Research Area: Image Motion

@inproceedings{luo2026genopticalflow,
  author = {Luo, Yixuan and Qiao, Feng and Xiong, Zhexiao and Li, Yanjing and Jacobs, Nathan},
  title = {{GenOpticalFlow}: A Generative Approach to Unsupervised Optical Flow Learning},
  booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
  month = jan,
  year = {2027},
  eprint = {2603.22270},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  primaryclass = {cs.CV},
  pdf = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.22270},
}

@inproceedings{gao2026trajectory,
  author = {Gao, Tianyi and Lin, Jiayu and Beaulieu, Danielle and Jacobs, Nathan},
  title = {Trajectory-aware Cross-view Geo-Localization with Sequential Observations},
  booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
  month = sep,
  day = {10},
  pdf = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.15491},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  primaryclass = {cs.CV},
  project = {https://humblegamer.github.io/trajloc/},
  eprint = {2607.15491},
  year = {2026}
}

@article{jacobs2016cloudmap_journal,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Workman, Scott and Souvenir, Richard},
  doi = {10.1016/j.imavis.2016.05.013},
  journal = {Image and Vision Computing (IVC)},
  month = aug,
  note = {Impact factor: 1.766},
  pages = {154--166},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2016cloudmap_journal.pdf},
  project = {/research/clouds/index.html},
  title = {Cloudmaps from Static Ground-View Video},
  volume = {52},
  year = {2016}
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2014cloudmap,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and King, Joshua and Bowers, Daniel and Souvenir, Richard},
  booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
  doi = {10.1109/WACV.2014.6836000},
  note = {Acceptance rate: 40\%},
  pages = {961--968},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2014cloudmap.pdf},
  project = {/research/clouds/index.html},
  title = {Estimating Cloud Maps from Outdoor Image Sequences},
  month = mar,
  year = {2014}
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2013multiday,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Workman, Scott and Souvenir, Richard},
  booktitle = {ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC)},
  doi = {10.1109/ICDSC.2013.6778227},
  pages = {1--6},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2013multiday.pdf},
  project = {/research/clouds/index.html},
  title = {Scene Geometry from Several Partly Cloudy Days},
  month = oct,
  year = {2013}
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2013cloudcalibration,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Islam, Mohammad T. and Workman, Scott},
  booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2013.177},
  note = {Acceptance rate: 26.2\%},
  pages = {1344--1351},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2013cloudcalibration.pdf},
  title = {Cloud Motion as a Calibration Cue},
  month = jun,
  year = {2013}
}

@inproceedings{dixon2011subtle,
  author = {Dixon, Michael and Abrams, Austin and Jacobs, Nathan and Pless, Robert},
  booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2011.5995703},
  note = {Acceptance rate: 26.4\%},
  pages = {1--8},
  video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKbJYpY23o},
  title = {On Analyzing Video with Very Small Motions},
  month = jun,
  year = {2011}
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2010integral,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Schuh, Stephen and Pless, Robert},
  booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
  title = {Compressive Sensing and Differential Image Motion Estimation},
  year = {2010},
  month = mar,
  note = {Acceptance rate = 10\% (oral)},
  pages = {718--721},
  doi = {10.1109/ICASSP.2010.5495053},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2010integral.pdf},
  project = {/research/integral-pixel-motion/},
  pubtype = {oral presentation},
}

@inproceedings{pless2009trackingAIPR,
  author = {Pless, Robert and Dixon, Michael and Jacobs, Nathan and Baker, Patrick and Cassimatis, Nicholas L. and Brock, Derek and Hartley, Ralph and Perzanowski, Dennis},
  booktitle = {IEEE Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition (AIPR)},
  date-modified = {2020-03-31 16:55:59 -0400},
  doi = {10.1109/AIPR.2009.5466307},
  pubtype = {oral presentation},
  title = {{Persistence and Tracking}: Putting Vehicles and Trajectories in Context},
  month = oct,
  year = {2009},
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2009sheet,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Dixon, Michael and Satkin, Scott and Pless, Robert},
  booktitle = {IEEE ICCV Workshop on Visual Surveillance},
  doi = {10.1109/ICCVW.2009.5457477},
  month = oct,
  pages = {1161--1168},
  title = {Efficient Tracking of Many Objects in Structured Environments},
  year = {2009},
}

@techreport{jacobs09integralTR,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Schuh, Stephen and Pless, Robert},
  institution = {Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA},
  month = jun,
  number = {WUCSE-2009-16},
  project = {/research/integral-pixel-motion/},
  title = {On Unusual Pixel Shapes and Image Motion},
  year = {2009},
}

@article{jacobs2008timescales,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Pless, Robert},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (CSVT)},
  title = {Time Scales in Video Surveillance},
  year = {2008},
  month = aug,
  note = {Impact factor: 2.615},
  number = {8},
  pages = {1106--1113},
  volume = {18},
  doi = {10.1109/TCSVT.2008.928215},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2008timescales.pdf},
}

@inproceedings{jacobs2008transition,
  author = {Jacobs, Nathan and Dixon, Michael and Pless, Robert},
  booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing (WMVC)},
  title = {Location-specific Transition Distributions for Tracking},
  year = {2008},
  month = jan,
  note = {Acceptance rate: 33.3\%},
  doi = {10.1109/WMVC.2008.4544061},
  pdf = {https://mvrl.github.io/pdf/jacobs2008transition.pdf},
  pubtype = {oral presentation},
}