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<html><head><TITLE>William B. Thompson, University of Utah</TITLE></head><body><hr><h2>William B. Thompson</h2><hr><h3> Professor of Computer Science<br> University of Utah</h3><hr><!WA0><a href = "http://www.cs.utah.edu/~thompson/cho_oyo_stats.html"> <!WA1><img src = "http://www.cs.utah.edu/~thompson/summit-smaller.gif"> </a><p><address>William B. Thompson <br>Department of Computer Science <br>3190 Merrill Engineering Building <br>University of Utah <br>Salt Lake City, UT 84112 <br> <br>Tel: (801) 585-3302 <br>Fax: (801) 581-5843 <br> <br><!WA2><a href = "mailto:thompson@cs.utah.edu">thompson@cs.utah.edu</a></address><HR><BR>Co-Head, with<!WA3><A HREF="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~tch"> Thomas C. Henderson </A>of the<!WA4><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/robot.html"> Vision/Robotics Research Group.</a><BR> <BR><HR><H2>Current Areas of Interest and Research:</H2>Professor Thompson's primary research interest is in the area ofcomputer vision, with an emphasis on problems involving thedetermination of shape and spatial organization for tasks in robotics. <p><ul> <LI> <!WA5><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/sam.html"> Sensing Strategies for Advanced Manufacturing.</a> <p> Building on Utah's experience in CAGD (computer aided geometric design) for manufacturing, we are investigating novel sensing strategies specifically suited to man-made objects. Current work is addressing the reverse engineering of machined parts based on an approach centering around high-level manufacturing features rather than low-level geometry. <p> <LI> <!WA6><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/benchmark.html"> Benchmarking of IU for Manufacturing.</a> <p> We are developing a novel approach to providing test data for image understanding. All of the objects making up the test set will be designed and fabricated in-house. This gives us "ground truth" (from the original design data), control over variablility, and the ability to distribute actual parts with sensed data. <p> <LI> <!WA7><a href= "http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/virtual_prototyping.html"> Rapid Virtual Prototyping of Assemblies.</a> <p> Immersive interfaces to CAD systems can allow a designer to experiment with assemblies of parts without the need to construct and modify physical prototypes. In this effort, we are constructing a haptic interface so that a designer will be able to touch, hold, and move models of parts and assemblies as well as see them in rendered views. The result will be an environment in which part interactions can be considered in a more natural manner than is possible with current technology. <p> <LI> <!WA8><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/navigation.html"> Vision-Based Navigation in Unstructured, Outdoor Terrain.</a> <p> We are developing a model of the process by which current location can be determined from views of outdoor environments and maps representing topographic information. An interdisciplinary approach is used, involving laboratory and field studies of highly expert map readers, computational analysis, and computer simulations. <p> <LI> <!WA9><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot/visual_motion.html"> Visual Motion.</a> <p> This project focuses on the analysis of visual motion, including optical flow estimation in the presence of discontinuities, extracting shape properties in a qualitative manner that avoids much of the complexity and noise sensitivity of tranditional structure-from-motion methods, and detecting moving objects in the environment when the sensor might also be moving. <p></ul><HR>Professor Thompson is currently on the Advisory Board of the IEEETransactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence andpreviously served as an Associate Editor of that journal. He joinedthe University of Utah in 1991 after 16 years in the Computer ScienceDepartment at the University of Minnesota.<HR><H2> Selected Publications: </H2><blockquote><p> K.T. Sutherland and W.B. Thompson, ``Localizing in UnstructuredEnvironments: Dealing with the Errors,'' <CITE> IEEE Transactions onRobotics and Automation</CITE>, December 1994.<p> H.L. Pick, Jr., M.R. Heinrichs, D.R. Montello, K. Smith, C.N. Sullivan,and W.B. Thompson, ``Topographic Map Reading,'' in <CITE> Ecology ofHuman-Machine Systems </CITE>, J. Flach, P. Hancock, J. Caird, and K. Vicente,eds., in press.<p> J.C. Owen, P.-P.J. Sloan, and W.B. Thompson, ``InteractiveFeature-Based Reverse Engineering of Mechanical Parts,'' <CITE>Proceedings of the ARPA Image Understanding Workshop</CITE>, November1994.<p> K.T. Sutherland and W.B. Thompson, ``Pursuing Projections, Keeping aRobot on Path,'' <CITE> Proceedings of the IEEE International Conferenceon Robotics and Automation</CITE>, May 1994.<p> W.B. Thompson, P. Lechleider, and E.R. Stuck, ``Detecting MovingObjects Using The Rigidity Constraint,'' <CITE> IEEE Transactions onPattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence</CITE>, February, 1993.<p> W.B. Thompson and J.S. Painter, ``Qualitative Constraints forStructure-From-Motion,'' <CITE> Computer Vision, Graphics, and ImageProcessing B: Image Understanding</CITE>, July, 1992.<p> M.R. Wick and W.B. Thompson, ``Reconstructive Expert SystemExplanation,'' <CITE> Artificial Intelligence</CITE>, March 1992.<p> W.B. Thompson and T.C. Pong, ``Detecting Moving Objects,'' <CITE>International Journal of Computer Vision</CITE>, January 1990.<p> W.B. Thompson, K.M. Mutch, and V.A. Berzins, ``Dynamic OcclusionAnalysis in Optical Flow Fields,'' <CITE> IEEE Transactions on PatternAnalysis and Machine Intelligence</CITE>, July 1985.<p> C.L. Fennema and W.B. Thompson, ``Velocity Determination in ScenesContaining Several Moving Objects,'' <CITE> Computer Graphics and ImageProcessing</CITE>, April 1979.</blockquote><p><br><hr><center><nobr><!WA10><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~thompson//"><!WA11><img border=0 src="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/icons/dept_cs_button.gif"></a><!WA12><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/"><!WA13><img border=0 src="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/icons/research_cs_button.gif"><!WA14><a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/robot"> <!WA15><img border=0 src="http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/icons/vis-rob_cs_button.gif"></a></nobr></center><hr></body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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