Avideh Zakhor

Professor

Research Areas

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Communications & Networking (COMNET)
• Graphics (GR)
• Signal Processing (SP)

Research Centers

• Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM)
• Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)
• Center for Intelligent Systems (CIS)
• Connectivity Lab
• Video and Image Processing Lab (VIP Lab)
• Wireless Foundations

Biography

She received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1983, a S.M. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. In 1994 she joined the faculty of EECS, UC Berkeley. Honors and awards she has received include the General Motors Scholarship, 1982-3; Henry Ford Engineering Award, 1983; Hertz Fellowship, 1984¿1988; Analog Devices Junior Faculty Development Award 1990-1995; IBM Junior Faculty Development Award 1990-1991; Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award, 1990; Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1992; IEEE Signal Processing Society Transactions Young Paper Award (with S. Hein) 1997; IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Video Technology Transactions Best Paper Award (with D. Taubman), 1997; IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Video Technology Transactions Best Paper Award (with R. Neff), 1999; International Conference on Image Processing best paper award (with R. Neff). 1999; Packet Video Workshop best paper award (with T. Ngyuen), 2002.

Selected Publications

• J. Secord and A. Zakhor, "Tree detection in urban regions using aerial LiDAR and image data," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 196-200, April 2007.
• W. Wei and A. Zakhor, "Multiple tree video multicast over wireless ad hoc networks," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 2-15, Jan. 2007.
• H. Liu, V. Dai, A. Zakhor, and B. Nikolic, "Reduced complexity compression algorithms for direct-write maskless lithography systems," SPIE J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 13007-1-12, Jan. 2007.
• M. Chen and A. Zakhor, "Multiple TFRC connections based rate control for wireless networks," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1045-1062, Oct. 2006.
• V. Dai and A. Zakhor, "Lossless compression of VLSI layout image data," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 2522-2530, Sep. 2006.
• P. Garrigues and A. Zakhor, "Atom position coding in a matching pursuit based video coder," in Visual Content Processing and Representation: Revised Selected Papers from the 9th Intl. Workshop (VLBV 2005), L. Atzori, D. D. Giusto, R. Leonardi, and F. Pereira, Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3893, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2006, pp. 153-160.
• H. Liu, V. Dai, A. Zakhor, and B. Nikolic, "Reduced complexity compression algorithms for direct-write maskless lithography systems," in Emerging Lithographic Technologies X, M. J. Lercel, Ed., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6151, Bellingham, WA: SPIE -- Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2006, pp. 2B-1-14.
• C. Fruh and A. Zakhor, "An automated method for large-scale, ground-based city model acquisition," Intl. J. Computer Vision, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 5-24, Oct. 2004.
• C. Frueh, R. Sammon, and A. Zakhor, "Automated texture mapping of 3D city models with oblique aerial imagery," in Proc. 2nd Intl. Symp. on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT 2004), Y. Aloimonos and G. Taubin, Eds., Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society, 2004, pp. 396-403.
• B. Nikolic, B. Wild, V. Dai, Y. A. Shroff, B. Warlick, A. Zakhor, and W. G. Oldham, "Layout decompression chip for maskless lithography," in Proc. SPIE: Emerging Lithographic Technologies VIII, R. S. Mackay, Ed., Vol. 5374, Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2004, pp. 1092-1099.
• T. Nguyen and A. Zakhor, "Multiple sender distributed video streaming," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 315-326, April 2004.
• C. Fruh and A. Zakhor, "Constructing 3D city models by merging aerial and ground views," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 52-61, Nov. 2003.
• S. S. Cheung and A. Zakhor, "Fast similarity search on video signatures," in Proc. 2003 Intl. Conf. on Image Processing, Vol. 2, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2003, pp. 1-4.
• S. H. Kang and A. Zakhor, "Effective bandwidth based scheduling for streaming multimedia," in Proc. 2003 Intl. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP 2003), Vol. 3, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2003, pp. 633-636.
• Y. Shan and A. Zakhor, "Cross layer techniques for adaptive video streaming over wireless networks," in Proc. 2002 IEEE Intl. Multimedia and Expo (ICME '02), Vol. 1, Piscatway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2002, pp. 277-280.
• W. Tan and A. Zakhor, "Real-time Internet video using error resilient scalable compression and TCP-friendly transport protocol," IEEE Trans. Multimedia, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 172-186, June 1999.
• N. Cobb, A. Zakhor, and E. Miloslavsky, "Mathematical and CAD framework for proximity correction," in Proc. SPIE: Proc. IX Symp. on Optical Microlithography, G. E. Fuller, Ed., Vol. 2726, Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 1996, pp. 208-222.
• D. Taubman and A. Zakhor, "Multirate 3-D subband coding of video," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 572-588, Sep. 1994.
• S. Hein and A. Zakhor, Sigma Delta Modulators: Nonlinear Decoding Algorithms and Stability Analysis, The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science: VLSI, Computer Architecture and Digital Signal Processing, Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.
• A. Zakhor, "Iterative procedures for reduction of blocking effects in transform image coding," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 91-95, March 1992.