D. J. Lee

D. J. Lee
Professor, Fulton Engineering and Tech

453 CB
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602
801 422-5923

Mon,Wed,Fri 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Biography

李大捷博士

Education

1999 - Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA MBA

Specialization in project/product cost analysis and organizational behaviors

1990 - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Ph.D. E.E.

Dissertation: Depth Information from Image Sequences Using 2-D Cepstrum

1987 - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX M.S.E.E.

Thesis: Image Registration Using Spectrum and Cepstrum Techniques

1984 - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology B.S.E.E.

Professional Background

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Professor - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2009~ present

Associate Professor - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2001~ 2009

Director – Robotic Vision Laboratory (http://www.ee.byu.edu/roboticvision) 2004~ present

Robotics Vision System, Inc. (RVSI) - Electronics, Hauppauge, New York

Director of Vision Technology 2000 ~ 2001

Agri-Tech, Inc., Woodstock, Virginia

Vice President of Research and Development 1998 ~ 2000

Research and Development Manager 1996 ~ 1998

Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Texas

Senior Systems Engineer 1995 ~ 1996

Innovision Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin

Staff Scientist & Vision Project Manager 1990 ~ 1995

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 1985 ~ 1990

Research Associate, Instructor and Teaching Assistant - Department of Electrical Engineering

Other Work Experience

Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan April 2008

Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering - Adjunct Professor

Smart Vision Works, LLC. (http://www.smartvisionworks.com)

Founder and President 2006~

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Visiting Faculty Summer 2002

CS Technologies - Founder and President 1996 ~ 2006

Honor and Awards

· Brigham Young University Student Association Best Faculty Advisor (2005)

· SPIE Intelligent Robot and Computer Vision Conference Best Student Paper Award (2005)

· Advised 3 students to receive Brigham Young University ORCA Mentoring Grants (2003,

2005, & 2009)

· IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference Best Paper Presentation (2003)

· Texas Tech University Electrical Engineering Academy (2002)

Professional Activities

Conference Organizer and Technical Committee

· Conference general co-chair–The 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical System (CBMS), Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 3-4, 2009.

· Special track chair–Special track on “Real Vision Implementation and Application” in the 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. (2008)

· Publication-chairIEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (2008)

· Computer and Robot Vision in the IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS) (2008~)

· Life Science Systems and Applications (LISSA) in the IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS)

Society (2007~)

· Conference general chair–Organized the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-

Based Medical System (CBMS) in Salt Lake City, Utah. (2006)

· Publication chair–IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (2004)

· Program committee chair–IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (2003)

· Steering committee–IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (2003~)

Conference Program Committee and Session Chair

· Program Committee - The 14th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES 2010)

· Program Committee - IEEE 2009 Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference

(BIOCAS 2009).

· Program Committee – IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2009).

· Program Committee – IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2009~2010)

· Program Committee - IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) (2009)

· Session chair– IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (2008)

· Program committee–The 2nd Computational Color Imaging Workshop (CCIW) (2008)

· Program committee–International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) (2008-2009)

· Program committee–IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) (2008)

· Special session co-chair–IEEE Symp. on Comp. Intel. in Bioinformatics and Comp. Biology (CIBCB) (2007)

· Session chair–The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics

(2004)

· Session co-chair–IEEE IECON 2003 IIT application session (2003)

· Program committee and session chair – SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision

(1998~)

Editor and Reviewer

· Editor - Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009)

· Journal Paper Reviewer

o IETE Technical Review (2009)

o Computer Vision and Image Understanding (2009)

o Image and Vision Computing (2009)

o IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2008)

o IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2008)

o Mechatronics (2008)

o Journal of Neurocomputing (2007~2008)

o Book Chapter of Applications of Computational Intelligence in Biology (2007)

o Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (2007~2008)

o IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (2006, 2008, 2009)

o Journal of Food Engineering (2004~2009)

o IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part B (2005-2006)

o IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (2005)

o Journal of Optical Engineering (2005, 2008)

o International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (2005)

o Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation (2005)

o Journal of Machine Vision Applications (2004~2008)

o IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (2004)

o IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics (2003-2004)

o Journal of Electronic Imaging (2003~2009)

· Conference Proceeding Reviewer

o International Conference on Information Science and Applications (ICISA 2009).

o IEEE 2009 Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BIOCAS 2009).

o IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2009).

o IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2007~2010)

o IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) (2009)

o International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) (2008~2009)

o IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) (2008)

o IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (2008)

o The World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI ) (2008)

o IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) (2007)

o IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Application Workshop (LISSA) (2007~2009)

o IEEE Intl. Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA) (2007)

o IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2006~2008)

o IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics (IECON) (2006~2008)

o World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI) (2005~2006)

o IEEE Symposium on Computer Based Medical System (CBMS) (2003~2008)

