Computer Vision & Machine Intelligence Group (CVMIG) Home Page

Welcome to the Computer Vision & Machine Intelligence Group (CVMIG) Home Page !

The Computer Vision & Machine Intelligence Group is concerned with understanding and construction of complex systems whose underlying computation utilizes to a substantial degree methods proper to or closely associated with artificial intelligence. Examples of these methods are heuristic search, knowledge representation, logical and probabilistic inference, statistical and structural pattern recognition, and evolutionary computation. Special emphasis will be given to Computer Vision and AI applications to Bioinformatics.

The scope of the group includes, but is not restricted to, the application of artificial intelligence to problems in engineering, medicine, natural sciences, education, economics & finance, and law.

The group is envisioned to:

be globally-competitive in research areas such as vision-based interfaces for human-computer communication, machine learning, robot vision, machine translation and understanding of languages, and speech
foster interdisciplinary research and cross-pollination of ideas through coordination with researchers from fields other than computer science and engineering, such as biology, psychology, linguistics, and medicine.
provide promising researchers with sufficient resources so that they could undertake research in areas of applied AI that exhibit strong potential for publication in international journals and presentation in international conferences and are highly relevant to Philippine conditions.

This group was set up as IntSys on July 29, 1999 and renamed to CVMIG on January 1, 2000.

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Research Projects of Faculty and Graduate Students:
On-going Research: Development of Novel Algorithms for Gene Regulatory Network Inference P.C. Naval; Dynamic Modeling of Biochemical Networks using Simulated Annealing and S-Systems M.T. Echavez; DOPAKID: Computational Analysis of Dopamine in the Kidney M.T. Echavez, P. Jose (Georgetown U.), E. Mendoza (U. Munich), and P.C. Naval; Development of a New Multiobjective Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Ric Bernardo; Filipino Sign Language Recognition using Manifold Learning Ed Cabalfin; An Information Retrieval Approach to Plagiarism Detection Jannette Cabardo; Facial Expression Analysis for Computer-Human Tutorin Dialogues Francis Corpus; Feature Selection for Real Time Recognition of Emotion in Call Center Dialogues Kurt Espinosa; Development of an Automated Essay Grader for Philippine High Schools Abigail Razon

Past Researches (Partial List): Detection of Small Lung Nodules in CT Scans R.B. Batista-Navarro; Learning of Image Processing Operators using Grammatical Evolution in Malaria Images C.T. Clarin; Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks using Simulated Annealing M.T. Echavez; A Stock Trading System for Historical Market Data using Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization of Technical Indicators A.C. Briza; Optimization of Neural Networks using PSO and GA J.P. Yusiong; Induction of Multiple Decision Trees using PSO R.D. Santos; A New Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm C.R. Raquel; Particle Swarm Optimization Hybrids for the Quadratic Assignment Problem R.M.T. Gamot; Parameter Estimation of S-Systems using Simulated Annealing O.R. Gonzalez

Undergraduate Research Projects:

On-going (2009-2010)

Musical Score Generation Juvy Dela Rosa, Rabelais Medina, Jethro Orencia

Expert System for Trauma Grace Agustin, Anna Lobaton, Carlson Ngo

Emotion Analysis from Call Center Conversations Princess Boco, Kenneth de la Cruz, Diana Karen Tercias

Filipino Sign Language Recognition Rona Riza Gumia, Katrina Manansala, Sarah Mae Rigodon

Search Engine for TV News Broadcasts Pauline Pablo, Ariane Santos, Joven Sebido

Automatic Essay Grader for Philippine High Schools Angel Macabenta, Angelyn Mercado, Karin Villegas

Automatic Recognition and Logging of TV and Radio Advertisements Aljon Aniban, Emmanuel Cagadas, Anna Mae Yap

2008-2009

REALISM: REAL-time Hand Gesture Interface for Surgeons and Medical Experts David Louis M. Achacon Jr., Denise M. Carlos, Maryann Kaye Puyaoan (URC Finalist !!!)

