Hassan Foroosh

 

 

Dept. of Computer Science                                                         Office: (407) 823-5299

University of Central Florida                                                         Fax: (407) 823-5419

Orlando, FL 32816-2362                                                  http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~foroosh

                                                                                             foroosh@cs.ucf.edu

 

 

Education:

 

      Ph.D. 1996      University of Nice, and INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France

            Computer Science

            “Super-resolution in Computer Vision”

            Advisor: Marc Berthod

 

      M.S. 1993      University of Nice, and INRIA, France

            Robotics and Computer Vision

 

      M.Eng. 1990      Kingston University, U.K.

            Electrical Engineering

 

      B.Eng. 1989      Kingston University, U.K.

            Electrical Engineering

 

 

Research Interests:

 

Computer vision, computer graphics, image-based modeling and rendering, visualization, video interpretation, pattern recognition, image processing, signal processing, multimedia, stochastic processes, Bayesian theory, neural networks, optimization theory.

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

July 2002-present      Assistant Professor                           University of Central Florida

                                    Dept. of Computer Science

Member, Computer Vision Laboratory

Affiliated, Computer Graphics Laboratory

 

2000-2002         Senior Research Scientist                                  UC Berkeley

Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science,

                                    Member, Electronic Research Laboratory

                                    Member, Video & Image Processing Laboratory

                       

Technical Coordinator of a Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI).

 

Technical liaison with the funding agency, i.e. the Army Research Office.

 

Principal research scientist on the MURI project; conducting research on photo-realistic modeling of dynamic scenes for simulation and visualization in fly-through and drive-through applications. 3D modeling and rendering of dense urban areas using aerial stereovision and close-range moving platforms; fusion of information across multiple sensors from both close range and far range, including electro-optical imaging, laser scanners, inertial navigation systems, speedometers, aerial and satellite imagery and LIDAR data.

     

1997-2000         Assistant Research Scientist (Non-tenured Assistant Professor)

                                                                   University of Maryland (UMD) at College Park

                  Dept. of Computer Science

                  Member UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)

                  Member Center for Automation Research (CfAR)

 

Research scientist on a MURI project, funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR); Conducting research on super-resolution of video data, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and Foliage Penetrating (FOPEN) SAR images, blind equalization of video data, inverse diffusion techniques, image registration, video stabilization, target detection and tracking in video and infrared sequences. Working on various sensory systems including electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), and SAR.

 

Also, conducting research under funding by Army Federated Laboratory’s Advanced Sensors Consortium, on Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) image stabilization and target tracking.

 

1998-2000 Lecturer    UMD at College Park

      Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

 

1999-2000 Research Consultant                ImageCorp Inc.

 

      Consulting scientist on cross-sensor fusion for remotely sensed data. Conducting research on the theory and applications of Bayesian decision theory and Bayesian estimation techniques to fusion of information across time, and between different sensors. Work involved research on the fusion of hyperspectral, IR and SAR imagery at feature levels.

 

2000-present Research Consultant              Sigma Vision Inc.

      Co-founder and the principal scientist

 

      Research and development on video processing techniques for security and surveillance, and also medical imaging instrumentation and algorithms.

 

1996-1997 Research Consultant      INRIA-France

 

      Research on super-resolution of multi-spectral satellite images (SPOT satellite data). Work involved direct collaboration with the French National Space Agency (CNES). Two main software packages on super-resolution and registration of multi-spectral satellite images were patented and transferred to CNES.

 

 

 

 

1993-1997 Research Assistant    INRIA-France

            Scene Analysis and Symbolic Image Processing group (PASTIS)

 

Research on super-resolution, modeling reflectance maps and physics of the imaging process for shape perception from remotely sensed data, Bayesian estimation of high-resolution 3D data, registration, sampling theory and optimization techniques. Work applied to multi-spectral satellite images (SPOT satellite images) and airborne electro-optical data.

     

     

      1990-1992 Research Engineer                 Innovative Engineering Solutions, Ltd., London, U.K.

            R&D Department

 

 

Honors, Awards and Membership:

 

2002                  Elevated to Senior Member IEEE

 

Member Community of Sciences

 

1996                      INRIA Fellowship award for post-doctoral research

(an extremely competitive national award in France)

     

1993                      Fellowship award from Academie de Nice for doctoral research

 

1992                      Fellowship award from Fondation de France for pre-doctoral research

 

 

Professional Activities:

 

      Guest committee, 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, 2000

 

      Member, committee for IEEE Workshop on Stereo and Multi-baseline Vision, in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2001

 

      Member, committee for IEEE Workshop on Motion and Video Computing, 2002

 

      Member, committee for IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, 2002

 

      Referee on many international conferences and journals, including IEEE, SIAM, ASPRS, SPIE

 

      Co-founder of Sigma Vision Inc., a high-tech start-up specializing in medical imaging and instrumentation, based in Maryland.

