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Prof. Alessandro Lameiras Koerich, Ph.D.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Alessandro L. Koerich received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, in 1995,
the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree in automated manufacturing
engineering from the Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada, in 2002. From 1996 to 1997 he was a research scientist
at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). From 1997 to 1998, he was a lecturer at the Federal
Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR). From 1998 to 2002, he was a visiting scientist at the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence
(CENPARMI), Montreal, Canada. In 2003, he joined the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana ́ (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil, where he became a professor in
2010 and served as chair of Graduate Studies in Computer Science from 2006 to 2008. Dr. Koerich is cofounder of InviSys, a R&D company that develops
computer vision systems for retail and industrial applications. In 2004, he was nominated an IEEE CS Latin America Distinguished Speaker. Since 2005 he is
a research fellow of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Prof. Koerich is the author of more than 100 papers
on subjects ranging from image processing to handwriting recognition, to computer music and computer vision and holds three patents in image processing.
His current research interests include computer vision, pattern recognition and music information retrieval. He is member of the IEEE and ACM.

CURRENT POSITIONS

Full Professor of Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR)
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
Senior Research Scientist at InviSys Computer Vision LLC
Research Fellow of Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research is in the areas of computer vision, machine learning and music information retrieval. I am interested in applying machine learning
algorithms for modeling, tracking and understanding of human and object motion based on video as well as on the development of methodologies
to process and understand music information.

 

EDUCATION

2002 - Ph. D. in Engineering
École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Université du Quebec, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Concentration: Automated Manufacturing Engineering
Thesis: Large Vocabulary Off–Line Handwritten Word Recognition
Supervisor: Robert Sabourin & Ching Y. Suen

1997 - M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
Concentration: Electronics and Communications
Dissertation: A Proposal for Bank check Image Processing: Extraction and Storage of Information
Supervisor: Luan Ling Lee

1995 - B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Concentration: Microelectronics

 

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2011 - 2014: CNPq Research Fellowship
2008 - 2011: CNPq Research Fellowship
2005 - 2008: CNPq Research Fellowship
2004 - 2006: IEEE Computer Society DVP Distinguished Speaker for Latin America
1999 - 2002: Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education of Québec, Canada
1999 - 2002: Research Scholarship, ÉTS de l’Université du Québec, Canada
1998 - 2002: CNPq International Ph.D. Scholarship
1995 - 1997: CNPq M.Sc. Scholarship
1991 - 1995: CNPq Undergraduate Scholarship

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

(Over 2 million dollars)

2010                 CNPq Research Grant                             A CV Framework for Urban Traffic Management.
2009                 CAPES-FCT Int’l Research Grant            Music Genre Recognition.
2009                 CNPq-FA Research Grant                       Brazilian Bird Sing Classification: A Machine Learning Approach.
2009                 Industrial Grant                                        Surveillance of Environment Using Intelligent Scene Analysis.
2009                 Industrial Grant                                        Advanced Machine Vision for Inspection in Non-Visible Spectrum.
2008                 CNPq Research Grant                             Semantic Analysis of Multimedia Content.
2008                 Industrial Grant                                        Intelligent Management of Digital Photography.
2008                 Industrial Grant                                        Multimodal Biometrics.
2008                 Industrial Grant                                        Detection of Fractures and Cracks in Steel Parts Using CV.
2007                 CNPq Research Grant                             Fusion of Multiple Camera Information.
2007                 FINEP Academic Grant                             Electronics Embedded Systems Laboratory
2007                 CNPq Research Grant                              Multisensor Network for Surveillance of Urban Environments.
2006                 Industrial Grant                                         Machine Vision for Industrial Application - Part 2.
2006                 Industrial Grant                                         Wood Inspection Using Machine Vision.
2005                 Industrial Grant                                         CV for Business Intelligence.
2004                 Industrial Grant                                         Machine Vision for Industrial Application - Part 1.
2003                 FA Research Grant                                  A Multimodal Approach for Multimedia Content Analysis.

CNPq is a funding agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil.
CAPES is a funding agency of the Ministry of Education of Brazil.
FCT is a funding agency of the Ministry of Science and Education of Portugal.
FA is a funding agency of the Parana State Government.
FINEP is a funding agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - present: Full Professor
Department of Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil.
Graduate Course: Machine Learning. Undergraduate Courses: Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Pattern Recognition.
Research: Machine Learning, Music Information Retrieval, Computer Vision.

2009 - present: Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, (UFPR) Curitiba, Brazil.
Graduate Courses: Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Undergraduate Courses: Fundamentals of Microelectronics.
Research: Music Information Retrieval, Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

2004 - present: Member of Board of Directors and Research Scientist
InviSys Computer Vision LLC., Curitiba, Brazil.

2006 - 2008: Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil.

2002 - 2010: Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil.
Graduate Courses: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Undergraduate Courses: Parallel Computing, Analysis and Design of Algorithms, and Pattern Recognition.
Research: Machine Learning, Music Information Retrieval and Computer Vision.

1999 - 2002: System Manager
Laboratory of Imaging, Vision and Artificial Intelligence (LIVIA), École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), University of Québec, Montréal, Canada.
Management of the UNIX/NT network, webmaster.

1998 - 2002: Visiting Scientist
Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (CENPARMI), Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
Research: R&D in large vocabulary handwriting recognition using hidden Markov models and neural networks.

1997 - 1998: Lecturer
Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Department of Electronics, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Graduate courses: Transmission Lines and Antennas, Principles of Communications, Laboratory of Communications, Electricity, Microelectronics, and Digital Electronics.

1996 - 1997: Research Assistant
Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory (LINSE), Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Research: Design and development of algorithms for image processing.

