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Health games just got into your pocket and your daily routine ...

Sleep Studies

Our Computational Physiology Research breaks new ground in sleep studies...

Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckhard-Pfeiffer Professor and Director

Ioannis Pavlidis

Telephone: 713-743-0101
Fax: 713-743-3355
e-mail: ipavlidis@uh.edu
Office: 209 Phillip G Hoffman Hall
Mail: Ioannis Pavlidis
University of Houston
Department of Computer Science
4800 Calhoun Rd.
501 Phillip G. Hoffman
Houston, TX 77204-3010
CV: Download I. Pavlidis CV [PDF]
Responsibilities: Drawing research directions, developing proposals, directing research, and writing/editing articles.

Research Interests and Projects

My current research interests are in stress, sleep studies, and health games. I direct the Stress and Walk n' Play projects.

 

Publications


Papers in Refereed Journals

[J27] New! Fast by Nature - How Stress Patterns Define Human Experience and Performance in Dexterous Tasks
I. Pavlidis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, D. Shastri, A. Wesley, Y. Zhou, P. Lindner, P. Buddharaju, R. Joseph, A. Mandapati, B. Dunkin, and B. Bass
NATURE Sci. Rep., vol. 2, March, 2012
[J26] Thermistor at a distance: Unobtrusive measurement of breath
J. Fei and I. Pavlidis
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 988-998, April, 2010, Impact Factor: [2.496]
Manuscript : PDF Size:3.21 MB
[J25] Description and clinical studies of a device for the instantaneous detection of office-place stress
J. Levine, I. Pavlidis, L. MacBride, Z. Zhu, and P. Tsiamyrtzis
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 359-364, November, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:492.25 Kb
[J24] An Accelerometer-Based Earpiece to Monitor and Quantify Physical Activity
C. Manohar, S. McCrady, I. Pavlidis, and J.A. Levine
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 781-9, November, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:353.47 Kb
[J23] Thermal Infrared Imaging: A novel method to monitor airflow during polysomnography
J.N. Murthy, J van Jaarsveld, J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, R.I. Harrykissoon, J.F. Lucke, and R.J. Castriotta
SLEEP, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1521-7, November, 2009, Impact Factor: [4.475]
Manuscript : PDF Size:621.55 Kb
[J22] Imaging facial signs of neurophysiological responses
D. Shastri, A. Merla, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 477-84, Febuary, 2009, Impact Factor: [1.622]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1003.52 Kb
[J21] NEAT-o-Games: Blending physical activity and fun in the daily routine
Y. Fujiki, K. Kazakos, C. Puri, P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
ACM Computers in Entertainment, vol. 6, no. 2, April, 2008
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.21 MB
[J20] Interacting with human physiology
I. Pavlidis, J. Dowdall, N. Sun, C. Puri, J. Fei and M. Garbey
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 108, no. 1-2, pp. 150-70, October, 2007, Impact Factor: [1.417]
Manuscript : PDF Size:4.29 MB
[J19] Contact-free measurement of cardiac pulse based on the analysis of thermal imagery
M. Garbey, N. Sun, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1418-26, August, 2007, Impact Factor: [1.622], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.37 MB
[J16] Imaging facial physiology for the detection of deceit
P. Tsiamyrtzis, J. Dowdall, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, M.G. Frank, and P. Ekman
International Journal of Computer Vision, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 197-214, October, 2006, Impact Factor: [3.381], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:717.86 Kb
[J15] Facial skin temperature changes during a Concealed Information test
D.A. Pollina, A.B. Dollins, S.M. Senter, T.E. Brown, I. Pavlidis, J.A. Levine, and A.H. Ryan
