Stefan Holzer

Contact Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Stefan Holzer, M.Sc. email skype

News [11.05.2014] Our article on "Efficient Learning of Linear Predictors for Template Tracking" got accepted for publication in the International Journal of Computer Vision. [08.11.2012] Our ACCV oral paper on "Efficient Learning of Linear Predictors using Dimensionality Reduction" was honored with "Best Application Paper Honorable Mention". [21.09.2012] Our papers on "Efficient Learning of Linear Predictors using Dimensionality Reduction" (Oral) and "Model Based Training, Detection and Pose Estimation of Texture-Less 3D Objects in Heavily Cluttered Scenes" got accepted for ACCV 2012. [02.07.2012] Our paper on "Real-Time Surface Normal Estimation from Organized Point Cloud Data Using Integral Images" got accepted for IROS 2012. [27.06.2012] Two papers accepted for ECCV 2012, one about fast learning for template tracking and one about learning of 3D interest point detectors. [23.04.2012] Our tutorial about "3D Point Cloud Processing: PCL (Point Cloud Library)" got accepted for IROS 2012. [03.04.2012] Our TPAMI paper about "Multi-Layer Adaptive Linear Predictors for Real-Time Tracking" got accepted. [23.01.2012] Our tutorial on 'Advanced 3D Image Processing with Point Cloud Library (PCL)' got accepted for CVPR 2012. [01.02.2012-31.07.2012] I'm visiting WillowGarage (Menlo Park, California, US) from 1st of February until 31st of July. [05.11.2011-14.11.2011] At ICCV 2011 in Barcelona (Tutorial, Demo, Oral, Poster). [06.06.2011-26.08.2011] Research internship at Microsoft Research Cambridge. [23.05.2011] Tutorial about PCL got accepted for ICCV 2011. [23.05.2011] Paper "Real-Time Plane Segmentation using RGB-D Cameras" got accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 15th RoboCup? International Symposium 2011. [07.01.2011] Paper "Towards Autonomous Robotic Butlers: Lessons Learned with the PR2" got accepted for ICRA 2011. [15.11.2010-22.12.2010] I'm visiting WillowGarage (Menlo Park, California, US) from 15th of November until 22th of December. [01.06.2010] Tutorial about "Computer Vision and 3D Perception for Robotics" got accepted for ECCV 2010. [24.02.2010] Paper about "Adaptive Linear Predictors for Real-Time Tracking" got accepted for CVPR 2010. [18.01.2010-20.01.2010] Visited the group of Dr. Andrew Davison at Imperial College London. [01.10.2009] I'm back from my four month research stay at Imperial College London.

Research Fields of Interest Point / Edge based Matching CAD Model Recognition Tracking SLAM Pose Estimation Deformable Surface Detection/Tracking Linear Predictors: CVPR10, TPAMI12, ECCV12, ACCV12, BMVC14, IJCV15 Project webpage: Linear Predictors Distance Transform Templates (DTTs): CVPR09

Publications 2014 D. J. Tan , S. Holzer, N. Navab, S. Ilic Deformable Template Tracking in 1ms (Oral) British Machine Vision Conference, Nottingham, UK, September 1, 2014 (bib) 2012 S. Holzer, S. Ilic, N. Navab Multi-Layer Adaptive Linear Predictors for Real-Time Tracking IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Maschine Intelligence (TPAMI). (bib) S. Holzer, S. Ilic, D. J. Tan , N. Navab Efficient Learning of Linear Predictors using Dimensionality Reduction (Oral) Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), Korea, Daejeon, November 2012 (bib) S. Hinterstoisser, V. Lepetit, S. Ilic, S. Holzer, G. Bradski, K. Konolige, N. Navab Model Based Training, Detection and Pose Estimation of Texture-Less 3D Objects in Heavily Cluttered Scenes Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), Korea, Daejeon, November 2012 (bib) S. Holzer, J. Shotton, P. Kohli Learning to Efficiently Detect Repeatable Interest Points in Depth Data 12th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Firenze, Italy, October 2012. (bib) S. Holzer, M. Pollefeys , S. Ilic, D. J. Tan , N. Navab Online Learning of Linear Predictors for Real-Time Tracking 12th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Firenze, Italy, October 2012. (bib) S. Holzer, R. B. Rusu, M. Dixon, S. Gedikli, N. Navab Real-Time Surface Normal Estimation from Organized Point Cloud Data Using Integral Images IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vila Moura, Algarve, Portugal, October 2012. (bib) 2011 D. Holz, S. Holzer, R. B. Rusu, S. Behnke Real-Time Plane Segmentation using RGB-D Cameras Proceedings of the 15th RoboCup? International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011. (bib) J. Bohren, R. B. Rusu, E. G. Jones, E. Marder-Eppstein, C. Pantofaru, M. Wise, L. Mösenlechner, W. Meeussen, S. Holzer Towards Autonomous Robotic Butlers: Lessons Learned with the PR2 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, May 2011. (bib) S. Hinterstoisser, S. Holzer, C. Cagniart, S. Ilic, K. Konolige, N. Navab, V. Lepetit Multimodal Templates for Real-Time Detection of Texture-less Objects in Heavily Cluttered Scenes (Oral) IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Barcelona, Spain, November 2011. (bib) 2010 S. Holzer, S. Ilic, N. Navab Adaptive Linear Predictors for Real-Time Tracking IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, California (USA), June 2010. (bib) 2009 S. Holzer, S. Hinterstoisser, S. Ilic, N. Navab Distance Transform Templates for Object Detection and Pose Estimation IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Miami, Florida (USA), June 2009. (bib)

Awards ACCV 2012: Best Application Paper Honarable Mention for our paper 'Efficient Learning of Linear Predictors using Dimensionality Reduction'

Tutorials 2012 3D Point Cloud Processing: PCL (Point Cloud Library), IROS 2012 Advanced 3D Image Processing with Point Cloud Library (PCL), CVPR 2012 2011 Point Cloud Library (PCL), ICCV 2011 2010 Real-Time Template Tracking, ECCV 2010

Teaching Assistance Winter Term 2012/2013 Lecture: Tracking and Detection in Computer Vision Winter Term 2011/2012 Lecture: Tracking and Detection in Computer Vision Oberseminar: Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality Summer Term 2011 Lecture: 3D Computer Vision Oberseminar: Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality Winter Term 2010/2011 Lecture: Tracking and Detection in Computer Vision Lecture: 3D Computer Vision II Oberseminar: Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality Summer Term 2010 Lecture: 3D Computer Vision Oberseminar: Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality Winter Term 2009/2010 Lecture: Tracking and Detection in Computer Vision Lecture: 3D Computer Vision II Lab Course: Bildverarbeitung und Computer-Graphik mit C++ Oberseminar: Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality