Resume for Adrian Bors

Adrian Gheorghe Bors

Contact Address:

Dept. of Computer Science

University of York

York YO10 5DD, U.K.

+44-1904-432780

E-mail:adrian.bors@cs.york.ac.uk

Education

1999- PhD in Informatics from the Dept. of Informatics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1987-1992 - MS in Electronics Engineering, School of Electronics and Telecommunications, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.

Employment
2000 - present Lecturer at the Dept. of Computer Science , University of York. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing, Computer Graphics.
1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Dept. of Computer Science , University of York. Main fields of interest: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing.
1995-1999 - Research Assistant at the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Laboratory Dept. of Informatics, University of Thessaloniki. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing.
1993-1995 - Research Assistant at Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaloniki. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing.
1992 - 1993 - Visiting Research Scientist at the Signal Processing Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunication Systems.

Main research topics:

2001-2002 Variational and Markov Chain Monte Carlo approaches for Bayesian models
2001-2002 Watermarking of 3-D models
1999-2001 3-D Shape from shading in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images
1999 Synthetic Aperture Radar Image statistical analysis.
1998 Virtual drilling simulation.
1998 3-D Shape interpolation using morphological morphing.
1997 Developing a tracking and object position prediction algorithm in image sequences.
1997 Applying the Alpha-Trimmed RBF algorithm for 3-D object modeling in volumetric images
1996-1997 Developing a training algorithm for Radial Basis Function Network based on Alpha-Trimmed Mean statistics.
1996 Estimating the necessary number of images to be taken around a generalized cylinder in order to represent an image painted all around.
1995-1996 Development of a region matching based image mosaicing algorithm.
1995 Development of an image watermarking algorithm in the DCT domain.
1994-1995 Application of the Median RBF algorithm in moving object segmentation and recognition, and optical flow estimation.
1993-1994 Development of a training algorithm based on Robust Statistics called Median RBF.
1992-1993 Application of RBF Networks in signal equalization modulated signal detection and static speech recognition.
1992 Topology adaptive algorithm for RBF Networks based on backpropagation and initialization criterion.
1991-1992 Evaluating the backpropagation algorithm for RBF Networks and comparison with perceptron neural networks.

Technical Societies Membership:

Senior Member of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - since Aug. 2004, and Member since Jan. 2000.
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Signal Processing Society

Editorship:

Dr. A.G. Bors is an Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks since Jan. 2001.

Research projects:

Dr. A.G. Bors contributed to the following projects as a Research Associate

1999-2001 "Terrain Analysis using Radar Imagery," Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) GR/L84063/01, U.K.

1996-1999 Anthivolon, "Digital processing and archiving of Byzantine icons and mural paintings," {\em ACTS,} EU.
1995 - 1998 NOBLESSE, "Nonlinear Model-Based Analysis and Description of Images for Multimedia Applications," Long Term Research Project in Information Technologies ( EC - DG III / F - Industry ), 20229
1995 ACCOPI "Access control and copyright protection for images," {\em RACE}, EU.
1993 - 1995 NAT "Nonlinear and Adaptive Techniques," Basic Research Activity 7130

Reviewer for International Journals:

IEEE Trans. on Image Processing
IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks
IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part B
IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
IEEE Trans. on Communications
IEE Proc. Vision, Image and Signal Processing
Pattern Recognition Letters
International Journal of Neural Systems
Signal Processing
Journal of Electronic Imaging
Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Conference Organization:

Member of the organizational committee for IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2001) 7-10 October 7-10 2001, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Organization of the review for the "Special Session on 3-D Image Processing and Modeling," NOBLESSE Workshop on non-linear model based image analysis ( NMBIA '98 ), Glasgow, UK, 1-3 July 1998.

Reviewer for International Conferences:

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP '02), September 22-25, 2002, Rochester, NY, USA.
European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO '02), 3-6 September, 2002, Toulouse, France.
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing ( ICASSP '02 ), May 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL, USA.
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP '01), 7-10 October 7-10, 2001, Thessaloniki, Greece.
IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN '00), July 30- August2, 2000, Como, Italy.
European Signal Processing Conference ( EUSIPCO '00 ), 5-8 September 1998, Tampere, Finland.
European Signal Processing Conference ( EUSIPCO '98 ), 8-11 September 1998,Rhodes, Greece.
International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns ( CAIP '97 ) , 10-12 September 1997, Kiel, Germany.
Programming Skills:
- Operating systems: UNIX, Windows NT, DOS.
- Programming languages: C, Visual C++, Pascal, Basic, Fortran 77.
- Other software: HTML, LaTex.
Software development:
- 1998 Development of virtual reality software which simulates 3-D shape modeling. To be used for a 3-D tooth drilling simulator.
- 1996 Development of image mosaicing software. This software has been used for multiresolution images acquisition.
Languages:
English, French, Romanian, Greek, Spanish.
Scholarships and grants:
Sep. 1992 - Aug. 1993 - TEMPUS scholarship ( study and research scholarship awarded by European Union for East European scholars ). for a research stage at Signal Processing Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
1987 - 1992 - Romanian state student scholarship.

Education	1999- PhD in Informatics from the Dept. of Informatics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece. 1987-1992 - MS in Electronics Engineering, School of Electronics and Telecommunications, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.

Employment	2000 - present Lecturer at the Dept. of Computer Science , University of York. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing, Computer Graphics. 1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Dept. of Computer Science , University of York. Main fields of interest: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing. 1995-1999 - Research Assistant at the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Laboratory Dept. of Informatics, University of Thessaloniki. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing. 1993-1995 - Research Assistant at Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaloniki. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing. 1992 - 1993 - Visiting Research Scientist at the Signal Processing Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Main fields of interest: Neural Networks, Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunication Systems.