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ICPR
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A Hybrid PNN-GMM classification scheme for speech emotion recognition
With the increasing demand for spoken language interfaces in human-computer interactions, automatic recognition of emotional states from human speeches has become of increasing im...
Wee Ser, Ling Cen, Zhu Liang Yu
ICPR
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Parameter-based reduction of Gaussian mixture models with a variational-Bayes approach
This paper 1 proposes a technique for simplifying a given Gaussian mixture model, i.e. reformulating the density in a more parcimonious manner, if possible (less Gaussian componen...
Pierrick Bruneau, Marc Gelgon, Fabien Picarougne
ICMCS
2008
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
A real-time video surveillance system with human occlusion handling using nonlinear regression
This paper presents a real-time single-camera surveillance system, aiming at detecting and partly analyzing a group of people. A set of moving persons is segmented using a combina...
Jungong Han, Minwei Feng, Peter H. N. de With
ICIP
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Multi-object tracking using binary masks
In this paper, we introduce a new method for tracking multiple objects. The method combines Kalman filtering and the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm in a novel way to dea...
Sami Huttunen, Janne Heikkilä
ICASSP
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Singer melody extraction in polyphonic signals using source separation methods
We propose a new approach for singer melody extraction, based on blind source separation techniques. The short time Fourier transform (STFT) of the singer signal is modelled by a ...
Jean-Louis Durrieu, Gaël Richard, Bertrand Da...
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Robustness Analysis of Source Localization Using Gaussianity Measure
Nowadays, the source localization has been widely applied for wireless sensor networks. The Gaussian mixture model has been adopted for maximum-likelihood (ML) source localization ...
Kun Yan, Hsiao-Chun Wu, S. S. Iyengar
CDC
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Shannon meets Bellman: Feature based Markovian models for detection and optimization
— The goal of this paper is to develop modeling techniques for complex systems for the purposes of control, estimation, and inference: (i) A new class of Hidden Markov Models is ...
Sean P. Meyn, George Mathew
CIARP
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Finding Images with Similar Lighting Conditions in Large Photo Collections
When we look at images taken from outdoor scenes, much of the information perceived is due to the ligthing conditions. In these scenes, the solar beams interact with the atmosphere...
Mauricio Díaz, Peter F. Sturm
ICASSP
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Support vector machines and Joint Factor Analysis for speaker verification
This article presents several techniques to combine between Support vector machines (SVM) and Joint Factor Analysis (JFA) model for speaker verification. In this combination, the...
Najim Dehak, Patrick Kenny, Réda Dehak, Ond...
ICASSP
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Comparing maximum a posteriori vector quantization and Gaussian mixture models in speaker verification
Gaussian mixture model - universal background model (GMMUBM) is a standard reference classifier in speaker verification. We have recently proposed a simplified model using vect...
Tomi Kinnunen, Juhani Saastamoinen, Ville Hautam&a...