Table Of ContentMathematics and Visualization
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Michael Breuß Alfred Bruckstein
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Petros Maragos
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Innovations for Shape
Analysis
Models and Algorithms
With227Figures, 170in color
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Editors
MichaelBreuß AlfredBruckstein
Inst.forAppl.Math.andScient.Comp DepartmentofComputerScience
BrandenburgTechnicalUniversity Technion-IsraelInstituteofTechnology
Cottbus,Germany Haifa,Israel
PetrosMaragos
SchoolofElectricalandComputer
Engineering
NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens
Athens,Greece
ISBN978-3-642-34140-3 ISBN978-3-642-34141-0(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-34141-0
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Preface
Shape understanding remains one of the most intriguing problems in computer
vision and human perception. This book is a collection of chapters on shape
analysis,byexpertsinthefield,highlightingseveralviewpoints,includingmodeling
andalgorithms,inbothdiscreteandcontinuousdomains.Itisasummaryofresearch
presentationsanddiscussionsonthesetopicsataDagstuhlworkshopinApril2011.
Thecontentisgroupedintothreemainareas:
PartI–DiscreteShapeAnalysis
PartII–PartialDifferentialEquationsforShapeAnalysis
PartIII–OptimizationMethodsforShapeAnalysis
Thechapterscontainbothnewresultsandtutorialsectionsthatsurveyvariousareas
ofresearch.
Itwasapleasureforustohavehadtheopportunitytocollaborateandexchange
scientificideaswithourcolleagueswhoparticipatedintheDagstuhlWorkshopon
Shape Analysis and subsequentlycontributedto this collection. We hope that this
bookwillpromotenewresearchandfurthercollaborations.
Cottbus,HaifaandAthens MichaelBreuß
AlfredBruckstein
PetrosMaragos
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Acknowledgments
We would like to express our thanks to the many people who supported the
publicationofthisbook.
First of all, we would like to thank the staff of Schloss Dagstuhl for their
professionalhelpinallaspects.ThebreathtakingDagstuhlatmospherewasthebasis
thatmadeourworkshopsuchauniqueandsuccessfulmeeting.
Thisbookwouldneverhaveattaineditshighlevelofqualitywithoutarigorous
peer-review process. Each chapter has been reviewed by at least two researchers
in one or more stages. We would like to thank Alexander M. Bronstein, Oliver
Demetz, Jean-Denis Durou, Laurent Hoeltgen, Yong Chul Ju, Margret Keuper,
Reinhard Klette, Jan Lellmann, Jose´ Alberto Iglesias Mart´ınez, Pascal Peter, Luis
Pizarro, Nilanjan Ray, Christian Ro¨ssl, Christian Schmaltz, Simon Setzer, Sibel
Tari, Michael Wand, Martin Welk, Benedikt Wirth, and Laurent Younes for their
dedicatedandconstructivehelpinthiswork.
Moreover,wewouldliketothanktheeditorsoftheboardoftheSpringerseries
MathematicsandVisualizationforthe opportunitytopublishthisbookatanideal
position in the scientific literature. We are also grateful to Ruth Allewelt from
Springer-Verlagforherpracticalandverypatientsupport.
Finally,wewouldliketothankAnastasiaDubrovinaforproducingthenicecover
imageforthebook.
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