Alain Pagani

I am a Principal Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and Deputy Head of the Augmented Vision department.

My research interests include Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Image Understanding, Augmented Reality and Machine Learning. I am particularly interested in 3D Computer Vision and Image-based scene reconstruction as well as in Object Detection and Tracking.

I am involved in publicly founded research projects as well as in industrial application projects.

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Current Post-doc: Mohamed Selim

Publications

Representative papers are highlighted. See Google Scholar for an up-to-date list.

Conference Papers
NewReLaGS: Relational Language Gaussian Splatting
Yaxu Xie, Abdalla Arafa, Alireza Javanmardi, Christen Millerdurai, Jia Cheng Hu, Shaoxiang Wang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026
paper | project page

NewEgoForce: Forearm-Guided Camera-Space 3D Hand Pose from a Monocular Egocentric Camera
Christen Millerdurai, Shaoxiang Wang, Yaxu Xie, Vladislav Golyanik, Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani
ACM SIGGRAPH, 2026
paper | project page

TalkingPose: Efficient Face and Gesture Animation with Feedback-guided Diffusion Model
Alireza Javanmardi, Pragati Jaiswal, Tewodros Amberbir Habtegebrial, Christen Millerdurai, Shaoxiang Wang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2026
paper | project page

Inpaint360GS: Efficient Object-Aware 3D Inpainting via Gaussian Splatting for 360° Scenes
Shaoxiang Wang, Shihong Zhang, Christen Millerdurai, Rüdiger Westermann, Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2026
paper | project page

TinyIceNet: Low-Power SAR Sea Ice Segmentation for On-Board FPGA Inference
Mhd Rashed Al Koutayni, Mohamed Selim, Gerd Reis, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Computer Vision Conference (CVC), 2026
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OptSplat: Recurrent Optimization for Generalizable Reconstruction and Novel View Renderings
Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2025
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3D Spatial Understanding in MLLMs: Disambiguation and Evaluation
Chun-Peng Chang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025
paper | project page

Uni-SLAM: Uncertainty-Aware Neural Implicit SLAM for Real-Time Dense Indoor Scene Reconstruction
Shaoxiang Wang, Yaxu Xie, Chun-Peng Chang, Christen Millerdurai, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2025
paper | project page

Spatiotemporal Diffusion Model for Satellite Imagery
Prathap Nagaraj Kashyap, Alireza Javanmardi, Pragati Jaiswal, Alain Pagani, Gerd Reis
International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment ( RSCy ), 2025
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MiKASA: Multi-Key-Anchor & Scene-Aware Transformer for 3D Visual Grounding
Chun-Peng Chang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024
paper | project page

SG-PGM: Partial Graph Matching Network with Semantic Geometric Fusion for 3D Scene Graph Alignment and Its Downstream Tasks
Yaxu Xie, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024
paper | code

G3FA: Geometry-guided GAN for Face Animation
Alireza Javanmardi, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
British Machine Vision Conference ( BMVC ), 2024
paper | code

SphereCraft: A Dataset for Spherical Keypoint Detection, Matching and Camera Pose Estimation
Christiano Couto Gava, Yunmin Cho, Federico Raue, Sebastian Palacio, Alain Pagani, Andreas Dengel
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2024
paper | project page

Avatar quality: A study on presence and user preference
Cristina Gasch, Alireza Javanmardi, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Alain Pagani
IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Extended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR ), 2024
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Augmented telecommunication in factory setting
Narek Minaskan, Bastian Krayer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of the 21st EuroXR International Conference (EuroXR), 2024
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Structure PLP-SLAM: Efficient Sparse Mapping and Localization using Point, Line and Plane for Monocular, RGB-D and Stereo Cameras
Fangwen Shu, Jiaxuan Wang, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
paper | code

Learning Attention Propagation for Compositional Zero-Shot Learning
Muhammad Gul Zain Ali Khan, Muhammad Ferjad Naeem, Luc Van Gool, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023
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Dynamic Cost Volumes with Scalable Transformer Architecture for Optical Flow
Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference (IMVIP ), 2023
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BoxMask: Revisiting Bounding Box Supervision for Video Object Detection
Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
IEEE /CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023
paper | code

