Christopher C. Taylor
t a y l o r@l i n u x a v e.n e t
URL: www.msoe.edu/~taylor/

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 1998
Ph.D. with specialization in Video and Image Systems Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Advisors: Drs. Jan P. Allebach and Zygmunt Pizlo.
Dissertation: Image Quality Assessment Via a Human Visual System Model.

I developed a multichannel human visual system (HVS) model for image quality assessment. The model's Gabor pyramid structure is consistent with the physiology of the HVS. I designed psychophysical experiments to measure contrast detection and discrimination thresholds as a function of stimulus frequency, orientation, average luminance, and contrast. The results of these experiments are used within the model. The model output corresponds well with perceptual judgments for a wide variety of conditions.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. May 1994
MSEE with specialization in Communications and Signal Processing.
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. May 1992
BSEE with Mathematics minor, summa cum laude.

EXPERIENCE

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
Midwest Glass, Brookings, SD.

PUBLICATIONS

C.C. Taylor, J.P. Allebach, and Z. Pizlo, "Discrimination Based Gabor Pyramid Model for Image Fidelity Assessment," Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Workshop on Digital Signal Processing, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT, 9-12 August 1998, paper no. 167.

C.C. Taylor, J.P. Allebach, and Z. Pizlo, "The Image Fidelity Assessor," Proceedings of the 1998 IS&T Image Processing, Image Quality, and Image Capture Systems Conference, Portland, OR, 17-20 May 1998.



C.C. Taylor, Z. Pizlo, and J.P. Allebach, "Perceptually Relevant Image Fidelity Assessment," Proceedings of the 1998 IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, San Jose, CA, 24-30 January 1998, Vol. 3299.

C.C. Taylor, Z. Pizlo, J.P. Allebach, and C.A. Bouman, "Image Quality Assessment with a Gabor Pyramid Model of the Human Visual System," Proceedings of the 1997 IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, San Jose, CA, 8-14 February 1997, Vol. 3016, pp. 58-69.

F.A. Baqai, C.C. Taylor, and J.P. Allebach, "Halftoning via Direct Binary Search Using a Hard Circular Dot Overlap Model," Proceedings of OSA/IS&T Optics and Imaging in the Information Age, Rochester, NY, 20-24 October 1996.

C.E. Wivell, C. Olmsted, D.R. Steinwand, and C.C. Taylor, "An Earth Remote Sensing Satellite--1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Mosaic of the Tanana River Basin in Alaska," Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 59, No. 4, April 1993, pp. 527-528.

C.E. Wivell, C. Olmsted, D.R. Steinwand, and C.C. Taylor, "Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Intensity Corrections by Composition of Opposing Looks," Proceedings of the Ninth Thematic Conference for Geologic Remote Sensing, Pasadena, CA, 8-11 February 1993, pp. 367-378.


Invited Presentations

"The Image Fidelity Assessor," Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, ID, June 16, 1998.

"A Model of the Human Visual System for Perceptually Relevant Image Fidelity Assessment," Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, April 30, 1998.

"Psychophysical Validation of Perceptual Image Fidelity Measures," Purdue Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial Institute Spring Workshop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 20, 1998.

"Perceptually Relevant Image Fidelity Assessment," Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR, February 2, 1998.

"Improving Image Quality: Metrics, Models, and Scaling," [for Hewlett-Packard Company], Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, December 3, 1997.

"Image Quality Assessment with a Gabor Pyramid Model of the Human Visual System," Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, OR, June 25, 1997.

"Image Quality Assessment with a Gabor Pyramid Model of the Human Visual System," [for Hewlett-Packard Company], Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 4, 1997.

"Print-Quality Assessment Using a Human Visual System Model," [for Apple Computer, Inc.], Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 6, 1996.

"Human Visual Model-Based Image Quality Metrics," [for Hewlett-Packard Company], Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, September 4, 1996.

"Print-Quality Assessment Using a Human Visual System Model," Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association Lunch and Lecture Series, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 11, 1996.

"Halftoning via Direct Binary Search Using a Dot-Overlap Model," Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, ID, December 15, 1995.

"Print-Quality Assessment Using a Human Visual System Model," Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, ID, December 15, 1995.

"Print-Quality Assessment with a Virtual Microdensitometer," Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, ID, May 23, 1995.


SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers:
  • Member (1992 - present).

    American Society for Engineering Education:
  • Member (1993 - present),
  • Webmaster, Purdue University (1995 - 1998).

    Phi Kappa Phi - Honor Society for All Academic Disciplines (1991).

    Tau Beta Pi - Honor Society for All Engineering (1990):
  • President, South Dakota State University (1991 - 1992).

    Eta Kappa Nu - Honor Society for Electrical Engineering (1990):
  • Laser Committee Chair, Purdue University (1993 - 1996),
  • Lab Committee Chair, Purdue University (1994 - 1996),
  • World Wide Web Committee Co-Chair, Purdue University (1994 - 1996),
  • Honor Committee Member, Purdue University (1995 - 1996).

    Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association:
  • Member (1992 - 1998),
  • Peer Counselor, Purdue University (1993 - 1998).

    International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics:
  • Secretary, South Dakota State University (1991 - 1992).


    REVIEWER

    E.K.P. Chong and S.H. Zak, An Introduction to Optimization, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.

    Journal of the Optical Society of America, A.

    Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers.

    (Updated: May 1, 1998)