Publications

3,622 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss, "Characterization of belief propagation and its generalizations", Tech. Rep. TR2001-15, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-15 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-15,
    • author = {Jonathan S. Yedidia, William T. Freeman, Yair Weiss},
    • title = {Characterization of belief propagation and its generalizations},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-15},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-15/}
    • }
  •  Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken, "A New Framework For Non-Photorealistic Rendering", Tech. Rep. TR2001-12, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-12 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-12,
    • author = {Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken},
    • title = {A New Framework For Non-Photorealistic Rendering},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-12},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-12/}
    • }
  •  Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken, "A New Representation for Device Color Gamuts", Tech. Rep. TR2001-09, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-09 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-09,
    • author = {Ronald N. Perry, Sarah F. Frisken},
    • title = {A New Representation for Device Color Gamuts},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-09},
    • month = mar,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-09/}
    • }
  •  Yedidia, J.S., "An Idiosyncratic Journey Beyond Mean Field Theory" in Advanced Mean Field Methods, Theory and Practice, Opper, M. and Saad, D., Eds., chapter 3, pp. 21-36, The MIT Press, February 2001.
    BibTeX TR2000-27 PDF
    • @incollection{Yedidia2001feb,
    • author = {Yedidia, J.S.},
    • title = {An Idiosyncratic Journey Beyond Mean Field Theory},
    • booktitle = {Advanced Mean Field Methods, Theory and Practice},
    • year = 2001,
    • editor = {Opper, M. and Saad, D.},
    • chapter = 3,
    • pages = {21--36},
    • month = feb,
    • publisher = {The MIT Press},
    • isbn = {0-262-15045-9},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-27}
    • }
  •  Joe Marks, William Freeman, Henry Leitner, "Teaching Applied Computing without Programming: A Case-Based Introductory Course for General Education", Tech. Rep. TR2001-06, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, February 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-06 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-06,
    • author = {Joe Marks, William Freeman, Henry Leitner},
    • title = {Teaching Applied Computing without Programming: A Case-Based Introductory Course for General Education},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-06},
    • month = feb,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-06/}
    • }
  •  Divakaran, A., Peker, K.A., Sun, H., "Video Summarization Using Motion Descriptors", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, DOI: 10.1117/​12.410963, January 2001, vol. 4315.
    BibTeX SPIE Digital Library
    • @inproceedings{Divakaran2001jan,
    • author = {Divakaran, A. and Peker, K.A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {Video Summarization Using Motion Descriptors},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 4315,
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1117/12.410963},
    • url = {https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4315/0000/Video-summarization-using-motion-descriptors/10.1117/12.410963.short}
    • }
  •  Peker, K.A., Divakaran, A., Papathomas, T.V., "Automatic Measurement of Intensity of Motion Activity of Video Segments", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, DOI: 10.1117/​12.410944, January 2001, vol. 4315, pp. 341-351.
    BibTeX SPIE Digital Library
    • @inproceedings{Peker2001jan,
    • author = {Peker, K.A. and Divakaran, A. and Papathomas, T.V.},
    • title = {Automatic Measurement of Intensity of Motion Activity of Video Segments},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases},
    • year = 2001,
    • volume = 4315,
    • pages = {341--351},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1117/12.410944},
    • url = {https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4315/0000/Automatic-measurement-of-intensity-of-motion-activity-of-video-segments/10.1117/12.410944.short}
    • }
  •  Davies, J.R., Gertner, A., Lesh, N.B., Rich, C., Rickel, J., Sidner, C.L., "Incorporating Tutorial Strategies into an Intelligent Assistant", ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), January 2001, pp. 53-56.