CORTEX² Extended collaborative telepresence for future work and education
Alain Pagani, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Alireza Javanmardi, Yaxu Xie, Sylvain Rivier, Vincent Bailleau, Emmanuel Helbert, Pierre-Yves Noel, Yazid Benazzouz, Jean-Pierre Lorré, Franklyn Ohai, Maja Nisevic, Anton Vedder, Gael de Chalendar, Vasileios Theodorou, Ilia Pietri, Maria-Evgenia Xezonaki, Florian Andres, Lydia Szymendera, Olivier Grzelak, Cristina Gasch, Azucena Garcia-Palacios
Research Colloquium. Leading & Managing in the Digital Era (LMDE), 2023
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Towards Incorporating 3D Space-Awareness into an Augmented Reality Sign Language Interpreter
Fabrizio Nunnari, Eleftherios Avramidis, Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Yasser Hamidullah, Sepideh Mollanorozy, Cristina España-Bonet, Emil Woop, Patrick Gebhard
International Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology (SLTAT), 2023
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Polar-Ano: Surface Anomaly Detection via Deep Polarization Imaging and Data Synthesis with Physic-based Rendering
Yaxu Xie, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS ), 2023
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Camera-based position analysis system for cyclists ordering in bicycle swarms
Vemburaj Yadav, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Workshop on Smart Urban Micromobility. Mensch und Computer (MuC), 2023
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Vision-Based Ladle Monitoring System for Steel Factories
Mohamed Selim, Pablo López de Uralde, Jon Mata, Eider Gorostegui-Colinas, Beatriz Chicote, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
European Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing ( ESAIM ), 2023
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Deep Orientation-Guided Gender Recognition from Face Images
Mohamed Selim, Stephan Krauß, Tewodros Amberbir Habtegebrial, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems. International Conference on Pattern Recognition Systems (ICPRS), 2022
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Human intelligent machine teaming in single pilot operation: A case study
Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Charles-Alban Dormoy, Alain Pagani, Jean-Marc Andre, Didier Stricker
Human Computer Interaction International Conference (HCII ), 2022
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PlaneRecNet: Multi-Task Learning with Cross-Task Consistency for Piece-Wise Plane Detection and Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image
Yaxu Xie, Fangwen Shu, Alain Pagani, Jason Raphael Rambach, Didier Stricker
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2021
paper | code

Visual SLAM with Graph-Cut Optimized Multi-Plane Reconstruction
Fangwen Shu, Yaxu Xie, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021
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Comparing Head and AR Glasses Pose Estimation
Ahmet Firintepe, Oussema Dhaouadi, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021
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A Study of Human-Machine Teaming For Single Pilot Operation with Augmented Reality
Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Alain Pagani, Charles-Alban Dormoy, Jean-Marc Andre, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2021
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Pose Tracking vs. Pose Estimation of AR Glasses with Convolutional, Recurrent, and Non-Local Neural Networks: A Comparison
Ahmet Firintepe, Sarfaraz Habib, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
EuroXR International Conference (EuroXR), 2021
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SLAM in the Field: An Evaluation of Monocular Mapping and Localization on Challenging Dynamic Agricultural Environment
Fangwen Shu, Paul Lesur, Yaxu Xie, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2021
paper | supp. material

A Comparison of Single and Multi-View IR image-based AR Glasses Pose Estimation Approaches
Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (IEEEVR-2021)
paper | supp. material

A human factors’ approach for multimodal collaboration with Cognitive Computing to create a Human Intelligent Machine Team: a Review
Charles-Alban Dormoy, Jean-Marc Andre, Alain Pagani
EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation and Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens (EASN), 2021
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TGA: Two-level Group Attention for Assembly State Detection
Hangfan Liu, Yongzhi Su, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2020
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HMDPose: A large-scale trinocular IR Augmented Reality Glasses Pose Dataset
Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2020
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The More, the Merrier? A Study on In-Car IR-based Head Pose Estimation
Ahmet Firintepe, Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2020
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AutoPOSE: Large-Scale Automotive Driver Head Pose and Gaze Dataset with Deep Head Pose Baseline
Mohamed Selim, Ahmet Firintepe, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2020
paper | dataset

