H. Samet, C. A. Shaffer, R. C. Nelson, Y-G Huang, K. Fujimura, and A Rosenfeld, ``Recent developments in linear quadtree-based geographic information systems'', Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 1987, 187-197. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and John Aloimonos, ``Determining Motion Parameters from Spherical Flow Fields (or the advantages of having eyes in the back of your head)'', Biological Cybernetics Vol. 58, 1988, 261-273. Abstract,
Dana H. Ballard, Randal C. Nelson, and Brian Yamauchi, ``Animate Vision'', Optics News Vol. 15, No. 5, May 1989, 9-, Invited article. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and John Aloimonos, ``Obstacle Avoidance Using Flow Field Divergence'', IEEE Transactions on PAMI, Vol. 11, 10, Oct. 1989, 1102-1106. Abstract,
Clifford A. Shaffer, Hanan Samet, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Quilt: A Geographic Information System Based on Quadtrees'', International Journal of Geographic Information Systems, Vol. 4, 2, August 1990, 103-131. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson ``Visual Homing Using an Associative Memory'', Biological Cybernetics Vol. 65, 1991, 281-291. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Qualitative detection of Motion by a Moving Observer'', International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 7, 1, November 1991, 33-46. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Vision as Intelligent Behavior: Research in Machine Vision at the University of Rochester'', International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 7, 1, November 1991, 5-9. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Ramprasad Polana, ``Qualitative Recognition of Motion Using Temporal Texture'', CVGIP Image Understanding, Vol. 56, 1, July 1992, 78-89. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Finding Line Segments by Stick Growing'', IEEE Transactions on PAMI, Vol. 16, 5, May 1994, 519-523. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Detecting Activities'', Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, June 1994. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Detection and Recognition of Periodic, Non-rigid Motion'', International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 23, 3, June/July 1997, 261-282. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger ``Large-Scale Tests of a Keyed, Appearance-Based 3-D Object Recognition System'', Vision Research, Special issue on computational vision, Vol. 38, No. 15-16, Aug. 1998. Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint),
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson ``Learning Dextrous Manipulation Strategies for Multifingered Robot Hands Using the Evolution Strategy'', Special combined issue of Machine Learning, Vol. 31, 223-237, 1998, and Autonomous Robots, Vol 5, 395-405, 1998. Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint),
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, "A Perceptual Grouping Hierarchy for Appearance-Based 3D Object Recognition", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 76, no. 1, October 1999, pp.83-92. Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint),
Randal C. Nelson, Visual Learning and the Development of Intelligence, In Early Visual Learning, Shree K. Nayar and Tomaso Poggio, Editors, Oxford University Press, 1996, 215-236. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``From Visual Homing to Object Recognition'' , in Visual Navigation, Yiannis Aloimonos, Editor, Lawrence Earlbaum Inc, 1997, 218-250 Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson ``Temporal Texture and Activity Recognition'', in Motion-Based Recognition, Mubarak Shah and Ramesh Jain Editors. Kluwer Academic, 1997. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Hanan Samet, ``A Consistent Hierarchical Representation for Vector Data'', ACM SIGGRAPH '86, Dallas, August, 197-206. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Hanan Samet, ``A Population Analysis for Hierachical Data Structures'', ACM SIGMOD '87, San Francisco, May, 270-277. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and John Aloimonos, ``Determining Motion Parameters from Spherical Flow Fields'', IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision, Miami Beach, December 1987, 145-150. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and John Aloimonos, ``Using Flow Field Divergence for Obstacle Avoidance: Towards Qualitative Vision'', ICCV 2, Tarpon Springs FLA, December 1988, 188-196. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, Dana H. Ballard, and Steven D. Whitehead ``Visual Behavior and Intelligent Agents'', Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, Volume 1198, Sensor Fusion II: Human and Machine Strategies, 34-49, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 1989. Abstract,
Brian Yamauchi and Randal C. Nelson ``A Behavior-Based Architecture for Robots Using Real-Time Vision'', International Conference on Robotics and Automation 1991. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Qualitative Detection of Motion by a Moving Observer'', Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Maui Hawaii, June 1991, 173-178. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson, ``Recognition of Motion from Temporal Texture'', Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Champaign, Illinois, June 1992, 129-134. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson, ``Detecting Activities'', Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, New York, NY, June 1993, 2-7. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson, ``Recognition of Activities'', Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Jerusulem, Israel, October 1994, A815-820. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson ``Low Level Recognition of Human Motion (or How to Get Your Man without Finding his Body Parts)'' IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Motion of Nonrigid and Articulate Objects, Austin, TX, October 1994. gzipped postscript Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, Martin Jagersand, and Olac Fuentes, ``Virtual Tools: A Framework for Simplifying Sensory-Motor Control in Complex Robotic Systems'', Workshop on Vision for Robotics, at IROS95, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug, 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Martin Jagersand and Randal C. Nelson, ``Visual space task specification, planning and control'' In Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Symposium on Computer Vision, Coral Gabels FL, Dec, 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Martin Jagersand, Olac Fuentes, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Acquiring Visual-Motor Models for Robot Hand Fine-Manipulation'', Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV96), Cambridge England, April 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``The Virtual Tool Approach to Dextrous Telemanipulation'' Proc. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA96), Minneapolis Minnesota, April 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Galen C. Hunt and Randal C. Nelson, ``Lineal Feature Extraction by Parallel Stick Growing'', Third International Workshop on Parallel Algorithms for Irregularly Structured Problems (IRREGULAR96), Santa Barbara CA, August, 1996. Abstract,
