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| Author | Pejman Rasti; Salma Samiei; Mary Agoyi; Sergio Escalera; Gholamreza Anbarjafari | ||||
| Title | Robust non-blind color video watermarking using QR decomposition and entropy analysis | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation | Abbreviated Journal | JVCIR |
| Volume | 38 | Issue | Pages | 838-847 | |
| Keywords | Video watermarking; QR decomposition; Discrete Wavelet Transformation; Chirp Z-transform; Singular value decomposition; Orthogonal–triangular decomposition | ||||
| Abstract | Issues such as content identification, document and image security, audience measurement, ownership and copyright among others can be settled by the use of digital watermarking. Many recent video watermarking methods show drops in visual quality of the sequences. The present work addresses the aforementioned issue by introducing a robust and imperceptible non-blind color video frame watermarking algorithm. The method divides frames into moving and non-moving parts. The non-moving part of each color channel is processed separately using a block-based watermarking scheme. Blocks with an entropy lower than the average entropy of all blocks are subject to a further process for embedding the watermark image. Finally a watermarked frame is generated by adding moving parts to it. Several signal processing attacks are applied to each watermarked frame in order to perform experiments and are compared with some recent algorithms. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is imperceptible and robust against common signal processing attacks. | ||||
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| Notes | HuPBA;MILAB; | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @RSA2016 | Serial | 2766 | ||
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| Author | Pedro Martins; Paulo Carvalho; Carlo Gatta | ||||
| Title | Context Aware Keypoint Extraction for Robust Image Representation | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | 23rd British Machine Vision Conference | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 100.1 - 100.12 | ||
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| Area | Expedition | Conference | BMVC | ||
| Notes | MILAB | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ MCG2012a | Serial | 2140 | ||
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| Author | Pedro Martins; Paulo Carvalho; Carlo Gatta | ||||
| Title | Context-aware features and robust image representations | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation | Abbreviated Journal | JVCIR |
| Volume | 25 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 339-348 |
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| Abstract | Local image features are often used to efficiently represent image content. The limited number of types of features that a local feature extractor responds to might be insufficient to provide a robust image representation. To overcome this limitation, we propose a context-aware feature extraction formulated under an information theoretic framework. The algorithm does not respond to a specific type of features; the idea is to retrieve complementary features which are relevant within the image context. We empirically validate the method by investigating the repeatability, the completeness, and the complementarity of context-aware features on standard benchmarks. In a comparison with strictly local features, we show that our context-aware features produce more robust image representations. Furthermore, we study the complementarity between strictly local features and context-aware ones to produce an even more robust representation. | ||||
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| Notes | LAMP; 600.079;MILAB | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ MCG2014 | Serial | 2467 | ||
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| Author | Debora Gil; Jose Maria-Carazo; Roberto Marabini | ||||
| Title | On the nature of 2D crystal unbending | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2006 | Publication | Journal of Structural Biology | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 156 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 546-555 |
| Keywords | Electron microscopy | ||||
| Abstract | Crystal unbending, the process that aims to recover a perfect crystal from experimental data, is one of the more important steps in electron crystallography image processing. The unbending process involves three steps: estimation of the unit cell displacements from their ideal positions, extension of the deformation field to the whole image and transformation of the image in order to recover an ideal crystal. In this work, we present a systematic analysis of the second step oriented to address two issues. First, whether the unit cells remain undistorted and only the distance between them should be changed (rigid case) or should be modified with the same deformation suffered by the whole crystal (elastic case). Second, the performance of different extension algorithms (interpolation versus approximation) is explored. Our experiments show that there is no difference between elastic and rigid cases or among the extension algorithms. This implies that the deformation fields are constant over large areas. Furthermore, our results indicate that the main source of error is the transformation of the crystal image. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1047-8477 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | IAM; | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | IAM @ iam @ GCM2006 | Serial | 1519 | ||
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| Author | Daniela Rato; Miguel Oliveira; Vitor Santos; Manuel Gomes; Angel Sappa | ||||
| Title | A sensor-to-pattern calibration framework for multi-modal industrial collaborative cells | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2022 | Publication | Journal of Manufacturing Systems | Abbreviated Journal | JMANUFSYST |
| Volume | 64 | Issue | Pages | 497-507 | |
| Keywords | Calibration; Collaborative cell; Multi-modal; Multi-sensor | ||||
| Abstract | Collaborative robotic industrial cells are workspaces where robots collaborate with human operators. In this context, safety is paramount, and for that a complete perception of the space where the collaborative robot is inserted is necessary. To ensure this, collaborative cells are equipped with a large set of sensors of multiple modalities, covering the entire work volume. However, the fusion of information from all these sensors requires an accurate extrinsic calibration. The calibration of such complex systems is challenging, due to the number of sensors and modalities, and also due to the small overlapping fields of view between the sensors, which are positioned to capture different viewpoints of the cell. This paper proposes a sensor to pattern methodology that can calibrate a complex system such as a collaborative cell in a single optimization procedure. Our methodology can tackle RGB and Depth cameras, as well as LiDARs. Results show that our methodology is able to accurately calibrate a collaborative cell containing three RGB cameras, a depth camera and three 3D LiDARs. | ||||
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| Publisher | Science Direct | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| Notes | MSIAU; MACO | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ ROS2022 | Serial | 3750 | ||
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| Author | Iban Berganzo-Besga; Hector A. Orengo; Felipe Lumbreras; Paloma Aliende; Monica N. Ramsey | ||||
| Title | Automated detection and classification of multi-cell Phytoliths using Deep Learning-Based Algorithms | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2022 | Publication | Journal of Archaeological Science | Abbreviated Journal | JArchSci |
| Volume | 148 | Issue | Pages | 105654 | |
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| Abstract | This paper presents an algorithm for automated detection and classification of multi-cell phytoliths, one of the major components of many archaeological and paleoenvironmental deposits. This identification, based on phytolith wave pattern, is made using a pretrained VGG19 deep learning model. This approach has been tested in three key phytolith genera for the study of agricultural origins in Near East archaeology: Avena, Hordeum and Triticum. Also, this classification has been validated at species-level using Triticum boeoticum and dicoccoides images. Due to the diversity of microscopes, cameras and chemical treatments that can influence images of phytolith slides, three types of data augmentation techniques have been implemented: rotation of the images at 45-degree angles, random colour and brightness jittering, and random blur/sharpen. The implemented workflow has resulted in an overall accuracy of 93.68% for phytolith genera, improving previous attempts. The algorithm has also demonstrated its potential to automatize the classification of phytoliths species with an overall accuracy of 100%. The open code and platforms employed to develop the algorithm assure the method's accessibility, reproducibility and reusability. | ||||
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| Notes | MSIAU; MACO; 600.167 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ BOL2022 | Serial | 3753 | ||
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| Author | Neus Salvatella; E Fernandez-Nofrerias; Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Rodriguez-Leor; H. Tizon; Xavier Carrillo; J. Mauri; Petia Radeva | ||||
| Title | Radial Artery Volume Changes After Administration Of Two Different Intra-arterial Drug Regimens. Assessment by Intravascular Ultrasound | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | Abbreviated Journal | JACC |
| Volume | 56 | Issue | 13s1 | Pages | B119 |
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| Call Number | BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ SFC2010b | Serial | 1364 | ||
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| Author | Miguel Oliveira; Victor Santos; Angel Sappa | ||||
| Title | Multimodal Inverse Perspective Mapping | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Information Fusion | Abbreviated Journal | IF |
| Volume | 24 | Issue | Pages | 108–121 | |
| Keywords | Inverse perspective mapping; Multimodal sensor fusion; Intelligent vehicles | ||||
| Abstract | Over the past years, inverse perspective mapping has been successfully applied to several problems in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems. In brief, the method consists of mapping images to a new coordinate system where perspective effects are removed. The removal of perspective associated effects facilitates road and obstacle detection and also assists in free space estimation. There is, however, a significant limitation in the inverse perspective mapping: the presence of obstacles on the road disrupts the effectiveness of the mapping. The current paper proposes a robust solution based on the use of multimodal sensor fusion. Data from a laser range finder is fused with images from the cameras, so that the mapping is not computed in the regions where obstacles are present. As shown in the results, this considerably improves the effectiveness of the algorithm and reduces computation time when compared with the classical inverse perspective mapping. Furthermore, the proposed approach is also able to cope with several cameras with different lenses or image resolutions, as well as dynamic viewpoints. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.055; 600.076 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ OSS2015c | Serial | 2532 | ||
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| Author | Ivan Huerta; Michael Holte; Thomas B. Moeslund; Jordi Gonzalez | ||||
| Title | Chromatic shadow detection and tracking for moving foreground segmentation | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Image and Vision Computing | Abbreviated Journal | IMAVIS |
| Volume | 41 | Issue | Pages | 42-53 | |
| Keywords | Detecting moving objects; Chromatic shadow detection; Temporal local gradient; Spatial and Temporal brightness and angle distortions; Shadow tracking | ||||
| Abstract | Advanced segmentation techniques in the surveillance domain deal with shadows to avoid distortions when detecting moving objects. Most approaches for shadow detection are still typically restricted to penumbra shadows and cannot cope well with umbra shadows. Consequently, umbra shadow regions are usually detected as part of moving objects, thus a ecting the performance of the nal detection. In this paper we address the detection of both penumbra and umbra shadow regions. First, a novel bottom-up approach is presented based on gradient and colour models, which successfully discriminates between chromatic moving cast shadow regions and those regions detected as moving objects. In essence, those regions corresponding to potential shadows are detected based on edge partitioning and colour statistics. Subsequently (i) temporal similarities between textures and (ii) spatial similarities between chrominance angle and brightness distortions are analysed for each potential shadow region for detecting the umbra shadow regions. Our second contribution re nes even further the segmentation results: a tracking-based top-down approach increases the performance of our bottom-up chromatic shadow detection algorithm by properly correcting non-detected shadows.
To do so, a combination of motion lters in a data association framework exploits the temporal consistency between objects and shadows to increase the shadow detection rate. Experimental results exceed current state-of-the- art in shadow accuracy for multiple well-known surveillance image databases which contain di erent shadowed materials and illumination conditions. |
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| Notes | ISE; 600.078; 600.063 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ HHM2015 | Serial | 2703 | ||
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| Author | Noha Elfiky; Jordi Gonzalez; Xavier Roca | ||||
| Title | Compact and Adaptive Spatial Pyramids for Scene Recognition | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | Image and Vision Computing | Abbreviated Journal | IMAVIS |
| Volume | 30 | Issue | 8 | Pages | 492–500 |
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| Abstract | Most successful approaches on scenerecognition tend to efficiently combine global image features with spatial local appearance and shape cues. On the other hand, less attention has been devoted for studying spatial texture features within scenes. Our method is based on the insight that scenes can be seen as a composition of micro-texture patterns. This paper analyzes the role of texture along with its spatial layout for scenerecognition. However, one main drawback of the resulting spatial representation is its huge dimensionality. Hence, we propose a technique that addresses this problem by presenting a compactSpatialPyramid (SP) representation. The basis of our compact representation, namely, CompactAdaptiveSpatialPyramid (CASP) consists of a two-stages compression strategy. This strategy is based on the Agglomerative Information Bottleneck (AIB) theory for (i) compressing the least informative SP features, and, (ii) automatically learning the most appropriate shape for each category. Our method exceeds the state-of-the-art results on several challenging scenerecognition data sets. | ||||
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| Call Number | Admin @ si @ EGR2012 | Serial | 2004 | ||
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| Author | Carme Julia; Angel Sappa; Felipe Lumbreras; Joan Serrat; Antonio Lopez | ||||
