ROBERTO MANDUCHI
	I am an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. My research focuses on assistive technology for the visually impaired. Specifically, I am exploring the use of mobile computer vision and wearable sensors to provide a blind person with increased spatial awareness. I hold a "Dottorato di ricerca" in Electrical Engineering from the Universita' di Padova, Italy. Prior to joining UCSC in 2001, I worked at Apple, Inc. and at NASA JPL. I currently collaborate with SKERI (San Francisco), FBK (Trento, Italy), and CICATA-IPN (Queretaro, Mexico). Please visit the sites of the UCSC Vision Lab and of the UCSC Assistive Technology Lab for information about my research group and our projects.

PUBLICATIONS (by subject)

asst. tech.___ color/texture___ vision for robotics___ signal/video proc.___ stereo/3D___ other___ all

J. Coughlan. R. Manduchi, "A Mobile Phone Wayfinding System for Visually Impaired Users", Proc. European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE'09), Florence, Italy, 2009. [pdf,BibTex]

J. Coughlan, R. Manduchi, "Functional Assessment of a Camera Phone-based Wayfinding System Operated by Blind and Visually Impaired Users", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence Based Assistive Technologies: Methods and Systems for People with Disabilities, 18(3):379-97, 2009. [pdf,BibTex]

R. Manduchi, J. Coughlan, "Portable and Mobile Systems in Assistive Technology - Introduction to the Special Thematic Session", 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Linz, Austria, July 2008. [pdf,BibTex]

R. Manduchi, J. Coughlan, V. Ivanchenko, "Search Strategies of Visually Impaired Persons using a Camera Phone Wayfinding System", 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Linz, Austria, July 2008. [pdf,BibTex]

S. Bohonos, A. Lee, A. Malik, C. Thai, R. Manduchi, "Cellphone Accessible Information Via Bluetooth Beaconing for the Visually Impaired", 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Linz, Austria, July 2008. [pdf,BibTex]

K.-Y. Chan, R. Manduchi, J. Coughlan, "Accessible Spaces: Navigating through a Marked Environment with a Camera Phone", demonstration at the Ninth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'07), October 2007, Tempe, AZ. [pdf,BibTex]

J. Coughlan, R. Manduchi, "Color Targets: Fiducials to Help Visually Impaired People Find Their Way by Camera Phone", Eurasip Journal on Image and Video Processing, Special Issue on Image and Video Processing for Disability, 2007. [pdf,BibTex]

S. Bohonos, A. Lee, A. Malik, C. Thai, R. Manduchi, "Universal Real-Time Navigational Assistance (URNA): An Urban Bluetooth Beacon for the Blind", 1st International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (HealthNet 2007), June 2007. [pdf,BibTex] Here is the demo.

J. Coughlan and R. Manduchi, "Functional Assessment of a Camera Phone-Based Wayfinding System Operated by Blind Users", IEEE-BAIS Symposium on Research on Assistive Technology, Dayton, OH, April 2007. [pdf,BibTex]

K.-Y. Chan, K. Kitagawa, R. Manduchi, “Experiments in Planar Haptic Contour Exploration”, sketch presented at World Haptics 2007. [pdf,BibTex]

J. Coughlan, R. Manduchi, H. Shen, "Computer Vision-Based Terrain Sensors for Blind Wheelchair Users", 10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Linz, Austria, July 2006. [pdf,BibTex]

J. Coughlan, R. Manduchi, H. Shen, "Cell Phone-based Wayfinding for the Visually Impaired", 1st International Workshop on Mobile Vision, Graz, Austria, May 2006. [pdf,BibTex]

D. Yuan and R. Manduchi, "Dynamic Environment Exploration Using a Virtual White Cane", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '05), San Diego, CA, June 2005. [pdf,BibTex]

J. Coughlan, R. Manduchi, M. Mutsuzaki, H. Shen, "Rapid and Robust Algorithms for Detecting Colour Targets", 10th Congress of the Colour Association, AIC, Granada, Spain, May 2005. [pdf,BibTex]

D. Yuan and R. Manduchi, "A Tool for Range Sensing and Environment Discovery for the Blind", IEEE Workshop on Real Time 3D Sensor and Their Use, Washington DC, June 2004. [pdf,BibTex] (Also presented as a demo at CVPR 04.)