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Experiments on Dextrous Manipulation without Prior Object Models'', Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Dearborn, Michigan, September 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Learning Dextrous Manipulation Skills for Multifingered Robot Hands'', Proceedings of the US-Japan Robotics Graduate Student Forum. Osaka, Japan November 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Learning Dextrous Manipulation Skills Using Multisensory Information'', Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ/ International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Washington, D.C., December 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Martin Jagersand, Olac Fuentes, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Experimental Evaluation of Uncalibrated Visual Servoing for Precision Manipulation'', Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'97), Albuquerque NM, April 1997. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson ``Learning Dextrous Manipulation Skills Using the Evolution Strategy'' Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'97) Albuquerque NM, April, 1997. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger ``A Cubist Approach to Object Recognition'', International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV98), Bombay, India, January 1998, 614-621. Abstract, gzipped postscript, also in an extended version with more complete description of the algorithms, and additional experiments.
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, ``A Perceptual Grouping Hierarchy for Appearance-based 3D Object Recognition'' Workshop on Perceptual Organization (with CVPR98), Santa Barabara CA, June 1998. Abstract, gzipped postscript (draft)
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, "Improving Appearance-Based Object Recognition in Cluttered Backgrounds", International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Barcelona, Spain, September 2000, Volume 1, 46-50. Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint)
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger "Learning 3D Recognition Models for General Objects from Unlabeled Imagery: An Experiment in Intelligent Brute Force" Invited paper, International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Barcelona, Spain, September 2000, Volume 1, 1-8. Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint),
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, "Minimally Supervised Acquisition of 3D Recognition Models from Cluttered Images", Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR01), Kauai, Hawaii, December, 2001, Volume 1, 213-220 . Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint)
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, "Appearance-Based Object Recognition Using Multiple Views" Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR01), Kauai, Hawaii, December, 2001, Volume 1, 905-911 . Abstract, gzipped postscript (preprint)
Brandon Sanders, Randal C. Nelson, and Rahul Sukthankar, "The OD Theory of TOD: The Use and Limits of Temporal Information for Object Discovery" Proceedings of AAAI, Edmunton, Alberta, July 2002, 777-784. Abstract, pdf (preprint)
Brandon Sanders, Randal C. Nelson, and Rahul Sukthankar, "A Theory of the Quasi-static World", International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR02), Quebec City, Quebec, August, 2002, volume 3, 1-6. Abstract, pdf (preprint)
Randal Nelson and Isaac Green, "Tracking Objects Using Recognition", International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR02), Quebec City, Quebec, August, 2002, Volume 2, 1025-1039. Abstract, pdf (preprint)
Hanan Samet, Azriel Rosenfeld, Clifford A. Shaffer, Randal C. Nelson, Yuan-Geng Huang, Kikuo Fujimura, ``Application of Hierarchical data structures to Geographical Information Systems: Phase IV'', Technical Report #1587, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland, December 1985. Abstract,
Clifford A. Shaffer, Hanan Samet, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Quilt: A Geographic Information System Based on Quadtrees'', Technical Report #1885, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland, July 1987. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, Visual Navigation, Doctoral Dissertation, also University of Maryland CS-TR-2087, August 1988. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson ``Visual Homing Using an Associative Memory,'' Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Palo Alto CA, March 1989. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson ``Visual Homing Using an Associative Memory'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, May 1989 245-262. Abstract,
Chris M. Brown and Randal C. Nelson, ``Image understanding at the University of Rochester'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, May 1989, 122-127. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Qualitative detection of Motion by a Moving Observer'', University of Rochester Department of Computer Science TR 341, April, 1990. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Qualitative Detection of Motion by a Moving Observer'', Proc. AAAI-90 Workshop on Qualitative Vision, July 29, 1990 Boston MA. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Qualitative Detection of Motion by a Moving Observer'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Pittsburgh PA, September 1990, 329-337. Abstract,
Chris M. Brown and Randal C. Nelson, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Pittsburgh PA, September 1990, 76-85. Abstract,
Dana H. Ballard, Chris M. Brown and Randal C. Nelson, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, San Diego, CA, January, 1992, 109-114. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Ramprasad Polana, ``Qualitative Recognition of Motion Using Temporal Texture'', Proc. DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, San Diego, CA, Jan 1992, 555-559. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson, ``Detecting Activities'', Proc. Darpa Image Understanding Workshop, Washington DC, April 1993, 569-573. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Chris M. Brown, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Washington DC, April, 1993. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Visual Manipulation'', Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Palo Alto CA, March 1994. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson and Chris M. Brown, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey CA, Nov, 1994, 93-98. Abstract,
