48. Mahmoud Afifi*, Luxi Zhao*, Abhijith Punnappurath, Mohamed A. Abdelsalam, Ran Zhang, and Michael S. Brown. Time-Aware Auto White Balance in Mobile Photography. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code | Data *Equal contribution
47. Sai Tedla*, Junyong Lee*, Beixuan Yang, Mahmoud Afifi, and Michael S. Brown. Multispectral Demosaicing via Dual Cameras. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Data *Equal contribution *Highlight*
46. Dongyoung Kim, Mahmoud Afifi, Dongyun Kim, Michael S. Brown, and Seon Joo Kim. CCMNet: Leveraging Calibrated Color Correction Matrices for Cross-Camera Color Constancy. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Project Page | Code
45. Artem Nikonorov*, Georgy Perevozchikov*, Andrei Korepanov, Nancy Mehta, Mahmoud Afifi, Egor Ershov, and Radu Timofte. Color Matching Using Hypernetwork-Based Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Data *Equal contribution
44. Luxi Zhao, Mahmoud Afifi, and Michael S. Brown. Learning Camera-Agnostic White Balance Preferences. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), 2025 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code
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43. Mahmoud Afifi, Zhenhua Hu, and Liang Liang. Optimizing Illuminant Estimation in Dual-Exposure HDR Imaging. In European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Google @ ECCV'24
42. Georgy Perevozchikov, Nancy Mehta, Mahmoud Afifi, and Radu Timofte. Rawformer: Unpaired Raw-to-Raw Translation for Learnable Camera ISPs. In European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code
41. Abdelrahman Abdelhamed*, Mahmoud Afifi*, and Alec Go. What Do You See? Enhancing Zero-Shot Image Classification with Multimodal Large Language Models. arXiv preprint, 2024 | arXiv | Code *Equal contribution
40. Mostafa Hussien, Mahmoud Afifi, Kim Khoa Nguyen, and Mohamed Cheriet. Small Contributions, Small Networks: Efficient Neural Network Pruning Based on Relative Importance. arXiv preprint, 2024 | arXiv
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39. Mahmoud Afifi, Marcus A. Brubaker, and Michael S. Brown. Auto White Balance for Mixed-Illuminant Scenes. In IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2022 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Data | Poster | PPT | Talk
38. Abdullah Abuolaim, Mahmoud Afifi, and Michael S. Brown. Improving Single-Image Defocus Deblurring: How Dual-Pixel Images Help Through Multi-Task Learning. In IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2022 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Dataset
37. Abdullah Abuolaim, Mahmoud Afifi, and Michael S. Brown. Multi-view Motion Synthesis via Applying Rotated Dual-pixel Blur Kernels. In the Workshop on Applications of Computational Imaging (WACI), 2022 | PDF | arXiv
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36. Mahmoud Afifi, Jonathan T. Barron, Chloe LeGendre, Yun-Ta Tsai, and Francois Bleibel. Cross-Camera Convolutional Color Constancy. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2021 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code | Poster | PPT | Talk | Google @ ICCV'21 *Oral Presentation*
35. Mahmoud Afifi, Marcus Brubaker, and Michael S. Brown. HistoGAN: Controlling Colors of GAN-Generated and Real Images via Color Histograms. In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2021 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Dataset | Colab (histogram loss) | Poster | PPT | Talk
34. Mahmoud Afifi, Konstantinos G. Derpanis, Björn Ommer, and Michael S. Brown. Learning Multi-Scale Photo Exposure Correction. In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2021 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Dataset | Poster | PPT | Talk | Samsung Research Post
33. Mahmoud Afifi, Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Abdullah Abuolaim, Abhijith Punnappurath, and Michael S. Brown. CIE XYZ Net: Unprocessing Images for Low-Level Computer Vision Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2021 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code & Dataset
