News, presentations and events

ISDA upcoming

  • conference program committee:
    The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA'08), San Diego, California, USA, December 11-13, 2008
  • M. Casares and P. Bajcsy, "Fully Automated Cropping of Scanned Papers with Color Scale Bars" ICPR 2008, Tampa, Florida, December 8-11, 2008
  • S-C. Lee and P. Bajcsy, "Image and Text Based Appraisal of Documents" ICPR 2008, Tampa, Florida, December 8-11, 2008
  • Microsoft eScience Workshop at Indiana University, December 7-9, 2008
  • M. Ondrejcek, R. Kooper, L. Marini and P. Bajcsy, "From Large Volumes of Scanned Lincoln Papers to Virtual Observatories", Edinburgh, 8-11 September 2008 - UK eScience Allhands meeting, Crossing Boundaries: Computational Science, E-Science and Global E-Infrastructures
  • P. Bajcsy and S-C. Lee, "Computer Assisted Appraisal of Contemporary PDF Documents" ARCHIVES 2008: Archival R/Evolution and Identities 72nd Annual Meeting Pre-conference Programs: August 24-27, 2008 Conference Dates: August 26-31, 2008
  • M. Johnson and P. Bajcsy, "Integration of Thermal and Visible Imagery for Robust Foreground Detection in Tele-immersive Spaces" The 11th International Conference on Information Fusion (Fusion2008), Cologne, Germany, June 30-July 3, 2008
  • P. Bajcsy, M. Johnson, S-K. Lee and R. Kooper, "Real Time Localization and 3D Depth Estimation Across Disparate Sensing Systems: Toward Hazard Aware and Tele-Immersive Spaces" The 15th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP), Bratislava, Slovak Republic, June 25-28, 2008.

Past - 2008

  • 2008 NCSA Private Sector Program (PSP) Annual Meeting - May 12-13
    • From Large Volumes of Scanned Lincoln Papers to Virtual Observatories - Michal Ondrejcek and Peter Bajcsy [abstract]
    • Cyber-Integrator: A Highly Interactive Scientific Process Management Environment - Rob Kooper, Luigi Marini, Jim Myers and Peter Bajcsy [abstract]
    • Tele-Immersive Environments for Everybody - Rahul Malik, Suk-Kyu Lee, Miles Johnson, Rob Kooper and Peter Bajcsy [abstract]
    • Web-Based Access to Large Volumes of Airborne Multi-Year Multi-Spectral Imagery - Qi Li, Michal Ondrejcek, Rob Kooper, Kevin Franklin and Peter Bajcsy [abstract]
    • Embedding Data within Knowledge Spaces - Joe Futrelle, Jeff Gaynor, Joel Plutchak, Peter Bajcsy, Jason Kastner, Kailash Kotwani, Jong Sung Lee, Luigi Marini, Robert E. McGrath, Terry McLaren, Yong Liu, and James Myers [abstract]
  • Understanding Complex Systems Conference, May 12-15, 2008, Champaign, IL, Peter Bajcsy
  • Blue cross / Blue shield meeting, Child health Examination and Surveillance System (CHESS) Summit, Thursday May 1
  • Access Grid meeting with NARA, Peter Bajcsy
  • NSF review panel, Washington, DC, April, Peter Bajcsy
  • Teragrid planning meeting 16-17th of April
    Peter Bajcsy - presentation on Cyber-Infrastructure
  • Meeting for the 3rd annual summer workshop I-CHASS - April 3-4, January, Washington, DC
    Peter Bajcsy
  • ARTCA meeting, February, Costa Rica, Peter Bajcsy - presentation
  • University of Iowa,IA, February
    Peter Bajcsy - presentation on Cyber-Infrastructure
  • NSF review panel, January, Washington, DC
    Peter Bajcsy
  • NCSA Video on Demand
    Posted: January 22, 2008, Talk given: April 5, 2007
    Running time: 58:01, [Full-length Quicktime .mov (~677 MB)], [Full-length Flash video]

    Pattern learning for groundwater recharge.
    Illinois State Water Survey researcher Yu-Feng Lin describes the collaborative project he undertook with NCSA's Image Spatial Data Analysis Group as part of his recent faculty fellowship.
  • Washington University, MO, January
    Peter Bajcsy - medical collaboration
  • WATERS Network, Cyber-Infrastructure collaboration, January 14-16, Corpus Cristi, TX
    Luigi Marini