 

 

University Activities:

 

      Member, graduate committee, Dept. of Computer Science, UCF, 2002

 

      Member, graduate recruiting committee, Dept. of Electrical engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley, 2001

 

 

 

Distinguished Lectures & Invited Talks:

 

      “Constructing Virtual City Models From Aerial Views”, Dept. of Computer Science, University of New Orleans, 2002

     

      “3D Modeling and Simulation of Urban Environments”, Siemens Corporate Research (SCR), Princeton, NJ, 2001

 

      “Virtual City Models Using Stereo Vision”, ARIANA, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France, 2001

 

      “Image Registration Using Directional Local Holder Regularity”, 34th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, 2000

 

      “A PDE-based Approach to Inverse Image Diffusion”, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University, 1999

 

      “Image Deblurring by Solving the Inverse Heat Equation”, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, 1999

 

      “A Stable Solution to Inverse Heat Equation”, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, 1999

 

      “Image Filtering and Enhancement Using an Inverse Parabolic Partial Differential Equation”, Siemense Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, 1998.

 

      “A Stable Technique For Image Enhancement in the Spectral Domain”, Media Vision Group, Sarnoff, Princeton, NJ, 1998

 

      “Image Filtering Using Partial Differential Equations”, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Princeton, NJ, 1998

 

      “A Data-driven Approach to Super-resolution”, HRL, Malibu, CA, 1998

 

      “Super-resolution Using Generalized Sampling Expansion”, Ecole Normale Sup. ULM, Paris, seminaire de groupe de recherche DIAM: Mathematique et Imagerie, 1995

 

      “Generalized Simplex Search Method”, Signal Processing & Communications Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Cambridge University, U.K., 1995

 

      “Super-resolution and sub-pixel Image Alignment of Satellite Imagery”, Remote Sensing Center, Western European Union (WEU), Madrid, Spain, 1995

 

 

Teaching:

 

      “Visual Simulation, Rendering & Photometry”, CAP-6938-02, Dept. of Computer Science, UCF, spring 2002

 

      “Computer Organization”, CDA-3103, Dept. of Computer Science, UCF, fall 2002

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0101, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, spring 2000

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0301, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, spring 2000

 

      Advanced Masters Degree, “Digital Signal Processing”, ENPM-603, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, spring 2000

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0101, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, fall 1999

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0301, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, fall 1999

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0101, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, summer 1999

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0101, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, spring 1999

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0201, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, fall 1998

 

      “Digital Signal Processing”, ENEE-425, section 0201, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMD, spring 1998

 

 

Advising:

 

      Current Graduate Students Advisee:

 

      Xiaochun Cao

      Shankar Vaithianathan

 

      Former Advisees:

     

      Chandrasekar Ramanan

 

      Co-advised and advised several graduate and undergraduate students at UC Berkeley, University of Maryland at College Park, and INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France

 

 

Patents:

 

      “SURPRISE” (SUper-Resolution de la Photometrie et de la Radiometrie des Images Satellites Entrelacees), super-resolution of photometry and radiometry of interlaced satellite images.

 

      “PERSIA” (Phase-based Estimation and Registration for Subpixel Image Alignment)

 

      Both software packages were transferred to the French national space agency (CNES) and also the remote sensing center of the Western European Union.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications:

 

      Book Chapters:

 

      H. Foroosh and S. Hoge, “Motion Information in the Phase Domain”, in editors M. Shah and R. Kumar,”Video registration'', Kluwer Academic Publishers, to appear in 2003.

 

 

      Refereed Journal/Conference Articles:

 

      H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod, M. Werman and J. Zerubia, “Reconstruction of High Resolution 3D Visual Information”, International Journal of Computer Vision, vol. 19, no.3, pp. 289-300, 1996.

H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Data-Driven Multi-channel Super-resolution with Application to Video Sequences”, Journal of Optical Society of America-A, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 481-492, 1999.

H. Shekarforoush, “Noise Suppression by Removing Singularities”, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 48, Issue 7, pp. 2175-2179, 2000;

H. Foroosh (Shekarforoush), J. Zerubia and M. Berthod, “Extension of Phase Correlation to Sub-pixel Registration”, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 188-200, 2002.

H. Foroosh, “Adaptive Dense Optical Flow Using a Non-stationary Model”, Int. Journal of Computer Vision, under revision, submitted in 2002;

H. Foroosh, “Rectification Using Planar Projective Transformation”, IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, under revision, submitted in 2002;

H. Foroosh, “Bayesian M-ary Hypothesis Testing For City Modeling Using Aerial Stereo Vision'', Pattern Recognition, under review, submitted in 2002;

 

      M. Berthod, H. Shekarforoush, M. Werman and J. Zerubia, “Reconstruction of High Resolution 3D Visual Information'', Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 654-657, Seattle, June 1994.

H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod and J. Zerubia, “Sub-pixel Reconstruction of a Variable Albedo Lambertian Surface'', Proc. British Machine Vision Conference, vol. 1, pp. 307-316, Birmingham, U.K., Sept. 1995.

H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod and J. Zerubia, “3D Super-resolution Using Generalized Sampling Expansion'', Proc. International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 300-303, Washington D.C., Oct. 1995.

H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod and J. Zerubia, “Subpixel Image Registration by Estimating the Polyphase Decomposition of the Cross Power Spectrum'', Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 532-537, San Fransisco, June 1996.

 

      H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod, J. Zerubia, “A Generalization of the Non-linear Simplex Search Method'', 5th SIAM Conference on Optimization, Victoria, British Columbia, 1996.


A. Lorette, H. Shekarforoush and J. Zerubia, “Prise en Compte des Discontinuites Dans un Algorithme de Super-resolution'' , Proc. GRETSI, pp. 1217-1220, Grenoble, France, Sept. 1997.

A. Lorette, H. Shekarforoush and J. Zerubia, “Super-resolution with Adaptive Regularization'', Proc. International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 1, pp. 169-172, Santa Barbara, Oct. 1997.

H. Shekarforoush, J. Zerubia and M. Berthod, “Denoising by Extracting Fractional Order Singularities'', Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. 5, pp. 2889-2892, Seattle, May 1998.

H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Blind Estimation of PSF for Out of Focus Video Data'', vol. 3, pp. 742-745, Proc. International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, Oct. 1998.

H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Multi-channel Super-resolution for Video Sequences with Application to Airborne Video Data'', Proc. 10th Image and Multi-dimensional Digital Signal Processing Workshop, pp. 207-210, Alpbach, Austria, July 1998.

H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Super-resolution for Multi-look SAR Imagary'', Proc. Annual Federated Laboratory Symposium, vol. Advanced Sensors, pp. 313-317, College Park, Feb. 1999.

H. Shekarforoush R. Chellappa, “A Multi-fractal Formalism For Stabilization And Activity Detection in FLIR Sequences'', Proc. Annual Federated Laboratory Symposium, vol. Advanced Sensors, February 2000.

H. Shekarforoush R. Chellappa, “A Multi-fractal Formalism for Stabilization, Object Detection and Tracking in FLIR Sequences'', International Conference on Image Processing, vol 3, pp. 78-81, 2000.

H. Foroosh, “A Closed-Form Solution For Optical Flow By Imposing Temporal Constraints'', International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 3, pp. 656-659, 2001.

 

     

      Other Conferences/Technical Reports:

 

      H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Adaptive Super-resolution for PREDATOR Video Sequences'', Proc. Image Understanding Workshop, vol. II, pp. 995-1001, Monterey, 1998.

H. Shekarforoush, A. Banerjee and R. Chellappa, “Super-resolution for FOPEN SAR Images'', Proc. SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. VIII, Orlando, pp. 129-135, April 1999.

H. Shekarforoush, “Image Registration Using Directional Local Holder Regularity'', Proc. 34th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, March 2000.

 

      H. Shekarforoush and R. Chellappa, “Data-driven Multi-channel Super-resolution with Applications to Video Sequences”, CfAR Technical Report TR3898, UMD, 1998

 

      H. Shekarforoush, Conditioning Bounds for Multi-frame Super-resolution Algorithms, CfAR Technical Report TR4001, UMD, 1999         

 

      H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod, and J. Zerubia, “Reconstruction of High Resolution 3D Visual Information”, INRIA Technical Report , 1996.

 

      H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod and J. Zerubia, “Subpixel Image Registration by Estimating the Polyphase Decomposition of the Cross Power Spectrum'', INRIA Technical Report ,1996.

 

      H. Shekarforoush, M. Berthod, J. Zerubia, “A Generalization of the Non-linear Simplex Search Method'', INRIA Technical Report , 1996.