Publications

2009

[39] Salah, A.A., Schouten, B.. Semiotics and the Relevance of Context for the AmI Environment. European Conference on Computing and Philosophy E-CAP 2009.  To appear.

[38] Schouten, B., Salah, A.A.. Born on the wrong side of the screen. Book chapter: The ethical context of Ambient Intelligence. Springer, 2009. To appear.

[37] Deen, M. and Schouten, B.. I am motivated because I can:  a new approach to motivational Game Design focused on competence and autonomy. Book chapter:  Interdisciplinary Models and Tools for Serious Games: Emerging Concepts and Futur. Richard van Eck (editor). University of North Dakota., 2009. To appear.

[36] Schouten, B. Roadmap for short/medium follow-up activities in relation to European standardization needs. Report European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2009.  To appear.

2008

[35] Schouten, B.. Spel als bron voor Ambient Culture. Intree rede als Lector Serious Game Design en Ambient Intelligence & Design.. Fontys Hogescholen, Eindhoven, 2008.

[34] Schouten, B. and Salah, A.A., Empowering the End-User in Biometrics. Proceedings IEEE ICARCV, Hanoi, 2008.

[33] Li, S.Z., Schouten, B., Tistarelli, M.. Sensing at a distance. Book chapter in: New technologies in Embedded Systems, Springer Verlag 2008.

[32] Salah, A.A., R. Morros, J. Luque, C. Segura, J. Hernando, O. Ambekar, B. Schouten, E.J. Pauwels, Multimodal identification and localization of users in a smart environment, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces (JMUI), 2-2, Springer Verlag, 2008.

[31] Sponselee, A., Schouten, B., Bouwhuis, D., Analyzing Users’ Needs for Telecare: Several Case Studies. European Conference on Ambient Intelligence. Workshop ‘Capturing Ambient Assisted Living Needs’, AMI-08, Nuremberg, November 19-22, 2008.

[30] Sponselee, A., Schouten, B., Bouwhuis, D., Willems, Ch., Smart Home Technology for the Elderly: Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Stakeholders. In: M. Mühlhäuser, A. Ferscha, and E. Aitenbichler (eds.), Constructing Ambient Intelligence: AmI 2007 Workshops Darmstadt, Germany, November 7-10, 2007, Revised Papers. Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science , Vol. 11, 2008, pp. 314-326.

[29] Schouten, B. and B. Jacobs. Biometrics and their use in e-Passports. Journal for Image and Vision Computing, Special Issue on Multimodal Biometrics. Elsevier Publishers, 2008.

[28] Schouten, B., M. Tistarelli, M. Snijder, C. Garcia-Mateo. The BioSecure Research Agenda for (future) Biometrics. CWI Report 2008,

[27] Schouten, B., Juul, N.,Tistarelli, M., Drygajlo, A. (eds.). Biometrics and Identity Management (BIOID 2008), LNCS 5372, Proceedings of the first European Workshop on Identity Management, 2008. Springer Verlag, 2008

[26] Schouten, B., M. Tistarelli, C. Garcia-Mateo, F. Deravi, and M. Meints. Nineteen Urgent Research Topics in Identity Management. In: Schouten, B., Juul, N.,Tistarelli, M., Drygajlo, A. (eds.) Biometrics and Identity Management (BIOID 2008), Proceedings of the first European Workshop on Identity Management, 2008.

2007

[25] Sponselee, A., Schouten, B., D. Bouwhuis, C. Willems. Smart Home Technology for the Elderly: Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Stakeholders. European Conference on Ambient Intelligence AMI-07. Darmstadt, November 7-10, 2007.

[24] Gonzalez-Jimenez, D., M. Bicego, J.W.H. Tangelder, B.A.M. Schouten, O. Ambekar, J. L. Alba-Castro, E. Grosso, M. Tistarelli, Distance Measures for Gabor Jets-based Face Authentication: A Comparative Evaluation. International Conference on Biometrics 2007. South Korea, 2007.

[23] R. Morros, Salah, A.A., Schouten, B., C. Segura, J. Luque, O. Ambekar, C. Kayalar, C. Keskin, L. Akarun. Event recognition for meaningful human-computer interaction in a smart environment. Enterface’07. Project Report. Istanbul August 2007.

[22] O. Ambekar, E. Pauwels and Schouten, B.. Binding Low Level Features To Support Opportunistic Person Identification, 28th Symposium on Information Theory, May 24-25, 2007, Enschede, The Netherlands.

2006

[21] Schouten, B. and Y. von Engelhardt. Network Nation. In: Else/Where Mapping, New Cartographies of Networks and Territories. Edited by Janet Abrams and Peter Hall, University of  Minnesota Press.  200 pages, paper. ISBN 0972969624. 2006.

[20] Schouten, B. and O. Ambekar. Digital Identity in Ambient Environments. ERCIM special issue on embedded intelligence: # 7, October 2006.

[19] Tangelder, J., B. Schouten, Transparent Face Recognition in an Unconstrained Environment using a Sparse Representation from Multiple Still Images. ASCI 2006 Conference at Lommel (Belgium), June 14-16, 2006.

[18] Tangelder, J., B. Schouten, Learning a  Sparse Representation from Multiple Still Images for on-line Face Recognition in an Unconstrained Environment.. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2006), Hong Kong, August 20-24, 2006.

2005

[17] Tangelder, J., B. Schouten,  Non-Intrusive Face Verification by a Virtual Mirror Interface Using Fractal Codes. In: CD-ROM Proceedings Biometrics on the Internet - Third COST 275 WORKSHOP, 2005.