1995 - 1996: Research Engineer
Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Communication Networks (LRPRC), Department of Communication (DECOM), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC),
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Research: Design and development of an automatic bankcheck processing system.

1992 - 1995: Laboratory Assistant
Laboratory of Electronic Instrumentation (LINSE), Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Research: Design of analog integrated circuits for signal processing using CMOS technology. Design and development of integrated circuits layouts.

1993: Trainee
Inepar Electroelectronics Inc., Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Summer Internship: Testing of electronic relays. Design and implementation of software to compute MTBF of electronic relays.

1992: Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals, Department of Physics, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Design and
development of software for data acquisition and measurements of liquid crystals electronic properties.

1991 - 1992: Laboratory Assistant
Laboratory of Welding, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Research: Design and development of algorithms for welding machines control.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor
Pattern Recognition

Reviewer
Computer Music Journal
IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
IEEE Transactions of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
IEEE Signal Processing Letters
IEEE Latin America Transactions
IET Information Security
International Journal on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
International Journal on Neural Systems
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition Letters
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Brazilian Automatic Society Journal
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
                                                     

Member of Technical Committees
2013                                        12th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Washington DC, USA
2012                                        25th  SIBGRAPI Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images, Ouro Preto, Brazil       
2012                                        13th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, Bari, Italy                        
2012                                        IX Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Meeting, Curitiba, Brazil
2011                                        VIII Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Meeting, Natal, Brazil
2011                                        24th  SIBGRAPI Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images, Maceió, Brazil  
2010                                        23rd  SIBGRAPI Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images, Gramado, Brazil           
2010                                        12th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, Kolkota, India                 
2010                                        15th  Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, São Paulo, Brazil           
2009                                        6th  Sound and Music Computing Conference, Porto, Portugal              
2009                                        VII Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Meeting, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil
2008                                        11th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, Montreal, Canada           
2007                                        International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Curitiba, Brazil                      
2007                                        4º IEEE Congreso de Electrónica, Robótica y Mecánica Automotriz, Cuernavaca, México
2006                                        10th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, La Baule, France  
2006                                        3o IEEE Congreso Internacional del Área Andina, Quito, Ecuador                     
2006                                        3º IEEE Congreso de Electrónica, Robótica y Mecánica Automotriz, Cuernavaca, México
2005                                        2º IEEE Congreso de Electrónica, Robótica y Mecánica Automotriz, Cuernavaca, México
2004                                        XIII Regional School of Informatics, Guarapuava, Brazil
2004                                        Workcomp Sul, Palhoça, Brazil            

Membership in Professional Associations
1993 - present   The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)                                                     
1997 - present   Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)                                                                                        

Presentation at Conferences
2012                                         Int. Conf. on Signals, Systems and Image Processing (IWSSIP), Vienna, Austria
2012                                         IEEE World Conference on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), Brisbane, Australia     
2011                                         IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON), Melboune, Australia                           
2011                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Anchorage, USA                             
2011                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, Czech Republic
2011                                         Brazilian Computer Society Conference, Natal, Brazil                                       
2011                                         Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Vitória, Brazil                      
2010                                         Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istanbul, Turkey
2009                                         Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Barcelona, Spain
2008                                         Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), Philadelphia, USA
2007                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Montréal, Canada
2007                                         Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Curitiba, Brazil
2007                                         Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, São Paulo, Brazil
2007                                         IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, Santiago, Chile
2007                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), The Hague, Netherlands
2004                                         IAPR Int. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR), Tokyo, Japan                                        
2004                                         Regional School of Informatics of the Brazilian Computer Society, Guarapuava, Brazil
2002                                         IAPR Int. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR), Niagara, Canada                        
2002                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Orlando, USA
2001                                         Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Seattle, USA                                                         
1997                                         IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Munich, Germany
1997                                         Brazilian Symposium on Document Image Analysis (BSDIA), Curitiba, Brazil

 

THESIS SUPERVISION

Advisor of Graduate Students
2014 (exp)       Andreia Marini. Ph.D. Thesis: Robust Methods for Visual Surveillance and Human Activity Analysis.
2013 (exp)       Geraldo Ranthum. Ph.D. Thesis: Semantic Analysis of Multimedia.
2012 (exp)       Yandre M. G. Costa. Ph.D. Thesis: Combination of Texture Features at the Frequency Domain for Music Genre Classification.
2012                 Rodrigo Seger. M.Sc. Thesis: Computational Analysis of Spontaneous Gestures of Clarinetists.
2011                 Fabio Dittrich. M.Sc. Thesis: A Method for People Counting in Crowd Using Multiples Views.
2011                 Thiago H. H. Zavaschi. M.Sc. Thesis: Facial Expression Classification Using Combination of Classifiers.
2007                 Andreia Marini. M.Sc. Thesis: Analysis of Rejection Strategies for Multiclass Problems Using ROC Curves.
2007                 Andre G. Hochuli. M.Sc. Thesis: Non-Conventional Event Detection in Video Scenes Using Feature Vectors.
2007                 israel Rios. M.Sc. Thesis: Keyword Search in Document Images: A Free-OCR Approach.
2007                 Jaime Dallavalle Jr. M.Sc. Thesis: Automatic People Counting in Video Scenes using Computer Vision.
2007                 Carlos N. Silla Jr. M.Sc. Thesis: Combination of Classifiers for Automatic Music Genre Recognition.
2007                 Bruno C. Paula. M.Sc. Thesis: An Intelligent System for Turn-Based Strategy Games: A Case-Based Planning Approach.
2006                 Richardson Ribeiro. M.Sc. Thesis: Evaluation and Action Policy Discovery for Adaptive Autonomous Agents.
2005                 Pedro R. Kalva. M.Sc. Thesis: Image Classification Using Combination of Classifiers and Contextual Information.

Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member
2012: Hideson Alves da Silva. Ph.D. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2012: Leila Maria Vriesmann. Ph.D. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2011: Ederson Rafael Wagner. Ph.D. in Electronics and Computer Engineering - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica.
2010: Ademir Roberto Freddo. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.
2008: Alessandro Zimmer. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
2004: Horacio Andrés Legal Ayala. Ph.D. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2003: José Eduardo Bastos dos Santos. Ph.D. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.

Ph.D. Qualification Committee Member
2011: Yandre Maldonado e Gomes da Costa. Ph.D in Computer Science - Universidade Federal do Paraná.
2011: Geraldo Ranthum. Ph.D in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2010: Marcus Vinicius Mazega Figueredo. Ph.D in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2010: Hideson Alves da Silva. Ph.D in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2010: Leila Maria Vriesmann. Ph.D in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2008: Ademir Roberto Freddo. Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.

M.Sc. Thesis Committee Member
2012: Rodrigo Seger. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. Federal University of Paraná.
2012: Lucas Barbosa Galete. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2011: Vitor Atsushi Nozaki Yano. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. Federal University of Paraná.
2011: Thiago Henrique Hernandes Zavaschi. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2011: Fabio Dittrich. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2010: Cristian Simons. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2009: Murilo Santos. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2009: Cheila Maria Bergamini. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2009: Hugo Alberto Perlin. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.
2009: Chauã Coluene Queirolo Barbosa da Silva. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Universidade Federal do Paraná.
2008: Marcus Vinicius Mazega Figueiredo. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2008: Vanessa Terezinha Ales. M.Sc. in Numerical Methods in Engineering - Universidade Federal do Paraná.
2008: Sérgio Renato Rogal Junior. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007: Bruno Campagnolo de Paula. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007: Carlos Nascimento Silla Junior. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007: André Gustavo Hochuli. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007: Israel Rios. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007:Andreia Marini. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2007: Jaime Dalla Valle Junior. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2006: Richardson Ribeiro. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2005: Paulo Rodrigo Cavalin. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2005: Pedro Rodolfo Kalva. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2003: Edson José Pacheco. M.Sc. in Computer Science - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.
2003: Joaquim de Mira Junior. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

 

LANGUAGES

Fluency in Portuguese, English, and French.
Basic knowledge of Italian and Spanish.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 
Update:
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Journals
 
2012
Y.M.G. Costa, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich, F. Gouyon & J.G. Martins. Music Genre Classification Using LBP Textural Features. Signal Processing, Vol.92, No.11, pp.2723-2737, April 2012. ISSN 0165-1684. [Qualis A1]
 
 
T.H.H. Zavaschi, A.S. Britto Jr., L.E.S. Oliveira & A.L. Koerich. Fusion of Feature Sets and Classifiers for Facial Expression Recognition. Expert Systems with Applications, to appear. [Qualis A1]
 
 
2011
M. Mansano, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & A.S. Britto Jr. 2D Principal Component Analysis for Face and Facial-Expression Recognition. Computing in Science & Engineering, vol.13, no.3, pp.9-13, May/June 2011. ISSN 1521-9615 [Qualis B1].
 
 
I. Rios, A.S. Britto Jr., A.L. Koerich & L.E.S de Oliveira. An OCR Free Method for Word Spotting in Printed Documents: The Evaluation of Different Feature Sets. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol.17 No.1, pp.48-63. ISSN 0948-695X [Qualis B2].
 
 
2010
T. Lidy, C.N. Silla Jr., O. Cornelis, F. Gouyon, A. Rauber, C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. On the Suitability of State-of-the-Art Music Information Retrieval Methods for Analyzing, Categorizing, Structuring and Accessing Non-Western and Ethnic Music Collections. Signal Processing, Vol.90, No.4, pp.1032-1048, April 2010. ISSN 0165-1684. [Qualis A2]
 
 
2009
C.M. Bergamini, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & R. Sabourin. Combining Different Biometric Traits with One-Class Classification. Signal Processing, Vol.89, No.11, pp.2117-2127, November 2009. ISSN 0165-1684. [Qualis A2]
   
 
C.N. Silla Jr., A.L. Koerich & C.A.A. Kaestner. Feature Selection Approach for Automatic Music Genre Classification. International Journal of Semantic Computing, Vol.3, No.2, pp.183-208, 2009. ISSN 1793-351X.
   
 
2008
L.E.S. de Oliveira, P.R. Cavalin, A.S. Britto Jr. & A.L. Koerich. Inspeção Automática de Madeiras de Pinus Usando Visão Computacional. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada. Vol. XV, No.2, pp.203-217, Dezembro 2008. ISSN 0103-4308. [Qualis B3]
 
 
E. Vellasques, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.S. Britto Jr., A.L. Koerich & R. Sabourin. Filtering Segmentation Cuts for Digit String Recognition. Pattern Recognition, Vol.41, No.10, pp.3044-3053, October 2008. ISSN 0031-3203. [Qualis A1]
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., A.L. Koerich & C.A.A. Kaestner. A Machine Learning Approach to Automatic Music Genre Classification. Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, Vol.14, No.3, pp.7-18, September 2008. ISSN 0104-6500. [Qualis B2].
 
