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Contributions to books

 

1.      X. Zabulis, H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, "Vision-based Hand Gesture Recognition for Human-Computer Interaction", in "The Universal Access Handbook", Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (LEA), Series on "Human Factors and Ergonomics", ISBN: 978-0-8058-6280-5, pp. 34.1 – 34.30, Jun. 2009.

 

2.      A.A. Argyros, G. Bártfai, C. Eitzinger, Z. Kemény, B.Cs. Csáji, L. Kék, M. Lourakis, W. Reisner, W. Sandrisser, T. Sarmis, G. Umgeher, Z. Viharos, “Smart Sensor Based Vision System for Automated Processes” in “Emerging Technologies, Robotics and Control Systems”,  vol. 2, International Society for Advanced Research, ISBN: 978-88-901928-9-5, Jun. 2007.

 

3.      K. E. Bekris, A.A. Argyros, L. E. Kavraki, “Exploiting Panoramic Vision for Bearing-only Robot Homing”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, “Imaging beyond the Pinhole Camera”, K. Daniilidis, R. Kleete, (editors), 2006.

 

4.      A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “Tracking Skin-colored Objects in Real-time”, invited contribution to the “Cutting Edge Robotics Book”, ISBN 3-86611-038-3, Advanced Robotic Systems International, 2005.

 

 

 

In scientific journals

 

5.      D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, D. Michel, P. Padeleris, T. Sarmis, G. Georgalis, P. Koutlemanis, K. Tzevanidis, A.A. Argyros, M. Sifakis, P. Adam-Veleni, C. Stephanidis, “A prototypical Interactive Exhibition for the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki”, International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era, 2013.

 

6.      X. Zabulis, D. Grammenos, T. Sarmis, K. Tzevanidis, P. Padeleris, P. Koutlemanis, A.A. Argyros, “Multicamera human detection and tracking supporting natural interaction with large scale displays”, in Machine Vision Applications journal, published online Feb 2012, issue 24, pp. 319–336, 2013.

 

7.      D. Michel, I. Oikonomidis, A.A. Argyros, “Scale invariant and deformation tolerant partial shape matching”, in Image and Vision Computing (IVC), Elsevier, vol. 29, issue 7, pp. 459-469, June 2011.

 

8.      K. Tzevanidis, A.A. Argyros, “Unsupervised learning of background modeling parameters in multicamera systems”, in Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Elsevier,  vol. 115, issue 1, pp. 105-116, 2011.

 

9.      V. Papadourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Multiple Objects Tracking in the Presence of Long-term Occlusions”, in Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Elsevier, vol. 114, issue 7, pp. 835-846, Jul. 2010.

 

10.   D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “Horizon Matching for Localizing Unordered Panoramic Images”, in Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Elsevier, Special issue on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks, and Non-conventional Cameras,  vol. 114, issue 2, pp. 274-285, Feb. 2010.

 

11.   M. Vincze, M. Zillich, W. Ponweiser, V. Hlavac, J. Matas, S. Obdrzalek, H. Buxton, J. Howell, K. Sage, A.A. Argyros, C. Eberst, G. Umgeher, “Integrated Vision System for the Semantic Interpretation of Activities where a Person Handles Objects”, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), Elsevier,  vol. 113, issue 6, pp. 682-692, Jun. 2009.

 

12.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “SBA: A Software Package for Generic Sparse Bundle Adjustment”, in ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS), vol. 36, No. 1, Mar. 2009.

 

13.   K. Sage, J. Howell, H. Buxton, A.A. Argyros, “Learning Temporal Structure for Task-based Control”, Image and Vision Computing Journal (IVC), Elsevier, special issue on Cognitive Systems,   vol. 26, issue 1, Pp. 39-52, Elsevier, Jan. 2008.

 

14.   M. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, "Refining Single View Calibration With the Aid of Metric Scene Properties", Journal of the WSCG Conference,  vol. 15, No 1-3, ISSN 1213-6972, pp. 129-134, Plzen, Czech Republic, Jan. 2007.

 

15.   A.A. Argyros, G. Bártfai, C. Eitzinger, Z. Kemény, B.Cs.Csáji, L. Kék, M. Lourakis, W. Reisner, W. Sandrisser, T. Sarmis, G. Umgeher, Z. Viharos, “Smart Sensor Based Vision System for Automated Processes”, International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing, Thomson Scientific Journal,  vol. 3, pp. 118-123, Jul. 2007.

