• 非脊椎动物的型态辨识能力
  1. 蜜蜂如何辨识形状？
  2. 蜜蜂跟蚂蚁如何使用他们的辨识能力辨识方位？
• 非脊椎动物的型态辨识能力
  1. 章鱼如何辨识形状？
• 模仿非脊椎动物的机器人之型态辨识能力

课堂报告

如何使机器人模仿昆虫的辨识策略辨别方位？

• 鸟类的型态辨识能力
  1. 鸟类能否辨识并分类复杂形状/情境？
  2. 鸟类使用的是什么样的辨识策略？
• 鸟类的型态辨识能力
  1. 在鹰群中的个体辨识
  2. 小鸡用以辨识母亲额嘴的关键特征
  3. 鸽子对莫内与毕卡索画作的辨识能力
• 人类的物体 辨识能力(心理物理学)
  1. 什么是人类辨识能力的关键特征(速度、角度/方位依赖性、对原形的依赖…)？
• 人类的物体辨识能力(心理物理学)

课堂报告

人类观测者能否辨识出极度缺乏资讯的动作片段？

• 灵长类的物体辨识能力(生理学)
  1. 大脑是否有关于辨识能力的特化区域？
  2. 2. 关于辨识能力与空间分析、大脑是否有不同的功能走向？
• 灵长类的物体辨识能力(生理学)
  1. 功能造影实验告诉我们哪些关于大脑辨识能力的机制？
• 灵长类大脑受损后的物体辨识能力缺失
  1. 猴子的病变研究告诉我们哪些关于大脑辨识能力的机制？
  2. 视觉辨识不能症的基本特征是什么?以及它们与受损现象之间的关联？
• 灵长类大脑受损后的物体辨识能力缺失

课堂报告

一个视觉辨识不能症的案例报告(“错把太太当帽子的人”)

• 超越对于单独物体的辨识
  1. 人类如何辨识大型场景？
  2. 场景内容是否影响对于单独物体的辨识？我们能不能将此场景的影响以模型形式化？
  3. 眼部动作在场景认知上扮演什么角色？
• 超越对于单独物体的辨识

课堂报告

场景如何对应成为记忆的一部分？-使用“变化-眼盲”范例的研究

• 物体认知的发展
  1. 婴儿能否将视觉世界解析为单独的物体？
  2. 婴儿如何以及何时获得对于物体性质的认知？
• 物体认知的发展

课堂报告

成年期恢复视觉的案例报告(“看而看不见”，Oliver Sacks)

• 典型型态分类理论
  1. Baves决定性理论
  2. 监督下与非监督下的学习
• 典型型态分类理论

课堂报告

统计性型态辨识的案例报告：用SAR影像在金星上寻找小火山的训练工具

• 物体辨识的计算性理论
  1. 基于3度空间物体模型的理论
  2. 基于2度空间影像模型的理论(对齐线方法;角度的线性综合)
• 物体辨识的计算性理论

课堂报告

• 案例报告-基于3度空间模型与符号推理的Brook’s ACRONYM系统(译注: Brook’s ACRONYM系统是一种基于固体模型的计算机视觉系统)
• 物体辨识的计算性理论

课堂报告

使用线性物体模型作辨识

• 影像与物体对应
  1. 如何决定影像与物体的对应特征？
  2. 如何将影像分解为物体，物体分解为元件？
• 影像与物体对应

课堂报告

基于显著性计算的分割

• 物体辨识的网络模型
  1. 辨识的前馈模型(Fukushima, RBFs)
  2. 辨识的回馈模型(Ullman)
• 物体辨识的网络模型

课堂报告

特殊的关于辨识的网络模型 - Mumford's scheme

• 人工辨识计划的著名案例研究
  1. 第一个人工辨识系统(Roberts)
  2. 直方图辨识系统 (Swain and Ballard)

• 脸孔辨识 vs. 一般物体辨识
  脸孔是否特殊？(从生理学、神经生理学、心理物理学、影像与发育研究来的证据)
• 脸孔辨识 vs. 一般物体辨识

课堂报告

脸孔是否特殊？犬类专家的心理物理学与影像研究

• 脸孔辨识研究
  1. 脸孔辨识是基于特征或是整体？
  2. 脸孔中显著的形状与表面信号是什么？
• 脸孔辨识研究

课堂报告

关于脸孔辨识步骤，脸部的讽刺画可以告诉我们什么？

• 从社会的角度看脸孔辨识
  我们如何感知脸部表情、注视的方向、与审美观？
• 从社会的角度看脸孔辨识

课堂报告

婴儿是否偏好具吸引力的脸孔？

• 脸孔辨识的心理　-　法医学观点
  1. 脸孔辨识研究的法医学应用有哪些？
  2. 人可否经过训练增强对脸孔的辨识能力？
• 脸孔辨识的心理　-　法医学观点

课堂报告

1. 脸部综合特征创造系统有哪些？
2. 它们能否藉由研究结果改良？

• 脸孔辨识的心理-法医学观点
• 由当地一位警方艺术家示范Identikit系统
• 应用脸孔辨识系统
  检示几项著名的系统：
  1. Turk's Eigenface 系统
  2. Von der Marlsburg's 图形系统
  3. Beymer's 模板系统
• 应用脸孔辨识系统
  其他生物统计系统：
  1. 虹膜辨识
  2. 视网膜辨识
  3. 红外线的脸孔辨识
  4. 耳朵辨识

• 连结辨识与认知之间的鸿沟
  1. 辨识能否影响早期认知？ – 历史性概念
  2. 是否有任何实验证据支持这个概念？
• 综合
  1. 不同感应模组可能分享相同的辨识策略吗？
  2. 辨识领域的关键性开放议题是什么？
• 麻省理工学院的物体辨识研究
  BCS与AI实验室里，高阶视觉研究的机会有哪些？(译注：BCS=Business Computing Systems，商业运算系统、AI=Artificial Intelligence，人工智能)

• Pattern recognition by invertebrates
  1. How do honey bees recognize shapes?
  2. How do bees and ants use their recognition abilities to navigate?
• Pattern recognition by invertebrates
  1. How do octopii recognize shapes?
• Pattern recognition by robots modeled on invertebrates

Student Presentation

How can we enable a robot to navigate based on insect recognition strategies?

