Nicu Sebe

Nicu Sebe

Full Professor

niculae.sebe@unitn.it +39-0461 28 2989

About

The main research interests relate to the investigation and implementation of new techniques in the fields of computer vision and multimedia. Specifically, in computer vision, I address a large spectrum of themes including human-behavior analysis, action recognition, 2D/3D object detection, large-scale event detection and video analysis, etc. In multimedia, my research focuses on three aspects: multimedia information retrieval, social signals processing and affective computing.

The specific research topics include cross media retrieval, multi-modal learning, social media analysis, emotion recognition, multimodal brain-computer interfaces, etc.

Papers (128)

2026

Yue Li, Qi Ma, Runyi Yang, Mengjiao Ma, Bin Ren, Nikola Popovic, Nicu Sebe, Theo Gevers, Luc Van Gool, Danda Pani Paudel, Martin R. Oswald

Jiahua Dong, Xudong Wang, Zebin Han, Wenqi Liang, Duzhen Zhang, Meng Cao, Nicu Sebe, Ivan Laptev, Zhi Han, Fahad Shahbaz Khan, Salman Khan

Chen Feng, Zhuo Zhi, Zhao Huang, Jiawei Ge, Ling Xiao, Nicu Sebe, Georgios Tzimiropoulos, Ioannis Patras

Chonghua Lv, Dong Zhao, Shuang Wang, Dou Quan, Ning Huyan, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Ziheng Chen, Bernhard Schölkopf, Nicu Sebe

Dong Zhao, Qi Zang, Nan Pu, Wenjing Li, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Weijie Wang, Songlong Xing, Zhengyu Zhao, Nicu Sebe, Bruno Lepri

Yan Shu, Bin Ren, Zhitong Xiong, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Begüm Demir, Nicu Sebe, Paolo Rota

Haiyang Zheng, Nan Pu, Yaqi Cai, Teng Long, Wenjing Li, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Songlong Xing, Weijie Wang, Zhengyu Zhao, Jindong Gu, Philip Torr, Nicu Sebe

Bin Ren, Yawei Li, Xu Zheng, Yuqian Fu, Danda Pani Paudel, Hong Liu, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Luc Van Gool, Nicu Sebe

Xianglong Shi, Ziheng Chen, Yunhan Jiang, Nicu Sebe
Inverse Virtual Try-On: Generating Multi-Category Product-Style Images from Clothed Individuals

Davide Lobba, Fulvio Sanguigni, Bin Ren, Marcella Cornia, Rita Cucchiara, Nicu Sebe

Ke Han, Yueming Lyu, Nicu Sebe

Ziheng Chen, Zihan Su, Bernhard Schölkopf, Nicu Sebe

Bin Ren, Runyi Yang, Qi Ma, Xu Zheng, Mengyuan Liu, Danda Pani Paudel, Luc Van Gool, Rita Cucchiara, Nicu Sebe

Chen Hu, Ziheng Chen, Rui Wang, Yefeng Zheng, Nicu Sebe
Safe Vision-Language Models via Unsafe Weights Manipulation

Moreno D'Incà, Elia Peruzzo, Xingqian Xu, Humphrey Shi, Nicu Sebe, Massimiliano Mancini

Bin Ren, Xiaoshui Huang, Mengyuan Liu, Hong Liu, Fabio Poiesi, Nicu Sebe, Guofeng Mei

Haiyang Zheng, Nan Pu, Wenjing Li, Teng Long, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Rui Wang, Yuting Jiang, Xiaoqing Luo, Xiaojun Wu, Nicu Sebe, Ziheng Chen

Weixin Ye, Wei Wang, Yahui Liu, Yue Song, Bin Ren, Wei Bi, Rita Cucchiara, Nicu Sebe

Xinyan Liu, Guorong Li, Yuankai Qi, Zhenjun Han, Anton van den Hengel, Nicu Sebe, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Qingming Huang

Wenhao Li, Mengyuan Liu, Hong Liu, Pichao Wang, Shijian Lu, Nicu Sebe

Jian Liu, Wei Sun, Hui Yang, Zhiwen Zeng, Chongpei Liu, Jin Zheng, Xingyu Liu, Hossein Rahmani, Nicu Sebe, Ajmal Mian

