Natural images remain poorly understood, except for some phenomenology that appears to be common to virtually all "natural images" such as the self-similar (fractal) spatial structure. However, this "universality" it is not very informative. More specific image structure depends upon the physical causes of the radiance function ("light field") and on the imaging process. The latter is well, the former hardly understood. The light field is due to both the "primary sources" as well as to multiple scattering (mostly by rough surfaces) in the scene. Either component may dominate, depending on location in the scene. The optical interactions depend mainly upon geometrical optics processes (interposition, vignetting, attitude effect, scattering by rough surfaces ...) on many different scales. Only the molecular scale is well understood (standard physics). Most substances from the natural environment are non-homogeneous, have rough boundaries, and are quite different on different scales. Descriptions must span the range from leaf, leaf cluster, foliage, tree top, forest, wooded area, ... for instance, depending upon distance and resolution. The appearances of surfaces objects depends upon the light field and the light field depends upon the scene (the objects).
| Name |
Department |
Affiliation |
| Edward H. Adelson |
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Lab |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Iman Aganj |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| William K. Allard |
Department of Mathematics |
Duke University |
| Jung-Ha An |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Pablo Arias |
Instituto de Ingeneria Electrica |
University of the Republic |
| D. Gregory Arnold |
AFRL/SNAT |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Douglas N. Arnold |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Donald G. Aronson |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Richard Baraniuk |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Rice University |
| Evgeniy Bart |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Peter Battaglia |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Andrea L. Bertozzi |
Department of Mathematics |
University of California |
| Francisco Blanco-Silva |
Department of Mathematics |
Purdue University |
| Edward Howard Bosch |
Basic and Applied Research |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |
| Huseyin Boyaci |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Mark Brady |
Department of Psychology |
North Dakota State University |
| Mike J. Chantler |
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Qianyong Chen |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Li Cheng |
Statistical Machine Learning Group |
National ICT Australia Limited |
| Vassilios Christopoulos |
Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Aaron Clarke |
Department of Psychology |
York University |
| Steven Benjamin Damelin |
Department of Mathematics |
Georgia Southern University |
| James Damon |
Department of Mathematics |
University of North Carolina |
| Brian DiDonna |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Katja Doerschner |
|
New York University |
| Marco F. Duarte |
Electrical and Computing Engineering |
Rice University |
| James Elder |
Department of Computer Science |
York University |
| William T. Freeman |
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Donald Geman |
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Tryphon T. Georgiou |
Department of Electrical Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Raffaele Grompone |
|
École Normale Supérieure de Cachan |
| Changfeng Gui |
Department of Mathematics |
University of Connecticut |
| Haleh Hagh-Shenas |
Computer Science Department |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Jooyoung Hahn |
Division of Applied Mathematics |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
| Hazem Hamdan |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Gloria Haro Ortega |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Jay Hegde |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Xiang Huang |
Department of Mathematics |
University of Connecticut |
| Victoria Interrante |
Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Jeremie Jakubowicz |
Applied Mathematics Department |
École Normale Supérieure de Cachan |
| Sookyung Joo |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Sung Ha Kang |
Department of Mathematics |
University of Kentucky |
| Daniel Kersten |
Department of Psychology |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Seongjai Kim |
Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Mississippi State University |
| Gisela Klette |
Department of Computer Science |
University of Auckland |
| Reinhard Klette |
Department of Computer Science |
University of Auckland |
| Jan J. Koenderink |
Department Physics of Man |
Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht |
| Matthias Kurzke |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Song-Hwa Kwon |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Triet Minh Le |
Mathematics Department |
University of California |
| Chang-Ock Lee |
Division of Applied Mathematics |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
| Stacey E. Levine |
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science |
Duquesne University |
| Mike Lewicki |
Department of Computer Science |
Carnegie-Mellon University |
| Debra Lewis |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Hstau Liao |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Bradley J. Lucier |
Department of Mathematics |
Purdue University |
| Alison Malcolm |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Jitendra Malik |
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
University of California |
| Laurence T. Maloney |
Department of Psychology |
New York University |
| James Money |
Mathematics Department |
University of Kentucky |
| Simon Morgan |
Department of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Frank Natterer |
Fachbereich Mathematik |
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| Tiang-Tsong Ng |
Department of Electrical Engineering |
Columbia University |
| Sharareh Noorbaloochi |
Department of Electrical Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Peter J. Olver |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Pietro Perona |
Department of Electrical Engineering |
California Institute of Technology |
| Stéphane J. Rainville |
Department of Psychology |
North Dakota State University |
| Gregory J. Randall |
Instituto de Ingenieria Electrica |
University of the Republic |
| Walter Richardson Jr. |
Department of Mathematical Sciences |
University of Texas |
| Alessandro Rizzi |
Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione |
Università di Milano |
| Jonathan Rogness |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Fadil Santosa |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Guillermo R. Sapiro |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| P. Coleman Saunders |
Department of Computer Science |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Arnd Scheel |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Jin Keun Seo |
Department of Mathematics |
Yonsei University |
| Jianhong Shen |
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Tatiana Soleski |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Sundararajan Srinivasan Sr. |
Electrical Department |
Mississippi State University |
| Christopher Stark |
Division of Mathematical Sciences |
National Science Foundation |
| Rashmi Sundareswara |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Vladimir Sverak |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Serena Thompson |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| William Toczyski |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Carl Toews |
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Mao-Pei Tsui |
Department of Mathematics |
University of Toledo |
| Alejandra Umana-Diaz |
Computer Information Science and Engineering Department |
University of Puerto Rico |
| Kevin Vixie |
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis (T-7) |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Michael Wakin |
Electrical and Engineering Department |
Rice University |
| Jingyue Wang |
Department of Mathematics |
Purdue University |
| Xiaoqiang Wang |
|
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Martin Welk |
Mathematical Image Analysis Group |
Universität des Saarlandes |
| Todd Wittman |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Ofer Zeitouni |
School of Mathematics |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| Steven W. Zucker |
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
Yale University |
