[Colloquium] Daniel Huttenlocher's talk next Friday, November 5, 2004

[Margery Ishmael]

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE - TALK

Date: Friday, November 5, 2004
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Place: Ryerson 251

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Speaker:  DANIEL HUTTENLOCHER

From:  Cornell University

Url:  http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~dph/

Title: An Algorithmic View of Computer Vision

Abstract:

It has been forty years since the first attempts to build computers 
that see. In certain settings such as industrial inspection and 
character recognition, computers now not only see, they often do so 
more reliably than humans. Despite such successes, however, research in 
computer vision has focused more on problem formulations than on 
algorithmic questions. As a result, many computer vision techniques are 
not able to compete with ad hoc approaches in practice. Recently there 
has been increased focus on algorithmic issues in computer vision, 
particularly drawing on graph algorithms and geometric techniques. This 
talk will present some recent algorithmic advances and argue that such 
advances are key to further progress in the field

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Host:  ANNE ROGERS

*Refreshments will follow the talk in Ryerson 255*

People in need of assistance should call 773-834-8977 in advance.