Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Monograph

Digital Image Warping , George Wolberg, IEEE Computer Society Press , Los Alamitos, CA, 1990. This book also appears in its entirety in Essential Books in Graphics Programming, a CD-ROM produced by Dr. Dobb's Journal , 1995.
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Book Chapters

LDV Sensing and Processing for Remote Hearing in a Multimodal Surveillance System, Zhigang Zhu, Weihong Li, Edgardo Molina, and George Wolberg, Chapter 4 in Multimodal Surveillance: Sensors, Algorithms, and Systems, Ed. by Z. Zhu and T.S. Huang, ISBN-10: 1596931841, Artech House Publisher, 2007.
Sampling, Reconstruction, and Antialiasing , George Wolberg, CRC Handbook of Computer Science and Engineering, Ed. by A.B. Tucker, CRC Press, 1997, 2004.
Fast Convolution With Packed Lookup Tables , George Wolberg and Henry Massalin, Graphics Gems IV, Ed. by P. Heckbert, Academic Press, 1994.

Journal Publications

RGB-D Camera Calibration and Trajectory Estimation with Applications to Indoor Mapping , Liang Yang, Ivan Dryanovski, Roberto G. Valenti, George Wolberg, and Jizhong Xiao, Autonomous Robots, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1485-1503, November 2020.
PhotoSketch: A Photocentric Urban 3D Modeling System , George Wolberg and Siavash Zokai, Visual Computer, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 605-616, May 2018.
Chronic Hypertension Increases Aortic Endothelial Hydraulic Conductivity by Upregulating Endothelial Aquaprin-1 Expression , Jimmy Toussaint, Chirag Bharavi Raval, Tieuvi Nguyen, Hadi Fadaifard, Shripad Joshi, George Wolberg, Steven Quarfordt, Kung-ming Jan, and David Rumschitzki, American J. Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology , vol. 313, no. 5, pp. H1063-H1073, July 2017.
Multiscale 3D Feature Extraction and Matching with an Application to 3D Face Recognition , Hadi Fadaifard, George Wolberg, and Robert Haralick, Graphical Models, vol. 75, pp. 157-176, July 2013.
Image Warping for Retargeting Garments Among Arbitrary Poses , Hadi Fadaifard and George Wolberg, Visual Computer, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 525-534, June 2013.
Page Turning Solutions for Musicians: A Survey , George Wolberg and Irene Schipper, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation , vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 37-52, January 2012.
Integrating Automated Range Registration with Multiview Geometry for the Photorealistic Modeling of Large-Scale Scenes , Ioannis Stamos, Lingyun Liu, Chao Chen, George Wolberg, Gene Yu, and Siavash Zokai, Intl. Journal of Computer Vision , vol. 78, no. 2-3, pp. 237-260, July 2008.
Image Registration Using Log-Polar Mappings for Recovery of Large-Scale Similarity and Projective Transformations , Siavash Zokai and George Wolberg, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing , vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1422-1434, October 2005.
Rendering Traditional Mosaics , Gershon Elber and George Wolberg, Visual Computer , vol. 19, pp. 67-78, 2003.
An Energy Minimization Framework for Monotonic Cubic Spline Interpolation , George Wolberg and Itzik Alfy, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics , vol. 143, no. 2, pp. 145-188, 2002.
One-Dimensional Resampling with Inverse and Forward Mapping Functions , George Wolberg, H.M. Sueyllam, M.A. Ismail, and K.M. Ahmed, Journal of Graphics Tools, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 11-33, 2001.
Image Morphing: A Survey , George Wolberg, Visual Computer, vol. 14, pp. 360-372, 1998.
Polymorph: Morphing Among Multiple Images , Seungyong Lee, George Wolberg, and Sung Yong Shin, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 58-71, January-February 1998.
Scattered Data Interpolation Using Multilevel B-splines , Seungyong Lee, George Wolberg, and Sung Yong Shin, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 228-244, July-September 1997.
Image Metamorphosis With Scattered Feature Constraints , Seungyong Lee, George Wolberg, Kyung-Yong Chwa, and Sung Yong Shin, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 337-354, December 1996.
Restoration of Images Scanned in the Presence of Vibrations , George Wolberg and Robert Loce, Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 50-65, January 1996.
Image Metamorphosis Using Free-Form Deformations and Snakes , Seungyong Lee, Kyung-Yong Chwa, Sung Yong Shin, and George Wolberg, Computer Graphics (Proc. Siggraph '95), pp. 439-448, August 1995.
A Two-Pass Mesh Warping Implementation of Morphing , George Wolberg, Dr. Dobb's Journal, no. 202, July 1993.
Local Image Reconstruction and Subpixel Restoration Algorithms , Terrance Boult and George Wolberg, CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 63-77, January 1993.
Separable Image Warping With Spatial Lookup Tables , George Wolberg and Terrance Boult, Computer Graphics (Proc. Siggraph '89), vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 369-378, July 1989.
Skeleton-Based Image Warping , George Wolberg, Visual Computer, vol. 5, pp. 95-108, 1989.
A Syntactic Omni-font Character Recognition System , George Wolberg, Intl. Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence , vol. 1, no. 3 & 4, pp. 303-322, December 1987.
Restoration of Degraded Binary Images Using Stochastic Relaxation with Annealing , George Wolberg and Theo Pavlidis, Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 375-388, December 1985.

