Imaging & Vision Laboratory: Gianluigi Ciocca (PhD)
Gianluigi Ciocca took his degree (Laurea) in Computer Science at the University of Milan in 1998, and since then he has been a fellow at the Institute of Multimedia Information Technologies of the Italian National Research Council, where his research has focused on the development of systems for the management of image and video databases and the development of new methodologies and algorithms for automatic indexing. He is currently a researcher in computer science at DISCo (Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione) of the University of Milano-Bicocca, working on video analysis and abstraction.


Teaching

  Lectures can be found here.

Publications

   Patents
Book Chapters
Journals
Conferences
Others


Patents

3.  De Ponti Mauro, Schettini Raimondo, Brambilla Carla, Valsasna Anna, Ciocca Gianluigi
0001311443, Metodo di classificazione di immagini digitali in base al loro contenut (2002-03-12)
2.  De Ponti Mauro, Schettini Raimondo, Brambilla Carla, Valsasna Anna, Ciocca Gianluigi
EP1102180 Content-based digital-image classification method (2001-05-23)
1.  De Ponti Mauro, Schettini Raimondo, Brambilla Carla, Valsasna Anna, Ciocca Gianluigi
JP2001195592 Digital image sorting method by contents (2001-07-19)
 

Papers in International Journals

16.  G. Ciocca, P. Olivo, R. Schettini
Browsing museum image collections on a multi-touch table
Information Systems, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 169-182, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.is.2011.09.009
15.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, S. Santini, R. Schettini
Halfway through the semantic gap: Prosemantic features for image retrieval
Information Science, Vol. 181, No. 22, pp. 4943-4958, 2011.
14.  G. Ciocca
A Robust Multi-Feature Cut Detection Algorithm for Video Segmentation
ELCVIA. ELECTRONIC LETTERS ON COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGE ANALYSIS, Vol. 9, pp. 32-46, 2010.
13.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini
Automatic Color Constancy Algorithm Selection and Combination
Pattern recognition, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 695-705, 2010.
12.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini
Improving Color Constancy Using Indoor-Outdoor Image Classification
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 17, No. 12, pp. 2381-2392, 2008.
11.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, F. Gasparini, R.Schettini
Self-Adaptive Image Cropping for Small Displays
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 53, No 4, pp. 1622-1627, 2007.
10.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Supervised And Unsupervised Classification Post-Processing for Visual Video Summaries
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 2, No. 52, pp. 630-638, 2006.
9.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
An Innovative Algorithm for Key Frame Extraction in Video Summarization
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing (Springer), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 69-88, 2006.
8.  R. Schettini, C. Brambilla, C. Cusano, G. Ciocca
Automatic classification of digital photographs based on decision forests
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 819-845, 2004.
7.  G. Ciocca, D. Marini, A. Rizzi, R. Schettini, S. Zuffi
Retinex pre-processing of uncalibrated images for color-based image retrieval
Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 12, pp. 161-172, 2003.
6.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, A. Valsasna, C. Brambilla, M. De Ponti
A hierarchical classification strategy for digital documents
Pattern Recognition, Vol. 35 pp. 1759-1769, 2002.
5.  L. Cinque, G. Ciocca, S. Levialdi, A. Pellicanò, R. Schettini
Color-based image retrieval using spatial-chromatic histograms
Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 19, pp. 979-986, 2001.
4.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Content-based similarity retrieval of trademarks using relevance feedback
Pattern Recognition, Vol. 34, pp. 1639-1655, 2001
3.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Quicklook2: An Integrated Multimedia System
International Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Special issue on Querying Multiple Data Sources,
Vol. 12, pp. 81-103, 2001.
2.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
The Quicklook image search engine
Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 5, Proc. of ICIG'2000, pp. 645-648, 2001.
1.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
A relevance feedback mechanism for content-based image retrieval
Information Processing and Management, Vol. 35, pp. 605-632, 1999.
 

Chapters in Books

5.  G. Ciocca, A. Colombo, M.T. Artese, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Intangible Heritage Management and Multimodal Navigation
Handbook of Research on Technologies and Cultural Heritage: Applications and Environments, Georgios Styliaras, Dimitrios Koukopoulos and Fotis Lazarinis (Editors), IGI-Global, pp. 83-118, 2011.
4.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Feature Extraction for Content Based Image Retrieval
Encyclopedia of Database Systems, Editors-in-chief: Özsu, M. Tamer; Liu, Ling , Springer, Part 6, pp. 1115-1119, 2009. (print and online).
3.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Visual Information Retrieval. Indicizzazione e reperimento di dati pittorici
Winter School - Intelligenza Artificiale nei Beni Culturali, S. Bandini, L. Bordoni, G. Mantegari Eds., pp. 65-82, 2007.
2.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Content based image retrieval and video retrieval using the QuickLook search engine
MultiMedia Information Retrieval, (R. Raieli, P. Innocenti eds), AIDA, pp. 151-170, 2004.
1.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, S. Zuffi
A survey of methods for colour image indexing and retrieval in colour image databases
Color Imaging Science: Exploiting Digital Media, (R. Luo, L. MacDonald eds.), J. Wiley, pp. 183-211, 2002.
 

