Publications

Overview - Publications

5 journal papers
20 papers in ISI/DLBP/IEEE Explore/BDI conference proceedings.
2 book chapters
1 laboratory guide
3 Patents

Publications

A. Vatavu, M. Rahm, S. Govindachar, G. Krehl, A. Mantha, S. R. Bhavsar, M. Schier, J. Peukert, and M. Maile, "From Particles to Self-Localizing Tracklets: a Multi-Layer Particle Filter based Estimation for Dynamic Grid Maps", in IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (ITSM, accepted for publication).

S. R. Bhavsar, A. Vatavu, T. Rehfeld and G. Krehl, "Sensor Fusion-based Online Map Validation for Autonomous Driving", 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 77-82, doi: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304535

A. Vatavu, N. Rexin, S. Appel, T. Berling, S. Govindachar, G. Krehl, J. Peukert, M. Schier, O. Schwindt, J. Siegel, C. Zalidis, T. Rehfeld, D. Nuss, M.M. Maile, S, Zimmermann, K. Dietmayer, A. Gern, "Environment Estimation with Dynamic Grid Maps and Self-Localizing Tracklets", in Proc. of  2018 21st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2018), Maui, Hawaii, USA, November, 2018, pp. 3370-3377.

Lorenzo Sabattini, Mika Aikio, Patric Beinschob, Markus Boehning, Elena Cardarelli, Valerio Digani, Annette Krengel, Massimiliano Magnani, Szilard Mandici, Fabio Oleari, Christoph Reinke, Davide Ronzoni, Christian Stimming, Robert Varga, Andrei Vatavu, Sergi Castells Lopez, Cesare Fantuzzi, Aki Mäyrä, Sergiu Nedevschi, Cristian Secchi, Kay Fuerstenberg, "Advanced AGV systems for industrial logistics: the PAN-Robots project", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2017 (accepted for publication)

M. Drulea, A. Vatavu, S. Mandici, Sergiu Nedevschi, "An omnidirectional stereo system for logistic plants. Part 1: Calibration and multi-channel rectification", accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Romanian Academy-series A: Mathematics, Physics, Technical Sciences, Information Science, 2016

M. Drulea, A. Vatavu, S. Mandici, S. Nedevschi, "An omnidirectional stereo system for logistic plants Part 2: Stereo reconstruction and obstacle detection using digital elevation maps", accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Romanian Academy-series A: Mathematics, Physics, Technical Sciences, Information Science, 2016

S. Nedevschi, T. Marița, R. Dănescu, F. Oniga, R. Brehar, I. Giosan, S. Bota, A. Ciurte and A. Vatavu, „Image Processing - Laboratory Guide”, UTPress Edition, 2016, ISBN 978-606-737-137-6.

A. Vatavu, A. D. Costea, and S. Nedevschi, "Modeling and Tracking of Dynamic Obstacles for Logistic Plants Using Omnidirectional Stereo Vision", in Proc. of 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015), Hamburg, Germany, Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2015.

A. Mäyrä, M. Aikio, K. Ojala, S. Mandici, A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, "Fisheye optics for omnidirectional stereo camera", in Proc. of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2015), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 3-5, 2015.

C. Stimming, A. Krengel, M. Boehning, A. Vatavu, S. Mandici, S. Nedevschi, "Multi-level On-board Data Fusion for 2D Safety Enhanced by 3D Perception for AGVs", in Proc. of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2015), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 3-5, 2015.

A. D. Costea, A. Vatavu, and S. Nedevschi, "Obstacle Localization and Recognition for Autonomous Forklifts using Omnidirectional Stereovision", in Proc. of 2015 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Seoul, Korea, June 28 – July 1, 2015.

A. Vatavu, R. Danescu, and S. Nedevschi, "Stereovision-Based Multiple Object Tracking in Traffic Scenarios using Free-Form Obstacle Delimiters and Particle Filters", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 498-511, 2015.

