IPI: Image Processing and Interpretation

Welcome to IPI, the Image Processing and Interpretation Research Group of the department TELIN of the Faculty of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University (Universiteit Gent).

IPI

Image Processing and Interpretation

TELIN department

Ghent University

Welcome

IPI researchers conduct state of the art research in the field of digital image and video processing for a wide range of applications. Our research covers computer vision, sensor fusion, remote sensing, image reconstruction and enhancement, 3D image and video enhancement and synthetic view generation, and several other related areas. We apply our technology to applications such as autonomous vehicles, drone and intelligent surveillance, agricultural and industrial inspection, (bio)medical imaging, consumer multimedia, and art.

Our group currently counts more than 40 researchers. You can find the full list of our team here. Our senior members are:

Professors: Wilfried Philips, Bart Goossens, Hiep Quang Luong, Heidi Steendam, Jan Aelterman and Peter Veelaert
Post-docs: Ljubomir Jovanov, Danilo Babin, Lennert Jacobs, David van Hamme, Brian Booth, Michiel Vlaminck, and Mohsen Nourazar
Technology developers: Ljiljana Platisa and Ewout Vansteenkiste
Associated researcher: Wenzhi Liao

If you are interested in joining our group as a doctoral student, please visit the following page in English or in Dutch.

IPI is a core research group of imec.

Several of our members are associated with the UAV Research Center. IPI is the leader of the Intelligent Information Processing valorisation consortium I-KNOW and participates in the Hybrid Computed Tomography valorization consortium HyCT.

Research Overview

Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Fusion

Intelligent surveillance and sensor networks

GPU accelerated image processing using Quasar

Image and video quality enhancement

Remote Sensing

Medical and biological image processing

Image and video quality assessment

Van Eyck Art work restoration and analysis

Projects

IPI actively engages in collaborative research with other institutes and companies in the context of regional and European projects. We are currently active in the following collaborative projects:

ACHIEVE

Researchers in ACHIEVE are designing highly integrated hardware-software components for the implementation of ultra-efficient embedded vision systems as the basis for innovative distributed vision applications

H2020-MSCA-ITN, 10/2017 – 9/2021

ANALYST PV

IPI researches integrated sensors and data analysis fault detection tools for photovoltaic plants

ICON project, 10/2019 – 9/2022

CHARAMBA

CHARAMBA aims to solve the problem of costly and labour-intensive sampling and chemical analysis of complex material/waste streams

EIT RawMaterials, 1/2020 - 12/2021

COSMO

In the COSMO project, researchers are designing, developing, and evaluating effective, personalized, and scalable AR and VR technologies for support and training in manufacturing operations

ICON project, 5/2019 - 4/2021

Comp4Drones

IPI contributes to a novel framework of key enabling technologies for safe and autonomous drones. We focus on hyperspectral imaging from manually flown drones for inspection of offshore turbines structure to detect imperfections, such as corrosion deterioration of paint.

ECSEL JU, 10/2019 – 9/2022

Next Perception

IPI investigates cooperative sensor fusion in support of safety and comfort at road intersections especially for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and bikers

ECSEL JU, 5/2020 – 4/2023