 

16.   E. Tzamali, G. Akoumianakis, A.A. Argyros, Y. Stephanedes, “Improved Design for Vision-based Incident Detection in Transportation Systems Using Real-Time View Transformations”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering,  vol. 132, No. 11, Nov. 2006, pp. 837-844.

 

17.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Efficient, Causal Camera Tracking in Unprepared Environments”, Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal (CVIU), Elsevier,  vol. 99, pp. 259-290, Elsevier, 2005.

 

18.   A.A. Argyros, C. Bekris, S.C. Orphanoudakis, L.E. Kavraki, “Robot Homing by Exploiting Panoramic Vision”, Journal of Autonomous Robots, Springer,  vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 7-25, Jul. 2005.

 

19.   P. Trahanias, W. Burgard, A.A. Argyros, D. Haehnel, H. Baltzakis, P. Pfaff, C. Stachniss, “Tourbot and WebFair: Web Operated Mobile Robots for Telepresence in Populated Exhibitions”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special issue on EU-funded projects in Robotics,  vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 77-89, Jun. 2005.

 

20.   A.A. Argyros, D.P. Tsakiris, C. Groyer “Bio-mimetic Centering Behavior: Mobile Robots with Panoramic Sensors”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special issue on Panoramic Robotics,  vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 21-30, Dec. 2004.

 

21.   A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “3D Tracking of Skin-Colored Regions by a Moving Stereoscopic Observer”, Applied Optics, Information Processing Journal, Special issue on Target Detection,  vol. 43, No 2, pp. 366-378, Jan. 2004.

 

22.   H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, P. Trahanias, “Fusion of Laser and Visual Data for Reliable Robot Motion Planning and Collision Avoidance”, International Journal of Machine Vision and Applications, Springer, vol. 15, pp. 92–100, 2003.

 

23.   W. Burgard, P. Trahanias, D. Haehnel, M. Moors, D. Schulz, H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, “Tele-presence in Populated Exhibitions through Web-operated Mobile Robots”, Autonomous Robots, Kluwer Academic Publishers,  vol. 15, pp. 299-316, 2003.

 

24.   M. Lourakis, S. Tzurbakis, A.A. Argyros, S. Orphanoudakis, “Feature Transfer and Matching in Disparate Views through the Use of Plane Homographies”, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, (T-PAMI),  vol. 25, No 2, pp. 271-276, Feb. 2003.

 

25.   A.A. Argyros, P. Georgiades, P. Trahanias, D. Tsakiris “Semi-autonomous Navigation of a Robotic Wheelchair”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Special issue on “Medical and Rehabilitation Robotics, Kluwer Academic Publishers,  vol. 34, pp. 315–329, Jul. 2002.

 

26.   K. Bekris, K. Hatzopoulos, G. Kazazakis, G. Kontolemakis, M. Masvoula, N. Tsivourakis, A.A. Argyros, P. Trahanias, “PYTHEAS: An Integrated Robotic System with Autonomous Navigation Capabilities”, Journal of Image Processing & Communications, Special issue on Intelligent Sensing, Image Processing and Applications,  vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 81-92, 2002.

 

27.   A.A. Argyros, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Robust Regression for the Detection of Independent 3D Motion by a Binocular Observer”, Journal of Real Time Imaging, vol. 4, pp. 125-141, Apr. 1998.

 

 

 

In proceedings of refereed conferences and workshops

 

28.   P. Douvatzis, I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis, A.A. Argyros, “Dimensionality reduction for efficient single frame hand pose estimation”, to appear in Proceedings of the International Conference on Vision Systems, (ICVS 2013), St. Petersburg, Russia, July 16-18, 2013.

 

29.   N. Kyriazis, A.A. Argyros, “Physically Plausible 3D Scene Tracking: The Single Actor Hypothesis”, to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE CVPR 2013 (oral presentation), Portland, Oregon, USA, Jun. 25-27, 2013.

 

30.   K. Papoutsakis, P. Padeleris, A. Ntelidakis, S. Stefanou, X. Zabulis, D. Kosmopoulos, A.A. Argyros, “Developing visual competencies for socially assistive robots: the HOBBIT approach”, to appear in Proceedings of Workshop on Robotics in Assistive Environments (RasEnv 2013), in conjunction with PETRA 2013, Rhodes, Greece, May 28-30, 2013.