A. Vatavu and S. Nedevschi, "Vision Based Motion Estimation of Obstacles in Dynamic Unstructured Environments", Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), Volume 283, Springer International Publishing, pp 235-249, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-319-03499-7, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03500-0_15

A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, F. Oniga, "Real time environment representation in driving scenarios based on object delimiters extraction", Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), Vol. 85, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 255-267, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-19729-1, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-19730-7_18

A. Vatavu, R. Danescu, and S. Nedevschi, "Modeling and Tracking of Crowded Traffic Scenes by using Policy Trees, Occupancy Grid Blocks and Bayesian Filters", in Proceedings of 17th International IEEE Conference Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2014), Chingdao, China, October 9-11, 2014.

A. Vatavu, R. Danescu, and S. Nedevschi, "Tracking Multiple Objects in Traffic Scenarios Using Free-Form Obstacle Delimiters and Particle Filters", in Proceedings of 16th International IEEE Conference Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2013), The Hague, The Netherlands, October, 2013, pp. 1346-1351, DOI: 10.1109/ ITSC.2013.6728418.

A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, "Modeling Unstructured Environments with Dynamic Persistence Grids and Object Delimiters in Urban Traffic Scenarios", in Proceedings of IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2013 (IV 2013), Gold Coast, Australia, 23-26 June, 2013, pp. 505 – 510, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2754-1, DOI: 10.1109/IVS.2013.6629518.

A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, "Real-time modeling of dynamic environments in traffic scenarios using a stereo-vision system", 2012 15th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2012), pp.722-727, Sept. 16-19, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4673-3064-0, DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2012.6338820

M. Drulea, I. Szakats, A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, "Omnidirectional stereo vision using fisheye lenses", in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2014), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 4-6, 2014.

A. Vatavu, and S. Nedevschi, "Vision-based tracking of multiple objects in dynamic unstructured environments using free-form obstacle delimiters", 2013 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR'13), Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 Sept. 2013, pp.367-372, DOI: 10.1109/ECMR.2013.6698869.

A. Vatavu and S. Nedevschi, "Vision based Real-time Modeling of Dynamic Unstructured Environments in Driving Scenarios", in Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2012), SciTePress, Volume 2, Rome, Italy, pp.141-149, July 28 - 31, 2012, ISBN: 978-989-8565-22-8

A. Vatavu, R. Danescu, S. Nedevschi, "Real-time dynamic environment perception in driving scenarios using difference fronts", 2012 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2012),  pp. 717-722, June 2012, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, June 3-7, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2119-8, DOI: 10.1109/IVS.2012.6232270.

A. Vatavu, R. Danescu, S. Nedevschi, "Environment perception using dynamic polylines and particle based occupancy grids", in Proc. of 2011 IEEE Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2011), Cluj-Napoca, August 25-27, 2011, pp. 239 – 244, ISBN: 978-1-4577-1479-5, DOI: 10.1109/ICCP.2011.6047875

R. Brehar, I. Giosan, A. Vatavu, M. Negru and S. Nedevschi, "Modeling the behavior of large scale reasoning systems using clustering and regression", in Proc. of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2011), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp.163-169, August 25-27, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-4577-1479-5, DOI: 10.1109/ICCP.2011.6047863

A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, F. Oniga, "Real-Time Environment Representation based on Occupancy Grid Temporal Analysis using a Dense Stereo-Vision System", in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2010), Cluj-Napoca, August 26-28, 2010, pp. 203-210, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8228-3

A. Vatavu, S. Nedevschi, F. Oniga, "Real Time Object Delimiters Extraction for Environment Representation in Driving Scenarios", in Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO-RA 2009), INSTICC Press, Volume Robotics and Automation, Milan, Italy, July 2-5, 2009, pp. 86-93, ISBN: 978-989-674-000-9

S. Nedevschi, A. Vatavu, F. Oniga and M. M. Meinecke, "Forward collision detection using a Stereo Vision System", in Proc. of IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP 2008), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp.115-122, August 28-30, 2008, doi: 10.1109/ICCP.2008.4648362.

S. Nedevschi, A. Vatavu, F. Oniga, "Forward Collision Detection based on Elevation Map from Dense Stereo", in Proceedings of the IROS 2008 2nd Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles, Nice, France, pp 76-81, ISBN 978-1-4244-2058-2.