Publications

 

Earlier Publications

 Publications

Books Books and Book Chapters

  1.   S.Z. Li. Markov Random Field Modeling in Image Analysis. Springer-Verlag, 2001. (This is the 2nd edition of Markov Random Field Modeling in Computer Vision, 1995).
  2.   S.Z. Li. ``Shape Matching Based on Invariants'' (of tutorial nature). In Omid Omidvar (ed), Shape Analysis, pp.203-228, Volume 6 of Progress in Neural Networks. Ablex. May 1999.
  3.   S.Z. Li, D.P. Mital, E.K. Teoh, H. Wang (Ed.). Recent Developments in Computer Vision. Lecture Notes in Computer Science - 1035. Springer-Verlag, 1996.

Journal Papers Selected Journal Papers

  1.   S.Z. Li, K.L. Chan and C.L. Wang. ``Performance Evaluation of the Nearest Feature Line Method in Image Classification and Retrieval''. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 22(11):1335-1339. November, 2000.
  2.   S.Z. Li. ``Content-based Classification and Retrieval of Audio Using the Nearest Feature Line Method''. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, 8(5):619-625. September 2000.
  3.   S.Z. Li. ``Roof-Edge Preserving Image Smoothing Based on MRFs''. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 9(6):1134-1138, June, 2000.
  4.   S.Z. Li. ``Toward Global Solution to MAP Image Restoration and Segementation: Using Common Structure of Local Minima''. Pattern Recognition. 33(4):715-723, April, 2000.
  5.   S.Z. Li. ``Recognizing Multiple Overlapping Objects in Image: An Optimal Formulation''. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 9(2):273-276, February, 2000.
  6.   S.Z. Li, J. Lu. ``Face Recognition Using the Nearest Feature Line Method''. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 10(2):439-443, March, 1999.
  7.   L. Wang, J. Liu and S.Z. Li. `` MRF Parameter Estimation by MCMC Method''. Pattern recognition, accepted 1999.
  8.   S.Z. Li. ``MAP Image Restoration and Segmentation By Constrained Optimization''. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 7(12):1730-1735, December, 1998.
  9.   S.Z. Li. ``Close-Form Solution and Parameter Selection for Convex Minimization Based Edge-Preserving Smoothing''. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 20(9):916-932, September, 1998.
  10.   S.Z. Li. ``Bayesian Object Matching''. Journal of Applied Statistics, 25(3):425-443, 1998.
  11.   S.Z. Li, H. Wang, and W.Y.C. Soh. ``Robust Estimation of Rotation Angles from Image Sequences Using the Annealing M Estimator''. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 8(2):181-192 1998.
  12.   S.Z. Li, W.Y.C. Soh, E.K. Teoh. ``Relaxation labeling using augmented Lagrange-Hopfield method''. Pattern Recognition. 31(1):73-81, 1998.
  13.   S.Z. Li, H. Wang, K.L. Chan, and M. Petrou. ``Energy minimization and relaxation labeling''. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, vol.7, pp.149-161, 1997.
  14.   S.Z. Li. ``Parameter estimation for optimal object recognition: Theory and application''. International Journal of Computer Vision, 21(3):207-222, 1997.
  15.   S.Z. Li. ``Invariant representation, recognition and pose estimation of 3D space curves under similarity transformations''. Pattern recognition, 30(3):447-458, 1997
  16.   S.Z. Li. ``Improving Convergence and Solution Quality of Hopfield-Type Neural Network with Augmented Lagrange Multipliers''. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 7(6):1507-1516, November, 1996.
  17.   S.Z. Li. ``Robustizing robust M-estimation using deterministic annealing''. Pattern Recognition, 29(1):159-166, 1996.
  18.   S.Z. Li. ``On discontinuity-adaptive smoothness priors in computer vision''. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 17(6):576-586, June 1995.
  19.   S.Z. Li. ``Discontinuity-adaptive MRF prior and robust statistics: A comparative study''. Image and Vision Computing, 13(4):pages 227-233, April 1995.
  20.   S.Z. Li. ``Adaptive sampling and mesh generation''. Computer Aided Design, 27(3):235-240, March 1995.
  21.   S.Z. Li, J. Kittler, and M. Petrou. ``Automatic registration of aerial photographs and digital maps''. Optical Engineering, 32(6):1213-1221, June 1993.
  22.   S.Z. Li. ``Towards 3D vision from range images: An optimization framework and parallel networks''. CVGIP: Image Understanding, 55(3):231-260, May 1992.
  23.   S.Z. Li. ``Matching: invariant to translations, rotations and scale changes''. Pattern Recognition, 25(6):583-594, June 1992.
  24.   S.Z. Li. ``Object recognition from range data prior to segmentation''. Image and Vision Computing, 10(8):566-576, October 1992.
  25.   S.Z. Li. ``Invariant surface segmentation through energy minimization with discontinuities''. International Journal of Computer Vision, 5(2):161-194, 1990.
  26.   S.Z. Li. ``A design of fast emitter identifier with multi-factor decision''. Journal of Radar, pages 1-14, January 1986. (in Chinese)
  27.   S.Z. Li. ``Robust M detection''. Acta Electronica Sinica, 11(6):103-107, June 1983. (in Chinese)

