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Markus Mainberger

Former Research Assistant


Position:    Former Research Assistant
E-mail: mainberger -at- mia.uni-saarland.de
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  • Image Compression
  • Epipolar Geometry Estimation

    Conference Papers


  1. S. Hoffmann, M. Mainberger, J. Weickert, M. Puhl
    Compression of depth maps with segment-based homogeneous diffusion.
    In Scale-Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, Proc. Fourth International Conference
    SSVM 2013, Schloss Seggau, Graz region, Austria, June 2013 - A. Kuijper, T. Pock, K. Bredies, H. Bischof (Eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7893, 319-330, Springer, Berlin, 2013.

  2. M. Mainberger, C. Schmaltz, M. Berg, J. Weickert, M. Backes
    Diffusion-Based Image Compression in Steganography.
    In Advances in Visual Computing (Part II), Proc. 8th International Symposium
    ISVC 2012, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, July 2012 - G. Bebis, R. Boyle, B. Parvin, D. Koracin, C. Fowlkes, S. Wang, M.-H. Choi, S. Mantler, J. Schulze, D. Acevedo, K. Mueller, M. Papka (Eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7432, 219-228, Springer, Berlin, 2012.

  3. M. Mainberger, S. Hoffmann, J. Weickert, C. H. Tang, D. Johannsen, F. Neumann, B. Doerr
    Optimising spatial and tonal data for homogeneous diffusion inpainting.
    In Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, Proc. Third International Conference
    SSVM 2011, Ein Gedi, Israel, May/June 2011 - A. M. Bruckstein, B. ter Haar Romeny, A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein (Eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6667, 26-37, Springer, Berlin, 2012.

  4. M. Mainberger and J. Weickert
    Edge-Based Image Compression with Homogeneous Diffusion.
    In Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, Proc. 13th International Conference
    CAIP 2009, Münster, Germany, September 2009 - X. Jiang, N. Petkov (Eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5702, 476-483, Springer, Berlin, 2009.

  5. M. Mainberger, A. Bruhn, and J. Weickert
    Is Dense Optical Flow Useful to Compute the Fundamental Matrix? - Updated Version with Errata.
    In Image Analysis and Recognition, Proc. 4th International Conference
    ICIAR 2008, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, June 2008 - A. Campilho, M. Kamel (Eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5112, 630-639, Springer, Berlin, 2008.

  6. Journal Papers


  7. L. Valgaerts, A. Bruhn, M. Mainberger, J. Weickert:
    Dense versus sparse approaches for estimating the fundamental matrix.
    International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 96, No. 2, 212-234, Jan. 2012.
    Revised version of Technical Report No. 263, Department of Mathematics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, October 2010.

  8. M. Mainberger, A. Bruhn, J. Weickert, S. Forchhammer:
    Edge-based compression of cartoon-like images with homogeneous diffusion.
    Pattern Recognition, Vol. 44, No. 9, 1859-1873, September 2011.
    Also available as Technical Report No. 269, Department of Mathematics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, August 2010.

  9. Technical Reports


  10. C. Schmaltz, P. Peter, M. Mainberger, F. Ebel, J. Weickert, A. Bruhn:
    Understanding, Optimising, and Extending Data Compression with Anisotropic Diffusion.
    Technical Report No. 329, Department of Mathematics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, March 2013.

  11. Theses


  12. M. Mainberger
    Contour Coding for PDE-based Image Reconstruction
    Master's Thesis in Visual Computing, Dept. of Computer Science,
    Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, October 2008.

  13. M. Mainberger
    Computing the fundamental matrix in computer vision from dense optic flow fields
    Bachelor's Thesis in Computer Science, Dept. of Computer Science,
    Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, April 2007.



  1. Julian Steil
    B.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science (in progress)
  2. Michael Puhl - Edge Based Image Compression with Mixed Boundary Conditions.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science (2012)
  3. Nicolas Mach - Progressive Modi für Bildkomprimierungsverfahren, die partielle Differentialgleichungen nutzen.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Mathematics (2012)
  4. Franziska Huth - Shape Coding with Quadrupoles.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science (2011)
  5. Kevin Baum - Stützstellenauswahl für diffusionsbasierte Bildkompression unter Berücksichtigung einer Quadrixel-Substruktur-Restriktion.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science (2011)
  6. Leonhard Keller - PDE-Based Image Reconstruction on the iPhone 4.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Mathematics(2011)
  7. Rajiv Lund - 3-D Data Compression with Homogeneous Diffusion.
    M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science(2011)
  8. Sebastian Hoffmann - Grey-Value Optimisation in PDE-Based Image Compression.
    B.Sc. Thesis in Computer Science(2010)


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