Video and Image Processing (VIP) Lab, founded in 1988, is engaged in research related to theories, algorithms, and applications of signal, image and video processing.
Of particular emphasis in recent years is
- Multimedia Networking, both wireless and wireline
- 3D model construction for large scale environments: indoor and outdoor modeling, visualization, rendering
- Applications of image processing techniques to semiconductor manufacturing: optical proximity correction; direct write maskless lithography
For more information about our current research projects, see our Research page.
The VIP Lab is located in 307 Cory Hall.
In the News
April 22, 2011 - Chevrolet Cruze-arati Video Segment
Veronica Belmont filmed a segment for Chevrolet covering our indoor modeling project.
March 7, 2011 - Technology Review: "Turning Augment Reality into an Open Standard"
Technology Review interviewed Professor Zakhor for an article on augmented reality. For more about our image-based localization for augmented reality project, click here.
January 2011 - Photonics Spectra: "3-D Interior Modeling: A Virtual Walk on the Inside"
Photonics Spectra published an article about our indoor modeling project.
October 8, 2010 - North Gate Radio (KALX) Interview: "Laser Backpack: One-on-One with Avideh Zakhor"
Professor Zakhor was interviewed
by Alexa Vaughn of KALX about the lab's work in indoor modeling and 4D capture.
Audio Segment 1,
Segment 2 (MP3)
September 30, 2010 - SIGNAL Magazine: "Laser Backpack Prototype Maps Inside Buildings"
SIGNAL Magazine published an article about our indoor modeling project.
September 7, 2010 - Air Force News: "Portable Laser Backpack Revolutionizes 3D Mapping"
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) published an article about our indoor modeling project.
August 12, 2010 - Daily Californian: "New Backpack Makes 3D Maps of Buildings"
The Daily Californian published an article about our indoor modeling project.
August 8, 2010 - Indoor Modeling on ABC 7 News
Recently, our indoor modeling project was profiled by Richard Hart of ABC 7 News (KGO)! To learn more about our work in indoor modeling, see our project page.
November 2009 - Google Launches City Models With Detailed Building Facades
Lab alum Christian Frueh writes about the highly detailed 3D building facades added to select cities in Google Earth. This technology is based off research performed in our lab for the City Modeling project.
August 2007 - Air Force News: "3-D models of urban environments to aid military efforts"
The Air Force Materiel Command published an article about our City Modeling project, which is funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
June 2007 - Google Licenses Our 3D City Modeling Software!
Google has licensed the 3D city modeling software we developed with the City Modeling project, which provides a fully automated, fast, scalable data acquisition system and post-processing package for building photo-realistic 3D models of urban environments.
January 2006 - Red Herring: "Video Search's Buried Treasure"
Red Herring published an article about our work in video search and retrieval. For more information, see our publications on the topic.
May 2005 - R&D Magazine: "3D Modeling On-The-Go"
R&D Magazine wrote an article about our work on our City Modeling project.
May 2005 - Future Tense Radio Interview: "3D Mapping For War Planning and Starbucks Finding"
Professor Zakhor is interviewed by the American Public Media radio program, Future Tense, discussing urban mapping and its uses. For more information about our work, see our City Modeling project page.
April 2005 - The Hungry Mind: "Prof. Avideh Zakhor on being a science nerd in Iran, why Larry Summers made her mad, and what the heck a 4D model is"
Professor Zakhor is interviewed. Projects mentioned in this interview: City Modeling, Video Compression.
February 2004 - Daily Californian: "3-D City Modeling System Unveiled"
The Daily Californian covers our City Modeling project in this article.