| Title | An Iterative Multiresolution Scheme for SFM with Missing Data: single and multiple object scenes | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Image and Vision Computing | Abbreviated Journal | IMAVIS |
| Volume | 28 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 164-176 |
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| Abstract | Most of the techniques proposed for tackling the Structure from Motion problem (SFM) cannot deal with high percentages of missing data in the matrix of trajectories. Furthermore, an additional problem should be faced up when working with multiple object scenes: the rank of the matrix of trajectories should be estimated. This paper presents an iterative multiresolution scheme for SFM with missing data to be used in both the single and multiple object cases. The proposed scheme aims at recovering missing entries in the original input matrix. The objective is to improve the results by applying a factorization technique to the partially or totally filled in matrix instead of to the original input one. Experimental results obtained with synthetic and real data sequences, containing single and multiple objects, are presented to show the viability of the proposed approach. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0262-8856 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | ADAS | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ADAS @ adas @ JSL2010 | Serial | 1278 | ||
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| Author | Jordi Gonzalez; Dani Rowe; Javier Varona; Xavier Roca | ||||
| Title | Understanding Dynamic Scenes based on Human Sequence Evaluation | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | Image and Vision Computing | Abbreviated Journal | IMAVIS |
| Volume | 27 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 1433–1444 |
| Keywords | Image Sequence Evaluation; High-level processing of monitored scenes; Segmentation and tracking in complex scenes; Event recognition in dynamic scenes; Human motion understanding; Human behaviour interpretation; Natural-language text generation; Realistic demonstrators | ||||
| Abstract | In this paper, a Cognitive Vision System (CVS) is presented, which explains the human behaviour of monitored scenes using natural-language texts. This cognitive analysis of human movements recorded in image sequences is here referred to as Human Sequence Evaluation (HSE) which defines a set of transformation modules involved in the automatic generation of semantic descriptions from pixel values. In essence, the trajectories of human agents are obtained to generate textual interpretations of their motion, and also to infer the conceptual relationships of each agent w.r.t. its environment. For this purpose, a human behaviour model based on Situation Graph Trees (SGTs) is considered, which permits both bottom-up (hypothesis generation) and top-down (hypothesis refinement) analysis of dynamic scenes. The resulting system prototype interprets different kinds of behaviour and reports textual descriptions in multiple languages. | ||||
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| Call Number | ISE @ ise @ GRV2009 | Serial | 1211 | ||
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| Author | Oriol Pujol; Debora Gil; Petia Radeva | ||||
| Title | Fundamentals of Stop and Go active models | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2005 | Publication | Image and Vision Computing | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 23 | Issue | 8 | Pages | 681-691 |
| Keywords | Deformable models; Geodesic snakes; Region-based segmentation | ||||
| Abstract | An efficient snake formulation should conform to the idea of picking the smoothest curve among all the shapes approximating an object of interest. In current geodesic snakes, the regularizing curvature also affects the convergence stage, hindering the latter at concave regions. In the present work, we make use of characteristic functions to define a novel geodesic formulation that decouples regularity and convergence. This term decoupling endows the snake with higher adaptability to non-convex shapes. Convergence is ensured by splitting the definition of the external force into an attractive vector field and a repulsive one. In our paper, we propose to use likelihood maps as approximation of characteristic functions of object appearance. The better efficiency and accuracy of our decoupled scheme are illustrated in the particular case of feature space-based segmentation. | ||||
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| Publisher | Butterworth-Heinemann | Place of Publication | Newton, MA, USA | Editor | |
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| Notes | IAM;MILAB;HuPBA | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | IAM @ iam @ PGR2005 | Serial | 1629 | ||
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| Author | T. Widemann; Xavier Otazu | ||||
| Title | Titanias radius and an upper limit on its atmosphere from the September 8, 2001 stellar occultation | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | International Journal of Solar System Studies | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 199 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 458–476 |