Proposal Reviewer and Panelist

· NSF Theoretical Foundation Signal Processing Panel (2005)

· USDA Small Business Innovation Research (2001~2004)

· NSF Information System Sensor Nets Panel (2003)

· U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) (2003)

Research

Research Interests

Dr. D. J. Lee's research work includes three major areas: Robotic Vision, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Imaging, and Machine Vision Applications. Robotic Vision focuses on 3-D computer vision, vision-guided intelligent ground robots, hardware implementaion of real-time vision algorithms for an embedded vision sensor for small unmanned ground and air vehicles. Bioinformatiics foscuses on medical image shape analysis, content-based medical image retrieval, retrieval with user relevance feedback. Machine vision applications focus on industrial automation and non-contact evaluation using vision technologies. Please click Robotic Vision Lab for more details.

Funded Research Projects

PI, “Distributed Medical Image Processing Framework Using Cell Processors”, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Sep. 2009-2010.
PI, “Distributed Medical Image Processing Framework Using Cell Processors”, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Sep. 2008-2009.
PI, “R&D in Query and Retrieval of Multiple Image Components with Spatial and Geometrical Constraints and API Development for Web-deployable CBIR”, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Sep. 2007-2008.
PI, “Automated EO/IR Detection Techniques For Floating Objects”, DoD Navy, Subcontract from eCortex, Nov. 2006-Sep. 2007.
PI, “R&D and API Development for Web-deployable CBIR Techniques with Support for Spatial Geometrical Relationships”, NIH, NLM, Sep. 2006-2007.
Co-PI, “FGPA Implementation of Real-time, High-Resolution, RGB Bayer Pattern Conversion for NTSC Video”, Procerus Technologies, Apr.-Sep. 2006.
PI, “Feature Indexing and Relevance Feedback Techniques for Improved CBIR of Spine X-ray Images and Medical Validation of Spine X-ray Shapes”, NIH, NLM, Sep. 2005- Feb. 2007.
PI, “Evaluation of Efficient Relevance Feedback Methods for Spine X-ray Image Retrieval”, NIH, NLM, Sep. 2004-2005.
PI, “An Automated Fish Migration Pattern Monitoring System Using Shape Descriptors for Pattern Recognition”, US Department of Agriculture, subcontracted from Agris-Schoenberger Vision Systems, Inc., Oct. 2004 – Feb. 2007.
Co-PI, “Bio-inspired Image Directed Control of Mars Flyers”, Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA Ames Research Center, Apr.-Dec. 2004.
PI, “Partial Shape Matching Techniques for Spine X-ray Images”, NIH, NLM, Sep. 2003-2004.
PI, “An Automated Fish Migration Pattern Monitoring System Using Shape Descriptors for Pattern Recognition”, US Department of Agriculture, subcontracted from Agris-Schoenberger Vision Systems, Inc., May 2003-Nov. 2003.
PI, “Fish Species Classification”, US Bureau of Reclamation, May-Oct. 2002.

External Donations and Matching Funds

The Center for Autonomous Vehicle Applied Technology and Information (CAVATI)
Micron Technology and Sandia National Laboratories
Agris-Schoen Vision Systems, Inc. (ASVS)
National Institutes of Health Summer Training Program
LogoMetrix, Inc. and TigerLight. Inc.
Autoliv, Inc. and Datepac, LLC.

BYU Internal Research Funding

College of Engineering and Technology
2 BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities Mentoring Environment Grants
BYU Office of Academic Internship
BYU Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Mentoring Award
Huber Graduate Scholarship 2005 to 2007
Embedded System Center for IGVC competition
Schafer Scholarship for IGVC competition

Pending Research Support

PI, “Developing Automatic Assessment of Animal Health Using Infrared Image Analysis Tools, USDA

Publications

Publications and Inventions

Refereed Journal Publications (Names underlined are student authors)