Selected Conference Papers Selected Conference Papers

  1.  S.Z. Li and G.D. Guo. ``Content-Based Audio Classification and Retrieval Using SVM Learning''. PCM 2000.
  2. G.D. Guo, S.Z. Li, and K.L. Chan. ``Learning Similarity for texture Image Retrieval''. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision. Dublin, Ireland. June, 2000.
  3.   Q. Gu. and S.Z. Li. ``Combining Feature Optimization into Neural Network Based Face Recognition''. In Proceedings of The 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. September, 2000.
  4.   G.D. Guo, S.Z. Li, and K.L. Chan. ``Face Recognition by Support Vector Machines''. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition. Grenoble, France. 28-30 March, 2000.
  5.   R. Liao and S.Z. Li. ``Face Recognition Based on Multiple Facial Features''. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition. Grenoble, France. 28-30 March, 2000.
  6.   S.Z. Li, J.W. Lu, and K. L. Chan. ``Face Detection Using Neural Learning with Optimized Feature Set''. In Proceedings of the Fouth Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Taipei, January, 2000.
  7.   G.D. Guo, S.Z. Li, K.L. Chan and H. Pan. ``Texture Image Segmentation using Reduced Gabor Filter Set and Mean Shift Clustering''. In Proceedings of the Fouth Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Taipei, January, 2000.
  8.   H. Pan, S.Z. Li, and G.D. Guo. ``Robust Unsupervised Clustering Using Generalized Annealing M-Estimator''. In Proceedings of the Fouth Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Taipei, January, 2000.
  9.   S.Z. Li, and J.W. Lu. ``Modeling Bayesian Estimation for Deformable Contours''. In Proceedings of 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision. pp.991-996. Kerkyra, Greece. September 20-27, 1999. extended version.
  10.   J. Liu, L. Wang, and S.Z. Li. ``MRMRF Texture Classification and MCMC Parameter Estimation''. Proceedings of Vision Interface'99 (VI'99). p143-148, Canada, 1999.
  11.   S.Z. Li. ``Face Recognition Based on Nearest Linear Combinations''. In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. pp.839-844. Santa Barbara, CA. June 23-25, 1998.
  12.   S.Z. Li, J.W. Lu, K.L. Chan, J. Liu and L. Wang. ``Hierarchical Linear Combinations for Face Recognition''. In Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Pattern Recognition. Brisbane, Australia. August 16-20, 1998.
  13.   S.Z. Li and J.W. Lu. ``Generalizing Capacity of Face Database for Face Recognition''. In Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition. pp.402-405. Nara, Japan. April 14-16, 1998.
  14.   T. Liu, K.L. Chan, and S.Z. Li, ``Model-based Active Object Recognition using MRF Matching and Sensor Plannign''. In Proceedings of  Asian Conference on Computer Vision 98; Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Hong Kong, Jan 1998.
  15.   L. Wang, J. Liu and S.Z. Li. ``A Novel Texture Classification Method based on Multiresolution MRF Modeling''. Journal of IES, Vol.40, No.1, 2000.
  16.   L. Wang, J. Liu, and S.Z. Li. ``MRMRF-based Texture Classification''. In Proceedings of Joint Conference on Information Science(JCIS'98), Vol.4, p226-229. Research Triangle Park, NC. 1998.
  17.   L. Wang, J. Liu, and S.Z. Li. ``Texture Classification Using Wavelet Decomposition with Markov Random Field Models''. In International Conference on Image Processing, Vol.2, p1613-1615, Brisbane, Australia, 1998.
  18.   L. Wang, J. Liu, and S.Z. Li. ``Texture Classification Using Multiresolution MRF Based on NLC'', ICARCV'98, Vol.1, p205-209, Singapore, 1998.
  19.   S.Z. Li and J. Hornegger. ``A Two-Stage Probabilistic Approach For Object Recognition''. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision. University of Freiburg, Germany. 2-6 June, 1998.
  20.   S.Z. Li, Y. Huang, J. Fu and K. L. Chan. ``Edge-preserving smoothing by convex minimization''. In Proceedings of the Third Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Hong Kong, January, 1998.
  21.   S.Z. Li. ``Toward Global Solution to MAP Image Estimation: Using Common Structure of Local Minima''. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Ca' Dolfin, Venice, Italy, May 21-23, 1997.
  22.   S.Z. Li and L.H. Chen. ``Augmented Lagrange-Hopfield Method for Combinatorial Optimization''. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Information Processing. Hong Kong. September 1996.
