\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05825097} \itemau{Rymut, Boguslaw; Kwolek, Bogdan} \itemti{GPU-supported object tracking using adaptive appearance models and particle swarm optimization.} \itemso{Bolc, Leonard (ed.) et al., Computer vision and graphics. International conference, ICCVG 2010, Warsaw, Poland, September 20--22, 2010. Proceedings, Part II. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-15906-0/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6375, 227-234 (2010).} \itemab Summary: This paper demonstrates how CUDA-capable Graphics Processor Unit can be effectively used to accelerate a tracking algorithm based on adaptive appearance models. The object tracking is achieved by particle swarm optimization algorithm. Experimental results show that the GPU implementation of the algorithm exhibits a more than 40-fold speed-up over the CPU implementation. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{} \itemli{doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15907-7\_28} \end