Loren Schwarz

Dr. Loren Schwarz Dipl. Inf. (Univ.) Current Affiliation: BMW Group E-Mail:

Publications

My PhD thesis "Machine Learning for Human Motion Analysis and Gesture Recognition" can be viewed online here.

2020
	O. Scheel, L. Schwarz, N. Navab, F. Tombari Explicit Domain Adaptation with Loosely Coupled Samples IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, USA, October 2020. (bib)
2019
	O. Scheel, N. Nagaraja, L. Schwarz, N. Navab, F. Tombari Attention-based Lane Change Prediction IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, May 2019. (bib)
2018
	O. Scheel, L. Schwarz, N. Navab, F. Tombari Situation Assessment for Planning Lane Changes: Combining Recurrent Models and Prediction IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, May 2018. (bib)
2013
	J. Lallemand, O. Pauly, L. Schwarz, D. J. Tan , S. Ilic Multi-task Forest for Human Pose Estimation in Depth Images. (Oral Presentation) In Proc. International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV 2013) (bib)
2012
	A. Bigdelou, L. Schwarz, T. Benz, N. Navab A Flexible Platform for Developing Context-Aware 3D Gesture-based Interfaces International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Lissabon, Portugal, February 2012 (bib)
	A. Bigdelou, L. Schwarz, N. Navab An Adaptive Solution for Intra-operative Gesture-based Human-Machine Interaction International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Lissabon, Portugal, February 2012 (bib)
	A. Bigdelou, T. Benz, L. Schwarz, N. Navab Customizable Gesturing Interface for the Operating Room using Kinect ChaLearn Gesture Challenge, CVPR Workshop on Gesture Recognition, Providence, Rhode Island, June 2012 (bib)
	A. Bigdelou, T. Benz, L. Schwarz, N. Navab Simultaneous Categorical and Spatio-Temporal 3D Gestures Using Kinect IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Orange County, CA, March 2012 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, A. Mkhitaryan, D. Mateus, N. Navab Human Skeleton Tracking from Depth Data Using Geodesic Distances and Optical Flow Image and Vision Computing, Volume 30 (2012), p. 217-226 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, N. Navab Recognizing Multiple Human Activities and Tracking Full-Body Pose in Unconstrained Environments Pattern Recognition, Volume 45 (2012), p. 11-23 (bib)
	R. Stauder, V. Belagiannis, L. Schwarz, A. Bigdelou, E. Soehngen, S. Ilic, N. Navab A User-Centered and Workflow-Aware Unified Display for the Operating Room MICCAI Workshop on Modeling and Monitoring of Computer Assisted Interventions (M2CAI), Nice, France, October 2012 (bib)
	D. Mateus, C. Wachinger, S. Atasoy, L. Schwarz, N. Navab Learning Manifolds: Design Analysis for Medical Applications 2012. Kenji Suzuki (Ed.), "Machine Learning in Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Medical Imaging Intelligence and Analysis", pp. 403-418. IGI Global, doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-0059-1. (bib)
2011
	L. Schwarz, A. Bigdelou, N. Navab Learning Gestures for Customizable Human-Computer Interaction in the Operating Room Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Toronto, Canada, September 2011 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, A. Mkhitaryan, D. Mateus, N. Navab Estimating Human 3D Pose from Time-of-Flight Images Based on Geodesic Distances and Optical Flow IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), Santa Barbara, USA, March 2011 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, J. Lallemand, N. Navab Tracking Planes with Time of Flight Cameras and J-linkage IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, Winter Vision Meetings, Hawaii, January 2011 (bib)
2010
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, V. Castaneda, N. Navab Manifold Learning for ToF-based Human Body Tracking and Activity Recognition British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, August 2010 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, N. Navab Multiple-Activity Human Body Tracking in Unconstrained Environments Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, VI International Conference, Port d'Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, July 2010 (bib)
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, J. Remi, S. Noachtar, N. Navab Ambulatory Human Motion Analysis Using a Portable Full-body Tracking System Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, 7th International Conference, Berlin, Germany, May 2010 (bib)
2009
	L. Schwarz, D. Mateus, N. Navab Discriminative Human Full-Body Pose Estimation from Wearable Inertial Sensor Data 3D Physiological Human (3DPH), 2nd International Workshop, Zermatt, Switzerland, November 2009 (bib)
2007
	A. Khamene, L. Schwarz, D. Zikic, F. Azar, E. Rietzel, N. Navab A Unified and Efficient Approach for Free-form Deformable Registration IEEE 11th International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, November 2007 (bib)

Awards

• Outstanding Paper Award - IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (2011)
• Best Supplementary Material Prize - British Machine Vision Conference (2010)
• Best Paper Award - Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects (2010)
• Preis der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) (2007)
• Fulbright Scholarship (2004-2005)

Research Projects

Intra-operative Human Computer Interaction and Usability Evaluations In medical collaboration with: Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Chefarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Klemens Scheidhauer, Oberarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle, Chefarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Stefan Paepke, Leitender Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Andreas Schnelzer, Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Scientific Director: Nassir Navab Contact Person(s): Asli Okur and Ralf Stauder In industrial collaboration with: Dr. Joerg Traub, CEO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany Dr. Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Human Motion Analysis using Time-of-Flight (ToF) Cameras Scientific Director: Nassir Navab Contact Person(s): Loren Schwarz

Activity Recognition and Pose Estimation using Wearable Inertial Sensors Scientific Director: Nassir Navab Contact Person(s): Loren Schwarz

(Co-)Supervised Students

• Joé Lallemand (Diploma Thesis) - finished
• Artashes Mkhitaryan (Master's Thesis) - finished
• Joé Lallemand (IDP) - finished
• Bernhard Fürst (Hiwi) - finished
• Johannes Schlicker (Bachelor's Thesis) - finished
• Fabian Franzelin (Bachelor's Thesis) - finished

Teaching Assistance

• 3D Computer Vision II (Winter Term 2011)
• Machine Learning in Computer Vision Seminar (Summer Term 2011)
• Lab Course Kinect Programming for Computer Vision (Summer Term 2011)
• Computer Aided Medical Procedures II (Summer Term 2011)
• Machine Learning in Computer Vision Seminar (Winter Term 2010)
• 3D Computer Vision II (Winter Term 2010)
• Machine Learning in Computer Vision Seminar (Summer Term 2010)
• Computer Aided Medical Procedures II (Summer Term 2010)
• 3D Computer Vision II (Winter Term 2009)
• Motion Analysis Seminar (Winter Term 2009)
• Computer Aided Medical Procedures I (Winter Term 2009)
• 3D Computer Vision I (Summer Term 2009)
• Computer Aided Medical Procedures II (Summer Term 2009)
• Software Engineering (Summer Term 2008)

Diploma Thesis

L. Schwarz, A. Khamene, D. Zikic, N. Navab Non-rigid Registration Using Free-form Deformations Technische Universität München, 2007