Ramin Samadani Publications

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PhotoPlus: Auxiliary Information for Printed Images based on Distributed Source Coding
Samadani, R. and Mukherjee, D.
2008 Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) Conference, San Jose, CA, January, 2008

Representative Image Thumbnails: Automatic and Manual
Samadani, R., Mauer, T., Berfanger, D., Clark, J and Bausk, B.
2008 Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (HVEI) Conference, San Jose, CA, January, 2008

Representative Image Thumbnails for Good Browsing
Samadani, R., Lim S. and Tretter, D.
2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 16-19 September, 2007, San Antonio, Texas

Automatic Generation of Music Thumbnails
Zhang, T. and Samadani, R.
2007 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2-5 July, 2007, Beijing, China

Music Genie: Interactive, Content-Based Browsing of Music Based on Thumbnail Playback
Samadani, R. and Zhang, T.
HP Laboratories technical report, HPL-2007-38

Geometrical methods for lightness adjustment in YCC color spaces
Samadani, R. and Li, G.,
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol 6058, 2006.

Characterizing and estimating block DCT image compression quantization parameters
Samadani, R.
39th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computer, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005, Pacific Grove, CA, USA,
pp. 1230-4.

Reducing audio noise using spectrogram random textures
Samadani, R.
39th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computer, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
pp. 315-18

Deringing and deblocking DCT compression artifacts with efficient shifted transforms
Samadani, R.; Sundararajan, A.; Said, A.
2004 International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 24-27 Oct. 2004, Singapore
Vol. 3, pp 1799-802

PathMarker: systems for capturing trips
Samadani, R.; Mukherjee, D.; Gargi, U.; et al.
2004 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 27-30 June 2004, Taipei, Taiwan
Vol.3, pp 2123-6

Mediabeads: an architecture for path-enhanced media applications
Harville, M.; Samadani, R.; Tretter, D.; et al.
2004 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 27-30 June 2004, Taipei, Taiwan
Vol.1, pp 455-8

A hybrid signal-feature system for music discovery (or finding needles in haystacks)
Samadani, R.; Said, A.; Mukherjee, D.
Image and Video Communications and Processing, 21-24 Jan. 2003, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Proceedings of the SPIE, vol.5022, pp 401-6

A finite mixtures algorithm for finding proportions in SAR images
Samadani, R.
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing vol.4, no.8 : 1182-6, Aug. 1995

Periodic plane tilings: application to pixel layout simulations for color flat-panel displays
Samadani, R.; Lanham, J.; Loomis, D.; et al.
Journal of the Society for Information Display vol.2, no.2, pp 95-104, Sept. 1994

A video display engineering and optimization system: ViDEOS
Larimer, J.; Berreman, D.; Den Boer, W.; et al.
Proceedings of SID '94 Symposium, 14-16 June 1994, San Jose, CA, USA
pp 197-200

Discrimination model analysis of the gray-scale/resolution tradeoff:
Gille, J.; Samadani, R.; Martin, R.; et al. A human visual
displays with 150 dpi or less resolution [LCDs] Proceedings of SID '94
Symposium, 14-16 June 1994, San Jose, CA, USA pp 494-7

Chapter on Introduction to Digital Image Processing and
Computer Vision and Chapter on The Automatic Design of Low-Level
Image Processing Operators Using Classification and Regression Trees,
R. Samadani
in Advances in Computer Methods for Systematic Biology: artificial
intelligence, databases, computer vision. Renaud Fortuner (editor),
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, pp. 353-364 and pp. 435-445.

Computer-assisted extraction of boundaries from images
Samadani, R.; Han, C.
Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases, 23 Feb. 1993, San Jose, CA, USA
Proceedings of the SPIE, vol.1908, pp 219-25

Content-based event selection from satellite images of the aurora
Samadani, R.; Han, C.; Katragadda, L.K.
Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases, 23 Feb. 1993, San Jose, CA, USA
Proceedings of the SPIE, vol.1908, pp 50-9

Measurement of Pressure Ridges in Sar Images of Sea Ice: Preliminary Results on Scattering Theory
Vesecky, J.F.; Smith, M.P.; Daida, J.M.; Samadani, R.; Camiso, J.C.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1992. IGARSS '92.
Volume: 2, Page(s): 955-957

A minimization-pruning algorithm for finding elliptical boundaries in images with non-constant background and with missing data
Mihovilovic, D.A.; Samadani, R.
Image Processing Algorithms and Techniques III, 10-13 Feb. 1992, San Jose, CA, USA
Proceedings of the SPIE, vol.1657,pp 546-57