32. Mahmoud Afifi and Abdullah Abuolaim. Semi-supervised Raw-to-Raw Mapping. In British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2021 | arXiv | Dataset | PPT
31. Mahmoud Afifi, Abdullah Abuolaim*, Mostafa Hussien*, Marcus A. Brubaker, and Michael S. Brown. CAMS: Color-Aware Multi-Style Transfer. arXiv preprint, 2021 | arXiv | Code *Equal contribution
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30. Mahmoud Afifi and Michael S. Brown. Deep White-Balance Editing. In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2020 | PDF | Supplementary Materials | arXiv | Code | PPT | Talk | CVPR Daily Magazine | Samsung Research Post | Samsung Newsroom *Oral Presentation*
29. Abhijith Punnappurath, Abdullah Abuolaim*, Mahmoud Afifi*, and Michael S. Brown. Modeling Defocus-Disparity in Dual-Pixel Sensors. In IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), 2020 | PDF | Code & Dataset | Talk *Equal contribution
28. Majed El Helou, Ruofan Zhou, Sabine Süsstrunk, Radu Timofte, Mahmoud Afifi, Michael S. Brown, et al. AIM 2020: Scene Relighting and Illumination Estimation Challenge. In European Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ECCVW), 2020 | arXiv | Code *Runner-up Award*
27. Mahmoud Afifi and Michael S. Brown. Interactive White Balancing for Camera-Rendered Images. In Color and Imaging Conference (CIC), 2020 | arXiv | Code | Presentation
26. Hoang Le, Mahmoud Afifi, and Michael S. Brown. Improving Color Space Conversion for Camera-Captured Images via Wide-Gamut Metadata. In Color and Imaging Conference (CIC), 2020 | PDF | Code & Dataset
25. Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Mahmoud Afifi, Radu Timofte, Michael S. Brown, et al. NTIRE 2020 Challenge on Real Image Denoising: Dataset, Methods and Results. In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2020 | arXiv
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24. Mahmoud Afifi and Michael S. Brown. What Else Can Fool Deep Learning? Addressing Color Constancy Errors on Deep Neural Network Performance. In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2019 | PDF | Project Page | Supplementary Materials | Code
23. Mahmoud Afifi, Brian Price, Scott Cohen, and Michael S. Brown. When Color Constancy Goes Wrong: Correcting Improperly White-Balanced Images. In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2019 | PDF | Project Page | Supplementary Materials | Demo | Code | Dataset | Video | Adobe Research Post
22. Mahmoud Afifi and Michael S. Brown. Sensor-Independent Illumination Estimation for DNN Models. In British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2019 | arXiv | Project Page | Supplementary Materials | Code | PPT | Talk | External Link *Oral Presentation*
21. Mahmoud Afifi, Abhijith Punnappurath, Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Hakki Can Karaimer, Abdullah Abuolaim, and Michael S. Brown. Color Temperature Tuning: Allowing Accurate Post-Capture White-Balance Editing. In Color and Imaging Conference (CIC), 2019 | PDF | Project Page | Code | PPT *Best Paper Award*
20. Mahmoud Afifi, Brian Price, Scott Cohen, and Michael S. Brown. Image Recoloring Based on Object Color Distributions. In Eurographics (short papers), 2019 | PDF | Project Page | Supplementary Materials | PPT | Code | Fast-Forward Video | Adobe Research Post
19. Mahmoud Afifi, Abhijith Punnappurath, Graham Finlayson, and Michael Brown. As-Projective-As-Possible Bias Correction for Illumination Estimation Algorithms. Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A), 2019 | PDF | Project Page
18. Abdullah Sawas, Abdullah Abuolaim, Mahmoud Afifi, and Manos Papagelis. A Versatile Computational Framework for Group Pattern Mining of Pedestrian Trajectories. GeoInformatica, 2019
17. Mahmoud Afifi and Abdelrahman Abdelhamed. AFIF4: Deep Gender Classification Based on AdaBoost-Based Fusion of Isolated Facial Features and Foggy Faces. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI), 2019 | arXiv | Project Page
