Visual Information Representation, Communication, and Image Processing

Recent advances in visual information representation and communication; video compression using residual vector quantization; adaptive quantization in wavelet-based image and video coding; statistically adaptive wavelet image coding; 3D model-based image communication; content-based video compression and manipulation using 2D mesh-modeling; error control and concealment for video communication; multipoint video conferencing; video shot detection and analysis - content-based approaches; MPEG4 - an object-based standard for multimedia coding; video coding standards for multimedia communication; AM-FM image modeling and Gobor analysis; electronic digital image stabilization and mosaicking; highly robust statistical estimates based on minimum error Bayesian classification; learning in computer vision and beyond; principles of halftoning with stochastic screens; an image algebra based SIMD image processing environment.