Federico Betti, Lorenzo Baraldi, Lorenzo Baraldi, Rita Cucchiara, Nicu Sebe

2025

Mengjiao Ma, Qi Ma, Yue Li, Jiahuan Cheng, Runyi Yang, Bin Ren, Nikola Popovic, Mingqiang Wei, Nicu Sebe, Ender Konukoglu, Luc Van Gool, Theo Gevers, Martin R. Oswald, Danda Pani Paudel

Rui Wang, Chen Hu, Xiaoning Song, Xiaojun Wu, Nicu Sebe, Ziheng Chen
When Semantics Mislead Vision: Mitigating Large Multimodal Models Hallucinations in Scene Text Spotting and Understanding

Yan Shu, Hangui Lin, Yexin Liu, Yan Zhang, Gangyan Zeng, Yan Li, Yu Zhou, Ser-Nam Lim, Harry Yang, Nicu Sebe
AlignCAT: Visual-Linguistic Alignment of Category and Attributefor Weakly Supervised Visual Grounding

Yidan Wang, Chenyi Zhuang, Wutao Liu, Pan Gao, Nicu Sebe

Chenxi Li, Weijie Wang, Qiang Li, Nicu Sebe, Bruno Lepri, Weizhi Nie

Chen Feng, Nicu Sebe, Georgios Tzimiropoulos, Miguel R. D. Rodrigues, Ioannis Patras

Xiao Liu, Nan Pu, Haiyang Zheng, Wenjing Li, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Jiahua Dong, Hui Yin, Wenqi Liang, Hanbin Zhao, Henghui Ding, Nicu Sebe, Salman Khan, Fahad Shahbaz Khan

Dong Zhao, Qi Zang, Shuang Wang, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Yue Li, Qi Ma, Runyi Yang, Huapeng Li, Mengjiao Ma, Bin Ren, Nikola Popovic, Nicu Sebe, Ender Konukoglu, Theo Gevers, Luc Van Gool, Martin R. Oswald, Danda Pani Paudel

Lorenzo Baraldi, Davide Bucciarelli, Federico Betti, Marcella Cornia, Lorenzo Baraldi, Nicu Sebe, Rita Cucchiara
3D Part Segmentation via Geometric Aggregation of 2D Visual Features

Marco Garosi, Riccardo Tedoldi, Davide Boscaini, Massimiliano Mancini, Nicu Sebe, Fabio Poiesi
Face Anonymization Made Simple

Hanwei Kung, Tuomas Varanka, Sanjay Saha, Terence Sim, Nicu Sebe

Hao Chen, Francois Bremond, Nicu Sebe, Shiliang Zhang

Jian Liu, Wei Sun, Hui Yang, Pengchao Deng, Chongpei Liu, Nicu Sebe, Hossein Rahmani, Ajmal Mian

Hao Tang, Ling Shao, Nicu Sebe, Luc Van Gool

Moreno D’Incà, Elia Peruzzo, Massimiliano Mancini, Xingqian Xu, Humphrey Shi, Nicu Sebe

Ji Zhang, Jingkuan Song, Lianli Gao, Nicu Sebe, Heng Tao Shen

Dong Zhao, Qi Zang, Nan Pu, Shuang Wang, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Hao Tang, Ling Shao, Zhenyu Zhang, Luc Van Gool, Nicu Sebe

Weizhi Nie, Ruidong Chen, Weijie Wang, Bruno Lepri, Nicu Sebe

Florinel-Alin Croitoru, Nicolae-Cătălin Ristea, Radu Tudor Ionescu, Nicu Sebe

Vlad Hondru, Florinel Alin Croitoru, Shervin Minaee, Radu Tudor Ionescu, Nicu Sebe

Samuel Felipe dos Santos, Rodrigo Berriel, Thiago Oliveira-Santos, Nicu Sebe, Jurandy Almeida

Yongguo Ling, Zhiming Luo, Dazhen Lin, Shaozi Li, Min Jiang, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Wenhao Li, Mengyuan Liu, Hong Liu, Tianyu Guo, Ti Wang, Hao Tang, Nicu Sebe
Understanding Matrix Function Normalizations in Covariance Pooling from the Lens of Riemannian Geometry

