Deep learning-based Point Cloud Representation Deep-PCR

Project: Deep learning-based Point Cloud Representation

Acronym: Deep-PCR

Main Objective:
The scope of this project is the design, development, implementation and assessment of a DL-based static PC compressed representation targeting both decoding and enhancement consumptions. This will pioneer DL-based solutions that simultaneously accommodate efficient fidelity-to-original PC coding, with compression efficiency improvements over available solutions, and effective enhanced-from-original PC processing using the same compressed domain stream. The expected outcomes are DL-based PC coding and enhancement solutions with the following features: i) efficient PC geometry and color codecs, with and without scalability capabilities, providing the highest fidelity to the original PC for the available rate; and ii) effective PC geometry and color denoising and super-resolution processors, generating enhanced PCs using the same compressed domain stream as the fidelity codec. These outputs should offer the best user experience for multiple application domains, considering different fidelity-to-original requirements. The project will advance the knowledge in the domain and disseminate its achievements with top international conference and journal publications.

Reference: PTDC/EEI-COM/1125/2021

Funding: FCT

Approval Date: 15-10-2021

Start Date: 01-01-2022

End Date: 31-12-2024

Team: Fernando Manuel Bernardo Pereira, Nuno Miguel Morais Rodrigues, André Filipe Rodrigues Guarda, Abdelrahman Seleem Mohamed Seleem, Mohammadreza Ghafari

Groups: Multimedia Signal Processing – Lx, Multimedia Signal Processing – Lr

Partners: IT

Local Coordinator: Fernando Manuel Bernardo Pereira

United Nations Strategic Development Goal - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Associated Publications

5Papers in Journals
A. Guarda, M. Ruivo, L. Coelho, A. Seleem, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Deep Learning-Based Point Cloud Coding and Super-Resolution: A Joint Geometry and Color Approach, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 27, No., pp. 914 - 926, 2025,
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A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, The JPEG Pleno Learning-Based Point Cloud Coding Standard: Serving Man and Machine, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 43289 - 43315, 2025,
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A. Seleem, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, A Double Deep Learning-Based Solution for Efficient Event Data Coding and Classification, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 48703 - 48719, 2025,
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A. Seleem, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Adaptive bridge model for compressed domain point cloud classification, Eurasip Journal on Image and Video Processing, Vol. 2024, No. 1, pp. -, June, 2024,
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A. Seleem, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Deep Learning-based Compressed Domain Multimedia for Man and Machine: A Taxonomy and Application to Point Cloud Classification, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. -, pp. 128979 - 128997, November, 2023,
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13Papers in Conferences
M. Ghafari, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Learning-Based Point Cloud Decoding with Independent and Scalable Reduced Complexity, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October, 2024,
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D. Mari, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, S. Milani, F. Pereira, Point Cloud Geometry Scalable Coding with a Quality-Conditioned Latents Probability Estimator, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October, 2024,
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M. Ghafari, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Point Cloud Geometry Coding with Relational Neighborhood Self-Attention, IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing MMSP, West Lafayette, IN, United States, October, 2024,
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M. Ghafari, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Geometry Coding with Attention Models, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), Laguna Hills, CA, United States, December, 2023,
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A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Point Cloud Geometry and Color Coding in a Learning-Based Ecosystem for JPEG Coding Standards, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October, 2023,
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M. Ruivo, A. Guarda, F. Pereira, Learning-Based Rate Control for Learning-Based Point Cloud Geometry Coding, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October, 2023,
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A. Seleem, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Deep Learning-Based Compressed Domain Point Cloud Classification, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October, 2023,
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M. Ruivo, A. Guarda, F. Pereira, Learning-based Point Cloud Geometry Coding Rate Control, IEEE Data Compression Conference - DCC, Snowbird, UT, United States, March, 2023,
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L. Coelho, A. Guarda, F. Pereira, Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Joint Geometry and Color Coding: Designing a Perceptually-Driven Differentiable Training Distortion Metric, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data BigMM, Naples, Italy, December, 2022,
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A. Seleem, A. Guarda, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, F. Pereira, Impact of Conventional and Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Geometry Coding on Deep Learning-based Classification Performance, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), Naples, Italy, December, 2022,
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F. Pereira, Deep Learning-based Extended Reality: Making Humans and Machines Speak the Same Visual Language, ACM - Multimedia, Lisbon, Portugal, October, 2022,
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F. Pereira, Deep Learning-based Point Cloud Coding for Immersive Experiences, ACM - Multimedia, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2022,
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M. Ruivo, A. Guarda, F. Pereira, Double-Deep Learning-Based Point Cloud Geometry Coding with Adaptive Super-Resolution, IEEE European Workshop on Visual Information Processing - EUVIP, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2022,
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Project: Deep learning-based Point Cloud Representation