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1182-1189, January, 2006, Impact Factor: [2.346]
Manuscript : PDF Size:286.44 Kb
[J14] Face recognition by fusing thermal infrared and visible imagery
Bebis, A. Gyaourova, S. Singh, and I. Pavlidis
Image and Vision Computing, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 727-742, July, 2006, Impact Factor: [1.027], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.27 MB
[J13] Noncontact measurement of breathing function
R. Murthy and I. Pavlidis
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 57-67, June, 2006, Impact Factor: [1.066]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.89 MB
[J12] Guest editorial: special issue on computer vision beyond the visible spectrum
I. Pavlidis and B. Bhanu
Image and Vision Computing, vol. 21, pp. 563-564, July, 2003, Impact Factor: [1.027]
Manuscript : PDF Size:52.03 Kb
[J11] Face detection in the near-IR spectrum
J. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and G. Bebis
Image and Vision Computing, vol. 21, pp. 565-78, July, 2003, Impact Factor: [1.027], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:897.26 Kb
[J10] Deter: detection of events for threat evaluation and recognition
V. Morellas, I. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis
Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 15, pp. 29-45, October, 2003, Impact Factor: [0.682], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:421.03 Kb
[J9] Thermal image analysis for polygraph testing
I. Pavlidis and J. Levine
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 56-64, November, 2002, Impact Factor: [1.066], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.48 MB
[J8] Human behavior: seeing through the face of deception
I. Pavlidis, N.L. Eberhardt, and J. Levine
Nature, vol. 415, no. 6867, pp. 35, January, 2002, Impact Factor: [28.751], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:236.99 Kb
[J7] Urban surveillance systems: from the laboratory to the commercial world
I. Pavlidis, V. Morellas, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and S. Harp
Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 1478-97, October, 2001, Impact Factor: [3.820], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:405.02 Kb
[J6] The face of fear
J. Levine, I. Pavlidis, and M. Cooper
The Lancet, vol. 357, no. 9270, pp. 1757, June, 2001, Impact Factor: [28.638], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:686.56 Kb
[J5] Automatic detection of vehicle occupants - the imaging problem and its solution
I. Pavlidis, P. Symosek, B. Fritz, M. Bazakos, and N. Papanikolopoulos
Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 313-320, January, 2000, Impact Factor: [0.682], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:234.62 Kb
[J4] A vehicle occupant counting system based on near-infrared phenomenology and fuzzy neural classification
I. Pavlidis, V. Morellas, P. Symosek, and N. Papanikolopoulos
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 72-85, January, 2000, Impact Factor: [1.689]
Manuscript : PDF Size:803.76 Kb
[J3] The energy expended in chewing gum
J. Levine, P. Baukol, and I. Pavlidis
The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 341, no. 27, pp. 2100, January, 1999, Impact Factor: [52.589], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:198.84 Kb
[J2] Online handwriting recognition using physics-based shape metamorphosis
I. Pavlidis, R. Singh, and N. Papanikolopoulos
Pattern Recognition, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1589-600, January, 1998, Impact Factor: [2.019], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.13 MB
[J1] Signature identification through the use of deformable structures
I. Pavlidis, N.P. Papanikolopoulos, and R. Mavuduru
Signal Processing, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 187-201, January, 1998, Impact Factor: [0.737], [Citations]
Manuscript : PDF Size:332.07 Kb