· Under Review or Revised

· Published or Accepted for Publication

B.J. Tippetts, D. J. Lee, S.G. Fowers, and J.K Archibald, “Real-Time Vision Sensor for an Autonomous Hovering Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication. (accepted on 08/12/09)
J.M. Bodily, B.E. Nelson, Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, and J. Chase, “FPGA and GPU Architectures: A Comparison Study Using Optical Flow and Digital Communications”, ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems. (accepted on 10/21/08)
D.J. Lee, P.C. Merrell, Z.Y. Wei, and B.E. Nelson, “Two-Frame Structure from Motion Using Optical Flow Probability Distributions for Unmanned Air Vehicle Obstacle Avoidance,” Machine Vision and Applications Journal, doi: 10.1007/s00138-008-0148-9, Available online in June,2008.
D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, Y.C. Chang, K. Gledhill, L.R. Long, and P. Christensen, “CBIR of Spine X-ray Images on Inter-vertebral Disc Space and Shape Profiles,” special issue on "Knowledge Discovery in Medicine", Data & Knowledge Engineering Journal, vol. 68/12, p. 1359-1369, December 2009.
G.H. Chang, G.J. Kerns, D.J. Lee, and G.L. Stanek, ”Calibration Experiments for a Computer Vision Oyster Volume Estimation System”, Journal of Statistics Education, vol. 17/2, 20 pages, July 2009.
D. Zhang, J.Q. Ni, and D.J. Lee, “Security Analysis on Add-SS Watermarking with GSM,” ACTA Automatica SINICA, vol. 35/7, p. 841-850, July 2009.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, L.R. Long, and J. K Archibald, “Using Relevance Feedback with Short-term Memory for Content-based Spine X-ray Image Retrieval,” Journal of Neurocomputing, vol. 72/10-12, p. 2259-2269, doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2008.12.029, June 2009.
D.J. Lee, P.C. Merrell, B.E. Nelson, and Z.Y. Wei, “Multi-Frame Structure from Motion using Optical Flow Probability Distributions,” Journal of Neurocomputing, vol. 72/4-6, p. 1032-1041, doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2008. 04.013, January 2009.
D.J. Lee, J.K. Archibald, Y.C. Chang, and C.R. Greco, “Robust Color Space Conversion and Color Distribution Analysis Techniques for Date Maturity Evaluation,” Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 88/3, p. 364-372, doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.02.023, October 2008.
X. Xi, K. Ueno, E. Keogh, and D.J. Lee, “Converting Non-parametric Distance-Based Classification to Anytime Algorithms,” special issue on “Non-parametric Distance-based Classification Techniques and their Applications” of Pattern Analysis and Applications, vol. 11/3-4, p. 321-336, doi: 10.1007/s10044-007-0098-2, September 2008.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, B.E. Nelson, J.K. Archibald, and B.B. Edwards, "FPGA-Based Embedded Motion Estimation Sensor," International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing, vol. 2008, Article ID 636145, 8 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/636145, July 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, Y. Hong, J.K. Archibald and D. Liang, “A Robust Color Image Quantization Algorithm Based on Knowledge Reuse of K-Means Clustering Ensembles,” Journal of Multimedia, vol. 3/2, p. 20-27, June 2008.
D.J. Lee, J.D. Anderson, and J.K. Archibald, “Hardware Implementation of Spline-based Genetic Algorithm for Embedded Stereo Vision Sensor Providing Real-time Visual Guidance to the Visually Impaired”, special issue on “Signal Processing for Applications in Healthcare Systems (AHS)” of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2008, doi 10.1155/2008/385827, 10 pages, June 2008.
