HENRY HARLYN BAKER
Citizenship: US and Canada
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
· Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (81) (advisor David Waltz).
· M.Phil. in Machine Intelligence, University of Edinburgh (76) (advisors Donald Michie, Robin Milner, Harry Barrow).
· B.Sc.(Hons.) cum laude, Computer Science, University of Western Ontario (72) (advisor Keewatin Dewdney).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Senior Scientist, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, 2000-present.
o Technical lead on development of multi-participant 3D videoconferencing
(multi-camera calibration, cameras, image processing, computational architect)
o Developer of camera and panoramic imaging for 3D and high-end videoconferencing
· Co-founder, Tyzx Corporation, Palo Alto, CA, 2000
o Real-time stereo ranging (imagers, calibration, rectification, image processing)
· Member Research Staff, Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto CA, 96 –2000
o Algorithms, imaging, devices, and applications for 3D vision
· Sr. Computer Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, Menlo Park CA, 84-96
o Multi-viewpoint imaging methods for scene modeling and medical imaging
o Contracts with DOD, DARPA, DMA, and other government agencies and commercial organizations
· Consultant Boeing Computer Services, Seattle WA, 83-86 (while at Stanford/SRI).
o Applying 3D imaging to manufacturing areas
· Research Affiliate/Associate in computer vision, Computer Science Dept., Stanford University, 81-83.
o Postdoctoral positions in 3D vision supported by DARPA
· Research Associate, Machine Intelligence Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland, 72-76 (partly concurrent with postgraduate studies)
o Staff position in 3D vision supported by governmental and industrial funds
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
· Understanding Performance in Coliseum, an Immersive Videoconferencing System, with N. Bhatti, D. Tanguay, et al, ACM Trans on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMCCAP) (05).
· Images of the future: Subtalar variation through the computer's eye, with J. Bruckner and J.H Langdon . The Lower Extremity 4(1):53-58 (97).
· Generalizing Epipolar-Plane Image Analysis on the Spatiotemporal Surface, with R. C. Bolles, Intl Jour Computer Vision (IJCV), Vol. 3:1, 33-49 (89).
· Building Surfaces of Evolution: The Weaving Wall, Intl Jour Computer Vision (IJCV), Vol.3:1, 51-71 (89).
· Building, Visualizing, and Computing on Surfaces of Evolution, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CGA), special issue on Modeling and Display of Empirical Data, 31-41(88).
· Epipolar-Plane Image Analysis: An Approach to Determining Structure from Motion, with R. C. Bolles and D. H. Marimont, Intl Jour Computer Vision (IJCV), Vol. 1:1, 7-55 (87).
· Surfaces from Mono and Stereo Images, Photogrammetria, 39, 217-237 (84).
· Generating the Nine-Point Graphs, with A. K. Dewdney and A. L. Szilard, Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 28, No. 127, 833-838 (74).
MAJOR REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (some co-authored)
· Consistent image-based measurement and classification of skin color, with M.Harville, N.Bhatti, S.Susstrunk, Proc IEEE Intl Conf Image Processing (ICIP), Italy (07).
· Robust, real-time people tracking in open environments using integrated stereo, color, and face detection, with T.Darrell, G.Gordon, J.Woodfill, and M.Harville, Proc IEEE Workshop Visual Surveillance (ICCV), India (98).
· Estimating ankle rotational constraints from anatomic structure, with J. Bruckner and J.H Langdon, in Visualization in Biomechanical Computing, ed. A Robb, 422-432, SPIE Proceedings 1808, Bellingham, WA (92).
· Motion Tracking on the Spatiotemporal Surface, Motion Vision Wrkshp, IEEE Press, Princeton, NJ (91).
· Surface Reconstruction from Image Sequences, 2nd Intl Conf. Computer Vision, IEEE Press, Tarpon Springs, Florida (88).
· Feature Tracking and Mapping on the Spatiotemporal Surface, SPIE Tech. Symp. Optics, EO & Sensors: Digital and Optical Shape Representation and Pattern Recognition, Orlando, Florida (88).
· A New Technique for Obtaining Depth Information from a Moving Sensor, with R.Bolles and D.Marimont, Proc. Symposium, Photogrammetric and Remote Sensing Systems for Data Processing and Analysis, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Baltimore, Maryland (86).
· A System for Automated Stereo Mapping, Proc. Commission II Symp. Advances in Instrumentation for Processing and Analysis of Photogrammetric and Remotely Sensed Data, 156-171, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada (82).
· Depth from Edge and Intensity Based Stereo, with T.Binford, Proc. 7th Intl Joint Conf. Artificial Intelligence, 631-636, Vancouver, Canada (81).
· Three-Dimensional Modelling, Proc. 5th Intl Joint Conf. Artificial Intelligence, 649-655, M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass. (77).
· Machine Vision in an Industrial Environment, Proc. 3rd Conf. Industrial Robot Technology and Sixth International Symposium on Industrial Robots, University of Nottingham, U. K., 211-224 (76).
Also, numerous publications in the DARPA Image Understanding Workshop Proceedings and other unrefereed conferences, 80 through 96, including:
· Realtime Stereo and Motion Integration for Navigation, Proc DARPA IU Workshop, 1295-1304, with R.Bolles and J.Woodfill (94).
