Digital Imaging Research Centre | Mobile Information & Network Technologies Centre | Jean-Christophe Nebel

Jean-Christophe Nebel Senior Lecturer Email address: j.nebel@kingston.ac.uk Kingston University Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics Kingston Upon Thames Surrey KT1 2EE, UK For more information, see my personal homepage.

Research interests

I am interested in Bioinformatics & Genomic Signal Processing. In particular, I study the identification of motifs from protein sequences and 3D atomic structures. I also investigate the Recovery and Analysis of Human Body Motion for applications in visual surveillance and biomedical sector.

Research interest keywords

Bioinformatics ; Protein 3D Structure ; Binding Sites ; Genomic Signal Processing ; Human Body Motion; Computer Vision ; Visual surveillance

Additional Interests and Responsibilities

I am a member of both the Digital Imaging Research Centre and the Mobile Information & Network Technologies Centre in the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics at Kingston University, London.
I am the leader of the Bioinformatics & Genomic Signal Processing Research Group.  

Current research activities

Bioinformatics & Genomic Signal Processing Research Group - Analysis of genomics and proteomics data using statistical, machine learning and signal processing techniques	Human Body Motion Research Group - Extraction, analysis and synthesis of human motion using video footage and motion capture data
Supervision of Undergraduate and Master projects

Past research projects

V-Man - The Virtual Man.	3D Thermography - 3D Thermography in the diagnostic of equine lameness
Facial surgery planning - CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate) and orthognathic surgery planning	Virtual surgery - Techniques to generate, model and deform 3D data
Michelangelo - 3D dynamic full body scanner development	Keyframe Animation of Articulated Figures - Collision Avoidance
PAVR: Platform for Animation and Virtual Reality - Cooperation in a distributed virtual environment	Parallel raytracing - Parallel architectures with distributed memories and CPU power

Free resources

Nestor3D - Free software allowing the multiple alignment of a set of protein structures containing either ligands, prosthetic groups or PROSITE patterns. It generates consensus 3D pattern including atom, chemical group and cavity positions.

PROTOPOLO - PROtein complex TOPOLOgy database.

Publications (Most cited papers)

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• Predicting protein-Protein Interaction Using Mirror Tree, R. Esmaielbeiki and J.-C. Nebel, Third Iranian Conference on Bioinformatics, January 5-6 2010, Tehran, Iran, oral presentation [PDF]

• A Stochastic Context Free Grammar based Framework for Analysis of Protein Sequences, W. Dyrka and J.-C. Nebel, BMC Bioinformatics, 10:323, 2009 [PDF]
• Accuracy in predicting secondary structure of ionic channels, B. Konopka, W. Dyrka, J.-C. Nebel and M. Kotulska, International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence, 5-7 October, 2009 Wroclaw, Poland, in 'New Challenges in Computational Collective Intelligence', Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, 315-326, 2009 [PDF]
• Automatic configuration of spectral dimensionality reduction methods for 3D human pose estimation, M. Lewandowski, D. Makris and J.-C. Nebel, Visual Surveillance (VS2009), 3 October 2009, Kyoto, Japan [PDF]
• Detection and annotation of ligand binding sites based on atomic descriptors, J.-C. Nebel, Protein Sequence, structure and function (Biochemical Society / Wellcome Trust Focused Meeting), January 2009, Hinxton, UK, poster [PDF]
• Exploiting Human Bipedal Motion Constraints for 3D Pose Recovery from a Single Uncalibrated Camera, P. Kuo, A. Thibault, M. Lewandowski, D. Makris and J.-C. Nebel, International conference on Computer Vision theory and Applications (VISAPP2009), February 2009, Lisboa, Portugal [PDF]
• Automation of the CCTV-mediated detection of individuals illegally carrying firearms: combining psychological and technological approaches, I. T. Darker, P. Kuo, M. Y. Yang, A. Blechko, C. Grecos, D. Makris, J.-C. Nebel and A. G. Gale, SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, April 2009, Orlando, USA [PDF]

