Dirk Schnieders Lecturer 324, Chow Yei Ching Bldg. Dept. of Computer Science University of Hong Kong (HKU) Email: sdirk(the_email_symbol)cs(dot)hku(dot)hk Phone: +852 2857 8440 Departmental website

Teaching:

• 2016/17:
  • COMP7502 Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • CCST9049 From Human Vision to Machine Vision
  • COMP7404 Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • ENGG1202B Introduction to Computer Science
  • ENGG1111E&F Computer Programming and Applications
  • ENGG1202A Introduction to Computer Science
• 2015/16:
  • COMP7502 Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • COMP7404 Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • ENGG1202B Introduction to Computer Science
  • ENGG1111E&F Computer Programming and Applications
  • ENGG1202A Introduction to Computer Science
• 2014/15:
  • COMP7502 Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • COMP7404 Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • ENGG1111C Computer Programming and Applications
  • ENGG1202A Introduction to Computer Science
• 2013/14:
  • COMP7404 Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • COMP7502 Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • COMP2396B / CSIS0396B Object-oriented Programming and Java
• 2012/13:
  • COMP7502 Image Processing and Computer Vision
• 2011/12:
  • CSIS0317 Computer Vision

Publications:

	Mirror Surface Reconstruction under an Uncalibrated Camera K. Han, K.-Y. K. Wong, D. Schnieders, M. Liu Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2016
	Camera and Light Calibration from Reflections on a Sphere D. Schnieders, K.-Y. K. Wong. Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), 2013
	Fast Trajectory Matching Using Small Binary Images W. Zhuo, D. Schnieders, K.-Y. K. Wong. International Conference on Multimedia Technology (ICMT), Guangzhou, November 2013
	Mode Seeking with an Adaptive Distance Measure. G. Pan, L. Shang, D. Schnieders, K.-Y. K. Wong. European Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ECCV WS), Florence, October 2012.
	Learning Image-Specific Parameters for Interactive Segmentation. Z. Kuang, D. Schnieders, H. Zhou, K.-Y. K. Wong, Y. Yu and B. Peng. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Rhode Island, June 2012.
	Single-View Reconstruction from an Unknown Spherical Mirror. Z. Chen, K.-Y. K. Wong, M. Liu and D. Schnieders. International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Brussels, September 2011.
	Light Source Estimation from Spherical Reflections. D. Schnieders PhD Thesis, University of Hong Kong, March 2011.
	Reconstruction of Display and Eyes from a Single Image. D. Schnieders, X. Fu and K.-Y. K. Wong. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, June 2010.
	Polygonal Light Source Estimation. D. Schnieders, K.-Y. K. Wong and Z. Dai. Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), Xi'an, September 2009.
	Recovering Light Directions and Camera Poses from a Single Sphere. K.-Y. K. Wong, D. Schnieders and S. Li. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Marseille, October 2008.
	Using Illumination Estimated from Silhouettes to Carve Surface Details on Visual Hull. S. Li, K.-Y. K. Wong and D. Schnieders. British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Leeds, September 2008.

Program Committee Member:

• Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV): 2012, 2014, 2016
• British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC): 2017
• Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV): 2016
• International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV): 2013, 2015

Grants:

• [2015-2016]: Research and Development on Techniques for Automatic Segmentation, Tracking and Reconstruction of Mitral Valve from 4D Echocardiogram, ITF (CO-I), ITS/089/14
• [2013-2014]: Photometric Stereo under Near-Light with Attenuation, SPF HKU (PI)
• [2013-2014]: Tracking and visualizing mitral valve in 3D echocardiography, Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research HKU (CO-I)
• [2012-2013]: Matching Facial Composites to Partially Occluded or Disguised Faces for Law Enforcement and Crime Investigations, ITF (CO-I), ITS/301/11
• [2012]: Object Retrieval, Contract Research (CO-I)
• [2011-2012]: Video surveillance background modeling, Contract Research (CO-I)
• [2010-2012]: Polygonal Light Source Estimation, SPF HKU (CO-I)