Welcome to my web page!

I am currently with NextEngine, Inc. in Santa Monica, California.

During my Ph.D. studies, I was involved in research in Computer Vision (with a focus on color constancy) and  Neural Networks. After graduation, I worked on the numerous computer vision and image processing projects.

• Check out my CV (PDF version) for more details.

Current and past research interests include:

• Color correction

• Stereo processing for robotics (ISE)
  

• Image Processing for robotics (ISE)
  

• Advanced image compression:

• JPEG2000 codecs (check out their free Adobe Photoshop plugin and their *fast* C++ library!)

• Notes on JPEG 2000 (excellent info on the JPEG 2000 standard)
  

Papers, Technical Reports & Research Projects:

• Most of the papers listed below deal with the application of neural networks in color science (it was the main topic of my Ph.D. thesis). Part of the work done in this area with Dr. Brian Funt (my senior supervisor) and Kobus Barnard was patented (US patent 5,907,629).

• However, not all of my work focused on neural networks and color science. There are some papers that deal with unsupervised language acquisition, the result of research work done with Dr. Bob Hadley.

• Together with Dr. Slawomir Pilarski, I developed a novel fully programmable priority encoder, for which a provisional patent application has been filed.

Due to copyright restrictions, I was not allowed to post the content of some papers.

  My Personal Web Page  contains:

• Image galleries

• How to change spark plugs in a Chrysler Sebring '96 LXi V6 
  (it turned out to be so difficult, I had to write this guide).
  By the way, I sold the car in the meantime, it was just too much pain...

• Friends nad their web pages (outrageously outdated)
  

   For confidential e-mail, please use my public PGP key.

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Page last edited on November 06, 2001