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).
| Schedule |
| Monday, March 6
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| 8:15a-9:00a |
Registration and coffee |
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EE/CS 3-180 |
| 9:00a-9:10a |
Welcome to the IMA |
Douglas N. Arnold (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 9:10a-9:20a |
Opening Remarks |
Jan J. Koenderink (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), Jitendra Malik (University of California) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 9:20a-10:20a |
Natural image statistics enable us to quantitatively model visual
grouping and figure-ground cues
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Jitendra Malik (University of California) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 10:20a-10:45a |
coffee |
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EE/CS 3-176 |
| 10:45a-11:45a |
Stereo for curves and surfaces |
Steven W. Zucker (Yale University) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 11:45a-1:30p |
lunch |
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| 1:30p-2:30p |
Natural images, multiscale manifold models, and compressive imaging
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Richard Baraniuk (Rice University) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 2:30p-3:00p |
Second Chances |
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EE/CS 3-180 |
| 3:10p-3:15p |
Group Photos |
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| 3:15p-4:30p |
Poster Session/Reception
Lind Hall 400
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| Tuesday, March 7
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| 8:45a-9:00a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:00a-10:00a |
How many categories can you recognize?
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Pietro Perona (California Institute of Technology) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 10:00a-10:30a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 10:30a-11:30a |
Natural images, natural percepts and primary visual cortex
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Daniel Kersten (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 11:30a-1:30p |
lunch |
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| 1:30p-2:30p |
Image statistics and surface perception
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Edward H. Adelson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 2:30p-3:00p |
Second Chances |
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EE/CS 3-180 |
| Wednesday, March 8
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| 8:45a-9:00a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:00a-10:00a |
Image texture and the "flow of light"
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Jan J. Koenderink (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 10:00a-10:30a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 10:30a-11:30a |
Surface color perception in three-dimensional scenes:
Estimating, representing and discounting the illuminant
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Laurence T. Maloney (New York University) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 11:30a-1:30p |
lunch |
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| 1:30p-2:30p |
Perception and classification of surface texture
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Mike J. Chantler (Heriot-Watt University) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 2:30p-3:00p |
Second Chances
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EE/CS 3-180 |
| Thursday, March 9
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| 8:45a-9:00a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:00a-10:00a |
Characterizing local features of illuminated objects
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James Damon (University of North Carolina) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 10:00a-10:30a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 10:30a-11:30a |
Panoramic imaging and laser range finders for 3D scene
visualization
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Reinhard Klette (University of Auckland) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 11:30a-1:30p |
lunch |
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| 1:30p-2:30p |
Removing photographic blur caused by camera motion: How can you identify when an image looks blurred?
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William T. Freeman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 2:30p-3:00p |
Second Chances |
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EE/CS 3-180 |
| Friday, March 10
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| 8:45a-9:00a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:00a-10:00a |
Natural image contours
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James Elder (York University) |
EE/CS 3-180 |
| 10:00a-10:30a |
coffee |
|
EE/CS 3-176 |
| 10:30a-11:30a |
Short presentations
EE/CS 3-180
|
| 11:30a-12:00p |
Second Chances |
|
EE/CS 3-180 |
| NAME | DEPARTMENT | AFFILIATION |
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| Edward Adelson | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Lab | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Iman Aganj | | University of Minnesota |
| William Allard | Department of Mathematics | Duke University |
| Jung_Ha An | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Pablo Arias | Instituto de Ingenieria Electrica | University of the Republic |
| D. Gregory Arnold | Air Force Research Laboratory | US Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Douglas Arnold | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Donald Aronson | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Richard Baraniuk | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Rice University |
| Evgeniy Bart | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Peter Battaglia | | University of Minnesota |
