Frank Dellaert

Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing.
Associate Director for Education, RIM Center.
College of Computing @ Georgia Tech
My research is in the areas of Robotics and Computer vision. Check out my homepage, or jump straight to my Teaching, Research, and Publications pages to find out more.
Projects
Journal Papers
Intl. Journal of Robotics Research
2015
Planning in the Continuous Domain: a Generalized Belief Space Approach for Autonomous Navigation in Unknown Environments,
, Intl. Journal of Robotics Research, (2015)
2014
2014
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2013
Information Fusion in Navigation Systems via Factor Graph Based Incremental Smoothing,
, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 61, Issue 8, (2013)
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
2012
iSAM2: Incremental Smoothing and Mapping Using the Bayes Tree,
, International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), (2012)
Journal of Multimedia
2012
4D Cities: Analyzing Visualizing and Interacting with Historical Urban Photo Collections,
, Journal of Multimedia, (2012)
Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication
2012
Autonomous Flight in GPS-Denied Environments Using Monocular Vision and Inertial Sensors,
, Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication, (2012)
Journal of Autonomous Robots
2012
How to Localize Humanoids with a Single Camera?,
, Journal of Autonomous Robots, (2012)
Journal of Computational Biology
2009
Binding Balls: Fast Detection of Binding Sites Using a Property of Spherical Fourier Transform,
, Journal of Computational Biology, November, Volume 16, Number 11, p.1577-1591, (2009)
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU)
2009
Probabilistic Structure Matching for Visual SLAM with a Multi-Camera Rig,
, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), (2009)
Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)
2009
Covariance Recovery from a Square Root Information Matrix for Data Association,
, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), (2009)
International Journal of Computer Vision
2008
Learning and Inferring Motion Patterns using Parametric Segmental Switching Linear Dynamic Systems,
, International Journal of Computer Vision, 05/2008, Volume 77, Issue 1, (2008)
Transactions on Robotics (TRO)
2008
iSAM: Incremental Smoothing and Mapping,
, Transactions on Robotics (TRO), (2008)
PAMI
2006
MCMC Data Association and Sparse Factorization Updating for Real Time Multitarget Tracking with Merged and Multiple Measurements,
, PAMI, December, Volume 28, Number 12, p.1960–1972, (2006)
Proceedings of IEEE
2006
How {A}.{I}. and multi-robot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior,
, Proceedings of IEEE, 07/2006, Volume 94, Issue 7, (2006)
International lJournal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
2006
Square Root SAM: Simultaneous Location and Mapping via Square Root Information Smoothing,
, International lJournal of Robotics Research (IJRR), Volume 25, Number 12, p.1181, (2006)
TRO
2006
Bayesian Inference in the Space of Topological Maps,
, TRO, Volume 22, Number 1, p.92–107, (2006)
Abstract
2005
{MCMC}-Based Particle Filtering for Tracking a Variable Number of Interacting Targets,
, November, Volume 27, Number 11, p.1805–1918, (2005)
2003
{EM}; {MCMC}; and Chain Flipping for Structure from Motion with Unknown Correspondence,
, January - Februa, Volume 50, Number 1-2, p.45-71, (2003)
Artificial Intelligence
2001
Robust Monte Carlo Localization for Mobile Robots,
, Artificial Intelligence, Volume 128, Number 1-2, p.99–141, (2001)
International Journal of Robotics Research
2000
Probabilistic Algorithms and the Interactive Museum Tour-Guide Robot Minerva,
, International Journal of Robotics Research, November, Volume 19, Number 11, p.972-999, (2000)
Conference Papers
American Control Conference
2015
Rigid Components Identification and Rigidity Enforcement in Bearing-Only Localization using the Graph Cycle Basis,
, American Control Conference, 2015, (2015)
Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2015
Distributed Real-time Cooperative Localization and Mapping using an Uncertainty-Aware Expectation Maximization Approach,
, Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (2015)
Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation
2015
Initialization Techniques for 3D SLAM: a Survey on Rotation Estimation and its Use in Pose Graph Optimization,
, Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, (2015)
Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation
2015
Duality-based Verification Techniques for 2D SLAM,
, Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, (2015)
International Conference on Image Processing
2014
A Rao-Blackwellized MCMC Algorithm for Recovering Piecewise Planar 3D Models from Multiple View RGBD Images,
, International Conference on Image Processing, 10/2014, Paris, (2014)
6th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV)
2014
Appearance-based Localization across Seasons in a Metric Map,
, 6th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV), 09/2014, Chicago, USA, (2014)
Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference
2014
An Image Based Approach to Recovering the Gravitational Field of Asteroids,
, Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference, 09/2014, University of Nottingham, UK, (2014)
2014
Constrained optimal selection for multi-sensor robot navigation using plug-and-play factor graphs,
, 05/2014, Hong Kong, (2014)
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Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2014
Eliminating conditionally independent sets in factor graphs: a unifying perspective based on smart factors,
, Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, (2014)
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
2014
Joint Semantic Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction from Monocular Video,
, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Volume 8694, Zurich, Switzerland, p.703-718, (2014)
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014)2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2014
Selecting good measurements via ℓ1 relaxation: A convex approach for robust estimation over graphs,
, 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014)2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Chicago, IL, USA, p.2667 - 2674, (2014)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2013
Incremental Light Bundle Adjustment for Robotics Navigation,
, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 11/2013, (2013)
5th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV13)
2013
Optical Flow Templates for Superpixel Labeling in Autonomous Robot Navigation,
, 5th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV13), 11/2013, Tokyo, Japan, (2013)
IEEE/RSJ IROS'13 International Workshop on Vision-based Closed-Loop Control and Navigation of Micro Helicopters in GPS-denied Environments
2013
Monocular Parallel Tracking and Mapping with Odometry Fusion for MAV Navigation in Feature-lacking Environments,
, IEEE/RSJ IROS'13 International Workshop on Vision-based Closed-Loop Control and Navigation of Micro Helicopters in GPS-denied Environments, 11/2013, Tokyo, Japan, (2013)
In 5th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV)
2013
Large-Scale Dense 3D Reconstruction from Stereo Imagery,
, In 5th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV), 11/2013, Tokyo, Japan, (2013)
International Conference on Computer Vision Systems
2013
High Frame Rate Egomotion Estimation,
, International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, 07/2013, Volume 7963, p.183-192, (2013)
2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2013
DDF-SAM 2.0: Consistent Distributed Smoothing and Mapping,
, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 05/2013, Karlsruhe, Germany, (2013)
Abstract
IEEE Workshop on Robot Vision (WoRV)
2013
Probabilistic Analysis of Incremental Light Bundle Adjustment,
, IEEE Workshop on Robot Vision (WoRV), 01/2013, (2013)
2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2013
Path Planning with Uncertainty: Voronoi Uncertainty Fields,
, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (2013)
Abstract
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2013
Support-Theoretic Subgraph Preconditioners for Large-Scale SLAM,
, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (2013)
Second Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference
2012
HyperSfM,
, Second Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference, October, Zurich, (2012)
2012 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
2012
Consistent Decentralized Graphical SLAM with Anti-Factor Down-Dating,
, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 11/2012, College Station, TX., (2012)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2012
Accurate On-Line 3D Occupancy Grids Using Manhattan World Constraints,
, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 10/2012, (2012)
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)
2012
Incremental Light Bundle Adjustment,
, British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 09/2012, (2012)
Unmanned Systems Technology XIV - SPIE Defense; Security; and Sensing
2012
Saliency Detection and Model-based Tracking: a Two Part Vision System for Small Robot Navigation in Forested Environment,
, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV - SPIE Defense; Security; and Sensing, 04/2012, (2012)
Fusion
2012
Computer and Robot Vision
2012
Planar Segmentation of RGBD Images using Fast Linear Fitting and Markov Chain Monte Carlo,
, Computer and Robot Vision, (2012)
FUSION
2012
Workshop on Visual Control of Mobile Robots
2012
Vistas and Wall-Floor Intersection Features - Enabling Autonomous Flight in Man-made Environments,
, Workshop on Visual Control of Mobile Robots, (2012)
Unmanned Systems Technology XIV - SPIE Defense; Security; and Sensing
2012
Large-scale Experimental Design for Decentralized SLAM,
, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV - SPIE Defense; Security; and Sensing, (2012)
2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2012
Fully Distributed Scalable Smoothing and Mapping with Robust Multi-robot Data Association,
, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (2012)
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
2011
Generalized Subgraph Preconditioners for Large-Scale Bundle Adjustment,
, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 11/2012, (2011)
Defense, Security and Sensing, SPIE.