Happy New Year 2008


Past - 2007
  • P. Bajcsy, Q. Li, D. Crowder and M. Markus, "A Simulation Framework for Evaluating Sampling Strategies and Determining Load Accuracies in Suspended Sediment Loads.", AGU, Fall Meeting, December 10-14, 2007, San Francisco, California, Abstract H53A-0962, poster presentation
  • Luigi Marini, Rob Kooper, Peter Bajcsy and Jim Myers, "Supporting exploration and collaboration in scientific workflow systems.", AGU, Fall Meeting, December 10-14, 2007, San Francisco, California, IN31C-07, oral presentation, [abstract]
  • Y. Lin, P. Bajcsy, A.J. Valocchi, C-Y. Kim and J. Wang, "Evaluation of Alternative Conceptual Models Using Interdisciplinary Information: An Application in Shallow Groundwater Recharge and Discharge." AGU, Fall Meeting, December 10-14, 2007, San Francisco, California, Abstract H31G-0738, oral presentation
  • Peter Bajcsy and Sang-Chul Lee, "Understanding Challenges in Preserving and Reconstructing Computer-Assisted Medical Decision Processes.", Workshop on Machine Learning in Biomedicine and Bioinformatics (MLBB07) of the 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA'07) December 13-15, 2007, Cincinnati, Ohio, oral presentations
  • Peter Bajcsy - oral presentation
    Science Frontiers, November 8, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Peter Bajcsy, poster and demos
    WATERS test bed meeting, October 22-23, Baltimore
  • Luigi Marini, Rob Kooper, Peter Bajcsy, James Myers "Lowering Adoption Barriers for Scientific Workflow Systems", MS eScience meeting at RENCI, October 21-24, 2007, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • C-Y. Kim, Y-F. Lin and P. Bajcsy, "A Framework For Geospatial Models From Sparse Field Measurements Using Image Processing And Machine Learning", MS eScience meeting at RENCI, October 21-24, 2007, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Tim Nee, Weimo Zhu, Radha Nandkumar, Peter Bajcsy, and Sang-Chul Lee, "Evaluation of an Image-processing Method for Gathering Information about Obesity from Schools.", The Cooper Institute; Diversity in Physical Activity and Health: Measurement and Research Issues and Challenges, October 18-20, 2007, Dallas, Texas.
  • Peter Bajcsy and Sang-Chul Lee, "Understanding Computational Requirements for Preservation and Reconstruction of Computer-Assisted Decision Processes.", CUAHSI regional meeting, Chicago October 12, 2007, Chicago
  • Peter Bajcsy, "Spatial Pattern To Learn (SP2Learn)", Land-informatics workshop II., September 28-29, Urbana, presentation on GeoLearn and SP2Learn, [abstract]
  • Peter Bajcsy, "SP2Learn - a framework for geospatial modeling from sparse field measurements using image processing and machine learning.", Pacific Grid Applications and Middleware Activities (PRAGMA 13), NCSA, September 21-25, 2007
  • Peter Bajcsy and Praveen Kumar, "Cyber-Infrastructure for Critical Zone Explorations in Intensively Managed Landscapes."
    Critical Zone Observatory workshop, Penn State, September 16-18, presentation on Cyber-Infrastructure.
  • Peter Bajcsy, "From Raw Data to Information and to Knowledge", "Geospatial Learn (GeoLearn)", Land-informatics workshop I, September 7-8, Urbana
  • Peter Bajcsy, "Challenges in Preserving and Reconstructing Computer-Assisted Decision Processes.", Society of American Archivists, August 31, Chicago, Illinois
  • Peter Bajcsy, "Image Analysis Tools", Computational Methods in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Workshop, August 2007
  • Peter Bajcsy, "From Raw Data to Information and Knowledge", American Society of Civil Engineers, Illinois State Water Survey, July, 2007
  • R. Kooper, L. Marini, B. Minsker, J. Myers and P. Bajcsy, "CyberIntegrator: A Highly Interactive Scientific Process Management Environment to Support Earth Observatories.", Geoinformatics conference, May 16-18, 2007, San Diego, CA, oral presentation
  • P. Bajcsy, C-Y. Kim, Q. Li, R. Kooper, V. Mehra, R. Robertson and P. Kumar "GeoLearn: An Exploratory Framework for Extracting Information and Knowledge from Remote Sensing Imagery", 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment Sustainable Development Through Global Earth Observations, June 25-29, 2007, San Jose, Costa Rica