USC CS Colloquium Series

Smart Cameras: From Systems-on-Chips to Peer-to-Peer NetworksProf.Wayne Wolf PrincetonAbstract:
Smart cameras perform real-time analysis of video: gesture analysis, tracking, etc. Smart cameras must execute supercomputer-class algorithms while satisfying embedded system constraints on real time and power. The Embedded Systems Group at Princeton has studied algorithms and architectures for smart cameras. WE will start with a brief introduction to smart cameras. We will then look at system-on-chip architectures that allow us to perform real-time video analysis on consumer electronics-class platforms. We will then see how single-camera systems can be generalized to multiple cameras. Building a large multi-camera system requires a distributed computing platform that satisfies real-time constraints. We will show how image analysis algorithms and distributed computing algorithms must be balanced to design a robust, scalable system. Bio:
Wayne Wolf is Professor of Electrical Engineering and affiliated faculty in Computer Science at Princeton University. Before joining Princeton, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Stanford University, finishing in 1984. His research interests include VLSI systems, embedded computing, and multimedia information systems. He is the author of several textbooks. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and ACM and received the ASEE Terman Award.

Location: TBD

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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