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Graduate Exam Abstract


Randy Hoover

Ph.D. Qualifying
March 10, 2008, 2:00
Engineering D102
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Abstract: This is a qualifying exam.

Adviser: Anthony A. Maciejewski
Co-Adviser: NA
Non-ECE Member: Chris Peterson, Mathematics
Member 3: Edwin K. Chong, ECE
Addional Members: Rodney G. Roberts, ECE Florida A&M - Florida Tech.

Publications:
R. C. Hoover, R. G. Roberts, and A. A. Maciejewski, "Implementation Issues in Identifying the Failure-Tolerant Workspace Boundaries of a Kinematically Redundant Manipulator," 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), pp. 3528-3533, San Diego, CA, Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2007.
R. C. Hoover, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, "Pose Detection of 3-D Objects Using S^2-Correlated Images and Discrete Spherical Harmonic Transforms," accepted to appear in 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. -, Pasedena, CA, May 19-23, 2008.
R. C. Hoover, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, "Aerial Pose Detection of 3-D Objects Using Hemispherical Harmonics," accepted to appear in 2008 IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, pp. -, Sante Fe, NM, March 24-26, 2008.
R. C. Hoover, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, "An Analysis of Sphere Tessellations for Pose Estimation of 3-D Objects Using Spherically Correl


Publications to be Reviewed:
K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, R. G. Roberts, and B. Draper, "Using the Low-Resolution Properties of Correlated Images to Improve the Computational Efficiency of Eigenspace Decomposition," / IEEE Transactions on Image Processing/, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 2376-2387, August 2006.

P. J. Kostelec and D. N. Rockmore, "FFTs on the Rotation Group," / Santa Fe Institute <http://www.santafe.edu> Working Papers Series/ Paper #03-11-060, 2003.

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