    BibTeX TR2000-30 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Davies2001jan,
    • author = {Davies, J.R. and Gertner, A. and Lesh, N.B. and Rich, C. and Rickel, J. and Sidner, C.L.},
    • title = {Incorporating Tutorial Strategies into an Intelligent Assistant},
    • booktitle = {ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)},
    • year = 2001,
    • pages = {53--56},
    • month = jan,
    • isbn = {1-58113-325-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-30}
    • }
  •  Andrew Garland and Neal Lesh, "Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Demonstration (subsumed by TR2002-04)", Tech. Rep. TR2001-03, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, January 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-03 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-03,
    • author = {Andrew Garland and Neal Lesh},
    • title = {Learning Hierarchical Task Models by Demonstration (subsumed by TR2002-04)},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-03},
    • month = jan,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-03/}
    • }
  •  Matt Bell, William T. Freeman, "Learning local evidence for shading and reflectance", Tech. Rep. TR2001-04, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, January 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-04 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-04,
    • author = {Matt Bell, William T. Freeman},
    • title = {Learning local evidence for shading and reflectance},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-04},
    • month = jan,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-04/}
    • }
  •  Robert Aish, James L. Frankel, John H. Frazer, Anthony T. Patera, Joe Marks, "Computational Construction Kits for Geometric Modeling and Design", Tech. Rep. TR2001-02, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, January 2001.
    BibTeX TR2001-02 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2001-02,
    • author = {Robert Aish, James L. Frankel, John H. Frazer, Anthony T. Patera, Joe Marks},
    • title = {Computational Construction Kits for Geometric Modeling and Design},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2001-02},
    • month = jan,
    • year = 2001,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2001-02/}
    • }
  •  Vetro, A., Divakaran, A., Sun, H., Poon, T.C., "Transcoding System Based on MPEG-7 Meta-Data", IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM), December 2000.
    BibTeX
    • @inproceedings{Vetro2000dec,
    • author = {Vetro, A. and Divakaran, A. and Sun, H. and Poon, T.C.},
    • title = {Transcoding System Based on MPEG-7 Meta-Data},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM)},
    • year = 2000,
    • month = dec
    • }
  •  Yedidia, J.S., Freeman, W.T., Weiss, Y., "Generalized Belief Propagation", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2000, vol. 13, pp. 689-695.
    BibTeX TR2000-26 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yedidia2000dec,
    • author = {Yedidia, J.S. and Freeman, W.T. and Weiss, Y.},
    • title = {Generalized Belief Propagation},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 13,
    • pages = {689--695},
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-26}
    • }
  •  Tony Jebara and Alex Pentland, "Bayesian Face Recognition", Tech. Rep. TR2000-42, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, December 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-42 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-42,
    • author = {Tony Jebara and Alex Pentland},
    • title = {Bayesian Face Recognition},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-42},
    • month = dec,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-42/}
    • }
  •  Shen, C., Mizunuma, I., "RT-CRM: Real-Time Channel-Based Reflective Memory", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 49, pp. 1202-1214, November 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-41 PDF
    • @article{Shen2000nov,
    • author = {Shen, C. and Mizunuma, I.},
    • title = {RT-CRM: Real-Time Channel-Based Reflective Memory},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computers},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 49,
    • pages = {1202--1214},
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-41}
    • }
  •  Ogata, M., Pfister, H., Lauer, H.C., Dohi, Y., "A Parallel Pipeline Convolution for Perspective Projection in Real-Time Volume Rendering", The Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Vol. 54, No. 9, November 2000.
    BibTeX Harvard SEAS
    • @article{Ogata2000nov,
    • author = {Ogata, M. and Pfister, H. and Lauer, H.C. and Dohi, Y.},
    • title = {A Parallel Pipeline Convolution for Perspective Projection in Real-Time Volume Rendering},
    • journal = {The Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 54,
    • number = 9,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://vcg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/a-parallel-pipeline-convolution-for-perspective-projection-in-real-time-volume-rendering}
    • }
  •  Chung, S.-T., Gonzalez, O., Ramamritham, K., Shen, C., "CReMeS: A CORBA Compliant Reflective Memory Based Real-Time Communication Service", IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), November 2000, pp. 47-56.
    BibTeX TR2000-18 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chung2000nov,
    • author = {Chung, S.-T. and Gonzalez, O. and Ramamritham, K. and Shen, C.},
    • title = {CReMeS: A CORBA Compliant Reflective Memory Based Real-Time Communication Service},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)},
    • year = 2000,
    • pages = {47--56},
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-18}
    • }
  •  Bober, M., Asai, K., Divakaran, A., "MPEG-4/7 Based Internet Video and Still Image Browsing System", SPIE Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications, DOI: 10.1117/​12.420843, November 2000, vol. 4209.
