Computational Video - NRC-IIT

Computational video is the study and application of the processing of streamed video data. This field of research is emerging from the convergence of two technologies: digital cameras and high performance computing and high bandwidth networks.

In addition, past and current research in machine vision has provided some practical solutions to some of the fundamental processing problems inherent in processing video.

Finding innovative ways to process digital video and digital images will lead to new and useful technologies in a variety of application areas and will support the trend to ubiquitous video.

As such, NRC-Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) researchers conduct fundamental research in the computational video field, in order to produce the basic capabilities that are necessary to develop these new technologies.

Research is currently targeting the following application areas:

stereo processing from off-the-shelf cameras
recognition and tracking from video
reconstruction from multiple cameras
vision-based user interfaces
augmented reality
broadband visual communications
advanced video-conferencing
beamed microphone arrays

Current Projects

Past Projects

For additional information, please communicate with the Program Contact listed below or see the Computational Video Group page.

Research Contact

Dr. Gerhard Roth
Group Leader
Computational Video
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room C-327
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 993-1219
Fax: +1 (613) 952-0215
E-mail: Gerhard.Roth@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Business Contact

Dr. George Forester
Business Development Officer
Business Development Office, NCR
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 203
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 993-3478
Fax: +1 (613) 952-0074
E-mail: George.Forester@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca