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William Clement Karl

William Clement Karl

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
38
Citations
6848
World Ranking
10162
National Ranking
4281

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to statistical signal processing and image reconstruction

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer vision
  • Optics

William Clement Karl spends much of his time researching Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Algorithm, Image processing and Smoothing. His studies in Artificial intelligence integrate themes in fields like Maximum a posteriori estimation and Pattern recognition. His Computer vision study incorporates themes from Radar imaging and Inverse problem.

His Algorithm study combines topics in areas such as Stochastic process, Level set method, Mathematical optimization and Markov process. He has researched Image processing in several fields, including Calipers, Surgery and Dilation. His Smoothing study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Function, Curve fitting, Level set and Object.

His most cited work include:

  • Feature-enhanced synthetic aperture radar image formation based on nonquadratic regularization (445 citations)
  • Probabilistic video stabilization using Kalman filtering and mosaicing (180 citations)
  • Real-time tracking using level sets (174 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Algorithm, Iterative reconstruction and Pattern recognition. His Artificial intelligence study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Radar imaging. His work deals with themes such as Regularization, Boundary and Inverse problem, which intersect with Computer vision.

His Algorithm research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Level set, Mathematical optimization, Wavelet transform and Random field. His Iterative reconstruction research incorporates elements of Image resolution, Tomography, Maximum a posteriori estimation and Sequence. His Pattern recognition research includes elements of Edge detection and Expectation–maximization algorithm.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Artificial intelligence (52.49%)
  • Computer vision (39.23%)
  • Algorithm (25.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2014)?

  • Artificial intelligence (52.49%)
  • Computer vision (39.23%)
  • Iterative reconstruction (23.20%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

William Clement Karl mainly investigates Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Iterative reconstruction, Synthetic aperture radar and Image formation. His Artificial intelligence research focuses on Image processing in particular. His Computer vision research incorporates themes from Detector, Optimization problem and Inverse problem.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Image resolution, Optics, Microscopy, Imaging phantom and Tomography. His Synthetic aperture radar research includes themes of Matched filter and Compressed sensing. Ultrasound imaging, Nondestructive testing, Aperture, Optical imaging and Ultrasonic sensor is closely connected to Regularization in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Image formation.

Between 2005 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Line detection in images through regularized hough transform (170 citations)
  • A Real-Time Algorithm for the Approximation of Level-Set-Based Curve Evolution (169 citations)
  • Sparsity-Driven Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Reconstruction, autofocusing, moving targets, and compressed sensing (156 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer vision
  • Statistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Synthetic aperture radar, Radar imaging and Image formation. Much of his study explores Artificial intelligence relationship to Inverse problem. His research integrates issues of Image sensor, Hough transform, Image processing, Binary image and Optimization problem in his study of Inverse problem.

William Clement Karl combines subjects such as Regularization, Image restoration and Digital holography with his study of Synthetic aperture radar. His Radar imaging research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Azimuth, Pixel, Motion estimation, Matched filter and Nonlinear system. His Image formation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Scattering, Small set, Backscatter, Speckle pattern and Iterative reconstruction.

Best Publications

  • Feature-enhanced synthetic aperture radar image formation based on nonquadratic regularization

    M. Cetin;W.C. Karl

  • Line detection in images through regularized hough transform

    N. Aggarwal;W.C. Karl

  • Probabilistic video stabilization using Kalman filtering and mosaicing

    Andrey Litvin;Janusz Konrad;William Clement Karl

  • Sparsity-Driven Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Reconstruction, autofocusing, moving targets, and compressed sensing

    Mujdat Cetin;Ivana Stojanovic;Ozben Onhon;Kush Varshney

  • A Real-Time Algorithm for the Approximation of Level-Set-Based Curve Evolution

    Yonggang Shi;W.C. Karl

  • Multiscale representations of Markov random fields

    M.R. Luettgen;W.C. Karl;A.S. Willsky;R.R. Tenney

  • Real-time tracking using level sets

    Y. Shi;W.C. Karl

  • Multiscale segmentation and anomaly enhancement of SAR imagery

    C.H. Fosgate;H. Krim;W.W. Irving;W.C. Karl

  • Multiresolution optimal interpolation and statistical analysis of TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimetry

    Paul W. Fieguth;William C. Karl;Alan S. Willsky;Carl Wunsch

  • Method and apparatus for biosensor spectral shift detection

    Homer Paul Pien;William C. Karl;Derek Puff;Peter Li

  • A fast level set method without solving PDEs [image segmentation applications]

    Yonggang Shi;W.C. Karl

  • HIGH RESOLUTION PURSUIT FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION

    Seema Jaggi;William C. Karl;Stéphane Mallat;Alan S. Willsky

  • A wavelet-based method for multiscale tomographic reconstruction

    M. Bhatia;W.C. Karl;A.S. Willsky

  • Reconstructing polygons from moments with connections to array processing

    P. Milanfar;G.C. Verghese;W.C. Karl;A.S. Willsky

  • OCT-based arterial elastography: robust estimation exploiting tissue biomechanics.

    R.C. Chan;A.H. Chau;W.C. Karl;S. Nadkarni

  • New methods for arterial diameter measurement from B-mode images

    R.W. Stadler;R.W. Stadler;W.C. Karl;W.C. Karl;R.S. Lees;R.S. Lees

  • Imaging of Moving Targets With Multi-Static SAR Using an Overcomplete Dictionary

    I. Stojanovic;W.C. Karl

  • A moment-based variational approach to tomographic reconstruction

    P. Milanfar;W.C. Karl;A.S. Willsky

  • Toward nanometer-scale resolution in fluorescence microscopy using spectral self-interference

    A.K. Swan;L.A. Moiseev;C.R. Cantor;B. Davis

  • Medical image processing

    William C. Karl;Zhuangli Liang;Homer Pien;Thomas J. Brady

  • Multiscale representations of Markov random fields

    M.R. Luettgen;W.C. Karl;A.S. Willsky;R.R. Tenney

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Castanon
David A. Castanon Boston University
Mujdat Cetin
Mujdat Cetin University of Rochester
Bennett B. Goldberg
Bennett B. Goldberg Northwestern University
Paul Fieguth
Paul Fieguth University of Waterloo
Eric L. Miller
Eric L. Miller Tufts University
Hamid Krim
Hamid Krim North Carolina State University
Janusz Konrad
Janusz Konrad Boston University
M. S. Ünlü
M. S. Ünlü Boston University

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