Publications

Publications and Patent

Patent | Journal Paper | Book Chapter | Invited Paper

Demo | Conference Paper | Theses

Patent

"Content-based Visualization and User-Modeling for Interactive Browsing and Retrieval in Multimedia Databases", Patent filed by Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL), Cambridge Research, MA, MERL-1290.

Journal Paper

Q. Tian, Y. Lu, M. Sanchez, Y. Wang, "Self-Supervised Learning for Microarray Analysis", submitted to The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB2005), Michigan, June 25-29, 2005, if accepted, will appear in a special issue of Bioinformatics.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, T. Rui, and T. S. Huang, "The Hybrid PCA and LDA Analysis: Dimension Reduction and Classification", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, December, 2004.
Q. Tian, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, and T. S. Huang, "Robust Error Metric Analysis," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, December, 2004.
Q. Tian, Y. Wu, J. Yu, and T.S. Huang, "Self-Supervised Learning Based on Discriminative Nonlinear Features for Image Classification," Pattern Recognition, Special Issue on Image Understanding for Digital Photographs, Vol. 38, No. 6, 2005.
B. Moghaddam, Q. Tian, N. Lesh, C. Shen, T. S. Huang, "Visualization and User-Modeling for Browsing Personal Photo Libraries", International Journal of Computer Vision, Special Issue on Content-Based Image Retrieval, January-February, Vol. 56, Issue, 1-2, pp. 109-130, 2004.
T. Rui, C. Shen, J. Ding, and Q. Tian, "Handwritten Character Recognition Using HMM Based on Optimal Discriminant Transformation," Journal of Image and Graphics (JIC), Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 1008-1013, 2004.
N. Sebe, Q. Tian, E. Loupias, M. Lew, T. S. Huang, "Evaluation of Salient Points Techniques", Image and Vision Computing, Special Issue on Machine Vision, Vol. 21, No. 13-14, pp. 1087-1095, December, 2003. [Abstract] [PDF]
T. Rui, C. Shen, Q. Tian, J. Zhang, "Identity Verification Based on Keystrokes Using HMM," will appear in Journal of the Chinese Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)- Computer Engineering, Vol. 31, No.1, January, 2005.
T. Rui, C.L Shen, Q. Tian, and J. Ding, "Invariance-Based Target Recognition Using Independent Component Analysis (ICA)", will appear in Journal of Mini-Micro Systems, Vol. 26, No.3, March, 2005.
T. Rui, C.L Shen, Q. Tian, and J. Ding, "Comparison and Analysis on ICA & PCA's Ability in Feature Extraction," will appear in Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 2005.
Q. Tian, N. Sebe, M. S. Lew, E. Loupias, T. S. Huang, "Image Retrieval Using Wavelet-Based Salient Points", Journal of Electronic Imaging, Special Issue on Storage and Retrieval of Digital Media, pp. 835-849, Vol. 10(4), October Issue, 2001. [Abstract] [PDF] [HTML]
Q. Tian, B. Sun, A. Ozguler, S. A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr., "Parametric Modeling in Food Package Defect Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC), Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 635-643, May, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
Catherine H. Frazier, Q. Tian, Ayhan Ozguler, Scott A. Morris and W.D. O'Brien, Jr., "High Contrast Ultrasound Images of Defects in Food Package Seals", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC), Vol. 47, No.3, pp. 530-539, May, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian and Nihat M. Bilgutay, "Statistical Analysis of Split Spectrum Processing for Multiple Target Detection", IEEE Trans on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control(UFFC), vol. 45, no.1, pp. 251-256, January 1998. [Abstract] [PDF] [html]
Q. Tian, X. Li and N.M. Bilgutay, "Multiple Target Detection Using Split Spectrum Processing and Group Delay Moving Entropy", IEEE Trans on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC), vol.42, no.6, pp. 1075-1086, November 1995. [Abstract] [PDF] [html]

Book Chapter

Q. Tian, Y. Wu, J. Yu and T.S. Huang, "Self-Supervised Learning Based on Discriminative Nonlinear Features and Its applications for Pattern Classification," Chapter 3, pp.52-75, Book Chapter of Managing Multimedia Semantics, edited by Dr. U. Srinivasan and Dr. S. Nepal, ICT Centre CSIRO, Australia, March 2005.
Q. Tian, B. Moghaddam, N. Lesh, C. Shen, and T.S. Huang, "Visualization, Estimation and User-Modeling for Interactive Browsing of Personal Photo Libraries," Chapter 9, pp. 193-222, Book Chapter of Managing Multimedia Semantics, edited by Dr. U. Srinivasan and Dr. S. Nepal, ICT Centre CSIRO, Australia, March 2005.