Conference Publications

Image Warping for Retargeting Garments Among Arbitrary Poses , Hadi Fadaifard and George Wolberg, Proc. Computer Graphics Intl., Hannover, Germany, June 2013.
Multiscale 3D Feature Extraction and Matching, Hadi Fadaifard and George Wolberg, Proc. 3D Imaging, Modeling, Processing, Visualization, and Transmission Conference (3DIMPVT11), Hangzhou, China, May 2011.
Lightweight 3D Modeling of Urban Buildings from Range Data, Weihong Li, George Wolberg, and Siavash Zokai, Proc. 3D Imaging, Modeling, Processing, Visualization, and Transmission Conference (3DIMPVT11), Hangzhou, China, May 2011.
Think Globally, Cluster Locally: A Unified Framework for Range Segmentation, Gene Yu, Michael Grossberg, George Wolberg, and Ioannis Stamos, 4th Intl. Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission (3DPVT08), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, June, 2008.
LDV Sensing and Processing for Remote Hearing in a Multimodal Surveillance System, Zhigang Zhu, Weihong Li, Edgardo Molina, and George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 2007.
Remote Voice Acquisition in Multimodel Surveillance, Weihong Li, Zhigang Zhu, and George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2006) , pp. 1649-1652, Toronto, Canada, July, 2006.
Multiview Geometry for Texture Mapping 2D Images Onto 3D Range Data, Lingyun Liu, Ioannis Stamos, Gene Yu, George Wolberg, and Siavash Zokai, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 2293-2300, New York City, June 2006.
3D Modeling Using Planar Segments and Mesh Elements, Ioannis Stamos, Gene Yu, George Wolberg, and Siavash Zokai, 3rd Intl. Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission (3DPVT06), pp. 599-606, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, June, 2006.
Dynamic 3D Urban Scene Modeling Using Multiple Pushbroom Mosaics, Hao Tang, Zhigang Zhu, and George Wolberg, 3rd Intl. Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission, pp. 456-463, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, June, 2006.
Content-Based 3D Mosaics for Dynamic Urban 3D Scenes Zhigang Zhu, Hao Tang, George Wolberg, and Jeffrey R. Layne, Proc. SPIE, vol. 6229: Defense and Security, April 2006.
Content-Based 3D Mosaic Representation for Video of Dynamic 3D Scenes, Zhigang Zhu, Hao Tang, George Wolberg, and Jeffrey R. Layne, IEEE/AIPR Workshop on Multi-Modal Imaging, Washington, DC, October 2005.
Integrating LDV Audio and IR Video for Remote Multimodal Surveillance, Zhigang Zhu, Weihong Li, and George Wolberg, IEEE Workshop on Object Tracking and Classification In and Beyond the Visible Spectrum, in conjunction with IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, San Diego, CA, June 2005.
3D and Moving Target Extraction from Dynamic Pushbroom Stereo Mosaics, Zhigang Zhu, Hao Tang, Bing Shen, and George Wolberg, IEEE Workshop on Advanced 3D Imaging for Safety and Security, in conjunction with IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, San Diego, CA, June 2005.
Robust Image Registration Using Log-Polar Transform, George Wolberg and Siavash Zokai, Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing, Vancouver, Canada, September 2000.
Image Registration for Perspective Deformation Recovery , George Wolberg and Siavash Zokai, SPIE Conf. on Automatic Target Recognition X, Orlando, Florida, April 2000.
Monotonic Cubic Spline Interpolation , George Wolberg and Itzik Alfy, Proc. Computer Graphics Intl., Canmore, Canada, June 1999.
Nonuniform Image Reconstruction Using Multilevel Surface Interpolation , George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing, Santa Barbara, California, October 1997.
Recent Advances in Image Morphing , George Wolberg, Proc. Computer Graphics Intl., Pohang, Korea, June 1996.
Inverting Input Scanner Vibration Errors , George Wolberg and Robert Loce, Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing, Washington, D.C., October 1995.
Characterization of Vibration-Induced Image Defects in Input Scanners , Robert Loce and George Wolberg, SPIE Conf. on Document Processing II, Proc. SPIE 2422, pp. 350-357, San Jose, California, Feb. 1995.
Restoration of Images Degraded By Input Scanner Vibrations , George Wolberg and Robert Loce, SPIE Conf. on Document Processing II, Proc. SPIE 2422, pp. 358-369, San Jose, California, Feb. 1995.
A Fast Algorithm for Digital Image Scaling , George Wolberg and Henry Massalin, Proc. Computer Graphics Intl., Lausanne, Switzerland, June, 1993. Appears in Communicating With Virtual Worlds, Ed. by N.M. Thalmann and D. Thalmann, Springer-Verlag, 1993.
Correcting Chromatic Aberration Using Image Warping , Terrance Boult and George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 1992.
Image Warping Among Arbitrary Planar Shapes , George Wolberg, Proc. Computer Graphics Intl., Geneva, Switzerland, June, 1988. Appears in New Trends in Computer Graphics, Ed. by N.M. Thalmann and D. Thalmann, Springer-Verlag, 1988.
A Syntactic Omni-font Character Recognition System , George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Miami, Florida, June 1986, pp. 168-173.
An Algorithm for the Segmentation of Bilevel Images , George Wolberg, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Miami, Florida, June 1986, pp. 570-575.

