Publications

2023

• article Calendar plants in southern Vanuatu
  

  Balick, M. J., Plunkett, G. M., Harrison, K. D., Kelso, N., Wahe, M., Ramík, D. M., Dovo, P., Nasauman, W., Neriam, R., Keith, T., Ranker, T. A., & Wahe, J.-P. (2023). Calendar plants in southern Vanuatu. Economic Botany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-023-09575-w [link]

• article The palolo worm as a cornerstone of Pacific ecological time-reckoning
  

  Kelso, N., Plunkett, G., Dovo, P., Ramík, D., Paul Vusqal, C., Harrison, D., & Balick, M. (2023). The palolo worm as a cornerstone of pacific ecological time-reckoning. Ethnobiology Letters, 14(1), 24–35. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.14.1.2023.1815 [link]

• article First record of Corythucha gossypii (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Vanuatu (southwest Pacific)
  

  Hemala, V., & Ramík, D. M. (2023). First record of Corythucha gossypii (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Vanuatu (southwest Pacific). Heteroptera Poloniae – Acta Faunistica, 17. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7843734 [link]

2022

• biodiversity database Vanuatu's Plant List: An Interactive Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Vanuatu
  

  Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.R., Sam, C., Balick, M.J., and Ramík, D. M. (2022) Vanuatu's Plant List: An Interactive Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Vanuatu. checklist.pvnh.net [continuously updated]. [link]

• article Weather magic as environmental knowledge in southern Vanuatu
  

  Balick, M. J., Harrison, K. D., Kelso, N., Neriam, R., Noar, J., Plunkett, G. M., Ramík, D. M., & Wahe, J.-P. (2022). Weather magic as environmental knowledge in southern Vanuatu. Journal of Ethnobiology, 42(4). https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-42.4.383 [link]

2016

• book chapter Artificial curiosity emerging human-like behavior: Toward fully autonomous cognitive robots
  

  Madani, K., Sabourin, C., & Ramík, D. M. (2016). Artificial curiosity emerging human-like behavior: Toward fully autonomous cognitive robots. In Studies in Computational Intelligence (pp. 501–516). Springer International Publishing. [link]

2015

• book chapter Autonomous knowledge discovery based on artificial curiosity-driven learning by interaction
  

  Madani, K., Ramík, D. M., & Sabourin, C. (2015). Autonomous knowledge discovery based on artificial curiosity-driven learning by interaction. In Advances in Intelligent Robotics and Collaborative Automation (pp. 73–94). River Publishers. [link]

• article A Soft-Computing basis for robots’ cognitive autonomous learning
  

  Ramík, D. M., Madani, K., & Sabourin, C. (2015). A Soft-Computing basis for robots’ cognitive autonomous learning. Soft Computing, 19(9), 2407–2421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-014-1495-2 [link]

2014

• book chapter At odds with curious cats, curious robots acquire human-like intelligence
  

  Ramík, D. M., Madani, K., & Sabourin, C. (2014). At odds with curious cats, curious robots acquire human-like intelligence. In Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 112–123). Springer International Publishing. [link]

• article A machine learning based intelligent vision system for autonomous object detection and recognition
  

  Ramík, D. M., Sabourin, C., Moreno, R., & Madani, K. (2014). A machine learning based intelligent vision system for autonomous object detection and recognition. Applied Intelligence, 40(2), 358–375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-013-0461-5 [link]

2013

• book chapter A cognitive approach for robots’ autonomous learning
  

  Ramík, D. M., Madani, K., & Sabourin, C. (2013). A cognitive approach for robots’ autonomous learning. In Advances in Computational Intelligence (pp. 309–320). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. [link]

• conference paper Artificial curiosity driven autonomous knowledge discovery based on learning by interaction
  

  Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2013). Artificial curiosity driven autonomous knowledge discovery based on learning by interaction. 2013 IEEE 7th International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems (IDAACS). [link]

• article From visual patterns to semantic description: A cognitive approach using artificial curiosity as the foundation
  

  Ramík, D. M., Madani, K., & Sabourin, C. (2013). From visual patterns to semantic description: A cognitive approach using artificial curiosity as the foundation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 34(14), 1577–1588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2013.05.014 [link]

• conference paper Artificial curiosity emerging human-like behaviour - A fundation for fully autonomous cognitive machines
  

  Ramík, D. M., Madani, K., & Sabourin, C. (2013). Artificial curiosity emerging human-like behaviour - A fundation for fully autonomous cognitive machines. International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications, 407–419. [link]

