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Computer Science Department at Federal University of São Carlos (DC/UFSCar) Computer Architecture, Image and Signal Processing Group (GAPIS) P. O. Box: 676 Postal Code: 13565-905 São Carlos/SP, Brazil Tel: +55-16-33066602 Fax: +55-16-33518233 E-mail: alexandre at dc dot ufscar dot br |
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Academic Formation
Research Interestests
- Pattern Recognition
- Decision theory, parametric and non-parametric models for supervised and unsupervised classification, combinatorial optimization algorithms, graph-based methods for image analysis and face recognition.
- Image and Signal Processing
- Statistical models for image formation, adaptive linear filtering, Bayesian approaches (MAP-MRF), graph-cut approaches for image labeling, regularization of inverse problems (deconvolution), least squares and constrained least square estimation, wavelets, audio/speech processinandg shape analysis techniques.
- Markov Random Fields (MRF's)
- Statistical inference on Markov Random Fields, maximum pseudo-likelihood estimation, asymptotic evaluations, MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) simulation algorithms (Gibbs-Sampler, Metropolis-Hastings, Swendsen-Wang), Hidden Markov Models (HMM's) and Fisher Information on MRF models.
- Applied Multivariate Analysis
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and kernel based methods for feature extration and statistical analysis of multivariate data.
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