PhD Thesis

May 2, 2014 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Medical

PhD Thesis (2014) by Yachna Sharma "Surgical Skill Assessment Using Motion Texture analysis"

Thesis title: Surgical Skill Assessment Using Motion Texture analysis Yachna Sharma, Ph. D. Candidate, ECE http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~ysharma3/ Committee: Prof. Irfan Essa (advisor), College of Computing Prof. Mark A. Clements (co-advisor), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. David Anderson, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Anthony Yezzi, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Christopher […]
May 2, 2014 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

PhD Thesis (2014) by S. Hussain Raza "Temporally Consistent Semantic Segmentation in Videos

Title : Temporally Consistent Semantic Segmentation in Videos S. Hussain Raza, Ph. D. Candidate in ECE (https://sites.google.com/site/shussainraza5/) Committee: Prof. Irfan Essa (advisor), School of Interactive Computing Prof. David Anderson (co-advisor), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Frank Dellaert, School of Interactive Computing Prof. Anthony Yezzi, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Chris Barnes, […]
May 2, 2014 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Affective Computing

PhD Thesis by Zahoor Zafrulla "Automatic recognition of American Sign Language Classifiers

Title: Automatic recognition of American Sign Language Classifiers Zahoor Zafrulla School of Interactive Computing College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology http://www.cc.gatech.edu/grads/z/zahoor/ Committee: Dr. Thad Starner (Advisor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech) Dr. Irfan Essa (Co-Advisor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech) Dr. Jim Rehg (School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech) Dr. Harley Hamilton […]
April 2, 2014 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Activity Recognition

Two Ph. D. Defenses the same day. A first for me!

Today, two of my Ph. D. Students defended their Dissertations.  Back to back.  Congrats to both as they are both done. Thesis title: Surgical Skill Assessment Using Motion Texture analysis Student: Yachna Sharma, Ph. D. Candidate in ECE http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~ysharma3/ Date/Time : 2nd April, 1:00 pm Title : Temporally Consistent Semantic Segmentation in Videos S. Hussain […]
February 4, 2013 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Matthias Grundmann's PhD Thesis Defense (2013): "Title: Computational Video: Post-processing Methods for Stabilization, Retargeting and Segmentation"

Title: Computational Video: Post-processing Methods for Stabilization, Retargeting and Segmentation Matthias Grundmann School of Interactive Computing College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Date: February 04, 2013 (Monday) Time: 3:00p – 6:00p EST Location: Nano building, 116-118 Abstract: In this thesis, we address a variety of challenges for analysis and enhancement of Computational Video. We […]
December 6, 2011 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Photography and Video

Kihwan Kim's Thesis Defense (2011): "Spatio-temporal Data Interpolation for Dynamic Scene Analysis"

Spatio-temporal Data Interpolation for Dynamic Scene Analysis Kihwan Kim, PhD Candidate School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST Location: Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) Room 223 Abstract Analysis and visualization of dynamic scenes is often constrained by the amount of spatio-temporal […]
July 6, 2009 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Computational Journalism

N. Diakopoulos PhD Thesis (2009): Collaborative annotation, analysis, and presentation interfaces for digital video"

Title: Collaborative annotation, analysis, and presentation interfaces for digital video Author: Diakopoulos, Nicholas A. Abstract Information quality corresponds to the degree of excellence in communicating knowledge or intelligence and encompasses aspects of validity, accuracy, reliability, bias, transparency, and comprehensiveness among others. Professional news, public relations, and user generated content alike all have their own subtly different information […]
June 18, 2008 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Activity Recognition

Thesis Raffay Hamid PhD (2008): "A Computational Framework For Unsupervised Analysis of Everyday Human Activities"

M. Raffay Hamid PhD (2008), “A Computational Framework For Unsupervised Analysis of Everyday Human Activities“, PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Techniology, College of Computing, Atlanta, GA. (Advisor: Aaron Bobick & Irfan Essa) Abstract In order to make computers proactive and assistive, we must enable them to perceive, learn, and predict what is happening in their surroundings. […]
June 18, 2008 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Activity Recognition

Thesis David Minnen PhD (2008): "Unsupervised Discovery of Activity Primitives from Multivariate Sensor Data"

Unsupervised Discovery of Activity Primitives from Multivariate Sensor Data David Minnen PhD (2008): “Unsupervised Discovery of Activity Primitives from Multivariate Sensor Data” Georgia Institute of Techniology, College of Computing, Atlanta, GA. (Advisors: Thad Starner & Irfan Essa) Abstract   This research addresses the problem of temporal pattern discovery in real-valued, multivariate sensor data. Several algorithms were […]
October 9, 2007 / Last updated : January 5, 2020 irfan Audio Analysis

Thesis: Mitch Parry PhD (2007), "Separation and Analysis of Multichannel Signals"

Mitch Parry (2007), Separation and Analysis of Multichannel Signals PhD Thesis [PDF], Georgia Institute of Techniology, College of Computing, Atlanta, GA. (Advisor: Irfan Essa) Abstract This thesis examines a large and growing class of digital signals that capture the combined effect of multiple underlying factors. In order to better understand these signals, we would like […]