Min Ding
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California at Berkeley
Cory Hall, Room 307
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A 94720
dingm_at_eecs_dot_berkeley_dot_edu
I am a second year graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at University of California at Berkeley. I am currently working with
Professor Avideh Zakhor in the Video and Image Processing Lab (VIP). My research interests are: image processing, computer vision, 3D modeling, statistical signal processing and machine learning.
A fast 3D model reconstruction methodology is necessary for many applications such as city planning and fly/driver-though simulation. A recent approach developed by our group achieves fast reconstruction from a ground-based continuous acquisition system mounted on a truck and from aerial views.
Currently, we use oblique aerial photos or video covering a wide area to achieve faster texture acquisition at the expense of lower resolution. This gives us the scalability of generating a textured 3D city model in a much shorter time. From oblique aerial imagery, we implement an automatic texture mapping system to 3D model without any human intervention. The system first detects vanishing points/lines and combines readings from GPS and electronic compass to estimate the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of a camera. Secondly, it identifies features (3D-corner) from images and 3D model. Feature correspondence by RANSAC is made between the features from real images and the ones from 3D model after perspective projection to 2D plane with the camera parameters estimated previously. From the correspondence, more accurate camera parameters can be derived to allow texture mapping to 3D model. This system is to be evaluated on a data set of Berkeley residential area.
Model for CVPR 2008 Download
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- Mesh model of the downtown region textured with 9 images
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- Mesh model of the campus region textured with 9 images
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- Mesh model of the residential region textured with 8 images
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- 2006 Fall
- 2006 Fall
- 2006 Spring
- 2005 Fall
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- May 2004 - December 2004
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Researcher
Systems Control Group at University of Toronto with Professor Lacra Pavel
- Developed a mathematical model of Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA)
- Designed and evaluated various gain scheduling techniques to control EDFA in a wide range of operating conditions
- Managed to control the EDFA's transients to a satisfactory level over a wide range of operating conditions
- May 2003 - August 2003
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Researcher
The Artificial Perception Laboratory at University of Toronto with Professor Parham Aarabi
- Developed an automated system to calculate sound recognition rate
- Quantified the performance of speech separation techniques in different settings and provided experimental results for several journal papers
- Designed and constructed hardware and software to analyze vibration transfer through human body
- Determined the correlation between the vibration transfer function and a fatigued body with the use of a neural network
- September 2002 - August 2003
- Research Assistant
Laboratory of Applied Surface Thermodynamics at University of Toronto with Professor A.W. Neumann
- Measured the interfacial tension of a captive bubble through its profile extracted from digital images
- Experimented the gas exchange rate relevant to the surface tension of lung surfactant
- Developed a more robust and accurate image analysis program
- Implemented an automatic zoom ratio calculation scheme from a grid image
- Designed and evaluated various noise removal techniques
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- [J3]
- Stefanovic, N, Ding, M. and L. Pavel, 'An application of L2 nonlinear control and gain scheduling to Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers', Control Engineering Practice, in press. pdf
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- Ding, M., and Pavel, L., "Gain Scheduling Control Design of an Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifier by Pump Compensation", Proc. IEEE Conference on Control Applications, pp.510-516, Aug. 2005. pdf
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- Y.Y. Zuo, M. Ding, D. Lia, and A.W. Neumann, "Further development of Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis-Captive Bubble for pulmonary surfactant related studies," Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, vol. 1675, pp. 12-20, November 2004. pdf
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- Y.Y. Zuo, M. Ding, A. Batenia, M. Hoorfara, and A.W. Neumann, "Improvement of interfacial tension measurement using a captive bubble in conjunction with axisymmetric drop shape analysis (ADSA)," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng., vol. 250, pp.233-246, December 2004. pdf
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University of Toronto (2001 - 2005)
- Dean's List for eight consecutive semesters
- 2004 Walberg Undergraduate Scholarship
- 2004 National Science and Engineering Research Council Undergraduate Student Research Award
- 2003 The Russell Reynolds Scholarship
- 2003 The Andrew Alexander Kinghorn Scholarship
- 2003 National Science and Engineering Research Council Undergraduate Student Research Award
- 2002 Walberg Undergraduate Scholarship
- 2001 Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship and da Vinci Scholar with Distinction
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (1999 - 2001)
- 2001 Sir Isaac Newton Competition 16th in Canada
- Participation in the Canadian Physics Olympiads camp 2001 (15 students across Canada were invited)
- OAPT Physics Contest 2000 7th in Canada
- 2001 British Columbia Grade12 Provincial Scholarship
- Vancouver Senior Boys Basketball Tournament 2000 7th
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Last updated April 9, 2007.