Ramprasad Polana and Randal C. Nelson, ``Recognition of Nonrigid Motion'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey CA, Nov, 1994, 1219-1224. Abstract,
Larry S. Davis, Ruzena Bajcsy, Martin Herman, and Randal C. Nelson, ``RSTA on the Move'', Proceedings DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey CA, Nov, 1994, 435-456. Abstract,
Olac Fuentes, Hilcea F. Marengoni, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Vision-based Planning and Execution of Precision Grasps'', University of Rochester, Dept of Computer Science TR 546, December 1994. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Morphing Hands and Virtual Tools (or what good is an extra degree of freedom?'', University of Rochester, Dept of Computer Science TR 551, December 1994. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Martin Jagersand, and Martin Jagersand, Adaptive Differential Visual Feedback for Uncalibrated Hand-Eye Coordination and Motor Control'', University of Rochester, Department of Computer Science TR 579, December 1994. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson, ``3-D Recognition Via 2-stage Associative Memory'', University of Rochester, Dept of Computer Science TR 565, January 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson, ``Rapid Prototyping of Real-World Robot Systems Using Virtual Reality and Systems Simulation'', Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Palo Alto CA, March 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson, Martin Jagersand, and Olac Fuentes, ``Virtual Tools: A Framework for Simplifying Sensory-Motor Control in Complex Robotic Systems'' University of Rochester, Department of Computer Science TR 576, March 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Ramprasad Polana, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Non-Parametric Recognition of Non-rigid Motion'', University of Rochester, Department of Computer Science TR 575, March 1995. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Experiments on dextrous manipulation without prior object models'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 606, January, 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson, ``Memory-Based Recognition for 3-D Objects'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Palm Springs CA, February 1996, 1305-1310. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Martin Jagersand and Randal C. Nelson, ``On-line Estimation of Visual-Motor Models Using Active Vision'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Palm Springs CA, February 1996, 677-682. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Christopher M. Brown, ``Real-Time Recognition and Visual Control: Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Palm Springs CA, February 1996, 541-548. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Olac Fuentes and Randal C. Nelson, ``Learning Dextrous Manipulation Skills for Multifingered Robot Hands'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 613, May, 1996. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Galen C. Hunt and Randal C. Nelson, ``Lineal Feature Extraction by Parallel Stick Growing'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 625, June, 1996. Abstract,
Randal C. Nelson, ``Songs of Cesium'' ChemTech, (Chemistry Journal), ``The Last Word'', Oct 1996. Full collection
Christopher M. Brown and Randal C. Nelson, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, LA, May 1997, 69-77. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger, ``Experiments on (Intelligent) Brute Force Methods for Appearance-Based Object Recognition'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, LA, May 1997, 1197-1205. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger, ``A Cubist Approach to Object Recognition'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 689, May, 1998. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger, ``A Perceptual Grouping Hierarchy for Appearance-Based 3D Object Recognition'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 690, May, 1998. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Christopher M. Brown, Kiriakos Kutulakos, and Randal C. Nelson, ``Image Understanding Research at Rochester'', Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey,CA, Nov. 1998, 43-49. Abstract
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger, ``A Perceptual Grouping Hierarchy for 3D Object Recognition and Representation'' Proc. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA, Nov. 1998, 157-163. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, ``Using Directional Variance to Extract Curves in Images, thus Improving Object Recognition in Clutter'', University of Rochester, Computer Science TR 712, April, 1999. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, ``Minimally Supervised Acquisition of 3D Recognition Models from Images'', TR724, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, January 2000. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, ``Improving Appearance-Based Object Recognition in Cluttered Backgrounds'', TR725, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, January 2000. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Andrea Selinger and Randal C. Nelson, ``Appearance-Based 3D Object Recognition Using a Perceptual Grouping Hierarchy'', Demonstration session, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 13-15, 2000. This was a live demonstration of the object recognition system.
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger ``Learning 3D Recognition Models for General Objects from Unlabeled Imagery: An Experiment in Intelligent Brute Force'' Invited paper, International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Barcelona, Spain, September 2000. (to appear) Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger "Appearance-Based Object Recognition Using Multiple Views" TR749, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, June 2001. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal C. Nelson and Andrea Selinger "Minimally Supervised Acquisition of 3D Recognition Models from Cluttered Images" TR750, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, June 2001. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Randal Nelson and Isaac Green, "Tracking Objects Using Recognition", TR765, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, February 2002. Abstract, gzipped postscript
Brandon Sanders, Randal C. Nelson, and Rahul Sukthankar, "Discovering Objects Using Temporal Information", TR772, Computer Science Dept., U. Rochester, April 2002. Abstract, gzipped postscript
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