Avinash

Avinash Kumar
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Starting August 2015, I am a research scientist at Intel Labs working on exciting problems in imaging and computer vision.

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Previously, I earned my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
where I was advised by Prof. Narendra Ahuja and was a member of Computer Vision and Robotics Lab (CVRL).

My research is in the field of camera calibration, depth from focus/defocus, structure from motion, computational imaging
and machine vision.

Before that, I did my bachelors in Computer Science from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
followed by a masters at Center for Visual Information Technology (CVIT) specializing in Computer Vision and
advised by Prof. C. V. Jawahar.

Publications:

    2015

  1. Avinash Kumar and Narendra Ahuja
    On the Equivalence of Moving Entrance Pupil and Radial Distortion for Camera Calibration [pdf]
    In International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), December 2015, Santiago, Chile.

    2. 2014

  2. Avinash Kumar and Narendra Ahuja
    Generalized Radial Alignment Constraint for Camera Calibration [oral] [Piero Zamperoni Best Student Paper Award] [pdf]
    In International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), August 2014, Stockholm, Sweden.

  3. Avinash Kumar and Narendra Ahuja
    Non-frontal Camera Calibration using Focal Stack Imagery [oral] [pdf]
    In International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), August 2014, Stockholm, Sweden.

  4. Avinash Kumar and Narendra Ahuja
    Generalized Pupil-Centric Imaging and Analytical Calibration for a Non-frontal Camera [pdf]
    In Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2014, Columbus, Ohio, US.

    5. 2013

  5. Avinash Kumar, John M. Hart and Narendra Ahuja
    Motion-Based Background Subtraction and Panoramic Mosaicing for Freight Train Analysis [pdf]
    In IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2013, Melbourne, Australia.

  6. Avinash Kumar, Patrick R. Gill, Thomas Vogelsang and David G. Stork
    Transmissive Structured Illumination Reveals Target Depth and Cast Shadow Details Obscured by Scattering Media [oral] [pdf] [talk]
    In OSA Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI), June 2013, Arlington, Virginia, US.

  7. Avinash Kumar and Narendra Ahuja
    A Generative Focus Measure With Application to Omnifocus Imaging [oral] [pdf]
    In IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), April 2013, Harvard, Boston, US.

    8. 2006-2012

  8. Tristan G. Rickett, Avinash Kumar, John M. Hart, J. Riley Edwards, C. P. L. Barkan and Narendra Ahuja
    Machine Vision Analysis of Intermodal Loading Efficiency on Heavy-Haul Railroads
    Proceedings of International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA), June 2011, Calgary, Canada

  9. Avinash Kumar, Tristan .G. Rickett, Anirudh Vemula, John M. Hart, J. Riley Edwards, Narendra Ahuja and C.P.L. Barkan
    Aerodynamic Analysis of Intermodal Freight Trains Using Machine Vision
    Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR), May 2011, Lille, France.

  10. Tristan G. Rickett., John M. Hart, J. Riley Edwards,Avinash Kumar, C. P. L. Barkan and Narendra Ahuja
    Monitoring the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Intermodal Train Loading Using Machine Vision
    Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Conference (TRB), January 2011,Washington D.C., US

  11. Qing Jie Kong, Avinash Kumar, Narendra Ahuja and Yuncai Liu
    Robust Segmentation of Freight Containers in Train Monitoring Videos
    Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), January 2009, Salt Lake City, US

  12. Avinash Kumar, Narendra Ahuja, John M. Hart, U. K. Visesh, P. J. Narayanan and C. V. Jawahar
    A vision system for monitoring intermodal freight trains
    Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), January 2007

  13. Yung-Cheng Lai, Narendra Ahuja, C. P. L. Barkan, Joseph Drapa, John M Hart, C. V. Jawahar, Avinash Kumar, Larry Milhon, and P. J. Narayanan
    Machine vision analysis of the energy efficiency of intermodal freight trains [TA Stewart-Dyer Prize/Frederick Harvey Trevithick Prize]
    Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (JRRT), 2006