Computer Vision

A. Borji, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, Salient Object Detection: A Benchmark, In: Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Florence, Italy (LNCS 7573), pp. 414-429, Oct 2012. [2012 acceptance rate: 25.0%]

R. Voorhies, L. Elazary, L. Itti, Neuromorphic Bayesian Surprise for Far-Range Event Detection, In: Proc. 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance (AVSS), Beijing, China, Sep 2012. [2012 acceptance rate: 47.2%]

A. Borji, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, An Object-based Bayesian Framework for Top-down Visual Attention, In: Proc. Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), Toronto, Canada, pp. 1529-1535, Aug 2012. [2012 acceptance rate: 26.0%]

A. Borji, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, Probabilistic Learning of Task-Specific Visual Attention, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Providence, Rhode Island, pp. 1-8, Jun 2012. [2012 acceptance rate: 26.2%] (Cited by 1)

A. Borji, S. Frintrop, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, Adaptive Object Tracking by Learning Background Context, In: Proc. IEEE CVPR 2012, Egocentric Vision workshop, Providence, Rhode Island, pp. 1-8, Jun 2012.

S. Marat, L. Itti, Influence of the amount of context learned for improving object classification when simultaneously learning object and contextual cues, Visual Cognition, Vol. 20, No. 4-5, pp. 580-602, Apr 2012. [2010 Impact Factor: 1.828] (Cited by 1)

A. Borji, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, Modeling the Influence of Action on Spatial Attention in Visual Interactive Environments, In: Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1-7, May 2012. [2012 acceptance rate: 40%]

C.-K. Chang, C. Siagian, L. Itti, Mobile robot vision navigation and obstacle avoidance based on gist and saliency algorithms, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

A-Y. D. Chiang, D. J. Berg, L. Itti, Saliency, Memory, and Attention Capture in Marketing, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

Z. Li, L. Itti, Saliency and Gist Features for Target Detection in Satellite Images, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 2017-2029, 2011. [2009 impact factor: 2.848] (Cited by 13)

Z. Li, S. Qin, L. Itti, Visual attention guided bit allocation in video compression, Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-14, Jan 2011. [2009 Impact Factor: 1.474] (Cited by 20)

P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Eye-tracking method and system for screening human diseases, University of Southern California and Queen's University, Aug 2010. [Patent/Copyright]

D. F. Parks, A. Jain, J. McInerney, L. Itti, GPGPU-based real-time object detection and recognition system, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

R. C. Voorhies, L. Elazary, L. Itti, Application of a Bottom-Up Visual Surprise Model for Event Detection in Dynamic Natural Scenes, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010. (Cited by 1)

L. Elazary, L. Itti, Framework and implementation for perception, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

Z. Li, L. Itti, Gist Based Top-Down Templates for Gaze Prediction, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS09), May 2009. (Cited by 1)

K. Mitchell, Do Men and Women Take Different Photos?, Popular Photography, Jan 2009.

E. Grasso, Come rimanere 'a bocca aperta' da adulti, Yahoo Italia Notizie, Jan 2009.

A. Anonymous, Huha-faktorral vizsgaljak a meglepetest, Index.hu, Jan 2009.

L. Geddes, Model of surprise has 'wow' factor built in, New Scientist, Jan 2009.

E. Byrne, Surprise moves eyes, Primary Visual Cortex, Oct 2008.

N. Matthews, The Photographer's Guide to the Eye, Popular Photography, Aug 2008.

A. Anonymous, Professors Win Okawa Research Awards, USC Press release, Aug 2008.

L. Elazary, L. Itti, Interesting objects are visually salient, Journal of Vision, Vol. 8, No. 3:3, pp. 1-15, Mar 2008. [2006 impact factor: 3.753] (Cited by 103)

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Congruence between model and human attention reveals unique signatures of critical visual events, In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 20 (NIPS*2007), pp. 1145-1152, Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, Jun 2008. [2007 oral acceptance rate: 10.4%] (Cited by 12)

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Applying computational tools to predict gaze direction in interactive visual environments, ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. Article 8, 2008. (Cited by 55)

A. Anonymous, Soon, robots with human gaze, The Times of India, Oct 2007.

B. Dume, Virtual human has a roving eye, The New Scientist, Oct 2007.

A. Anonymous, The next generation of innovators, www.usc.edu main site, Oct 2007.

A. Anonymous, SeaBee II Swims for USC in This Week's International Underwater Robot Contest, www.exduco.net - Graduate schools and programs guide, Jul 2007.

