Syed Waqas Zamir

waqas's picture

Post-Doctoral Fellow
waqas [dot] zamir [at] upf [dot] edu
55.205

Syed Waqas Zamir received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, in 2010, the M.Sc. degree in Digital Signal Processing from Queen Mary, University of London, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in Image Processing from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, in 2017. In general, his research interests are in the field of image and video processing, color science and computer vision. In particular, he is working in the development of perceptually-inspired gamut mapping algorithms for camera, post-production and display technologies.
 
Ph.D. Thesis:
S.W. Zamir, "Perceptually-Inspired Gamut Mapping for Display and Projection Technologies", Department of Information and Communication Technolgoies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017.
Supervisor: Dr. Marcelo Bertalmio, and Dr. Javier Vazquez Corral

M.Sc. Thesis:
S.W. Zamir, "Robust Visual Tracking", Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011.
Supervisor: Dr. Ioannis Patras

B.Sc. Thesis:
S.W. Zamir, "Vehicle Make and Model Recognition", Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, 2010.
Supervisor: Dr. Saquib Sarfraz

Publications

Zamir, S.W., J. Vazquez-Corral, and M. Bertalmío, "Gamut Extension for Cinema", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2017.
Zamir, S.W., J. Vazquez-Corral, and M. Bertalmío, "Perceptually-based Gamut Extension Algorithm for Emerging Wide Color Gamut Display and Projection Technologies", Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, 2016. SMPTE_Final_Paper.pdf (1 MB)
Vazquez-Corral, J., S.W. Zamir, A. Galdran, D. Pardo, and M. Bertalmío, "Image processing applications through a variational perceptually-based color correction related to Retinex", IS&T Electronic Imaging Conference, 2016. VazquezCorralEI2016.pdf (1.26 MB)
Zamir, S.W., J. Vazquez-Corral, and M. Bertalmío, "Gamut Extension for Cinema: Psychophysical Evaluation of the State of the Art, and a New Algorithm", IS&T Electronic Imaging Conference, 2015. GamutExtension_EI2015.pdf (3.9 MB)
Vazquez-Corral, J., S.W. Zamir, and M. Bertalmío, "Considering saliency in a perception inspired gamut reduction algorithm", Color and Imaging Conference, 2014. CIC2014.pdf (3.44 MB)
Zamir, S.W., J. Vazquez-Corral, and M. Bertalmío, "Gamut Mapping in Cinematography through Perceptually-based Contrast Modification", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Perception Inspired Video Processing, 2014. GM-Jstsp.pdf (30.26 MB)
Zamir, S.W., J. Vazquez-Corral, and M. Bertalmío, "Gamut Mapping through Perceptually-based Contrast Reduction", 6th Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, 2013. GM-PSIVT2013.pdf (1.41 MB)