings of ICAR2003 - the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003.

Paulo Menezes, Ludovic Brethes, Frédéric Lerasle, Patrick Danès, Jorge Dias, "Visual Tracking of Silhouettes for Human-Robot Interaction", Proceedings of ICAR2003 - the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003. |  

R. Rocha, J. Dias and A. Carvalho. “Assessing Information Utility in Cooperation-based Robotic Systems”. In Proc. of 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR’2003), Coimbra, Portugal, pages 840-845, Jun. 30 – Jul. 3, 2003. |  

Bernardes R., Lobo C., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: Mapping human blood-retinal barrier function. ISIE – Inaugural meeting of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye, 2-3rd May 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Flórida, EUA.

Bernardes R., Lobo C., Dias J., Cunha-Vaz J.: New instrumentation for blood-retinal permeability analysis. CAFIA – 3rd International Workshop on Computer Assisted Fundus Image Analysis, 28-30th de March 2003, Turin, Italy.

Jorge Lobo, Luis Almeida, João Alves and Jorge Dias, “Registration and Segmentation for 3D Map Building - A Solution based on Stereo Vision and Inertial Sensors, Proceedings of the ICRA2003 - IEEE International Conf. on Rob. & Automation, Taipei, 2003. |  

2002

MSc thesis

Jorge Nuno de Almeida e Sousa Lobo, "Inertial Sensor Data Integration in Computer Vision Systems". M.Sc. Thesis, February 2002. (Supervisor:Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

R.Bernardes, C.Lobo, J.Dias, J.Cunha-Vaz,”New Instrumentation for Blood-Retinal Barrier Permeability Analysis”, EMBEC'02 - 2nd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference, 4-8 December, 2002, Vienna, Austria, Proc Volume 2, pp: 994-995, 2002. |  

João Alves, Jorge Dias, “Design of a Spherical Mobile Robot and its Control Electronics”, CONTROLO 2002, 5th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, Aveiro, Portugal, September 5-7, 2002- |  

Jorge Dias, Jorge Lobo, Luis Agnelo, "Cooperation between visual and inertial information for 3D vision", MED 2002 -10th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Lisbon, Portugal, July 9- 12th, 2002. |  

João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias, “Tele-3D —Developing a Handheld Scanner Using Structured Light Projection”, 3DPVT, 1st International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission, Padova, Italy, June 19-21, 2002. |  
DOI: 10.1109/TDPVT.2002.1024161
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5

João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias , "Tele 3D – Developing a Handheld Scanner Using Structured Light Projection", RECPAD 2002-12th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Aveiro, Portugal, June 27th- 28th, 2002. |  

Jorge Lobo, Luis Almeida, Jorge Dias, “Segmentation of Dense Depth Maps using Inertial Data- A real-time implementation ”, IROS’2002 – 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Switzerland, 2002. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IRDS.2002.1041368
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

Technical Report

R. Rocha. “Fostering Cooperation among Intelligent Machines: State of the Art”. Technical Report, ISR - Coimbra, Sep. 2002. |  

2001

International Journals

R. Rocha. “State of the Art of Mobile Robotics in Portugal”. Invited paper for Robótica – Revista Técnico-Científica (a portuguese Scientific Journal), Nr. 43, 2nd trimester 2001, Apr. 2001. |  

João Filipe Ferreira, Nuno Martins, Luís Agnelo, J. Dias, "Imagiologia Tridimensional Digital para Construção de Protótipos Industriais", Robótica, N. 45, 4.º Trim., pp. 28-34, 2001. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Carlos Queiroz, Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, “World Feature Detection and Mapping Using Stereovision and Inertial Sensors”, EUROBOT'01 – Fourth European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots, Lund, Sweden, pp. 67-74, September 19-21, 2001. |  

Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias , "Fusing of Image and Inertial Sensing For Camera Calibration", Proceedings of IEEE MFI 2001 the IEEE Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Baden-Baden, Germany, August 20-22, 2001. |  
DOI: 10.1109/MFI.2001.1013516
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 14 ; Web Of Science: 1

M. Isabel Ribeiro, Jorge Dias, J. Hallam, “Robotic WEBook: an electronic book initiative”, RET 2001 - Robotics Education and Training, Weingarten, Germany, July 21, 2001. |  

Jorge Dias, “Autonomous Mobile Robotics- Proposal for a Course Structure”, RET 2001 - Robotics Education and Training, Weingarten, Germany, July 21, 2001. |  

Jorge Lobo, Carlos Queiroz, Jorge Dias , "Vertical World Feature Detection and Mapping Using Stereo Vision and Accelerometers", Proceedings of SIRS'2001 the 9th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Toulouse, France, July 18-20, 2001. |  

2000

MSc thesis

Paulo Jorge Carvalho Menezes, "Navegação de Robôs Móveis", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, February, 2000. (Supervisor: Prof. Aníbal Traça de Almeida and Jorge M. M. Dias) |  

International Journals

J. Dias, J. Lobo, "New Technology Demands for Future Robotics", Robótica, N. 39, 2.º Trim., pp. 28-40, 2000. |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

J. Lobo, Jorge Dias, Recovering 3D Structure from Images and Inertial Sensors, 6th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation, ESTEC Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 5-7 December, 2000. |  

Paulo Menezes, Carlos Queiroz, Jorge Dias, "Inertial Stabilization of a Four Legged Robot", The Third International Conference of Climbing and Walking Robots, Madrid, Spain, 2-4 October 2000.

Carlos Queiroz, Nuno Gonçalves, P. Menezes, and J. Dias. "A Study on Static Gaits for a Four Legged Robot". In "International Conference: Control 2000", UKACC, University of Cambridge UK, 4-7 September 2000.

R. Rocha and A. Carvalho. “Stochastic and Couloured Petri Nets for Modelling and Designing of AGV Systems”. In Proc. of 10th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM’2000), Maryland, Washington, USA, Jun. 2000 |  

Nuno Martins, Jorge Dias, "Visual Inspection and 3D Reconstruction Based on Image-To-Mirror Planes", IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology - IEEE ICIT'2000, Goa, India, 19-22 January 2000. |  

1999

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

L. Marques, J. Lobo, Jorge Dias, U. Nunes, Aníbal T. Almeida, "Sensors for Legged Mobile Robots", 2nd International Workshop & Conference on Climbing & Walking Robots (CLAWAR), and The Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Portland, Sep. 13, 1999 |  

Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias, “Cooperation between visual and inertial information for visual sensor calibration and 3D vision”, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Confluence of Computer Vision and Computer Graphics, Slovenia, 29-31 Aug. 1999. |  

Luís Almeida, Jorge Dias , "Dense Depth Maps using an Active Vision Head", Proceedings of CARS & FOF'99 the 17th International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics & Factories of the Future, Águas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil, August 18-20, 1999. |  

Nuno Martins, Jorge Dias, "Visual Inspection based on mirror images", Proceedings of SIRS99 the 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Coimbra, July 20-23, 1999. |  

Luís Almeida, Jorge Dias , "Dense Depth Maps using Stereo Vision Head", Proceedings of SIRS99 the 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Coimbra, July 20-23, 1999. |  

1998

MSc thesis

Inácio de Sousa Adelino da Fonseca, "Técnicas de Visão Aplicadas à Navegação em Robótica Móvel", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, May 1998. (Supervisor: Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

Carlos Rodrigues Paredes, "Fixação Visual – Uma Abordagem Computacional", M.Sc. Thesis, University of Coimbra, April 1998. (Supervisor: Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias) |  

Book

H. Araújo, J. Dias, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, "Active Vision for Autonomous Systems", in Autonoumous Robotic Systems, Anibal T. De Almeida and Oussama Khatib (Editors), Lectures Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 236, Springer-Verlag, 1998.