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Beyond bottom-up: Incorporating task-dependent influences into a computational model of spatial attention, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Jun 2007. [2007 acceptance rate: 28%] (Cited by 107)

C. Scott, Technical Article: Don't let Colours Hide the Alarms!, The Industrial Ethernet Book, Mar 2007.

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, Modeling what attracts human gaze over dynamic natural scenes, In: Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems, (L. Harris, M. Jenkin Ed.), Cambridge, MA:Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Cited by 4)

A. Anonymous, Beobots, USC Computer Science main site rolling featured research, Sep 2006.

V. Navalpakkam, L. Itti, An Integrated Model of Top-down and Bottom-up Attention for Optimal Object Detection, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 2049-2056, Jun 2006. [2006 acceptance rate: 28%]

J. Bonaiuto, L. Itti, The Use of Attention and Spatial Information for Rapid Facial Recognition in Video, Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 557-563, Jun 2006. [2004 impact factor: 1.159] (Cited by 11)

T. N. Mundhenk, J. Everist, C. Landauer, L. Itti, K. Bellman, Distributed biologically-based real-time tracking in the absence of prior target information, In: Proc. SPIE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (D. P. Casasent, E. L. Hall, J. Roning Ed.), Vol. 6006, pp. 142-153, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Oct 2005. (Cited by 5)

E. Gaona, Below and beyond -- Students show off underwater crafts at S.D. competition, San Diego Union Tribune, Aug 2005.

J. Bonaiuto, L. Itti, Combining attention and recognition for rapid scene analysis, In: Proc. IEEE-CVPR Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computer Vision (WAPCV'05), San Diego, California, pp. 1-6, Jun 2005. (Cited by 24)

C. Siagian, L. Itti, Gist: A Mobile Robotics Application of Context-Based Vision in Outdoor Environment, In: Proc. IEEE-CVPR Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computer Vision (WAPCV'05), San Diego, California, pp. 1-7, Jun 2005. (Cited by 21)

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, A Principled Approach to Detecting Surprising Events in Video, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 631-637, Jun 2005. [2005 acceptance rate: 28%] (Cited by 213)

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, A surprise theory of attention, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS05), May 2005. (Cited by 3)

C. Ackerman, L. Itti, Robot Steering With Spectral Image Information, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 247-251, Apr 2005. [2003 impact factor: 2.103] (Cited by 27)

Neurobiology of Attention, (L. Itti, G. Rees, J. K. Tsotsos Ed.), pp. 1-744, San Diego, CA:Elsevier, Jan 2005.

D. R. Edgington, I. Kerkez, D. Oliver, L. Kuhnz, D. Cline, D. Walther, L. Itti, Detecting Benthic Megafauna in Underwater Video, In: Proc. 2004 AGU Fall Meeting (AVED), Vol. 85, No. 47, p. OS43B/0551, Dec 2004.

T. N. Mundhenk, C. Landauer, K. Bellman, M. A. Arbib, L. Itti, Teaching the computer subjective notions of feature connectedness in a visual scene for real time vision, In: Proc. SPIE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (D. P. Casasent, E. L. Hall, J. Roning Ed.), Vol. 5608, pp. 136-147, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Oct 2004. (Cited by 5)

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, A Surprising Theory of Attention, In: Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition (AIPR), Oct 2004. (Cited by 5)

P. Natarajan, T. N. Mundhenk, K. Bellman, L. Itti, M. A. Arbib, Camera localization methods for intelligent room systems using RF techniques, In: Proc. SPIE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (D. P. Casasent, E. L. Hall, J. Roning Ed.), Vol. 5608, pp. 177-187, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Oct 2004. (Cited by 3)

C. Siagian, L. Itti, Biologically-Inspired Face Detection: Non-Brute-Force-Search Approach, In: First IEEE-CVPR International Workshop on Face Processing in Video, pp. 62-69, Jun 2004. (Cited by 18)

L. Itti, Automatic Foveation for Video Compression Using a Neurobiological Model of Visual Attention, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 1304-1318, Oct 2004. [2003 impact factor: 2.642] (Cited by 230)

