Synopsis
Image and video segmentation is one of the most critical tasks of image and video analysis: extracting information from an image or a sequence of images. In the last 40 years, this field has experienced significant growth and development, and has resulted in a virtual explosion of published information. Advances in Image and Video Segmentation brings together the latest results from researchers involved in state-of-the art work in image and video segmentation, providing a collection of modern works made by more than 50 experts around the world.
About the Author:
Yu-Jin ZHANG received the Ph.D. degree from the State University of Liège, Belgium, in 1989. From 1989 to 1993, he was with the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. In 1993, he joined the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, where he is professor of image engineering since 1997. In 2003, he spent his sabbatical year as visiting professor at National Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are mainly in the area of image engineering that includes image processing, image analysis and image understanding, as well as their applications. He has published more than 200 research papers and 10 books including two monographs: "Image Segmentation" and "Content-based Visual Information Retrieval" (Science Press). He is vice president of China Society of Image and Graphics and the director of academic committee of the society. He is deputy editor-in-chief of "Journal of Image and Graphics" and associate editor of "Pattern Recognition Letters". He was the program co-chair of "The First International Conference on Image and Graphics" (ICIG'2000) and "The Second International Conference onImage and Graphics" (ICIG'2002). He is a senior member of IEEE.
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