Selim Benhimane, Dr. Eng. Resume April 2013 Google Scholar page

Background

Since 2017	Working on Computer Vision at Apple Inc.
2013-2017	Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation
2008-2013	Head of Research at metaio gmbh
2005-2008	Research Associate at the CAMPAR team Technische Universität München, with Prof. Dr. Nassir NAVAB Head of the Computer Vision Group
2002-2005	Ph.D. from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris and prepared at the ICARE team INRIA Sophia Antipolis. Supervised by Dr. Ezio MALIS Toward a unified approach to real-time visual tracking and servoing. Jury: Prof. Yves Rouchaleau, Dr. Francois Chaumette, Dr. Michel Dhome, Prof. Nassir Navab, Dr. Ezio Malis, Dr. Patrick Rives. Degree: Docteur en Sciences. Specialization: Real-time systems, Control and Robotics. Passed with the highest distinction (mention Très Honorable et les Félicitations du Jury). Prize of Best French Ph.D. of the two years 2005 & 2006 in Applied and Innovative Research by ASTI
2001-2002	Master of Philosophy (DEA): "Photonics, Imaging et Cybernetics'' in the Control and Vision specialization, Louis Pasteur University , Strasbourg, France. Passed with the highest distinction (mention Très Bien). Ranked 1st over all the specializations.
1999-2002	Engineering degree from the E.N.S.P.S. National School of Higher Education in Physics of Strasbourg, France. 3rd year specialization: Engineering systems, Automation and Vision.
1997-1999	Classes préparatoires scientifiques: two-year post-'A'-level preparatory courses for entrance exams to French engineering schools
1997	Baccalaureat in Mathematics (Equivalent to A-levels). Passed with the highest distinction (mention Très Bien).

General Research Topics

• Computer Vision
• Augmented Reality
• Robotics and Vision-based control
• Intrinsics-free visual servoing
• Model measure-free visual servoing
• Image matching and Tracking initialization
• Camera self-calibration
• Real-time image-based tracking