International Journals

J. Dias, C. Paredes, I. Fonseca, H. Araújo, J. Batista, and A. T. Almeida, "Simulating Pursuit with Machine Experiments with Robots and Artificial Vision", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol 3, N. 1, pp. 1-18, Feb. 1998. |  
DOI: 10.1109/70.660834 | Impact Factor
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 34 ; Web Of Science: 14

Book Chapters

J. Lobo, L. Marques, J. Dias, U. Nunes, A. T. de Almeida, "Sensors for Mobile Robot Navigation", in Autonomous Robotic Systems, Aníbal T. de Almeida and Oussama Khatib (Editors), Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 236, Springer-Verlag, February 1998, pp 50-81, ISBN 1-85233-036-8.
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

J. Lobo, J. Dias - "Ground Plane Detection using Visual and Inertial Data Fusion" - in Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligents Robots and Systems- IROS'98, Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 13-17, 1998, pp 912-917.  |  

I.Fonseca, J. Dias, “Exploring Spherical Image Properties for Robot Navigation”, Proceedings of IROS'98- International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 13-17, 1998. |  

C. Silva, N. Rodrigues, P. Menezes, and J. Dias. "Landmark Based Navigation of a Mobile Platform". In "European Advanced Robotic Systems Development Mobile RObotics", 14-16 September 1998.

J. Barreto, A. Trigo, P. Menezes, J. Dias, A. T. De Almeida, "FBD - The Free Body Diagram Method", Proceedings of Controlo 98- the 3rd Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, Coimbra, Portugal, September 9-11, 1998. |  

I. Fonseca, J. Dias, “Exploring Spherical Images Properties From Off-The-Shelf Cameras”, Proceedings of the Mechatronics’98 6th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Skovde, Sweden, September 9-11, 1998. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.1998.724673

J. Lobo, J. Dias, “Ground Plane Detection using Visual and Inertial Data Fusion”, Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-9, 1998. |  
DOI: 10.1109/ICECS.1998.814925
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 10

I. Fonseca, J. Dias, “Robot Navigation Using Visual Information”, Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Aachen, Germany, August 31- September 4, 1998. |  

J. Lobo, J. Dias, “Integration of Inertial Information with Vision”, Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Aachen, Germany, August 31- September 4, 1998. |  

J. Lobo, J. Dias, “Ground Plane Detection by Fusing Visual and Inertial Information”, Proceedings of AMC’98 -5th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Coimbra, Portugal, June 29- July 1, 1998. |  
DOI: 10.1109/AMC.1998.743532

A. Valejo, J. Lobo, J. Dias, “Short-Range DGPS for Mobile Robots with Wireless Ethernet Links”, Proceedings of AMC’98 - 5th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Coimbra, Portugal, June 29- July 1, 1998. |  

J. Barreto, A. Trigo, P. Menezes, J. Dias, A. T. De Almeida, "FBD - The Free Body Diagram Method Kinematic and Dynamic Modelling of a Six Leg Robot", Proceedings of AMC'98 - 5th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Portugal, Jun., 1998 |  

J. Dias, I. Fonseca, J. Lobo, “New Perspectives on Mobile Robot Navigation with Visual and Inertial Information”, Proceedings of AMC’98 - 5th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Coimbra, Portugal, June 29- July 1, 1998. |  

N. Martins, J. Dias, "A Visual Inspection System Based on Fundamental Matrix and Structured Light", WAC’98 -World Automation Congress - Special on session Sixth International Symposium on Manufacturing and Applications, Anchorage, USA, May 10-14, 1998 |  

1997

International Journals

Dias, J., Araújo, H., Paredes, C., Batista, J., "Optical Normal Flow Estimation on Log-polar Images. A solution for Real-Time Binocular Vision", Real-Time Imaging Journal, 3, pp. 213-228, 1997. |  
DOI: 10.1006/rtim.1996.0053
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 18 ; Web Of Science: 7 ; Scopus: 8