Deep Multi-State Object Pose Estimation for Augmented Reality Assembly
Yongzhi Su, Jason Rambach, Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Paul Lesur, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2019
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SlamCraft: Dense Planar RGB Monocular SLAM
Jason Rambach, Paul Lesur, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), 2019
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Augmented Reality in Physics education: Motion understanding using an Augmented Airtable
Nareg Minaskan Karabid, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
European Association on Virtual and Augmented Reality (EuroVR), 2019
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Universal Web-Based Tracking for Augmented Reality Applications
Yannic Bonenberger, Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
European Association on Virtual and Augmented Reality (EuroVR), 2018
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Learning 6DoF Object Poses from Synthetic Single Channel Images
Jason Rambach, Chengbiao Deng, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2018
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Image Quality-Aware Deep Networks Ensemble for Efficient Gender Recognition in the Wild
Mohamed Selim, Suraj Sundararajan, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2018
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Augmented Things: Enhancing AR Applications leveraging the Internet of Things and Universal 3D Object Tracking
Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2017
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Fusion of unsynchronized optical tracker and inertial sensor in EKF framework for in-car Augmented Reality delay reduction
Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Sebastian Lampe, Ruben Reiser, Manthan Pancholi, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2017
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Sparse-MVRVMs Tree for Fast and Accurate Head Pose Estimation in the Wild
Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), 2017
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Eyes of Things
Noelia Vallez, Jose L. Espinosa-Aranda, Jose M. Rico-Saavedra, Javier Parra-Patino, Oscar Deniz, Alain Pagani, Stephan Krauss, Ruben Reiser, Didier Stricker, David Moloney, Alireza Dehghani, Aubrey Dunne, Dexmont Pena, Martin Waeny, Pedro Santos, Matteo Sorci, Tim Llewellynn, Christian Fedorczak, Thierry Larmoire, Elodie Roche, Marco Herbst, Andre Seirafi, Kasra Seirafi
IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 2017
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Learning to Fuse: A Deep Learning Approach to Visual-Inertial Camera Pose Estimation
Jason Rambach, Aditya Tewari, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2016
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Sensors for location-based Augmented Reality - the example of Galileo and EGNOS
Alain Pagani, José Henriques, Didier Stricker
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2016
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LARA: A location-based and augmented reality assistive system for underground utilities' networks through GNSS
Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Kostas Smagas, Alain Pagani, Jose Henriques, Alejandro Garcia, Elisa Jimeno, Ivan Carillo, Petros Patias, Charalampos Georgiadis, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail
International Conference on Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016
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LBS Augmented Reality Assistive Systems for utilities infrastructure management through Galileo and EGNOS
Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Kostas Smagas, Alain Pagani, Jose Henriques, Alejandro Garcia, Elisa Jimeno, Ivan Carillo, Petros Patias, Charalampos Georgiadis, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2016
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Feature-augmented Trained Models for 6DOF Object Recognition and Camera Calibration
Kripasindhu Sarkar, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2016
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Real Time Head Pose Estimation Using Multi-Variate RVM on Faces in the Wild
Mohamed Selim, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), 2015
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Advancing Physics Learning Through Traversing a Multi-Modal Experimentation Space
Jochen Kuhn, Alexander Nussbaumer, Johanna Pirker, Dimosthenis Karatzas, Alain Pagani, Owen Conlan, Martin Memmel, Christina M. Steiner, Christian Gütl, Dietrich Albert, Andreas Dengel
Immersive Learning Research Network Conference (iLRN), 2015
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A Superior Tracking Approach: Building a strong Tracker through Fusion
Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) Tracker Fusion Library available, 2014
paper | supp. material

