Research

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MPEG-2 Encoders / Digital Television / HDTV

  • S. Pigeon & P. Guillotel, “Advantages and Drawbacks of Interlaced and Progressive Scanning Formats,” CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no. R2110/WP2/DS/R/004/b1, June 1995. PDF
  • S. Pigeon, L. Vandendorpe, L. Cuvelier and B. Maison : “Specification of a Generic Format Converter,” CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no. R2110/WP2/DS/S/006/b1, September 1995. PDF
  • P. Guillotel and S. Pigeon : “Coding Efficiency Comparisons of both Interlaced and Progressive Scanning Formats,” CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/S/012/b1, December 1995. PDF
  • S. Pigeon and P. Guillotel : “Recommendation on the Strategy of Using the Different Scanning Formats,” CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/R/013/b1, December 1995. PDF
  • S. Pigeon : The HAMLET Generic Format Converter,” European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 169-177. PDF
  • S. Pigeon and P. Guillotel : “Recommendation on the strategy of using the different scanning formats,” European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 187-192. PDF
  • P. Guillotel and S. Pigeon :Progressive versus interlaced coding,” European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 179-186. PDF

Image-based Biometric Authentication

  • J. Bigün, S. Pigeon, L. Vandendorpe et al., “Multi-modal Person Verification Tools Using Speech and Images,” ECMAST'96 — European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 1996, Proceedings, pp. 747–761. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “Profile Authentication Using a Chamfer Matching Algorithm,” AVBPA'97 — First Intl Conference on Audio- and Video-based Person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, March 12–14, 1997, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 1206, pp. 185–192. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “The M2VTS Multimodal Face Database (Release 1.00),” AVBPA'97 — First Intl Conference on Audio- and Video-based Person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, March 12–14, 1997, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 1206, pp. 401–409. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “A Chamfer Matching Algorithm for Human Profile Recognition,” ORBEL 11, Namur, Belgium, Jan. 16–17, 1997, Proc., pp. 81–83. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “Multiple Experts for Robust Face Authentication,” SPIE Electronic Imaging'98: Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques, San Jose, USA, Jan. 29–30, 1998, vol. 3314, pp. 166–177. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “Multimodal Biometric Person Authentication,” Intl Symposium on Pattern Recognition (in memoriam Pierre Devijver), Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 12, 1999, Proceedings, pp. 84–89. PDF
  • S. Pigeon & L. Vandendorpe, “Image-based Multimodal Face Authentication,” Signal Processing, vol. 69, no. 1, August 1998, pp. 59–79. PDF
  • S. Pigeon, “Vérification Multimodale d'Identité,” PhD Thesis, UCLouvain, 1999. PDF

Speech Processing / Fusion

  • J. Cernocký, D. Petrovska, S. Pigeon, P. Verlinde and G. Chollet : “A Segmental Approach to Text-independent Speaker Verification,” Proc. Eurospeech, Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 1999. PDF
  • S. Pigeon, P. Druyts and P. Verlinde : “Applying Logistic Regression To The Fusion Of The Nist'99 1-Speaker Submissions,” Digital Signal Processing, 10(1):237-248, 2000. PDF
  • S. Pigeon, P. Verlinde et al : “The ELISA Systems for the NIST'99 Evaluation in Speaker Detection and Tracking,” Digital Signal Processing, 10(1):143-153, 2000. PDF
  • S. Pigeon and P. Verlinde : “Fusing Fast Algorithms to Achieve Efficient Speech Detection in FM Broadcasts',” Proc. Interspeech, Brighton, UK, Sept. 2009. PDF

NATO Related

  • NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-011), “Implications of Multilingual Interoperability of Speech Technology for Military Use,” September 2004, ISBN 92-837-1118-1. PDF
  • NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-037), “Use of Speech and Language Technology in Military Environments,” December 2005, ISBN 92-837-1144-0. PDF
  • S. Pigeon, W. Shen & D. van Leeuwen, “Design and Characterization of the Non-native Military Air Traffic Communications Database (nnMATC),” Proc. Interspeech, Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 2007. PDF
  • NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-031), “Speech Processing in Realistic Battlefield Environments,” April 2009, ISBN 978-92-837-0060-9. PDF

Source and Channel Coding

  • S. Pigeon, B. Scheers & P. Verlinde, “External FEC Design to Increase Data Transfer Rates Over BAMS Radios,” Proc. of the Military CIS Conference, Gdynia, Poland, Sept. 18–19, 2006. PDF

Invited Speaker

  • S. Pigeon : 'An Introduction to Sound Branding', PDA Conference, Ibiza, May 3-5, 2007.
  • S. Pigeon : 'Le Son', Collège Belgique, Académie des Sciences, Leçon du 1 Décembre 2010.
  • S. Pigeon : 'Du Son au Timbre, une Synthèse de notre Perception Auditive', TAIMA 2011, Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct. 2011.