Publications by N.D. Georganas at the DISCOVER Laboratory |
Journals |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "Human Perception-based Data Reduction for Haptic Communication in Six-DoF Telepresence Systems", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, (accepted, to appear), 2011 |
| J. Zhou, F. Malric, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "Uniform Hardness Perception in 6-DOF Haptic Rendering", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, Issue 1, pp. 214-225, 2011 |
| N. Sakr, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "Prediction-based Haptic Data Reduction and Transmission in Telementoring Systems", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1727-1736, August 2009 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, E.M. Petriu, "Multimodal Vision-Haptic Perception of Digital Watermarks Embedded in 3D Meshes", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, (accepted, to appear), 2009 |
| X. Shen, J. Zhou, A. Hamam, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, F. Malric, N.D. Georganas, "Haptic-Enabled Telementoring Surgery Simulation", IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 64-76, 2008 |
| Q. Chen, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Hand gesture recognition using Haar-like features and a stochastic context-free grammar", IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., Vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 1562-1571, 2008 |
| A. El-Sawah, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "A Prototype for 3-D Hand Tracking and Posture Estimation", IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., Vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 1627-1636, 2008 |
| M. Hosseini, D.T. Ahmed, S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "A Survey of Application-Layer Multicast Protocols", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, accepted, to appear, 2007 |
| D. Tian, Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Configuring node status in a two-phase tightly integrated mode for wireless sensor networks", Int. J. Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 175-185, 2007 |
| L. Chen, N.D. Georganas, "Region-based 3D Mesh Compression Using an Efficient Neighborhood-based Segmentation", Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2007 |
| Q. Chen, A.M. Rahman, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Navigating a 3D virtual environment of learning objects by hand gestures", Int. J. Advanced Media and Communication, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 351-368, 2007 |
| Z. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel Algorithm for MPEG-4 XMT Scene Structure Authentication and Multimedia Content Location", ACM Trans. On Multimedia Comp. Communic. and Applic. (TOMCCAP), Vol. 3, No. 3, August 2007 |
| L. Chen, N.D. Georganas, "An efficient and robust algorithm for 3D mesh segmentation", Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer Netherlands, 2006 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "Node Activity Scheduling Algorithms in Wireless Sensors Networks", Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless and Mobile Networks, (A. Boukerche, editor), Taylor and Francis Books, Inc., 2005 |
| G. Cao, Z. Lei, J. Li, N.D. Georganas, Z. Zhu, "A Novel DCT Domain Transcoder for Transcoding Video Streams with Half-pixel Motion Vectors", Real-Time Imaging J. (Elsevier Science), 2005 |
| A. El Saddik, D. Yang, N.D. Georganas, "Tools for Transparent Synchronous Collaborative Environments", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2005 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "Connectivity Maintenance and Coverage Preservation in Wireless Sensor Networks", AdHoc Networks Journal (Elsevier Science), pp. 744-761, 2005 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Adaptive Video Transcoding and Streaming over Wireless Channels", Journal of Systems and Software, Special Issue on Adaptive Multimedia Computing, 2005 |
| M. Zhang, N.D. Georganas, "An Orientation Update Message Filtering Algorithm in Collaborative Virtual Environments", Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2004 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Digital Image Watermarking for Joint Ownership", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2004 |
| L. Chen, N.D. Georganas, "An Efficient and Robust Algorithm for 3D Mesh Segmentation", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2004 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel approach to Digital Image Watermarking Based on a Generalized Secret Sharing Scheme", ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems J., 2004 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "End System Multicast Protocol for Collaborative Virtual Environments", J. PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, (Special Issue on Advances in Collaborative Virtual Environments), MIT Press, Vol. 13, Issue 3, June 2004 |
| J.C. Oliveira, J. Yu, N.D. Georganas, "Enabling Embedded Worlds in Very Large Virtual Environments", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 73-83, May 2004 |
