Jianping Fan

Jianping Fan Try our online Google Images filtering demo here!  readme for system


Current Research Projects:

  • Cross-Media Video Classification, Indexing, Retrieval and Visualization
  • Statistical Modeling, Semantic Interpretation and Partial Matching of Images
  • Bridging the Gap: Develop New CBVR Technologies for Online Career Training of Students with Hearing Impairments
  • Courses for Fall 2007:

  • ITCS6157: Visual Database
  • ITCS3160: Database Systems and Implementation
  • Recent Publications:

  • J. Fan, D.A. Keim, Y. Gao, H. Luo, Z. Li, ``JustClick: Personalized Image Recommendation via Exploratory Search from Large-Scale Flickr Images", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 18, no.8, 2008. Video
  • J. Fan, Y. Gao, H. Luo, ``Integrating Concept Ontology and Multi-Task Learning to Achieve More Effective Classifier Training for Multi-Level Image Annotation", IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol. 17, no.3, pp.407-426, 2008.
  • J. Fan, Y. Gao, H. Luo, R. Jain, ``Mining Multi-Level Image Semantics via Hierarchical Classification", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, special issue on Multimedia Data Mining, vol. 10, no.1, pp.167-187, 2008. The preliminary results are also presented at MIR'06, Video
  • H. Luo, Y. Gao, X. Xue, J. Peng, J. Fan, ``Incorporating Feature Hierarchy and Boosting for Concept-Oriented Video Summarization and Skimming", ACM Trans. on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, vol. 4, no.1, pp.1-25, 2008. The preliminary results are also presented at MIR'04, JCDL'04, Video
  • H. Luo, J. Fan, S. Satoh, J. Yang, W. Ribarsky, ``Integrating Multi-Modal Content Analysis and Hyperbolic Visualization for Large-Scale News Videos Retrieval and Exploration", Signal Processing: Image Communication, special issue on Semantic Analysis for Interactive Multimedia Services, vol.23, 2008. The preliminary results are also presented at IEEE VAST'07 and IEEE VAST'06. Video .
  • Y. Gao, J. Fan , H. Luo, S. Satoh, ``A Novel Approach for Filtering Out Junk Images from Google Search Results", ACM Conf. on Multimedia Modeling, 2008.
  • J. Fan, Y. Gao, H. Luo, ``Hierarchical classification for automatic image annotation", ACM SIGIR, Amsterdam, pp.111-118, 2007. Presentation Slides
  • B. Li, M. Chi, J. Fan, X. Xue, ``Support Cluster Machine", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML'07), June 20-24, 2007, Oregon, USA.
  • J. Fan, H. Luo, Y. Gao, R. Jain, ``Incorporating Concept Ontology for Hierarchical Video Classification, Annotation and Visualization", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, special issue on Semantic Image and Video Indexing in Broad Domains, vol. 9, no.5, pp. 939-957, 2007.
  • B.Li, X. Xue, J. Fan, ``A Robust Incremental Learning Framework for Accurate Skin Region Segmentation in Color Images", Pattern Recognition, vol.40, no.12, pp.3621-3632, 2007.
  • Y. Gao, J. Fan, H. Luo, X. Xue, R. Jain, ``Automatic Image Annotation by Incorporating Feature Hierarchy and Boosting to Scale up SVM Classifiers", ACM Multimedia, Santa Barbara, CA, 2006. Presentation Slides , Video
  • H. Luo, J. Fan, ``Building Concept Ontology for Medical Video Annotation", ACM Multimedia, Santa Barbara, CA, 2006.
  • J. Yang, J. Fan, D. Hubball, Y. Gao, H. Luo, B. Ribarsky, M. Ward, ``Semantic image browser: Bridging information visualization and automatic intelligent image analysis", IEEE VAST'06 (IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2006), 2006.
  • J. Fan, H. Luo, M.-S. Hacid, Elisa Bertino, ``A Novel Approach For Privacy-Preserving Video Sharing'', ACM CIKM Conference, Bremen, Germany, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, 2005. Presentation Slides
  • J. Fan, H. Luo, Y. Gao, M.-S. Hacid, ``Mining Image Databases on Semantics via Statistical Learning'', ACM SIGKDD Conference, Chicago, IL, August 20-25, 2005. Presentation Slides, Video
  • J. Fan , Y. Gao, H. Luo, G. Xu, ``Statistical modeling and conceptualization of natural images", Pattern Recognition, special issue on automatic understanding of photography, vol.38, no.6, pp.865-885, 2005.
  • J. Fan , G. Zeng, M. Body, M.-S. Hacid, ``Seeded Region Growing: An Extensive and Comparative Study", Pattern Recognition Letters, vol.26, no.5, pp.1139-1156, 2005. Source Code
  • J. Fan, Y. Gao, H. Luo, ``Multi-level annotation of natural scenes using dominant image components and semantic image concepts", ACM Multimedia, New York, Oct.10-15, 2004 ( Best Paper Runner-ups), Presentation Slides, Video.
  • J. Fan , H. Luo, A.K. Elmagarmid, ``Concept-Oriented Indexing of Video Database towards More Effective Retrieval and Browsing", IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol.13, no.7, pp.974-992, 2004. Video
  • J. Fan , X. Zhu, A.K. Elmagarmid, W.G. Aref, L. Wu, ``ClassView: Hierarchical Video Shot Classification, Indexing, and Accessing", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, vol.6, no.1, pp.70-86, 2004.
  • E. Bertino, J. Fan, E. Ferrari, M.-S. Hacid, A.K. Elmagarmid, Xingquan Zhu, ``A Hierarchical Access Control Model for Video Database Systems", ACM Trans. on Information Systems, vol.21, no.2, pp.155-191, 2003.
  • J. Fan, David K.Y. Yau, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Walid G. Aref, ``Automatic image segmentation by integrating color edge detection and seeded region growing", IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol.10, no.10, Oct., pp.1454-1466, 2001. Source Code
  • PhD Students:

  • Chunlei Yang
  • Zhong Li
  • Alumnis:

  • Hangzai Luo
  • Yuli Gao
  • Connection Information:

  • Department of Computer Science
  • UNC-Charlotte
  • Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
  • Email: jfan AT uncc DOT edu
  • Phone: 704-687-8556
  • Fax: 704-687-3516