| Andrea Bertozzi | Department of Mathematics | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Francisco Blanco-Silva | Department of Mathematics | Purdue University |
| Edward Bosch | Basic and Applied Research | National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |
| Huseyin Boyaci | | University of Minnesota |
| Mark Brady | Department of Psychology | North Dakota State University |
| Mike Chantler | School of Mathematical and Computing Science | Heriot-Watt University |
| Qian-Yong Chen | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Li Cheng | Department of Computer Science | National ICT Australia Limited |
| Vassilios Christopoulos | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | University of Minnesota |
| Aaron Clarke | Department of Psychology | York University |
| Steven Damelin | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | Georgia Southern University |
| James Damon | Department of Mathematics | University of North Carolina |
| Brian DiDonna | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Katja Doerschner | | New York University |
| Marco Duarte | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Rice University |
| James Elder | Department of Computer Science | York University |
| William Freeman | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Donald Geman | Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics | Johns Hopkins University |
| Tryphon Georgiou | Department of Electrical Engineering | University of Minnesota |
| Raffaele Grompone | | École Normale Supérieure de Cachan |
| Changfeng Gui | Department of Mathematics | University of Connecticut |
| Haleh Hagh-Shenas | Department of Computer Science | University of Minnesota |
| Jooyoung Hahn | Division of Applied Mathematics | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
| Hazem Hamdan | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Gloria Haro Ortega | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Jay Hegde | | University of Minnesota |
| Xiang Huang | Department of Mathematics | University of Connecticut |
| Victoria Interrante | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | University of Minnesota |
| Jeremie Jakubowicz | Department of Applied Mathematics | École Normale Supérieure de Cachan |
| Sookyung Joo | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Sung Ha Kang | Department of Mathematics | University of Kentucky |
| Daniel Kersten | Department of Psychology | University of Minnesota |
| Seongjai Kim | Department of Mathematics & Statistics | Mississippi State University |
| Gisela Klette | Department of Computer Science | University of Auckland |
| Reinhard Klette | Department of Computer Science | University of Auckland |
| Jan Koenderink | Department Physics of Man | Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht |
| Matthias Kurzke | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Song-Hwa Kwon | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Triet Le | Department of Mathematics | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Chang-Ock Lee | Department of Mathematical Sciences | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
| Stacey 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 |
| Hstau Liao | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Bradley Lucier | Department of Mathematics | Purdue University |
| Alison Malcolm | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Jitendra Malik | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | University of California, Berkeley |
| Laurence Maloney | Department of Psychology | New York University |
| James Money | Department of Mathematics | University of Kentucky |
| Simon Morgan | | University of Minnesota |
| 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 |
| Peter Olver | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Pietro Perona | Department of Electrical Engineering | California Institute of Technology |
| Stéphane Rainville | Department of Psychology | North Dakota State University |
| Gregory Randall | Instituto de Ingenieria Electrica | University of the Republic |
| Walter Richardson | Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Texas |
| Alessandro Rizzi | Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione | Università di Milano |
| Jonathan Rogness | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Fadil Santosa | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Guillermo Sapiro | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | University of Minnesota |
| P. Saunders | Department of Computer Science | University of Minnesota |
| Arnd Scheel | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Jin Seo | Department of Mathematics, Computational Science and Engineering | Yonsei University |
| Jianhong Shen | Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | University of Minnesota |
| Tatiana Soleski | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Christopher Stark | Division of Mathematical Sciences | National Science Foundation |
| Rashmi Sundareswara | | University of Minnesota |
| Vladimir Sverak | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Serena Thompson | | University of Minnesota |
| William Toczyski | | University of Minnesota |
| Carl Toews | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Mao-Pei Tsui | Department of Mathematics | University of Toledo |
| Alejandra Umana-Diaz | Computer Information Science and Engineering Department | University of Puerto Rico |
| Kevin Vixie | Department of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Michael Wakin | Electrical and Engineering Department | Rice University |
| Jingyue Wang | Department of Mathematics | Purdue University |
| Xiaoqiang Wang | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications | University of Minnesota |
| Martin Welk | Mathematical Image Analysis Group | Universität des Saarlandes |
| Todd Wittman | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Ofer Zeitouni | School of Mathematics | University of Minnesota |
| Steven Zucker | Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Yale University |
