Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Houben
Theory of Cognitive Systems
Real-Time Computer Vision
Institut für Neuroinformatik
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
Building NB, Room NB 3/69
Universitätsstraße 150
Building NB, Room NB 3/69
D-44801 Bochum, Germany
If you are interested in writing a thesis in the field of Real-time Computer Vision, in particular in the area of video-based driver assistance, please contact us via email.
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| since 2017 | Junior Professor | Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2015 — 2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher | Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group, University of Bonn |
| 2014 — 2015 | Head of Group | Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2010 — 2014 | Research Member | |
| 2007 — 2010 | Research Member | Institute of Bio and Nanosystems, Research Center Jülich |
| 2007 — 2009 | Diploma in Mathematics | University of Hagen |
| 2004 — 2007 | Mathematical-Technical Assistant | Institute of Bio and Nanosystems, Research Center Jülich |
Interests of research
- Real-time Vision Systems for Driver-assistance
- Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
- Geometry in Scene Analysis
- Wide-angle Cameras
- Real-time Stereo Vision
- The German Traffic Sign Benchmark
Publications
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Fine-Grained Vehicle Representations for Autonomous DrivingBarowski, T., Szczot, M., & Houben, S.In Accepted for IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
@inproceedings{BarowskiSzczotHouben2018, author = {Barowski, Thomas and Szczot, Magdalena and Houben, Sebastian}, title = {Fine-Grained Vehicle Representations for Autonomous Driving}, booktitle = {Accepted for IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)}, year = {2018}, }Barowski, T., Szczot, M., & Houben, S.. (2018). Fine-Grained Vehicle Representations for Autonomous Driving. In Accepted for IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC).Fast Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory ApplicationsBeul, M., Droeschel, D., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Houben, S., & Behnke, S.In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Accepted for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)@inproceedings{BeulDroeschelNieuwenhuisenEtAl2018, author = {Beul, Marius and Droeschel, David and Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Quenzel, Jan and Houben, Sebastian and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Fast Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory Applications}, booktitle = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Accepted for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)}, year = {2018}, }Beul, M., Droeschel, D., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Houben, S., & Behnke, S. (2018). Fast Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory Applications. In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Accepted for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).Evaluation of Synthetic Video Data in Machine Learning Approaches for Parking Space ClassificationHorn, D., & Houben, S.In IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 2157–2162)@inproceedings{HornHouben2018, author = {Horn, Daniela and Houben, Sebastian}, title = {Evaluation of Synthetic Video Data in Machine Learning Approaches for Parking Space Classification}, booktitle = {IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)}, pages = {2157–2162}, year = {2018}, }Horn, D., & Houben, S.. (2018). Evaluation of Synthetic Video Data in Machine Learning Approaches for Parking Space Classification. In IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 2157–2162).Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection with 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface ReconstructionQuenzel, J., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Droeschel, D., Beul, M., Houben, S., & Behnke, S.In Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (JINT), Springer, to appear April 2018@inproceedings{QuenzelNieuwenhuisenDroeschelEtAl2018, author = {Quenzel, Jan and Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Droeschel, David and Beul, Marius and Houben, Sebastian and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection with 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction}, booktitle = {Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (JINT), Springer, to appear April 2018}, year = {2018}, }Quenzel, J., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Droeschel, D., Beul, M., Houben, S., & Behnke, S. (2018). Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection with 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction. In Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (JINT), Springer, to appear April 2018.2017
Fast autonomous landing on a moving target at MBZIRCBeul, M., Houben, S., Nieuwenhuisen, M., & Behnke, S.In Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR)@inproceedings{BeulHoubenNieuwenhuisenEtAl2017, author = {Beul, Marius and Houben, Sebastian and Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Fast autonomous landing on a moving target at MBZIRC}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR)}, month = {September}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1109/ecmr.2017.8098669}, }Beul, M., Houben, S., Nieuwenhuisen, M., & Behnke, S. (2017). Fast autonomous landing on a moving target at MBZIRC. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR). http://doi.org/10.1109/ecmr.2017.8098669Collaborative object picking and delivery with a team of micro aerial vehicles at mbzircNieuwenhuisen, M., Beul, M., Rosu, R. A., Quenzel, J., Pavlichenko, D., Houben, S., & Behnke, S.In Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) (pp. 1–6)@inproceedings{NieuwenhuisenBeulRosuEtAl2017, author = {Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Beul, Marius and Rosu, Radu Alexandru and Quenzel, Jan and Pavlichenko, Dmytro and Houben, Sebastian and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Collaborative object picking and delivery with a team of micro aerial vehicles at mbzirc}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR)}, pages = {1–6}, year = {2017}, }Nieuwenhuisen, M., Beul, M., Rosu, R. A., Quenzel, J., Pavlichenko, D., Houben, S., & Behnke, S. (2017). Collaborative object picking and delivery with a team of micro aerial vehicles at mbzirc. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) (pp. 1–6).ChimneySpector: Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection Employing 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface ReconstructionNieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Beul, M., Droeschel, D., Houben, S., & Behnke, S.Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)@article{NieuwenhuisenQuenzelBeulEtAl2017, author = {Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Quenzel, Jan and Beul, Marius and Droeschel, David and Houben, Sebastian and Behnke, Sven}, title = {ChimneySpector: Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection Employing 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction}, year = {2017}, }Nieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Beul, M., Droeschel, D., Houben, S., & Behnke, S. (2017). ChimneySpector: Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection Employing 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction. Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS).2016
Joint 3D laser and visual fiducial marker based SLAM for a micro aerial vehicleHouben, S., Droeschel, D., & Behnke, S.In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI) (pp. 609–614)@inproceedings{HoubenDroeschelBehnke2016, author = {Houben, Sebastian and Droeschel, David and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Joint 3D laser and visual fiducial marker based SLAM for a micro aerial vehicle}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI)}, pages = {609–614}, year = {2016}, }Houben, S., Droeschel, D., & Behnke, S. (2016). Joint 3D laser and visual fiducial marker based SLAM for a micro aerial vehicle. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI) (pp. 609–614).Efficient multi-camera visual-inertial SLAM for micro aerial vehiclesHouben, S., Quenzel, J., Krombach, N., & Behnke, S.In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 1616–1622)@inproceedings{HoubenQuenzelKrombachEtAl2016, author = {Houben, Sebastian and Quenzel, Jan and Krombach, Nicola and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Efficient multi-camera visual-inertial SLAM for micro aerial vehicles}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)}, pages = {1616–1622}, year = {2016}, }Houben, S., Quenzel, J., Krombach, N., & Behnke, S. (2016). Efficient multi-camera visual-inertial SLAM for micro aerial vehicles. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 1616–1622).2015
Park marking-based vehicle self-localization with a fisheye topview systemHouben, S., Neuhausen, M., Michael, M., Kesten, R., Mickler, F., & Schuller, F.Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, 1–16@article{HoubenNeuhausenMichaelEtAl2015, author = {Houben, Sebastian and Neuhausen, Marcel and Michael, Matthias and Kesten, Robert and Mickler, Florian and Schuller, Florian}, title = {Park marking-based vehicle self-localization with a fisheye topview system}, journal = {Journal of Real-Time Image Processing}, pages = {1–16}, year = {2015}, }Houben, S., Neuhausen, M., Michael, M., Kesten, R., Mickler, F., & Schuller, F. (2015). Park marking-based vehicle self-localization with a fisheye topview system. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, 1–16.Arbitrary object localization and tracking via multiple-camera surveillance system embedded in a parking garageIbisch, A., Houben, S., Michael, M., Kesten, R., & Schuller, F.In SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging International Society for Optics and Photonics@inproceedings{IbischHoubenMichaelEtAl2015, author = {Ibisch, André and Houben, Sebastian and Michael, Matthias and Kesten, Robert and Schuller, Florian}, title = {Arbitrary object localization and tracking via multiple-camera surveillance system embedded in a parking garage}, booktitle = {SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging}, organization = {International Society for Optics and Photonics}, year = {2015}, }Ibisch, A., Houben, S., Michael, M., Kesten, R., & Schuller, F. (2015). Arbitrary object localization and tracking via multiple-camera surveillance system embedded in a parking garage. In SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics.2014
Towards the intrinsic self-calibration of a vehicle-mounted omni-directional radially symmetric cameraHouben, S.In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings (pp. 878–883)@inproceedings{Houben2014, author = {Houben, Sebastian}, title = {Towards the intrinsic self-calibration of a vehicle-mounted omni-directional radially symmetric camera}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings}, pages = {878–883}, year = {2014}, }Houben, S. (2014). Towards the intrinsic self-calibration of a vehicle-mounted omni-directional radially symmetric camera. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings (pp. 878–883).Towards highly automated driving in a parking garage: General object localization and tracking using an environment-embedded camera systemIbisch, A., Houben, S., Schlipsing, M., Kesten, R., Reimche, P., Schuller, F., & Altinger, H.In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings (pp. 426–431)@inproceedings{IbischHoubenSchlipsingEtAl2014, author = {Ibisch, André and Houben, Sebastian and Schlipsing, Marc and Kesten, Robert and Reimche, Paul and Schuller, Florian and Altinger, Harald}, title = {Towards highly automated driving in a parking garage: General object localization and tracking using an environment-embedded camera system}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings}, pages = {426–431}, year = {2014}, }Ibisch, A., Houben, S., Schlipsing, M., Kesten, R., Reimche, P., Schuller, F., & Altinger, H. (2014). Towards highly automated driving in a parking garage: General object localization and tracking using an environment-embedded camera system. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Proceedings (pp. 426–431).2013
