MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION IN IMAGING SCIENCE AND
 INFORMATION PROCESSING
(July - December 2003 and August 2004)

Organizing Committee · Overview · Activities · Membership Application

Confirmed Visitors (2003)

(Partial list; as at 12 May 2004)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF
VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Sherman D. Riemenschneider
Dept. of Mathematics,
West Virginia University, USA
sherm@math.wvu.edu

30 Jun - 2 Jul
 and
12 - 15 Jul
 2003

Huang's Empirical Mode Decomposition and Splines

Gilbert Strang
Dept. of Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
gs@math.mit.edu

16 - 20 Jul
 2003

Generating a Good Triangular Mesh

Eric Scott Weber
Dept. of Mathematics,
University of Wyoming, USA
esw@uwyo.edu

18 - 25 Jul
 2003 

Orthogonal Frames of Translates

Tim N. T. Goodman
Dept. of Mathematics, The University of Dundee
tgoodman@maths.dundee.ac.uk

4 Sep 2003

Uncertainty principles and wavelets

 

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Workshop on Information Processing for Medical Images (8 - 9 Sep 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Kap Luk Chan
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
eklchan@ntu.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

Image processing and soft computing eechniques for medical applications

Poh Sun Goh
Dept. of Radiology, National University Hospital
dnrgohps@nus.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003 

Current clinical applications and limitations of CT/MR imaging

Zhiping Lin
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
EZPLin@ntu.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

Cramer-Rao Lower Bound for parameter estimation of multidimensional NMR data

Borys Shuter
Dept. of Radiology, National University Hospital
dnrsb@nus.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

TUTORIAL: CT and MR imaging

Sanjaya P.M.D. Perera
School of Computing, National University of Singapore
pererapa@comp.nus.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

Automated retinal image analysis

Sadasivan Puthusserypady
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
elespk@nus.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

Advanced signal processing algorithms for fMRI

Ek Tsoon Tan
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
g0203856@nus.edu.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

Non-rigid registration in MRI mammography

Chye Hwang Yan
DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
ychyehwa@dso.org.sg

8 - 9 Sep 2003

TUTORIAL: CT and MR imaging

 

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Workshop on Time-frequency Analysis and Applications (22 - 26 Sep 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Lasse Borup
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences,
Aalborg University, Denmark
lasse@math.auc.dk

21 - 28 Sep 2003

Wavelet-type expansions

Ole Christensen
Dept. of Mathematics,
Technical University of Denmark
Ole.Christensen@mat.dtu.dk

21 - 27 Sep 2003

Frames and flexibility

Hans G. Feichtinger
Dept. of Mathematics,
University of Vienna, Austria
hans.feichtinger@univie.ac.at

20 - 28 Sep 2003

TUTORIAL: A panoramic view on Gabor analysis

A theory of Gabor multipliers

Say Song Goh
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matgohss@nus.edu.sg

22 - 26 Sep 2003

General uncertainty principles for Hilbert spaces

Michael P. Lamoureux
Dept. Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary
mikel@math.ucalgary.ca

22 - 27 Sep 2003

The representation of linear operators by Gabor multipliers

Wayne M. Lawton
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matwml@nus.edu.sg

22 - 26 Sep 2003

Loop groups, conjugate quadrature filters and wavelet approximation

Zhenyong Lin
Temasek Laboratories
tsllz@nus.edu.sg

22 - 26 Sep 2003

Adaptive short time Fourier transform for Whale call classification

Franz Luef
NuHAG, Dept. of Mathematics, University of of ViennaStrudlhofg
fluef@hotmail.com
a9503822@unet.univie.ac.at

21 - 28 Sep 2003

Gabor analysis, Rieffel induction and Feichtinger's algebra as a link

A.J.E.M. Janssen
Philips Research Laboratories,
The Netherlands
A.J.E.M.Janssen@philips.com

20 - 26 Sep 2003

On fast algorithms to compute canonical windows for gabor frames

Gary Margrave
Dept. of Geology and Geophysics,
The University of Calgary
margrave@ucalgary.ca

22 -25 Sep
2003

Gabor Deconvolution: the recovery of seismic reflectivity in an attenuating medium

Zuowei Shen
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matzuows@nus.edu.sg

