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2009 2007  

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S. Chikkerur, T. Serre, C. Tan and T. Poggio. What and where: A Bayesian inference theory of attention (in sub). Email me for a draft.
 
L. Reddy, N. Tsuchyia & T. Serre. Reading the mind’s eye: Decoding object Information during mental Imagery from fMRI patterns (in sub). Email me for a draft.
 
T. Serre*, H. Jhuang*, E. Garrote, T. Poggio & A. Steele. Automatic recognition of rodent behavior: A tool for systematic phenotypic analysis (in sub). See MIT-CSAIL-TR #2009-047 below.
 
T. Poggio & T. Serre. Models of visual cortex. Scholarpedia (in prep)
 
2009  
T. Serre & T. Poggio. A neuromorphic approach to computer vision. Communications of the ACM (to appear)
 
T. Serre & M. Giese. Elements for a neural theory of the processing of dynamic faces (to appear)
 
L. Reddy, N. Tsuchyia & T. Serre. Reading the mind’s eye: Decoding object Information during mental Imagery from fMRI patterns. CBCL paper #284/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2009-053, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 2009
 
T. Serre*, H. Jhuang*, E. Garrote, T. Poggio & A. Steele. Automatic recognition of rodent behavior: A tool for systematic phenotypic analysis. CBCL paper #283/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2009-052, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 2009
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S. Chikkerur, T. Serre and T. Poggio. A Bayesian inference theory of attention: Neuroscience and algorithms. CBCL paper #280/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2009-047, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 2009

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S. Chikkerur, T. Serre and T. Poggio. Attentive processing improves object recognition. CBCL #279/MIT-CSAIL #TR-2009-046. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 2009
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S. Chikkerur, T. Serre, C. Tan and T. Poggio. An integrated model of visual attention using shape-based features. CBCL paper #278/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2009-029, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 2009
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2007
 

T. Serre, A. Oliva and T. Poggio. A feedforward architecture accounts for rapid categorization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104(15), pp. 6424-6429, April 2007 open access

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T. Serre, L. Wolf, S. Bileschi, M. Riesenhuber and T. Poggio. Object recognition with cortex-like mechanisms. In: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 29 (3), pp. 411-426 , 2007

T. Serre, G. Kreiman, M. Kouh, C. Cadieu, U. Knoblich and T. Poggio. A quantitative theory of immediate visual recognition. In: Progress in Brain Research, Computational Neuroscience: Theoretical Insights into Brain Function, 165, pp. 33-56, 2007

H. Jhuang, T. Serre, L. Wolf and T. Poggio. A biologically inspired system for action recognition. In: Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2007
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B. Heisele, T. Serre and T. Poggio. A component-based framework for face detection and identification. In: International Journal of Computer Vision, 74(2), pp. 167-181, Aug. 2007
T. Masquelier, T. Serre, S. Thorpe and T. Poggio. Learning complex cell invariance from natural videos: a plausibility proof, CBCL Paper #269/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2007-060, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Dec 2007
2006
 
T. Serre. Learning a dictionary of shape-components in visual cortex: Comparison with neurons, humans and machines, PhD Thesis, CBCL Paper #260/MIT-CSAIL-TR #2006-028, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, April, 2006

2005

 

T. Serre, M. Kouh, C. Cadieu, U. Knoblich, G. Kreiman and T. Poggio. A theory of object recognition: computations and circuits in the feedforward path of the ventral stream in primate visual cortex, CBCL Paper #259/AI Memo #2005-036, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, December, 2005

B. Heisele, T. Serre, S. Prentice and T. Poggio. Hierarchical classification and feature reduction for fast face detection with support vector machines. In: Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, third edition, 2005 (reprinted from Heisele et al, 2003)

Y. Ivanov, T. Serre, and J. Bouvrie. Error weighted classifier combination for multi-modal human identification. CBCL Paper #258/AI Memo #2005-035, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, December, 2005

R. Sigala, T. Serre, T. Poggio and M. Giese. Learning features of intermediate complexity for the recognition of biological motion. In: ICANN 2005, Warsow, Poland, pp 241-246, September 2005

T. Serre, L. Wolf and T. Poggio. Object recognition with features inspired by visual cortex. In: Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2005), IEEE Computer Society Press, San Diego, 2005 / See also extended paper: [CBCL Paper #243/AI Memo #2004-026]

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2004
 
Serre, T., L. Wolf and T. Poggio. A new biologically motivated framework for robust object recognition, CBCL Paper #243/AI Memo #2004-026, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, November, 2004

Y. Ivanov, B. Heisele and T. Serre. Using component features for face recognition. In: International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Seoul, Korea, May 2004

T. Serre and M. Riesenhuber. Realistic modeling of simple and complex cell tuning in the HMAX model, and implications for invariant object recognition in cortex, CBCL Paper #239/AI Memo #2004-017, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, July, 2004

2003
 

B. Heisele, T. Serre, S. Prentice and T. Poggio. Hierarchical classification and feature reduction for fast face detection with support vector machines. In: Pattern Recognition, 36, 2007-2017, 2003

2002
 

B. Heisele, T. Serre, M. Pontil, T. Vetter and T. Poggio. Categorization by learning and combining object parts. In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'01), Vancouver, Canada, 2002