2011
Results from MAST Joint Experiment 3.1,
, Defense, Security and Sensing, SPIE., 04/2011, Orlando, FL, (2011)
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2011
Collaborative stereo,
, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (2011)
ICRA
2011
Oceans
2011
ICRA
2011
WAFR
2010
The Bayes Tree: An Algorithmic Foundation for Probabilistic Robot Mapping,
, WAFR, Dec, (2010)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2010
DDF-SAM: Fully Distributed SLAM using Constrained Factor Graphs,
, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 10/2010, Taipei, Taiwan, (2010)
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2010
Visual Odometry Priors for robust EKF-SLAM,
, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 05/2010, (2010)
IROS
2010
CVPR
2010
Intl. Conf. on Information Fusion (FUSION)
2009
Decentralised data fusion: a Graphical Model approach,
, Intl. Conf. on Information Fusion (FUSION), July, (2009)
CVPR
2009
ICRA
2008
CVPR
2008
IV Workshop de Visao Computacional Bauru Brazil
2008
Object-based Visual SLAM: How Object Identity Informs Geometry,
, IV Workshop de Visao Computacional Bauru Brazil, (2008)
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
2007
Out-of-Core Bundle Adjustment for Large-Scale {3D} Reconstruction,
, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), October, Rio de Janeiro, (2007)
ICRA
2007
iSAM: Fast Incremental Smoothing and Mapping with Efficient Data Association,
, ICRA, April, Rome; Italy, (2007)
IJCAI
2007
Fast Incremental Square Root Information Smoothing,
, IJCAI, Hyderabad; India, p.2129-2134, (2007)
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
2007
Semantic Modeling of Places using Objects,
, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) , Atlanta; USA, (2007)
CVPR
2007
SIGGRAPH '07: ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 posters
2007
4D view synthesis: navigating through time and space,
, SIGGRAPH '07: ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 posters, p.194, (2007)
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
2006
Exploiting Locality by Nested Dissection For Square Root Smoothing and Mapping,
, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) , (2006)
International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
2006
Stereo Tracking and Three-Point/One-Point Algorithms - A Robust Approach in Visual Odometry,
, International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), (2006)
CVPR
2006
Snowird Learning Workshop
2006
On-line Learning of the Traversability of Unstructured Terrain for Outdoor Robot Navigation,
, Snowird Learning Workshop, (2006)
3DPVT
2006
ICRA
2006
3DPVT
2006
Automatic Acquisition of 4D urban Models and Proactive Auditory Service for Enhanced User Experience
Young Investigators Forum in culture and Technology
2006
Automatic Acquisition of 4D urban Models and Proactive Auditory Service for Enhanced User Experience,
, Young Investigators Forum in culture and Technology, (2006)
ICRA
2005
ICRA
2005
A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach to Closing the Loop in SLAM,
, ICRA, April, Barcelona; Spain, p.645-650, (2005)
AAAI
2005
1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired
2005
A Multi-Camera Pose Tracker for Assisting the Visually Impaired,
, 1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired, (2005)
CVPR
2005
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
2005
Square Root SAM: Simultaneous Location and Mapping via Square Root Information Smoothing,
, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) , MIT, Boston, (2005)
CVPR
2005
AAAI
2005
ICCV
2005
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
2005
Data driven {MCMC} for Appearance-based Topological mapping,
, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) , (2005)
ICCV Workshop on Dynamical Vision; International Conference on Computer Vision
2005
A {Rao-Blackwellized} Parts-Constellation Tracker,
, ICCV Workshop on Dynamical Vision; International Conference on Computer Vision, (2005)
ICRA
2005
International Workshop on Vision Techniques Applied to the Rehabilitation of City Centres
2004
A Probabilistic Approach to the Semantic Interpretation of Building Facades,
, International Workshop on Vision Techniques Applied to the Rehabilitation of City Centres, October, (2004)
ECCV
2004
MCMC-based Multiview Reconstruction of Piecewise Smooth Subdivision Curves with a Variable Number of Control Points,
, ECCV, Volume 3023, Prague; Czech Republic, p.329-341, (2004)
ECCV
2004
AAAI Fall Symposium Series 2004: Workshop on The Interaction of Cognitive Science and Robotics: From Interfaces to Intelligence
2004
Semantic SLAM for Collaborative Cognitive Workspaces,
, AAAI Fall Symposium Series 2004: Workshop on The Interaction of Cognitive Science and Robotics: From Interfaces to Intelligence, (2004)
IROS
2004
CVPR
2004
ICRA
2003