K. Patch, Model keeps virtual eyes right, Technology Research News, Mar 2004.

L. Itti, The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit: Free tools for the next generation of vision algorithms, The Neuromorphic Engineer, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 10, Mar 2004. (Cited by 12)

T. N. Mundhenk, V. Navalpakkam, H. Makaliwe, S. Vasudevan, L. Itti, Biologically inspired feature based categorization of objects, In: Proc. SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging IX (HVEI04), San Jose, CA, (B. Rogowitz, T. N. Pappas Ed.), Vol. 5292, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Jan 2004. (Cited by 6)

L. Itti, Automatic Attention-Based Prioritization of Unconstrained Video for Compression, In: Proc. SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging IX (HVEI04), San Jose, CA, (B. Rogowitz, T. N. Pappas Ed.), Vol. 5292, pp. 272-283, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Jan 2004. (Cited by 4)

K. Kincade, For the modern-day robot, seeing is nearing believing, Laser Focus World, Nov 2003.

T. N. Mundhenk, C. Ackerman, D. Chung, N. Dhavale, B. Hudson, R. Hirata, E. Pichon, Z. Shi, A. Tsui, L. Itti, Low-cost high-performance mobile robot design utilizing off-the-shelf parts and the Beowulf concept: the Beobot project, In: Proc. SPIE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, pp. 293-303, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Oct 2003. (Cited by 6)

T. N. Mundhenk, N. Dhavale, S. Marmol, E. Calleja, V. Navalpakkam, K. Bellman, C. Landauer, M. A. Arbib, L. Itti, Utilization and viability of biologically-inspired algorithms in a dynamic multi-agent camera surveillance system, In: Proc. SPIE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, pp. 281-292, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Oct 2003. (Cited by 4)

L. Itti, N. Dhavale, F. Pighin, Realistic Avatar Eye and Head Animation Using a Neurobiological Model of Visual Attention, In: Proc. SPIE 48th Annual International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, (B. Bosacchi, D. B. Fogel, J. C. Bezdek Ed.), Vol. 5200, pp. 64-78, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Aug 2003. (Cited by 115)

N. Dhavale, L. Itti, Saliency-Based Multi-Foveated MPEG Compression, In: Proc. IEEE Seventh International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Paris, France, pp. 229-232, Jul 2003. (Cited by 21)

V. Navalpakkam, L. Itti, Sharing Resources: Buy Attention, Get Recognition, In: Proc. International Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computer Vision (WAPCV'03), Graz, Austria, Jul 2003.

L. Itti, The Beobot Platform for Embedded Real-Time Neuromorphic Vision, In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 15, Hardware Demo Track, (T. G. Dietterich, S. Becker, Z. Ghahramani Ed.), Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 2003. (Cited by 3)

S. Vijayakumar, A. D'Souza, J. Peters, J. Conradt, T. Rutkowski, A. Ijspeert, J. Nakanishi, M. Inoue, T. Shibata, A. Wiryo, L. Itti, S. Amari, S. Schaal, Real-Time Statistical Learning for Oculomotor Control and Visuomotor Coordination, In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 15, Hardware Demo Track, (T. G. Dietterich, S. Becker, Z. Ghahramani Ed.), Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 2003.

V. Navalpakkam, L. Itti, A Goal Oriented Attention Guidance Model, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2525, pp. 453-461, Nov 2002. (Cited by 90)

T. N. Mundhenk, L. Itti, A Model of Contour Integration in Early Visual Cortex, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2525, pp. 80-89, Nov 2002. (Cited by 7)

D. Walther, L. Itti, M. Riesenhuber, T. Poggio, C. Koch, Attentional Selection for Object Recognition - a Gentle Way, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2525, pp. 472-479, Nov 2002. (Cited by 159)

D. Chung, R. Hirata, T. N. Mundhenk, J. Ng, R. J. Peters, E. Pichon, A. Tsui, T. Ventrice, D. Walther, P. Williams, L. Itti, A New Robotics Platform for Neuromorphic Vision: Beobots, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2525, pp. 558-566, Nov 2002. (Cited by 16)

La percezione dell'ambiente: i robot non si fermano, Programmazione.it, Oct 2002.

J. C. Diop, Upstream: Robotic Vision, Neuroscience-based strategies give robots a new outlook, Technology Review, Vol. 105, No. 8, p. 33, Oct 2002.

L. Itti, Toward highly capable neuromorphic autonomous robots: beobots, In: Proc. SPIE 47 Annual International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, (B. Bosacchi, D. B. Fogel, J. C. Bezdek Ed.), Vol. 4787, pp. 37-45, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Dec 2002. (Cited by 3)

D. Chung, L. Itti, Object recognition in the early visual system, In: Proc. 9th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'02), Pasadena, California, May 2002.

J. Ng, R. Hirata, T. N. Mundhenk, E. Pichon, A. Tsui, T. Ventrice, P. Williams, L. Itti, Towards Visually-Guided Neuromorphic Robots: Beobots, In: Proc. 9th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'02), Pasadena, California, May 2002. (Cited by 2)

E. Pichon, L. Itti, Real-Time High-Performance Attention Focusing for Outdoors Mobile Beobots, In: Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium, Stanford, CA (AAAI-TR-SS-02-04), p. 63, Mar 2002. (Cited by 7)

L. Itti, Neuromorphic Attentional Selection for Efficient Allocation of Computing Resources, In: Proc. Virtual Worlds and Simulation Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Jan 2002.

L. Itti, Real-Time High-Performance Attention Focusing in Outdoors Color Video Streams, In: Proc. SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VII (HVEI'02), San Jose, CA, (B. Rogowitz, T. N. Pappas Ed.), pp. 235-243, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Jan 2002. (Cited by 28)

F. Miau, C. Papageorgiou, L. Itti, Neuromorphic algorithms for computer vision and attention, In: Proc. SPIE 46 Annual International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, (B. Bosacchi, D. B. Fogel, J. C. Bezdek Ed.), Vol. 4479, pp. 12-23, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Nov 2001. (Cited by 26)

F. Miau, L. Itti, A Neural Model Combining Attentional Orienting to Object Recognition: Preliminary Explorations on the Interplay Between Where and What, In: Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 789-792, Oct 2001. (Cited by 25)

L. Itti, C. Gold, C. Koch, Visual Attention and Target Detection in Cluttered Natural Scenes, Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 1784-1793, Sep 2001. [1999 impact factor: 1.171] (Cited by 81)

E. Niebur, L. Itti, C. Koch, Controlling the Focus of Visual Selective Attention, In: Models of Neural Networks IV, (L. Van Hemmen, E. Domany, J. Cowan Ed.), Springer Verlag, Aug 2001. (Cited by 25)

C. Koch, L. Itti, Computation of Intrinsic Perceptual Saliency in Visual Environments, and Applications, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Jul 2001. [Patent/Copyright]

L. Itti, C. Koch, Feature Combination Strategies for Saliency-Based Visual Attention Systems, Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 161-169, Jan 2001. [1999 impact factor: 0.667] (Cited by 270)

L. Itti, C. Koch, A saliency-based search mechanism for overt and covert shifts of visual attention, Vision Research, Vol. 40, No. 10-12, pp. 1489-1506, May 2000. [1998 impact factor: 1.809] (Cited by 1402)

J. Selim, Hidden in Plain Sight, Discover Magazine, p. 16, May 2000.

L. Itti, Models of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Visual Attention, California Institute of Technology, Jan 2000. [Ph.D. Thesis] (Cited by 198)

L. Itti, C. Koch, Target Detection using Saliency-Based Attention, In: Proc. RTO/SCI-12 Workshop on Search and Target Acquisition (NATO Unclassified), Utrecht, The Netherlands, RTO-MP-45 AC/323(SCI)TP/19, pp. 3.1-3.10, Jun 1999. (Cited by 32)

L. Itti, C. Koch, Comparison of Feature Combination Strategies for Saliency-Based Visual Attention Systems, In: Proc. SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging IV (HVEI'99), San Jose, CA, Vol. 3644, pp. 473-82, Bellingham, WA:SPIE Press, Jan 1999. (Cited by 169)

L. Itti, C. Koch, E. Niebur, A Model of Saliency-Based Visual Attention for Rapid Scene Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 1254-1259, Nov 1998. [1998 impact factor: 1.417] (Cited by 3770)