Microsoft Hosts ToF Imaging Workshop

The International Time-of-Flight Workshop will be held on March 9-12, 2014 in Ein-Gedi, Israel. The invitation-only event was initiated and is hosted by Dr. Giora Yahav from Microsoft Israel R&D center. The organizing committee includes:

Erhardt Barth (University of Lübeck / Gestigon, DE)
Shahram Izadi (Microsoft Research, UK)
Nobukazu Teranishi (University of Hyogo / Shizuoka University, JP)
Christian Theobalt (MPI für Informatik – Saarbrücken, DE)
Giora Yahav (Chairman, Microsoft R&D, IL)
Erez Tadmor (Organizer, Microsoft R&D, IL)

The workshop agenda:

• Edoardo Charbon, University of Delft
  “Time-of-Flight Approaches to SPAD and SiPM Imaging”
• Christoph Garbe, University of Heidelberg,
  “Algorithmic Enhancement and Validation for Time-of-Flight Imaging”
• Christian Theobalt, MPI Informatik
  “Sensor Fusion in Time-of-Flight Imaging and Depth-Based Performance Capture”
• Zeev Zalevsky, Bar-Ilan University
  “Novel Concepts for Photonic Ranging”
• Johannes Steurer, ARRI
  “Exploring New Avenues in Motion Picture Production: A Groundbreaking RGB+Z Camera Demands Cutting-Edge Time-of-Flight Technology”
• Nobukazu Teranishi, University of Hyogo / Shizuoka University
  “A Review for Global Shutter Image Sensors” - keynote
• Erez Tadmor, Microsoft
  “Time-of-Flight Image Sensor Characterization”
• Tohru Yamada, AIS Panasonic
  “Pixel Design and Technologies for Time-of-Flight Sensor”
• Reinhard Koch, University of Kiel,
  “Model-based Analysis of Dynamic Scenes from Range-Color Video”
• Amos Feningstein, TowerJazz
  “IR SPAD Development in TowerJazz”
• Ruigang Yang, University of Kentucky
  “High-Accuracy Gait Analysis using A Single Depth Camera for Medical Applications”
• Erhardt Barth, University of Luebeck / Gestigon
  “Gesture Interfaces with Depth Sensors” - keynote
• Keita Yasutomi, Shizuoka University
  “High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Range Imagers with Lateral Electric Field Modulators”
• Matthias Hullin, MPI Informatik / University of Bonn
  “Transient Imaging with Photonic Mixer Devices”
• Daniel Freedman, Microsoft
  “Sparse Reflections Analysis: Fast Removal of General Multipath for Time-of-Flight Sensors”
• Assaf Lahav, TowerJazz
  “Ultra High Speed Imaging - Highlights from Kirania”
• Ayush Bhandari, MIT media lab
  “Multi-frequency Methods for Solving Inverse Problems in TOF Imaging”
• Andreas Kolb, University of Siegen
  “Time-of-Flight Data Processing, Challenges and Solutions” - keynote
• Daniel Van Nieuwenhove, Softkinetic
  “Time-of-Flight: How to Make Lower Power, Lower Noise and Higher Accuracy Work Together”
• Juergen Gall, University of Bonn
  “From Pose to Affordance”
• Shahram Izadi, Microsoft Research
  ”Designing Interactive User Experiences Using Advanced 3D Computer Vision Techniques”
• Bernhard Buttgen, MESA Imaging
  “Power Considerations for Time-of-Flight Imaging in Mobile Devices”
• Seiichiro Mizuno, Solid State Division - Hamamatsu Photonics
  “Industrial Time-of-Flight Sensor Development at Hamamatsu Photonics”
• Micha Feigin-Almon, MIT media lab
  “Time Resolved Imaging and Applications”
• Yebin Liu, Tsinghua University
  “Fourier Analysis on Transient Imaging by Time-of-Flight Camera”
• Refael Whyte, Waikato University
  “Novel Methods for Resolving Multipath in Time-of-Flight Cameras”