| M. Zhang, N.D. Georganas, "Fast Color Correction Using Principal Regions Mapping in Different Color Spaces", Real-Time Imaging Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 23-30, February 2004 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "Location and Calculation Free Node-Scheduling Schemes in Large Wireless Sensor Networks", AdHoc Networks Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 66-85, January 2004 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Digital Image Watermarking for Joint Ownership", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Adaptive Video Transcoding and Streaming over Wireless Channels", Journal of Systems and Software, Special Issue on Adaptive Multimedia Computing, 2003 |
| X. Zhong, P. Liu, N.D. Georganas, P. Boulanger, "Designing a Vision Based Collaborative Augmented Reality Application for Industrial Training", it-Information Technology, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 7-18, 2003 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel approach to Digital Image Watermarking Based on a Generalized Secret Sharing Scheme", ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems J., Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 249-260, 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "An Accurate Bit-Rate Algorithm for DCT Domain Video Transcoding", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 2003 |
| J.C. Oliveira, N.D. Georganas, "VELVET: An Adaptive Hybrid Architecture for VEry Large Virtual EnvironmenTs", J. PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, MIT Press, Vol. 12, Issue 6, pp. 555-580, December 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "A Rate Adaptation Transcoding Scheme for Real-time Video Transmission over Wireless Channels", Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal, (Special issue on Multimedia Adaptation), Vol. 18, Issue 8, pp. 641-658, September 2003 |
| J.C. Oliveira, M. Hosseini, S. Shirmohammadi, A. El Saddik, F. Malric, S. Nourian, N.D. Georganas, "Java Multimedia Telecollaboration", IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 18-29, July 2003 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "A Node Scheduling Scheme for Energy Conservation in Large Wireless Sensor Networks", Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, May 2003 |
| S. Shirmohammadi, L. Ding, N.D. Georganas, "An Approach for Recording Multimedia Collaborative Sessions: Design and Implementation", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 19, No. 2, February 2003 |
| S. Shirmohammadi, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, R. Steinmetz, "JASMINE: A Java Tool for Multimedia Collaboration on the Internet", J. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2002 |
| X. Shen, T. Radakrishnan, N.D. Georganas, "vCOM: Electronic Commerce in a Collaborative Virtual World", Electronic Commerce Research and Applications J., Elsevier Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 281-300, September 2002 |
| M.D. Cordea, D.C. Petriu, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, T.E. Whalen, "3D Head Pose Recovery for Interactive Virtual Reality Avatars", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, August 2002 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "Collaborative Virtual Environments: Managing the Shared Spaces", Networking and Information Systems Journal (Invited), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2001 |
| M.D. Cordea, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, D.C. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, "Real-Time 2½D Head Pose Recovery for Model-Based Video-Coding", IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1007-1013, September 2001 |
| S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "An End-to-End Communication Architecture for Collaborative Virtual Environments", Computer Networks Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 351-367, February 2001 |
Conferences and Workshops |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "Exploring Human Perception-based Data Reduction for Haptic Communication in 6-DOF Telepresence Systems", Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, pp. 1-6, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., October 2010 |
| C.W. Leong, B. Hariri, S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "Leveraging Motion Estimation for Data Reduction in 3D Tele-immersive Systems", Proc. IEEE Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., October 16-17, 2010 |
| N. Sakr, F.A. Alsulaiman, J.J. Valdés, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Feature Selection in Haptic-based Handwritten Signatures Using Rough Sets", IEEE Congress on Computational Intelligence, IEEE Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010 |
| N. Sakr, F.A. Alsulaiman, J.J. Valdés, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Exploring the Underlying Structure of Haptic-based Handwritten Signatures using Visual Data Mining Techniques", IEEE Haptics Symposium, Boston, MA, USA, March 2010 |
| Y. Zhao, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Part-based PCA for Facial Feature Extraction and Classification", Proc. HAVE 2009 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, pp. 99-104, Lecco, Italy, November 2009 |
| X. Wang, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Fiber-level Structure Recognition of Woven Textile", Proc. HAVE 2009 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, pp. 117-122, Lecco, Italy, November 2009 |
