Selected Publications 

Some pdf's of my recent publications can be found on My official web page in RI.

Human Motion Detection and Analysis

A.G. Hauptmann, J. Gao, R. Yan, Y. Qi, J. Yang, and H.D. Wactlar. Aiding Geriatric Patients and Caregivers Through Automated Analysis of Nursing Home Observations. IEEE Pervasive Computing, Special Issue on Pervasive Computing for Successful Aging, 2004. To appear.

Gao, J. and Jianbo Shi, Multiple Frame Motion Inference Using Belief Propagation. International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2004.

Gao, J., A.G. Hauptmann, and H. D. Wactlar, Combine Motion Segmentation with Tracking for Activity Analysis. International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2004.

Gao, J., A.G. Hauptmann, Ashok Bharucha and H.D. Wactlar, Dining Activity Analysis Using a Hidden Markov Model. Int. Conf. Pattern Recognition, 2004.

Gao, J. and Jianbo Shi, Inferring Human Upper Body Motion Using Belief Propagation. Technical Report CMU-RI-TR-03-06, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2003.

Gao, J. et al,  A Layered Approach for Articulated Human Motion Analysis in Video. Under preparation. 

Facial Expression Analysis

Gao, J. and T. Kanade. 3D Face Model Optimization Based on Eigenshapes. Technical Report, Face group, CMU, March, 2002. 

J.F. Cohn, T. Kanade, T. Moriyama, Z. Ambadar, J. Xiao, Jiang Gao, and H. Imanura, A Comparative Study of Alternative FACS Coding Algorithm. Technical Report CMU-RI-TR-02-06, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 2001.

T. Moriyama, T. Kanade, J.F. Cohn, J. Xiao, Z. Ambadar, Jiang Gao, and H. Imanura, Automatic recognition of eye blinks in spontaneously occurring behavior. Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR '2002), August, 2002. 

Text Detection and Interpretation

Gao, J. and J. Yang, An Adaptive Algorithm for Text Detection from Natural Scenes. IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR’01), Hawaii, 2001. 

Gao, J., J. Yang, Ying Zhang, and Alex Waibel, Text Detection and Translation from Natural Scenes. Technical Report CMU-CS-01-139, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.

Yang J., J. Gao, Y. Zhang, Xilin Chen, and A. Waibel, An Automatic Sign Recognition and Translation System, The 2001 Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces (PUI’01), Orlando, 2001.

Yang, J., J. Gao, Y. Zhang, and A. Waibel, Towards Automatic Sign Translation. DARPA/NSF Human Language Technology conference  (HLT2001), San Diego, Mar. 2001.

Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Handwriting Recognition

Gao, J. and X. Ding, On Improvement of Feature Extraction Algorithms for Discriminative Pattern Classification. Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2000), Barcelona, Sept. 2000.

Gao, J. and X. Ding, A Method for Segmentation of Cursive Handwritings and Its Application to Character Shape Extraction. IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP2000), Vancouver, Sept. 2000.  

Gao, J., X. Ding and Y. Wu. On Improvement of Multiple Discriminant Analysis Method for Discriminative Feature Extraction. IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC’99), Tokyo, Oct. 1999. (Session Chair)

Gao, J., X. Ding and Jing Zheng, Image Pattern Recognition Based on Examples—A Combined Statistical and Structural-Syntactic Approach. IAPR Joint Workshops on Statistical, Structural and Syntactical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR'2000), Alicante, Spain, Sept. 2000.

Gao, J., X. Ding and Y. Wu, A Segmentation Algorithm for Handwritten Chinese Character Strings. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR’99), Bangalore, Sept. 1999.

Statistical Modeling and Estimation (Control Theory and Signal Processing)

Gao, J., Baosheng Hu and Guanzhong Dai, Frequency-Domain Properties of Innovations Sequence and Their Applications. Proc. 14th World Congress of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC’99) July, 1999, Beijing.

Gao, J. and Guanzhong Dai, An Optimal Likelihood-ratio Detection Method for Bernoulli-Gaussian Sequences. Acta Automatica Sinica, 1998, 24(2), pp. 179-185. Also in Chinese Journal of Automation, 1998, 10(3).

Gao, J. and Guanzhong Dai, Optimal filtering and Smoothing for a Class of Non-causal Systems. Acta Automatica Sinica, 1995, 21(6), pp. 691-695. Also in Chinese Journal of Automation, 1996, 8(1), pp. 47-51.

Gao, J. and G.Z. Dai, Modeling of Non-minimum Phase Systems Using Cumulants. Control Theory and Applications, 1994, 11(1), pp.1-7.(in Chinese)

Gao, J. and G.Z. Dai, On the Modeling of Non-Gaussian Systems. Control Theory and Applications, 1997, 14(6), pp. 803-808. (in Chinese)

Gao, J. and G.Z. Dai, A Frequency-domain Approach for the Estimation of Model Error Bounds. Control Theory and Applications, 1998, 15(2), pp.237-241. (in Chinese)

Gao, J., B.S. Hu and G.Z.Dai, Frequency-domain Properties of Optimal Estimation and Smoothing Algorithms Under Model Mismatches. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1998, 32(10), pp. 79-82. (in Chinese)

Gao, J., G.Z. Dai and N.P. Xu, On the Detection of Bernoulli-Gaussian Sequences. Journal of Northwestern Polytechnic University, 1997, 15(3), pp.425-429. (in Chinese)

Gao, J. and G.Z. Dai, A Threshold Detection Algorithm for Binary Time sequences. Information and Control, 1996, 25(6), pp.345-349. (in Chinese)

Gao, J., Joint Time-Frequency Analysis and Blind System Identification Theory with Application to Signal Processing. Technical Report, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1998.

Gao, J., Recent Advances in Intelligent Autonomous Systems. International Science, 2000, no.3 (in Chinese).

Talks

Layer Adaptation with Applications to Computer Vision Problems. Microsoft Research, Redmond, 2003.

Thoughts and Strategies in Information "Mining" from Image/Video. Columbia University, New York, 2003.

http://www.ee.columbia.edu/advent-seminar/fall03.html

Textbook

Gao, Jiang and B.S. Hu, Joint Time-Frequency Analysis and Its Applications in Signal processing. Textbook for graduate students, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1998.