Papers in Proceedings of International Conferences and Workshops

47.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini, S. Santini, A. De Polo, F. Tavanti
Searching through photographic databases with QuickLook
Proceedings of SPIE Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems VI, volume SPIE 8304, page 83040V, 2012.
46.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, S. Santini, and R. Schettini
Spatially organized visualization of image query results
Proceedings of SPIE Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems V, volume SPIE 7881, page 788116, 2011.
45.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, S. Santini, R. Schettini
Prosemantic features for content-based image retrieval
Proc. 7th International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, 2011.
44.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Multiple Image Thumbnailing
Proceedings of SPIE Digital Photography VI, vol. 7537, 75370S, 2010.
43.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini
Image orientation detection using low-level features and faces
Proceedings of SPIE Digital Photography VI, vol. 7537, 75370R, 2010.
42.  G. Ciocca, F. Marini, R. Schettini
On color image quality assessment
Collana Quaderni di Ottica e Fotonica, Vol. V, pp. 33-44, 2009.
41.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, C. Cusano
Color Constancy Algorithm Selection Using CART
Proc. of 2009 Computational Color Imaging Workshop (CCIW'09), Saint Etienne (France), LNCS, Vol. 5646, pp.31-40, 2009.
40.  G. Ciocca, F. Marini, R. Schettini
Image quality assessment in multimedia applications
Proc. SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference on Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems III, Vol. 7255, 72550A, San Jose, 2009.
39.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini
Semantic Classification, Low Level Features and Relevance Feedback for Content-Based Image Retrieval
Proc. SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference on Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems III, Volume 7255, 72550D, San Jose, 2009.
38.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, F. Marini, R. Schettini
Image Quality Assessment by Preprocessing and Full Reference Model Combination
Proc. SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference on Image Quality and System Performance VI, Volume 7242, 72420O, San Jose, 2009.
37.  G Ciocca, A. Colombo, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Intangible heritage management and multimodal navigation
AXMEDIS 2008: the 4th Int. Conference on Automated solutions for Cross Media Content and Multi-channel Distribution, Firenze , pp.95-103, 2008.
36.  C. Batini, D. Barone, F. Cabitza, G. Ciocca, F. Marini, G. Pasi, R. Schettini
Toward a Unified Model for Information Quality
Proc. 6th International Workshop on Quality in Databases and Management of Uncertain Data, pp. 113-122, 2008.
35.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, R. Schettini
Classification-Based Color Constancy
LNCS 10th Int. Conference on Visual Information Systems: Web-Based Visual Information Search and Management, LNCS vol. 5188, pp. 104-113, Salerno, 2008.
34.  S. Battiato, G. Ciocca, F. Gasparini, G. Puglisi, R. Schettini
Smart Photo Sticking
5th Int. Workshop on Adaptive Multimedial Retrieval: Retrieval, User, and Semantics (N. Boujemaa, M. Detyniecki, A. Nürnberger Eds.), LNCS, Vol. 4918, pp. 211-223, 2008.
33.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, F. Gasparini, R. Schettini
Content Aware Image Enhancement
10th Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA), LNAI 4733, pp. 686-697, 2007.
32.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, F. Gasparini, R. Schettini
Integrating imaging and vision for content-specific image enhancement
VISAPP 2007, Barcellona, pp. 192-199, March 2007.
31.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Hierarchical browsing of video key frames
ECIR 2007, LNCS Advances in Information Retrieval, vol. 4425, pp. 691-694, 2007.
30.  G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, F. Gasparini, R.Schettini
Self-Adaptive Image Cropping for Small Displays
Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, USA, Jan. 10-14, 2007.
29.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Dynamic storyboards for video content summarization
Invited Paper at the 8th ACM SIGMM International Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval, ACM Multimedia 2006, pp. 259-268, 2006.
28.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, A. Colombo
Metodi d'accesso innovativi ai dati multimediali
(comunicazione), Nell'ambito del Convegno nazionale "La biblioteca su misura" Archivi, Biblioteche, Musei e Patrimonio culturale. Programmi e realizzazioni della Regione Lombardia, marzo 2006.
27.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Visual Video Summaries Post-Processing Using Supervised And Unsupervised Classification
Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, USA, Jan. 9-11, pp. 81-82, 2006.
26.  A. Rizzi, C. Gatta, C. Slanzi, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Unsupervised color film restoration using adaptive color equalization
VISUAL 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, S. Bres and R. Laurini (Eds.), Vol. 3736, pp. 1-12, 2005.
25.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Dynamic key-frame extraction for video summarization
Proc. Internet imaging VI, Vol. SPIE 5670, pp. 137-142, 2005.
24.  S. Corchs, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini, G. Deco
Video Summarization Using a Neurodynamical Model of Visual Attention
IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, pp. 71-74, 2004.