Invited Paper

B. Moghaddam, Q. Tian, N. Lesh, C. Shen, T. S. Huang, "PDH: A Human-Centric Interface for Image Libraries", Vision-based HCI session, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME'02), vol. 1, pp. 901-904, August 26-29, 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland. [Abstract] [PDF]
Catherine H. Frazier, Q. Tian, Baoshen Sun, Ayhan Ozguler, Scott A. Morris and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.,"Ultrasound Images of Defects in Food Package Seals", 1999 Korean - United States Workshop on Nondestructive Evaluation, May 23-27, 1999, Pusan, Korea

Demonstration

N. Sebe, Q. Tian, E. Loupias, M. S. Lew and T. S. Huang, "Salient Points for Image Retrieval", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'01), Demonstration, Kauai Marriott, Hawaii, December 9-14, 2001. [Abstract] [PDF] [Demo Picture]
Q. Tian, Thomas S. Huang, "Content-Based Image Retrieval", demo presentation at Open House, Symposium on Information Technology, October 26, 2001, Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL): 50 Years of Research Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [Demo Picture]

Referred Conference Paper

Conference paper

Q. Tian, J. Yu, T. S. Huang, "Boosting Multiple Classifiers Constructed by Hybrid Discriminant Analysis", submitted to Sixth International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems, Seaside, California, June 13-15, 2005.
X. Su, Q. Tian, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, J. Ma, "Neighborhood Issue in Single-Frame Image Superresolution", submitted to International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2005), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 6-8, 2005.
L. Zhang, Q. Tian, N. Sebe, J. Ma, "Video Object Boundary Reconstruction by 2-Pass Voting", submitted to International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2005), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 6-8, 2005.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, J. Ma, "Boosting Hybrid PCA and LDA Analysis", submitted to Visual Communications and Image Processing, Beijing, China, July 12-15, 2005.
Q. Tian, L. Zhang, J. Ma, "Voting Based Object Boundary Reconstruction", submitted to Visual Communications and Image Processing, Beijing, China, July 12-15, 2005.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, T. Rui, T. S. Huang, "The Hybrid PCA and LDA Analysis: Dimension Reduction and Classification," submitted to IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2005), June 20-26, 2005, San Diego, CA.
Q. Tian, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, T. S. Huang, "Robust Error Metric Analysis for Similarity Noise Indexing," submitted to IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2005), June 20-26, 2005, San Diego, CA.
N. Sebe, N. Huijsmans, Q. Tian, T. Gevers, "Towards Complete Performance Characterization in Content-based Retrieval," will appear (oral) in Storage and Retrieval Methods and Applications for Multimedia (EI121), IS&T/SPIE's 17th Annual Symposium, Eletrocnic Imaging, Science and Technology, January 16-20, 2005, San Jose, CA.
N. Sebe, D. P. Huijsmans, and Q. Tian, "Complete Performance Graphics in Probabilistic Information Retrieval," will appear in 2004 Pacafic-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2004), November 30 - December 3, 2004, Tokyo Waterfront City, Japan.
Q. Tian, B. Moghaddam, and T. S. Huang, "Towards An Improved Visualization and User-Modeling for Image Libraries," the 4th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP 2004), September 6-8, 2004, Marbella, Spain.
Q. Tian, Q. Xue, J. Yu, N. Sebe, and T. S. Huang, "Toward An Improved Error Metric," will appear in IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2004), October 24-27, 2004, Singapore.
Q. Tian, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, and T. S. Huang, "Error Metric Analysis and Its Applications", will appear (Oral) in Information Technology and Communication (IT Com), SPIE International Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, October 25-28, 2004.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, T. Rui, and T. S. Huang, "A Hybrid Feature Dimension Reduction Approach for Image Classification", will appear (Oral) in Information Technology and Communication (IT Com), SPIE International Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, October 25-28, 2004.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, and T. S. Huang, "Robust Error Metric for Noise Estimation in Image Indexing," (Oral) 4th International Workshop on Multimedia Data and Document Engineering (MDDE-04), in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2004), Washington, DC, June 27-July 2, 2004.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, T. Rui, and T. S. Huang, "Parameterized Discriminant Analysis for Image Classification," (Oral) International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, June 27-30, 2004.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, Q. Xue, N. Sebe, "A New Analysis of the Value of Unlabeled Data in Semi-Supervised Learning for Image Retrieval," (Oral) International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2004), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, June 27-30, 2004.
Q. Tian, J. Yu, Y. Wu, and T.S. Huang, "Learning Based on Kernel Discriminant-EM Algorithm for Image Classification," (Oral) IEEE International Conferenece On Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP04), May 17-24, 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Q. Tian, B. Moghaddam, T. S. Huang, "Visualization, Estimation and User-Modeling for Interactive Browsing of Image Libraries", (Oral) International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR'02), pp. 7-16, British Library Conference Centre, London, UK, July 18-19, 2002. [Abstract] [PDF]
