Background
I am a 4th year Ph.D. student in The Robotics Institute, part of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. I am advised by Professor Martial Hebert.
I received my Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, where I was advised by Dr. Robert Pless.
Prior to beginning my graduate studies, I interned and consulted at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ and Bangalore, India. At Bell Labs, I worked on various projects involving novel methods for mobile content delivery and network optimization.
I am a computer vision researcher, currently exploring methods to better model human actions, aimed at improving the accuracy of event detection algorithms.
I also work on techniques to estimate the geometry of indoor scenes from images.
For the Fall 2011 semester, I am interning at Google.
Contact Information
E-mail: scott (at) satkin (dot) com
Office Address:
Carnegie Mellon University
The Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Publications
"From 3D Scene Geometry to Human Workspace",
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2011.
"Memory-Constrained Aggregate Computation over Data Streams",
Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2011.
"Modeling the Temporal Extent of Actions",
Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2010.
"A Saavy Robot Standup Comic: Online Learning through Audience Tracking"
Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED Women), 2010.
Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI), 2011.
"Efficient Tracking of Many Objects in Structured Environments",
Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Visual Surveillance (In conjunction with the International Conference on Computer Vision - ICCV), 2009.
"Efficient Aggregate Computation over Data Streams",
Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2008.
"Geolocating Static Cameras",
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2007.
"Monitoring Infrastructure for Converged Networks and Services",
Bell Labs Technical Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2007.
Education
Ph.D. in Robotics (In Progress)
Carnegie Mellon University
The Robotics Institute (School of Computer Science)
M.S. in Computer Science (May 2008)
Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Computer Science
Advisor: Dr. Robert Pless
B.S. in Computer Science (May 2006)
Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Computer Science
Patents
U.S. Serial No. 11/770,926 pending
Method and Apparatus for Efficient Aggregate Computation over Data Streams
International No. WO/2009/005594 pending
Procèdè et Appareil pour le Calcul Efficace D'Agrègats sur des Flux de Donnèes