• Pattern recognition by birds
  1. Can birds recognize and categorize complex shapes/scenes?
  2. What recognition strategies do birds use?
• Pattern recognition by birds
  1. Recognition of individuals in a gull colony
  2. Recognition by chicks of mother's beak via key-signs
  3. Pigeons' recognition of Monet and Picasso paintings
• Object recognition by humans (psychophysics)
  1. What are the key characteristics of human recognition performance (speed, view-point/orientation dependency, reliance on prototypes…)?
• Object recognition by humans (psychophysics)

Student Presentation

Can human observers recognize highly impoverished motion sequences?

• Object recognition by primates (physiology)
  1. Does the brain have areas specialized for recognition?
  2. Are there different functional streams in the brain for recognition and spatial analysis?
• Object recognition by primates (physiology)
  1. What have functional imaging studies told us about brain Mechanisms of recognition?
• Object recognition deficits following brain damage in primates
  1. What have lesion studies in monkeys told us about brain mechanisms of recognition?
  2. What are the basic characteristics of visual agnosias and how are they correlated with the nature of damage?
• Object recognition deficits following brain damage in primates

Student Presentation

A case study of visual agnosia ('The man who mistook his wife for a hat')

• Beyond individual object recognition
  1. How do humans recognize large scenes?
  2. Does scene-context influence individual object recognition? Can we formalize a model of contextual influences?
  3. What is the role of eye- movements in scene perception?
• Beyond individual object recognition

Student Presentation

How are scenes encoded in memory? - studies using the 'change-blindness' paradigm

• Development of object perception
  1. Can babies parse the visual world into objects?
  2. How and when do babies acquire knowledge of object properties?
• Development of object perception

Student Presentation

Case study of sight recovery in adulthood ("To see and not see," Oliver Sacks)

• Classical pattern classification theory
  1. Bayes decision theory
  2. Supervised and unsupervised learning
• Classical pattern classification theory

Student Presentation

Case study of statistical pattern classification: A trainable tool for finding small volcanoes in SAR Imagery of Venus

• Computational theories of object recognition
  1. Theories based on 3D object models
  2. Theories based on 2D image models (alignment approach; linear combination of views)
• Computational theories of object recognition

Student Presentation

• Case study- Brook's ACRONYM system of recognition based on 3D models and symbolic reasoning
• Computational theories of object recognition

Student Presentation

Using linear object models for recognition

• Image and model correspondence
  1. How can we determine the matching features in images and models?
  2. How can we segment images into objects and objects into parts?
• Image and model correspondence

Student Presentation

Segmentation via saliency computations

• Network models of object recognition
  1. Feedforward models of recognition (Fukushima, RBFs)
  2. Feedback models of recognition (Ullman)
• Network models of object recognition

Student Presentation

A particular network model of recognition - Mumford's scheme

• Notable case studies of artificial recognition schemes
  1. The first artificial recognition system (Roberts)
  2. Histogram based recognition (Swain and Ballard)

• Face recognition vs. general object recognition
  Are faces special? (Evidence from physiology, neuropsychology, Psychophysics, imaging and developmental studies)
• Face recognition vs. general object recognition

Student Presentation

Are faces special? Psychophysics and imaging with dog experts

• Face recognition studies
  1. Is face recognition feature-based or holistic?
  2. What are the salient shape and surface cues in a face?
• Face recognition studies

Student Presentation

What can facial caricatures tell us about face recognition processes?

• Social aspects of face recognition
  How do we perceive facial affect, gaze direction, and aesthetics?
• Social aspects of face recognition

Student Presentation

Do babies prefer attractive faces?

• Psycho- forensic aspects of face recognition
  1. What are the forensic applications of facial recognition research?
  2. Can people be trained to be better encoders of faces?
• Psycho- forensic aspects of face recognition

Student Presentation

1. What are the current facial composite creation systems?
2. Can they be improved based on research results?

• Psycho- forensic aspects of face recognition
• A demonstration of the IdentiKit system by a local police artist
• Implemented systems for face recognition
  An examination of a few notable systems:
  1. Turk's Eigenface based system
  2. Von der Marlsburg's graph based system
  3. Beymer's template based system
• Implemented systems for face recognition
  Other biometric systems:
  1. Iris recognition
  2. Retina recognition
  3. Face recognition in IR
  4. Ear recognition

• Closing the loop between recognition and perception
  1. Can recognition influence early perception? - historical ideas
  2. Is there any experimental evidence to support this idea?
• Grand synthesis
  1. Might different sensory modalities share similar recognition strategies?
  2. What are the key open questions in the area of recognition?
• Object recognition research at MIT
  What are the opportunities for research in high-level vision in BCS and the AI lab?