 

31.   M. Patel, C.H. Ek, N. Kyriazis, A.A. Argyros, J.V. Miro, D. Kragic, “Language for Learning Complex Human-Object Interactions”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013.

 

32.   D. Song, N. Kyriazis, I. Oikonomidis, C. Papazov, A. Argyros, D. Burschka, D. Kragic, “Predicting Human Intention in Visual Observations of Hand/Object Interactions”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), pp. 1600-1607, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013.

 

33.   D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, D. Michel, P. Padeleris, T. Sarmis, G. Georgalis, P. Koutlemanis, K. Tzevanidis, A. A. Argyros, M. Sifakis, P. Adam-Veleni, C. Stephanidis, “Macedonia from Fragments to Pixels: A Permanent Exhibition of Interactive Systems at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki”, EuroMed 2012, Limassol, Cyprus and in "Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation", Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7616, 2012, pp 602-609, Oct. 29 – Nov. 3, 2012.

 

34.   S. Stefanou, A.A. Argyros, “Efficient Scale and Rotation Invariant Object Detection based on HOGs and Evolutionary Optimization Techniques”, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing,  ISVC 2012, Rethymno, Crete, Jul. 16-18, 2012.

 

35.   P. Padeleris, X. Zabulis and A.A. Argyros, “Head pose estimation on depth data based on Particle Swarm Optimization”, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Human Activity Understanding from 3D Data (HAU3D’2012) in conjunction with CVPR 2012, Rhode Island, USA, June 21, 2012.

 

36.   I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis, and A.A. Argyros, “Tracking the articulated motion of two strongly interacting hands”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2012, Rhode Island, USA, June 18-20, 2012.

 

37.   N. Kyriazis, I. Oikonomidis, and A.A. Argyros, “A GPU-powered Computational Framework for Efficient 3D Model-based Vision”, (poster), 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (refereed based on poster), COGSYS’2012, Vienna, Austria, Feb. 22-23, 2012.

 

38.   I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis and A.A. Argyros, “Efficient model based tracking of the articulated motion of hands”, (poster), 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (refereed based on poster) , COGSYS’2012, Vienna, Austria, Feb. 22-23, 2012.

 

39.   I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis and A.A. Argyros, “Full DOF tracking of a hand interacting with an object by modeling occlusions and physical constraints”, in  Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (oral presentation), ICCV’2011, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 6-13, 2011.

 

40.   I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis and A.A. Argyros, “Efficient model-based 3D tracking of hand articulations using Kinect”, in  Proceedings of the 22nd British Machine Vision Conference, BMVC’2011, University of Dundee, UK, Aug. 29-Sep. 1, 2011.

 

41.   N. Kyriazis, I. Oikonomidis and A.A. Argyros, “Binding vision to physics based simulation: The case study of a bouncing ball”, in  Proceedings of the 22nd British Machine Vision Conference, BMVC’2011, University of Dundee, UK, Aug. 29-Sep. 1, 2011.

 

42.   D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, D. Michel, T. Sarmis, G. Georgalis, K. Tzevanidis., A.A. Argyros, C. Stephanidis, “Design and Development of Four Prototype Interactive Edutainment Exhibits for Museums” in Proceedings of HCI International (refereed based on extended abstract), Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida, USA, 9-14 July 2011.

 

43.   D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, “Augmented Reality Interactive Exhibits in Cartographic Heritage: An implemented case-study open to the general public”, in Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Digital Approaches in Cartographic Heritage (refereed based on extended abstract), Hague, Netherlands  7–8 April 2011.

 

44.   D. Grammenos, D. Michel, X. Zabulis, A.A. Argyros, “PaperView: Augmenting Physical Surfaces with Location-Aware Digital Information” in Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Tangible Embedded, Embodied Interaction, TEI’2011, pp. 57-60, Funchal, Portugal, Jan. 23-26, 2011.

 

45.   K. Papoutsakis, A.A. Argyros, “Object tracking and segmentation in a closed loop”, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC’2010, Advances in Visual Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,   vol. 6453, pp. 405-416, Las Vegas, USA, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2010.

 

46.   X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, K. Tzevanidis, P. Koutlemanis, D. Grammenos, A.A. Argyros, “A platform for monitoring aspects of human presence in real-time”, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC’2010, Advances in Visual Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,   vol. 6454, pp. 584-595, Las Vegas, USA, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2010.