| J. Zhou, F. Malric, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "Compensating Device Inertia for 6-DOF Haptic Rendering", Proc. of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC'09), pp. 12-17, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A, October 11-14, 2009 |
| N. Sakr, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, E.M. Petriu, "Network Traffic Reduction in Six Degree-of-Freedom Haptic Telementoring Systems", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 2525-2530, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A., October 11-14, 2009 |
| N. Sakr, F.A. Alsulaiman, J.J. Valdés, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Relevant Feature Selection and Generation in High Dimensional Haptic-based Biometric Data", Proc. International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09), CSREA Press, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 2009 |
| Q. Chen, F. Malric, Y. Zhang, M. Abid, A. Cordeiro, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "Interacting with Digital Signage Using Hand Gestures", in Proc. ICIAR 2009, LNCS 5627, pp. 347-358, Halifax, NS, Canada, July 2009 |
| F.A. Alsulaiman, N. Sakr, J.J. Valdés, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Feature Selection and Classification in Genetic Programming: Application to Haptic-based Biometric data", IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 2009 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "Perceptibility of Digital Watermarks Embedded in 3D Meshes using Unimodal and Bimodal Hapto-Visual Interaction", Proc. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Singapore, May 5-7, 2009 |
| N. Sakr, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, E.M. Petriu, "Robust Perception-based Data Reduction and Transmission in Telehaptic Systems", Proc. of World Haptics, Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, pp. 214-219, Salt Lake City, USA, March 2009 |
| J. Zhou, X. Shen, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "Linear Velocity and Acceleration Estimation of 3 DOF Haptic Interfaces", Proc. HAVE 2008 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 137-142, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2008 |
| A. Hamam, N.D. Georganas, "A Comparison of Mamdani and Sugeno Fuzzy Inference Systems for Evaluating the Quality of Experience of Hapto-Audio-Visual Applications", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE’08), Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2008 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "Perceptibility of Watermarked 3D Meshes using a Multimodal Visuo-Haptic Interface", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems, pp. 20-24, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2008 |
| F. Malric, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Artificial Neural Networks for Real-Time Optical Hand Posture Recognition Using a Color-Coded Glove", Proc. IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIMSA08), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2008 |
| A. Hamam, M. Eid, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "A Fuzzy Logic System for Evaluating Quality of Experience of Haptic-based Applications", Proc. Eurohaptics2008 (also, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5024/2008, June 2008, pp. 129-138), Madrid, Spain, June 2008 |
| J. Zhou, E.M. Petriu, X. Shen, F. Malric, N.D. Georganas, "Modelling Contact Forces for 3D Interactive Peg-in-Hole Virtual Reality Operations", Proc. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), pp. 1397-1402, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 2008 |
| N. Sakr, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Prediction-based Haptic Data Reduction and Compression in Tele-Mentoring Systems", Proc. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 1828-1832, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 2008 |
| A. Hamam, M. Eid, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "A Quality of Experience Model for Haptic User Interfaces", Haptic User Interfaces in Ambient Media System, Quebec, QC, Canada, 2008 |
| K. Liu, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, A. Boukerche, N.D. Georganas, "SimSITE: The HLA/RTI Based Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Simulation", The 11-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 2007 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, "A Perceptual Quality Metric for Haptic Signals", The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE), Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2007 |
| J. Zhou, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Design and Implementation of Haptic Tele-mentoring over the Internet", The 11-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), pp. 201-208, Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 2007 |
| N.R. El-Far, N.D. Georganas, A. El Saddik, "Collision Detection and Force Response in Highly-Detailed Point-Based Hapto-Visual Virtual Environments", Proceedings of the 11-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 2007 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Motion and Force Prediction in Haptic Media", International Conference on Multimedia & Expro (ICME2007), Beijing, China, July 2007 |
