Dr Anil Aksay

Contact Details

Research Group: Multimedia and Vision Research Group

Supervisor: Prof Ebroul Izquierdo

Research Topic: 3D coding and streaming over Internet. 3D Reconstruction and Recognition from multiview stereo images

Research Interests: MultiView Video Coding, Video/Image Compression, Video Streaming, Error Concealment, Visual Quality Assessment, Motion Estimation/Object Tracking, Survelliance, Wavelets, Stereoscopic and 3-D Imaging.

Participation in projects

Publications

Book Chapters

• A. Norkin, M. O. Bici, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, A. Gotchev, G. Bozdagi Akar, K. Egiazarian, and J.Astola, "Multiple description coding and its relevance to 3DTV" in Haldun M. Ozaktas and Levent Onural (Eds.), Three-Dimensional Television: Capture, Transmission, and Display., Springer, Heidelberg, 2007. In press.

Journals

• C. G. Gurler, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. M. Tekalp, "Architectures for Multi-Threaded MVC-Compliant Multi-View Video Decoding and Benchmark Tests", Signal Processing, Image Communication, Special Issue on Breakthrough Architectures for Image and Video Systems, vol. 25, iss. 5, pp.325, 2010
• A. S. Tan, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, E. Arikan, "Rate-Distortion Optimization for Stereoscopic Video Streaming with Unequal Error Protection," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue 3DTV: Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, vol. 2009, Article ID 632545, 15 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/632545 (Jan 2009)
• A. Aksay, S. Pehlivan, E. Kurutepe, C. Bilen, T. Ozcelebi, G. Bozdagi Akar, R. Civanlar, M. Tekalp, "End-to-end Stereoscopic Video Streaming with Content-Adaptive Rate and Format Control", Signal Processing: Image Communication Special Issue on Three-Dimensional Video and Television, Vol 22/2 pp 157-168 (Feb 2007)
• B. U. Töreyin, A. Enis Çetin, A. Aksay, M. B. Akhan, "Moving Object Detection in Wavelet Compressed Video", Signal Processing: Image Communication, EURASIP, Elsevier, vol. 20, pp. 255-264 (Mar 2005) (Listed in the TOP25 articles within the journal: Jan.-Mar. 2005 (7th),Apr.-June 2005 (17th), July-Sept. 2005 (11th), and Oct.-Dec. 2005 (18th) and Jan.-Mar. 2006 (16th).)

Conferences

• A. Aksay, D. Bugdayci, G. B. Akar, " Optimization of Encoding and Protection Parameters For 3D Video Broadcast Over DVB-H," 3DTV-CON 2011, Antalya, Turkey, May 2011.
• K. Vaiapury, A. Aksay and E. Izquierdo, " GrabcutD: Improved Grabcut Using Depth Information", ACM Multimedia Workshop on Surreal Media and Virtual Cloning 2010, Firenze, Italy, October 2010.
• A. Aksay, M. O. Bici, D. Bugdayci, A. Tikanmaki, A. Gotchev, G. B. Akar, "A Study on the Effect of MPE-FEC for 3D Video Broadcasting over DVB-H," Mobimedia 2009, London, UK, Sept'09
• C. G. Gurler, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. M. Tekalp, "Multi-Threaded Architectures and Benchmark Tests for Real-Time Multi-View Video Decoding", IEEE ICME 2009, Cancun, Mexico, July 2009
• A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Evaluation of Stereo Video Coding Schemes for Mobile Devices", 3DTV-CON 2009, Potsdam, Germany, May 2009
• M. O. Bici, A. Aksay, A. Tikanmaki, A. Gotchev, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Stereo Video Broadcasting Simulation for DVB-H", NEM-Summit'08, St Malo, France, Oct. 2008
• E. Kurutepe, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, C. G. Gurler, T. Sikora, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. M. Tekalp, "A Standards-Based, Flexible, End-to-End Multi-View Video Streaming Architecture", PV'07, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 2007
• A. S. Tan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, E.Arikan, "Rate-Distortion Optimized Layered Stereoscopic Video Streaming with Raptor Codes", PV'07, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 2007
• C. Bilen, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Two Novel Methods for Full Frame Loss Concealment in Stereo Video", PCS'07 , Lisboa, Portugal, Nov. 2007
• A. Aksay, A. Temizel, A. Enis Cetin, "Camera Tamper Detection Using Wavelet Analysis For Video Surveillance", IEEE AVSS'07, London, UK, Sept. 2007
• A. S. Tan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, E.Arikan, "Error Resilient Layered Stereoscopic Video Streaming", 3DTV CON'07, Kos, Greece, May 2007
• C. Bilen, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "A Multi-View Video Codec based on H.264", IEEE ICIP 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct. 2006
• A. Norkin, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. Gotchev, J. Astola, "Schemes for multiple description coding of stereoscopic video", MRCS 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4105, pp. 730-737, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
• A. Aksay, C. Bilen, E. Kurutepe, T. Ozcelebi, G. Bozdagi Akar, M. R. Civanlar, A. M. Tekalp "Temporal and Spatial Scaling For Stereoscopic Video Compression", IEEE EUSIPCO 2006, Florence, Italy, Sept. 2006
• S. Pehlivan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, R. Civanlar, "End-to-End Stereoscopic Video Streaming System", IEEE ICME 2006, Toronto, Canada, July 2006
• A. Boev, A. Gotchev, K. Egiazarian, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Towards compound stereo-video quality metric: a specific encoder-based framework", IEEE SSIAI 2006, Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2006
• A. Aksay, M. Oguz Bici, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Evaluation of Disparity Map Characteristics For Stereo Image Coding", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP-2005, Italy, Sept. 2005
• A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Subjective Evaluation of Effects of Spectral and Spatial Redundancy Reduction on Stereo Images", 13th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO-2005, Turkey, Sept. 2005
• Ü.Ünal, A. Aksay, G. B. Akar, "An Implementation of a Wireless Streaming System", COST 276 Workshop, Ankara, Dec. 2004
• B. U. Töreyin, A. Enis Çetin, A. Aksay, M. B. Akhan, "Moving Region Detection in Compressed Video", 19th Int. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Kemer-Antalya, Oct 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3280, pp. 381-390, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
• A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi, M. B. Akhan, "Wavelet Based Image Sequence Compression," IEEE Balkan Conference on Signal Processing (BCSP'2000), Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 2000
• A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi, M. B. Akhan, A. Temizel, P. B. Duhamel, "Motion Wavelet Compression," IEE Colloqium Time-Scale and Time-Frequency Analysis and Applications, London, UK, Feb 2000
• A. Aksay, A. Temizel, M. Özdal, G. Bozdagi, H. Palaz, "Real Time Motion Estimation Using TMS320C80," ICSPAT'99, Orlando, Nov. 1999

Theses

• A. Aksay (2010), "Error Resilient Multiview Video Streaming and Coding", Ph.D. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. G. Bozdagi Akar
• A. Aksay (2001), "Motion Wavelet Video Compression", M.S. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. G. Bozdagi Akar

Patents

• A. E. Cetin, M. B. Akhan, B. U. Toreyin, A. Aksay, "Movement detection and estimation in wavelet compressed video", US Patent Application No. 2005/0078,873, filed 14 April 2005.
• A. E. Cetin, M. B. Akhan, B. U. Toreyin, A. Aksay, "Characterization of Motion of Moving Objects in Video", US Patent Application No. 2004/0223,652, filed 11 November 2004.
• A. Temizel, M.B. Akhan, A. Aksay, "Archival of transformed and compressed data", US Patent No: 7,245,769, filed 29 Jan. 2003, issued 17 Jul. 2007.
• M.B. Akhan, A. Temizel, A. Aksay, "Image enhancement and data loss recovery using wavelet transforms", US Patent No: 7,085,436, filed 20 Aug. 2002, issued 1 Aug. 2006.
• M.B. Akhan, G.B. Akar, A. Aksay, A. Temizel, Y. Ahiska, "Method and System For a Highly Efficient Low Bit Rate Codec", US Patent No: 6,947,486, filed 25 Mar. 2002, issued 20 Sept. 2005.