Patents: 1. C. Liu: 'Face Detection Method and Apparatus', United States Patent 7,162,076, January 9, 2007. 2. C. Liu and H. Wechsler: 'Feature Based Classification', United States Patent 6,826,300, November 30, 2004.
Research Experience
Professor, Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Research areas include Intelligent Traffic Monitoring and Control, Video Surveillance, Video Incident Detection, Video Scene Analysis, Video Object Recognition, etc.; Develop new color models, advanced pattern recognition and machine learning methods to address large-scale and grand-challenge problems such as the face recognition grand challenge (FRGC) problem and the Caltech 256 image categories image search and classification problem.
Background
Research Interests: Pattern Recognition (Face/Iris Recognition, Color Image Feature Extraction and Classification, Classifier Fusion), Machine Learning (Statistical Learning, Kernel Methods, Innovative Kernel Functions/Models, Similarity Measures), Computer Vision (Object/Face/Iris/Eye Detection, Motion Analysis and Video Processing), Image and Video Analysis (Image Search and Retrieval, Image Category Classification, Color Image Analysis, New Color Spaces, Gabor Image Representation), Security (Biometrics)
Miscellany
Teaching: Artificial Intelligence (undergraduate), Artificial Intelligence (graduate), Pattern Recognition and Applications, Computer Vision, Face Recognition and Video Processing, Image Processing, Computer Programming and Problem Solving