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

A. Silva, P. Menezes, J. Dias, H. Araújo, "Grid-Based framework for sensorial data integration in mobile robots", SPIE's International Symposium and Education Program on Intelligent Sys., Pennsylvania USA, October 14-15, 1997

J. Lobo, J. Dias, "Inertial Information on Artificial Vision and Mobile Robots", 3rd - International Mechatronic Design and Modeling Workshop, Ankara-Turkey, September 15-18, 1997. |  

A. Silva, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Avoidind Obstacles Using a Connectionist Network - Experiments Based on Visual and Sonar Information", IROS'97 - IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Grenoble, France, September 7-11, 1997. |  

J. Lobo, J. Dias, “Towards Visual and Inertial Sensing Integration - Contributions for Improving Mobile Robots Autonomy”, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, July 8-11, 1997. |  

F. Monteiro, P. Rocha, P. Menezes, A. Silva, J. Dias, "Teleoperating a Mobile Robot - A Solution Based on JAVA language", ISIE'97 - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Guimaraes, Portugal, 7th-11th June, 1997. |  
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.1997.651773
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 15

J. Lobo, J. Dias, "Integration of Inertial Information with Vision towards Robot Autonomy", ISIE'97 - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Guimaraes, Portugal, 7th-11th June, 1997. |  

A. Silva, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Grid Based Navigation for Mobile Robots - An Algorithm Based on The Integration of Vision and Sonar Data", ISIE'97 - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Guimaraes, Portugal, 7th-11th June, 1997. |  

J. Lobo, J. Dias, "Inertial Information on Artificial Vision and Mobile Robots", 30th International Symposium on Automative Technology and Automation, Dedicated Conference on Robotics, Motion & Machine Vision, Florence, Italy, 16th-19th June, 1997. |  

F. Silva, J. Dias, H. Araújo, "3D Affine Structure of Human Retina Based on Fundamental Matrices", 4th European Conference on Engineering and Medicine, Warsaw, Poland, May 25-28, 1997. |  

L. Almeida, J. Dias, A. Traça de Almeida, "Dense Depth Maps Using Active Vision", 9th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Coimbra, Portugal, 20-21st March, 1997. |  

A. Silva, P. Menezes, J. Dias, "Avoiding Obstacles with Mobile Robots - Integrating Vision and Sonar Data in a Connectionist Approach", 30th International Symposium on Automative Technology and Automation, Dedicated Conference on Robotics, Italy, 1997. |  

1996

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

H. Araújo, J. Dias, “An Introduction to the Log-Polar Mapping”, II Workshop em Visão Cibernética, Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Dezembro 9-11, 1996. |  

H. Araújo, J. Dias, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, “A Control Architecture for Active Vision Systems Enabling Real Time Operation”, II Workshop em Visão Cibernética, Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Dez., 1996

A. Silva, P. Silvestre, P. Menezes, J. Dias, A. Traça de Almeida, "Obstacle Detection and Avoidance using a Connectionist Approach", 27th Int. Symposium on Industrial Robots, ISIR 96, Milan, October, 1996. |  

J. Dias, H. Araújo, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, “Active Vision Architectures for Autonomous Systems”, VICAM'96 - Euroconference Workshop on Vision for Control Aspects of Mechatronics, Guimarães, 16-21 Setembro, 1996. |  

Carlos Paredes, Jorge Dias, A. Traça de Almeida, "“Recovering Shapes and Detecting Movements using Fixation”, Proceedings of the Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, CONTROLO 96, Porto, September 11-13, 1996. |  

H. Araújo, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, J. Dias, “Pursuit Control in a Binocular Active Vision System Using Optical Flow”, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Volume I, pp. 313-317, Viena, Agosto 25-29, 1996.
DOI: 10.1109/ICPR.1996.546040
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 4

