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  • 2002 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to pattern recognition with applications to speech processing and image understanding, and for service to IAPR.

Overview

Heinrich Niemann is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Niemann's work is situated at the intersection of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, among other subfields.

The research topics central to Niemann's publications include:

  • Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Niemann has contributed to several academic journals, with frequent publications in the South African Journal of Botany and Bioscientifica Proceedings. Other venues include Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Phytotaxa.

The scientist's recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Cryopreservation of pig embryos: adaptation of vitrification technology for embryo transfer" (2020), published in Bioscientifica Proceedings
  • "Species relationships and phylogenetic diversity of the African genus Encephalartos Lehm. (Zamiaceae)" (2022), published in South African Journal of Botany
  • "Leafing through genetic barcodes: An assessment of 14 years of plant DNA barcoding in South Africa" (2024), South African Journal of Botany
  • "Using a DNA barcoding approach to facilitate biosecurity: Identifying invasive alien macrophytes traded within the South African aquarium and pond plant industry" (2021), South African Journal of Botany
  • "Fire-mediated effects on polyploid biology" (2024), Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Michelle van der Bank, Ross D. Stewart, James A. R. Clugston, Kelsey L. Glennon, and Jane E. Williamson. These collaborations have contributed to advancements in their shared fields of study.

Throughout their career, Niemann has been recognized for contributions intersecting pattern recognition, speech processing, and image understanding, as indicated by the award of Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • ERNEST: a semantic network system for pattern understanding

    H. Niemann;G.F. Sagerer;S. Schroder;F. Kummert

  • Statistical modeling and performance characterization of a real-time dual camera surveillance system

    M. Greiffenhagen;V. Ramesh;D. Comaniciu;H. Niemann

  • VERBMOBIL: the use of prosody in the linguistic components of a speech understanding system

    E. Noth;A. Batliner;A. Kiessling;R. Kompe

  • Model based extraction of articulated objects in image sequences for gait analysis

    D. Meyer;J. Denzler;H. Niemann

  • Automated segmentation of the optic nerve head for diagnosis of glaucoma

    Radim Chrástek;Matthias Wolf;Klaus Donath;Heinrich Niemann

  • Pattern Analysis and Understanding

    Heinrich Niemann

  • Klassifikation von Mustern

    Heinrich Niemann

  • A refined ICP algorithm for robust 3-D correspondence estimation

    T. Zinsser;J. Schmidt;H. Niemann

  • Joint modeling of DNA sequence and physical properties to improve eukaryotic promoter recognition.

    Uwe Ohler;Heinrich Niemann;Guo Chun Liao;Gerald M. Rubin

  • "Of all things the measure is man" automatic classification of emotions and inter-labeler consistency [speech-based emotion recognition]

    S. Steidl;M. Levit;A. Batliner;E. Noth

  • Towards understanding spontaneous speech: word accuracy vs. concept accuracy

    M. Boros;W. Eckert;F. Gallwitz;G. Gorz

  • Interpolated markov chains for eukaryotic promoter recognition.

    Uwe Ohler;Stefan Harbeck;Heinrich Niemann;Elmar Nöth

  • Design, analysis, and engineering of video monitoring systems: an approach and a case study

    M. Greiffenhagen;D. Comaniciu;H. Niemann;V. Ramesh

  • Principles of 3d Image Analysis and Synthesis

    Bernd Girod;Heinrich Niemann;Gunther Greiner

  • Dialog act classification with the help of prosody

    M. Mast;R. Kompe;S. Harbeck;A. Kiessling

  • Calibration of hand-held camera sequences for plenoptic modeling

    R. Koch;M. Pollefeys;B. Heigl;L. Van Gool

  • Control and explanation in a signal understanding environment

    F. Kummert;H. Niemann;R. Prechtel;G. Sagerer

  • Using Quaternions for Parametrizing 3-D Rotations in Unconstrained Nonlinear Optimization

    Jochen Schmidt;Heinrich Niemann

  • Gait Classification with HMMs for Trajectories of Body Parts Extracted by Mixture Densities.

    Dorthe Meyer;Josef Pösl;Heinrich Niemann

  • The Recognition of Emotion

    Anton Batliner;Richard Huber;Heinrich Niemann;Elmar Nöth

  • Proceedings of Vision, Modeling and Visualization 1999

    Bernd Girod;Heinrich Niemann;Hans-Peter Seidel

Frequent Co-Authors

Elmar Nöth
Elmar Nöth University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anton Batliner
Anton Batliner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Joachim Denzler
Joachim Denzler Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gerhard Sagerer
Gerhard Sagerer Bielefeld University
Günther Greiner
Günther Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Bernd Girod
Bernd Girod Stanford University
Hans-Peter Seidel
Hans-Peter Seidel Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Thomas Ertl
Thomas Ertl University of Stuttgart
Horst Bunke
Horst Bunke University of Bern
Joachim Hornegger
Joachim Hornegger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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