Adaptive snakes: control of damping and material parameters
Samadani, R.
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Geometric Methods in Computer Vision
volume 1570, pp 202-213, 1991

A Finite Mixtures Algorithm For Finding Classes In Images
Samadani, R.; Vesecky, J.F.;
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1991. IGARSS '91.
Volume 3, June 3-6, 1991 Page(s):1835 - 1838

Automated Extraction Of Pressure Ridges From Sar Images Of Sea Ice: Comparison With Surface Truth
Vesecky, J.F.; Smith, M.P.; Samadani, R.; Daida, J.M.;
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1991. IGARSS '91.
Volume 2, June 3-6, 1991 Page(s):421 - 424

Finding Curvilinear Features In Speckled Images
Samadani, R.; Vesecky, J.F.;
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 28, Issue 4, Jul 1990 Page(s):669 - 673

Evaluation of an Elastic Curve Technique for Finding the Auroral Oval from Satellite Images
L. Frank, R. Samadani, D. Mihovilovic, C.R. Clauer, G. Wiederhold, J. Craven and
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience
and Remote Sensing, July 1990, pp. 590-597.

Object-oriented Feature-tracking Algorithms for SAR Images of the Marginal Ice Zone
J. Daida, R. Samadani and J.F. Vesecky,
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, July 1990,
pp. 573-589.

Extraction Of Lead And Ridge Characteristics From SAR Images Of Sea Ice
Vesecky, J.F.; Smith, M.P.; Samadani, R.;
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 28, Issue 4, Jul 1990 Page(s):740 - 744

Adaptive Image Segmentation Applied To Extracting The Auroral Oval From Satellite Images
Daida, J.; Samadani, R.; Vesecky, J.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1990. IGARSS '90.
20-24 May 1990, Page(s): 1649-1650

Remote Sensing Of Pressure Ridge And Lead Characteristics Using Sar Images Of Sea Ice
Vesecky, J.F.; Smith, M.P.; Samadani, R.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1990. IGARSS '90.
20-24 May 1990, Page(s): 1871-1874

Using Optimally Pruned Decision Trees To Find Objects In Speckled Images
Samadani, R.; Vesecky, J.F.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1990. IGARSS '90.
20-24 May 1990, Page(s): 1975-1978

A computer vision system for automatically finding the auroral oval from satellite images
Samadani, R.; Mihovilovic, D.; Clauer, C.R.; et al.
Image Processing Algorithms and Techniques, 12-14 Feb. 1990, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Proceedings of the SPIE, vol.1244, pp 68-75

Extraction of Ridge Feature Characteristics from Sar Images of Sea Ice
Vesecky, J.F.; Smith, M.P.; Samadani, R.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1989. IGARSS'89.
Volume: 2 10-14 Jul 1989, Page(s): 1129-1132

Finding Curvilinear Features in Speckled Images
Samadani, R.; Vesecky, J.F.;
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1989. IGARSS'89.
Volume 3, JULY 10 -14th 1989 Page(s):1198 - 1202

Model-driven image analysis to augment databases, invited paper in Visual Database
G. Wiederhold, J. Brinkley, R. Samadani and C.R. Clauer,
Systems, T. Kunii (editor), Springer-Verlag, 1989, pp. 159-180.

Changes in connectivity in active contour models
Samadani, R.
Proceedings. Workshop on Visual Motion, 20-22 March 1989, Irvine, CA,
USA pp 337-43

Observation of sea-ice dynamics using synthetic aperture radar images: automated analysis
Vesecky, J.F.; Samadani, R.; Smith, M.P.; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing vol.26, no.1, pp 38-48, Jan. 1988

Image Pyramid Motion Detection Applied to Sea Ice
R. Samadani,
Department of Electrical Engineering, PhD Dissertation, Stanford
University, 1987.

Observing rotation and deformation of sea ice with synthetic aperture radar
Vesecky, J.F.; Samadani, R.; Daida, J.M.; et al.
IGARSS'87. Remote Sensing: Understanding the Earth as a System,
18-21 May 1987, Ann Arbor, MI, USA pp 1137-45

Automated remote sensing of sea ice using synthetic aperture radar
Vesecky, J.F.; Samadani, R.; Smith, M.P.; et al.
IGARSS '86. Remote Sensing: 8-11 Sept. 1986, Zurich, Switzerland pp 127-32, Aug. 1986

Possible changes in natural Pc 1 pulsation activity caused by BART
Samadani, R.; Fraser-Smith, A.C.; Villard, O.G. Jr.
Journal of Geophysical Research vol.86, no.A11, pp 9211-14, 1 Oct. 1981