H. Araújo, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, J. Dias, “Gaze Control in a Binocular Active Vision System Using Optical Flow”, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, pp. 181-188, Lisboa, Julho 22-26, 1996. |  

I. Sousa, J. Dias, H. Araújo, “Normal Optical Flow Based on Log-Polar Images”, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, pp. 277-284, Lisboa, Julho 22-26, 1996. |  

Technical Report

J. Dias, F. Bergholm, Par Fornland, "VIRGO - Vision Based Robot Navigation Research Network, Overall Considerations and a Framework for Vision Based Navigation", Technical Report TRITA-NA-P96/27, CVAP204, ISSN 1101-2250, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), CVAP, NADA, Stockholm, September, 1996 |  

1995

Book

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H, Dias, Nunes, U., "Multi-Sensor Integration for Mobile Robot Navigation",in Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Decision Making, Control and Automation, S. Tzafestas and H. Verbruggen (editors), Kluwer Acad. Publish, 1995.

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

C. Martins and R. Rocha. “Manufacturing Cell Monitoring Process”. In Proc. of ESPRIT 5629 Project, Centro de CIM do Porto (CCP), Portugal, Oct. 1995. |  

J. Batista, J. Dias, H. Araújo, A. Traça de Almeida, “The ISR Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Active Vision Robot Head”, M2Vip95- Second International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Hong Kong, September 1995. |  

J. Lobo, P. Lucas, J. Dias, A. de Almeida, "Inertial Navigation System for Mobile Land Vehicles", IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics - ISIE'95, Athens, Greece, 10-14 July, 1995. |  
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.1995.497296
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 33 ; Web Of Science: 3

P. Menezes, Jorge Dias, H. Araújo, A.T. de Almeida, "Low-Cost Sensor Based Obstacle Detection and Description", ISER'95- Fourth International Symposium On Experimental Robotics, Stanford, California, June 30 - July 2, USA, 1995. |  

P. Menezes, J. Dias, H. Araújo, A. T. de Almeida, "Using Sonar Sensors to Perform Obstacle Detection", 1er Colloque International Productique, Robotique du Sud Europe Atlantique, Bourges, France, 1-2 Jun., 1995. |  

J. Dias, C. Paredes, I. Fonseca, H. Araújo, J. Batista, A. de Almeida, "Simulating Pursuit with Machines - Experiments with Robots and Artificial Vision", 1995 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May, 1995 |  
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1995.525328
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 14 ; Web Of Science: 3

J. Batista, J. Dias, H. Araújo, A.de Almeida, "The ISR Multi-Degree of Freedom Active Vision Robot Head: Design and Calibration", SMART Program Workshop, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, 27-28 April, 1995. |  

J. Dias, C. Paredes, I. Fonseca, H. Araújo, J. Batista, A. de Almeida, "Pursuit: Experiments with Robots and Active Vision", SMART Program Workshop, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, 27-28 April, 1995.

S. Figueiredo, N. Martins, J. Dias, A. de Almeida, "Surveillance System Using Artificial Vision", RECPAD 95 - Associação Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 23-24 of March, 1995. |  

J. Batista, J. Dias, H. Araújo, A. Almeida, “A Multi Degree of Freedom Robot Head Calibration - Some mathematical background”, RecPad95, Aveiro, March 1995.

H. Araújo, J. Dias, J. Batista, P. Peixoto, “Autonomous Robots and Active Vision Systems: Issues on Architectures and Integration”, EPIA - 7th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Workshop on Applications of AI to Rob. and Vision Sys, 1995. |  

Technical Report

P. Leitão, C. Martins and R. Rocha. “Integration of CNC Machines in Flexible Manufacturing Cell”. In Proc. of ESPRIT 5629 Project, Centro de CIM do Porto (CCP), Portugal, Oct. 1995. |  