22 - 26 Sep 2003

Dual Gramian analysis

Shayne Waldron
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Auckland
waldron@math.auckland.ac.nz

20 -27 Sep
2003

Tight frames and their symmetries

 

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Joint Workshop on Information Processing (20 - 23 Oct 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Jufu Feng
Center for Information Science,
National Laboratory on Machine Perception,
Peking University, China
fjf@cis.pku.edu.cn

19 - 23 Oct 2003

Fingerprint recognition technology

Say Song Goh
Dept. of Mathematics,
National University of Singapore
matgohss@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Research of the centre for wavelets, approximation and information processing

Li Hui
Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore
tsllh@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

FOI/ROI video compression

Tong Lin
Center for Information Science,
National Laboratory on Machine Perception,
Peking University, China
lintong@cis.pku.edu.cn

19 - 25 Oct 2003

M-band wavelet construction and compound image compression

Zhenyong Lin
Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore
tsllz@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Adaptive short time Fourier transform for Whale call classification

Hong Liu
Center for Information Science,
National Laboratory on Machine Perception,
Peking University, China
liuhong@cis.pku.edu.cn

20 - 24 Oct 2003

Omni-directional vision based motion detection for multiple human bodies

Fuchun Shang
Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore
tslsfc@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Scalable multimedia communication over heterogeneous network

Zuowei Shen
Dept. Mathematics,
National University of Singapore
matzuows@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Wavelet algorithms for high resolution image reconstruction

Jo-Yew Tham
Centre for Industrial Mathematics, National University of Singapore
mattjy@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Multiwavelets, diamond search, and multi-scalable video codec platform

Yihong Wu
National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
yhwu@nlpr.ia.ac.cn

19 - 25 Oct 2003

Camera calibration and pose determination from N points

Tao Xia
CWAIP, National University of Singapore
iesxiat@nus.edu.sg

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Image restoration for historical documents using directional wavelet transform

Chao Xu
Center for Information Science,
National Laboratory on Machine Perception,
Peking University, China
xuchao@cis.pku.edu.cn

19 - 25 Oct 2003

The fast and parallel processing for bit-plane coding in JPEG2000

Yujin Zhang
Department of Electronic Engineering,
Tsinghua University , China
zhangyj@ee.tsinghua.edu.cn

20 - 23 Oct 2003

Content-based visual information retrieval

 

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Asian Approximation and Wavelet Theory Conference (10 - 14 Nov 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Di-Rong Chen
Dept. of Applied Mathematics,
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
madrchen@cityu.edu.hk

9 - 15 Nov 2003

Pointwise properties of bounded refinable function vectors

Han-lin Chen
Institute of Mathematics Academia Sinica
chen@math03.math.ac.cn

9 - 15 Nov 2003

A Quasi-Wavelet algorithm for second kind boundary integral equations

Victor Didenko
Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
victor@fos.ubd.edu.bn

9 - 14 Nov 2003

Spectral radii of refinement and subdivision operators

Dung Dinh
Information Technology Institute, Vietnam National University
dinhdung@vnu.edu.vn

31 Oct -
21 Nov
2003

Wavelet decompositions and non-linear approximations

Say Song Goh
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matgohss@nus.edu.sg

10 - 14 Nov 2003

An orthogonal splines approach to periodic wavelet frames

Wen-Liang Hwang
Institute of Information Sciences Academia Sinica
whwang@iis.sinica.edu.tw

9 - 16 Nov 2003

Singularity and instantaneous frequency detection from modulus maxima of continuous wavelet transforms

Daren Huang
Dept. of Scientific Computing and Computer Applications, Zhongshan University
hdren@zsu.edu.cn

10 - 13 Nov 2003

The construction of wavelets and its some applications to pattern recognition

Hong Oh Kim
Division of Applied Mathematics, KAIST
hkim@amath.kaist.ac.kr

9 - 15 Nov 2003

On the spectrums of frame multiresolution analyses

Ka Sing Lau
Dept. of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
kslau@math.cuhk.edu.hk

9 - 13 Nov 2003

Tiles, self-affine sets and scaling functions

Seng Luan Lee
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matleesl@nus.edu.sg

