Structural indexing for object recognition
Fridtjof Stein · 2017
die sich uber die Dinge ziehen. Ich werde den letzten vielleicht nicht vollbringen, aber versuchenwillichihn. Ich kreise um Gott, um den uralten Turm, und ich kreise jahrtausendelang� und ich wei noch nicht: bin ich einFalke, ein Sturm oder ein gro er Gesang. Rainer Maria Rilke Ilivemy life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world. Perhaps I can never achieve the last, but that will be my attempt. I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song. ii Acknowledgments I thank my advisor and chairman of my thesis committee, Dr. Gerard Medioni, for all the support, advice and friendship throughout my studies at USC. He encouraged creative thinking, provided the necessary freedom, and directed me along the way towards the dissertation. I thank Dr. Ramakant Nevatia and Dr. Viktor Prasanna for nding time to serveonmythesis committee and providing invaluable suggestions during my qualifying exam. Nothing of my work could have been accomplished without the support and friendship which I encountered at the IRIS group. Special thanks go to Dr. Keith Price, Andres Huertas, Dr. Steve Cochran, Hillel Rom, Gideon Guy, Yang Chen, and all the other members for various discussions, ideas, creative lunch breaks, and, of course, the steady ow of espresso. I thank Dr. Michael Arbib and Dr. Aristides Requicha for their suggestions and encouragement atmyquali cation exam.