D.J. Lee, J.K. Archibald, R.B. Schoenberger, A.W. Dennis, and D.K. Shiozawa, "Contour Matching for Fish Species Recognition and Migration Monitoring”, Applications of Computational Intelligence in Biology: Current Trends and Open Problems, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-540-78533-0, vol. 122, p. 183-207, 10.1007/978-3-540-78534-7, June 2008.
D.J. Lee, R.B. Schoenberger, J.K. Archibald, and S.P. McCollum, “Development of a Machine Vision System for Automatic Date Grading Using Digital Reflective Near-Infrared Imaging,” Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 86/3, p. 388-398, June 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, Y. Hong, and J.K. Archibald, “Unsupervised Video Shot Detection Using Clustering Ensemble with a Color Global Scale-Invariant Feature Transform Descriptor,” special issue on "Color in Image and Video Processing" of the EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, vol. 2008, Article ID 860743, 10 pages, February 2008.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, “A Spine X-ray Image Retrieval System Using Partial Shape Matching,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 12/1, p. 100-108, January 2008.
Y.C. Chang, J.K. Archibald, Y. Wang, and D.J. Lee, “Texture-based Color Image Segmentation Using Local Contrast Information,” International Journal on Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, vol. 2/4, November 2007.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, and B.E. Nelson, “FPGA-based Real-time Optical Flow Algorithm Design and Implementation,” Journal of Multimedia, vol. 2/5, p. 38-45, September 2007.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “Using Color Variation Measure to Mimic Human Visual Perception for Color Image Quantization,” International Journal on Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, vol. 2/3, August 2007.
D.J. Lee, J.K. Archibald, X.Q. Xu, and P.C. Zhan, “Using Distance Transform to Solve Real-time Machine Vision Inspection Problems,” Machine Vision and Applications Journal, vol. 18/2, p. 85-93, April 2007.
J.D. Eifert, G.C. Sanglay, D.J. Lee, S.S. Sumner, and M.D. Pierson, "Prediction of Raw Produce Surface Area from Weight Measurement,” Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 7/4, p. 552-556, June 2006.
D.J. Lee, X.Q. Xu, J.D. Eifert, and P. Zhan, "Area and Volume Measurements of Objects with Irregular Shapes Using Multiple Silhouettes,” Optical Engineering, vol. 45/2, p. 027202-27212, February 2006.
R.W. Beard, D.J. Lee, M. Quigley, S. Thakoor, and S. Zornetzer, "A New Approach to Observation of Descent and Landing of Future Mars Mission Using Bioinspired Technology Innovations,” AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, vol. 2/1, p. 65-91, January 2005.
S.K. Antani, D.J. Lee, L.R. Long, and G.R. Thoma, “Evaluation of Shape Similarity Measurement Methods for Spine X-Ray Images,” Special issue on "Multimedia Database Management Systems" of the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 15/3, p. 285-302, September 2004.
D.J. Lee, J.D. Eifert, P.C. Zhan, and B.P. Westover, "Fast Surface Approximation for Volume and Surface Area Measurements Using Distance Transform,” Optical Engineering, vol. 42/10, p. 2947-2955, October 2003.
S.Y. Yang, S. Mitra, E. Corona, B.S. Nutter, and D.J. Lee, "Multi-level Wavelet Feature Statistics for Efficient Retrieval, Transmission, and Display of Medical Images by Hybrid Encoding,” special issue on "Advances in modality-oriented medical image processing" of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2003/5, p. 449-460, April 2003.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "Analysis of Sequential Complex Images Using Feature Extraction and 2-D Cepstrum Techniques,” Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 6/6, p. 863-870, June 1989.
D.J. Lee, T.F. Krile, and S. Mitra, "Power Spectrum and Cepstrum Techniques Applied to Image Registration,” Applied Optics, vol. 27/6, p. 1099-1106, March, 1988.