10 - 14 Nov 2003

Eigenvalues and Biorthogonal Eigensystems of scaling operators

Song Li
Zhejiang University
xxjiao@zju.edu.cn

9 - 15 Nov 2003

Convergence rates of subdivsion schemes associated with nonhomogeneous refinement equation

Wei Lin
Dept. of Mathematics, Zhongshan University
stslw@zsu.edu.cn

9 - 15 Nov 2003

Wavelet-Galerkin method and natural boundary integral equations

Silong Peng
National Asia Design Engineering Center,
Chinese Academy of Science
pengsl@nadec.ia.ac.cn

9 - 15 Nov 2003

Filter approximation by Wavelet filter banks

Zuowei Shen
Dept. Mathematics,
National University of Singapore
matzuows@nus.edu.sg

10 - 14 Nov 2003

Wavelet frames: theory and constructions

Songkiat Sumetkijakan
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
sxs@math.umd.edu

9 - 14 Nov 2003

A wavelet set construction and tight frames

Wai Shing Tang
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
mattws@nus.edu.sg

10 - 14 Nov 2003

Multiwavelets associated with countable groups of unitary operators in Hilbert spaces

Zongmin Wu
Dept. of Mathematics, Fudan University
Zmwu@fudan.edu.cn

9 - 15 Nov 2003

Radial basis, radial basis interpolation and meshless method

Yi Xuming
School of Mathematics and Statistics,
Wuhan University, Hubei
yixuming@public.wh.hb.cn

1 Nov 2003
- 19 Apr 2004

 

Lihua Yang
Dept. of Scientific Computing and Computer
Application, Sun Yat-sen University
mcsylh@zsu.edu.cn

10 - 13 Nov 2003

 

Jungho Yoon
Dept. of mathematics, Ewha W. University, S. Korea
yoon@math.ewha.ac.kr

9 - 13 Nov 2003

Approximation and interpolation by radial basis function on Sobolev space

GRADUATE STUDENTS

   

Yeon-Ju Lee
Dept. of Mathematics, Ewha W. University, S. Korea
lee08@ewha.ac.kr

9 - 13 Nov 2003

 

Qiaofang Lian
Institute of Mathematics Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
qflian@mail.amss.ac.cn

9 Nov - 19 Dec 2003

 

 

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Tutorial on Digital Watermarking (29 Nov and 1 - 2 Dec 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Ee-Chien Chang
Dept. of Computer Science, National University of Singapore
changec@comp.nus.edu.sg

29 Nov - 2 Dec 2003

 

Introduction to digital watermarking
 - Presentation slides.. 1

Mohan Kankanhalli
Dept. of Computer Science, National University of Singapore
mohan@comp.nus.edu.sg

29 Nov - 2 Dec 2003

Introduction to digital watermarking

Nasir Memon
Computer Science Dept., Polytechnic University, USA
memon@poly.edu

27 Nov - 3 Dec 2003

Data hiding - theory and applications
 - Presentation slides.. 1, 2, 3, 4

Pierre Moulin
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
moulin@ifp.uiuc.edu

30 Nov - 6 Dec 2003

Data hiding - theory and applications
 - Lecture notes..
 - Presentation slides.. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

 

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Workshop on Mathematics in Image Processing (8 - 9 Dec 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Stefano Serra Capizzano
Dipartimento di Chimica, Fisica, e Matematica Universita dell'Insubria - Sede di Como
serra@mail.dm.unipi.it

8 - 17 Dec 2003

Boundary conditions and fast deblurring models

Raymond Chan
Dept. of Mathematics,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
rchan@math.cuhk.edu.hk

7 - 20 Dec 2003

Impulse noise removal by median-type noise detector and edge-preserving regularization

Michael Ng
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong
mng@maths.hku.hk

7 - 9 Dec 2003

Structured matrix computation and image recovery applications

Mila Nikolova
Centre de Mathematiques et de Leurs Applications CMLA (CNRS UMR 8536) ENS de Cachan, France
nikolova@enst.fr

7 - 19 Dec 2003

Analysis of half-quadratic minimization methods for signal and image recovery

Robert Plemmons
Dept. of Maths & Computer Science,
Wake Forest University, USA
plemmons@mthcsc.wfu.edu

