There is no difference between theory and practice... in theory.
-Yogi Berra
MPEG-2 Encoders / Digital Television / HDTV
- S. Pigeon and P. Guillotel : 'Advantages and
Drawbacks of Interlaced and Progressive Scanning Formats',
CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/R/004/b1,
June 1995.
- S. Pigeon, L. Vandendorpe, L. Cuvelier and B. Maison :
'Specification of a Generic Format Converter',
CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/S/006/b1,
September 1995.
- P. Guillotel and S. Pigeon : 'Coding Efficiency
Comparisons of both Interlaced and Progressive Scanning Formats',
CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/S/012/b1,
December 1995.
- S. Pigeon and P. Guillotel : 'Recommendation on the
Strategy of Using the Different Scanning Formats',
CEC RACE/HAMLET Deliverable no R2110/WP2/DS/R/013/b1,
December 1995.
- S. Pigeon : 'The HAMLET Generic Format Converter', European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 169-177.
- S. Pigeon and P. Guillotel : 'Recommendation on the strategy of using the different scanning formats', European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 187-192.
- P. Guillotel and S. Pigeon : 'Progressive versus interlaced coding', European Workshop on Image Analysis and Coding for TV, HDTV and Multimedia Applications, Rennes, Feb. 27-28, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 179-186.
Image-based Biometric Authentication
- J. Bigün, S. Pigeon, L. Vandendorpe et al. : 'Multi-modal person verification tools using speech and images', ECMAST'96 - European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 1996, Proceedings, pp. 747-761.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'Profile authentication using a Chamfer matching algorithm', AVBPA'97 - First Intl Conference on Audio- and Video-based Person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Suisse, March 12-14, 1997, in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, n° 1206, pp. 185-192.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'The M2VTS Multimodal face database (Release 1.00)', AVBPA'97 - First Intl Conference on Audio- and Video-based person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Suisse, March 12-14, 1997, in Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, n° 1206, pp. 401-409.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'A Chamfer matching algorithm for human profile recognition', ORBEL 11, Namur, Belgium, Jan. 16-17, 1997, Proc., Jan. 97, pp. 81-83.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'Multiple experts for robust face authentication', SPIE Electronic Imaging'98, Optical Security and counterfeit deterrence techniques, San Jose, USA, Jan. 29-30, 1998, Vol. 3314, pp. 166-177.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'Multimodal biometric person authentication', Intl Symposium on Pattern Recognition "in Memorian Pierre Devijver", Feb. 12, 1999, Bruxelles, Proceedings, pp. 84-89.
- S. Pigeon and L. Vandendorpe : 'Image-based multimodal face authentication', Signal Processing, Vol. 69, n° 1, August 1998, pp. 59-79.
- S. Pigeon : 'Vérification Multimodale d'Identité', PhD Thesis, UCL, 1999.
Speech Processing / Fusion
- J. Cernocký, D. Petrovska, S. Pigeon, P. Verlinde and G. Chollet : 'A Segmental Approach to Text-independent Speaker Verification', Proc. Eurospeech, Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 1999.
- S. Pigeon, P. Druyts and P. Verlinde : 'Applying Logistic Regression To The Fusion Of The Nist'99 1-Speaker Submissions', Digital Signal Processing, 10(1):237-248, 2000.
- S. Pigeon, P. Verlinde et al : 'The ELISA Systems for the NIST'99 Evaluation in Speaker Detection and Tracking', Digital Signal Processing, 10(1):143-153, 2000.
- S. Pigeon and P. Verlinde : 'Fusing Fast Algorithms to Achieve Efficient Speech Detection in FM
Broadcasts', Proc. Interspeech, Brighton, UK, Sept. 2009.
NATO Related
- NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-011) : 'Implications of Multilingual Interoperability of Speech Technology for Military Use', September 2004, ISBN 92-837-1118-1.
- NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-037) : 'Use of Speech and Language Technology in Military Environments', December 2005, ISBN 92-837-1144-0.
- S. Pigeon, W. Shen and D. van Leeuwen : 'Design and characterization of the Non-native Military Air Traffic
Communications database (nnMATC)', Proc. Interspeech, Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 2007.
- NATO Research and Technology Organisation (IST-031): 'Speech Processing in Realistic Battlefield Environments', April 2009, ISBN 978-92-837-0060-9.
Source and Channel Coding
Audio Tutorials
- S. Pigeon : 'An Introduction to Sound Branding', PDA Conference, Ibiza, May 3-5, 2007.
- S. Pigeon : 'Le Son', Collège Belgique, Académie des Sciences, Leçon du 1 Décembre 2010.
- S. Pigeon : 'Du Son au Timbre, une Synthèse de notre Perception Auditive', TAIMA 2011, Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct. 2011.