Conference Course Notes

"2D and 3D Image Registration and Warping," Siggraph '99, Los Angeles, August 1999.
"Image Morphing," Computer Graphics Intl., Pohang, Korea, June 1996.
"Image Morphing," Siggraph '95, Los Angeles, August 1995.
"Image Processing," Computer Graphics Intl., Melbourne, Australia, June 1994.

U.S. Patents

System and Methods for Providing a Picture Frame with an Interactive Experience, George Wolberg, Jeffrey Wolberg, and Siavash Zokai, U.S. Patent No. 12,008,726. Issue Date: June 11, 2024.
Method of Rendering a Mosaic Design, George Wolberg, Siavash Zokai, Edward Acworth, and Michael Trachtman, U.S. Patent No. 10,055,868. Issue Date: August 21, 2018.
Wireless Controller, George Wolberg, U.S. Patent No. D817,960. Issue Date: May 15, 2018.
Page Turner with Moving Page Retaining Arms and Method of Operation, Ali Sadegh and George Wolberg, U.S. Patent No. 7,939,739. Issue Date: May 10, 2011.
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Domain of Definition in Warper/Morpher, Dan Candela, Mitch Middler, Ron Brinkmann, and George Wolberg, U.S. Patent No. 7,418,156. Issue Date: August 26, 2008.
Automatic Page Turner with Turnstile Element, George Wolberg and Ali Sadegh, U.S. Patent No. 7,019,203. Issue Date: March 28, 2006.
Automatic Page Turner with Belt Drive Element, Ali Sadegh and George Wolberg, U.S. Patent No. 6,935,058. Issue Date: August 30, 2005.
"Method for Processing Data and Method for Generating Digital Output Data," George Wolberg and Robert Loce, Japanese Patent No. JP8237476A2. Issue Date: September 13, 1996.
Method for Restoring Images Scanned in the Presence of Vibrations , George Wolberg and Robert Loce, U.S. Patent No. 5,537,226. Issue Date: July 16, 1996.
Separable Image Warping Methods and Systems Using Spatial Lookup Tables , George Wolberg and Terrance Boult, U.S. Patent No. 5,204,944. Issue Date: April 20, 1993.