| C. Desmarais, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, A. Cameron, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "PLUTO - A Privacy Control Protocol for e-Commerce Communities", Proc. IEEE Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007 |
| N.R. El-Far, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "A Collision Detection Algorithm for Point-Like Haptic Interactions in Highly Detailed Virtual Environments", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems, Italy, June 2007 |
| N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Towards an Architecture for the Compression of Haptic Media", IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (VECIMS 2007), Ostuni, Italy, June 2007 |
| A. El-Sawah, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Calibration and Error Model Analysis of 3D Monocular Vision Model Based Hand Posture Estimation", Proc. IMTC/2006, IEEE Instrum. Meas. Technol. Conf., Warsaw, Poland, May 2007 |
| X. Shen, A. Hamam, F. Malric, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, N.D. Georganas, "Immersive Haptic Eye Tele-Surgery Training Simulation", Proc. of the 3DTV Conference, The True Vision Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, Kos Island, Greece, May 2007 |
| A. El-Sawah, C. Joslin, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "A Framework for 3D Hand Tracking and Gesture Recognition using Elements of Genetic Programming", Proc. VideoRec'07: Int. Workshop on Video Processing and Recognition, pp. 495-502, Montreal, Que, Canada, May 2007 |
| Q. Chen, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Real-time Vision-based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Haar-like Features", IMTC 2007, Warsaw, Poland, May 2007 |
| Z. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel Algorithm for Authentication and Protection of SMIL Scenes", Proc. IEEE Can.Conf. on Electr. And Comp. Eng (CCECE’2007), Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007 |
| C. Desmarais, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, A. Cameron, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "Privacy Management in e-Commerce Communities", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007 |
| A. Hamam, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, F. Malric, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Distributed, Collaborative, and Haptic-Enabled Eye Cataract Surgery Application with a User Interface on Desktop, Stereo Desktop, and Spatially Immersive Displays", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 2006 |
| Q. Chen, A.M. Rahman, A. El-Sawah, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Access Learning Objects in Virtual Environment by Hand Gestures and Voice", Proc. Of the 3rd annual e-learning conference on Intelligent Interactive Learning Object Repositories (I2LOR 2006), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2006 |
| X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, C. Desmarais, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "Enhancing e-Commerce with Intelligent Agents in Collaborative e-Communities", Proc. IEEE Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A, June 2006 |
| X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, C. Desmarais, N.D. Georganas, "Multi-agent System Architecture for Collaborative E-Commerce", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006 |
| X. Wang, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Fuzzy Logic Based Intelligent Negotiation Agent (FINA) in E-Commerce", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006 |
| J. Abdo, H. Mouftah, N.D. Georganas, "Test-bed for Sensor Network Management Protocols", Proc. 23d Queen's Bienniel Symp. On Communications, Kingston, ON, Canada, May 2006 |
| X. Shen, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, "Evaluation Patterns of Tele-Haptics", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006 |
| S. Nourian, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "XPHEVE: An Extensible Physics Engine for Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006 |
| S. Nourian, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Role of Extensible Physics Engine in Surgery Simulations", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 61-66, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005 |
| N.R. El-Far, S. Nourian, J. Zhou, A. Hamam, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Cataract Tele-Surgery Training Application in a Hapto-Visual Collaborative Environment Running over the CANARIE Photonic Network", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 29-32, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005 |
| J. Zhou, X. Shen, I. Shakra, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "XML-based Representation of Haptic Information", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 116-120, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005 |
| P. Liu, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, G. Roth, "Multi-resolution Modeling and Locally Refined Collision Detection for Haptic Interaction", Proc. 3DIM 2005: The Fifth International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 2005 |
| C. Joslin, A. El-Sawah, Q. Chen, N.D. Georganas, "Dynamic Gesture Recognition", Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IEEE IMTC '05), Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2005 |
