Dr. Arun Kulkarni's Second Book Released This Month
May 17, 2001
A book authored by Dr. Arun D. Kulkarni, professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Tyler, has been published this month, UT Tyler President Rodney H. Mabry announced.
"Computer Vision and Fuzzy-Neural Systems,'' released May 11 by Prentice Hall PTR, is a comprehensive tutorial and reference for engineers, scientists and programmers working in computer vision and related fields. The book, which illuminates state-of-the-art technology, is also designed as a textbook for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in computer vision.
The book is the first complete guide to applying fuzzy-neural systems in computer vision, according to the publisher. Recent advances in neural networks and fuzzy logic are transforming the field of computer vision, making it possible for computer vision applications to learn much as the brain does and to handle imprecise visual data far more effectively. Dr. Kulkarni brings together the field’s latest research and applications, presenting the field's first comprehensive tutorial and reference.
Dr. Kulkarni starts by reviewing the fundamentals of computer vision, and the stages of a computer vision system. He shows how these stages have traditionally been implemented via statistical techniques; then introduces approaches that incorporate neural networks, fuzzy inference systems and fuzzy-neural network models. Coverage includes: preprocessing techniques, feature extraction classification, clustering and key computer vision applications such as remote sensing, medical imaging, data compression, data mining, character recognition and stereo vision.
The book comes with a CD-ROM that contains a library of MATLAB command files, executed files for some useful programs and test images from Kodak and Space Imaging.
Dr. Kulkarni, who has been with UT Tyler since 1986, is also the author of "Artificial Neural Networks for Image Understanding'' (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995) and has published more than 50 papers. His research interests include computer vision, fuzzy-neural systems, data mining, image processing and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Kulkarni's awards include the 1984 Fulbright Fellowship award, 1997 NASA/ASSE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1997 Piper Award nominee for UT Tyler and Alpha Chi Outstanding Faculty Member for 1999-2000. He has been listed in Who's Who in America.
He obtained his doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va.