| Keywords | Occultations; Uranus, satellites; Satellites, shapes; Satellites, dynamics; Ices; Satellites, atmospheres | ||||
| Abstract | On September 8, 2001 around 2 h UT, the largest uranian moon, Titania, occulted Hipparcos star 106829 (alias SAO 164538, a V=7.2, K0 III star). This was the first-ever observed occultation by this satellite, a rare event as Titania subtends only 0.11 arcsec on the sky. The star's unusual brightness allowed many observers, both amateurs or professionals, to monitor this unique event, providing fifty-seven occultations chords over three continents, all reported here. Selecting the best 27 occultation chords, and assuming a circular limb, we derive Titania's radius: View the MathML source (1-σ error bar). This implies a density of View the MathML source using the value View the MathML source derived by Taylor [Taylor, D.B., 1998. Astron. Astrophys. 330, 362–374]. We do not detect any significant difference between equatorial and polar radii, in the limit View the MathML source, in agreement with Voyager limb image retrieval during the 1986 flyby. Titania's offset with respect to the DE405 + URA027 (based on GUST86 theory) ephemeris is derived: ΔαTcos(δT)=−108±13 mas and ΔδT=−62±7 mas (ICRF J2000.0 system). Most of this offset is attributable to a Uranus' barycentric offset with respect to DE405, that we estimate to be: View the MathML source and ΔδU=−85±25 mas at the moment of occultation. This offset is confirmed by another Titania stellar occultation observed on August 1st, 2003, which provides an offset of ΔαTcos(δT)=−127±20 mas and ΔδT=−97±13 mas for the satellite. The combined ingress and egress data do not show any significant hint for atmospheric refraction, allowing us to set surface pressure limits at the level of 10–20 nbar. More specifically, we find an upper limit of 13 nbar (1-σ level) at 70 K and 17 nbar at 80 K, for a putative isothermal CO2 atmosphere. We also provide an upper limit of 8 nbar for a possible CH4 atmosphere, and 22 nbar for pure N2, again at the 1-σ level. We finally constrain the stellar size using the time-resolved star disappearance and reappearance at ingress and egress. We find an angular diameter of 0.54±0.03 mas (corresponding to View the MathML source projected at Titania). With a distance of 170±25 parsecs, this corresponds to a radius of 9.8±0.2 solar radii for HIP 106829, typical of a K0 III giant. | ||||
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| Publisher | ELSEVIER | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| Call Number | CAT @ cat @ Wid2009 | Serial | 1052 | ||
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| Author | Joan Marc Llargues Asensio; Juan Peralta; Raul Arrabales; Manuel Gonzalez Bedia; Paulo Cortez; Antonio Lopez | ||||
| Title | Artificial Intelligence Approaches for the Generation and Assessment of Believable Human-Like Behaviour in Virtual Characters | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2014 | Publication | Expert Systems With Applications | Abbreviated Journal | EXSY |
| Volume | 41 | Issue | 16 | Pages | 7281–7290 |
| Keywords | Turing test; Human-like behaviour; Believability; Non-player characters; Cognitive architectures; Genetic algorithm; Artificial neural networks | ||||
| Abstract | Having artificial agents to autonomously produce human-like behaviour is one of the most ambitious original goals of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and remains an open problem nowadays. The imitation game originally proposed by Turing constitute a very effective method to prove the indistinguishability of an artificial agent. The behaviour of an agent is said to be indistinguishable from that of a human when observers (the so-called judges in the Turing test) cannot tell apart humans and non-human agents. Different environments, testing protocols, scopes and problem domains can be established to develop limited versions or variants of the original Turing test. In this paper we use a specific version of the Turing test, based on the international BotPrize competition, built in a First-Person Shooter video game, where both human players and non-player characters interact in complex virtual environments. Based on our past experience both in the BotPrize competition and other robotics and computer game AI applications we have developed three new more advanced controllers for believable agents: two based on a combination of the CERA–CRANIUM and SOAR cognitive architectures and other based on ADANN, a system for the automatic evolution and adaptation of artificial neural networks. These two new agents have been put to the test jointly with CCBot3, the winner of BotPrize 2010 competition (Arrabales et al., 2012), and have showed a significant improvement in the humanness ratio. Additionally, we have confronted all these bots to both First-person believability assessment (BotPrize original judging protocol) and Third-person believability assessment, demonstrating that the active involvement of the judge has a great impact in the recognition of human-like behaviour. | ||||
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| Notes | ADAS; 600.055; 600.057; 600.076 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ si @ LPA2014 | Serial | 2500 | ||
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