| Y. Jia, D. Makrakis, N.D. Georganas, D. Ionescu, "Dynamic Algorithms for Quality of Service Support in Virtual Private Networks", Proc. 4th International Workshop on Efficient and Experimental Algorithms, Santorini, Greece, May 2005 |
| N.R. El-Far, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Applying Unison, a Generic Framework for Hapto-Visual Application Development, to an E-Commerce Application", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2004 |
| X. Shen, J. Zhou, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Architecture and Evaluation of Tele-Haptic Environments", Proc. 8th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (IEEE DS-RT 2004), Budapest, Hungary, October 2004 |
| J. Zhou, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Haptic Tele-Surgery Simulation", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2004 |
| T. Metais, N.D. Georganas, "A Glove Gesture Interface", Proc. BiennealSymp. On Communic., Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2004 |
| S. Dodeller, N.D. Georganas, "Transport Layer Protocols for Telehaptics Update Messages", Proc. BiennealSymp. On Communic., Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2004 |
| N.R. El-Far, X. Shen, M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "Unison: A Generic Framework for Hapto-Visual Synchronization and how it Operates over a Distributed Architecture", Proc. BiennealSymp. On Communic., Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2004 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "Connectivity Maintenance and Coverage Preservation in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. Can. Conf. on Electr. & Comp. Eng., Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 2004 |
| Z. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, "A MPEG-4 XMT Algorithm for Scene Structure Authentication and Content Location", Proc. Can. Conf. on Electr. & Comp. Eng, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 2004 |
| J. Zhang, A. Perkis, N.D. Georganas, "H.264/AVC and Transcoding for Multimedia Adaptation", Proc. 6th COST 276 Workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2004 |
| Z. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel Watermarking Technique For MPEG-4 XMT Scene Structure", Proc. 14th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering (RIDE WS-ECEG'2004), Boston, MA, USA, March 2004 |
| Z. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, "A Novel Watermarking Technique For MPEG-4 XMT Scene Structure", Proc. 14th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering (RIDE WS-ECEG'2004), Boston, MA, USA, March 2004 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "Design of a Multi-sender 3D Videoconferencing Application over an End System Multicast Protocol", Proc. ACM MM2003, Berkeley, November 2003 |
| N. Chefai, G.V. Bochmann, N.D. Georganas, "Performance Evaluation of the Preemptive Bandwidth Allocation Protocol", Proc. International Workshop on Multimedia Interactive Protocols and Systems (MIPS2003), Napoli, Italy, November 2003 |
| M.D. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, T.E. Whalen, "Development of a Humanoid Avatar in Java3D", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003), Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003 |
| P. Liu, X. Sun, N.D. Georganas, E. Dubois, "Augmented Reality: A Novel Approach for Navigating In Panorama-Based Virtual Environments (PBVE)", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003), Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003 |
| X. Shen, F. Bogsanyi, G. Ni, N.D. Georganas, "A Heterogeneous Scalable Architecture of Collaborative Haptics Environments", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003), Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003 |
| X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Joint Manipulation Management in Collaborative Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003),, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003 |
| M. Eraslan, N.D. Georganas, J.R. Gallardo, D. Makrakis, "A Scalable Network Architecture with Dynamic QoS over IPv6 for Distributed Virtual Environments", Proc. 8th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications ( ISCC 2003), Kemer - Antalya, Turkey, June 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Rate Adaptation Transcoding For Video Streaming Over Wireless Channels", Proc. IEEE ICME2003, Baltimore, MD, USA, June 2003 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Digital Image Watermarking for Joint Ownership Verification without a Trusted Dealer", Proc. IEEE ICME2003, Baltimore, MD, USA, June 2003 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Blind joint ownership verification for Digital Images", Proc. Can. Conf. on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 2003 |
| X. Liu, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, " An implementable architecture of an e-learning system", Proc. Can. Conf. in Electrical and Comp. Engg (CCECE03), Montreal, QC, Canada, May 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Video Transoding Gateway for Wireless Video Access", Proc. Can. Conf. on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 2003 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Joint Ownership Verification for an Image Using Digital Watermarking", Proc. First IEEE Conference on Information Technology ITCC 2003, Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 2003 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "Energy Efficient Routing with Guaranteed Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2003), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2003 |