Papers and Videos at Refereed Conferences

[C62] New! Eustressed or Distressed? Combining Physiology with Observation in User Studies
A. Wesley, P. Lindner, and I. Pavlidis
to appear in Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Austin, TX, April, 2012
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.09 MB
[C61] Cardiac MRI Intervention and Diagnosis via Deformable Collaborative Tracking
Y. Zhou, N. Tsekos, I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart – FIMH 2011, New York, May, 2011, Acceptance Rate: 25%
Manuscript : PDF Size:550.72 Kb
[C60] Who said monitoring is boring?
P. Buddharaju, D. Shastri, A. Mandapati, S. Vaidya, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Vancouver, British Columbia, May, 2011
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.60 MB
[C59] Collaborative Tracking for MRI-Guided Robotic Intervention on the Beating Heart
Y. Zhou, E. Yeniaras, P. Tsiamyrtzis, N. Tsekos, I. Pavlidis
in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Beijing, China, vol. 6363, pp. 351-358, September, 2010, Acceptance Rate: 32.0%
Manuscript : PDF Size:240.91 Kb
[C58] A novel method to monitor driver’s distractions
A. Wesley, D. Shastri, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2010, Acceptance Rate: 57%
Manuscript : PDF Size:159.34 Kb
[C57] A novel way to conduct human studies and do some good
P. Buddharaju, Y. Fujiki, I. Pavlidis, and E. Akleman
in Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2010, Acceptance Rate: 24.5%
Manuscript : PDF Size:786.30 Kb
[C56] O job, can you return my mojo? Improving human engagement and enjoyment in routine activities
D. Shastri, Y. Fujiki, R. Buffington, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2010, Acceptance Rate: 22%
Manuscript : PDF Size:739.79 Kb
[C55] Thermal vision for sleep apnea monitoring
J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, and J. Murthy
in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, London, United Kingdom, vol. 5762, pp. 1084-1091, September, 2009, Acceptance Rate: 27.0%
Manuscript : PDF Size:644.50 Kb
[C54] Tissue Tracking in Thermo-physiological Imagery Through Spatio-temporal Smoothing
Y. Zhou, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2009), London, United Kingdom, vol. 5762, pp. 1092-1099, September, 2009, Acceptance Rate: 27.0%
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.67 MB
[C53] Automatic Initiation of the Periorbital Signal Extraction in Thermal Imagery
D. Shastri, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance, Genoa, Italy, September, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:508.29 Kb
[C52] A method for monitoring operator overloading
D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, and A. Wesley
in Proceedings of HCI International, San Diego, California, Julie A. Jacko, editors, vol. 5610, Springer, pp. 169-175, July, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:10.22 MB
[C51] Physiological face recognition is coming of age
I. Pavlidis, and P. Buddharaju
in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Miami Beach, Florida, June, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.96 MB
[C50] Making sense of accelerometer measurements in pervasive physical activity applications
Y. Fujiki, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Ext. Abstract of the 2009 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Boston, Massachusetts, April, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.13 MB
[C49] O'game, can you feel my frustration? Improving user's gaming experience via stress-cam
C. Yun, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, and Z. Deng
in Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Boston, Massachusetts, April, 2009
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.99 MB
[C48] A Probabilistic Template Update Method for Tracking Facial Tissue in Thermal Infrared
Y. Zhou, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September, 2008
Manuscript : PDF Size:4.43 MB
[C47] The segmentation of the supraorbital vessels in thermal imagery
Z. Zhu, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September, 2008
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.80 MB
[C46] NEAT-o-Games: Novel mobile gaming versus modern sedentary lifestyle
K. Kazakos, Y. Fujiki, I. Pavlidis, T. Bourlai, and J. Levine
in Proceedings of the 2008 Mobile HCI, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September, 2008
[C45] Periorbital thermal signal extraction and applications
D. Shastri, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, pp. 102-5, August, 2008
[C44] NEAT-o-Games: Exertion interfaces interwoven in daily life
K. Kazakos, Y. Fujiki, C. Puri, P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
in Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Workshop on Exertion Interfaces, Florence, Italy, April, 2008
Manuscript : PDF Size:326.17 Kb
[C43] Imaging facial signs of neuro-physiological responses
D. Shastri, A. Merla, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-MICCAI, Brisbane, Australia, October, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:561.42 Kb
