Computer vision

Statement of Purpose / UCSD / Computer Vision / Ph. D. Sung-Pil Paek [Introduction] This statement applies for admission to the Ph.D. program in Department of Computer Science and Engineering of UCSD, specifically, to continue my study in computer vision as a subfield. I indeed am interested in recognizing, identifying, and detecting the real world through computers in particular with visual information. Based on an understanding of our surroundings of life, I always enjoy replacing the time-consuming, hectic works with computer software and let it be a better choice than other routine works. Hence, I am fascinated to deal with automatic annotations and tracking of images or videos, which are my current research interests. When I was a student…

Computer Vision is commonly studied in three categories according to the degree of abstraction from the image: low-level, mid-level, and high-level. Low-level vision focuses on mapping pixel to pixel, which is best for detecting edges and features. Mid-level vision maps pixels to regions, which is used to detect three dimensional structures from motion. High-level vision maps pixels and regions to abstract categories (Huttenlocher, n.d.). In regards to human vision, images travel to the lateral…

sense and navigate within the environment without human input. It uses different techniques such as GPS, radar or computer vision to detect the surroundings. Big companies such as Google, Audi and BMW are already testing the driverless cars to see if it is worth making it. In California, while testing the driverless cars, it navigated 140,000 miles. However, only a single accident occurred where a human was involved driving. But the rest of the miles were successful without any human…

Driverless cars - they feel their surroundings with such techniques as radar, lidar, GPS, odometry, & computer vision. They update their maps based on sensory input, allowing the vehicles to keep track of their position, even in changing conditions, or in a uncharted environment. These machines have control systems that are capable of analyzing sensory data to distinguish between different cars on the road. Now, some people do not exactly support these vehicles. ‘Oh, they’ll destroy the…

the future of humanity and is a question that top computer scientists ask themselves every day. With the most powerful tool known to mankind, the computer, at our disposal, we can build a future where…

“There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails.” That quote from Nancy Kassebaum explains just how important it is for technology to be integrated into the learning process. On the other hand, if we were to remove textbooks from the classroom will not make it easier to learn but rather more difficult. Many small and large schools have already switched over to tablets for…

negative effect technology has on younger children is the harm that can affect their developmental skills in the future.Without limitations it will create harm to their developmental skills such as inhibiting social interaction with others, behavior problems, and leading to health issues. It’s important that parents and teachers should limit the excessive use of technology to children under the age of 10. The use of technology among children can assist them with their cognitive skills but…

Chicken Run (2000) was also a reminded of never losing sight of your visions and goals. After several planned attempts of trying to escape Tweedy’s Egg Farm, Ginger the main character, is placed in solitary confinement for trying to escape her semi-organized group to freedom. Even though all the chickens want to escape, Ginger is the one most passionate about the cause. She believes there is more over the gate and has visions that every chicken deserves have the right to be free. The story…

The author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, once stated, “The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up” (Chuck, n.d.). His statement highlights a condition I call a myopic perspective. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which a person can clearly see objects close-up while objects in the distance look blurry (“Myopia,” n.d.). A myopic perspective is a similar impairment limiting people’s psychological viewpoint or internal vision versus their physical…

Shot #1: I zoomed in on the roof of our chicken coop to illustrate horizontal lines. The chicken coop is built with all the lines listed, however, the longest of the lines, are horizontal. So, the horizontal lines made for the longest shot time. Shot #2: I focused in on the gold stitch, the other toys in the background blurred, creating the depth of field visual element. Shot #3: I zoomed in on tree bark at a local park to illustrate texture. Shot #4: I zoomed in on a building window arch to…