• Integration of Local Image Cues for Probabilistic 2D Pose Recovery, P. Kuo, D. Makris, N. Megherbi and J.-C. Nebel, 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC2008), Springer-Verlag, December, Las Vegas, USA [PDF]
• Structure prediction of a protein channel based on probabilistic formal grammars and the continuous ion flow model, W. Dyrka, M. Kotulska and J.-C. Nebel, ECCB'08: European Conference on Computational Biology, 22-26 September 2008, poster [PDF]
• PROTOPOLO: PROtein complex TOPOLOgy database, I. Weheliye, J. Deivachandran and J.-C. Nebel, ECCB'08: European Conference on Computational Biology, 22-26 September 2008, poster [PDF]
• Tracking Human Body Parts Using Particle Filters Constrained by Human Biomechanics, J. Martinez-del-Rincon, J.-C. Nebel, D. Makris and C. Orrite-Urunuela, British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC 2008), September 2008, Leeds, UK [PDF]
• Fractal Dimension and Wavelet Decomposition for Robust Microarray Data Clustering, R. Istepanian, A. Sungoor and J.-C. Nebel, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC08), August 2008, Vancouver, Canada [PDF]
• Automated Visual Surveillance: Detection of Criminal Behaviour, J.-C. Nebel, Invited Speaker at National conference on information & communication technology, 29 Feb-01 March 2008, Mumbai, India [PDF]

• Evaluation of the usage of probabilistic context-free grammars for the detection of binding sites within protein sequences, W. Dyrka and J.-C. Nebel, GCB'07: German Conference on Bioinformatics, 26-28 September 2007, Potsdam, Germany, poster [PDF]
• Camera Auto-Calibration from Articulated Motion, P. Kuo, J.-C. Nebel and D. Makris, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal based Surveillance, 5-7 September 2007, London, UK [PDF]
• Automatic generation of 3D motifs for classification of protein binding sites, J.-C. Nebel, P. Herzyk and D. R. Gilbert, BMC Bioinformatics, 8:32, 2007 [PDF] (Cited by 8)
• Linear Predictive Coding and Wavelet Decomposition for Robust Microarray Data Clustering, R. Istepanian, A. Sungoor and J.-C. Nebel, IEEE International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC07), 23-26 August 2007, Lyon, France [PDF]
• Linear predictive coding for enhanced microarray data clustering, R. Istepanian, A. Sungoor and J.-C. Nebel, IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, 10-12 June 2007, Tuusula, Finland [PDF]
• A probabilistic context-free grammar for the detection of binding sites from a protein sequence, W. Dyrka and J.-C. Nebel, BMC Systems Biology 2007, 1(Suppl 1):P78, BioSysBio 2007, 11-13 January 2007, Manchester, UK, poster [PDF]

• Description and comparison of protein quaternary structures, M. Akbary-Gasany and J.-C. Nebel, GCB'06: German Conference on Bioinformatics, 20-22 September 2006, Tuebingen, Germany, poster [PDF]
• Generation of 3D templates of active sites of proteins with rigid prosthetic groups, J.-C. Nebel, Bioinformatics, 22(10):1183-1189, 2006 [PDF] (Cited by 6)

• Channel Coding Theory for Microarray Data Analysis, A. Sungoor, R. S. H. Istepanian and J.-C. Nebel, Young Bioinformaticians Forum 2005, London, October 2005, poster [PDF]
• Generation of 3D templates of active sites of proteins with rigid prosthetic groups, J.-C. Nebel, GCB'05: German Conference on Bioinformatics, 5-7 October 2005, Hamburg, Germany [PDF]
• Nestor3D: multiple alignment of protein structures based on ligand or prosthetic group position, J.-C. Nebel, BMC Bioinformatics 2005, 6(Suppl 3):S10, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference, Oral presentation, 14-15 July 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK [PDF]
• Pre-commercial 3D Digital TV studio, J.-C. Nebel, W. P. Cockshott, V. Yarmolenko, E. Borland and D. MacVicar, IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image & Signal Processing, Volume 152, Issue 6, pp. 665-667, December, 2005 [PDF]
• Modelling of P450 active site based on consensus 3D structures, J.-C. Nebel, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2005, 16-18 February 2005, Innsbruck, Austria [PDF]

• Experimental 3D Digital TV studio, J.-C. Nebel, Poster for competition for Britain's Top Younger Engineer, 14 December 2004, House of Commons, UK, poster [PDF] and certificate [PDF]
• 3D thermography imaging standardization technique for inflammation diagnosis, X. Ju, J.-C. Nebel and J. P. Siebert, Photonics Asia 2004, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5640-46, 8-12 November 2004, Beijing, China [PDF]

• A New Automated Workflow for 3D Character Creation Based on 3D Scanned Data, A. Sibiryakov, X. Ju and J.-C. Nebel, LNCS 2897, Virtual Storytelling, O. Balet, G. Subsol and P. Torguet (Editors), pp 155-162, 2003 [PDF]
• V-Man Generation for 3-D Real Time Animation, J.-C. Nebel, A. Sibiryakov and X. Ju, A Symposium on Intelligent Motion and Interaction Within Virtual Environments, Poster presentation, London, UK, 15-17 September 2003, Sponsored by NASA Ames, UCL and RIACS, abstract [PDF], poster [PDF]
• 3D Thermography for the quantification of heat generation resulting from inflammation, P. Aksenov, I. Clark, D. Grant, A. Inman, L. Vartikovski and J.-C. Nebel, Proc. 8th 3D Modelling symposium, Paris, France, 2003 [PDF] (Cited by 9)
• An Experimental 3D Digital TV studio, W. P. Cockshott, S. Hoff and J.-C. Nebel, IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image & Signal Processing, Vol. 150, Issue 1, pp 28-33, February 2003 (A H Reeve Premium awarded by the IEE Council) [PDF] (Cited by 11)