  23.   S.Z. Li, K.L. Chan, and H. Wang. ``Bayesian Image Restoration and Segmentation by Constrained Optimization''. In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pages 1-6, San Francisco, CA, June 1996.
  24.   S.Z. Li. ``MRF based matching and pose estimation ''. In Proceedings of the Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Singapore, December, 1995.
  25.   S.Z. Li. ``Parallel distributed relaxation labeling''. In Proceedings of the Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Singapore, December, 1995.
  26.   S.Z. Li. ``Relaxation labeling using Lagrange multipliers and Hopfield network''. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, pages 266-269, Washington, D.C., 1995.
  27.   S.Z. Li, Y.H. Huang, and J. Fu. ``Convex MRF potential functions''. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, pages 296-299, Washington, D.C., 1995.
  28.   S.Z. Li. ``A Markov random field model for object matching under contextual constraints''. In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pages 866-869, Seattle, Washington, June 1994.
  29.   S.Z. Li, H. Wang, and M. Petrou. ``Relaxation labeling of Markov random fields''. In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition, volume 1, pages 488-492, Jerusalem, Israel, October 1994.
  30.   S.Z. Li. ``Markov random field models in computer vision''. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision, volume B, pages 361-370, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1994.
  31.   S.Z. Li. ``Adaptation to discontinuities and robustness to outliers''. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, November 1994.
  32.   S.Z. Li. ``Self-organization of surface shapes''. In Proc. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Nagoya, Japan, October 1993.
  33.   S.Z. Li, H. Wang, T.-H. Ang, and K.-M. Bey. ``Detection of corners on 3D curves''. In Proc. SPIE conference on Intelligent Robots and Robot Vision XIII: Computer Vision, Product Inspection and Active Vision, Boston, MA, 31 October - 4 November 1994.
  34.   S.Z. Li. ``Similarity invariants for 3D space curve matching''. In Proceedings of the First Asian Conference on Computer Vision, pages 454-457, Osaka, Japan, November 1993.
  35.   S.Z. Li, J. Kittler, and M. Petrou. ``Matching and recognition of road networks from aerial images''. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision, pages 857-861, June 1992.
  36.   S.Z. Li. ``Recognizing overlapping objects and continuous speech''. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, September 1992.
  37.   S.Z. Li. ``Mapping from pixels to models: A connectionist approach''. In Proceedings of The 7th Scandinavian Conference on Image Ananlysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1991.
  38.   S.Z. Li. ``Reconstruction without discontinuities''. In Proceedings of Third International Conference on Computer Vision, pages 709-712, Osaka, Japan, December 1990.
  39.   S.Z. Li. ``A curve analysis approach to surface feature extraction from range image''. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Machine Intelligence and Vision, Tokyo, Japan, April 1989.
  40.   S.Z. Li. ``3D object recognition from range images: Computational framework and neural networks''. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, pages 100-110, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 1989.
  41.   H. Wang and S.Z. Li. ``Solving the bas-relief ambiguity''. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Austin, TX, 1994.
  42.   H. Wang, S.Z. Li, and E. K. Teoh, ``A statistically unbiased method for computing the rotation angles from image sequences''. In Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Machine Vision Applications, Tokyo, 1994.
  43.   H. Wang, S.Z. Li, and E. K. Teoh, ``Visual control of a robot head''. In Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Machine Vision Applications, Tokyo, 1994.
  44.   S.Z. Li and S.L. Wang. ``A morphological tool for image analysis''. In Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Imaging Techniques, pages 451--462, Nanjing, China, November 1987.
  45.   S.Z. Li. ``Finding breakpoints on digital curves''. In Proceedings of 2nd National Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Graphics, pages 53--60, Zhangjiajie, China, August 1986. (in Chinese)
  46.   S.Z. Li. ``A design of fast emitter identifier with multi-factor decision''. In Proceedings of 4th National Conference on Radar, Chengdu, China, April 1985. (in Chinese)

 

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