 

47.   I. Oikonomidis, N. Kyriazis and A.A. Argyros, “Markerless and Efficient 26-DOF Hand Pose Recovery”, in Proceedings of the 10nth Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV’2010, Part III, LNCS 6494, pp. 744–757, Queenstown, New Zealand, Nov. 8-12, 2010.

 

48.   X. Zabulis, D. Grammenos, T. Sarmis, K. Tzevanidis, A.A. Argyros, “Exploration of large-scale museum artifacts through non-instrumented, location-based, multi-user interaction” in Proceedings of the 11th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, VAST’2010, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France, Sep. 21-24, 2010.

 

49.   K. Tzevanidis, X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, P. Koutlemanis, N. Kyriazis, A.A. Argyros, “From multiple views to textured 3D meshes: a GPU-powered approach”, in Proceedings of the Computer Vision on GPUs Workshop, CVGPU’2010, In conjunction with ECCV’2010, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Sep. 10, 2010.

 

50.   H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, “Propagation of pixel hypotheses for multiple objects tracking”, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, 2009, pp. 140-149, Las Vegas, USA, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2009.

 

51.   I. Oikonomidis, A.A. Argyros, “Deformable 2D Shape Matching based on Shape Contexts and Dynamic Programming”, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, 2009, pp. 461-469, Las Vegas, USA, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2009.

 

52.   D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, A.A. Argyros, C. Stephanidis, "FORTH-ICS internal RTD Programme 'Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments'", in Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AMI’09), Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 18-21, 2009.

 

53.   I. Cheng, D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, A. Basu, “A HIMI model for collaborative multi-touch multimedia education”, in Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Workshop on Ambient Media Computing (AMC '09), Beijing, China, Oct. 23, 2009.

 

54.   X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, A.A. Argyros, "3D head pose estimation from multiple distant views", in Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC’09), London, UK, Sep. 7-10, 2009.

 

55.   D. Grammenos, Y. Georgalis, N. Partarakis, X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, S. Kartakis, P. Tourlakis, A.A. Argyros, C. Stephanidis, “Rapid Prototyping of an AmI-augmented Office Environment Demonstrator”, in “Human-Computer Interaction. Ambient, Ubiquitous and Intelligent Interaction”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, ISSN 0302-9743,  vol. 5612/2009, pp. 397-406, Jul. 14, 2009.

 

56.   D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, “Building a multi-touch display based on computer vision techniques”, in proceedings of the IAPR Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA’09), pp. 74-77, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Japan, May 20-22, 2009.

 

57.   X. Zabulis, T. Sarmis, D. Grammenos, A.A. Argyros, “A multicamera vision system supporting the development of wide-area exertainment applications”, in Proceedings of the IAPR Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA’09), pp. 269-272, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Japan, May 20-22, 2009.

 

58.   G. Lopez-Nicolas, M.Sfakiotakis, D.P. Tsakiris, A.A. Argyros, C. Sagues, J.J. Guerrero, “Visual Homing for Undulatory Robotic Locomotion”, in Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2629-2636, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009.

 

59.   X. Zabulis, A.A. Argyros, D.P. Tsakiris, “Lumen Detection for Capsule Endoscopy”, in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp. 3921-3926, Nice, France, Sep. 22-26, 2008.

 

60.   P. Nillius, J. Sullivan, A.A. Argyros, ”Shading Models for Illumination and Reflectance Invariant Shape Detectors”, in IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern recognition Conference, (CVPR 2008), Alaska, pp. 1-8, Jun. 24-26, 2008.

 

61.   C. Stephanidis, A.A. Argyros, D. Grammenos, X. Zabulis, “Pervasive Computing @ ICS-FORTH”, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Pervasive Computing @ Home, 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2008), pp. 119-124, Sydney, Australia, May 19-22, 2008.

 

62.   D. Kragic, J. Romero, V. Kyrki, A.A. Argyros, “Dynamic time warping for binocular hand tracking and reconstruction”, in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (ICRA 2008), May 19-23, 2008.

 

63.   H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P. Trahanias, “Tracking of human hands and faces through probabilistic fusion of multiple visual cues”, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, (ICVS 2008), pp. 33-42, Santorini, Greece, May 13-15, 2008.