| P. Boulanger, N.D. Georganas, X. Zhong, P. Liu, "A Real-Time Augmented Reality System for Industrial Tele-Training", Proc. Videometrics VII, IS&T/SPIE 15th annual Symp. on Electronic Imaging, Santa Clara, CA, USA, January 2003 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Rate Adaptation Transcoding for Precoded Video Streams", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2002, Juan Les Pins, France, December 2002 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Digital Image Watermarking for Joint Ownership", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2002, Juan Les Pins, France, December 2002 |
| L. Chen, N.D. Georganas, "An Efficient Multi-resolution Modeling for 3D Objects in Applications of Virtual Environments", Proc. HAVE'2002 - IEEE Workshop on Haptic Virtual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 2002 |
| D. Yang, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Latecomer Support and Client Synchronization for Synchronous Multimedia Collaborative Environments", Proc. 4th Intern. Workshop on Collaborative Editing, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 2002 |
| M. Hosseini, F. Malric, N.D. Georganas, "A Haptic Virtual Environment for Industrial Training", Proc. HAVE'2002 - IEEE Workshop on Haptic Virtual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 2002 |
| Q. Zhou, H. Yu, D. Makrakis, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Quality of Service Support of Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment Applications in IP-Diffserv Networks", Proc. HAVE'2002 - IEEE Workshop on Haptic Virtual Environments and their Applications, pp. 97-102, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 2002 |
| D. Tian, N.D. Georganas, "A Coverage-Preserving Node Scheduling Scheme for Large Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. ACM Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications, Atlanta, USA, October 2002 |
| A. Ghavam, R. Liscano, M. Barbeau, T. Grey, N.D. Georganas, "Enabling Secure Ad hoc Communications in the Enterprise", Proc. Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless (ADHOC-NOW) Workshop, Toronto, ON, Canada, September 2002 |
| M. Hosseini, S. Pettifer, N.D. Georganas, "Visibility Based Interest Management in Collaborative Virtual Environments", Proc. ACM Collaborative Virtual Environments Conf. (CVE 2002), Bonn, Germany, September 2002 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Digital Image Watermarking for Arbitrarily Shaped Objects", Proc. 21st Biennial Symp. on Communication, Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2002 |
| X. Zhong, P. Boulanger, N.D. Georganas, "A Collaborative Augmented Reality System with Wearable Computing", Proc. 21st Biennial Symp. on Communications, Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2002 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "A Frame Layer Bit-Allocation for H.263+ Based Video Transcoding", Proc. 21st Biennial Symp. on Communications, Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2002 |
| Z. Lei, N.D. Georganas, "Accurate Bit Allocation and Rate Control for DCT Domain Video Transcoding", Proc. Can. Conf. on Elec. And Comp. Eng., Winnipeg, Canada, May 2002 |
| J.C. Oliveira, N.D. Georganas, "VELVET: An Adaptive Hybrid Architecture for VEry Large Virtual EnvironmenTs", Proc. IEEE Intern. Communic. Conf. ( ICC2002), New York, NY, USA, May 2002 |
| H. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "Multiresolution Image Watermarking Scheme in the Spectrum Domain", Proc. Can. Conf. on Elec. And Comp. Eng., Winnipeg, Canada, May 2002 |
| P. Liu, N.D. Georganas, P. Boulanger, "Designing Real-Time Vision Based Augmented Reality Environments for 3D Collaborative Applications", Proc. Can. Conf. on Elec. And Comp. Eng., Winnipeg, Canada, May 2002 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "MPEG-4 Based Recording and Replay of Collaborative Virtual Reality Sessions", Proc. IEEE Virtual Reality 2002 Conf, Orlando, FL, USA, March 2002 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "MPEG-4 BIFS Streaming of Large Virtual Environments and their Animation on the Web", Proc. ACM Web3D Symposium, Tempe, Arizona, February 2002 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "Enabling Technologies for Real-Time Distributed Simulation", Proc. 2001 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, FL, USA, September 2001 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "Architecture Proposal of Real-Time RTI", Proc. 2001 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, FL, USA, September 2001 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "Collaborative Virtual Environments for Traning", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2001, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2001 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "HLA Real-Time Extension", Proc 5th IEEE D S - R T ' 2001 Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Cincinnati, OH, USA, September 2001 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "HLA Real-Time Extension", Proc. 2001 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, FL, USA, September 2001 |