· The JISCT Stereo Evaluation, Proc DARPA IU Workshop, 263-274, with R.Bolles and M.Hannah, Washington DC (93).
MAJOR INVITED PRESENTATIONS
· Camera, Projector, and Microphone Arrays in Immersive Videoconferencing, Keynote address, The First International Conference on Immersive Communications (Immerscom), Verona (2007).
· Building and Using Scene Representations in Image Understanding, NATO Adv. Group Aerospace Research & Development (Reston VA, Munich, Madrid 92).
· Surface Modeling for Medical Applications, Natl Computer Graphics Association, Anaheim, CA (90).
· Computing Motion, Scale and Structure on Higher-Dimension Surfaces, Rosenon Vision Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden (89).
· Surface Reconstruction from Image Sequences, 11th European Conference on Visual Perception, Bristol, U. K. (88).
· Multiple-Image Computer Vision, Keynote address, 41st Photogrammetric Week, Stuttgart, West Germany, (87).
· Depth Sensing for Object and Terrain Modelling, AFCET (Congress Automatique: Productique et Robotique Intelligente), Besancon, France (83).
· Stereo Vision Systems, IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics in Society, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (82).
BOOK CHAPTERS
· Pedal Mechanics and Bipedalism in Early Hominids, with J.H. Langdon and J. Bruckner in Origins of Bipedalism in Hominids, (CNRS) Paris, France (91).
· Surface Modeling With Medical Imagery, NATO Advanced Workshop on 3D Imaging in Medicine, Travemunde, West Germany, NATO ASI Series F, Springer Verlag, Berlin (90)
· Computation and Manipulation of 3D Surfaces from Image Sequences, Visualization in Scientific Computing, Nielson and Shriver, editors, IEEE Computer Society Press (90).
· Scene Structure from a Moving Camera, AI and the Eye, Troscianko and Blake, eds, Wiley (89).
· Survey Books containing reprints of my papers include:
o Modelling and Planning for Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems, Bunke, Kanade and Noltemeier, editors (95)
o Computer Vision Principles, Kasturi and Jain, editors (91)
o Readings in Computer Vision, Fischler and Firschein, editors (87)
THESES
Depth from Edge and Intensity Based Stereo, Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (81).
Building Models of Three-Dimensional Objects, Master of Philosophy in Machine Intelligence, University of Edinburgh (76).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
· Associate Editor, Image and Vision Computing, Elsevier Publishers.
· Technical Advisory Council, Tyzx Corporation.
· Member of the Editorial Board, Robotics Review, MIT Press (through 96).
· Member, Intl Soc. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission II: Instrumentation for Data Reduction and Analysis, Working Group II/2: Auto Equip. and Systems (co-chair 94-95).
· Member, working group, Electronic Imaging of the Human Body (through 96).
· Exceptional Achievement Award, SRI International, 86.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBER
· Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation (ICAR), San Francisco, CA (2000).
· The Image Conference (Image VI), Phoenix, AZ (92, 93).
· Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, Chapel Hill, NC (92, and 94).
· Visualization Conference (IEEE), San Francisco (90, and through 98).
· Intl Joint Conf Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Australia (91).
· Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), Hawaii (91, and 96).
and numerous workshops
MAJOR RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
· Among first to develop and demonstrate 3D object modeling in computer stereo vision (75).
· Co-developer of Epipolar-Plane Image (EPI) Analysis– breakthrough use of multiple images for high-reliability high-accuracy high-precision ranging (85).
· Developer of computational space-time manifolds for range, motion tracking, biomedical modeling, and related analyses (88).
· 1st to study fossil data with computational modeling tools and acquired image data (91) and to perform a mock-up simulated surgical procedure on imaging-derived geometric models (92).
· Partner in development of real-time stereo processing hardware system for Interval Research and Tyzx Corporation (2000).
· Technical lead and architect of Coliseum real-time multi-participant 3D videoconferencing system at Hewlett-Packard (2004).
· Developer of high bandwidth synchronized multi-imager camera system for lightfield and multi-viewpoint capture (2004).
RELATED SCIENCE AND ART ACTIVITIES
· The Magic Morphin Mirror, with T.Darrell et al, Siggraph Visual Proceedings (97), San Jose Museum of Technology (2001), and other venues.
· Cyberhead, Am I really Existing, with P.Caire et al, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (94), and other venues.
PATENTS
Awarded:
US6693666, Moving imager camera for track and range capture (1997), with Woodfill, St. Hilaire, and Kalayjian, Interval Research Corporation.
US6456737, Data processing system and method (1997), with Woodfill and Von Herzen, Interval Research Corporation.
US6445810, Method and apparatus for personnel detection and tracking (2000), with Darrell, Gordon, Harville, and Woodfill, Interval Research Corporation .
US6853398, Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment (2002), with Malzbender, Culbertson, Goss, Gelb, Sobel, and Tanguay, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
US7158656, Three dimensional object pose estimation which employs dense depth information (2007), with Covell, Lin, Rahimi, Harville, Darrell, Woodfill, and Gordon, Interval Research Corporation.
In Process:
19 with Hewlett-Packard Development Corporation
(Dealing with Videoconferencing, multi-viewpoint image capture, multi-camera calibration, image mosaicking, color correction and matching, and three-dimensional display)