Ziheng Chen, Yue Song, Xiaojun Wu, Gaowen Liu, Nicu Sebe

2024

Jichao Zhang, Chang Liu, Xia Li, Xingqian Xu, Humphrey Shi, Nicu Sebe, Bruno Lepri
OpenBias: Open-set Bias Detection in Text-to-Image Generative Models
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Moreno D'Incà, Elia Peruzzo, Massimiliano Mancini, Dejia Xu, Vidit Goel, Xingqian Xu, Zhangyang Wang, Humphrey Shi, Nicu Sebe
PAIR-Diffusion: A Comprehensive Multimodal Object-Level Image Editor

Vidit Goel*, Elia Peruzzo*, Yifan Jiang, Dejia Xu, Xingqian Xu, Nicu Sebe, Trevor Darrell, Zhangyang Wang, Humphrey Shi
Riemannian Multinomial Logistics Regression for SPD Neural Networks

Ziheng Chen, Yue Song, Gaowen Liu, Ramana Rao Kompella, Xiaojun Wu, Nicu Sebe
Adaptive Log-Euclidean Metrics for SPD Matrix Learning

Ziheng Chen, Yue Song, Tianyang Xu, Zhiwu Huang, Xiao-Jun Wu, Nicu Sebe
Improving Fairness using Vision-Language Driven Image Augmentation

Moreno D'Incà, Christos Tzelepis, Ioannis Patras, Nicu Sebe

2023

FedVQA: Personalized Federated Visual Question Answering over Heterogeneous Scenes

Mingrui Lao, Nan Pu, Zhun Zhong, Nicu Sebe, Michael S. Lew
Multi-Domain Lifelong Visual Question Answering via Self-Critical Distillation

Mingrui Lao, Nan Pu, Yu Liu, Zhun Zhong, Erwin M. Bakker, Nicu Sebe, Michael S. Lew
Attribute-preserving Face Dataset Anonymization via Latent Code Optimization
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Simone Barattin, Christos Tzelepis, Ioannis Patras, Nicu Sebe
Dynamically Instance-Guided Adaptation: A Backward-Free Approach for Test-Time Domain Adaptive Semantic Segmentation

Wei Wang, Zhun Zhong, Xi Chen, Charles Ling, Boyu Wang, Nicu Sebe
Masked Jigsaw Puzzle: A Versatile Position Embedding for Vision Transformers

Bin Ren*, Yahui Liu*, Yue Song, Wei Bi, Rita Cucchiara, Nicu Sebe, Wei Wang
Latent Traversals in Generative Models as Potential Flows

Yue Song, T. Anderson Keller, Nicu Sebe, Max Welling
Unleashing the Transferability Power of Unsupervised Pre-Training for Emotion Recognition in Masked and Unmasked Facial Images

Moreno D'Incà, Cigdem Beyan, Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Simone Barattin, Nicu Sebe
A Memorizing and Generalizing Framework for Lifelong Person Re-Identification

Nan Pu, Zhun Zhong, Nicu Sebe, Michael S. Lew
Compositional Semantic Mix for Domain Adaptation in Point Cloud Segmentation

Cristiano Saltori, Fabio Galasso, Giuseppe Fiameni, Nicu Sebe, Fabio Poiesi, Elisa Ricci
Towards Robust Person Re-Identification by Defending Against Universal Attackers

Fengxiang Yang, Juanjuan Weng, Zhun Zhong, Hong Liu, Zheng Wang, Zhiming Luo, Donglin Cao, Shaozi Li, Shin'ichi Satoh, Nicu Sebe
Flow Factorized Representation Learning

Yue Song, T. Anderson Keller, Nicu Sebe, Max Welling
Overlap-guided Gaussian Mixture Model for Point Cloud Registration

Guofeng Mei, Fabio Poiesi, Cristiano Saltori, Jian Zhang, Elisa Ricci, Nicu Sebe

2022

Guofeng Mei, Cristiano Saltori, Fabio Poiesi, Jian Zhang, Elisa Ricci, Nicu Sebe, Qiang Wu

Aleksandr Ermolov, Leyla Mirvakhabova, Valentin Khrulkov, Nicu Sebe, Ivan Oseledets

