Prof. John Robinson
 

Prof. John Robinson PhD PEng CEng

Professor, Director of the Higher York Creative Technologies Centre (HYCTC)

Email: jar11@ohm.york.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jar11
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 2353
Fax: +44 (0)1904 32 2461
Research Area: Intelligent Systems Group > Visual Systems Lab

Research

Current major research directions are in human face analysis, projector-camera systems and picture coding. For more on these see the Visual Systems Lab webpages. Here is just a little on my current major preoccupation: face description.

We use a demographic/expression/landmark analysis method to describe pictures of people. For an example showing the processing rate achieved on a HiGrade Hotino C2200 laptop, see this video which illustrates processing of each frame independently (no temporal filtering of the results) using simple labels to show the estimations.

The method is based on conditional density estimation from mixture models.

We are working with industrial partners on several applications of the technology.

Teaching

I teach software-based subjects like Data Structures and Algorithms and Media ECAD (a kind of practical image analysis course).

Admin

I am the Director of the Higher York Creative Technologies Centre located in the Ron Cooke Hub.

Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Pattern Recognition Letters

Latest 30 Publications

  • John A Robinson, Regularized Single-Kernel Conditional Density Estimation for Face Description, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Cairo, Egypt, November, 2009
  • J A Robinson, Covariance estimation in full- and reduced-dimensionality image classification, Image and Vision Computing, 27(8):1062-1071, 0262-8856, July, 2009
  • Mark Blyth, John Robinson, David Frolich, Interaction Design and the Critics: what to make of the "weegie", NordiCHI 2008, 53-62, Lund, Sweden, October, 2008
  • M G Day, J A Robinson, Residue-Free Video Coding with Pixelwise Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Prediction, IET Image Processing, 26(3):131-138, 1751-9659, June, 2008
  • Matt Day, John Robinson, Residue-Free Video Coding with Temporal Prediction Trees, IET International Conference on Visual Information Engineering, London, July, 2007
  • Lijiang Li, John Robinson, A Semi-Automatic Human-Computer Collaborative System for 3D Shape Acquisition, IET International Conference on Visual Information Engineering, London, July, 2007
  • Min Chen, John Robinson, Deborah Silver, Illuminating the Path fo Video Visualization in the Shadow of Video Processing, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), 219-226, San Diego, December, 2006
  • J A Robinson, Adaptive Prediction Trees for Image Compression, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 15(8):2131-2145, July, 2006
  • M G Day, J W Mateer, J A Robinson, Automated Description of Shot Compositional Characteristics, 2nd IEE European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), 172-180, London, 0 86341 583 0, December, 2005
  • R D Dony, J W Mateer, J A Robinson, M G Day, Iconic versus Naturalistic Motion Cues in Automated Reverse Storyboarding, 2nd IEE European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), 17-25, 0 86341 583 0, December, 2005
  • J W Mateer, J A Robinson, A Vision-Based Postproduction Tool for Footage Logging, Analysis and Annotation, Journal of Graphical Models, 67(6):565-583, November, 2005
  • J A Robinson, Covariance matrix estimation for appearance-based face image processing, British Machine Vision Conference, 389-398, Oxford, September, 2005
  • J A Robinson, J R Hyde, Estimation of face depths by Conditional Densities, British Machine Vision Conference, 609-618, Oxford, September, 2005
  • D J Parnham, J A Robinson, Compression of Computer Screen Video, Visual Information Engineering (VIE), 353-358, Glasgow, April, 2005
  • D J Parnham, J A Robinson, Y Zhao, A compact fiducial for affine augmented reality, Visual Information Engineering (VIE), 347-352, Glasgow, April, 2005
  • R D Dony, J W Mateer, J A Robinson, Techniques for Automated Reverse Storyboarding, IEE Journal of Vision, Image & Signal Processing, 152(4):425-436, 2005
  • D M Frohlich, T Clancy, J A Robinson, E Costanza, The Audiophoto Desk, 2AD, Bristol, UK, 2004
  • R D Dony, J W Mateer, J A Robinson, Automated Reverse Storyboarding, First IEE European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), 193-202, London, UK, 0863413919, 2004
  • E Costanza, S B Shelley, J A Robinson, Introducing Audio d-touch: A tangible user interface for music composition and performance, Digital Audio Effects (DAFx) 2003, London, UK, September, 2003
  • D Parnham, J A Robinson, Propose: A Multimodal User Interface for Posing Virtual Humans, Human Computer Interface (HCI) 2003, 65 - 68, Bath, UK, September, 2003
  • E Costanza, S B Shelley, J A Robinson, D-touch: A Consumer-Grade Tangible Interface Module and Musical Applications, Human Computer Interaction (HCI) 2003, 175 - 178, Bath, UK, September, 2003
  • A Shamim, J A Robinson, Asymmetric binary tree coding for contour images, Image and Vision Computing, 21(6):797-807, September, 2003
  • E Costanza, J A Robinson, A Region Adjacency Tree Approach to the Detection and Design of Fiducials, Vision, Video and Graphics (VVG) 2003, 63 - 70, Bath, UK, July, 2003
  • J A Robinson, Exploiting Local Colour Dependencies in Binary Tree Predictive Coding, Visual Information Engineering (VIE), 37-40, Guildford, July, 2003
  • J W Mateer, J A Robinson, Robust Automated Footage Analysis for Professional Media Applications, Visual Information Engineering (VIE) 2003, 85-88, Guildford, UK, 0 85296 757 8, July, 2003
  • J Hyde, J A Robinson, Coding 3D Facial Models for Mugshot Applications, Vision, Video and Graphics (VVG) 2003, 127 - 134, Bath, July, 2003
  • J A Robinson, A Simplex-Based Projective Transform Estimator, Visual Information Engineering (VIE), 290-293, Guildford, July, 2003
  • J W Mateer, J A Robinson, Semi-Automated Logging for Professional Media Applications, Video, Vision and Graphics (VVG) 2003, 25-31, Bath, UK, 3 905673 54 1, July, 2003
  • S O'Mahony, J A Robinson, PenPets: A Physical Environment for Virtual Animals, ACM Computer-Human Interface Conference (CHI 2003), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April, 2003
  • M A Shamim, J A Robinson, Object-Based Video Coding by Global-to-Local Motion Segmentation, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 12(12):1106-1116, December, 2002
  • J A Robinson, Optimal Detection of Blurred Edges, 16th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Quebec City, August, 2002

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