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  • M. Mattar, S. Murtagh and A. Hanson.
    Software Tools for Image Analysis.
    Technical Report UM-CS-2009-017, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2009.
    [pdf]

  • M. Mattar, M. Ross and E. Learned-Miller.
    Nonparametric Curve Alignment.
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
    [pdf][poster]

  • G. Huang, M. Mattar, T. Berg and E. Learned-Miller.
    Labeled Faces in the Wild: A Database for Studying Face Recognition in Unconstrained Environments.
    IEEE ECCV Faces in Real-Life Images Workshop, Marseille, France, October 2008.
    [pdf]

  • M. Mattar, M. Ross and E. Learned-Miller.
    Nonparametric Curve Alignment.
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
    [pdf][poster]

  • G. Huang, M. Mattar, T. Berg and E. Learned-Miller.
    Labeled Faces in the Wild: A Database for Studying Face Recognition in Unconstrained Environments.
    IEEE ECCV Faces in Real-Life Images Workshop, Marseille, France, October 2008.
    [pdf]

  • D. Lisin, M. Mattar, M. Blaschko, M. Benfield and E. Learned-Miller.
    Combining Local and Global Image Features for Object Class Recognition.
    IEEE CVPR Workshop on Learning in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition , San Diego, CA, June 2005.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf] [ps.gz] [slides(.pdf)]

  • M. Mattar, A. Hanson and E. Learned-Miller.
    Sign Classification using Local and Meta-Features.
    IEEE CVPR Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired , San Diego, CA, June 2005.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf] [ps.gz] [slides(.ppt) - 75MB]

  • P. Silapachote, J. Weinman, A. Hanson, R. Weiss and M. Mattar.
    Automatic Sign Detection and Recognition in Natural Scenes.
    IEEE CVPR Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired , San Diego, CA, June 2005.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf ] [ps.gz ]

  • M. Blaschko, G. Holness, M. Mattar, D. Lisin, P. Utgoff, A. Hanson, H. Schultz, E. Riseman, M. Sieracki, W. Balch and B. Tupper.
    Automatic In Situ Identification of Plankton.
    Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, Breckenridge, Colorado, January 2005.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf] [ps.gz] [poster (.ppt)]

  • M. Mattar, S. Murtagh and A. Hanson.
    Software Tools for Image Analysis.
    Technical Report UM-CS-2009-017, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2009.
    [pdf]

  • M. Mattar and E. Learned-Miller.
    Improved Generative Models for Continuous Image Features through Tree-Structured Non-parametric Distributions.
    Technical Report UM-CS-2006-057, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf]

  • M. Mattar, A. Hanson and E. Learned-Miller.
    Sign Classification for the Visually Impaired.
    Technical Report UM-CS-2005-014, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2005.
    [abstract/bibtex] [pdf] [ps.gz]

  • M. Sieracki, E. Riseman, W. Balch, M. Benfield, A. Hanson, C. Pilskaln, H. Schultz, C. Sieracki, P. Utgoff, M. Blaschko, G. Holness, M. Mattar, D. Lisin and B. Tupper.
    Automated Classification of Plankton from Digital Images.
    ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting , Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2005.
    [abstract] [poster(.ppt)]

  • M. Mattar.
    Nonparametric Curve Alignment.
    Masters Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September 2008.
    Readers: Allen R. Hanson and Erik G. Learned-Miller
    [pdf]

  • M. Mattar.
    Object Recognition with Applications to Sign Recognition and Plankton Classification.
    Honors Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September 2005.
    Readers: Allen R. Hanson and Erik G. Learned-Miller
    Winner of Honors Deans Award and Honors Research Grant

  • Plankton Analysis System (www)
    SCOR 130 Working Group annual meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2008.

  • Joint Alignment of ERP Signals via Entropy Minimization (with Michael Ross).
    Department of Psychology, UMass, Amherst, December 2006.

  • Sign Classification using Local and Meta-features
    IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applicationsfor the Visually Impaired (in conjunction with CVPR),
    San Diego, California, June 2005.
    [Slides (.ppt) - 75MB]

  • Dynamic Clustering.
    Department of Computer Science, UMass, Amherst, May 2005.

  • Learning Vector Quantization.
    Department of Computer Science, UMass, Amherst, February 2005.

  • Ground-truth Labeling and its Effects on Classification.
    Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,
    Boothbay Harbor, Maine, September 2004.

 

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