Yuyang Zhao, Zhun Zhong, Nicu Sebe, Gim Hee Lee

Zipeng Xu, Tianwei Lin, Hao Tang, Fu Li, Dongliang He, Nicu Sebe, Radu Timofte, Luc Van Gool, Errui Ding
3D-Aware Semantic-Guided Generative Model for Human Synthesis

Jichao Zhang, Enver Sangineto, Hao Tang, Aliaksandr Siarohin, Zhun Zhong, Nicu Sebe, Wei Wang
CoSMix: Compositional Semantic Mix for Domain Adaptation in 3D LiDAR Segmentation

Cristiano Saltori, Fabio Galasso, Giuseppe Fiameni, Nicu Sebe, Elisa Ricci, Fabio Poiesi
GIPSO: Geometrically Informed Propagation for Online Adaptation in 3D LiDAR Segmentation

Cristiano Saltori, Evgeny Krivosheev, Stéphane Lathuilière, Nicu Sebe, Fabio Galasso, Giuseppe Fiameni, Elisa Ricci, Fabio Poiesi
Style-Hallucinated Dual Consistency Learning for Domain Generalized Semantic Segmentation.

Yuyang Zhao, Zhun Zhong, Na Zhao, Nicu Sebe, Gim Hee Lee

Victor G. Turrisi da Costa, Giacomo Zara, Paolo Rota, Thiago Oliveira-Santos, Nicu Sebe, Vittorio Murino, Elisa Ricci

Jinliang Lin, Zhedong Zheng, Zhun Zhong, Zhiming Luo, Shaozi Li, Yi Yang, Nicu Sebe

Yahui Liu, Yajing Chen, Linchao Bao, Nicu Sebe, Bruno Lepri, Marco De Nadai

Petru Soviany, Radu Tudor Ionescu, Paolo Rota, Nicu Sebe

Zhun Zhong, Yuyang Zhao, Gim Hee Lee, Nicu Sebe

Yuyang Zhao, Zhun Zhong, Zhiming Luo, Gim Hee Lee, Nicu Sebe

Victor G. Turrisi da Costa, Giacomo Zara, Paolo Rota, Thiago Oliveira-Santos, Nicu Sebe, Vittorio Murino, Elisa Ricci

2021

Learning to Attack Real-World Models for Person Re-identification via Virtual-Guided Meta-Learning

Fengxiang Yang, Zhun Zhong, Hong Liu, Zheng Wang, Zhiming Luo, Shaozi Li, Nicu Sebe, Shin'ichi Satoh
Coarse-to-Fine Gaze Redirection with Numerical and Pictorial Guidance

Jingjing Chen, Jichao Zhang, Enver Sangineto, Jiayuan Fan, Tao Chen, Nicu Sebe

2020

SF-UDA<sup>3D</sup>: Source-Free Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for LiDAR-Based 3D Object Detection

Cristiano Saltori, Stéphane Lathuiliére, Nicu Sebe, Elisa Ricci, Fabio Galasso
Class-Aware Modality Mix and Center-Guided Metric Learning for Visible-Thermal Person Re-Identification

Yongguo Ling, Zhun Zhong, Zhiming Luo, Paolo Rota, Shaozi Li, Nicu Sebe
Learning How to Smile: Expression Video Generation with Conditional Adversarial Recurrent Nets

Wei Wang, Xavier Alameda-Pineda, Dan Xu, Elisa Ricci, Nicu Sebe
Latent World Models For Intrinsically Motivated Exploration

Aleksandr Ermolov, Nicu Sebe
Whitening for Self-Supervised Representation Learning

Aleksandr Ermolov, Aliaksandr Siarohin, Enver Sangineto, Nicu Sebe

2019

2018

Every Smile is Unique: Landmark-Guided Diverse Smile Generation

Wei Wang, Xavier Alameda-Pineda, Dan Xu, Pascal Fua, Elisa Ricci, Nicu Sebe
Flexible Manifold Learning With Optimal Graph for Image and Video Representation

Wei Wang, Yan Yan, Feiping Nie, Shuicheng Yan, Nicu Sebe
Recurrent Convolutional Shape Regression

Wei Wang, Sergey Tulyakov, Nicu Sebe
Recurrent Face Aging with Hierarchical Autoregressive Memory

Wei Wang, Yan Yan, Zhen Cui, Jiashi Feng, Shuicheng Yan, Nicu Sebe