• conference paper Autonomous knowledge acquisition based on active learning: Application to humanoid robots in indoor environment
  

  Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2013). Autonomous knowledge acquisition based on active learning: Application to humanoid robots in indoor environment. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. [link]

• article Autonomous knowledge acquisition based on artificial curiosity: Application to mobile robots in an indoor environment
  

  Ramík, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2013). Autonomous knowledge acquisition based on artificial curiosity: Application to mobile robots in an indoor environment. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(12), 1680–1695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.005 [link]

2012

• conference paper Spherical coordinates framed RGB color space dichromatic reflection model based image segmentation: Application to wildland fires’ outlines extraction
  

  Amarger, V., Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., Madani, K., Moreno, R., Rossi, L., & Grana, M. (2012). Spherical coordinates framed RGB color space dichromatic reflection model based image segmentation: Application to wildland fires’ outlines extraction. 2012 3rd International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA). [link]

• article Multilevel cognitive machine-learning-based concept for artificial awareness: Application to humanoid robot awareness using visual saliency
  

  Madani, K., Ramik, D. M., & Sabourin, C. (2012). Multilevel cognitive machine-learning-based concept for artificial awareness: Application to humanoid robot awareness using visual saliency. Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing, 2012, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/354785 [link]

• article Image segmentation on spherical coordinate representation of RGB colour space
  

  Moreno, R., Graña, M., Madani, K., & Ramik, D. M. (2012). Image segmentation on spherical coordinate representation of RGB colour space. IET Image Processing, 6(9), 1275–1283. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ipr.2011.0634 [link]

• book Contribution to complex visual information processing and autonomous knowledge extraction: application to autonomous robotics
  

  Ramik, D. M. (2012). Contribution to complex visual information processing and autonomous knowledge extraction : application to autonomous robotics. Université Paris-Est. [link]

• article Intelligent systems for industrial robotics: application in logistic field
  

  Wang, T., Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2012). Intelligent systems for industrial robotics: application in logistic field. The Industrial Robot, 39(3), 251–259. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439911211217071 [link]

2011

• article Image segmentation by spherical coordinates
  

  Moreno, R., Grana, M., Ramik, D. M., & Madani, K. (2011). Image segmentation by spherical coordinates. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing (PRIP’11), 112–115. [link]

• conference paper Hybrid artificial vision system combining salient object extraction and machine-learning skills
  

  Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. K. (2011). Hybrid artificial vision system combining salient object extraction and machine-learning skills. Proc. of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing, PRIP 2011, 366–369. [link]

• book chapter A cognitive approach for robots’ vision using unsupervised learning and visual saliency
  

  Ramík, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2011). A cognitive approach for robots’ vision using unsupervised learning and visual saliency. In Advances in Computational Intelligence (pp. 81–88). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. [link]

• conference paper A real-time robot vision approach combining visual saliency and unsupervised learning
  

  Ramík, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2011). A real-time robot vision approach combining visual saliency and unsupervised learning. Field Robotics. [link]

• conference paper Machine learning for heterogeneous multi-robots systems in logistic application frame
  

  Wang, T., Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2011). Machine learning for heterogeneous multi-robots systems in logistic application frame. Field Robotics. [link]

2010

• conference paper Towards human inspired semantic SLAM
  

  Ramík, D., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2010). Towards human inspired semantic SLAM. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. [link]

• conference paper Designing human inspired SLAM for humanoid robots
  

  Ramik, D., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. K. (2010). Designing human inspired SLAM for humanoid robots. 5èmes Journées Nationales de La Robotique Humanoïde, Futuroscope. [link]

• conference paper On human inspired semantic SLAM’s feasibility
  

  Ramik, D. M., Sabourin, C., & Madani, K. (2010). On human inspired semantic SLAM’s feasibility. 6th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing (ANNIIP 2010), 99–108. [link]

2008

• conference paper Extensible modular neural network based system for human face recognition with filtering of similar faces
  

  Ramík, D. (2008). Extensible modular neural network based system for human face recognition with filtering of similar faces. SOFSEM 2008: Theory and Practice of Computer Science, 91–100.

2007

• conference paper Advantages of Modular Neural Network Architecture in Human Face Recognition
  

  Ramík, D. (2007). Advantages of Modular Neural Network Architecture in Human Face Recognition. SOFSEM 2007: Theory and Practice of Computer Science, 127–135.