[16] Tangelder, J., B. Schouten, and S. Bonchev. A multi-sensor architecture for human-centred smart environments. In: Proc. CAID&CD 2005. Conference, 2005, Delft.

[15] Natuur, Wetenschap & Techniek, juli/augustus 2005, Wie lacht wordt uit de rij gehaald.

2003

[14] M. Rejman-Greene,  M. Walsh, P Statham, T. Mansfield, M. Savastano, B. Schouten, M. Behrens, M. McMeechan, C. Schmidt, A. Albrecht. Roadmap to Successful Deployments of Biometrics from the User and System Integrator Perspective.CWI report 2003: 2003, PNA-E0303, ISSN 1386-3711

2001

[13] B.A.M. Schouten. Giving Eyes to ICT, or How does a Computer recognize a Cow, PhD Thesis ISBN 90 6196 502 0, University of Amsterdam, March 2001.

Prof. Dr. M.S. Keane  ::  Universiteit van Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. M.I. Brin  ::  University of Maryland

Dr. F. van der Ploeg,  ::  Secretary of State for Culture, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. A.M.W.  Smeulders  ::  Universiteit van Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. S.J. van Strien  ::  Universiteit van Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. D. Saupe  ::  Universität Leipzig

2000

[12] B.A.M. Schouten and P.M. de Zeeuw. Image Databases, Scale and Fractal Transforms. ICIP 2000; Proceedings International Conference on Image Processing, Sept.10-13, 2000, Vancouver. IEEE Computer Society.

[11] B.A.M. Schouten and P.M. de Zeeuw.  Fractal Transforms and Feature Invariance.  ICPR 2000; Proceedings International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Barcelona 2000, Sept. 3-7, 2000, Barcelona. Editors: A. Sanfeliu, J.J. Villanueva, M. Vanrell, R.  Huang, J. Serra. IEEE Computer Society. Volume 3.

[10] G. Caenen, G. Frederix,  A.A.M. Kuijk, E.J. Pauwels and B.A.M. Schouten. Show me what you mean / PARISS: A CBIR-interface that learns by example. Lecture Notes on Computer Science; Fourth International Conference on Visual Information Systems (VISUAL 2000), Lyon, November 2000, Springer Verlag, pp.257-268.

1999

[9] B.A.M. Schouten and P.M. de Zeeuw. Feature Extraction using Fractal Codes. Lecture Notes on Computer Science; Third International Conference on Visual Information Systems (VISUAL 99), Amsterdam, June 1999. Springer Verlag.

Project Deliverables, Progress Reports

[8] F Deravi, R Ng, J.W.H. Tangelder, B.A.M. Schouten, B. Dorizzi, BioSecure Deliverable D.3.1.1. Report on standardization activities, BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2005

[7] Ben Schouten, Hans Tangelder, and Guiseppe Parziale. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.2.1. Specification of activities for an inventory on future research activities., BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2005

[6] F Deravi, R Ng, B.A.M. Schouten and B.Dorizzi. BioSecure Deliverable D.3.1.2. Report on knowledge exploitation and standardization activities, BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2006

[5] Guiseppe Parziale, Ben A.M. Schouten and Hans Tangelder. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.1.1. Report on Critical items and elements in biometric systems, BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2006

[4] Harald Ganster, Tobias Scheidat and Ben A.M. Schouten. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.1.3. Report on the analysis and evaluation of alternatives and advanced solutions for

system elements, BioSecure Net work of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2006

[3] Ben Schouten, Massimo Tistarelli, Carmen Garcia-Mateo, Farzin Deravi, Max Snijder. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.X.4. Synthesis report of the workshop on future

research agenda and new biometrical applications. BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2006

[2] F Deravi, C. Garcia Mateo, J. Dittman, H. Ganster, and B. Schouten. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.X.5. Progress report on the jointly executed research carried out on system issues. BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2006

[1] Ben Schouten, Farzin Deravi, Carmen García-Mateo, Massimo Tistarelli, Max Snijder, Martin Meints, Jana Dittmann. BioSecure Deliverable D.9.X.7. White paper for a research proposal beyond BioSecure. BioSecure Network of Excellence, EU-FP6, IST-507634, 2007

Awards

• “Giving Eyes to ICT” nominated for Stieltjes Price 2001, for best scientific thesis. Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
• CDROM "Giving Eyes to ICT,” Bronze World Medal for Design in the Category New Media, sub-category Information and Education, 2001. New York Arts Festival, New York, USA.

In the news

• Bijzondere Beta’s. Interview met Lector Schouten, B.. NWO. To appear
• Wouter Klein Ikkink. In gesprek met Schouten, B., Lector Serious Gaming, I/O ICT-Onderzoek | september 2008.
• Jonathan Zondag. Science Guide: Betekenisvol onderzoek . 2008
• Walter van Hulst, Capitologue (Design Technology and Business): Het gaat om betekenisvol ontwerpen , April 2008, Eindhoven.

• Radio 1 (Het filiaal). Biometrics on Schiphol, Februari 2008.
• NOS Journaal & Radio 1 (Het filiaal).  Opening Embedded Fitness, 28 Januari 2008, Eindhoven.
• Martijn van Calmthout,  Visual Search, in Art and Culture, De Volkskrant, March 23, 2001.
• Dirk van Delft, Searching for a Cow. Scientific Supplement, NRC Handelsblad, March 24, 2001.