Francesco Orabona


Publications


Preprints
  • F. Orabona, A. Argyriou, N. Srebro. PRISMA: PRoximal Iterative SMoothing Algorithm, 2012 [PDF]


Online Learning/Stochastic Optimization
  • F. Orabona, N. Cesa-Bianchi, C. Gentile. Beyond Logarithmic Bounds in Online Learning. In Proc. of the Fifteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2012 [PDF]
  • F. Orabona, L. Jie, and B. Caputo. Multi Kernel Learning with Online-Batch Optimization. In Journal of Machine Learning Research, 13(Feb):165-191, 2012 [PDF] [CODE]
    • Conference version: F. Orabona, L. Jie, and B. Caputo. Online-Batch Strongly Convex Multi Kernel Learning. In Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, CA, June 2010 [PDF] [TALK]
  • F. Orabona, and K. Crammer. New Adaptive Algorithms for Online Classification. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2011 [PDF]
  • F. Orabona, and L. Jie. Ultra-Fast Optimization Algorithm for Sparse Multi Kernel Learning. In Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2011 [PDF] [CODE]
  • F. Orabona, C. Castellini, B. Caputo, L. Jie, and G. Sandini. On-line Independent Support Vector Machines. Pattern Recognition, 43(4), 1402-1412, 2010 [PDF] [CODE]
    • Conference version: F. Orabona, C. Castellini, B. Caputo, J. Luo, and G. Sandini. Indoor place recognition using online independent support vector machines. In Proc. of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), pages 1090–1099, University of Warwick, UK, September 2007 [PDF]
  • L. Jie, F. Orabona, M. Fornoni, B. Caputo, and N. Cesa-Bianchi. OM-2: An Online Multi-class Multi-kernel Learning Algorithm. In Proc. of the 4th IEEE Online Learning for Computer Vision Workshop (in CVPR10), San Francisco, CA, June 2010 [PDF (corrected)] [Errata] [CODE]
  • F. Orabona, J. Keshet, and B. Caputo. Bounded Kernel-Based Online Learning. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 10(Nov):2643-2666, 2009 [PDF] [CODE]
    • Conference version: F. Orabona, J. Keshet, and B. Caputo. The Projectron: a bounded kernel-based Perceptron. In Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Helsinki, Finland, July 2008 [PDF] [TALK]
  • M. M. Ullah, F. Orabona, B. Caputo. You Live, You Learn, You Forget: Continuous Learning of Visual Places with a Forgetting Mechanism. In Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), October 2009
  • L. Jie, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. An online framework for learning novel concepts over multiple cues. In Proc. of the Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), 2009, Xi'an, China [PDF] [CODE]


Learning with Partial Information
  • C. Gentile and F. Orabona. On Multilabel Classification and Ranking with Partial Feedback. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2012 [PDF] [APPENDIX]
  • L. Jie, and F. Orabona. Learning from Candidate Labeling Sets. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2011 [PDF] [CODE]
  • F. Orabona and N. Cesa-Bianchi. Better Algorithms for Selective Sampling. In Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2011 [PDF] [CODE] [TALK]
  • N. Cesa-Bianchi, C. Gentile and F. Orabona. Robust Bounds for Classification via Selective Sampling. In Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Montreal, Quebec, June 2009 [PDF] [CODE] [TALK]


Transfer Learning
  • I. Kuzborskij, and F. Orabona. Stability and Hypothesis Transfer Learning. In Proc. of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Atlanta, GA, June 2013 [PDF]
  • I. Kuzborskij, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. From N to N+1: Multiclass Transfer Incremental Learning. In Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Portland, OR, June 2013 [PDF] [APPENDIX] [CODE]
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, C. Castellini, and B. Caputo. Improving Control of Dexterous Hand Prostheses Using Adaptive Learning. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol.29, no.1, pp.207-219, Feb. 2013 [PDF]
    • Conference version: F. Orabona, C. Castellini, B. Caputo, A. E. Fiorilla, and G. Sandini. Model adaptation with least-squares SVM for adaptive hand prosthetics. In Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, Japan, May 2009 [PDF]
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, M. Kaboli, and B. Caputo. Leveraging over Prior Knowledge for Online Learning of Visual Categories. In Proc. of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Surrey, UK, September 2012 [PDF]
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. Safety in Numbers: Learning Categories from Few Examples with Multi Model Knowledge Transfer. In Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, CA, June 2010 [PDF] [CODE]