1994

PhD thesis

Jorge Dias, "Reconstrução Tridimensional Utilizando Visão Dinâmica", Tese de Doutoramento, Universidade de Coimbra, Novembro 1994 |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 5

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

P. Menezes, H. Araújo, Jorge Dias, M.I. Ribeiro, "Obstacle Detection in Mobile Robots Using Sonar Data", 1º Encontro Português de Controlo Automático, CONTROLO'94, IST- Lisboa, 14-16 Setembro, 1994. |  

Fonseca, I., Paredes, C., Dias, J., de Almeida, A., "Tracking Moving Objects with an Active Vision System and a Mobile Robot", TELEMAN Students' Research Project Congress, Leeuwenhorst Congress Centrum, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands 24-26 June, 1994. |  

Dias, J., Coutinho, J., Chaves, A., de Almeida, A., "Integração de Um Sistema de Visão Num Robô Móvel", 1º Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Ordem dos Engenheiros, 12-13 Maio, 1994.

Dias, J., Batista, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Multiocular Stereovision", SMART Program Workshop, European Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy, 14-15 April, 1994. |  

Batista, J., Dias, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Monoplane Camera Calibration", SMART Program Workshop, European Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy, 14-15 April, 1994. |  

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H, Dias, Nunes, U., "Sensorial Integration for Navigation and Control of an Autonomous Mobile Robot", 1st Mathmod Vienna, IMACS, Technical University of Vienna, Austria, Feb. 2-4, 1994. |  

1993

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., J. Batista, H. Araújo, A. T. de Almeida, "Using an Active Vision System to Compute Time-Until-Impact", IECON'93, 19th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Maui, Hawaii, Nov. 15-19, 1993. |  

Batista, J., J. Dias, H. Araújo, A. de Almeida, "Monoplanar Camera Calibration- Iteractive Multi-Step Approach", British Machine Vision Conference, BMVA'93, Surrey, July 1993. |  

Dias, J., Batista, J., Simplício, C., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Implementation of an Active Vision System", International Workshop on Mechatronical Computer Systems for Perception and Action, Halmstad University, Sweden, June 1-3, 1993. |  

Batista, J., J. Dias, H. Araújo, A. de Almeida, "Monoplanar Camera Calibration for Off-Shelf TV Cameras and Lenses", 5th Portuguese on Pattern Recognition, RECPAD'93, Forum da Maia, Maia 13-14 of May, 1993.

Dias, J., Soares, J., Simões, P., Batista, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Image Segmentation - Cooperation between focus and color", 5th Portuguese on Pattern Recognition, RECPAD'93, Forum da Maia, Maia 13-14 of May, 1993.

Corvo, P., Branco, R., Dias, J., Batista, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Multiocular Stereovision", 5th Portuguese on Pattern Recognition, RECPAD'93, Forum da Maia, Maia 13-14 of May, 1993. |  

1992

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., H. de Araújo, J. Batista, A. de Almeida, "Stereo and Focus to Improve Depth Perception", Second International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, 15-18 September, 1992. |  

Peixoto, P., Faia, P., Dias, J., Araújo, H., "Simulation and comparision of algorithms for single target track initition in a multi-sensor cluttered environment", RECPAD 92, 4th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Portugal, March 12-13, 1992.

Dias,J, de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Batista, J.," Depth recovery and Segmentation by Active Focus", RECPAD 92, 4th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Portugal, March 12-13, 1992. |  

Dias,J, de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Batista, J.," Camera Recalibration by Using Multiple Frames", RECPAD 92, 4th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, Portugal, March 12-13, 1992. |  

1991

Book

de Almeida, A., Nunes, U., Dias, J., Araújo, H., Batista, J., "A distributed control network for sensory robotics",in Microprocessors in Robotics and Manufacturing Systems, Spyros Tzafestas (editor), Kluwer Acad. Publish, 1991

de Almeida, A., Nunes, U., Dias, J., Araújo, H., Batista, J., "A distributed control network for sensory robotics",in Microprocessors in Robotics and Manufacturing Systems, Spyros Tzafestas (ed.), Kluwer Acad. Publish, 1991. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., "Depth Recovery using Active Focus in Robotics", IROS 91, Osaka (Japan), Nov.3-5, 1991. |  
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.1991.174458
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 2