Consistent Pose Uncertainty Estimation for Spherical Cameras
Bernd Krolla, Christiano Couto-Gava, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2014
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OnEye – Producing and broadcasting generalized interactive videos
Alain Pagani, Christian Bailer, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of the Networked and Electronic Media Summit (NEM Summit), Nantes, France, 2013
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Bildbasierte Messung und Analyse sportlicher Aktivitäten
Alain Pagani, Christian Bailer, Didier Stricker
I. Fichtner (Hrsg.), Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in der angewandten Trainingswissenschaft. Beiträge zur 15. Frühjahrsschule des IAT am 17./18. April 2013 in Leipzig
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Real-time Modeling and Tracking Manual Workflows from First-Person Vision
Nils Petersen, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Adelaide, Australia, 2013
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A user supported tracking framework for interactive video production
Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), London, UK, 2013
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Robust Guided Matching and Multi-layer Feature Detection Applied to High Resolution Spherical Images
Christiano Couto Gava, Alain Pagani, Bernd Krolla, Didier Stricker
International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2013
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Circular markers for camera pose estimation
Alain Pagani, Johannes Köhler, Didier Stricker
International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 2011
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Dense 3D Point Cloud Generation from Multiple High-resolution Spherical Images
Alain Pagani, Christiano Gava, Yan Cui, Bernd Krolla, Jean-Marc Hengen, Didier Stricker
International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST), 2011
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Structure from Motion using full spherical panoramic cameras
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
ICCV Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras (OMNIVIS), 2011
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Robust point matching in HDRI through estimation of illumination distribution
Yan Cui, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Proceedings of Annual Symposium of the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM), 2011
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Detection and Identification Techniques for Markers Used in Computer Vision
Johannes Köhler, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering, 1131
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Markerless Camera Pose Estimation - An Overview
Tobias Nöll, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering (IRTG 1131 Workshop), 2010
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Real-time camera pose estimation using correspondences with high outlier ratios
Tobias Nöll, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP, 2010
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Robust Detection and Identification of Partially Occluded Circular Markers
Johannes Koehler, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2010
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SIFT in perception based color space
Yan Cui, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2010
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Canaux projectifs intégraux pour la mise en correspondance de régions
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
ORASIS: Journées francophones des jeunes chercheurs en vision par ordinateur, 2009
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In-Situ Visualization for Cultural Heritage Sites using Novel Augmented Reality Technologies
Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani, Michael Zöllner
International Conference on Graphic Archeology and Cultural Heritage, 2009
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Integral P-channels for fast and robust region matching
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Michael Felsberg
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2009
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Learning Local Patch Orientation with a Cascade of Sparse Regressors
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2009
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Reality Filtering : A Visual Time Machine in Augmented Reality
Michael Zoellner, Alain Pagani, Yulian Pastarmov, Harald Wuest, Didier Stricker
International Symposium on Virtual Reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST), 2008
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An Architecture for Prototyping and Application Development of Visual Tracking Systems
Mario Becker, Gabriele Bleser, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Harald Wuest
3DTV Conference, 2007
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Feature Management for Efficient Camera Tracking
Harald Wuest, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), 2007
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IMPROVE: Advanced Displays and Interaction Techniques for Collaborative Design Review
Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno de Araujo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele de Amicis, Inigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, Maylu Hafner, and Don McIntyre
Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007
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IMPROVE: Collaborative Design Review in Mobile Mixed Reality
Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc, Oliver Machui, Jose M. Jiménez, Georg Bodammer, Don McIntyre
Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007
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IMPROVE: Designing Effective Interaction for Virtual and Mixed Reality Environments
Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Céline Paloc, Giuseppe d Conti, Raffaele DeAmicis, Inigo Barandarian, Celine Paloc, Oliver Machui, Georg Bodammer, Jose Manuel Jiménez, Don McIntyre
Human-Computer Interaction International, 2007
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IMPROVE: An Innovative Application for Collaborative Mobile Mixed Reality Design Review
Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc
Virtual Concept Conference, 2006
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Photometric and Chromatic Calibration for Multi-Projector Tiled Displays
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
IS&T / SID Color Imaging Conference (CIC), 2006
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Visual Tracking for Augmented Reality: No Universal Solution but Many Powerful Building Blocks
Mario Becker, Gabriele Bleser, Alain Pagani, Yulian Pastarmov, Didier Stricker, Florent Vial, Jens Weidenhausen, Cédric Wohlleber, Harald Wuest
Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität : 2. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, 2005
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A comparative study of seven solutions to the PnP problem
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
ORASIS: Journées francophones des jeunes chercheurs en vision par ordinateur, 2003
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Journal Articles
EventEgo3D++: 3D Human Motion Capture from a Head Mounted Event Camera
Christen Millerdurai, Hiroyasu Akada, Jian Wang, Diogo Luvizon, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker, Christian Theobalt, Vladislav Golyanik
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2025
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Exploring Avatar Utilization in Workplace and Educational Environments: A Study on User Acceptance, Preferences, and Technostress
Cristina Gasch, Alireza Javanmardi, Ameer Khan, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Alain Pagani
Applied Sciences MDPI, 2025
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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from a Single RGB Image Using Deep Learning: A Review
Muhammad Saif Ullah Khan, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Journal of Imaging MDPI, 2022
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Exploiting Concepts of Instance Segmentation to Boost Detection in Challenging Environments
Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Sensors MDPI, 2022
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A Comprehensive Survey of Depth Completion Approaches
Muhammad Ahmed Ullah Khan, Danish Nazir, Alain Pagani, Hamam Mokayed, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Sensors MDPI, 2022
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Mask-Aware Semi-Supervised Object Detection in Floor Plans
Tahira Shehzadi, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022
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Attention-Guided Disentangled Feature Aggregation for Video Object Detection
Shishir Muralidhara, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Sensors MDPI, 2022
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Rethinking Learnable Proposals for Graphical Object Detection in Scanned Document Images
Sankalp Sinha, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022
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A narrative review of immersive virtual reality’s ergonomics and risks at the workplace: cybersickness, visual fatigue, muscular fatigue, acute stress, and mental overload
Alexis D. Souchet, Domitile Lourdeaux, Alain Pagani, Lisa Rebenitsch
Virtual Reality Springer, 2022
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Investigating Attention Mechanism for Page Object Detection in Document Images
Shivam Naik, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences MDPI, 2022
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Toward Semi-Supervised Graphical Object Detection in Document Images
Goutham Kallempudi, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Future Internet MDPI, 2022
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EmmDocClassifier: Efficient Multimodal Document Image Classifier for Scarce Data
Shrinidhi Kanchi, Alain Pagani, Hamam Mokayed, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, and Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences 12(3) MDPI, 2022
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SynPo-Net--Accurate and Fast CNN-Based 6DoF Object Pose Estimation Using Synthetic Training
Yongzhi Su, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Sensors 21 MDPI /, 2021
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Survey and Performance Analysis of Deep Learning Based Object Detection in Challenging Environments
Muhammad Ahmed, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Sensors 21(15), 5116 MDPI, 2021
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From IR Images to Point Clouds to Pose: Point Cloud-Based AR Glasses Pose Estimation
Ahmet Firintepe, Carolin Vey, Stylianos Asteriadis, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Journal of Imaging 7 pp1-18 MDPI 4/, 2021
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Contrastive Learning for 3D Point Clouds Classification and Shape Completion
Danish Nazir, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker
Sensors 21, MDPI, 2021
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Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Precision Agriculture
Maria Teresa Linaza, Jorge Posada, Jürgen Bund, Peter Eisert, Marco Quartulli, Jürgen Döllner, Alain Pagani, Igor G. Olaizola, Andre Barriguinha, Theocharis Moysiadis, Laurent Lucat
Agronomy 11 MDPI/, 2021
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Cascade Network with Deformable Composite Backbone for Formula Detection in Scanned Document Images
Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences 11(16) MDPI, 2021
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CasTabDetectoRS: Cascade Network for Table Detection in Document Images with Recursive Feature Pyramid and Switchable Atrous Convolution
Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Journal of Imaging 7(10) MDPI, 2021
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HybridTabNet: Towards Better Table Detection in Scanned Document Images
Danish Nazir, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences 11(18) MDPI, 2021
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Mixed reality applications in urology: Requirements and future potential
Gerd Reis, Mehmet Yilmaz, Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Arkadiusz Miernik, Paul Lesur, Nareg Minaskan Karabid
Annals of Medicine and Surgery 66 pp1-6 Elsevier, 2021
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Towards Robust Object detection in Floor Plan Images: A Data Augmentation Approach
Shashank Mishra, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Alain Pagani, Marcus Liwicki, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal
Applied Sciences 11(23) MDPI, 2021
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Augmented Reality Geovisualisation for Underground Utilities
Efstratios Stylianidis, Elena Valari, Alain Pagani, Ivan Carrillo, Anastasis Kounoudes, Konstantinos Michail, Konstantinos Smagas
Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science (PFG), 2020
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Automatic Museum Audio Guide
Noelia Vallez, Stephan Krauss, Jose-Luis Espinosa-Aranda, Alain Pagani, Kasra Seirafi, Oscar Deniz
Sensors 20 (779), 2020
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6DoF Object Tracking based on 3D Scans for Augmented Reality Remote Live Support
Jason Rambach, Alain Pagani, Michael Schneider, Oleksandr Artemenko, Didier Stricker
Computers 7(1), 2018
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Eyes of Things
Oscar Deniz, Noelia Vallez, Jose L. Espinosa-Aranda, Jose M. Rico-Saavedra, Javier Parra-Patino, Gloria Bueno, David Moloney, Alireza Dehghani, Aubrey Dunne, Alain Pagani, Stephan Krauss, Ruben Reiser, Martin Waeny, Matteo Sorci, Tim Llewellynn, Christian Fedorczak, Thierry Larmoire, Marco Herbst, Andre Seirafi, Kasra Seirafi
Sensors, 17(5), 2017
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Modeling Reality for Camera Registration in Augmented Reality Applications
Alain Pagani
KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 2014
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A user supported object tracking framework for interactive video production
Christian Bailer, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting 11(9), 2014
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In-situ visualization for cultural heritage sites using novel augmented reality technologies
Didier Stricker, Alain Pagani, Michael Zoellner
Virtual Archeology Review, 1237
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Spatially Uniform Colors for Projectors and Tiled Displays
Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2007
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IMPROVE: An innovative application for collaborative mobile mixed reality design review
Pedro Santos, André Stork, Thomas Gierlinger, Alain Pagani, Bruno Araújo, Ricardo Jota, Luis Bruno, Joaquim Jorge, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Martin Witzel, Giuseppe Conti, Raffaele De Amicis, Iñigo Barandarian, Céline Paloc
International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 2007
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Book Chapters
Principles of Object Tracking and Mapping
Jason Raphael Rambach, Alain Pagani, Didier Stricker
Andrew Yeh Ching Nee; Soh Khim Ong. Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality. Pages 53-84, Springer Handbooks, ISBN 978-3-030-67821-0, Springer, Switzerland, 1/2023
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Books
Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality
Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona, Gabriel Zachmann, Monica Bordegoni, Jian Chen, Giannis Karaseitanidis, Alain Pagani, Patrick Bourdot (Editors)
21st EuroXR International Conference, November 27-29, Athens, Greece, ISBN 978-3-031-78592-4, Springer, 11/2024.
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Theses
Reality Models for efficient registration in Augmented Reality
Alain Pagani
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern, Dr. Hut Verlag, 2015
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Integration of Virtual Objects into an Image from a Single View
Alain Pagani
Master Thesis, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2002
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Teaching

  • RPTU - ACVDL (WS, since 2021)

Projects

  • 2015-2017: EoT: Eyes of Things
  • 2022-2025: CORTEX²
Contact

DFKI GmbH
Trippstadter Str. 122
67663 Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern

email: alain [dot] pagani [at] dfki [dot] de
phone: +49 (0) 631 20575-3530

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