 

64.   D. Michel, A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, "Localizing Unordered Panoramic Images Using the Levenshtein Distance", in Proceedings of 7th workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras (OMNIVIS'2007), in conjunction with ICCV’07, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 20, 2007

 

65.   MI.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Enforcing Scene Constraints in Single View Reconstruction”, in Proceedings of the EuroGraphics 2007 conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Sep. 3-7, 2007.

 

66.   MI.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Accurate Constraint-Based Modeling From A Single Perspective View”, in Proceedings of the Computer Graphics International Conference, (CGI ’07), Petropolis, RJ, Brazil, May 30 – Jun. 2, 2007.

 

67.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Refining Single View Calibration with the Aid of Metric Scene Properties”, in Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer (WSCG’2007), pp. 129-134, Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2007.

 

68.   T. Sarmis, A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, K. Hatzopoulos, “Robust and Efficient Event Detection for the Monitoring of Automated Processes”, invited contribution to the special session "Towards Robust Visual Surveillance Techniques and Systems" of the VIE’2006 conference, Bangalore, India, Sep. 26-28, 2006.

 

69.   A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, "Binocular Hand Tracking and Reconstruction Based on 2D Shape Matching", in Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition 2006 (ICPR’06), Hong Kong, China, Aug. 20 – 24, 2006.

 

70.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, "Chaining Planar Homographies for Fast and Reliable 3D Plane Tracking", in Proceedings of the IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition 2006 (ICPR’06), Hong Kong, China, Aug. 20 – 24, 2006.

 

71.   A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “Vision-based Interpretation of Hand Gestures for Remote Control of a Computer Mouse”, in Proceedings of the HCI’06 workshop (in conjunction with ECCV’06), LNCS 3979, Springer Verlag, pp.40-51, Graz, Austria, May 13, 2006. Recipient of the “Best Paper Award”.

 

72.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Exploiting the Sparseness of Bundle Adjustment for Efficient 3D Reconstruction”, in Proceedings of the CIMCV’06 workshop, (in conjunction with ECCV’06), Graz, Austria, May 12, 2006.

 

73.   M.I.A. Lourakis A.A. Argyros, "Is Levenberg-Marquardt the Most Efficient Optimization Algorithm for Implementing Bundle Adjustment?", 2005 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, (ICCV'05),  vol. 2, pp. 1526-1531, Beijing, China, Oct. 2005.

 

74.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Fast Trifocal Tensor Estimation Using Virtual Parallax”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2005), pp. 169-172, Genoa, Italy, Jun. 2005.

 

75.   A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “Tracking Multiple Colored Blobs With a Moving Camera”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, (CVPR’05),  vol. 2, no. 2, p. 1178, San Diego, USA, Jun. 20-26, 2005.

 

76.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Camera Matchmoving in Unprepared, Unknown Environments”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, (CVPR’05),  vol. 2, no. 2, p. 1190, San Diego, USA, Jun. 20-26, 2005.

 

77.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, K. Marias, “A Graph-Based Approach to Corner Matching Using Mutual Information as a Local Similarity Measure”, in Proceedings of the IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, (ICPR’04),  vol. 2, pp. 827-830, Aug 23-26, 2004.

 

78.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Vision based Camera Motion Recovery for Augmented Reality”, in Proceedings of the “Computer Graphics International” Conference (CGI’04), pp. 569-576, Hersonisos, Crete, Greece, Jun. 16-19, 2004.

 

79.   A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, “Real time Tracking of Multiple Skin-Colored Objects with a Possibly Moving Camera”, in Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV’04), Springer-Verlag,  vol. 3, pp. 368-379, Prague, Czech Republic, May 11-14, 2004.

 

80.   K. E. Bekris, A.A. Argyros, L. E. Kavraki, “Angle-Based Methods for Mobile Robot Navigation: Reaching the Entire Plane”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA‘04), pp. 2373-2378, New Orleans, USA, Apr. 26 - May 1, 2004.

 

81.   P. Trahanias, W. Burgard, D. Haehnel, M. Moors, D. Schulz, H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, “Interactive Tele-Presence in Exhibitions Through Web-Operated Robots”, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR’03), invited session on Robotics and Art, pp. 1253-1258, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Jun. 30 – Jul. 3, 2003.

 

82.   G. Kazazakis, A.A. Argyros, “Fast Positioning of Limited Visibility Guards for the Inspection of 2D Workspaces”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotic Systems (IROS’02), pp. 2843 – 2848, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 2002.