7 - 19 Dec 2003

An integrated optical/digital approach for improved image restoration

 

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Tutorial on Numerical Methods in Imaging Science and Information Processing (10 - 12 Dec 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Tony Chan
Dept. of Mathematics,
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
chan@math.ucla.edu

10 - 17 Dec 2003

Tutorial on wavelets and PDE-based image processing (Lecture 3 & 4)

Markus Hegland
Mathematical Sciences Institute,
Australian National University
Markus.Hegland@anu.edu.au

9 - 23 Dec 2003 and
26 - 30 Jan 2004

Algorithms for association rules
 - Lecture notes..
 - Presentation slides.. 1

Jianhong (Jackie) Shen
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
jhshen@math.umn.edu

8 - 18 Dec 2003

Tutorial on wavelets and PDE-based image processing (Lecture 1 & 2)
 - Presentation slides.. 1, 2

Chi-Wang Shu
Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University, USA
shu@dam.brown.edu

10 - 20 Dec 2003

High order numerical methods for time dependent Hamilton-Jacobi equations

 

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International Conference on Numerical Methods in Imaging Science and Information Processing (15 - 19 Dec 2003)

NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Plenary Speakers

 

 

Nirmal Bose
Pennsylvania State University, USA
nkb@stspbkn.ee.psu.edu

13 - 19 Dec 2003

Latest results in image superresolution

Raymond Chan
Dept. of Mathematics,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
rchan@math.cuhk.edu.hk

7 - 20 Dec 2003

Wavelet algorithms for high-resolution image reconstruction

Tony Chan
Dept. of Mathematics,
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
chan@math.ucla.edu

10 - 17 Dec 2003

Logic operators for active contours on multi-channel images

Charles Chui
Stanford University and
University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA
cchui@stat.stanford.edu

11 -20 Dec 2003

Content-dependent filter (CDF) design and analysis: CDF design and analysis based on the anisotropic diffusion model

Martin Hanke-Bourgeois
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Germany
hanke@mathematik.uni-mainz.de

14 - 20 Dec 2003

Recent progress in iteratively regularized image reconstruction

Markus Hegland
Mathematical Sciences Institute,
Australian National University
Markus.Hegland@anu.edu.au

9 - 23 Dec 2003 and
26 - 30 Jan 2004

Sparse grids and the analysis of high dimensional large scale data

Aggelos Katsaggelos
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Northwestern University, USA
aggk@ece.nwu.edu

15 - 22 Dec 2003

Bayesian resolution enhancement of compressed video

Stanley Osher
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
sjo@math.ucla.edu

14 - 19 Dec 2003

Using geometry and iterated refinement for inverse problems: Total variation image restoration

Robert Plemmons
Dept. of Maths & Computer Science,
Wake Forest University, USA
plemmons@mthcsc.wfu.edu

7 - 19 Dec 2003

Content based image data retrieval and classification using nonnegative encoding

Chi-Wang Shu
Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University, USA
shu@dam.brown.edu

10 - 20 Dec 2003

High order discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for solving time dependent Hamilton-Jacobi equations

Nick Trefethen
Oxford University
Nick.Trefethen@comlab.ox.ac.uk

15 - 19 Dec 2003

Fast fourth-order time-stepping for stiff PDE

Conference Invited Speakers

 

 

Stefano Serra Capizzano
Dipartimento di Chimica, Fisica, e Matematica Universita dell'Insubria - Sede di Como
serra@mail.dm.unipi.it

8 - 17 Dec 2003

A Multigrid technique for restoring images with Dirichlet boundary conditions
 

Falai Chen
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China
chenfl@ustc.edu.cn

14 - 19 Dec 2003

A fast and adaptive surface reconstruction algorithm based on implicit B-spline surfaces

Weifu Fang
Dept. of Mathematics, West Virginia University
wfang@math.wvu.edu

14 – 19 Dec 2003

LBIC imaging of semiconductor arrays

Say Song Goh
Dept. of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
matgohss@nus.edu.sg

15 - 19 Dec 2003

Periodic wavelet frames for processing band-limited signals

M. M. Lavrentiev, Jr.
Sobolev Institute for Mathematics SD RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
lavr-jr@math.nsc.ru