 
P.R. Kalva, F. Enembreck & A.L. Koerich. Classificação de Imagens WEB Utilizando Combinação de Classificadores. IEEE Latin America Transactions. Vol.6, No.7, pp.661-671, December 2008. ISSN 1548-0992. [Qualis C]
 
 
R. Ribeiro, A.P. Borges, G. Ulbricht, A.L. Koerich, E.E. Scalabrin & F. Enembreck. Discovering of Action Policies in Dynamic Environments. Ágora, Revista de Publicação Científica. Caçador, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 175-185, 2008, ISSN 0104-7507. [Qualis C Nac]
 
 
2007
R. Ribeiro, A.L. Koerich & F. Enembreck. Reinforcement Learning: Adaptive Agents for Discovery of Policies of Action. Ágora: Revista de Divulgação Científica. Caçador, Vol.14, pp.9-24, 2007, ISSN 0104-7507. [Qualis C Nac]
 
 
2005

A.L. Koerich, R. Sabourin & C.Y. Suen. Recognition and Verification of Unconstrained Handwritten Words. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol.27, No.10, pp.1509-1522, October 2005. ISSN 0162-8828. [Qualis A Int]

 
 
2004

A.L. Koerich. Handwritten Word Recognition Using Hidden Markov Models. IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol.2, No.2, pp.131-142, June 2004. ISSN 1548-0992. [Qualis C Nac]

 
 
2003

A.L. Koerich, R. Sabourin & C.Y. Suen. Lexicon-Driven HMM Decoding for Large Vocabulary Handwriting Recognition with Multiple Character Models. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition, Vol.6, No.2, pp.126-144, October 2003. [Qualis B Int]

 
 

A.L. Koerich, R. Sabourin & C.Y. Suen. Large Vocabulary Off-Line Handwriting Recognition: A Survey. Pattern Analysis and Applications (PAA). Vol.6 No.2, pp.97-127, June 2003. [Qualis A Int]

 
 
2001
A.L. Koerich & L.L. Lee, Automatic Bankcheck Processing: Information Storage and Retrieval, Control and Automation Journal, Vol.12, No.1, pp.53-64, April 2001. [Qualis A Nac]
 
 
1997
L.L. Lee, M.E. Lizarraga, N.R. Gomes & A.L. Koerich. A Prototype for Brazilian Bankcheck Recognition. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol.11, No.4, pp.549-569, June 1997. [Qualis B Int]
 
 
1994
M.C. Scheneider, C.G. Montoro, A.L. Koerich & R.L.O. Pinto, MOSFET Threshold Extractions From Voltage-Only Measurements. IEE Electronics Letters, Vol.30, No.17, pp.1458-1459, August 1994. ISSN 0013-5194. [Qualis A Int]
 
 
Patents
 
2007
L. E. S. de Oliveira, A. S Britto Jr. & A. L. Koerich. Computational Process for Wood Image Analysis, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Patent Number PI0704329-5, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, October 2007 (in Portuguese).
 
 
2006
L. E. S. de Oliveira, A. S Britto Jr. & A. L. Koerich. A Method to Inspect Containers, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Patent Number PI0600752-0, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, March 2006 (in Portuguese).
 
 
2002
A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. A Method and System for Storage, Recovering and Presentation of Information, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Patent Pending, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, December 2002 (in Portuguese).
 
 
1998

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee, A Method and System for Automatic Extraction of Filled-in Information From Bankchecks. National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Patent Number PI9801896-5, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, April 1998 (in Portuguese).

 
 
Thesis Supervision
 
2012

R. A. Seger. Computational Analysis of Spontaneous Gestures of Clarinetists. (Análise Computacional de Gestos Espontâneos de Clarinetistas) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, April 2012 (in Portuguese).

 
 
2011

T.H. Zavaschi. Facial Expression Classification Using Combination of Classifiers (Classificação de Expressões Faciais Com Combinação de Classificadores) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, February 2011 (in Portuguese).

 
 

F. Dittrich. A Method for People Counting in Crownd Using Multiples Views (Método para Contagem de Pessoas em Multidões Utilizando Múltiplas Visões) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, September 2011 (in Portuguese).

 
 
2009

C. M. Bergamini. A Comparative Study of Fusion Methods Applied to Biometrics (Estudo Comparativo de Métodos de Fusão Aplicado a Biometria) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2009 (in Portuguese).

 
 
2007

J. D. Valle Jr. Automatic People Couting in Video Scenes using Computer Vision (Contagem Automática de Pessoas em Cenas de Vídeo Usando Visão Computacional) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2007 (in Portuguese).

 
 

I. Rios. Keyword Seach in Document Images: A Free-OCR Approach (Busca por Palavras em Imagens de Documentos: Uma Abordagem Independente de OCR)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2007 (in Portuguese).

 
 
A. Marini. Analysis of Rejection Strategies for Multiclass Problems Using ROC Curves (Análise de Estratégias de Rejeição para Problemas com Múltiplas Classes Utilizando Curvas ROC)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2007 (in Portuguese).
 
 
A. G. Hochuli. Non-Conventional Event Detection in Video Scenes Using Feature Vectors (Detecção de Eventos Não Convencionais em Cenas de Vídeo Utilizando Vetores de Características)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2007 (in Portuguese).
 
 

C. N. Silla Jr. Combination of Classifiers for Automatic Music Genre Recognition (Combinação de Classificadores para o Reconhecimento Automático de Gêneros Musicais)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, April 2007 (in Portuguese).

 
 

B. C. de Paula. An Intelligent System for Turn-Based Strategy Games: A Case-Based Planning Approach (Sistema Inteligente para Jogos de Estratégia Baseados em Turnos: Uma Abordagem Utilizando Planejamento Baseado em Casos.)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, February 2007 (in Portuguese).

 
 
2006

R. Ribeiro. Evaluation and Action Policy Discovery for Adaptive Autonomous Agents (Avaliação e Descoberta de Políticas de Ação para Agentes Autônomos Adaptativos) Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, July 2006 (in Portuguese).

