(a) Dissertations & Thesis Completed

Dr. Farag has graduated 40 students (25 Masters and 15 PhD) as of Spring 08, and currently advises six graduate students and two undergraduate students.

1. Abdelrehim Ahmed, “Shape from Shading under Various Imaging Conditions,” Ph.D. Spring 2008.

2. Sergey Chekmenev, “Non-Contact and Passive Computer Vision Methodology for Measurement of Arterial Pulse Using Thermal IR Imaging,” Ph.D. Spring 2008.

3. Asem Ali “Optimization Methods using Graph Cuts,” Ph.D., Spring 2008.

4. Rachid Fahmi, “Shape Registration,” Ph.D., Spring 2008.

5. Hong Shi, “Partial Differential Equation Methods for Analysis of Tissue Deformations in Surgical Simulation,” Ph.D. Fall 2007.

6. Hossam Abd El Munim “Variational Approaches in Image Segmentation using Level Sets,” Ph.D., Spring 07.

7. Alaa El-din Aly, “Local Features Invariance Beyond 2D Gray Spaces,” Ph.D., Spring 07.

8. Ayman Elbaz, “Novel Statistical Models for Medical Image Analysis,” Ph.D., August 2006.

9. Ravi K. Mulpuri, “Implementation of Categorization for Faceted Search Using Naïve Bayesian Classifier,” Master of Sceince, Fall 2006.

10. Mohamed Sabry, “Visualization of 3D Volumes in Surgical Simulations,” Ph.D. , May 2006.

11. Jeffrey M. Colyer, “Initial In Vitro Characterization of a Pediatric Cardodopulmonary Assit System,” Master of Engineering, Spring 2006.

12. Ham Rara, “2D Algorithms for Face Recognition,” Master of Science, Summer 06.

13. Refaat Mohamed, “Multimodality Image Fusion for 3D Terrain Mapping,’’ Ph.D., December 2005.

14. Sneiha Esen Yuksel, “Analysis of Renal Rejection,” Master of Science, December 2005.

15. Ahmed H. Eid, “Performance Evaluation of 3D Reconstruction Approaches,” Ph.D., December 2004.

16. Robert Welch “Experiments in object tracking,” Master of Engineering, January 2002.

17. Moumen M. Ahmed, “Zoom-lens Camera Calibration for an Active Vision System,” Ph.D., December 2001.

18. Jeremy Nett, “Image Analysis for Quantification of Multiple Sclerosis,’’ Master of Engineering, December 2001.

19. Erin Rickard, Master of Engineering, “Neural Networks Methods for Image Segmentation,” Master of Engineering, December 2001.

20. Matthew Eklund, “Robust Correlation Methods in Object Reconstruction,’’ Master of Engineering, August 2001.

21. Yurong Li, “Motion Tracking for Active Vision,” Master of Engineering, May 2001.

22. Timothy Perkins, “Data Fusion in Aerial Imaging Applications,” Master of Engineering, December 2000.

23. Abdoulah Sangare, “Space Carving for 3-D Object Modeling,” Master of Engineering, December 2000.

24. Sameh M. Yamany, ``Surface Registration by Surface Point Signature,'' Ph.D., December 1999.

25. Elsayed E. Hemayed, ``A 3-D Trinocular Active Vision System for Surface Reconstruction,'' Ph.D. August 1999.

26. Mohamed. N. Ahmed, ``Novel Image Segmentation and Registration Algorithms for the Study of Brain Structure and Function,'' Ph.D., December 1997.

27. Diana L. Guidry, ``Active Contours: With Application to Motion Artifact Cancellation and Segmentation in MRI,’’ Master of Engineering, August 1999.

28. Nevin M. Mohamed, ``A Modified Fuzzy C-Mean for Medical Image Segmentation and Partial Volume Estimation,'' Master of Science, May 1999.