16. Mahmoud Afifi. 11K Hands: Gender Recognition and Biometric Identification Using a Large Dataset of Hand Images. Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTA), 2019 | PDF | Project Page
15. Mahmoud Afifi. Dynamic Length Color Palettes. IET Electronics Letters (IET-EL), 2019 | Code
14. Mahmoud Afifi and Khaled F. Hussain. The Achievement of Higher Flexibility in Multiple Choice-based Tests Using Image Classification Techniques. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), 2019 | arXiv | Project Page
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13. Khaled F. Hussain, Mahmoud Afifi, and Ghada Moussa. A Comprehensive Study of the Effect of Spatial Resolution and Color of Digital Images on Vehicle Classification. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), 2018 | PDF
12. Abdullah Sawas*, Abdullah Abuolaim*, Mahmoud Afifi, and Manos Papagelis. Tensor Methods for Group Pattern Discovery of Pedestrian Trajectories. In IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), 2018 | Project Page *Best Paper Award* *Equal contribution
11. Abdullah Sawas, Abdullah Abuolaim, Mahmoud Afifi, and Manos Papagelis. Trajectolizer: Interactive Analysis and Exploration of Trajectory Group Dynamics. In IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), 2018 | Project Page
10. Mahmoud Afifi. Semantic White Balance: Semantic Color Constancy Using Convolutional Neural Network. In Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning Summer School (DLR-Posters Session), CIFAR - Vector Institute, Toronto, Canada, 2018 | arXiv | PPT | Poster | Code
9. Mahmoud Afifi, Marwa Nasser, Mostafa Korashy, Katherine Rohde, and Aly Abdelrahim. Can We Boost the Power of the Viola−Jones Face Detector Using Pre-processing? An Empirical Study. Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI), 2018 | PDF
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8. Islam ATF Taj-Eddin, Mahmoud Afifi, Mostafa Korashy, Ali H. Ahmed, Ng Yoke Cheng, Evelyng Hernandez, and Salma M. Abdel-latif. Can We See Photosynthesis? Magnifying the Tiny Color Changes of Plant Green Leaves Using Eulerian Video Magnification. Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI), 2017 | PDF | Press | Video | Project Page
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7. Islam ATF Taj-Eddin, Mahmoud Afifi, Mostafa Korashy, Doha Hamdy, Marwa Nasser, and Shimaa Derbaz. A New Compression Technique for Surveillance Videos: Evaluation Using New Dataset. In IEEE International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP), 2016 | PDF | Project Page | Dataset
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6. Mahmoud Afifi and Khaled F. Hussain. MPB: A Modified Poisson Blending Technique. Computational Visual Media (CVM), 2015 | PDF | Code | Project Page
5. Mahmoud Afifi. Video Flash Matting: Video Foreground Object Extraction Using an Intermittent Flash. In the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent System and Informatics (AISI), 2015 | Video
4. Ali H. Ahmed, Mahmoud Afifi, Mostafa Korashy, Ebram K. William, Mahmoud Abd El-sattar, and Zeinab Hafez. OCR System for Poor Quality Images Using Chain-Code Representation. In the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent System and Informatics (AISI), 2015
3. Mahmoud Afifi, Khaled F. Hussain, Hosny M. Ibrahim, and Nagwa M. Omar. A Low-cost System for Generating Near-realistic Virtual Actors. 3D Research, 2015 | Video
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2. Mahmoud Afifi, Khaled F. Hussain, Hosny M. Ibrahim, and Nagwa M. Omar. Fast Video Completion Using Patch-based Synthesis and Image Registration. In IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), 2014 | PDF | Project Page | Code | Video
1. Mahmoud Afifi, Khaled F. Hussain, Hosny M. Ibrahim, and Nagwa M. Omar. Video Face Replacement System Using a Modified Poisson Blending Technique. In IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), 2014 | PDF | Project Page | Code | Video