 
 
2005

P. R. Kalva. Image Classification Using Classifier Combination and Contextual Information (Classificação de Imagens Usando Combinação de Classificadores e Informação Contextual)Master's Dissertation, Postgraduate Programme in Computer Science (PPGIa), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, August 2005 (in Portuguese).

 
 
Theses
 
2002
A. L. Koerich. Large Vocabulary Off-Line Handwritten Word Recognition. Ph.D. Thesis, Departement de Génie de la Production Automatisée, École de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada, August 2002. [PDF DjVu]
 
 
1997

A. L. Koerich. A Proposal for Bank Cheques Images Processing: Information Extraction and Storage. Master's Dissertation, Department of Communications, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil, February 1997 (in Portuguese). [NA]

 
 
Book Chapters
 
1997

L. L. Lee, M. E. Lizarraga, N. R. Gomes & A. L. Koerich. A Prototype for Brazilian Bankcheck Recognition in Automatic Bankcheck Processing. Series on Machine Perception & Artificial Intelligence, edited by S. Impedovo, P.S.P. Wang and H. Bunke, World Scientific Pub. Co., Vol.28, pp.87-108, ISBN 981-02-3223-3, December 1997.

 
 
Conferences
 
2012
F. Dittrich, A.L. Koerich & L.E.S. Oliveira. People Counting in Crowded Scenes Using Multiple Cameras.19th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP2012), Vienna, Austria, pp.138-141, April 2012. [Qualis B4]

 
 
Y.M.G. Costa, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & F. Gouyon. Comparing Textural Features for Music Genre Classification. 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN2012), Brisbane, Australia, pp.1867-1872, June 2012. [Qualis A2]

 
 
R.A. Seger, A.L. Koerich & M.M. Wanderley. Automatic Detection of Ancillary Gestures Based on Video Analysis. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC2012), Seoul, Korea, to appear, October 2012. [Qualis B1]

 
 
P.R.L. Almeida, E.J.Silva Jr., T.M. Celinski, A.S. Britto Jr, L.E.S. Oliveira & A.L. Koerich. Music Genre Classification using Dynamic Selection of Ensemble of Classifiers. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC2012), Seoul, Korea, to appear, October 2012. [Qualis B1]

 
 
R. Ribeiro, F. Favarim, M.A.C. Barbosa, A.P. Borges, O.B. Dordal, A.L. Koerich & F. Enembreck. Unified Algorithm to Improve Reinforcement Learning in Dynamic Environments - An Instance-based Approach. 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), to appear, Wroclaw, Poland, 2012 [Qualis B2].

 
 
2011
T.H.H. Zavaschi, L.E.S. Oliveira & A.L. Koerich. Facial Expression Recognition Using Ensemble of Classifiers. 36th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP2011), Prague, Czech Republic, pp.1489-1492, May 2011. [Qualis B2]

 
 
Y.M.G. Costa, F. Gouyon, A.L. Koerich & L.E.S. Oliveira. Classificação de Gêneros Musicais por Texturas no Espaço de Frequência. XXXVIII Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2011), Natal, RN, pp.1352-1365, Julho 2011. [Qualis B4]
 
 
Y.M.G. Costa, F. Gouyon, A.L. Koerich & L.E.S. Oliveira. Music Genre Recognition Using Spectrograms. 18th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP2011), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp.151-154, June 2011. [Qualis B4]
 
 
M.T. Lopes, C.N. Silla Jr., A.L. Koerich & C.A.A. Kaestner. Feature Set Comparison for Automatic Bird Species Identification. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC2011), Anchorage, Alaska, USA, pp.965-970, October 2011. [Qualis B1]
 
 
M. Mansano, L. Paveis, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.S. Britto Jr. & A.L. Koerich. Inspection of Metallic Surfaces using Local Binary Patterns. 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Melbourne, Australia, pp.2152-2156, November 2011. [Qualis B1]
 
 
H. Silva, A.S. Britto Jr., L.E.S Oliveira & A.L. Koerich. A Multilevel Algorithm for the Network Design Problem. 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Melbourne, Australia, pp.2225-2229, November 2011. [Qualis B1]
 
 
M.T. Lopes, C.N. Silla Jr., A.L. Koerich & C.A.A. Kaestner. Identificação Automática de Espécies de Pássaros a partir da Análise do Canto. 13o Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Musical (SBCM2011), Vitória, Brazil, pp.1-4, August 2011, ISSN 2175-6759 [Qualis B5].
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Classificação de Gêneros Musicais Utilizando Vetores de Característica Híbridos. 13o Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Musical (SBCM2011), Vitória, Brazil, pp.32-44, August 2011, ISSN 2175-6759 [Qualis B5].

 
 
M.T. Lopes, L.L. Gioppo, T. Higushi, C.N. Silla Jr., A.L. Koerich & C.A.A. Kaestner. Automatic Bird Species Identification for Large Number of Species. 13th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2011), Dana Point, CA, USA, 117-122, December 2011. [Qualis B3]

   
 
2010
M. Lopes, F. Gouyon, A.L. Koerich & L.E.S. Oliveira. Selection of Training Instances for Music Genre Classification. International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Istambul, pp.4569-4572, August 2010. [Qualis A2]

 
 
A.L. Koerich, L.E.S Oliveira & A.S. Britto Jr. Verification of Unconstrained Handwritten Words at Character Level. International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR 2010), Kolkata, India, pp.39-44, November 2010. ISBN 978-0-7695-4221-8. [Qualis B2]

 
 
A.L. Koerich, L.E.S. Oliveira & A.S. Britto Jr. Face Recognition Using Selected 2DPCA Coefficients. 17th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP2010), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp.490-494, June 2010 [Qualis B2].

