Distributed Video Sensor Networks
Large-scale video networks are of increasing importance in a wide range of applications. However, the development of automated techniques for aggregating and interpreting information from multiple video streams in real-life scenarios is a challenging area
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Bir Bhanu Chinya V. Ravishankar Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury Hamid Aghajan Demetri Terzopoulos Editors
Distributed Video Sensor Networks
Editors Prof. Bir Bhanu Center for Research in Intelligent Systems University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 USA [email protected] Prof. Chinya V. Ravishankar Dept. Computer Science & Engineering University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 USA [email protected] Assoc. Prof. Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury Dept. Electrical Engineering University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 USA [email protected]
Prof. Hamid Aghajan Dept. Electrical Engineering, Packard Bldg. Stanford University Serra Mall 350 Stanford, CA 94305-9505 USA [email protected] Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos Dept. Computer Science University of California, Los Angeles Boelter Hall 4731 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1596 USA [email protected]
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Preface
On May 11–12, 2009, the University of California, Riverside, hosted a two-day workshop on “Distributed Video Sensor Networks—Research Challenges and Future Directions.” The workshop was attended by researchers from academia, industrial labs, and government, and was sponsored by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Army Research Office (ARO), and the US Office of Naval Research (ONR). This book is a collection of articles authored by the leading researchers who attended this workshop, outlining their vision in this emerging, interdisciplinary research area. Large-scale video networks are becoming increasingly important for a wide range of critical applications such as video surveillance, the monitoring of disaster zones and traffic, elderly care, the tracking of