Computer Vision
  • E. Grossmann, J. A. Gaspar, and F. Orabona. Discrete camera calibration from pixel streams. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, special issue on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-conventional Cameras, 114(2), 198-209, 2010 [PDF]
    • Conference versions:
    • E. Grossmann, J. A. Gaspar, and F. Orabona. Calibration from statistical properties of the visual world. In Proc. of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Marseille, France, October 2008 [PDF]
    • E. Grossmann, F. Orabona, and J. Gaspar. Discrete camera calibration from the information distance between pixel streams. In Proc. of the 7th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision (in ICCV07), pages 1-8, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2007 [PDF]
  • M. Vurro, G. Baselli, F. Orabona, and G. Sandini. Simulation and assessment of bioinspired visual processing system for epi-retinal prostheses. In Proc. of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York City, USA, September 2006


Medical image classification
  • T. Tommasi and F. Orabona. Idiap on medical image classification. In W. B. Croft, H. Müller, P. Clough, T. Deselaers, and B. Caputo, editors, ImageCLEF, volume 32 of The Information Retrieval Series, pages 453–465. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. An SVM confidence-based approach to medical image annotation. In Evaluating Systems for Multi- lingual and Multimodal Information Access, volume 5706 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 696-703, 2009 (Winner of the Medical automatic annotation task of ImageCLEF 2008)
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. Discriminative cue integration for medical image annotation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 19(15):1996-2002, 2008
  • T. Tommasi, F. Orabona, and B. Caputo. Cue integration for medical image annotation. In Advances in Multilingual and Multimodal Information Retrieval, volume 5152 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 577-584, 2008 (Winner of the Medical automatic annotation task of ImageCLEF 2007)


Robotics/Cognitive Systems
  • F. Orabona, B. Caputo, A. Fillbrandt, and F. W. Ohl. A Theoretical Framework for Transfer of Knowledge Across Modalities in Artificial and Biological Systems. In Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), June 2009
  • J. Anemueller, J.-H. Bach, B. Caputo, L. Jie, F. Ohl, F. Orabona, R. Vogel, D. Weinshall, and A. Zweig. Biologically motivated audio-visual cue integration for object categorization. In Proc. of the International Conference on Cognitive Systems (ICCS), University of Karlsruhe, Germany, April 2008
  • F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. A proto-object based visual attention model. In L. Paletta and E. Rome, editors, Attention in Cognitive Systems, volume 4840 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 198-215, 2007 [PDF]
    • Conference versions:
    • F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. Learning association fields from natural images. In Proc. of the 5th Workshop on Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision (in CVPR06), Washington, DC, USA, June 2006. IEEE Computer Society [PDF]
    • F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. Object-based visual attention: a model for a behaving robot. In Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computer Vision (WAPCV) (in CVPR05), Washington, DC, USA, June 2005. IEEE Computer Society ("Best paper" award) [PDF]
  • C. Castellini, F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. Internal models of reaching and grasping. Advanced Robotics, 21(13):1545–1564, 2007 [PDF]
  • L. Natale, F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. Sensorimotor coordination in a “baby” robot: learning about objects through grasping. In C. von Hofsten and K. Rosander, editors, Progress in Brain Research, From Action to Cognition, volume 164. Elsevier, 2007
  • A. Pasquali, C. Castellini, V. Gaillard, F. Orabona, G. Metta, and A. Cleeremans. Developmental learning in non-markovian processes: premises of a biologically plausible cognitive architecture. In 11th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 2007 (only abstract)
  • L. Natale, F. Orabona, F. Berton, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. From sensorimotor development to object perception. In Proc. of the 5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, December 2005 [PDF]
  • L. Natale, F. Orabona, G. Metta, and G. Sandini. Exploring the world through grasping: a developmental approach. In Proc. of the 6th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), June 2005 [PDF]