[C42] NEAT-o-Games: Ubiquitous game changes modern sedentary lifestyle
P. Buddharaju, Y. Fujiki, K. Kazakos, C. Puri, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
in Video Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Innsbruck, Austria, September, 2007
Manuscript : AVI Size:98.69 MB
[C41] Forehead thermal signature extraction in lie detection
Z. Zhu, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Lyon, France, pp. 243-6, August, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:807.02 Kb
[C40] Virtual thermistor
J. Fei and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Lyon, France, pp. 250-3, August, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:357.67 Kb
[C39] NEAT-o-Games: Ubiquitous activity-based gaming
Y. Fujiki, K. Kazakos, C. Puri, J. Starren, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
in Ext. Abstract of the 2007 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), San Jose, California, pp. 2369-74, April, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:618.85 Kb
[C38] NEAT-o-Games: Ubiquitous computing meets exertion interfaces
Y. Fujiki, K. Kazakos, C. Puri, J. Starren, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
in Proceedings of the 2007 ACM Workshop on Exertion Interfaces, San Jose, California, April, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:506.52 Kb
[C37] Harvesting the thermal cardiac pulse signal
N. Sun, I. Pavlidis, M. Garbey, and J. Fei
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-MICCAI 2006, vol. 4191, pp. 569-576, January, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.56 MB
[C36] Analysis of breathing air flow patterns in thermal imaging
J. Fei and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, New York, pp. 946-52, August, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:306.71 Kb
[C35] Counting heartbeats at a distance
N. Sun and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, New York, pp. 228-31, August, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:949.17 Kb
[C34] Physio-Vision with ATHEMOS
C. Puri, P. Buddharaju, N. Sun, D. and I. Pavlidis
in Video Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, New York, New York, June, 2006
Manuscript : AVI Size:74.10 MB
[C31] Tracking human breath in infrared imaging
Z. Zhu, J. Fei, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the IEEE 5th Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 227-31, October, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:412.19 Kb
[C29] Imaging breathing rate in the CO2 absorption band
J. Fei, Z. Zhu, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Shanghai, China, pp. 700-5, September, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.18 MB
[C28] Imaging the cardiovascular pulse
N. Sun, M. Garbey, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, San Diego, California, vol. 2, pp. 416-21, June, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:456.76 Kb
[C27] Automatic THErmal MOnitoring System (ATHEMOS) for deception detection
P. Buddharaju, J. Dowdall, P. Tsiamyrtzis, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, and M. G. Frank
in Video Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, San Diego, California, June, 2005
Manuscript : AVI Size:40.38 MB
[C26] StressCam: non-contact measurement of users' emotional states through thermal imaging
C. Puri, L. Olson, I. Pavlidis, J. Levine, and J. Starren
in Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Portland, Oregon, pp. 1725-8, April, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:401.43 Kb
[C25] Touchless monitoring of breathing function
R. Murthy, I. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis
in Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, California, vol. 2, pp. 1196-9, September, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:137.65 Kb
[C24] Face recognition in the thermal infrared spectrum
P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and I.A. Kakadiaris
in Proceedings of the Joint IEEE International Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Washington, DC, July, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:381.16 Kb
[C23] Estimation of blood flow speed and vessel location from thermal video
M. Garbey, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Washington, DC, vol. 1, pp. 356-63, June, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:574.86 Kb
[C22] Fusion of infrared and visible images for face recognition
A. Gyaourova, G. Bebis, and I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Computer Vision, vol. 4, pp. 456-68, May, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:283.04 Kb
[C21] Continuous physiological monitoring
I. Pavlidis
in Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico, vol. 2, pp. 1084-7, September, 2003
Manuscript : PDF Size:329.22 Kb
[C20] Thermal facial screening for deception detection
I. Pavlidis and J. Levine
in Proceedings of the Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference, Houston, TX, vol. 2, pp. 1143-4, October, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:266.54 Kb