 
 
I. Rios, A.S. Britto Jr., L.E.S Oliveira & A.L. Koerich. Evaluation of Different Features Sets in an OCR Free Method for Word Spotting in Printed Documents. ACM SAC 2010 - Document Engineering Track, Sierre, Switzerland, pp.52-56, March 2010 [Qualis B3].

   
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Improving Automatic Music Genre Classification with Hybrid Content-Based Feature Vectors. ACM SAC 2010 - Information Access and Retrieval Track, Sierre, Switzerland, pp.1702-1707, March 2010 [Qualis B3].

   
 
2009
A.P. Borges, A.L. Koerich, R. Ribeiro, E.E. Scalabrin & F. Enembreck. A Strategy for Converging Dynamic Action Policies. IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Agents, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Nashville, USA, pp.136-143, March 2009. ISBN 978-1-4244-2767-3.


   
 
M. Santos, A. Ko, L.E.S. Oliveira, R. Sabourin, A.L. Koerich & A.S. Britto Jr. Evaluation of Different Strategies to Optimize an HMM-based Character Recognition Systems. 10th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR2009), Barcelona, Spain. Proceedings of the ICDAR2009. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, pp.666-670, July 2009. ISBN 978-0-7695-3725-2/09 [Qualis B1]



   
 
2008
C. Bergamini, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & R. Sabourin. Fusion of Biometric Systems using One-Class Classification. International Joint Conference on Neural Network (IJCNN), Hong Kong, China, pp.1309-1314. June 2008. ISBN 978-1-4244-1820-6 [Qualis A2].
   
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A. L. Koerich. The Latin Music Database. 9th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR2008), Philadelphia, PA, USA. pp.451-456, September 2008. [Qualis A2]
   
 
J.D. Valle Jr., L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & A. S. Britto Jr. Automatic People Counting in Videos from Oblique Viewing Cameras. IEEE Andescon 2008, Cuzco, Peru. October 2008.
   
 
A. Marini & A.L. Koerich. Estratégias de Rejeição para Problemas Multiclasses. XXXIV Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática (CLEI 2008), Santa Fé, Argentina, pp.162-171, September 2008, ISBN 978-950-9770-02-7. [Qualis B4]
   
 
M. Santos, L.E.S. Oliveira, R. Sabourin, A.L. Koerich & A.S. Britto Jr. Combinando Características Complementares em Modelos Escondidos de Markov: Uma Otimização para o Reconhecimento de Caracteres Manuscritos. XXXIV Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática (CLEI 2008), Santa Fé, Argentina, pp.260-269, September 2008, ISBN 978-950-9770-02-7. [Qualis B4]
   
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Feature Selection in Automatic Music Genre Classification. 10th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2008), Berkeley, CA, USA, pp.39-44, December 2008, ISBN 978-0-7695-3454-1. [Qualis A2]


   
   
2007
A.G. Hochuli, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.S. Britto Jr. & A.L. Koerich. Detection and Classification of Human Movements in Video Scenes. 2007 IEEE Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, Santiago, Chile. Advances in Image and Video Technology, LNCS Vol.4872, pp.678-691. Heildelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2007. December 2007. ISSN/ISBN 9783540771289 [Qualis B Int.].
 
 

J.D. Valle Jr., L.E.S. Oliveira, A.L. Koerich & A.S. Britto Jr. People Counting in Low Density Video Sequences. 2007 IEEE Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, Santiago, Chile. Advances in Image and Video Technology, LNCS Vol.4872, pp.737-748. Heildelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2007. December 2007. ISSN/ISBN 9783540771289 [Qualis B Int.].

 
 
R. Ribeiro, A.L. Koerich & F. Enembreck. Noise Tolerance in Reinforcement Learning Algorithms. 2007/IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Inteligent Agent Technology (IAT2007), Silicon Valley, California, USA. Proceedings of the IAT 2007. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, pp.265-268, November 2007. ISSN/ISBN 0769530273 [Qualis A Int.].
 
 
P.R. Kalva, F. Enembreck & A.L. Koerich. WEB Image Classification Based on the Fusion of Image and Text Classifiers. 9th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR2007), Curitiba, Brazil. Proceedings of the ICDAR2007. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, pp.561-565, September 2007. ISSN/ISBN 0769528228. [Qualis B1]
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Automatic Music Genre Classification Using Ensemble of Classifiers. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2007), Montreal, Canada, pp.1687-1692, October 2007. ISSN/ISBN 1424409918 [Qualis B1].
 
 
A.G. Hochuli, A.S. Britto Jr. & A.L. Koerich. Detection of Non-Conventional Events on Video Scenes. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2007), Montreal, Canada, pp.302-307, October 2007. ISSN/ISBN 1424409918 [Qualis B1].
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. The Latin Music Database: Uma Base de Dados para a Classificação Automática de Gêneros Musicais. 11th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music (SBCM2007), São Paulo, Brazil, pp.167-174, September 2007. ISBN 97885886971-3-3 [Qualis B Nac].
 
 
2006
P.R. Cavalin, L.E.S. de Oliveira, A.S. Britto Jr. & A.L. Koerich. Wood Defect Detection Based on Grayscale Images and an Optimized Feature Set. The 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'2006), Paris, France, pp.3408-3412, November 2006 ISSN 1553-572X [Qualis A Int].
 
