Journal Paper

Amela Sadagic, Mathias Kolsch, Greg Welch, Chumki Basu, Chris Darken, Juan P. Bachs, Henry Fuchs, Herman Towels, Neil Rowe, Jan-Michael Frahm, Li Guan, Rakesh Kumar, and Hui Cheng, "Smart Instrumented Training Ranges: Bringing Automated System Solutions to Support Critical Domain Needs", The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 2013 (DOI: 10.1177/1548512912472942)

Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, and Marc Pollefeys, "Probabilistic Multi-view Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Occlusion Reasoning from Silhouette Cues", International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV) 2010. (available online - DOI: 10.1007/s11263-010-0341-y)

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Ser-Nam Lim, Li Guan, Shubao Liu, and Xingwei Yang, "Automatic Registration of Smooth Object Image to 3D CAD Model for Industrial Inspection Applications", IEEE 3rd 3D Vision Conference (3DV), the joint conference of 3D Digital Imaging and Modeling (3DIM) and 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT), Seattle, Jun. 2013

Mingsong Dou, Li Guan, Jan-Michael Frahm and Henry Fuchs, "Exploring High-Level Plane Primitives for Indoor 3D Reconstruction with a Hand-held RGB-D Camera", ACCV Workshop on Color Depth Fusion, in conjunction with 11th Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), Daejeon, Nov. 2012

Dashan Gao, Yi Yao, Feng Pan, Ting Yu, Li Guan, Bing Yu, Tai-Peng Tian, Dixon III Walter, Brian Yanoff and Nils Krahnstoever, "Computer Vision Aided Target Linked Radiation Imaging", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Providence, Jun. 2012

Li Guan, Ting Yu, Peter Tu and Ser-Nam Lim, "Simultaneous Image Segmentation and 3D Plane Fitting for RGB-D Sensors - An Iterative Framework", International Workshop on Point Cloud Processing, in conjunction with CVPR 2012, Providence, Jun. 2012 (Oral presentation)

J. Tu, A. D. Amo, Y. Xu, L. Guan, M.-C. Chang, and T. Sebastian, "A Fussy Bounding Box Merging Technique for Moving Object Detection", Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) Annual North American Meeting, 2012

Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, Edmond Boyer, Marc Pollefeys, "Probabilistic 3D Occupancy Flow with Latent Silhouette Cues", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, Jun. 2010 [poster]

Jean-Sebastien Franco, Li Guan, Edmond Boyer, Marc Pollefeys, "Flot d`occupation 3D a partir de silhouettes latentes (3D Occupancy Flow from Latent Silhouettes) ", Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle (RFIA) , Jan. 2010 [poster]

Li Guan, Marc Pollefeys, "A Unified Approach to Calibrate a Network of Camcorders and ToF Cameras", IEEE workshop on Multi-camera and Multi-modal Sensor Fusion Algorithms and Applications (M2SFA2), in conjunction with 10th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Marseille, Oct. 2008 (Oral presentation) [slides]

Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys, "Multi-Object Shape Estimation and Tracking from Silhouette Cues", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Anchorage, Jun. 2008 [poster]

Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys, "3D Object Reconstruction with Heterogeneous Sensor Data", 4th International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization & Transmission (3DPVT), Atlanta, Jun. 2008 (Oral presentation) [slides]

Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys, "3D Occlusion Inference from Silhouette Cues", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Minneapolis, Jun. 2007 (Oral presentation) [slides]
The sculpture2ppl dataset is available.

Li Guan, Sudipta Sinha, Jean-Sebastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys, "Visual Hull Construction in the Presence of Partial Oclcusion", 3rd International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization & Transmission (3DPVT), Chapel Hill, Jun. 2006 (Oral presentation) [slides] [poster]

Li Guan, Chengguo Guo and Rong Xiong, "Robocup Field Distortion Calibration with Variational Image Registration", International Symposium on Intelligent Multimedia, Video & Speech Processing (ISIMP), Hong Kong, Oct. 2004

Thesis

Li Guan, "Multi-view Dynamic Scene Modeling ", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Apr. 2010.

