Category: Thesis

Abstract: Feature engineering often plays a vital role in the fields of computer vision and machine learning. A few common examples of engineered features include histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) , local binary patterns (LBP), and edge histogram descriptors (EHD). Features such as pixel gradient directions and magnitudes for HOG, encoded pixel differences for LBP, […]

Abstract: The domain of multi-look scene understanding problems includes scenarios where multiple passes over the same area have occurred and combining information from them is desired. For example, in remotely sensed SAS surveys, the same location on the seafloor is captured from multiple views where the UTM coordinates may not fully overlap. Additionally, error in […]

Abstract: Feature engineering often plays a vital role in the fields of computer vision and machine learning. A few common examples of engineered features include histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) (Dalal and Triggs, 2005), local binary patterns (LBP) (Ojala et al., 1994), and edge histogram descriptors (EHD) (Frigui and Gader, 2008). Features such as pixel […]

Abstract: Imprecise labels or label uncertainty are common problems in many real supervised and semi-supervised learning problems. However, most of the state-of-the-art supervised learning methods in the literature rely on accurate labels. Accurate labels are often either expensive, time-consuming, or even impossible to obtain in many real applications. There are many approaches in the literature […]

Abstract: The adoption of remote sensing techniques in plant science enables noninvasive or minimally invasive measurement, which is also time and labor saving when compared to traditional field measurements. In this thesis, a method to distinguish switchgrass genotypes with the analysis of remotely-sensed hyperspectral imagery is proposed. A processing protocol for hyperspectral imagery including preprocessing, […]

Abstract: Automated anomaly and target detection are commonly used as a prescreening step within a larger target detection and target classification framework to find regions of interest for further analysis. Many anomaly and target detection algorithms in the literature have been developed for application to target detection in Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) imagery which produces […]

Abstract: The Multiple Instance Adaptive Cosine Estimator and the Multiple Instance Subspace Match Filter are algorithms used in target detection, where a target class of interest is attempted to be detected amongst a non-target, background class. These algorithms learn a single feature vector representation to estimate a target class in a transformed feature space that […]

Abstract: Plant roots are vital organs for water and nutrient uptake. The structure and spatial distribution of plant roots in the soil affects a plant’s physiological functions such as soil-based resource acquisition, yield and its ability to live under abiotic stress. Visualizing and quantifying roots’ configuration below the ground can help in identifying the phenotypic […]

Abstract: The multiple instance learning problem addresses the case where training data comes with label ambiguity, i.e., the learner has access only to inaccurately labeled data. For example, in target detection from remotely sensed hyperspectral imagery, targets are usually sub-pixel and the ground truthing of the targets according to GPS coordinates could drift across several […]

Abstract: Imagine you are traveling to Columbia,MO for the first time. On your flight to Columbia, the woman sitting next to you recommended a bakery by a large park with a big yellow umbrella outside. After you land, you need directions to the hotel from the airport. Suppose you are driving a rental car, you […]