TOMAJO: People Counting and ID Detection from Video Jose Paulo Hisole, Nureen Renee Guiaya, McReman Manlagnit

Human Pose Estimation Group Alethea C. Carampel, Joanna Heidi R. Castillo, Maria Franchesca T. Pituk

Eye Tracking Group Kirstie Camille Ferre, Maribeth Mercado, Rona May Tadlas

A Comparison of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) Methods Lalaine Michelle A. Chen, Maureen Gail G. Geray, Carl Immanuel L. Manalo

TALa: Theft Alert for Laptops Shelah R. Castro, Karen Camae C. Chua, Melany S. Rosales (URC Finalist !!!)

2004-2005

e-Nodes: Early Nodule Detection Software (2nd Place, URC !!!) by Isabel M. Casas, Mark Alvin D. Ligaya and Alfonso Miguel L. Mante

DOVE: Detection of Movie Violence using Motion Intensity Analysis on Skin and Blood by Christine T. Clarin, Judith Ann M. Dionisio, and Michael T. Echavez

AMASSIS: A Multi-Agent System Simulation of the Immune System (3nd Place, URC !!!) by Kevin L. Manansala, Pauline L. Rodriguez, and Karen Desiree L. Tan

OSIRIS: Advanced Sketch-based Image Retrieval with Integrated Descriptors by Errol Jan I. Tocson and Juno Thryza A. Roxas

LiPid: A Motor Vehicle Plate Recognition System using Ant Colony System and Support Vector Machines by Jephrey S. Castillo, Aldwin Jayson P. Tanjutco, and Allan Michael C. Valdez

APeC: Automated People Counting through Video by Georgino P. Adriano, Sarah Isabel V. Mendoza, and Francesca Nicole J. Montinola

2003-2004:

FROG: Face Recognition on the Go (STAC-Japan Awardee !!!) by Riza Theresa B. Batista, Hazel Jean M. Mercado and Usman P. Moti, Jr.

MARUVA: Multimedia Abstraction & Summarization by Juancho Del Castillo, Vergel Lucino Santos, and Stephanie Tan

TREX: A System for Offline Extraction and Recognition of Handwritten Data from Forms using SOM and SVM (URC Finalist !!!) by Richelle Jay Buensuceso, Jan Karlo Camero and Chester Lawrence Caras

RATS2: Real Time Automated Video Surveillance System with Firearm Detection Capability by Suzanne Rona O. Bermudez, Davi Adeline Paungan, and Marianne Elize S. Suba

CORSAIR: Intrusion Detection by Elson B. Manahan, John F. Surban, and Jan Michael C. Yap

HUNI: A Music Retrieval by Humming System using Autocorrelation, Viterbi Algorithm and Approximate String Matching (URC Finalist !!!) by Emmanuel P. Nepomuceno and Patricia Palea G. Orjalo

KAION: An Advertisement Tracker for Radio and Television by Liza Robee C. Ong, Kristine Joy V. Padua, and Jennie May B. Uson

FRSVM: Automatic Attendance Checking System using SOM and SVM by Shelwin Bautista, Gherette P. Gonzales, and Vida S. Morales

2002-2003:

Human Detection (URC 2nd Placer !!!) by Maria Cecilia Cabigao, Mabel Joyce Pineda, Rachelle San Buenaventura, and Eugene Martin Vallesteros

Online News Summarizer by Harold Cruz, Venus Fineza, Louwella Ortega, and Kerwin Tang

Fingerprint Verification System by Vaughn Garret O. Adano, Ronald C. Agulto, Florence B. Quilapquilap, and Ramil L. Serrano

Spam Filter using C4.5 Decision Trees (URC Finalist !!!) by Carlos Alegre Jr, Yeo Daniel Bascos, Maria Grace De la Pena, and Chiqui Mercene

ORION: A Content-based Search Engine for 3D Models by June Claire E. Barrios, Mark Edward D. Castro, Gil A. Manalo, and Joanne Therese A. Meneses

Movie Analysis Toolkit (URC Finalist !!!)

Completed Researches Robot Soccer (Pros Naval, Gemi Orcullo, Neil Ongkingco, Mario Carreon, Orland Gonzalez, Larla Niguidula, and Carlo Tubadeza) [We won First Place in the Millennium Challenge of the FIRA Robot World Cup 2000 in Australia !!!] (click here) Gesture Recognition of American Sign Language using Support Vector Machines (Tristan Basa & Pros Naval) Neurofuzzy Control of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Traffic (Bae Il Ho) Robot Self-localization (Pros Naval)

Selected CVMIG Publications

O. R. Gonzalez, P.C. Naval, and E. Mendoza, "Parameter Estimation using Simulated Annealing for S-System Models of Biochemical Networks", European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2005), Dresden, Germany, July 18-22, 2005.