Refereed Conference Proceedings and Presentations (full-paper peer-reviewed proceedings)

· Submitted and Under Review

· Published or Accepted for Publication

K.D. Lillywhite, D.J. Lee, and D. Zhang, “Real-time Human Detection Using Histograms of Oriented Gradients on a GPU,” IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, 6 pages, Snowbird, Utah, USA, December 7-8, 2009.
K.D. Lillywhite, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, D. Zhang, and L.R. Long, “Lessons Learned in Developing a Low-cost High Performance Medical Imaging Cluster,” Proceedings of The 22nd IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. August 3-4, 2009.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, B.E. Nelson, and J.K. Archibald, “Real-time Accurate Optical Flow-based Motion Sensor,” IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, FL, USA, p. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICPR.2008.4761126, December 8-11, 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, J.K. Archibald, and Y. Hong, “Unsupervised Clustering Using Hyperclique Pattern Constraints,” IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, FL, USA, p. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICPR.2008.4761252, December 8-11, 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, J.K. Archibald, and Y. Hong, “Using Collaborative Learning for Image Contrast Enhancement,” IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, FL, USA, p. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICPR.2008.4761395, December 8-11, 2008.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, and B.E. Nelson, “Accurate Optical Flow Sensor for Obstacle Avoidance,“ Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part I, LNCS 5358, p. 240-247, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., December 1-3, 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, Y. Hong, and J.K. Archibald, “Unsupervised Video Shot Segmentation Using Global Color and Texture Information,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part I, LNCS 5358, p. 460-467, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., December 1-3, 2008.
D. Zhang, J.Q. Ni, and D.J. Lee, “Security Analysis for Spread-Spectrum Watermarking Incorporating Statistics of Natural Images,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part II, LNCS 5359, p. 400–409, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., December 1-3, 2008.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, Y. Hong, and J.K. Archibald, “Edge Detection from Global and Local Views Using an Ensemble of Multiple Edge Detectors,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part II, LNCS 5359, p. 934-941, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., December 1-3, 2008.
D. Zhang, J.Q. Ni, D.J. Lee, and J.W. Huang, “GSM Based Security Analysis for Add-SS Watermarking,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), International Workshops on Digital Watermarking (IWDW), p. 323-337, Busan, Korea, November 10-12, 2008.
D.J. Lee, Y.C. Chang, J.K. Archibald, and C.J. Pitzak, ”Matching Book-Spine Images for Library Shelf-Reading Process Automation,” IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), p. 738-743, Washington DC, USA, August 23-26, 2008.
D.J. Lee, Y.C. Chang, J.K. Archibald, and C.R. Greco, “Color Quantization and Image Analysis for Automated Fruit Quality Evaluation,” IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), p. 194-199, Washington DC, USA, August 23-26, 2008.
A.W. Dennis, J.K. Archibald, B.B. Edwards, and D. J. Lee, “On-Board Vision-Based See-and-Avoid for Small UAVs,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, USA, August 18-21, 2008.
Y.C. Chang, S.K. Antani, D.J. Lee, K. Gledhill, L.R. Long, P. Christensen, “CBIR of Spine X-ray Images on Inter-vertebral Disc Space and Shape Profiles,” Proceedings of The 21st IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 224-229, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 17-19, 2008.
J. Chase, B.E. Nelson, J.M. Bodily, Z.Y. Wei, and D.J. Lee, “FPGA and GPU Architectures For Real-Time Optical Flow Calculations,”, IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), p. 173-182, Palo Alto, CA, USA, April 14-15, 2008.
B.J. Tippetts, S.G. Fowers, K.D. Lillywhite, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “FPGA Implementation of a Feature Detection and Tracking Algorithm for Real-time Applications,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part II, LNCS 4841, p. 482-491, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Lake Tahoe, CA, U.S.A., November 26-28, 2007.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, and B.E. Nelson, “A Hardware Friendly Adaptive Tensor-based Optical Flow Algorithm,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part II, LNCS 4842, p. 43-51, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Lake Tahoe, CA, U.S.A., November 26-28, 2007.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, D.J. Jilk, and R.B. Schoenberger, “Motion Projection for Floating Object Detection,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Part II, LNCS 4842, p. 152-161, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Lake Tahoe, CA, U.S.A., November 26-28, 2007.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “Embedded Stereo Vision System Providing Visual Guidance to the Visually Impaired,” The Third IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Application Workshop (LISSA), p. 229-232, Bethesda, MD, USA, November 8-9, 2007.
S.G. Fowers, D.J. Lee, B.J. Tippetts, K.D. Lillywhite, A.W. Dennis, and J.K. Archibald, “Vision Aided Stabilization and the Development of a Quad-Rotor Micro UAV,” The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), p. 143-148, Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 20-23, 2007.
B.B. Edwards, W.S. Fife, J.K. Archibald, and D. J. Lee, “A Vision System for Precision MAV Targeted Landing,” The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), p. 125-130, Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 20-23, 2007.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, B.B. Edwards, J.K. Archibald, and C.R. Greco, “Real-time Feature Tracking on an Embedded Vision Sensor for Small Vision-guided Unmanned Vehicles,” The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), p. 55-60, Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 20-23, 2007.
Y.C. Chang, D.J. Lee, and Y. Wang, “Color-Texture Segmentation of Medical Images Based on Local Contrast Information,” IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB), p. 488-493, Honolulu, HI, USA, April 1-5, 2007.
Y.C. Chang and D.J. Lee, “Color Image Quantization Using Color Variation Measure,” The First IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Image and Signal Processing (CIISP), p. 127-132, Honolulu, HI, USA, April 1-5, 2007.
