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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

 

1.       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”, to appear in Machine Vision Applications journal.

 

2.       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.

 

3.       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.

 

4.       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.

 

5.       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.

 

6.       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.

 

7.       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.

 

8.       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.

 

9.       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.

 

10.    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.

 

11.    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.

 

12.    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.

 

13.    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.

 

14.    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.

 

15.    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.

 

16.    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.

 

17.    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.

 

18.    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.

 

19.    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.

 

20.    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.

 

21.    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.

 

22.    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

 

1.       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.

 

2.       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.

 

3.       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.

 

4.       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.

 

5.       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.

 

6.       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.

 

7.       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.

 

8.       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.

 

9.       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.

 

10.    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.

 

11.    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.

 

12.    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.

 

13.    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.

 

14.    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.

 

15.    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.

 

16.    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.

 

17.    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.

 

18.    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.

 

19.    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.

 

20.    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.

 

21.    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.

 

22.    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.

 

23.    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.

 

24.    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

 

25.    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.

 

26.    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.

 

27.    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.

 

28.    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.

 

29.    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.

 

30.    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.

 

31.    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”.

 

32.    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.

 

33.    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.

 

34.    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.

 

35.    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.

 

36.    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.

 

37.    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.

 

38.    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.

 

39.    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.

 

40.    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.

 

41.    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.

 

42.    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.

 

43.    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