Levente A. Kovács, PhD

Senior Research Fellow - engineer, researcher and developer, with PhD in image processing, with R&D background in computer vision, image and video processing, pattern recognition, machine perception.

Research interests: object detection, feature extraction, indexing, classification, retrieval, mobile and embedded vision.

Contact information:

MTA SZTAKI - Machine Perception Research Laboratory
Address: 1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17.
Room number: K 405
Email: levente.kovacs at sztaki.mta.hu
Phone: +36 1 279 6158
Fax: +36 1 279 6292

Personal web page:

http://mplab.sztaki.hu/~kla

Contents:

• About (experience, degrees, etc.)
• Research
  •  Publication list
  • Monocular obstacle avoidance (URL1, URL2)
  • Flying target detection and tracking
  • Collaborative compositing and view construction
  • Mobile image processing
  • Content-based search
  • Indexing and retrieval of interpreted video contents
  • Visual algorithms in synthetic environments for security sensor networks
  • Non-photorealistic rendering
• Conferences 

Connected projects:

• Multimodal feature fusion for establishing novel 3D saliency models, Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, 2017-2019
• Change detection and event recognition with fusion of images and Lidar measurement, Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, 2017-2019
• The Development of Augmented Reality Based Innovative Healthcare Assistive Technology (zMed) for Mixed Visualization of 3D Medical Images and The Real Environment for Improving Doctor-Patient Relationship and Education (2017-2020) - National Research, Development and Innovation Office http://nkfih.gov.hu/palyazatok/tamogato-kfi-szakpolitikai-velemenyek/tamogato-kfi-velemeny-ginop-221-15-2forduloNKFIH
• Multichannel passive ISAR imaging for military applications (MAPIS) (EDA Ad-Hoc Cat-B 2015-2017)
• Collaborative Mobile Image Processing (EU/ESF TÁMOP 2012-2014)
• Finding Focus of Interest in freely configured sensor networks, 2013-2016, Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, K-106374
• Multi Sensor Data Fusion Grid for Urban Situational Awareness (MEDUSA) (EDA JIP-FP 2009-2012)
• Indexing and retrieval of interpreted video contents (OTKA 2011-2013)
• Judicial Management by Digital Libraries Semantics (JUMAS) (EU FP7 STREP 2008-2010)
• PRedictive ReasOning And Multi-Source Fusion Empowering AntiCipation Of Attacks And Terrorist Actions In Urban EnVironmEnts (PROACTIVE) (EU FP7 SEC 2012-2015)
• Transport Hub Intelligent video System (THIS) (JLS/2009/CFP/CIPS 2009-2011)
• HUNOROB (Hungarian-Norwegian research based innovation for development of new, environmentally friendly, competitive robot technology for selected target groups), 2011
• Multimedia Understanding through Semantics, Computation and Learning (MUSCLE) (EU FP6 2004-2008)
• Monlingv (Development of a knowledge management tool for the European criminal investigation offices) (NKFP2-00024/2005, 2005-2007)
• Video Indexing (Semantic understanding, categorization and indexing of video events, GVOP 2004-2007)
• DIMORF (archive film restoration, 2001-2004), Ludas Matyi, examples, examples2, examples3