[C19] A video-based surveillance solution for protecting the air-intakes of buildings from chem-bio attacks
I. Pavlidis and T. Faltesek
in Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Rochester, NY, vol. 1, pp. 501-4, September, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:354.36 Kb
[C18] A face detection method based on multi-band feature extraction in the near-ir spectrum
J. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and G. Bebis
in Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Methods and Applications, Kauai, Hawaii, December, 2001
Manuscript : PDF Size:432.63 Kb
[C17] Monitoring of periorbital blood flow rate through thermal image analysis and its application to polygraph testing
I. Pavlidis and J. Levine
in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, vol. 3, pp. 2826-9, October, 2001
Manuscript : PDF Size:568.07 Kb
[C16] Thermal image analysis for anxiety detection
I. Pavlidis, J. Levine, and P. Baukol
in Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, vol. 2, pp. 315-8, October, 2001
Manuscript : PDF Size:412.04 Kb
[C15] Two examples of indoor and outdoor surveillance systems: motivation, design, and testing
I. Pavlidis and V. Morellas
in Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop on Advanced Video-Based Surveillance, London, England, pp. 285-96, September, 2001
Manuscript : PDF Size:213.84 Kb
[C14] Thermal imaging for anxiety detection
I. Pavlidis, J. Levine, and P. Baukol
in Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Methods and Applications, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, pp. 104-9, June, 2000
Manuscript : PDF Size:362.40 Kb
[C13] The imaging issue in an automatic face/disguise detection system
I. Pavlidis and P. Symosek
in Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Methods and Applications, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, pp. 15-24, June, 2000
Manuscript : PDF Size:427.21 Kb
[C12] Automatic detection of vehicle passengers through near-infrared fusion
I. Pavlidis, P. Symosek, B. Fritz, N. Papanikolopoulos, and K. Schwartz
in Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/IEEJ/JSAI International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 304-9, October, 1999
Manuscript : PDF Size:550.08 Kb
[C11] A near-infrared fusion scheme for automatic detection of vehicle passengers
I. Pavlidis, P. Symosek, B. Fritz, and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Methods and Applications, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 41-8, June, 1999
Manuscript : PDF Size:141.38 Kb
[C10] A ground truth tool for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery
I. Pavlidis, D. Perrin, N.P. Papanikolopoulos, W. Au, and S. Sawtelle
in Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Methods and Applications, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 82-7, June, 1999
Manuscript : PDF Size:148.33 Kb
[C9] Automatic passenger counting in the High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOVL)
I. Pavlidis, P. Symosek, B. Fritz, R. Sfarzo, and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., April, 1999
Manuscript : PDF Size:160.81 Kb
[C8] A curve segmentation algorithm that automates deformable-model-based target tracking
I. Pavlidis and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the International Conference on Telecommunications, Chalkidiki, Greece, vol. 4, pp. 177-81, June, 1998
Manuscript : PDF Size:275.19 Kb
[C7] An on-line handwritten note recognition method using shape metamorphosis
I. Pavlidis, R. Singh, and N.P. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Ulm, Germany, vol. 2, pp. 914-8, August, 1997
Manuscript : PDF Size:505.66 Kb
[C6] A metamorphosis-based shape recognition method
R. Singh, I. Pavlidis, and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, Santorini, Greece, vol. 2, pp. 679-82, June, 1997
Manuscript : PDF Size:345.93 Kb
[C5] Recognition of 2D shapes through contour metamorphosis
R. Singh, I. Pavlidis, and N.P. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Animation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, vol. 2, pp. 1651-6, April, 1997
Manuscript : PDF Size:603.46 Kb
[C4] Recognition of on-line handwritten patterns through shape metamorphosis
I. Pavlidis, R. Singh, and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Vienna, Austria, vol. 3, pp. 18-22, August, 1996
Manuscript : PDF Size:518.88 Kb
[C3] Automatic selection of control points for deformable-model-based target tracking
I. Pavlidis and N.P. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, vol. 4, pp. 2915-20, April, 1996
Manuscript : PDF Size:583.95 Kb
[C2] Application of deformable structures to signature identification
I. Pavlidis and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1995 International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, Limassol, Cyprus, vol. 2, pp. 578-583, June, 1995
Manuscript : PDF Size:582.29 Kb
[C1] Off-line recognition of signatures using revolving active deformable models
I. Pavlidis, R. Mavuduru, and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, vol. 11, pp. 771-776, October, 1994
Manuscript : PDF Size:540.81 Kb

Books and Book Contributions

[B12] Methodological Advances on Pulse Measurement through Functional Imaging
T. Bourlai, P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and Barbara Bass,
Computational Surgery and Dual Training, Advances in Pattern Recognition, M. Garbey, B.L. Bass, C. Collet, M. de Mathelin, and R. Tran- Son-Tay, editors, Springer, pp. 101-121, January, 2010
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.59 MB
[B11] Coalitional Tracker for Deception Detection in Thermal Imagery
J. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis
Augmented Vision Perception in Infrared: Algorithms and Applied Systems, Advances in Pattern Recognition, R.I. Hammoud, editors, Springer-Verlag, pp. 113-137, January, 2009, ch. 5
Manuscript : PDF Size:6.90 MB
[B10] Face recognition beyond the visible spectrum
P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and C. Manohar,
Advances in Biometrics: Sensors, Algorithms and Systems, N.K. Ratha and and V. Govindaraju, editors, Springer, pp. 157-180, October, 2007, ch.9
Manuscript : PDF Size:4.57 MB
[B9] Physiology-based face recognition in the thermal infrared spectrum
P. Buddharaju, and I. Pavlidis
In Medical Infrared Imaging, N.A. Diakides and J.D. Bronzino, editors, Taylor and Francis Books, July, 2007
Manuscript : ZIP Size:3.42 MB
[B8] Multispectral face recognition – fusion of visual imagery with physiological information
P. Buddharaju, and I. Pavlidis
Face Biometrics for Personal Identification: Multi-Sensory Multi-Modal Systems, R.I. Hammoud, B.R. Abidi, and M.A. Abidi, editors, Springer, pp. 91-108, January, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:4.26 MB
[B7] Biometrics: Face recognition in thermal infrared
I. Pavlidis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, C. Manohar, and P. Buddharaju
Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, pp. 1-15, November, 2006, ch. 29
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.80 MB
[B6] 
B. Bhanu, and I. Pavlidis
Computer Vision beyond the Visible Spectrum, Springer, November, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:958.95 Kb
[B5] Video-based surveillance for chem-bio protection of buildings
I. Pavlidis, C. Stathopoulos, and T. Faltesek
Multisensor Surveillance Systems: The Fusion Perspective, G. L. Foresti, C. Regazzoni, P. Varshney, editors, pp. 97-114, July, 2003
Manuscript : PDF Size:282.28 Kb
[B4] Two examples of indoor and outdoor surveillance systems
I. Pavlidis, and V. Morellas
Video Based Surveillance Systems: Computer Vision and Distributed Processing, P. Remagnino, J. A. Graeme, N. Paragios, C. Regazzoni, editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 39-50, January, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:216.50 Kb
[B3] Programming Cameras and Pan-Tilts with DirectX and Java
I. Pavlidis, V. Morellas, and P. Roeber
Morgan Kaufman, San Francisco, California, December, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:290.43 Kb
[B2] Using active deformable models in robotic visual servoing
M. J. Sullivan, N. Papanikolopoulos, R. Singh, and I. Pavlidis
Control in Robotics and Automation: Sensor-Based Integration, B. K. Ghosh, N. Xi, T. J. Tarn, editors, vol. 6, Academic Press, pp. 91-113, January, 1999
Manuscript : PDF Size:374.33 Kb
[B1] Improving the performance of deformable-model-based target tracking through automatic select
I. Pavlidis, M. J. Sullivan, R. Singh, and N.P. Papanikolopoulos
Robotics and Manufacturing, Recent Trends in Research and Applications, M. Jamshidi, F. Pin, P. Dauchez, editors, ASME Press, New York, pp. 711-716, January, 1996
Manuscript : PDF Size:163.26 Kb

