Speakers
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Tat-Jun Chin Associate Professor The University of Adelaide |
Anders Eriksson ARC Future Fellow Queensland University of Technology |
Fredrik Kahl Professor Chalmers University of Technology |
Course description
Stemming from its roots in photogrammetry, the theory and practice of multiple view geometry has traditionally focussed on L2 minimisation, i.e., minimising sum of squared errors. However, due to the projective nature of the imaging process, many of the optimisation problems associated with L2 minimisation (e.g., bundle adjustment) involve objective functions that are plagued by multiple local minima [1]. This prevents algorithms that are tractable (i.e., able to efficiently and verifiably find the globally optimal solution), and necessitates careful preprocessing and/or initialisation to ensure success.
The situation changes dramatically, however, if we perform L-infinity minimisation. Pioneered by Hartley and Kahl in the mid-2000’s for multiple view geometry [2][3], it can be shown that many geometric problems (e.g., triangulation, homography estimation) are amenable to tractable solutions if we minimise the largest error. Since then, there has been significant progress in the “L-infinity way”, encompassing aspects such as robust estimation [4][5][6], large-scale optimisation [7][8], and guaranteed approximations [9]---most of which can be performed better due to the fundamental advantages of L-infinity minimisation. The intimate connection between L-infinity minimisation and quasiconvex programming [10] also enables theory and methods from the discrete geometry literature to be leveraged for computer vision.
This tutorial aims to give an in-depth introduction of L-infinity optimisation in geometric vision. We emphasise on the basic mathematical and algorithmic concepts, so as to convey deeper understanding and appreciation of the approach. We also survey important recent advances in the area, which contribute towards making the L-infinity way a bona fide alternative to current methods for geometric vision. It is hoped that the tutorial will inspire more researchers to incorporate L-infinity methods into their applications.
Detailed topics and schedule
Time | Topic | Slides | Presenter |
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1330-1340 | Arrival and welcome | Chin | |
1340-1430 |
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Kahl | |
1430-1520 |
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Chin | |
1520-1600 | Coffee break | ||
1600-1650 |
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Eriksson |
References
- R. Hartley, F. Kahl: Optimal Algorithms in Multiview Geometry. ACCV 2007.
- R. Hartley, F. Schaffalitzky: L-infinity Minimization in Geometric Reconstruction Problems. CVPR 2004.
- F. Kahl: Multiple View Geometry and the L-infinity-norm. ICCV 2005.
- K. Sim, R. Hartley: Removing Outliers Using The L-infty Norm. CVPR 2006.
- O. Enqvist, E. Ask, F. Kahl, K. Åström: Tractable Algorithms for Robust Model Estimation. IJCV 112(1): 115-129 (2015).
- T.-J. Chin, P. Purkait, A. Eriksson, D. Suter: Efficient globally optimal consensus maximisation with tree search. CVPR 2015.
- A. Eriksson, M. Isaksson: Pseudoconvex Proximal Splitting for L-infinity Problems in Multiview Geometry. CVPR 2014.
- A. Eriksson, J. Bastian, T.-J. Chin, M. Isaksson: A Consensus-Based Framework for Distributed Bundle Adjustment. CVPR 2016.
- Q. Zhang, T.-J. Chin: Coresets for Triangulation. TPAMI 2017.
- D. Eppstein: Quasiconvex Programming. CoRR abs/cs/0412046 (2004).
- C. Olsson, A. Eriksson, F. Kahl: Efficient Optimization for L-problems using Pseudoconvexity. ICCV 2007.
- S. Agarwal, N. Snavely, S. M. Seitz: Fast Algorithms for L-infinity Problems in Multiview Geometry. CVPR 2008.
- Z. Dai, Y. Wu, F. Zhang, and H. Wang: A Novel Fast Method for L-infinity Problems in Multiview Geometry. ECCV 2012.
- S Donné, B Goossens, W Philips. Point Triangulation Through Polyhedron Collapse Using the l-infinity Norm. ICCV 2015.
- T.-J. Chin, D. Suter: The Maximum Consensus Problem: Recent Algorithmic Advances. Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision, Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2017.
- H. Le, T.-J. Chin, D. Suter: RATSAC - Random Tree Sampling for Maximum Consensus Estimation. DICTA 2017.
- Q. Zhang, T.-J. Chin, H. Le: A Fast Resection-Intersection Method for the Known Rotation Problem. CVPR 2018.
- D. Martinec, T. Pajdla: Robust Rotation and Translation Estimation in Multiview Reconstruction. CVPR 2007.
- A. Eriksson, C. Olsson, F. Kahl, T.-J. Chin: Rotation Averaging and Strong Duality. CVPR 2018.
- H. Le, T.-J. Chin, D. Suter: An Exact Penalty Method for Locally Convergent Maximum Consensus. CVPR 2017.
- Q. Zhang, T.-J. Chin and D. Suter: Quasiconvex Plane Sweep for Triangulation with Outliers. ICCV 2017.
- J. Yu, A. Eriksson, T.-J. Chin, and D. Suter: An Adversarial Optimization Approach to Efficient Outlier Removal. ICCV 2011.