C. R. Raquel and P.C. Naval, "An Effective use of Crowding Distance in Mul\tiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization", Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2005), Washington, D.C.,USA, June 25-29, 2005.

P.C. Naval, Jr., O.R. Gonzalez, E. Mendoza, L.G. Sison, "Heuristic Parameter Estimation Methods for S-System Models of Biochemical Networks", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM '05), Manila, Philippines, March 17-20, 2005.

K.L. Manansala, P.L. Rodriguez, K.D.L. Tan, and P.C. Naval, Jr., "AMASSIS: A Multi-Agent System Simulator of the Immune System", Proceedings of the 4rd Philippine Computing Science Conference, Cebu City, Philippines, March 4-5, 2005.

G.P. Adriano, S.I.V. Mendoza,F.N.J. Montinola and P. C. Naval, Jr., "APeC: Automated People Counting from Video", Proceedings of the 4rd Philippine Computing Science Conference, Cebu City, Philippines, March 4-5, 2005.

P.C. Naval, Jr., R.T.B. Batista, H.J.M. Mercado, and U.P. Moti, Jr. "FROG: Face Recognition via Multimedia Messaging", Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT '04), Austin, Texas,USA, August 14-17, 2004.

E.P. Nepomuceno, P.P.G. Orjalo, P.C. Naval, Jr., "HUNI: Music Retrieval by Humming using Autocorrelation, Viterbi Algorithm and Approximate String Matching", Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT '04), Austin, Texas, USA, August 14-17, 2004.

J.C. Barrios, M.E. Castro, G. Manalo,J. T. Meneses, and P.C. Naval, Jr., "3D-Orion: A Content-Based 3D Object Retrieval System", Proceedings of the 4rd Philippine Computing Science Conference, Los Banos, Philippines, February 14-15, 2004.

R.T.B. Batista, H.J.M. Mercado, U.P. Moti, Jr., and P.C. Naval, Jr., "Face Recognition on the Go: Security Plus Mobility via Multimedia Messaging", Proceedings of the 4th ECE Conference, Cebu, Philippines, November 27-29, 2003.

J.I. Del Castillo, V.L. P. Santos, S.J.P. Tan, and P.C. Naval, Jr., "Video Abstraction using Singular Value Decomposition on Color Histograms", Proceedings of the 4th ECE Conference, Cebu, Philippines, November 27-29, 2003.

M.C.G. Cabigao, M.J.C. Pineda, R.B. San Buenaventura, E.M.H. Vallesteros, and P.C. Naval, Jr., "Huli Ka !: An Automatic Video Surveillance System", Proceedings of the 4th ECE Conference, Cebu, Philippines, November 27-29, 2003.

M.C.G. Cabigao, M.J.C. Pineda, R.B. San Buenaventura, E.M.H. Vallesteros, and P.C. Naval, Jr., "Detection of Moving Human Forms in Video Sequences", Proceedings of the 3rd Philippine Computing Science Conference, Quezon City, Philippines, February 8-9, 2003.

P.C. Naval, Jr., "Recognizing Faces using Kernel Eigenfaces and Support Vector Machines", Proceedings of the 3rd Philippine Computing Science Conference, Quezon City, Philippines, February 8-9, 2003.

P.C. Naval, Jr., "Robot Self-Localization from Single Mountain Images", Proceedings of the First Philippine Computing Science Conference, Quezon City, Philippines, December, 2000.

M.M. Velas,G.E. Domingo, E.I. Pangan, and E.T. Miranda, "An Automatic Traffic Sign Recognizer for Intelligent Vehicles", Proceedings of the First Philippine Computing Science Conference, Quezon City, Philippines, December, 2000.

P.C. Naval, Jr., "Camera Pose Estimation by Alignment from a Single Mountain Image", Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1998, pp. 157-163.

Important Conferences

GECCO 2005 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference) June 25-29 2005 Washington, D.C. USA

GECCO 2005 Home Page

CEC 2005 (IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation) September 2-5 2005 Edinburgh, UK

CEC 2005 Home Page

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