Patents

[XI] Airflow monitoring in sleep apnea using infrared imaging
J. Murthy, J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, A. Abeulhagia, and R. Castriota
in Abstracts of the American Thorasic Society, Toronto, Canada, May, 2008
[X] Cooperative camera network
I. Pavlidis and V. Morellas
U.S. Patent No.7,149,325, December, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.54 MB
[IX] Controlled environment thermal image detection system and methods regarding same
I. Pavlidis, M.E. Bazakos, and V. Morellas
U.S. Patent No. 7,138,905, November, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.15 MB
[VIII] System and method using thermal image analysis and slope threshold classification for polygraph testing
I. Pavlidis and J.A. Levine
U.S. Patent No 7,111,980, September, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.61 MB
[VII] Near-infrared disguise detection
I. Pavlidis
U.S. Patent No. 7,076,088, July, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.47 MB
[VI] Near-infrared method and system for use in face detection
I. Pavlidis and J.B. Dowdall
U.S. Patent No. 7,027,619, April, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.83 MB
[V] Detection system and method using thermal image analysis
I. Pavlidis
U.S. Patent No. 6,996,256, Febuary, 2006
Manuscript : PDF Size:1004.99 Kb
[IV] System and method using thermal image analysis for polygraph testing
I. Pavlidis
U.S. Patent No. 6,854,879, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.74 MB
[III] Near-IR human detector
I. Pavlidis, P.F. Symosek, and B.S. Fritz
U.S. Patent No. 6,829,370, December, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:933.17 Kb
[II] Near-infrared disguise detection
I. Pavlidis, P.F. Symosek, and B.S. Fritz
U.S. Patent No. 6,718,049, April, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.43 MB
[I] Near-IR human detector
I. Pavlidis, P.F. Symosek, and B.S. Fritz
U.S. Patent No. 6,370,260, April, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:834.44 Kb

Juried Technology Expositions

[E3] Monitoring Breathing Function at a Distance
I. Pavlidis
IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV ’07), Austin, Texas, Febuary, 2007
[E2] Tandem Facial Tracking in Thermal Infrared Video for Physiological Measurements
I. Pavlidis
IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Demonstration Program (CVPR ’05), San Diego, California, June, 2005
[E1] ATHEMOS – Automatic Thermal Monitoring System
I. Pavlidis
Nextfest 2004, San Francisco, California, May, 2004

Invited Conference Papers

[I6] Lie detection - recovery of the periorbital signal through tandem tracking and noise suppression in thermal facial video
P. Tsiamyrtzis, J. Dowdall, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, M.G. Frank, and P. Ekman
Proceedings of SPIE Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IV, Orlando, Florida, E. M. Carapezza, editors, vol. 5778, March, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:607.18 Kb
[I5] Thermal image analysis for detecting facemask leakage
J. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine
Proceedings of SPIE Thermosense XXVII, Orlando, Florida, G. R. Peacock, D. P. Burleigh, J. J. Miles, editors, pp. 46-53, vol. 5782, March, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.27 MB
[I4] Lie detection using thermal imaging
I. Pavlidis
Proceedings of SPIE Thermosense XXVI, Orlando, Florida, D. P. Burleigh, K. E. Cramer, G. R. Peacock, editors, pp. 270--279, vol. 5404, April, 2004
[I3] Infrared and visible image fusion for face recognition
S. Singh, A. Gyaourova, G. Bebis, and I. Pavlidis
Proceedings of SPIE Biometric Technology for Human Identification, Orlando, Florida, vol. 5404, April, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:304.45 Kb
[I2] Credibility assessments: operational issues and technology impact for law enforcement applications
A.H. Ryan, Jr., I. Pavlidis, J.W. Rohrbaugh, F. Marchak, and F.A. Kozel
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Sensors and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement II, Orlando, Florida, G. R. Peacock, D. P. Burleigh, J. J. Miles, editors, pp. 168--82, vol. 5071, April, 2005
[I1] Face detection in the near-IR spectrum
J.B. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and G. Bebis
Proceedings of SPIE Infrared Technology and Applications XXIX, Orlando, Florida, pp. 745--56, vol. 5074, April, 2003
Manuscript : PDF Size:2.99 MB