23.  C. Cusano, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Image annotation using SVM
Proc Internet imaging V, Vol. SPIE 5304, pp. 330-338, 2004.
22.  C. Cusano, R. Schettini, G. Ciocca
On the Detection of pornographic digital images
Proc. of IS&T/SPIE on Visual Communication and Image Processing, Touradji Ebrahimi, Thomas Sikora Editors,
Vol. 5150, Lugano, Switzerland, pp. 2105-2113, 2003.
21.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Image Retrieval using Dynamic Spatial Chromatic Histograms
Proc. of IS&T/SPIE on Visual Communication and Image Processing, Touradji Ebrahimi, Thomas Sikora Editors,
Vol. 5150, Lugano, Switzerland, pp. 1829-1837, 2003.
20.  C. Cusano, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini, C. Brambilla
Semantic labeling of digital photos by classification
Proc Internet imaging IV, Vol. SPIE 5018, pp. 296-303, 2003.
19.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
A content-based retrieval system with a customizable 3D output visualizer
Proceeding of the IEEE 1st International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission, Padova, pp. 746-749, 2002.
18.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini, L. Cinque
Image indexing and retrieval using Spatial Chromatic Histograms and signatures
Proceedings of the First European Conference on Color in Graphics, Image and Vision, University of Poitiers, France, pp. 255-258, 2002.
17.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Interactive search in multimedia databases
Dagsuhl-Seminar on Content-based Image and Video Retrieval, The International Conference for Computer Science, Dagstuhl 6-11 January, Germany, 2002. (comunicazione)
16.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Multimedia search engine with relevance feedback
Internet Imaging III, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4672 (G.B. Beretta. R. Schettini eds.), pp. 243-251, 2002.
15.  G. Ciocca, D. Marini, A. Rizzi, R. Schettini, S. Zuffi
Image retrieval of uncalibrated images
Proceedings of IEEE on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing, Brescia, pp. 199-206, 2001.
14.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini, S. Zuffi
Interactive search in WEB catalogues
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Setúbal, Portugal,
pp. 249-254, 2001.
13.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Quicklook2: An integrated multimedia system with learning capabilities
Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4315 (M.M. Yeung, C-S Li, R.W. Leinhart eds.), pp. 384-392, 2001.
12.  G. Ciocca, D. Marini, A. Rizzi, R. Schettini, S. Zuffi
On pre-filtering with Retinex in color image retrieval
Internet Imaging II, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4311 (G.B. Beretta, R. Schettini eds.), pp. 140-147, 2000.
11.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini, B. Zonta
An integrated multimedia system with learning capabilities
Advances in Visual Information Systems (Laurini ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1929, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 312-326, 2000.
10.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini, S. Zuffi
Open-Ended Search in High Quality Image Catalogues
International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science, and Education on the Internet, L'Aquila, 2000.
9.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, S. Zuffi
Color in database: indexing and similarity
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Color in Graphics and Image Processing, Saint-Etienne (F),
pp. 244-249, 2000.
8.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi
Interactive Visual Information Retrieval
Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Ginevra, pp. 109-112, 2000.
7.  R. Schettini, C. Brambilla, G. Ciocca, M. De Ponti
Color Image Classification Using Tree Classifier
Proceedings of the VII Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale Arizona, USA, pp. 269-272, 1999.
6.  R. Schettini, G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi
Content-based Color Image Retrieval with Relevance Feedback
Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conference of Image Processing, Kobe (Japan), Vol. 3, pp. 75-79, 1999.
5.  C. Brambilla, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
An experience of using tree-structured classifiers feature selection in content-based indexing
Proceedings of S.CO.99, Modelli Complessi e Metodi Computazionali Intensivi per la Stima e la Previsione, Venice, pp. 308-313, 1999.
4.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Similarity Retrieval of Trademark Images
Proceedings of 10th Int. Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, IEEE Press, pp. 915-920, 1999.
3.  G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Using a Relevance Feedback Mechanism to Improve Content-based Image Retrieval
Visual Information and Information Systems, (D.P. Huijsmans, A.W.M. Smeulders eds), Springer-Verlag Germany, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1614, pp. 107-114, 1999.
2.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Quicklook: a content-based image retrieval system with learning capabilities
Proceedings of IEEE Multimedia Systems 99, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. II, Florence, pp.1028-1029, 1999
1.  G. Ciocca, I. Gagliardi, R. Schettini
Retrieving Color Images by Content
Proceedings of Image and Video Content Based Retrieval Workshop, Milan, pp. 57-64, 1998.
 

Other Publications

1.  S. Bianco, G. Ciocca, C. Cusano, F. Gasparini, F. Marini, R. Schettini
Modular procedures for content aware image enhancement
Emerging Paradigms in Informatics, Systems and Communication, Quaderni Disco, Vol. 1, pp.17, 22, 2009.