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Aaron Mavrinac: Academic

I obtained my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Windsor in 2012. I worked in the Advanced Control Systems Laboratory, researching camera networks and 3D computer vision.

Research Interests

My research interests include 3D computer vision, camera networks, camera calibration, vision-based control, and robotics. Overall, I want to contribute to a better understanding of the interplay between the physical world and electronic perception and sensing.

My Ph.D. dissertation topic involves mathematically modeling the coverage of multi-camera systems for purposes of understanding, evaluation, and optimization. My M.A.Sc. thesis was a distributed feature-based method for calibrating 3D camera networks. I have also worked on several other major projects involving multi-camera systems, calibration, 3D vision, and robotics.

Publications

Journal Articles

A. Mavrinac and X. Chen, "Semi-Automatic Model-Based View Planning for Active Triangulation 3D Inspection Systems," submitted to IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, manuscript no. TMECH-05-2012-2343.R1.
A. Mavrinac and X. Chen, "Coverage Quality and Smoothness Criteria for Real-Time View Selection in a Multi-Camera Network," accepted by ACM Trans. Sensor Networks, manuscript no. TOSN-2012-0157.R1.
A. Mavrinac and X. Chen, "Modeling Coverage in Camera Networks: A Survey," Int. J. Computer Vision, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 205-226, 2013.
A. Mavrinac, X. Chen, and A. Shawky, "Fuzzy Associative Databases for Visual Recognition of 2D and 3D Objects," Int. J. Fuzzy Systems, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 302-310, 2011.
A. Mavrinac, X. Chen, and K. Tepe, "An Automatic Calibration Method for Stereo-Based 3D Distributed Smart Camera Networks," Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 114, pp. 952-962, 2010.

Conference Proceedings

K. Shaya, A. Mavrinac, J. L. Alarcon Herrera, and X. Chen, "A Self-Localization System with Global Error Reduction and Online Map-Building Capabilities," Proc. Int. Conf. Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2012, pp. 13-22.
A. Mavrinac, D. Rajan, Y. Tan, and X. Chen, "Task-Oriented Optimal View Selection in a Calibrated Multi-Camera System," Proc. IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2012.
A. Mavrinac, X. Chen, and A. Shawky, "Recognition of 3D Objects in Arbitrary Pose Using a Fuzzy Associative Database Algorithm," Proc. 4th Int. Wkshp. Advanced Computational Intelligence, 2011.
A. Mavrinac and X. Chen, "Optimizing Load Distribution in Camera Networks with a Hypergraph Model of Coverage Topology," Proc. 5th ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Distributed Smart Cameras, 2011.
J. L. Alarcon Herrera, A. Mavrinac, and X.Chen, "Sensor Planning for Range Cameras via a Coverage Strength Model," Proc. IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2011, pp. 838-843.
A. Mavrinac, J. L. Alarcon Herrera, and X. Chen, "Evaluating the Fuzzy Coverage Model for 3D Multi-Camera Network Applications," Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2010, pp. 692-701.
A. Mavrinac, J. L. Alarcon Herrera, and X. Chen, "A Fuzzy Model for Coverage Evaluation of Cameras and Multi-Camera Networks," Proc. 4th ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Distributed Smart Cameras, 2010, pp. 95-102.
A. Mavrinac, X. Chen, P. Denzinger, and M. Sirizzotti, "Calibration of Dual Laser-Based Range Cameras for Reduced Occlusion in 3D Imaging," Proc. IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2010, pp 79-83.
A. Mavrinac, X. Chen, and K. Tepe, "Feature-Based Calibration of Distributed Smart Stereo Camera Networks," Proc. 2nd ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Distributed Smart Cameras, 2008.
A. Mavrinac, A. Shawky, and X. Chen, "A Fuzzy Associative Approach for Recognition of 3D Objects in Arbitrary Pose," Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Fuzzy Systems, 2008, pp. 710-715.
A. Mavrinac, J. Wu, X. Chen, and K. Tepe, "Competitive Learning Techniques for Color Image Segmentation," Proc. 1st Int. Congr. Image and Signal Processing, 2008, pp. 644-649.