N. Sebe, Q. Tian, E. Loupias, M. Lew, T. S. Huang, "Evaluation of Salient Point Techniques", (Oral) International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR'02), pp. 367-377, British Library Conference Centre, London, UK, July 18-19, 2002. [Abstract] [PDF]
B. Moghaddam, Q. Tian, N. Lesh, C. Shen, T. S. Huang, "Visualization & Layout for Image Libraries", IEEE Internaional Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'01), Technical Sketches Seesion, Kauai Marriott, Hawaii, December 9-14, 2001. [Abstract] [PDF]
B. Moghaddam, Q. Tian, N. lesh, C. Shen, T. S. Huang, "Visualization & Layout for Personal Photo Libraries", International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI'01), pp. 379-386, University of Brescia, Italy, Sep. 19-21, 2001. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian, B. Moghaddam, Thomas S. Huang, "Display Optimization for Image Browsing", 2nd International Workshop on Multimedia Databases and Image Communications (MDIC'01), pp. 167-173, issue #2184 in the series "Lecture Notes in Computer Science", ISBN: 3-540-42587-X, Sep. 17-18, 2001, Amalfi, Italy. [Abstract] [PDF] [HTML]
Q. Tian, N. Sebe, M. Lew, E. Loupias, Thomas S. Huang, "Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Wavelet-Based Salient Points", Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, SPIE Photonics West, Electronic Imaging 2001, January 21-26, 2001, San Jose, California. [Abstract] [PDF]
B. Moghaddam, Q. Tian, Thomas S. Huang, "Spatial Visualization for Content-Based Image Retrieval", 2001 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME2001), August 22-25, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2001. [Abstract] [PDF] [html]
N. Sebe, Q. Tian, M. Lew, E. Loupias, T.S. Huang, "Color Indexing Using Wavelet-based Salient Points", IEEE Workshop on Content-based Access of Image and Video Libraries (CBAIVL'2000), pp. 15-19, in conjunction with IEEE CVPR'2000, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 13 - 16, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian, Y. Wu, T. S. Huang, "Incorporate Discriminant Analysis with EM Algorithm in Image Retrieval", IEEE 2000 International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME'2000), pp. 299-302, Vol.1, Hilton New York & Towers, New York, NY, July 30 - Aug. 2, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF] [html]
Q. Tian, P. Hong, T. S. Huang, "Update Relevant Image Weights for Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Support Vector Machines", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME'2000), pp. 1199-1202, Vol. 2, Hilton New York & Towers, New York, NY,July 30 - Aug. 2, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF] [html]
Q. Tian, Y. Wu, T. S. Huang, "Combine User Defined Region-of-Interest and Spatial Layout for Image Retrieval", IEEE 2000 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'2000), pp. 746-749, Vol. 3, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sep. 10-13, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
Y. Wu, Q. Tian, T. S. Huang, "Discriminant EM Algorithm with Application to Image Retrieval", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)'2000, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 13-15, 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
P. Hong, Q. Tian, T. S. Huang, "Incorporate Support Vector Machines to Content-Based Image Retrieval with Relevance Feedback", IEEE 2000 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'2000), pp. 750-753, Vol. 3, Vancouver, Canada, Sep 10-13, 2000. [Abstrct] [PDF]
Y. Wu, Q. Tian, T. S. Huang, "Integrating Unlabeled Images in Relevance Feedback for Image Retrieval", 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'2000), vol. 1, pp. 21-24, Sep. 3-8, Barcelona 2000. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian, Ayhan Ozguler, Scott A. Morris and William D.O'Brien, Jr., "High-Contrast RF Correlation Imaging of Defects in Food Package Seals", Published on the 1999 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (US'99), vol. 1, 809-812, October 17-21, 1999 Lake Tahoe, Nevada. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian and William D. O'Brien, Jr.,"Food Package Defect Imaging Techniques", Workshop of Illinois Imaging Cross-File: Interferometry, Beam Forming, or Tomography? (IICF'98) , Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, December 17-18, 1998.
Q. Tian and Nihat M. Bilgutay, "Statistical Analysis of Split Spectrum Processing", 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, (US'96), vol. 1, pp.709-712, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-6, 1996. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian, X. Li and Nihat M. Bilgutay, "An Iterative Spectral Method for Multiple Target Detection", 1995 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium (US'95), , vol. 1, pp. 721-724, Seattle, WA, November 7-10, 1995. [Abstract] [PDF]
Q. Tian and N. M. Bilgutay, "Multiple Target Detection Using Split Spectrum Processing and Group Delay Moving Entropy", The Seventh Annual Sigma Xi Research Symposium, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, May 23, 1995.
X. Li, W. Fang and Q. Tian, "Error Analysis and Robust Data Fusion", 1994 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP'94), 94CH3387-8. pp.IV-37-40, Adelaide, Australia, April 19-22, 1994. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theses

Ph. D. Thesis, Content-Based Visualization and Retrieval for Image Libraries, Departemt of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), June 2002.
Advisor: Thomas S. Huang
M. S. Thesis, Statistical Digital Signal Processing with Applications for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing of Materials, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1996.
Advisor: Nihat M. Bilgutay
B. E. Thesis, Computer Simulation of Fading Channels and a Maximum-Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) Receiver, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, July, 1992.
Advisor: Xing Li

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