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EPSRC Reference: EP/K034081/1
Title: Image Understanding for Alpine Environmental Monitoring
Principal Investigator: Brown, Dr MA
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Project Partners:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory University of Technology Zurich
Department: Computer Science
Organisation: University of Bath
Scheme: First Grant - Revised 2009
Starts: 02 December 2013 Ends: 01 March 2015 Value (£): 98,835
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Image & Vision Computing
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Panel DatePanel NameOutcome
11 Apr 2013 EPSRC ICT Responsive Mode - Apr 2013 Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
In an era of anthropogenic global change, there is an increasing need to measure and monitor our natural environment. Time-lapse photography can provide compelling visualisations of how natural systems behave over time, for example, glacial recession due to global warming. However, in addition to visualisation, cameras can also be used as sensors, making measurements that aid the scientific understanding of natural systems.

The aim of this project is to develop novel computer vision techniques to monitor long-term change in outdoor environments, turning an SLR into a useful sensor for environmental monitoring. In particular we will use time-lapse imagery to extract detailed surface information and subtle motion in scenes, something that is not possible using existing satellite-based techniques. Reaching this goal will require improved techniques for robust image understanding that are capable of extracting useful information, such as very small scene motion, over long timescales and with wildly varying appearance and illumination conditions.

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