∗teena.hassan@smail.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de ∗∗erwin.prassler@h-brs.de ††matthias.fueller@h-brs.de 1. Boosting Histogram-Based Denoising Methods with GPU Optimizations SebastianSzeracki ,ThorstenRoth y,AndréHinkenjann ,YongminLi HochschuleBonn-Rhein-Sieg yBrunelUniversityLondon Grantham-Allee20,53757SanktAugustin Uxbridge,Middlesex,UB83PH Germany UnitedKingdom sszera2s@smail.inf.h-brs.de yongmin.li@brunel.ac.uk ftroth2m|ahinke2mg@h-brs.de elizaveta.shpieva@smail.inf.h-brs.de iman.awaad@h-brs.de Abstract: Embodied artificial agents operating in dynamic, real-world environments need architectures that support the special requirements that exist for them. {geovanny.giorgana@smail.inf.,paul.ploeger@}h-brs.de Abstract. It is, therefore, highly preferable for assistive robots that are used to sup- We developed a prototypic categorization system which classi es unknown objects based on their visual properties to a biltis@smail.inf.h-brs.de Wolfgang Stuerzlinger York University . Whilst for many tasks knowing the approximate positions of people may be suf- cient, the ability to identify unique people is needed to accurately count people in the real world. Abstract Emotional communication is a key element of habilitation care of persons with dementia. Navix: Smartphone Multi-sensor, Radio and Probability Map Based Indoor Positioning J. C. Aguilar Herrera University of Applied Science Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Department of Computer Science Sankt Augustin, Germany jose.aguilar@smail.inf.h-brs.de M. Flores Navix Indoor Navigation Research And Development Queretaro, Mexico contacto@indoornavix.com A. Ramos In this work we present a solution for visual cate-gorization of objects. Text entry on the move, which we term as nomadic text entry, is generally slower. Although the proposed strategies could be used with Our approach consists of extracting par-ticular Gabor features from normalized face images and mapping them into three of the six basic emotions: joy, surprise and sadness, plus neu-trality. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : wolfgang@cse.yorku.ca . Archi-tectures are not always designed from scratch and the system then implemented all at ABSTRACT Nowadays, we input text not only on stationary devices, but also on handheld devices while walking, driving, or commuting. This is partially paul.ploeger@h-brs.de, ravi.venkat@smail.inf.h-brs.de Abstract The ability to track moving people is a key as-pect of autonomous robot systems in real-world environments. An e cient object perception is a crucial component of a mobile service robot. We present a system to automatically recognize facial ex-pressions from static images. Both approaches can be combined. {martin.weier|thorsten.roth}@smail.inf.h-brs.de andre.hinkenjann@h-brs.de Abstract. {christian.mueller@smail.inf.,paul.ploeger@}h-brs.de Abstract. We present fast complete rebuild strategies, as well as adapted intelligent local update strategies for acceleration data structures for interactive ray tracing environments.