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Batista, J., "Improving Camera Calibration by Using Multiple Frames in Hand-Eye Robotic Systems", IROS 91, Osaka (Japan), Nov.3-5, 1991. |  

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., "Depth Perception using Focus with Hand-Eye Robotic System", IECON 91, Kobe (Japan), Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 1991. |  

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Batista, J., "Camera Recalibration with Hand-Eye Robotic System", IECON 91, Kobe (Japan), Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 1991. |  

Araújo, H., Dias, J., Batista, J., de Almeida, A., Nunes, U., "Multi-Criteria Decision in Artificial Vision Systems - The Particulary Case of Stereo Vision", TIMS XXX -Sograpo XXIII, Joint Int. Meeting, July 15-17, Rio de Janeiro, 1991. |  

Dias, J., Batista, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., Nunes, U., "Calibration of a Tridimensional Vision System for Robotics", TIMS XXX -Sograpo XXIII, Joint Int. Meeting, July 15-17, Rio de Janeiro, 1991. |  

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., "Utilização de Focagem e Visão Activa na Robótica", ENDIEL'91, 29Maio - 2 Junho, Lisboa, 1991. |  

Batista, J., Dias, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Análise qualitativa dos métodos de calibração de câmaras de video", RECPAD'91, Aveiro, 15 Fev., 1991. |  

Batista, J., Dias, J., Nunes, U., Damasceno, A., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., "Sistema de Visão Bidimensional para uma Célula Flexível de montagem", RECPAD'91, Aveiro, 15 Fev., 1991. |  

Dias, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., Henriques, L., Batista, J., "Desenvolvimento de uma cabeça articulada para visão activa", RECPAD'91, Aveiro, 15 Fev., 1991. |  

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Batista, J., "Utilização de visão activa e focagem para determinação de profundidade", RECPAD'91, Aveiro, 15 Fev., 1991. |  

Araújo, H., Dias, J., "Arquivo, Compressão e Tratamento de Imagem em Medicina", Congresso sobre Informática na Saúde, Lisboa, 17-18 Janeiro de 1991. |  

1990

Book

Nunes, U., Dias, J., de Almeida, A., "Geometric modeling aspects on vision and ultrasonic range sensing for robotic applications", NATO ASI- on Expert Systems on Robotics, Corfu, Grécia, T. Jordanides (ed.), NATO ASI Series, Springer, 1990.
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 3

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Nunes, U., Dias, J., de Almeida, A., "The use of ultrasonic information in path control of an industrial robot", Proc. of Industrial, Vehicular and Space Applications of Microcomputers, NY, USA, ISMM Int. Symposium, Oct. 10-11, 1990. |  

Nunes, U., de Almeida, A., Dias, J., Faia, P., Baptista, L., "Processamento de Informação Ultrasonora para Aplicações de Robótica", Jornadas Hispano-Lusas de Eng. Eléctrica, Vigo, Espanha, 4-6 Julho, 1990.

Dias, J., de Almeida, A., Batista, J., Bastos, F., Machado, J., Capote, E., "Calibração das câmaras de um sistema móvel de visão tridimensional", Jornadas Hispano-Lusas de Eng. Eléctrica, Vigo, Espanha, 4-6 Julho, 1990. |  

A. de Almeida, P. Menezes, H. Fachada - "Servo Pneumatic Manipulator for the Plastics Industry" - In First International Conference on Applications of Industrial Electronic Systems - May 1990, Jerusalem.