Li Guan, "Sensor-Based Cooperative Multi-Robot 3D Environment Reconstruction", Integrative Paper, Apr. 2006, UNC Chapel Hill (Fulfilling Master's Degree requirement) [pdf]

Li Guan, "Algorithms of Object Extraction in Digital Images based on Alpha value", Bachelor Thesis, CAD & CG National Key Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Jun. 2004. (Excellent Thesis Award, Chinese Version) [pdf]
MATLAB GUI demo
is available.

Invited Book Chapter

Marc Pollefeys, Sudipta Sinha, Li Guan, Jean-Sebastien Franco, "Multiview Calibration Synchronization and Dynamic Scene Reconstruction", invited chapter, Multi-Camera Networks: Concepts and Applications, ELSEVIE corp., 2008 (ISBN-13: 987-0-12-374633-7)

Patent Publication

Hector H. Gonzalez-Banos, Joel A. Wormer, Li Guan, "Interface for Sensor Query and Control (SensorTalk)", US 8355804 B2.

L. Guan, P. Tu, Y. Yao, and M.-C. Chang, "Apparatus and method for spatially relating views of sky images acquired at spaced apart locations", US 8750566 B2.

Y. Yao, P. Tu, M.-C. Chang, L. Guan and Y. Tong, "Apparatus and method for predicting solar irradiance variation", US 20130152997 A1.

D. Gao, T. Yu, Y. Yao, K. Patwardhan, L. Guan, and P. Tu, "Real-Time Video Tracking System Using Multi-cue Fusion and Scene Context", US 20130287248 A1.

P. Tu, J. Ritscher, and L. Guan, "System and method for generating semantic annotations", US20140072171 A1, WO2014043340 A1.

S. N. Lim, L. Guan, S. Liu, and X. Yang, "Enhanced Borescope Inspection", Filed by GE Global Research, 2013.

S. N. Lim, L. Guan, S. Liu, X. Yang, J. Garza, D. Diwinsky, and J. Rittscher, "A High Precision Image-based Inspection to Leading Indicators System", Filed by GE Global Research, 2014.

S. N. Lim, L. Guan, S. Liu, S. Dhanvantri, Y. Agarwal, B. Pandey, "Enhanced Borescope Inspection Technology: Engine-View", Filed by GE Global Research, 2014.

L. Guan, "System and Methods for Boil Detection", Filed by GE Appliance, 2014.

J. Armstrong, J. Wiseman, and L. Guan, "Grease level lens wipe off queue to consumer", Filed by GE Appliance, 2014.

L. Guan, and C. Smith, "System and Methods for Cookware Detection", Filed by GE Appliance, 2014.

L. Guan, "Personalized Household Object Classification via Visual Sensors", Filed by GE Appliance, 2014.

S. N. Lim, J. Tu, L. Guan, and C. Hoffman, "GE Tooth Guard", Filed by GE Global Research, 2014.

Invited Talks

Amazon, Seattle, WA, Mar. 2014
CVPR, Providence, RI, Jun. 2012
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2011
CVPR, San Francisco, CA, Jun. 2010
GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, Feb. 2010
Intel Research Lab Seattle, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2010
UtopiaCompression Co., Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 2009
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 2009
ObjectVideo, Reston, VA, Apr. 2009
CVPR, Anchorage, AK, Jun. 2008
3DPVT, Atlanta, GA, Jun. 2008
CVPR, Minneapolis, MN, Jun. 2007
3DPVT, Chapel Hill, NC, Jun. 2006

Others

Li Guan, Enlu Zhou, Zhimin Chen, "Are finger prints unique?", Meritorious Winner of Mathematical Contest in Modeling, U.S.A., 2004 [pdf]