29. Peter Lehel, ``Sensor Planning for a Trinocular Active Vision System,'' Master of Engineering, May 1999.

30. John D. Bethge, ``A Fast Algorithm of Object Tracking in MPEG Sequences,'' Master of Engineering, December 1997.

31. Adam E. Sandbek, ``Evaluation of Stereo based 3D Object Reconstruction,'' Master of Engineering, December 1996.

32. Steve W. Roberts, ``Surface Registration,'' Master of Engineering, December 1996.

33. Sherif N. Ahmed, ``3D Texture Building with Applications in Tile Design,'' Master of Science, May 1996.

34. Kamal J. Khiani, ``Quantification of Endothelial Cells,'' Master of Engineering, May 1996.

35. Stuart A. Wilson, ``Image Compression Using Neural Networks,'' Master of Engineering, December 1995.

36. Andrew C. Arbaugh,``Surface Registration with Applications in Intelligent Manufacturing,'' Master of Engineering, December 1995.

37. Bin Wang, ``3-D Surface Reconstruction from Images with Application in Orthodontics,'' Master of Science, August 1994.

38. Ravi Kolli, ``Wavelet-Based Compression,'' Master of Science, June 1994.

39. Yuen Pin Yeap, ``Algorithms for Texture Simulation and Segmentation Based on Stochastic Models,'' Master of Science, April 1993.

40. Grace Shuang Liang, ``An Integration of Edge Linking and Corner Detection,'' Master of Science, May 1993.

(b) Dissertations & Thesis in Progress

41.  Donqing Chen, “A Geometric Approach for Polyp Detection in Virtual Colonoscopy,” (Expected Graduation Summer/Fall 08).

42. Ham Rara, MS, “3D Face Recognition,” ( Started PhD Program, Fall 06, Expected to graduate Spring 09).

43. Travis Gault, Ph.D. (joined the CVIP lab Summer/Fall 07, Expected Graduation Fall 09).

44. Melih Aslan, Ph.D. (to join the group Fall 07).

45. Shireen Y. Elhabian, Ph.D. (joined the group Fall 07).

46. Wael Mamdouh, Ph.D., (joined the group Spring 08).

(c) Committee Participation

Dr. Farag has been in the reading committee of over 20 graduate students in the School of Engineering, in addition to one Ph.D. student in Psychology (Dr. Zijiang He, Advisor) and one M.S. student in Dentistry (Dr. David Tasman, Advisor).

(d) Research Scientists Hosted

1. Dr. Georgy Gimel’farb, University of Auckland, New Zealand – work on statistical modeling, (02/03 – 12/03 and 04/05 – 11/05).

2. Dr. Hani Mahdi, Ain-Shams University, Egypt – work on data fusion, August 01 – July 02.

3. Dr. Naoufel Werghi, University of Glasgow, UK, “Computer vision models,” February – April 2001.

4. Dr. Ahmed Elbialy, Cairo University, Febraury 2000- September 2000.
In addition to several other scholars who have been hosted on short tem (e.g., one to two weeks) including Professor Edward Delp (Purdue University), Professor Jon Benediktson (University of Iceland), Professor Ahmed Hisham (Cairo University).

(e) Postdoctoral fellows supervised

1. Dr. Abdelrehim Ahmed, Assiut University, Egypt, “Reconstruction from Sequence of Images” Febraury 2008 – Present.

2. Dr. Hossam Abdelmunim, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, “Varitaional methods of Image Analysis” April 07 – December 07.

3. Dr. Alaa Aly, Assiut Egypt, “Scale Space Methods for Object Representation” April 07 – August 07.

4. Dr. Mostafa G. Mostafa, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, “Data Fusion for 3-D Object Description,” February 98 – June 2000.

5. Dr. Ayman Eldeib, Cairo University, Egypt, “Minimally-Invasive Neurosurgery,” May 98 – April 2000.

6. Dr. Elsayed E. Hemayed, Cairo University, Egypt, “Active Vision and Robotics,” August 99 – December 99.

7. Dr. Mohamed N. Ahmed, Cairo University, Egypt April 99., “3D segmentation and visualization,” January 98 -