 

83.   W. Burgard, P. Trahanias, D. Haehnel, M. Moors, D. Schulz, H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, “TOURBOT and WebFAIR: Web-Operated Mobile Robots for Tele-Presence in Populated Exhibitions”, IEEE / RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'02), Full-Day Workshop in “Robots in Exhibitions”, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 1, 2002.

 

84.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Plane Detection in an Uncalibrated Image Pair”, in Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference, (BMVC’02),  vol. 2, pp. 587-596, Cardiff, UK, Sep. 2-5, 2002.

 

85.   H. Baltzakis, A.A. Argyros, P. Trahanias, “Fusion of Range and Visual Data for the Extraction of Scene Structure Information”, in Proceedings of the IAPR

International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR’02),  vol. 4, pp. 7-11, Quebec, Canada, Aug 11-15, 2002.

 

86.   M. Roussou, P. Trahanias, G. Giannoulis, G. Kamarinos, A.A. Argyros, D. Tsakiris, P. Georgiadis, W. Burgard, D. Haehnel, A. Cremers, D. Schulz, M. Moors, E. Spirtounias, M. Marianthi, V. Savvaides, A. Reitelman, D. Konstantios, A. Katselaki “Experiences from the Use of a Robotic Avatar in a Museum Setting”, Virtual Reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage International Symposium (VAST’01), Glyfada, Athens, Greece, Dec. 28-30, 2001.

 

87.   A.A. Argyros, C. Bekris, S. Orphanoudakis, “Robot Homing based on Corner Tracking in a Sequence of Panoramic Images”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR‘01), pp. 3-10, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 11-14, 2001.

 

88.   C. Balas, G. Themelis, A. Papadakis, E. Vasgiouraki, A.A. Argyros, E. Koumantakis, A. Tosca, E. Helidonis, “Α Novel Hyper-spectral Imaging System: Application on In-vivo Detection and Grading of Cervical Precancers and of Pigmented Skin Lesions”, Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum Workshop (CVBVS’01), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 2001.

 

89.   A.A. Argyros, P. Georgiades, P. Trahanias, D. Tsakiris “Semi-Autonomous Navigation of a Robotic Wheelchair”, in Proceedings of the KTISIVIOS Panhellenic Conference in Robotics and Automation, Santorini, Greece, Jul. 27-30, 2001.

 

90.   K. Bekris, K. Hatzopoulos, G. Kazazakis, G. Kontolemakis, M. Masvoula, N. Tsivourakis, A.A. Argyros, P. Trahanias, “PYTHEAS: An Integrated Robotic System with Autonomous Navigation Capabilities”, in Proceedings of the KTISIVIOS Pan-Hellenic Conference in Robotics and Automation, , Santorini, Greece, Jul. 27-30, 2001.

 

91.   G. Giannoulis, M. Coliou, George S. Kamarinos, Maria Roussou, P. Trahanias, A.A. Argyros, D. Tsakiris, A. Cremers, D. Schultz, W. Burgard, D. Haehnel, V. Savvaides, P. Friess, D. Konstantios, A. Katselaki, “Enhancing Museum Visitor Access Through Robotic Avatars Connected to the Web”, in Proceedings of Museums and the Web 2001, Seattle, USA, Mar. 14-17, 2001.

 

92.   M. Lourakis, S. Tzurbakis, A.A. Argyros, S. Orphanoudakis “Using Geometric Constraints for Matching Disparate Stereo Views of 3D Scenes Containing Planes”, in Proceedings of the IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'00),  vol. 1, pp. 419-422, Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 3-8, 2000.

 

93.   D. Tsakiris, A.A. Argyros, “Corridor Following by Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Equipped with Panoramic Cameras”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 2000 (MED’00), invited session in “Sensor-based Control for Robotic Systems”, Patras, Greece, Jul. 2000.

 

94.   P. Trahanias, A.A. Argyros, D. Tsakiris, A. Cremers, D. Schulz, W. Burgard, D. Haehnel, V. Savvaides, G. Giannoulis, M. Coliou, G. Kamarinos, P. Friess, D. Konstantios, A. Katselaki, “TOURBOT: Interactive Museum Telepresence through Robotic Avatars”, in Proceedings of the 9th International World Wide Web Conference, Culture Track, Session A-2: Museums on the Web - Case Study, Organizer: A.M. Ronchi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 15-19, 2000.