    BibTeX SPIE Digital Library
    • @inproceedings{Bober2000nov,
    • author = {Bober, M. and Asai, K. and Divakaran, A.},
    • title = {MPEG-4/7 Based Internet Video and Still Image Browsing System},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 4209,
    • month = nov,
    • doi = {10.1117/12.420843},
    • url = {https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4209/1/MPEG-4-7-based-Internet-video-and-still-image-browsing/10.1117/12.420843.short}
    • }
  •  Baback Moghaddam, Henning Biermann, Dimitris Margaritis, "Regions-of-Interest and Spatial Layout for Content-Based Image Retrieval", Tech. Rep. TR2000-35, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, November 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-35 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-35,
    • author = {Baback Moghaddam, Henning Biermann, Dimitris Margaritis},
    • title = {Regions-of-Interest and Spatial Layout for Content-Based Image Retrieval},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-35},
    • month = nov,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-35/}
    • }
  •  Neal Lesh, Joe Marks, Maurizio Patrignani, "Interactive Partitioning", Tech. Rep. TR2000-31, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, October 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-31 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-31,
    • author = {Neal Lesh, Joe Marks, Maurizio Patrignani},
    • title = {Interactive Partitioning},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-31},
    • month = oct,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-31/}
    • }
  •  Bhalerao, A., Pfister, H., Halle, M., Kikinis, R., "Fast Re-Rendering of Volume and Surface Graphics by Depth, Color and Opacity Buffering", Journal of Medical Image Analysis, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 235-251, September 2000.
    BibTeX Harvard SEAS
    • @article{Bhalerao2000sep,
    • author = {Bhalerao, A. and Pfister, H. and Halle, M. and Kikinis, R.},
    • title = {Fast Re-Rendering of Volume and Surface Graphics by Depth, Color and Opacity Buffering},
    • journal = {Journal of Medical Image Analysis},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 4,
    • number = 3,
    • pages = {235--251},
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://vcg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/fast-re-rendering-of-volume-and-surface-graphics-by-depth-color-and-opacity-buffering}
    • }
  •  Divakaran, A., Peker, K.A., Sun, H., "A Region Based Descriptor for Spatial Distribution of Motion Activity for Compressed Video", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2000, vol. 2, pp. 287-290.
    BibTeX IEEE Xplore
    • @inproceedings{Divakaran2000sep,
    • author = {Divakaran, A. and Peker, K.A. and Sun, H.},
    • title = {A Region Based Descriptor for Spatial Distribution of Motion Activity for Compressed Video},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)},
    • year = 2000,
    • volume = 2,
    • pages = {287--290},
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/899359}
    • }
  •  Andrew Garland, Charles Rich, Candace Sidner, Neal Lesh, "Learning Task Models for Collagen (subsumed by TR2002-04)", Tech. Rep. TR2000-36, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, September 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-36 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-36,
    • author = {Andrew Garland, Charles Rich, Candace Sidner, Neal Lesh},
    • title = {Learning Task Models for Collagen (subsumed by TR2002-04)},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-36},
    • month = sep,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-36/}
    • }
  •  Jeff Rickel, Rajaram Ganeshan, Charles Rich, Candace L. Sidner, Neal Lesh, "Task-Oriented Tutorial Dialogue: Issues and Agents", Tech. Rep. TR2000-37, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, September 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-37 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-37,
    • author = {Jeff Rickel, Rajaram Ganeshan, Charles Rich, Candace L. Sidner, Neal Lesh},
    • title = {Task-Oriented Tutorial Dialogue: Issues and Agents},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-37},
    • month = sep,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-37/}
    • }
  •  William T. Freeman, John A. Haddon, Egon C. Pasztor, "Learning Motion Analysis", Tech. Rep. TR2000-32, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, September 2000.
    BibTeX TR2000-32 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2000-32,
    • author = {William T. Freeman, John A. Haddon, Egon C. Pasztor},
    • title = {Learning Motion Analysis},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2000-32},
    • month = sep,
    • year = 2000,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2000-32/}
    • }