|
Avinash C. Kak (Hindi: अविनाश काक) (also known as Avi Kak, born 1944) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University who has done pioneering research in several areas of information processing. His most noteworthy contributions deal with algorithms, languages, and systems related to networks (including sensor networks), robotics, and computer vision. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, he was educated at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.〔Kak, Ram Nath, Autumn Leaves. Vitasta, 1995.〕 He joined the faculty of Purdue University in 1971.〔Homepage https://engineering.purdue.edu/kak/ Avi Kak's Personal Homepage〕 His brother is the computer scientist Subhash Kak. == Robotics and Computer Vision == His contributions include the 3D-POLY that is the fastest algorithm for recognizing 3D objects in depth maps〔Chen, C.H. and A. C. Kak, "A Robot Vision System for Recognizing 3-D Objects in Low-Order Polynomial Time," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 1535–1563, November/December 1989〕 In 1992, Kosaka and Kak published FINALE,〔Kosaka, A. and A. Kak, "Fast Vision-Guided Mobile Robot Navigation using Model-Based Reasoning and Prediction of Uncertainties," Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing -- Image Understanding, pp. 271–329, November 1992〕 which is considered to be a computationally efficient and highly robust approach to vision-based navigation by indoor mobile robots. In 2003, a group of researchers that included Kak developed a tool for content-based image retrieval that was demonstrated by clinical trials to markedly improve the performance of radiologists. This remains the only clinically evaluated system for content-based image retrieval for radiologists.〔Aisen, A., Lynn Broderick, H. Winter-Muram, C. Brodley, A. Kak, C. Pavlopoulou, J. Dy, Chi-Ren Shyu, and A. Marchiori, "Automated Storage and Retrieval of Thin-Section CT Images to Assist Diagnosis: System Description and Preliminary Assessment," Radiology, Vol. 228, No. 1, pp. 265–270, July 2003〕 His book ''Digital Picture Processing'',〔Rosenfeld, A. and A.Kak, ''Digital Picture Processing'' Academic Press(1982)〕 co-authored with Azriel Rosenfeld, is also considered a classic and has been one of the most widely referenced sources in literature dealing with digital image processing and computer vision. He is not a believer in Strong AI as evidenced by his provocative/amusing essay ''Why Robots Will Never Have Sex''. This essay a rejoinder to those who believe that robots/computers will someday take over the world.〔(Kak, A. Why Robots Will Never Have Sex )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avinash Kak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|