Proceedings of the IEEE 1st International Workshop on Higher-Level Knowledge in 3D Modeling and Motion Analysis
2003
Reconstruction of Objects with Jagged Edges through Rao-Blackwellized Fitting of Piecewise Smooth Subdivision Curves,
, Proceedings of the IEEE 1st International Workshop on Higher-Level Knowledge in 3D Modeling and Motion Analysis, Nice; France, p.39-47, (2003)
IROS
2003
Efficient Particle Filter-Based Tracking of Multiple Interacting Targets Using an MRF-based Motion Model,
, IROS, Las Vegas, (2003)
Proceedings of the ISM International Symposium on the Science of Modeling - The 30th Anniversary of the Information Criterion (AIC)
2003
A sample of {M}onte {C}arlo methods in robotics and vision,
, Proceedings of the ISM International Symposium on the Science of Modeling - The 30th Anniversary of the Information Criterion (AIC), Yokohama; Japan, p.211-222, (2003)
AAAI Mobile Robot Competition Workshop
2002
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: A Marsupial Team for Urban Search and Rescue,
, AAAI Mobile Robot Competition Workshop, Edmonton; Alberta; Canada, p.44-49, (2002)
Proceedings of the 2001 Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI '01)
2001
Classification-Driven Pathological Neuroimage Retrieval Using Statistical Asymmetry Measures,
, Proceedings of the 2001 Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI '01), October, Utrecht; The Netherlands, (2001)
NIPS
2001
KI-99: Advances in AI
1999
MINERVA: A Tour-Guide Robot that Learns,
, KI-99: Advances in AI, September, p.14-26, (1999)
International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR)
1999
Experiences with two deployed interactive tour-guide robots,
, International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR), 08/1999, (1999)
AAAI
1999
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
1999
MINERVA: A second generation mobile tour-guide robot,
, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (1999)
CVPR
1999
1999 ICCV Workshop on Frame Rate Vision; Corfu; Greece
1999
Fast Image-Based Tracking by Selective Pixel Integration,
, 1999 ICCV Workshop on Frame Rate Vision; Corfu; Greece, (1999)
WACV
1998
Jacobian Images of Super-Resolved Texture Maps for Model-Based Motion Estimation and Tracking,
, WACV, October, p.2-7, (1998)
ICRA
1998
Model-Based Car Tracking Integrated with a Road-Follower,
, ICRA, May, Leuven; Belgium, p.1889-1894, (1998)
CVPR
1998
Image Understanding workshop
1998
Classification Driven Medical Image Retrieval,
, Image Understanding workshop, (1998)
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3207; Intelligent Transportation Systems
1997
Robust car tracking using {K}alman filtering and {B}ayesian templates,
, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3207; Intelligent Transportation Systems, October, Volume 3207, p.72-83, (1997)
International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP)
1996
Recognizing Emotion in Speech,
, International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP), (1996)
From Animals to Animats 4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
1996
A Developmental Model for the Evolution of Complete Autonomous Agents,
, From Animals to Animats 4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, (1996)
Artificial Life IV; Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems
1994
Toward an Evolvable Model of Development for Autonomous Agent Synthesis,
, Artificial Life IV; Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, (1994)
CNNA '94: proceedings; fourth International IEEE Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications
1994
Automatic design of Cellular Neural Networks by means of Genetic Algorithms: Finding a Feature Detector,
, CNNA '94: proceedings; fourth International IEEE Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications, (1994)
Book Chapters
Outdoor and Large-Scale Real-World Scene Analysis
2012
Generalized Subgraph Preconditioners for Large-Scale Bundle Adjustment,
, Outdoor and Large-Scale Real-World Scene Analysis, (2012)
Trends and Advances in Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval
2004
Semantic based Biomedical Image Indexing and Retrieval,
, Trends and Advances in Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval, February, (2004)
On Growth; Form; and Computers
2003
A Developmental Model for the Evolution of Complete Autonomous Agents,
, On Growth; Form; and Computers, December, (2003)
Sequential {M}onte {C}arlo Methods in Practice
2001
Particle filters for Mobile Robot Localization,
, Sequential {M}onte {C}arlo Methods in Practice, January, New York, (2001)
Thesis
2001
Monte {C}arlo {EM} for Data Association and its Applications in Computer Vision,
, September, Number CMU-CS-01-153, (2001)
Technical Reports
MIT-CSAIL-TR-2010-021
2010
GIT-GVU-06-02
2006
GIT-GVU-05-25
2005
GIT-GVU-05-11
2005
CMU-RI-TR-00-11
2000
CMU-RI-TR-99-34
1999