Z.Y. Wei, D.J. Lee, B.E. Nelson, and M.A. Martineau, “A Fast and Accurate Tensor-based Optical Flow Algorithm Implemented in FPGA,” IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), p. 18-23, Austin, TX, USA, Feb 21-22, 2007.
A.J. Christiansen, D.J. Lee, and Y.C. Chang, “Finding Relevant PDF Medical Journal Articles by the Caption and Content of Their Figures,” SPIE Medical Imaging, Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS) and Imaging Informatics, Vol. 6516-0K, San Diego, CA, USA, February 17-22, 2007.
K. Ueno, X. Xi, E. Keogh, and D.J. Lee, “Anytime Classification Using the Nearest Neighbor Algorithm with Applications to Stream Mining,” The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), p. 623-632, Hong Kong, December 18-22, 2006.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, ”Pre-Indexing for Fast Partial Shape Matching of Vertebrae Images,” Proceedings of The 19th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 105-110, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22-23, 2006.
J. Proulx, R. Clifford, S. Sorensen, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “Development and Evaluation of a Bluetooth EKG Monitoring Sensor,” Proceedings of The 19th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 507-511, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22-23, 2006.
A.J. Christiansen and D.J. Lee, “Relevance Feedback Query Refinement for PDF Medical Journal Articles,” Proceedings of The 19th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 57-62, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22-23, 2006.
X.Q. Xu, S.K. Antani, D.J. Lee, L.R. Long, and G.R. Thoma, “Relevance Feedback for Shape-based Pathology in Spine X-ray Image Retrieval,” SPIE Medical Imaging, Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS) and Imaging Informatics, vol. 6145-21, p. 120-129, San Diego, CA, USA, February 11-16, 2006.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “Hardware Implementation of Feature Density Distribution Algorithm for Autonomous Robot,” Proceedings of The 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), p. 357-362, Raleigh, NC, USA, November 6-10, 2005.
D.L. Cardon, W.S. Fife, J.K. Archibald, and D.J. Lee, “Fast 3D Reconstruction for Small Autonomous Robots,” Proceedings of The 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), p. 373-378, Raleigh, NC, USA, November 6-10, 2005.
Y. Nagaonkar, B. Call, S. Cluff, J.K. Archibald, and D.J. Lee, “Autonomous Mobile Robotic System with Onboard Vision using Configurable Logic,” Proceedings of The 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), p. 351-356, Raleigh, NC, USA, November 6-10, 2005.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, ”Relevance Feedback for Spine X-ray Retrieval,” Proceedings of The 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Dublin, Ireland, p. 197-202, June 23-24, 2005.
D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, X.Q. Xu, and L.R. Long, ”Design and Evaluation of a Curve Matching-Based Spine X-ray Image Retrieval System,” SPIE Medical Imaging, Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS) and Imaging Informatics, vol. 5748-47, p. 365-373, San Diego, CA, USA, February 12-17, 2005.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, “Curve Matching for Spine X-ray Image Retrieval Using Dynamic Programming,” The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (SCII), vol. XVII, p. 172-176, Orlando, FL, USA, July 18-21, 2004.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, ”Partial Shape Matching of Spine X-ray Shapes Using Dynamic Programming,” Proceedings of The 17th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 97-102 , Bethesda, MD, USA, June 24-25, 2004.
D. J. Lee, S. Redd, R.B. Schoenberger, X.Q. Xu, and P.C. Zhan, “An Automated Fish Species Classification and Migration Monitoring System,” Proceedings of The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), p. 1080-1085, Roanoke, VA, USA, November 2-6, 2003.
D. J. Lee, D.M. Bates, C. Dromey, and X.Q. Xu, “A Vision System Performing Lip Shape Analysis for Speech Pathology Research,” Proceedings of The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, (IECON), p. 1086-1091, Roanoke, VA, USA, November 2-6, 2003.
S.K. Antani, L.R. Long, G.R. Thoma, and D.J. Lee, “Anatomical Shape Representation in Spine X-ray Image,” Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing, p. 510-515, Benalmadena, Spain, September 8-10, 2003.
X.Q. Xu, D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, ”Localizing Contour Points for Indexing an X-ray Image Retrieval System,” Proceedings of The 16th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 169-174. New York, NY, USA, June 26-27, 2003.
D.J. Lee, D.M. Bates, C. Dromey, X.Q. Xu, and S.K. Antani, ”An Imaging System Correlating Lip Shapes and Tongue Contact Patterns for Speech Pathology Research,” Proceedings of The 16th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), p. 307-313, New York, NY, USA, June 26-27, 2003.
D.J. Lee, S.K. Antani, and L.R. Long, ”Similarity Measurement Using Polygon Curve Representation and Fourier Descriptors for Shape-based Vertebral Image Retrieval” SPIE Medical Imaging, Image Processing, vol. 5032, p. 1283-1291, San Diego, CA, USA, February 16-20, 2003.
L.R. Long, S.K. Antani, D.J. Lee, D. Krainak, and G.R. Thoma, “Biomedical Information from a National Collection of Spine X-rays: Film to Content-based Retrieval,” SPIE Medical Imaging, PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation, vol. 5033, p. 70-84, San Diego, CA, USA, February 16-20, 2003.
S.K. Antani, L.R. Long, G.R. Thoma, and D.J. Lee, “Evaluation of Shape Indexing Methods for Content-Based Retrieval of X-Ray Images,” SPIE Electronic Imaging, Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, vol. 5021, p. 405-416, Santa Clara, CA, USA, January 19-23, 2003.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "Dense Depth Map from 2-D Cepstrum Matching of Image Sequences,” IEEE Intl. Workshop on Robust Computer Vision, Seattle, WA, USA, October 1990.
S. Mitra, D.J. Lee, and T.F. Krile, "3-D Representation from Time-Sequenced Biomedical Images Using 2-D Cepstrum,” IEEE Intl. Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, p. 401-408, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 1990.
S. Mitra, S.L. Lim, D.J. Lee, and B.S. Nutter, "Depth Estimation from Disparity of Stereo Images,” SPIE Applied Digital Image, vol 1349, p. 216-226, San Diego, CA, USA, July 1990.
D.J. Lee, T.F. Krile, S. Mitra, "Digital Registration Techniques for Sequential Fundus Images,” SPIE in Applied Digital Image Processing, vol. 829, p. 293-300, San Diego, CA, USA, August 1987.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations (abstract or summary submission, full-paper proceedings)

