Research
Overview
My research interests are at the intersection of computer vision, graphics and machine learning with a focus on visual media production. Below you can find: a list of projects and publications I have been involved in; funding I have recieved; and my service to the research community.
Projects
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CoSTAR National Lab Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Oct 2023 - Sep 2033 |
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KTP with Humain Studios InnovateUK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships June 2023 - Dec 2025 |
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A Volumetric Video Plugin for Unreal Engine Epic MegaGrant (Epic Games) Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 |
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AI4ME: AI for Personalised Media Experiences Prosperity Partnership with BBC Research and Development October 2021 - September 2026 |
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A Volumetric Video Player for Unity CVSSP, University of Surrey June 2021 - June 2022 |
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DSLR-based Photogrammetry Capture System for Digital Humans CVSSP, University of Surrey June 2018 - September 2019 |
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Polymersive: Immersive Video Production for Studio and Live Events Innovate UK (105168) with BBC Research and Development and IMSRVRay April 2019 - September 2020 |
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ALIVE: Live Action Light Fields for Immersive VR Experiences Innovate UK (102686) with Figment Productions and Foundry September 2016 - December 2017 |
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Raspberry Pi-based Photogrammetry System for Rapid Avatar Creation University of Southern California, Institute for Creative Technologies June 2015 - September 2015 |
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RE@CT EU FP7 Project in collaboration with Artefacto, BBC R&D, Fraunhofer HHI, INRIA Grenoble and OMG Vicon December 2011 - November 2014 |
Publications
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ANIM: Accurate Neural Implicit Model for Human Reconstruction from a single RGB-D image M. Pesavento, Y. Xu, N. Sarafianos, R. Maier, Z. Wang, C. Yao, M. Volino, E. Boyer, A. Hilton and T. Tung Proceedings in the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2024 |
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ForecasterFlexOBM: A Multi-View Dataset for Flexible Object-based Media Production D. Berghi, C. Cieciura, F. Einabadi, M. Glancy, O.C. Camilleri, P. Foster, A. Nadeem, F. Sardari, J. Zhao, M. Volino, A. Mustafa, P.J.B. Jackson, A. Hilton IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2024 |
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SurrRoom 1.0 Dataset: Spatial Room Capture with Controlled Acoustic and Optical Measurements C. Cieciura, M. Volino, P.J.B. Jackson Audio Engineering Society Convention 2023 |
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Deep4D: A Compact Generative Representation for Volumetric Video J. Regateiro, M. Volino and A. Hilton Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2022 |
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Super-resolution 3D Human Shape from a Single Low-Resolution Image M. Pesavento, M. Volino, A. Hilton Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2022 |
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Tragic Talkers: A Shakespearean Sound- and Light-Field Dataset for Audio-Visual Machine Learning Research D. Berghi, M. Volino, P.J.B. Jackson European Conference on Visual Media Production 2022 |
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Naturalistic audio-visual volumetric sequences dataset of sounding actions for six degree-of-freedom interaction H. Stenzel, D. Berghi, M. Volino, P.J.B. Jackson IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEEVR) 2021 |
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Attention-based Multi-Reference Learning for Image Super-Resolution M. Pesavento, M. Volino, A. Hilton Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2021 |
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Super-Resolution Appearance Transfer for 4D Human Performances M. Pesavento, M. Volino, A. Hilton Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops 2021 |
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Light Field Video for Immersive Content Production M. Volino, A. Mustafa J-Y. Guillemaut, A. Hilton Real VR – Immersive Digital Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11900 Springer 2020 |
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Super-Resolution Appearance Transfer for 4D Human Performance Capture M. Pesavento, M. Volino, A. Hilton ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production (Short) 2020 |
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Tracking sound sources for Object-based spatial audio-visual production M.A.M. Izhar, M. Volino, A. Hilton, P.J.B. Jackson Forum Acusticum 2020 |
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Audio-Visual Spatial Alignment Requirements of Central and Peripheral Object Events D. Berghi, H. Stenzel, M. Volino, A. Hilton, P.J.B. Jackson IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEEVR) 2020 |
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Light Field Compression using Eigen Textures M. Volino, A. Mustafa, J-Y. Guillemaut and A. Hilton International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV) 2019 |
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Dynamic Surface Animation using Generative Networks J. Regateiro, A. Hilton and M. Volino International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV) 2019 |