Papers at Abstract Based Conferences

[A17] Airflow monitoring in sleep apnea using infrared imaging
J. Murthy, J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, A. Abeulhagia, and R. Castriota
Abstracts of the American Thorasic Society, Toronto, Canada, May, 2008
[A16] Thermistor at a distance: Unobtrusive measurement of breathing
J. Fei and I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 25th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2008
[A15] "Remote infrared imaging: A novel non-contact method to monitor airflow during polysomnography
J.N. Murthy, S. Faiz, J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, A. Abeulhagia, and R.J. Castriota
Chest Meeting Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, Chest, pp. 464, October, 2007
Manuscript : PDF Size:44.92 Kb
[A14] Looking through the human face
I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 24th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2007
[A12] Contact-free measurement of cardiac pulse based on the analysis of thermal imagery
M. Garbey, N. Sun, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:19.56 Kb
[A11] StressCam: non-contact measurement of users’ emotional states through thermal imaging
C. Puri and I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:7.84 Kb
[A10] Touchless monitoring of breath function
R. Murthy, I. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:7.95 Kb
[A9] Extraction of superficial vasculature in thermal imaging
C. Manohar and I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:7.72 Kb
[A8] Face recognition in the thermal infrared spectrum
P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and I. A. Kakadiaris
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:8.60 Kb
[A7] Lie detection: recovery of the periorbital signal through tandem tracking and noise suppression in thermal facial video
P. Tsiamyrtzis, J. Dowdall, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, M. G. Frank, and P. Ekman
Abstracts of the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:9.04 Kb
[A6] Bioheat modeling and its application to psychophysiology
I. Pavlidis, A. Merla, C. Puri, J. Fei, and J. Dowdall
Abstracts of the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, July, 2004
[A5] Face recognition in the infrared spectrum
P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and I. A. Kakadiaris
Abstracts of the 21st Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:9.79 Kb
[A4] Estimation of blood flow rate and vessel location from thermal video
M. Garbey, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 21st Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, Febuary, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:574.86 Kb
[A3] The computer as a guardian angel
I. Pavlidis
Abstracts of the 20th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, Texas, April, 2003
[A2] Thermal image analysis for polygraph testing
I. Pavlidis and J. Levine
Abstracts Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Credibility Assessment, Montreal, Quebec, July, 2002
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.48 MB
[A1] Counting car passengers in the HOVL
I. Pavlidis and N. Papanikolopoulos
in Abstracts CTS 10th Annual Transportation Research Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, pp. 41, January, 1999

Technical Reports

[T6] Imaging facial physiology for the detection of deceit
P. Tsiamyrtzis, J. Dowdall, D. Shastri, and I. Pavlidis
Computer Science Department, University of Houston, Technical Report, no. UH-CS-05-25, November, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:1019.31 Kb
[T5] Non-contact monitoring of breathing function using infrared imaging
R. Murthy and I. Pavlidis
Computer Science Department, University of Houston, Technical Report, no. UH-CS-05-09, April, 2005
Manuscript : PDF Size:1.42 MB
[T4] Contact-free measurement of cardiac pulse based on the analysis of thermal imagery
M. Garbey, N. Sun, A. Merla and I. Pavlidis
Computer Science Department, University of Houston, Technical Report, no. UH-CS-04-08, December, 2004
Manuscript : PDF Size:577.33 Kb
[T3] Physics-based methodologies for recognizing handwritten signatures, words, and line drawings
I. Pavlidis
Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, Technical Report, no. TR 96-070, January, 1996
[T2] A curve segmentation algorithm that automates deformable-model-based target tracking
I. Pavlidis and N. Papanikolopoulos
Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, Technical Report, no. TR 96-041, January, 1996
Manuscript : PDF Size:176.92 Kb
[T1] Signature identification through the use of deformable structures
I. Pavlidis, N. Papanikolopoulos, and R. Mavuduru
Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, Technical Report, no. TR 95-012, January, 1995