· Submitted and Under Review

· Published or Accepted for Publication

B.J. Tippetts, D.J. Lee, and J.K Archibald, “Stereo Image Disparity from Shape Analysis of 1D Intensity Profile,” SPIE Electronic Imaging, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXVII: Algorithms and Techniques, San Jose, CA, USA, January 17-21, 2010.
S.G. Fowers, K.D. Lillywhite, D.J. Lee, D.K. Wilde, and J.K Archibald, “Improving Color Image Performance of The Histogram of Oriented Gradients Algorithm,” SPIE Electronic Imaging, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXVII: Algorithms and Techniques, San Jose, CA, USA, January 17-21, 2010.
D.J. Lee, and J.K Archibald, “Color Image Processing for Date Quality Evaluation,” SPIE Electronic Imaging, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXVII: Algorithms and Techniques, San Jose, CA, USA, January 17-21, 2010.
S.G. Fowers, B.J. Tippetts, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “Vision-guided Autonomous Quad-rotor Helicopter Flight Stabilization and Control,” AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2008, San Diego, CA, USA, June 10 -12, 2008.
K.D. Lillywhite, D.J. Lee, B.J. Tippetts, S.G. Fowers, A.W. Dennis, B.E. Nelson, and J.K. Archibald, “An Embedded Vision System for an Unmanned Four-rotor Helicopter,” SPIE Optics East, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIV: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, vol. 6384, 63840G, Boston, MA, USA, October 1-4, 2006.
B.B. Edwards, W.S. Fife, J.K. Archibald, D.J. Lee, and D.K. Wilde, "A Design Approach for Small Vision-based Autonomous Vehicles,” SPIE Optics East, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIV: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, vol. 6384, 63840L, Boston, MA, USA October. 3-4, 2006.
B.J. Tippetts, K.D. Lillywhite, S.G. Fowers, A.W. Dennis, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “A Simple, Inexpensive, and Effective Implementation of a Vision Guided Autonomous Robot,” SPIE Optics East, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIV: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, vol. 6382, 63820P, Boston, MA, USA, October 1-4, 2006.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, R.B Schoenberger, and B.J. Tippetts, “Using Real-time Vision to Control a Convoy of Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle,” AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America, online proceedings, Orlando, FL, USA, August 29-31, 2006.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, R.B Schoenberger, Z.Y. Wei, and J.K. Archibald, ”Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Control System,” SPIE International Symposium on Defense and Security, Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications III, vol. 6230, 62301M, Orlando, FL, USA, April 17-21, 2006.
C. Archibald, E.S. Millar, J.D. Anderson, J.K. Archibald, and D.J. Lee, “A Simple Approach to a Vision-guided Unmanned Vehicle,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVIII, vol. 6006, p. 210-220, Boston, MA, USA, October 23-26, 2005.
J.D. Anderson, D.J. Lee, and J.K. Archibald, “FPGA Implementation of Vision Algorithms for Small Autonomous Robots,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVIII, vol. 6006, p. 401-411, Boston, MA, USA, October 23-26, 2005.
P.C. Merrell and D.J. Lee, ”Structure from Motion Using Optical Flow Probability Distributions,” SPIE International Symposium on Defense and Security, Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications III, vol. 5803, p. 39-48, Orlando, FL, USA, March 28-April 1, 2005.
P.C. Merrell, D.J. Lee, and R.W. Beard, “Obstacle Avoidance for Unmanned Air Vehicles Using Optical Flow Probability Distributions,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Mobile Robot XVII, vol. 5609, p. 13-22, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
D.J. Lee, R.W. Beard, P.C. Merrell, and P. Zhan, “See and Avoidance Behaviors for Autonomous Navigation,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Mobile Robot XVII, vol. 5609, p. 23-34, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
D.J. Lee, X.Q. Xu, R.M. Lane, and P. Zhan, “Shape Analysis for an Automatic Oyster Grading System,” SPIE Optics East, Two and Three-Dimensional Vision Systems for Inspection, Control, and Metrology II, vol. 5606, p. 27-36, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
D.J. Lee, R.B. Schoenberger, D.K. Shiozawa, X.Q. Xu, and P. Zhan, “Contour Matching for a Fish Recognition and Migration Monitoring System,” SPIE Optics East, Two and Three-Dimensional Vision Systems for Inspection, Control, and Metrology II, vol. 5606, p. 37-48, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
P. Zhan, D.J. Lee, and R.W. Beard, “Solving Correspondence Problem Using 1-D Signal Matching,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII, vol. 5608, p. 207-215, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
P. Merrell, D.J. Lee, and R.W. Beard, “Statistical Analysis of Multiple Optical Flow Values for Estimation of Unmanned Air Vehicles Height Above Ground,” SPIE Optics East, Robotics Technologies and Architectures, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII, vol. 5608, p. 298-305, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004.
D.J. Lee, P. Zhan, A. Thomas, R.B. Schoenberger, ”Shape-based Human Intrusion Detection,” SPIE International Symposium on Defense and Security, Visual Information Processing XIII, vol. 5438, p. 81-91, Orlando, FL, USA, April 12-16, 2004.
D.J. Lee, B.P. Westover, and J.D. Eifert, "Three-dimensional Surface Approximation from Incomplete Data Using Distance Transform,” SPIE Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data II, vol. 4792, p. 125-134, Seattle, WA, USA, July, 2002.
D.J. Lee, J.D. Eifert, and B.P. Westover, "Surface Area and Volume Measurement Using Radial Projections,” SPIE Vision Geometry XI, vol. 4794, p. 92-100, Seattle, WA, USA, July, 2002.
D.J. Lee, R.M. Lane, and G.H. Chang, "3-D Reconstruction for High-speed Volume Measurement,” SPIE Machine Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology, vol. 4189, p. 258-267, Boston, MA, USA, November 2000.
D.J. Lee, "Color Space Conversion for Linear Color Grading,” Proceedings of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIX, vol. 4197, p. 358-366, Boston, MA, USA, November 2000.
D.J. Lee and R. Anbalagan, "3-D Measurement of Moving Objects Using a Multiple-camera Vision System,” SPIE Computer Vision Applications, vol. 2549, p. 261-271, San Diego, CA, USA, July 1995.
D.J. Lee and R. Anbalagan, "High-speed Automated Color Sorting Vision System,” SPIE Optical Engineering Midwest 1995, vol. 2622, p. 573-579, Chicago, IL, USA, April 1995.
D.J. Lee, M. Ramirez, and S. Mitra, "Fast 2-D Hartley Transform in 3-D Object Representation and Recognition,” SPIE Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, vol. 1608, p. 302-314, Boston, MA, USA, November 1991.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "Accuracy of Depth Information from Cepstrum-Disparities of a Sequence of 2-D Projections,” SPIE in Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision, vol. 1192, p. 778-788, Philadelphia, PA, USA, November 1989.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "A Hybrid Registration and Analysis Techniques for Sequential Complex Images,” SPIE in Applied Digital Image Processing, vol. 1153, p. 193-202, San Diego, CA, August 1989.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "Noise Tolerance of Power Cepstra and Phase Correlation in Image Registration,” Optical Society of America Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, USA, November 1988.
D.J. Lee, S. Mitra, and T.F. Krile, "Power Cepstrum in Registration of Noisy Images,” Electronics Imaging 1988, Boston, MA, USA, October 1988.