Batista, J., Dias, J., Araújo, H., de Almeida, A., C. Mota, E. Leite, F. Silva, J. Cunha-Vaz, "Biblioteca de Processamento de Imagem", 2nd Portuguese Congress on Biomedical Engineering, April 19-21, Aveiro, Portugal, 1990.

1989

International Journals

de Sá, L., Dias, J., Silva, V., "Image Processing System With Multiple DSPs", Microprocessing and Microprogramming, 25, pp. 41-46, 1989. |  
CITATIONS: Google Scholar: 1

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., Nunes, U., de Almeida, A., "Support System for Sensorial Data Integration for a Robotic Workcell", IEEE Int.Workshop on Sensorial Integration for Industrial Robots, Zaragosa, 22-24 Nov., 1989. |  

Nunes, U., Dias, J., de Almeida, A., "BITbus on VMEbus for an Assembly Cell Application", VMEbus in Industry - VITA Conf., Orly, Paris, 21 & 22 November 1989. |  

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Nunes, U., Dias, J., Batista, J., "Applications of computer vision to robotics on the University of Coimbra, 1st UNIDO, Workshop on Robotics and CIM, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, Setembro, 1989.

H. Fachada, P. Menezes, A. de Almeida - "Manipulador Pneumático com Posicionamento Contínuo" - In ENDIEL 89 - July 1989, Porto

de Almeida, A., Dias, J., Nunes, U., Crisóstomo, M., "Implementação de uma célula flexível de montagem", ENDIEL'89,Porto, 12-14 Abril, 1989.

1988

Book

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Crisóstomo, M., Dias, J., de Sá, L., Nunes, U., Silva, V., "Multi-Sensor Distributed System for a Flexible Assembly Cell", NATO ARW-Highly Redund. Sensing in Robotic Sys., Italy, J. T. Tou (ed.), NATO ASI Ser., Springer, 1988. |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

de Sá, L., Dias, J., Silva, V., "A Modular Approach to Image Processing Through the VMEbus", ESONE-VMEbus in Research Conference, ETH, Zurich, Oct. 1988. |  

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Crisóstomo, C., Dias, J., de Sá, L., Nunes, U.,"Multi-Sensor Flexible Assembly Cell", IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 88), Karlshuruhe, Alemanha, 5-7 October, 1988. |  

de Almeida, A., Fachada, H., Dias, J., Amado, P., Menezes, P., Nunes, U., "Low-Cost, High Performance Servo-Pneumatic Manipulators with Sensor Feedback", IEEE Int. Symposium in Intelligent Control, Philadelphia, USA, 24-26 Aug, 1988. |  

Batista, J., Dias, J., Araújo, H., "Biblioteca de programas para Processamento de Imagem", III Simpósio da Electrónica das Telecomunicações, Porto, 4-6 Maio, 1988. |  

1987

International Journals

de Almeida, A., Araújo, H., Dias, J., Perdigão, F., de Sá, L., Silva, V., Batista, J., "Actividades do GAAS nas áreas da Visão, Robótica e Processamento de Sinais, Revista de Informática-API, Vol. 6, N.º 5, Set. 1987. |  

Silva, V., Dias, J., de Sá, L., de Almeida, A., "Sistema de Visão por Computador", Revista de Informática-API, Vol. 6, N.º 5, Set. 1987. |  

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., Silva, V., de Sá, L., "A Digital Signal Processor Based Vision System", NATO ARW -Real Time Sensing in Robotic Systems, Maratea, Italy, September, 1987. |  

1986

Oral Presentations in Conferences with Referees

Dias, J., Nunes, U., Martins, A., "A Modular Approach to Distributed Control Implementations", IFAC Symposium on Components, Instruments and Techniques for Low Cost AUTOMATION & APPLICATION, Valencia, Spain, 27-29 Nov., 1986. |  

de Sá, L., Dias, J., Silva, V., Perdigão, F., "Digital Signal Processing on VMEbus", II Simpósio de Electrónica das Telecomunicações, Lisboa, 1986.

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