T. Serre, J. Louie, M. Riesenhuber and T. Poggio. On the role of object-specific features for real-world object recognition in biological vision. In: Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV 2002), Tübingen, Germany, November 2002
2001
 

B. Heisele, T. Serre, M. Pontil and T. Poggio. Component-based face detection. In: Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2001), IEEE Computer Society Press, Kauai, Hawaii, Vol. 1, pp 657-662, Dec. 2001

B. Heisele, T. Serre, S. Mukherjee and T. Poggio. Feature reduction and hierarchy of classifiers for fast object detection in video images. In: Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2001), IEEE Computer Society Press, Kauai, Hawaii, Vol. 2, pp 18-24, Dec. 2001

2000
 

T. Serre, B. Heisele, S. Mukherjee and T. Poggio. Feature selection for face detection, CBCL Paper #192/AI Memo #1697, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, September 2000

 Abstracts

 
2009
 
Y. Zhang, E.M. Meyers, N.P. Bichot, S. Chikkerur, T. Serre, R. Desimone and T. Poggio. Read-out of inferior temporal cortex population activity: Spatial attention eliminates clutter. SFN, Oct 2009  
T. Serre, H. Jhuang, E. Garrote, T. Poggio and A. Steele. A computer vision system for the automated analysis of rodent behavior. SFN, Oct 2009  
C. Tan, H. Jhuang, J. Singer, T. Serre, D. Sheinberg and T. Poggio. Computational mechanisms for the recognition of time sequences of images in the visual cortex. SFN, Oct 2009  
P. Wilf, S. Chikkerur, S.A. Little, S.L. Wing and T. Serre. Leaf identification automated using a computational model of the primate vision system: preliminary results. Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, abstract 584, abstracts volume p. 165, July 2009.  
T. Serre, L. Reddy, N. Tsuchyia, M. Fabre-Thorpe and C. Koch. Reading the mind’s eye: Decoding object Information during mental Imagery from fMRI patterns. VSS, May 2009  
C. Tan, T. Serre, S. Chikkerur, T. Poggio. Feature-based and contextual guidance mechanisms in complex natural visual search. VSS, May 2009  
B. Wyble, M. Potter, T. Serre and M. Giese. Identification of point light walkers exhibits an attentional blink. VSS, May 2009  
T. Serre, L. Reddy, N. Tsuchyia, M. Fabre-Thorpe and C. Koch. Reading the mind’s eye: Decoding object Information during mental Imagery from fMRI patterns. Cosyne, Feb. 2009
 
2008
 
L. Reddy, T. Serre, N. Tsuchyia, M. Fabre-Thorpe and C. Koch. Reading the mind’s eye: Decoding object information during mental Imagery from fMRI patterns. SFN, Nov. 2008
 
E. Meyers, H. Embark, W. Freiwald, T. Serre, G. Kreiman and T. Poggio. Neural representation of cluttered scenes in macaque ventral visual cortex. SFN, Nov. 2008
 
S. Chikkerur, T. Serre, C. Tan and T. Poggio. The role of top-down feature-based and contextual guidance mechanisms in complex natural visual search. SFN, Nov. 2008
 
C. Tan, T. Serre and T. Poggio. Implicit coding of location, scale and configural information in feedforward hierarchical models of the visual cortex. VSS, May 2008
 
2007
 
T. Serre and M. Giese. Rapid Serial Action Presentation: New paradigm for the study of movement recognition. VSS, May 2007
 
G. Kreiman, T. Serre and T. Poggio. On the limits of feed-forward processing in visual object recognition. VSS, May 2007
 
T. Masquelier, T. Serre, S. Thorpe and T. Poggio. Learning simple and complex cells-like receptive fields from natural images: a plausibility proof. VSS, May 2007
 
G. Kreiman, T. Serre and T. Poggio. On the limits of feed-forward processing in visual object recognition. Cosyne, February 2007
 
2006
 
T. Serre, A. Oliva and T. Poggio. Feedforward theories of visual cortex predict human performance in rapid categorization, VSS, May 2006

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T. Serre, M. Kouh, C. Cadieu, U. Knoblich, G. Kreiman, T. Poggio. A theory of object recognition: computations and circuits in the feedforward path of the ventral stream in primate visual cortex, Cosyne, Salt Lake City, March 2006
 
2005
 
 
R. Sigala, T. Serre, T. Poggio, M. Giese and A. Casile. Mid-level motion features for the recognition of biological movements, ECVP, 2005

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T. Serre and T. Poggio. Standard Model v2.0: How visual cortex might learn a universal dictionary of shape-components, VSS, May 2005

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D. Walther, T. Serre, T. Poggio and C. Koch. Modeling feature sharing between object detection and top-down attention, VSS, May 2005

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R. Sigala, T. Serre, T. Poggio, and M. Giese, Learning mid-level motion features for the recognition of body movements, VSS, May 2005

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T. Serre and T. Poggio. Learning a dictionary of shape-components in visual cortex. Cosyne, Salt Lake City, March 2005

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2004
 
T. Serre, T. Poggio and P. Sinha. Face-detection by humans and machines, Vision Sciences Society, May 2004

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