Centre for Visual Information Technology

This centre deals with the generation, processing, and understanding of primarily visual data as well as with the techniques and tools required to do so efficiently. Our activity overlaps the traditional areas of Computer Vision, Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.

CVIT works on theoretical and practical aspects of visual information processing.

Subareas

1. Document Image Understanding
2. Retrieval from Large Multimedia Databases
3. Vision and Graphics on GPU
4. Medical Image Processing
5. Security and Privacy in Multimedia Computing
6. Graphics, Visualization and Virtual Reality
7. Biological Vision
8. Video Processing
9. Vision for Robotics
10. Geometry in Computer Vision
11. Biometrics
12. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
13. Assorted Topics

Teaching Programmes (associated with Centre for Visual Information Technology)

Under-graduate Programmes

1. B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

Post-graduate Programmes

1. Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering
2. MS in Computer Science and Engineering

Major Funded Projects

1. Recovery of 3D Structure based on Point Correspondences
2. Development of Robust Document Analysis and Recognition System for Printed Indian Scripts (2010-2013) (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology)
3. Large Scale Image and Video Retrieval (UKIERI) (2007-2011) (UKIERI)
4. Security and Privacy in Multimedia Databases (2009-2011) (Naval Research Board)
5. Object Detection, Recognition and Scene Classification for Automated Analysis of Images and Videos (2010-2011) (Defense Research and Development Organization)
6. Development of Specialized Tools for Detection and Tracking the Progress of Diabetic Retinopathy from Color Fundus Images
7. Computer Aided Tools for FFA's
8. Augmenting Image Analysis Algorithm with Models of Human Visual Perception
9. Automated Image Analysis for Glaucoma Detection
10. In-Vehicle Camera Systems for Driver Alertness Detection Occupant Safety Monitoring
11. Development of Online Handwriting Recognition System for Indian Languages
12. Study of Point-Based Representation for Graphics
13. Visual Enhancement, Manipulation and Retargeting of Videos
14. Hybrid Multicore Centre of Excellence

Achievements

Best Paper Awards

1. The paper title "Ray Tracing Dynamic Scenes with Shadows on GPU" by Sasidhar Guntury and P J Narayanan was selected among the two best papers at the Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV), 2010.
2. The paper "Super-resolution of Text Images Using Edge-Directed Tangent Field" by Jyotirmoy Banerjee, and C.V. Jawahar at DAS 2008.
3. Poster titled "Text Driven Temporal Segmentation of Cricket Videos" by Pramod Sankar K, Saurabh Pandey and C.V. jawahar at ICVGIP 2006
4. The paper titled "Realtime Motion Segmentation based Multibody Visual SLAM" by Abhijit Kundu, C. V. Jawahar and Madhava Krishna at ICVGIP 2010.

Others

1. Indo-Israeli Workshop on Computer Vision was organized by CVIT, IIIT Hyderabad during 04-05 Feb, 2008

Conferences Organized

1. Asian Conference on Computer Vision was organized by CVIT, IIIT-Hyderabad during 13-16, January, 2006

Faculty

1. C V Jawahar
2. Anoop M Namboodiri
3. P J Narayanan (Head)
4. Jayanthi Sivaswamy

Students

1. Sujeeth Kumar
2. Pramod Sankar
3. Pawan Harish
4. Gopal Datt Joshi
5. Revanth Reddy
6. Mayank Chawla
7. Nataraj Jammalamadaka
8. Anand Mishra
9. Siddhartha Varma T
10. Nagender G
11. Arunava Chakravarty