 

95.   Α.A. Argyros, F. Bergholm, “Combining Central and Peripheral Vision for Reactive Robot Navigation”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, (CVPR’99),  vol. 2, pp. 646-651, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Jun. 21-25, 1999.

 

96.   Α.A. Argyros, F. Bergholm, “Reactive Robot Navigation based on a Combination of Central and Peripheral Vision”, Computer Vision and Mobile Robotics Workshop (CVMR’98), Santorini, Greece, Sep. 1998.

 

97.   Α.A. Argyros “Reactive Robot Navigation: A Purposive Approach”, in Proceedings of the EU TMR Networks Conference, Graz, Austria, May 6-9, 1998.

 

98.   M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Independent 3D Motion Detection Using Residual Parallax Normal Flow Fields”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV'98), pp. 1012-1017, Bombay, India, Jan. 4-7, 1998.

 

99.   A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Independent 3D Independent 3D Motion Detection Based on Depth Elimination in Normal Flow Fields”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR'97), pp. 672-677, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jun. 17-19, 1997.

 

100.          P.E. Trahanias, M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Navigational Support for Robotic Wheelchair Platforms: An Approach that Combines Vision and Range Sensors”, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (ICRA'97),  vol. 2, pp. 1265-1270 Albuquerque, New Mexico, Apr. 20-25, 1997.

 

101.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Independent 3D Motion Detection Through Robust Regression in Depth Layers”, in Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC'96), pp. 535-544, Edinburgh, UK, Sep. 9-12, 1996.

 

102.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Qualitative Detection of 3D Motion Discontinuities”, in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'96), pp. 1630-1637, Osaka, Japan, Nov. 4-8, 1996.

 

103.          G. Sandini, A.A. Argyros, E. Auffret, P. Dario, B. Dierickx, F. Ferrari, H. Frowein, C. Guerin, L. Hermans, A. Manganas, A. Mannucci, J. Nielsen, P. Questa, A. Sassi, D. Scheffer, W. Woelden, “Image-based Personal Communication Using an Innovative Space-variant CMOS Sensor”, Proceedings of International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (RoMAN'96), pp. 158-163, Tsukuba, Japan, Nov. 1996.

 

104.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Fast Visual Detection of Changes in 3D Motion”, in Proceedings of the IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications (MVA'96), pp. 216-219, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 12-14, 1996.

 

105.          P.E. Trahanias, M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Vision-Based Assistive Navigation for Robotic Wheelchair Platforms”, in Proceedings of the Machine Perception Applications IAPR Workshop, pp. 43-57, Graz, Austria, Sep. 2-3, 1996.

 

106.          A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Load Redistribution Algorithms for Parallel Implementations of Intermediate Level Vision Tasks”, in Proceedings of the 1992 DAGS/PC Symposium, pp. 162-175, Hanover, NH, USA, Jun. 1992.

 

107.          A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Load Redistribution Algorithms for Parallel Implementations of Intermediate Level Vision Tasks”, in Proceedings of the ERCIM Workshop on Parallel Architectures for Computer Vision, pp. 91-101, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Oct. 1992.

 

108.          A. Damianakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Parallel Implementations of Image Analysis Tasks”, in Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, Greece, Athens, Greece, May 1991.

 

 

 

Dissertations

 

109.          Ph.D. dissertation, Oct. 1996, “Independent 3D Motion Detection by a Moving Observer”, Computer Science Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Supervisor: Prof. Stelios C. Orphanoudakis

 

110.          M.Sc. thesis, Dec. 1992, “Load Redistribution Algorithms for Parallel Implementations of Intermediate Level Vision Tasks”, Computer Science Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Supervisor: Prof. Stelios C. Orphanoudakis.

 

 

 

 

Technical reports, non-refereed publications

 

111.          N. Kyriazis, I. Oikonomidis, A.A. Argyros, “A GPU-powered computational framework for efficient 3D model-based vision”, Technical Report TR420, Jul. 2011, ICS-FORTH, 2011.

 

112.          X. Zabulis, D. Grammenos, A.A. Argyros, D. Sifakis, C. Stephanidis, “Macedonia: From Fragments to Pixels”, ERCIM News, No 86, Special Issue on ICT for Cultural Heritage, Jul. 2011.

