Research Interests
Machine Learning
- One-class learning
- Support vector classification
- Kernel density estimation
- Feature extraction
- Model selection
Computer Vision
- Image analysis
- Object detection
- Feature extraction
- Image segmentation
- Real-time applications
Demos and Experiments
- Video on accurate eye centre localization, find paper presented at VISAPP 201 1 below
- Analysis of human eye movements for the inspection of "Waldo" images: preliminary results
Bachelor's / Master's / Diploma-Thesis
- 3D-Skeletonisation (finished by Kristian Ehlers)
- Where is Waldo? (finished by Nadine Traulsen)
- Can y ou find the defect? (finished by Nadine Traulsen)
Source Code and Datasets
- OneClassMaxMinOv er (OMMO) for training a one-class support v ector machine [matlab code]
- Artificial images for the detection of round objects
Curriculum vitae
January 2012 -
Research & Development Engineer at Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany .
November 2011 - December 2011
Post-Doc at the Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, University of Lübeck, Germany.
December 2006 - November 2011
PhD student at the Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, Univ ersity of Lübeck, Germany .
PhD thesis "Machine Vision for Inspection and Novelty Detection", submitted Jun 2011
December 2005 - October 2006
Diploma thesis "Methods for the Optical Inspection of Xenon-Lamps"
At Philips Global Technology Dev elopment Aachen (Lighting)
October 2001 - November 2006
Student of Computer Science, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics at the Univ ersity of Lübeck. Graduated
with the degree of Dipl.-Inf.
Publikationen
2012
Novelty {D}etection for the {I}nspection of {L}ight-emitting {D}iodes, Expert Systems with Applications , vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 3413--3422, 2012.
Datei: | j.eswa.2011.09.029 |
Bibtex: | @article{TiBa12, author = {Fabian Timm and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Novelty {D}etection for the {I}nspection of {L}ight-emitting {D}iodes}, journal = {Expert Systems with Applications}, volume = {39}, number = {3}, pages = {3413--3422}, year = {2012}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.09.029} } |
2011
Accurate eye centre localisation by means of gradients, in Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Computer Theory and Applications {(VISAPP)} , Algarve, Portugal: INSTICC, 2011. pp. 125--130.
Accurate, fast, and robust centre localisation for images of semiconductor components, in Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications IV , San Francisco, USA: IS\&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2011.
Datei: | TiBa11a.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiBa11a, author = {Fabian Timm and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Accurate, fast, and robust centre localisation for images of semiconductor components}, booktitle = {Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications IV}, publisher = {IS\&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging}, year = {2011}, address = {San Francisco, USA}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiBa11a.pdf} } |
Illumination correction for image stitching, in Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications {(IMAGAPP)} , Algarve, Portugal: INSTICC, 2011. pp. 81--86.
Datei: | KlTiBa11.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{KlTiBa11, author = {Sascha Klement and Fabian Timm and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Illumination correction for image stitching}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications {(IMAGAPP)}}, publisher = {INSTICC}, address = {Algarve, Portugal}, year = {2011}, pages = {81--86}, volume = {1}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/KlTiBa11.pdf} } |
Non-parametric texture defect detection using {W}eibull features, in Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications IV , San Francisco, USA: IS\&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2011.
Datei: | TiBa11.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiBa11, author = {Fabian Timm and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Non-parametric texture defect detection using {W}eibull features}, booktitle = {Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications IV}, publisher = {IS\&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging}, year = {2011}, address = {San Francisco, USA}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiBa11.pdf} } |
2010
Optical {I}nspection of {W}elding {S}eams, in Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications, Revised Selected Papers , Springer Series Communications in Computer Science and Information Science, 2010. pp. 269--282.
Datei: | TiMaBa10.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiMaBa10, author = {Fabian Timm and Thomas Martinetz and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Optical {I}nspection of {W}elding {S}eams}, booktitle = {Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications, Revised Selected Papers}, publisher = {Springer Series Communications in Computer Science and Information Science}, year = {2010}, volume = {68}, pages = {269--282}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiMaBa10.pdf} } |
Statistical {F}ourier {D}escriptors for {D}efect {I}mage {C}lassification, in Proceedings of the 20th Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition {(ICPR)} , Istanbul, Turkey: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2010. pp. 4190--4193.
Datei: | TiMa10.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiMa10, author = {Fabian Timm and Thomas Martinetz}, title = {Statistical {F}ourier {D}escriptors for {D}efect {I}mage {C}lassification}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition {(ICPR)} }, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press}, pages = {4190--4193}, year = {2010}, address = {Istanbul, Turkey}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiMa10.pdf} } |
2009
Welding {I}nspection {U}sing {N}ovel {S}pecularity {F}eatures and {A} {O}ne-{C}lass {SVM}, in Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Computer Theory and Applications {(VISAPP)} , Lisboa, Portugal: INSTICC, 2009. pp. 146--153.
Datei: | TiKlMaBa09.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiKlMaBa09, author = {Fabian Timm and Sascha Klement and Thomas Martinetz and Erhardt Barth}, title = {Welding {I}nspection {U}sing {N}ovel {S}pecularity {F}eatures and {A} {O}ne-{C}lass {SVM}}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Computer Theory and Applications {(VISAPP)}}, publisher = {INSTICC}, address = {Lisboa, Portugal}, year = {2009}, pages = {146--153}, volume = {1}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiKlMaBa09.pdf} } |
2008
Fast {M}odel {S}election for {M}ax{M}in{O}ver-based {T}raining of {S}upport {V}ector {M}achines, in Proceedings of the 19th Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition {(ICPR)} , Tampa, Florida, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008.
Datei: | TiKlMa08.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{TiKlMa08, author = {Fabian Timm and Sascha Klement and Thomas Martinetz}, title = {Fast {M}odel {S}election for {M}ax{M}in{O}ver-based {T}raining of {S}upport {V}ector {M}achines}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition {(ICPR)}}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press}, year = {2008}, address = {Tampa, Florida, USA}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/TiKlMa08.pdf} } |
Simple Incremental One-Class {S}upport {V}ector Classification, in Pattern Recognition - Proceedings of the DAGM , Gerhard Rigoll, Eds. 2008. pp. 21--30.
Datei: | LaTiMa08.pdf |
Bibtex: | @inproceedings{LaTiMa08, author = {Kai Labusch and Fabian Timm and Thomas Martinetz}, title = {Simple Incremental One-Class {S}upport {V}ector Classification}, booktitle = {Pattern Recognition - Proceedings of the DAGM}, editor = {Gerhard Rigoll}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, pages = {21--30}, year = {2008}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/LaTiMa08.pdf} } |
2006
Methoden zur optischen {Q}ualitätskontrolle. {A}nwendung in der {P}roduktion von {X}enon-{L}ampen, Diploma Thesis, Universität zu Lübeck, 2006.
Datei: | Timm06.pdf |
Bibtex: | @mastersthesis{Timm06, author = {Fabian Timm}, title = {Methoden zur optischen {Q}ualit{\"a}tskontrolle. {A}nwendung in der {P}roduktion von {X}enon-{L}ampen}, year = {2006}, school = {Universit{\"a}t zu L{\"u}beck}, type = {Diploma Thesis}, note = {Full version: Please contact the author via email}, url = {https://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/fileadmin/files/publications/inb-publications/pdfs/Timm06.pdf} } |