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Multi-person 3D Pose Estimation and Tracking in Sports L. Bridgeman, M. Volino, J-Y. Guillemaut and A. Hilton 5th International Workshop on Computer Vision in Sports at CVPR 2019 |
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Hybrid Skeleton Driven Surface Registration for Temporally Consistent Volumetric Video J. Regateiro, M. Volino and A. Hilton International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV) 2018 |
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Volumetric Performance Capture from Minimal Camera Viewpoints A. Gilbert, M. Volino, J. Collomosse and A. Hilton European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2018 |
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4D Temporally Coherent Dynamic Light-field Video A. Mustafa, M. Volino, J-Y. Guillemaut and A. Hilton International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV) 2017 |
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Real-time Full-Body Motion Capture from Video and IMUs C. Malleson, M. Volino, A. Gilbert, M. Trumble, J. Collomosse and A. Hilton International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV) 2017 |
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View-dependent representation of shape and appearance from multiple view video M. Volino PhD Thesis, University of Surrey 2016 |
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Online Interactive 4D Character Animation M. Volino, P. Huang, and A. Hilton International Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D) 2015 |
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RE@CT: A new production pipeline for interactive 3D content F. Schweiger, G. Thomas, A. Sheikh, W. Paier, M. Kettern, P. Eisert, J.S. Franco, M. Volino, P. Huang, J. Collomosse, A. Hilton, V. Jantet, and P. Smyth IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW) 2015 |
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Optimal Representation of Multiple View Video M. Volino, D. Casas, J. Collomosse, and A. Hilton British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2014 |
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4D Video Textures for Interactive Character Appearance D. Casas, M. Volino, J. Collomosse, and A. Hilton Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics) 2014 |
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Layered View-Dependent Texture Maps M. Volino and A. Hilton Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP) 2013 |
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Free-viewpoint video rendering for mobile devices J. Imber, M. Volino, J-Y, Guillemaut, S. Fenney, and A. Hilton n Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Vision / Computer Graphics Collaboration Techniques and Applications (MIRAGE) 2013 |
Service
I have been involved in the organisation of the following conferences/meetings/workshops:
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European Conference on Visual Media Production 2024 London, UK Sponsorship Chair |
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British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2024 Glasgow, UK Area Chair |
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ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production 2023 London, UK Conference Co-Chair |
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British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2023 Aberdeen, UK Area Chair |
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ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production 2022 London, UK Conference Co-Chair |
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British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2022 London, UK Area Chair |
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ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production 2021 London, UK Full Papers Chair |
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International Conference on 3D Vision 2021 Online Website and Social Media Chair |
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British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2021 Virtual Area Chair |
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DynaVis: International Workshop on Dynamic Scene Reconstruction @ CVPR 2021 Virtual Co-Orgainser |
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ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production 2020 London, UK Short Papers and Demos Chair |
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DynaVis: International Workshop on Dynamic Scene Reconstruction @ CVPR 2020 Seattle, WA (virtual) Co-Orgainser |
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ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production 2019 London, UK Website Chair |
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DynaVis: International Workshop on Dynamic Scene Reconstruction @ CVPR 2019 Long Beach, CA Co-Orgainser |
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BMVA Technical Meeting: Dynamic Scene Reconstruction 2017 London, UK Co-Orgainser |
I have served as a reviewer for the following conferences/journals/workshops:
- ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
- IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
- IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
- European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
- International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
- ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production(CVMP)
- British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)
- Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware (VRIH)
- Multimedia Systems (MMSJ)
- Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU)
- IET Computer Vision
- 3D Reconstruction in the Wild (3DRW)