Conference Presentations (presentation only, no proceedings)

D.J. Lee, P. Zhan, D.K. Shiozawa, and R.B. Schoenberger, “An Automated Fish Recognition and Migration Monitoring System for Biology Research”, The 2004 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March 1-4, 2004.
C. Strout, D.K. Shiozawa, and D.J Lee, “Computerized Fish Imaging and Population Count Analysis”, The 2004 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March 1-4, 2004.
C. Dromey, D.J. Lee, S.G. Fletcher, D.M. Bates, and X. Xu, "Lip Shape Measures & Their Association With Tongue Contact Patterns", The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA, November, 2003.
J.D. Eifert, G.C. Sanglay, and D.J. Lee, "Prediction of Raw Produce Surface Area from Weight Measurement", Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection, San Diego, CA, USA, July, 2002.

Invited Speeches

Keynote Speech, "Hardware Implementation of Bio-inspired Vision Algorithms for Its Real-time Applications", Information Technology and Application Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, June 26, 2009.
"Compact Embedded Vision Sensor and Its Real-time Applications", National Taipei University (NTPU), Taipei, Taiwan, June 17, 2009.
"Compact Embedded Vision Sensor and Its Real-time Applications", National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan, June 15, 2009.
2-day short course on high-performance vision computation, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taipei, Taiwan, June 15-16, 2009.
"Design of Machine Vision Systems for Real-time Agricultural Applications," Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2, 2008.
"Hardware Implementation of Bio-inspired Vision Algorithms for a Compact Embedded Vision Sensor and Its Real-time Applications", National Changhua University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan, May 1, 2008.
"Vision Aided Flight Stabilization for a Quad-Rotor Micro-UAV", National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2008
"Hardware Implementation of Bio-inspired Vision Algorithms for a Compact Embedded Vision Sensor and Its Real-time Applications", National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, April 29, 2008
"Vision Aided Flight Stabilization for a Quad-Rotor Micro-UAV", Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT), Taichung, Taiwan, April 28, 2008
"Design and Commercialization of Machine Vision Systems for Agriculture Applications," National Taiwan University (NTU), Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, March 29, 2007.
3-day short course on real-time vision algorithm implementation, National Kaohsiung First University if Science and Technology (NKFUST), Kaihsiung, Taiwan, January 2006.
Invited speaker, “A Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Control System,” The IEEE 2006 Spring Workshop on Information Theory and Communications, Tainan, Taiwan, January 20-21, 2006.
“Machine Vision Monitors Fish Populations,” Article appeared in the January 2006 issue of Vision System Design Magazine.

Inventions (3 awarded, 1 pending, and 4 in preparation).

Providing Speech Therapy by Qualifying Pronunciation Accuracy of Speech Signals – Pending
Three-dimensional Optical Volume Measurement for Objects to be Categorized Patent : 6,369,401 Developed and filed for AGRI-TECH, Inc.
Three-Dimensional Wheel Profile Measurement for Fast Moving Trains Patent: 5,793,492 Developed and filed for Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.
Continuous Measurement of Camber, Width and Thickness and Detection of Surface Flaws During Continuous Transport of Thin Foils Using a Non-Contact Technique Developed and filed for General Electric Medical System Group

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