Video-based trailer detection and articulation estimationCaup, L., Salmen, J., Muharemovic, I., & Houben, S.In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 1179–1184)@inproceedings{CaupSalmenMuharemovicEtAl2013, author = {Caup, Lukas and Salmen, Jan and Muharemovic, Ibro and Houben, Sebastian}, title = {Video-based trailer detection and articulation estimation}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)}, pages = {1179–1184}, year = {2013}, }Caup, L., Salmen, J., Muharemovic, I., & Houben, S.. (2013). Video-based trailer detection and articulation estimation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 1179–1184).On-vehicle video-based parking lot recognition with fisheye opticsHouben, S., Komar, M., Hohm, A., Luke, S., Neuhausen, M., & Schlipsing, M.In 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) (pp. 7–12)@inproceedings{HoubenKomarHohmEtAl2013, author = {Houben, Sebastian and Komar, Matthias and Hohm, Andree and Luke, Stefan and Neuhausen, Marcel and Schlipsing, Marc}, title = {On-vehicle video-based parking lot recognition with fisheye optics}, booktitle = {16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)}, pages = {7–12}, year = {2013}, }Houben, S., Komar, M., Hohm, A., Luke, S., Neuhausen, M., & Schlipsing, M.. (2013). On-vehicle video-based parking lot recognition with fisheye optics. In 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) (pp. 7–12).Detection of traffic signs in real-world images: The German Traffic Sign Detection BenchmarkHouben, S., Stallkamp, J., Salmen, J., Schlipsing, M., & Igel, C.In Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) (pp. 1–8)@inproceedings{HoubenStallkampSalmenEtAl2013, author = {Houben, Sebastian and Stallkamp, Johannes and Salmen, Jan and Schlipsing, Marc and Igel, Christian}, title = {Detection of traffic signs in real-world images: The German Traffic Sign Detection Benchmark}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)}, pages = {1–8}, year = {2013}, }Houben, S., Stallkamp, J., Salmen, J., Schlipsing, M., & Igel, C. (2013). Detection of traffic signs in real-world images: The German Traffic Sign Detection Benchmark. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) (pp. 1–8).2012
Google street view images support the development of vision-based driver assistance systemsSalmen, J., Houben, S., & Schlipsing, M.In Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2012 IEEE (pp. 891–895) IEEE@inproceedings{SalmenHoubenSchlipsing2012, author = {Salmen, Jan and Houben, Sebastian and Schlipsing, Marc}, title = {Google street view images support the development of vision-based driver assistance systems}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2012 IEEE}, pages = {891–895}, organization = {IEEE}, year = {2012}, }Salmen, J., Houben, S., & Schlipsing, M.. (2012). Google street view images support the development of vision-based driver assistance systems. In Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2012 IEEE (pp. 891–895). IEEE.2011
A single target voting scheme for traffic sign detectionHouben, S.In Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 124–129)@inproceedings{Houben2011, author = {Houben, Sebastian}, title = {A single target voting scheme for traffic sign detection}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)}, pages = {124–129}, year = {2011}, }Houben, S. (2011). A single target voting scheme for traffic sign detection. In Proceedings of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) (pp. 124–129).Fast Autonomous Flight Near Structures in Large Indoor EnvironmentsBeul, M., Droeschel, D., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Houben, S., & Behnke, S.In Accepted for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), to appear 2018.@inproceedings{BeulDroeschelNieuwenhuisenEtAl0, author = {Beul, Marius and Droeschel, David and Nieuwenhuisen, Matthias and Quenzel, Jan and Houben, Sebastian and Behnke, Sven}, title = {Fast Autonomous Flight Near Structures in Large Indoor Environments}, booktitle = {Accepted for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), to appear 2018.}, year = {}, }Beul, M., Droeschel, D., Nieuwenhuisen, M., Quenzel, J., Houben, S., & Behnke, S. Fast Autonomous Flight Near Structures in Large Indoor Environments. In Accepted for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), to appear 2018.Winter Term 2018/2019
Lectures Deep Learning for Computer Vision Lab courses Intensive Course C++ Summer Term 2018
Lectures Digital Image Processing Lab courses Intensive Course C++ Lab courses Introduction to Deep Learning for Computer Vision Winter Term 2017/2018
Lab courses Intensive Course C++ Lab courses Introduction to Deep Learning for Computer Vision Lab courses Programming Applications in C++ Summer Term 2015
Lab courses Computer Vision Lectures Digital Image Processing Lab courses Intensive Course C++ Winter Term 2014/2015
Lab courses Computer Vision The Institut für Neuroinformatik (INI) is a central research unit of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. We aim to understand the fundamental principles through which organisms generate behavior and cognition while linked to their environments through sensory systems and while acting in those environments through effector systems. Inspired by our insights into such natural cognitive systems, we seek new solutions to problems of information processing in artificial cognitive systems. We draw from a variety of disciplines that include experimental approaches from psychology and neurophysiology as well as theoretical approaches from physics, mathematics, electrical engineering and applied computer science.
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