 
A.L. Koerich, A.S. Britto Jr., L.E.S. Oliveira & R. Sabourin. Fusing High- and Low-Level Features for Handwritten Word Recognition. 10th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR 2006), La Baule, France, pp.151-156, October 2006. ISBN 2-95-27630-0-3 [Qualis B Int]
 
 
E. Vellasques, L.E.S. Oliveira, A.S. Britto Jr., A.L. Koerich & R. Sabourin. Modeling Segmentation Cuts Using Support Vector Machines. 10th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR 2006), La Baule, France, pp.41-46, October 2006. ISBN 2--9527630-0-3 [Qualis B Int]
 
 
R. Ribeiro, F. Enembreck & A.L. Koerich. Uma Nova Metodologia para Avaliação da Performance de Algoritmos Baseados em Aprendizagem por Reforço. XXXIII Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2006), Campo Grande, MS, pp.433-446, Julho 2006. ISBN 85-7669-074-8 [Qualis B Nac]
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Automatic Genre Classification of Latin Music Using Ensemble of Classifiers. XXXIII Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2006), Campo Grande, MS, pp.47-53, Julho 2006. ISBN 85-7669-074-8 [Qualis B Nac]
 
 
R. Ribeiro, F. Enembreck & A.L. Koerich. A Hybrid Learning Strategy for Discovery of Policies of Action. International Joint Conference X Ibero-American Artificial Intelligence Conference (IBERAMIA 2006) and XVIII Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Symposium (SBIA 2006), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.4140, pp. 268-277, October 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-45462-5 [Qualis A Nac]
 
 
C.N. Silla Jr., C.A.A. Kaestner & A.L. Koerich. Time-Space Ensemble Strategies for Automatic Music Genre Classification. International Joint Conference X Ibero-American Artificial Intelligence Conference (IBERAMIA 2006) and XVIII Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Symposium (SBIA 2006), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.4140, pp.339-348, October 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-45462-5 [Qualis A Nac]
 
 
B.C. de Paula, F. Enembreck & A.L. Koerich. Agente Inteligente para Jogos de Estratégia Baseados em Turnos: Uma Abordagem Utilizando Planejamento Baseado em Casos. V Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2006), Recife, PE, Brazil, November 2006. ISBN: 85-7669-098-5 [Qualis C Nac]
 
 
2005
A. L. Koerich & P. R. Kalva. Unconstrained Handwritten Character Recognition Using Metaclasses of Characters, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2005), Vol.2, pp.542-545, Genova, Italy, September 2005. ISBN 0-7803-9134-9 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
A. L. Koerich & C. Poitevin. Combination of Homogeneous Classifiers for Musical Genre Classification. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2005), pp.554-559, Hawaii, USA, October 2005. ISBN 0-7803-9298-1 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
C. N. Silla Jr., C. A. Kaestner & A. L. Koerich. Classificação Automática de Gêneros Musicais Utilizando Métodos de Bagging e Boosting. 10th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music (SBCM), pp.48-57, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, October 2005 [Qualis C Nac]
 
 
2004
C. H. L. Costa, J. D. Valle Jr & A. L. Koerich. Automatic Classification of Audio Data, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2004), pp.562-567, The Hague,The Netherlands, October 2004. ISBN 0-7803-8566-7 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
A. L. Koerich. Rejection Strategies for Handwritten Word Recognition. International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR 2004), pp.479-484,Tokyo, Japan, October 2004. ISBN 0-7695-2187-8.
 
 
A. L. Koerich, R. Sabourin & C. Y. Suen. Fast Two-Level HMM Decoding Algorithm for Large Vocabulary Handwriting Recognition. International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR 2004), pp.232-237, Tokyo, Japan, October 2004. ISBN 0-7695-2187-8.
 
 
2003
A. L. Koerich. Improving Classification Performance Using Metaclasses, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2003), Vol.1, pp.717-722, Washington DC, USA, October 2003. ISBN 0-7803-7952-7 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
A. L. Koerich. Unconstrained Handwritten Character Recognition Using Different Classification Strategies. IAPR International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR 2003), 5 pages, Firenze, Italy, September 2003.
 
 
A. L. Koerich. Verification of Handwritten Words at Character Level. International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2003), 6 pages, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2003.
 
 
2002
A. L. Koerich, Y. Leydier, R. Sabourin & C. Y. Suen, Système Hybride de Reconnaissance de Mots Manuscrits sur un Grand Vocabulaire Utilisant des Réseaux Neuronaux et des Modèles de Markov Cachés, Colloque International Franchophone sur l' Écrit et le Document (CIFED 2002), pp.325-334, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 2002 (in French).
 
 
A. L. Koerich, Y. Leydier, R. Sabourin & C. Y. Suen, A Hybrid Large Vocabulary Handwritten Word Recognition System Using Neutal Networks with Hidden Markov Models, International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR 2002), pp.99-104, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, August 2002. ISBN 0-7695-1692-0
 
 
A. L. Koerich, R. Sabourin & C. Y. Suen, Fast Two-Level Viterbi Search Algorithm for Unconstrained Handwriting Recognition, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2002), pp.3537-3540, Orlando, USA, May 2002. ISBN 0-7803-7402-9 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
2001
A. L. Koerich, R. Sabourin, & C. Y. Suen, A Distributed Scheme for Lexicon-Driven Handwritten Word Recognition and its Application to Large Vocabulary Problems, International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2001), pp.660-664, Seattle, USA, September 2001. ISBN 0-7695-1263-1
 
 
A. L. Koerich, R. Sabourin, & C. Y. Suen, A Time-Length Constrained Level Building Algorithm for Large Vocabulary Handwritten Word Recognition, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition (ICAPR 2001), pp.127-136, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2001 [Qualis A Int]
 
 
2000

A. L. Koerich, R. Sabourin, C. Y. Suen & A. El-Yacoubi, A Syntax-Directed Level Building Algorithm for Large Vocabulary Handwritten Word Recognition, 4th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS 2000), pp.255-266, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2000.

