Systems Seminar

Picture Perfect?
Imaging in the New Millennium

Prof. Damon Tull
UW ECE Dept.

Abstract

We are generating visual communications data such as digital images and video at an enormous rate. Due to the recent digital camera and scanner (r-)evolution, and the widespread adoption of MPEG and JPEG compression standards, consumers and professionals will have unprecedented access to image (sequence) data in digital format. These users will demand new methods for the manipulation (acquisition, representation and transmission) of visual communications data. In this talk, the trends and challenges of present (consumer) imaging technologies are presented. In even the latest technology, market feedback is motivating companies and researchers to revisit the problem of obtaining an estimate of the original un-degraded image from a distorted observation. The technical side of this presentation will discuss the image recovery problem from a set-theoretic point of view. The new, "modern problems" posed by digital cameras will be summarized.

Time and Place: Wed., Mar. 1, 3:30-4:30 pm in 4610 Engr. Hall.

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