| X. Shen, S. Nourian, I. Hertento, N.D. Georganas, "vCOM: Virtual Commerce in a Collaborative 3D World", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2001, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2001 |
| M.D. Bondy, E.M. Petriu, M.D. Cordea, N.D. Georganas, D.C. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, "Model-based Face and Lip Animation for Interactive Virtual Reality Applications", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2001, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2001 |
| H. Yu, Q. Zhou, D. Makrakis, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Quality of Service Support of Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment Applications in IP Networks", Proc. 2001 IEEE Pacific Rim Conf. Communications, Computers and Signal Processing - PACRIM 2001, pp. 196-199, Victoria, BC, Canada, July 2001 |
| M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "Suitability of MPEG4's BIFS for Development of Collaborative Virtual Environments", IEEE International Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE'01), Cambridge, MA, USA, June 2001 |
| H. Yu, Q. Zhou, D. Makrakis, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Quality of Service Support of Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment Applications in IP Networks", Proc. 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Telecommunications 2001, Victoria, BC, Canada, June 2001 |
| M.D. Cordea, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, D.C. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, "3D Head Pose Recovery for Interactive Virtual Reality Avatars", Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Budapest, Hungary, May 2001 |
| Y. Zhang, L. Guo, N.D. Georganas, "AGILE: An Architecture for Agent-Based Collaborative and InteractiveVirtual Learning Environments", Proc. Workshop on Application of Virtual Reality Technologies for Future Telecommunication Systems, IEEE Globecom'2000 Conference, San Fransisco, USA, November 2000 |
| J.C. Oliveira, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Collaborative Virtual Environment for Industrial Training and e-Commerce", Proc. Workshop on Application of Virtual Reality Technologies for Future Telecommunication Systems, IEEE Globecom'2000 Conference, November 2000 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "An Approach for Stream Retrieval over HLA-RTI in Distributed Virtual Environments", Proc 4th IEEE D S - R T ' 2000 Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, San Fransisco, September 2000 |
| V. Darlagiannis, N.D. Georganas, "Virtual Collaboration and Media Sharing using COSMOS", Proc. 4th WORLD MULTICONFERENCE on Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers (CSCC 2000), Greece, July 2000 |
| J.C. Oliveira, M. Hosseini, S. Shirmohammadi, M.D. Cordea, E.M. Petriu, D.C. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "VIRTUAL THEATER for Industrial Training: A Collaborative Virtual Environment", Proc. 4th WORLD MULTICONFERENCE on Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers (CSCC 2000), Greece, July 2000 |
| S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "Collaborating in 3D Virtual Environments: A Synchronous Architecture", Proc.IEEE 9th Inter. Workshops on Enab. Technol. Infr. For Collabor. Entreprises (WETICE) Knowledge Media Networking workshop, NIST (Workshop's Best Paper Award), Washington DC, USA, June 2000 |
| M.D. Cordea, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, D.C. Petriu, T.E. Whalen, "Real-Time 2½D Head Pose Recovery for Model-Based Video-Coding"", Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 2000 |
| J.C. Oliveira, S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Industrial Training", Proc. IEEE Virtual reality 2000 (VR'2000), New Brunswick, NJ, USA, March 2000 |
| S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "An Architecture for Collaboration in Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE Virtual reality 2000 (VR'2000), New Brunswick, NJ, USA, March 2000 |
| H. Zhao, N.D. Georganas, "An Approach for Stream Transmission over HLA-RTI in Distributed Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE/ACM Third International Workshop on Distributed Interactive Simulation and Real Time Applications (D I S - R T ' 99), Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 1999 |
| J.C. Oliveira, S. Shirmohammadi, N.D. Georganas, "Distributed Virtual Environment Standards: A Performance Evaluation", Proc. IEEE/ACM Third International Workshop on Distributed Interactive Simulation and Real Time Applications (D I S - R T ' 99), Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 1999 |
| X. Shen, R. Hage, N.D. Georganas, "Agent-aided Collaborative Virtual Environments over HLA/RTI", Proc. IEEE/ACM Third International Workshop on Distributed Interactive Simulation and Real Time Applications (D I S - R T ' 99), Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 1999 |
| N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, M.D. Cordea, D. Ionescu, "Distributed Virtual Environments for Training and Telecollaboration", Proc. IMTC/99, IEEE Instrum. Meas. Technol. Conf., Venice, Italy, May 1999 |