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Overview

Jean-Marc Odobez is affiliated with the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and engineering, with a notable focus on interdisciplinary topics bridging technology and human interaction.

Their scientific output includes publications in the fields of computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, biomedical engineering, and control and systems engineering.

Key research topics addressed by Jean-Marc Odobez include:

  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
  • Gait Recognition and Analysis
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Speech and Audio Processing

The scientist has contributed articles to several publication venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Recent publications illustrate the diversity of their research interests. These include:

  • "Neural Network Adaptation and Data Augmentation for Multi-Speaker Direction-of-Arrival Estimation," 2021, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing
  • "Towards smart pruning: ViNet, a deep-learning approach for grapevine structure estimation," 2023, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • "Towards an Engagement-Aware Attentive Artificial Listener for Multi-Party Interactions," 2021, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • "A Modular Multimodal Architecture for Gaze Target Prediction: Application to Privacy-Sensitive Settings," 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW)
  • "Active Learning of Bayesian Probabilistic Movement Primitives," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Jean-Marc Odobez frequently collaborates with several researchers. Among the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Samy Tafasca
  • Anshul Gupta
  • Michael Villamizar
  • Arya Farkhondeh
  • Rémy Siegfried

Best Publications

  • Robust multiresolution estimation of parametric motion models

    Jean-Marc Odobez;Patrick Bouthemy

  • Deep Dynamic Neural Networks for Multimodal Gesture Segmentation and Recognition

    Di Wu;Lionel Pigou;Pieter-Jan Kindermans;Nam Do-Hoang Le

  • Modeling scenes with local descriptors and latent aspects

    P. Quelhas;F. Monay;J.-M. Odobez;D. Gatica-Perez

  • Text detection and recognition in images and video frames

    Datong Chen;Jean-Marc Odobez;Hervé Bourlard

  • EYEDIAP: a database for the development and evaluation of gaze estimation algorithms from RGB and RGB-D cameras

    Kenneth Alberto Funes Mora;Florent Monay;Jean-Marc Odobez

  • Multi-Layer Background Subtraction Based on Color and Texture

    Jian Yao;J.-M. Odobez

  • Using particles to track varying numbers of interacting people

    K. Smith;D. Gatica-Perez;J.-M. Odobez

  • A Thousand Words in a Scene

    P. Quelhas;F. Monay;J.-M. Odobez;D. Gatica-Perez

  • Evaluating Multi-Object Tracking

    K. Smith;D. Gatica-Perez;J. Odobez;Sileye Ba

  • Deep Neural Networks for Multiple Speaker Detection and Localization

    Weipeng He;Petr Motlicek;Jean-Marc Odobez

  • Recognizing Visual Focus of Attention From Head Pose in Natural Meetings

    S.O. Ba;J.-M. Odobez

  • Tracking the Visual Focus of Attention for a Varying Number of Wandering People

    K. Smith;S.O. Ba;J.-M. Odobez;D. Gatica-Perez

  • AV16.3: an audio-visual corpus for speaker localization and tracking

    Guillaume Lathoud;Jean-Marc Odobez;Daniel Gatica-Perez

  • Audiovisual Probabilistic Tracking of Multiple Speakers in Meetings

    D. Gatica-Perez;G. Lathoud;J.-M. Odobez;I. McCowan

  • Topic models for scene analysis and abnormality detection

    Jagannadan Varadarajan;Jean-Marc Odobez

  • Gaze estimation from multimodal Kinect data

    Kenneth Alberto Funes Mora;Jean-Marc Odobez

  • Multiperson Visual Focus of Attention from Head Pose and Meeting Contextual Cues

    S O Ba;J Odobez

  • A probabilistic framework for joint head tracking and pose estimation

    S.O. Ba;J.M. Odobez

  • We are not contortionists: Coupled adaptive learning for head and body orientation estimation in surveillance video

    Cheng Chen;Jean-Marc Odobez

  • Direct incremental model-based image motion segmentation for video analysis

    Jena-Marc Odobez;Patrick Bouthemy

  • Multi-Person Visual Focus of Attention from Head Pose and Meeting Contextual Cues

    Silèye O. Ba;Jean-Marc Odobez

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Gatica-Perez
Daniel Gatica-Perez Idiap Research Institute
Iain A. McCowan
Iain A. McCowan Queensland University of Technology
Hervé Bourlard
Hervé Bourlard Idiap Research Institute
Alessandro Vinciarelli
Alessandro Vinciarelli University of Glasgow
Oliver Lemon
Oliver Lemon Heriot-Watt University
Jan Cernocky
Jan Cernocky Brno University of Technology
Elisa Ricci
Elisa Ricci Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Dariu M. Gavrila
Dariu M. Gavrila Delft University of Technology
Patrick Bouthemy
Patrick Bouthemy French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
François Brémond
François Brémond French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

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