• Range flow from stereo-temporal matching: application to skinning, J.-C. Nebel and A. Sibiryakov, IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing, Malaga, Spain, 2002 [PDF] (Cited by 10)
• A pilot study: 3D stereo photogrammetric image superimposition onto 3D CT scan images - the future of orthognathic surgery, B. Khambay, J.-C. Nebel, J. Bowman, A. Ayoub, F. Walker and D. Hadley,
  • The International Journal of Adult Orthodontics & Orthognathic Surgery, Winter 2002, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 331-341 [PDF] (Cited by 30)
  • British Orthodontic Conference 2002, Poster presentation, Glasgow, UK, 22-25 September 2002, poster [PDF]
  • Medical Image Understanding and Analysis 2002, Poster presentation, Portsmouth, UK, 22-23 July 2002, paper [PDF]
• An Experimental 3D Digital TV studio, W. P. Cockshott, S. Hoff and J.-C. Nebel, Dpt of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, UK, Internal Report TR-2002-109, 18 pages, April 2002 [PDF]
• Study of the breathing pattern based on 4D data collected by a dynamic 3D body scanner, L. Benton and J.-C. Nebel, Proc. 7th Numérisation 3D/Scanning 2002 Congress, Paris, France, 2002 [PDF]

• Avatars and virtual characters, Invited speakers: B. Bouju, L. Martin, J.-C. Nebel, C. Guiard and T. Cheysson, The third international forum for animation technologies - Cartoon Master, 15-17 November 2001, Angouleme, France, Proceedings (in French) [PDF]
• Soft Tissue Modelling from 3D Scanned Data, J.-C. Nebel, Deformable Avatars, N. Magnenat-Thalmann and D. Thalmann (Editors), Kluwer, pp. 85-97, 2001 [PDF] (Cited by 14)
• Generation of True 3D Films, J.-C. Nebel, LNCS 2197, Virtual Storytelling, O. Balet, G. Subsol and P. Torguet (Editors), Springer-Verlag, pp 10-19, 2001 [PDF]
• Stroboscopic stereo rangefinder, J.-C. Nebel, F. J. Rodriguez-Miguel and W. P. Cockshott, 3DIM2001, May 28 - June 1, 2001, Québec City, Canada [PDF] (Cited by 8)

• Soft Tissue Modelling from 3D Scanned Data, J.-C. Nebel, Deform2000, Geneva, Switzerland, 29-30 November 2000 [PDF]
• Realistic collision avoidance of upper limbs based on neuroscience models, J.-C. Nebel, Computer Graphics Forum, 2000, volume 19(3), pp 219-228, August 2000 [PDF] (Cited by 7)

• Keyframe interpolation with self-collision avoidance, J.-C. Nebel, Eurographics Workshop on Computer Animation and Simulation, Milan, Italy, September 1999 [PDF] (Cited by 13)
• Collaborative animation over the network, F. Faure, C. Faisstnauer, G. Hesina, A. Aubel, M. Escher, F. Labrosse, J.-C. Nebel and J.-D. Gascuel, CA'99 Conference, 26-29 May 1999, Geneva, Switzerland [PDF] (Cited by 11)
• Keyframe Animation of Articulated Figures Using Autocollision-Free Interpolation, J.-C. Nebel, 17th Eurographics UK Conference'99, 13-15 April 1999, Cambridge, UK (Honourable mention at the best paper award) [PDF] (Cited by 7)

• A New Parallel Algorithm Provided by a Computation Time Model, J.-C. Nebel, Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualisation, 24-25 September 1998, Rennes, France [PDF]
• A Concurrent Dataflow Algorithm for RayTracing, J.-C. Nebel, 16th Eurographics UK Conference'98, 25-27 March 1998, Leeds, UK [PDF]

• Developpement de techniques de lancer de rayon dans des geometries 3D adaptees aux machines massivement paralleles, J.-C. Nebel, PhD thesis (in French), December 1997, University of St-Etienne, France [PDF]
• A Mixed Dataflow Algorithm for RayTracing on the CRAY T3E, J.-C. Nebel, Third European CRAY-SGI MPP Workshop, 11-12 September 1997, Paris, France [PDF]