 
 
1999

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee, Automatic Storage, Retrieval, and Visualization of Bank Check Images. In International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'99), pp.111-114, Bangalore, India, September 1999. ISBN 0-7695-0318-7

 
 
1998

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. A Novel Approach for Automatic Extracting the User-Entered Data From Bankchecks. 3rd IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS'98), pp.145-148, Nagano, Japan, November 1998.

 
 

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. A System for Automatic Extraction of the User-Entered Data from Bankchecks. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Vision and Image Processing (SIBGRAPI' 98), pp.270-277, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, October 1998. ISBN 0-8186-9215-4 [Qualis A Nac]

 
 
1997

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. Automatic Extraction of Filled-in Information from Bankchecks Based on Prior Knowledge About Layout Structure. First Brazilian Symposium on Document Image Analysis (BSDIA'97), pp.322-333, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, November 1997.

 
 

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. Automatic Extraction of Filled Information From Bankchecks. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC'97), Vol.3, pp.2151-2156 Orlando, USA, October 1997. ISBN 0-7803-4053-1 [Qualis A Int]

 
 

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. A Method for Bankchecks Image Storage Based on Layout Knowledge , XV Brazilian Symposium of Telecommunications (SBT'97), pp.394-397, Recife, PE, Brazil, September 1997 (in Portuguese).

 
 

A. L. Koerich & L. L. Lee. Compression of Bank Cheque Images Based on Layout Knowledge. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP'97), Vol.4, pp.3185-3188, Munich, Germany, April 1997. ISBN 0-8186-7919-0 [Qualis A Int]

 
 
1994

M. C. Scheneider, C. G. Montoro, A. L. Koerich & R. L. O. Pinto. MOSFET Threshold Extractions From Voltage-Only Measurements. IX Brazilian Conference of Microelectronics, pp.216-222, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, August 1994.

 
 
1993
A. L. Koerich, H. J. Muller & R. Sander, Dielectric Constants in Oxadiazol Series, 45th Meeting of Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) , pp.21-29, Recife, PE, Brazil, July 1993 (in Portuguese).
 
 
A. L. Koerich, H. J. Muller & R. Sander, Ferroelectrical Properties of Pentilcarboxi-Anilina, 45th Meeting of Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science, pp.91-98, Recife, PE, Brazil, July 1993 (in Portuguese).
 
 
Abstracts
 
2006
D. A. Corso, R. H. P. Almeida, A. S. Britto Jr., A. L. Koerich, L. E. S. Oliveira. Utilizando Momentos Invariantes para o Reconhecimento de Padrões em um Sistema de Visão Computacional. XV Encontro Anual de Iniciação Científica (EAIC), Ponta Grossa, PR, 2006.
 
 
R. H. P. Almeida, D. A. Corso, A. S. Britto Jr., A. L. Koerich, L. E. S. Oliveira. Visão Computacional: Sistemas de Visão Aplicados a Inspeção Industrial. XV Encontro Anual de Iniciação Científica (EAIC), Ponta Grossa, PR, 2006.
 
 
M. Y. Yee, A. L. Koerich. Reconhecimento de Texto em Vídeo Digital, XIV Seminário de Iniciação Científica & VIII Mostra de Pesquisa da PUCPR, Outubro 2006, Curitiba.
 
 
T. E. Szczepanik, G. M. Rocha, A. L. Koerich. Classificação de Objetos de Interesse em Vídeo Digital. XIV Seminário de Iniciação Científica & VIII Mostra de Pesquisa da PUCPR, Outubro 2006, Curitiba.
 
 
2005
G. M. Rocha, T. E. Szczepanik & A. L. Koerich, Detecção e Segmentação de Objetos de Interesse em Vídeo Digital, XIII Seminário de Iniciação Científica e VII Mostra de Pesquisa, pp.61, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, November 2005.
 
 
R. Nagornni Jr. & A. L. Koerich, Localização e Segmentação de Texto em Vídeo Digital, XIII Seminário de Iniciação Científica e VII Mostra de Pesquisa, pp.59, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, November 2005.
 
 
2004
J. D. Valle Jr. & A. L. Koerich, Técnicas de Pré-Processamento e Extração de Características de Áudio para a Classificação de Gêneros Musicais, XII Seminário de Iniciação Científica e VI Mostra de Pesquisa, pp.12, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, November 2004.
 
 
C. H. L. Costa & A. L. Koerich, Busca e Recuperação Automática de Áudio Digital Baseada na Análise do Conteúdo, XII Seminário de Iniciação Científica e VI Mostra de Pesquisa, pp. 15, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, November 2004.
 
 
1994
A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, Series-Parallel Association of FET's for High Gain and High Frequency Applications, X Brazilian Conference of Science and Technology, pp.15, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, December 1994.
 
 
A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, MOSFET Features Extraction, X Brazilian Conference of Science and Technology, pp.09, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, December 1994.
 
 
A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, Compound Transistors for High Gain and High Frequency Applications, X South Brazilian Conference of Science and Technology, pp.79, Blumenau, SC, Brazil, November 1994.
 
 
A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, A New Approach for MOSFET Features Extraction, X South Brazilian Conference of Science and Technology, pp.29, Blumenau, SC, Brazil, November 1994.
 
 
A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, A New Approach for MOSFET Features Extraction, IV State Conference of Science, pp.17, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, August 1994.
 
 
1993

A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, Application of Compound Transistors in Analog Circuits Design Using Sea-of-Transistors, IX South Brazilian Conference of Science and Technology, pp.99, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, November 1993.

 
 

A. L. Koerich & M. C. Scheneider, Compound Transistors for Analog MOS Integrated Circuits Design on Digital Gate-Arrays, III State Conference of Science, pp.219, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, August 1993

 
 
 

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