Main Publications

2011
	S. Lieberknecht, A. Huber, S. Ilic, S. Benhimane RGB-D Camera-Based Parallel Tracking and Meshing The 10th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 26 - 29, 2011 (bib)
	D. Kurz, S. Lieberknecht, S. Benhimane Benchmarking Inertial Sensor-Aided Localization and Tracking Methods The 2nd International Workshop on AR/MR Registration, Tracking and Benchmarking (TrakMark2011?), Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 25, 2011 (bib)
	S. Hinterstoisser, V. Lepetit, S. Benhimane, P. Fua, N. Navab Learning Real-Time Perspective Patch Rectification International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Springer Verlag, The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com (bib)
	S. Lieberknecht, S. Benhimane, P. Meier, N. Navab Benchmarking Template-based Tracking Algorithms International Journal of Virtual Reality (bib)
	S. Lieberknecht, Q. Stierstorfer, G. Kuschk, D. Ulbricht, M. Langer, S. Benhimane Evolution of a Tracking System Handbook of AR (bib)
	S. Lieberknecht, S. Benhimane, S. Ilic Simultaneous Reconstruction and Tracking of non-planar Templates 33rd Annual Symposium of the German Association for Pattern Recognition, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 30th - September 2nd 2011 (bib)
2009
	P. Georgel, S. Benhimane, J. Sotke, N. Navab Recovering the Full Pose from a Single Keyframe IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) , Snowbird, Utah, USA, December 7-8 2009 (bib)
	S. Lieberknecht, S. Benhimane, P. Meier, N. Navab A Dataset and Evaluation Methodology for Template-based Tracking Algorithms The 8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Orlando, US, Oct. 19 - 22, 2009 (bib)
	P. Georgel, S. Benhimane, J. Sotke, N. Navab Photo-based Industrial Augmented Reality Application Using a Single Keyframe Registration Procedure The 8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Orlando, US, Oct. 19 - 22, 2009 (bib)
	C. Unger, S. Benhimane, E. Wahl, N. Navab Efficient Disparity Computation without Maximum Disparity for Real-Time Stereo Vision British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), London (UK), September 7-10, 2009 (bib)
	L. Wang, J. Traub, S.M. Heining, S. Benhimane, R. Graumann, E. Euler, N. Navab Long Bone X-ray Image Stitching using C-arm Motion Estimation Proceedings of Bildverarbeitung fuer die Medizin (BVM 2009), Heidelberg, Germany, March 22-24 2009 (bib)
2008
	P. Georgel, P. Schroeder, S. Benhimane, M. Appel, N. Navab How to Augment the Second Image? Recovery of the Translation Scale in Image to Image Registration The 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Cambridge, UK, Sept. 15 - 18, 2008. (bib)
	S. Hinterstoisser, S. Benhimane, V. Lepetit, P. Fua, N. Navab Simultaneous Recognition and Homography Extraction of Local Patches with a Simple Linear Classifier British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Leeds (UK), September 1-4, 2008 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, N. Navab High Performance Model-Based Object Detection and Tracking Computer Vision and Computer Graphics. Theory and Applications, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 21, Springer, 2008 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, N. Navab Multi-View Reconstruction using Narrow-Band Graph-Cuts and Surface Normal Optimization British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Leeds (UK), September 1-4, 2008 (bib)
	P. Georgel, S. Benhimane, N. Navab A Unified Approach Combining Photometric and Geometric Information for Pose Estimation British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Leeds (UK), September 1-4, 2008 (bib)
	L. Wang, J. Traub, S.M. Heining, S. Benhimane, R. Graumann, E. Euler, N. Navab Long Bone X-ray Image Stitching Using Camera Augmented Mobile C-arm Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, 2008, New York, USA, September 6-10 2008 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, N. Navab Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Collision Avoidance in Interventional Environments Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, 2008, New York, USA, September 6-10 2008 (bib)
	S. Atasoy, D. Noonan, S. Benhimane, N. Navab, G. Z. Yang A Global Approach for Automatic Fibroscopic Video Mosaicing in Minimally Invasive Diagnosis Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, 2008, New York, USA, September 6-10 2008 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, N. Navab Efficient Visual Hull Computation for Real-Time 3D Reconstruction using CUDA IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Anchorage, Alaska (USA), June 2008. Workshop on Visual Computer Vision on GPUs (CVGPU) (bib)
	S. Hinterstoisser, S. Benhimane, N. Navab, P. Fua, V. Lepetit Online Learning of Patch Perspective Rectification for Efficient Object Detection IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Anchorage, Alaska (USA), June 2008. (bib)
	R. Lasowski, S. Benhimane, J. Vogel, T. F. Jakobs, C. J. Zech, C. Trumm, M. Brokate, N. Navab Adaptive visualization using the annealing M-estimator Workshop Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin, Berlin, Germany, April 6-8, 2008 (bib)
	R. Lasowski, S. Benhimane, J. Vogel, T. F. Jakobs, C. J. Zech, C. Trumm, Ch. Clason, N. Navab Adaptive visualization for needle guidance in RF Liver Ablation: taking organ deformation into account SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, California, USA, February 16-21, 2008 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, M. Appel, N. Navab Model-Free Markerless Tracking for Remote Support in Unknown Environments International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Funchal, Portugal, January 2008. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, H. Najafi, M. Grundmann , E. Malis, Y. Genc, N. Navab Real-time object detection and tracking for industrial applications International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Funchal, Portugal, January 2008. (bib)
2007
	P. Georgel, P. Schroeder, S. Benhimane, S. Hinterstoisser, M. Appel, N. Navab An Industrial Augmented Reality Solution For Discrepancy Check Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Nara, Japan, Nov. 2007 (bib)
	S. Hinterstoisser, S. Benhimane, N. Navab N3M: Natural 3D Markers for Real-Time Object Detection and Pose Estimation IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14-20, 2007 (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Homography-based 2D Visual Tracking and Servoing Special Joint Issue IJCV/IJRR on Robot and Vision. Published in The International Journal of Robotics Research, Volume 26, No. 7, 661-676, July 2007. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, A. Ladikos, V. Lepetit, N. Navab Linear and Quadratic Subsets for Template-Based Tracking IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2007 (bib)
	T. Klein, S. Benhimane, J. Traub, S.M. Heining, E. Euler, N. Navab Interactive Guidance System for C-arm Repositioning without Radiation Proceedings of Bildverarbeitung fuer die Medizin (BVM 2007), Munich, Germany, March 2007, pp. 21-25 (bib)
	A. Ladikos, S. Benhimane, N. Navab A Real-Time Tracking System Combining Template-Based and Feature-Based Approaches International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Barcelona, Spain, March 2007. (bib)
2006
	S. Benhimane Vers une approche unifiee pour le suivi temps-reel et l’asservissement visuel PhD Thesis - These de doctorat a l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, December 2006 (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Integration of Euclidean constraints in template-based visual tracking of piecewise-planar scenes IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots Systems, Beijing, China, October 2006. (bib)
	C. Mei, S. Benhimane, E. Malis, P. Rives Homography-based Tracking for Central Catadioptric Cameras IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots Systems, Beijing, China, October 2006. (bib)
	N. Navab, S. Wiesner, S. Benhimane, E. Euler, S.M. Heining Visual Servoing for Intraoperative Positioning and Repositioning of Mobile C-arms Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2006), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2006 (bib)
	C. Mei, S. Benhimane, E. Malis, P. Rives Constrained Multiple Planar Template Tracking for Central Catadioptric Cameras British Machine Vision Conference, Edinburgh, UK, September 2006. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis A new approach to vision-based robot control with omni-directional cameras IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, USA, May 2006. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Homography-based 2D Visual Servoing IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, USA, May 2006. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Une approche directe pour l'asservissement visuel 2D 15eme Congres Francophone AFRIF-AFIA de Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle, Tours, France, January 2006. (bib)
2005
	E. Malis, S. Benhimane A unified approach to visual tracking and servoing. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 39-52, 31 July 2005. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis, P. Rives, J. R. Azinheira Vision-based Control for Car Platooning using Homography Decomposition IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2173-2178, Barcelona, Spain, April 2005. (bib)
2004
	E. Malis, S. Benhimane A unified framework for real-time visual tracking and servoing IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan, October 2004. Workshop WWF4 Advances in Robot Vision - From Domestic Environments to Medical Applications. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Self-calibration of the distortion of a zooming camera by matching points at different resolutions IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 2307-2312, Sendai, Japan, October 2004. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Real-time image-based tracking of planes using Efficient Second-order Minimization IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 943-948, Sendai, Japan, October 2004. (bib)
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Mise en correspondance d'images a differentes resolutions a l'aide d'invariants aux parametres intrinseques 14eme Congres Francophone AFRIF-AFIA de Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle, Toulouse, France, January 2004. (bib)
2003
	S. Benhimane, E. Malis Vision-based control with respect to planar and non-planar objects using a zooming camera IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, vol. 2, pp. 991-996, Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003. (bib)