 

113.          R. Dillmann, T. Asfour, A.A. Argyros, introduction to the ERCIM News special theme on Intelligent and Cognitive Systems, ERCIM News, No 84, Jan. 2011.

 

114.          T. Sarmis, X. Zabulis, A.A. Argyros. “A checkerboard detection utility for intrinsic and extrinsic camera cluster calibration”. Technical Report TR397, ICS-FORTH, 2009.

 

115.          T. Sarmis, X. Zabulis, A.A. Argyros, “A Software Platform for the Acquisition and Online Processing of Images in a Camera Network”, ERCIM News, No 76, Special issue on the SensorWeb, Jan. 2009.

 

116.          A.A. Argyros, “Κάνοντας του υπολογιστές να βλέπουν”, Η Καθημερινή, Ειδικές εκδόσεις “The Economist”, Φεβ. 2007.

 

117.          M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Design and implementation of a sparse bundle adjustment software library based on the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm”, Institute of Computer Science - FORTH, Tech. Rep. FORTH-ICS TR-340-2004, Aug. 2004.

 

118.          K. E. Bekris, A.A. Argyros, L. E. Kavraki, “Angle-Based Methods for Mobile Robot Navigation: Reaching the Entire Plane”, TR03-426, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.

 

119.          M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, “Efficient 3D Camera Matchmoving Using Markerless, Segmentation-Free Plane Tracking”, Institute of Computer Science - FORTH, Tech. Rep. FORTH-ICS TR-324-2003, Sep. 2003.

 

120.          S.O. Orphanoudakis, A.A. Argyros, M. Vincze “Towards a Cognitive Vision Methodology: Understanding and Interpreting Activities of Experts”, ERCIM News, No 53, Special issue on Cognitive Systems, Apr. 2003

 

121.          D.P. Tsakiris, A.A. Argyros, C. Groyer, “Experiments in Corridor Following with Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Equipped with Panoramic Cameras”, Institute of Computer Science - FORTH, Tech. Rep. FORTH-ICS TR-318-2003, 2003.

 

122.          A.A. Argyros, K. Bekris, S.O. Orphanoudakis, “Robot Homing based on Panoramic Vision”, TR287 ICS-FORTH, Mar. 2001.

 

123.          D. Tsakiris, A.A. Argyros, “Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Equipped with Panoramic Cameras: Corridor Following”, TR-272, ICS-FORTH, Jun. 2000.

 

124.          M.I.A. Lourakis, S. Tzurbakis, A.A. Argyros, S.O. Orphanoudakis, “Using Geometric Constraints for Matching Disparate Stereo Views of 3D Scenes Containing Planes”, TR268 ICS-FORTH, Feb. 2000.

 

125.          M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Independent 3D Motion Detection Using Residual Parallax Normal Flow Fields”, TR-206, ICS-FORTH, Aug. 1997.

 

126.          F. Bergholm, P. Trahanias, S. Orphanoudakis (eds.) “Analysis of Current Approaches in Automated, Vision-based Navigation”, contributed to the 1st chapter, Visual Competences, VIRGO report, Jul. 1997.

 

127.          A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Detecting Independently Moving Objects by Eliminating Depth in Normal Flow Fields”, TR-189, ICS-FORTH, Mar. 1997.

 

128.          P.E. Trahanias, M.I.A. Lourakis, A.A. Argyros, S.C. Orphanoudakis “Vision-Based Assistive Navigation for Robotic Wheelchair Platforms”, TR-178, ICS-FORTH, Oct. 1996.

 

129.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Qualitative Detection of 3D Motion Discontinuities”, TR-177, ICS-FORTH, Oct. 1996.

 

130.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Real-time Detection of Maneuvering Objects by a Monocular Observer”, TR-160, ICS-FORTH, Feb. 1996.

 

131.          A.A. Argyros, M.I.A. Lourakis, P.E. Trahanias, S.C. Orphanoudakis, “Independent 3D Motion Detection Through Robust Regression in Depth Layers”, TR-159, ICS-FORTH, Feb. 1996.

 

132.          A.A. Argyros, S. C. Orphanoudakis, “Load Redistribution Algorithms for Parallel Implementations of Intermediate Level Vision Tasks”, TR 48, ICS-FORTH, 1992.

 

Last update:

15 May 2013, Antonis Argyros, argyros@ics.forth.gr