15 - 19 Dec 2003

Challenges and new solutions predicting Tsunami waves

Zi-Cai Li
Dept. of Applied Mathematics,
National Sun Yat-Sen University
zcli@math.nsysu.edu.tw

9 - 19 Dec 2003

Improved splitting-integrating methods for image geometric transformations

Furong Lin
Dept. of Mathematics, Shantou University
frlin@stu.edu.cn

14 - 20 Dec 2003

Preconditioning regularized least squares problems arising from high-resolution image reconstruction from low-resolution frames

Zhenyong Lin
Temasek Laboratories
tsllz@nus.edu.sg

15 - 19 Dec 2003

Underwater acoustic signal classification

Jian-Guo Liu
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Maryland
jliu@math.umd.edu

17 - 20 Dec 2003

A numerical method for maximum entropy deconvolution

Esmond Ng
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
EGNg@lbl.gov

9 - 20 Dec 2003

Computational challenges in electron microscopy of macromolecules

Mila Nikolova
Centre de Mathematiques et de Leurs Applications CMLA (CNRS UMR 8536) ENS de Cachan, France
nikolova@enst.fr

7 - 19 Dec 2003

Non smooth cost-functions in image and signal reconstruction

Daniel Potts
Institut fur Mathematik, Medizinische Universit at Lubeck, Germany
potts@math.mu-luebeck.de

14 - 19 Dec 2003

Fast summation at nonequispaced knots by NFFTs

Chun-li Shen
Dept. of Mathematics, East China Normal University
cshen@online.sh.cn

6 - 21 Dec 2003

New idea of segmentation method by using Riemannian geometry

Jianhong (Jackie) Shen
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
jhshen@math.umn.edu

8 - 18 Dec 2003

Weberized Mumford-Shah model with Bose-Einstein photon noise: Light adapted segmentation inspired by vision psychology, retinal physiology, and quantum statistics

Zuowei Shen
Dept. Mathematics,
National University of Singapore
matzuows@nus.edu.sg

15 - 19 Dec 2003

Unitary extension principle and applications

Gabriele Steidl
Fakultaet fuer Mathematik und Informatik,
Universitaet Mannheim
steidl@kiwi.math.uni-mannheim.de

14 - 19 Dec 2003

Relations between nonlinear denoising methods in signal and image processing

Jianzhong Wang
Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics,
Sam Houston State University
mth_jxw@shsu.edu

12 - 22 Dec 2003

Content-dependent filter (CDF) design and analysis: Design of CDFs for image noise reduction

Tao Xia
CWAIP, National University of Singapore
iesxiat@nus.edu.sg

15 - 19 Dec 2003

A hierarchical Hough transform for fingerprint matching

Hongkai Zhao
Dept. of Mathematics, University of California
zhao@math.uci.edu

14 - 21 Dec 2003

A fast sweeping method with application in image processing

Contributed Talks Speakers

 

 

Chung-Wa Ho
Dept. of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
cwho@math.cuhk.edu.hk,
chungwa@cuhk.edu.hk

7 - 17 Dec 2003

Impulse noise removal by median-type noise detector and edge-preserving regularization
 

Shiu-Hong Liu
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Canada
luish@cc.umanitoba.ca

14 - 18 Dec 2003

Domain decomposition methods for image processing

Julia Neumann
Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Mannheim, Germany
jneumann@informatik.uni-mannheim.de

14 – 19 Dec 2003

Wavelet adaptation for hybrid wavelet-large margin classifiers

Juan Manuel Górriz Sáez
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Algeciras, Spain
juanmanuel.gorriz@uca.es

 

Improving learning machines with optimization strategies

Suk-Ho Lee
Dept. of Mathematics, Yonsei University, Korea
petrasuk@hanmail.net

14 – 19 Dec 2003

Edge and ramp preserving noise removal based on nonlinear diffusion with Gauss curvature conductance

Jerry Yin-Tzer Shih
Dept. of Medical Imaging Technology, Chung Shan Medical University
yshih@csmu.edu.tw

14 – 19 Dec 2003

The numerical algorithm for an inverse problem in optical mammography

Andy Chin Ko Yau
Dept. of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong
debitors@hongkong.com

7 - 20 Dec 2003

Super-resolution image restoration from blurred low-resolution images

 

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