UC Spark

Associate Professor Ramakrishn Mukundan

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Fields of Research

  • Computer graphics, Real-time rendering, Terrain programming, Non-photorealistic rendering
  • Image analysis, Compression algorithms, Image-based rendering, View synthesis
  • Moment functions, Discrete orthogonal moments, Tchebichef moments
  • Pattern recognition, Invariant pattern analysis, Rotation invariants, Zernike invariants
  • Spacecraft dynamics and attitude control, Attitude control simulation
  • Biomedical Image Analysis, Volume Rendering, Feature Representation

Researcher Summary

Research interests include: 1. computer Vision: Pose estimation using moment functions; Object recognition using moment invariants; Moment based algorithms for stereo vision. 2. Image Analysis: Discrete orthogonal image transforms; Image compression using Tchebichef transform; Invariant characteristics of shape descriptors; Fast computation of moment invariants. 3. Computer Graphics: Real-time rendering; Non-photorealistic rendering; Terrain rendering algorithms; Image-based rendering and view synthesis.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Publications


  • Mukundan, R. and Li, B. (2012) Extended oriented bounding boxes for geometry and motion representation. Dunedin, New Zealand: 27th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ '12), 26-28 Nov 2012. In Proceedings: 121-125. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Jassim, W.A., Raveendran, P. and Mukundan, R. (2012) New orthogonal polynomials for speech signal and image processing. IET Signal Processing 6(8): 713-723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-spr.2011.0004. (Journal Article)
  • Buchanan, P., Dogget, M. and Mukundan, R. (2012) Structural vectorization of raster images. Dunedin, New Zealand: 27th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ '12), 26-28 Nov 2012. In Proceedings: 319-324. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Chen, H., Mukundan, R. and Butler, A. (2011) Automatic Lung Segmentation in HRCT Images. Auckland, New Zealand: 26th International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), 29 Nov-1 Dec 2011. 293-298. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Tay, C., Mukundan, R. and Racoceanu, D. (2011) Multifractal Analysis of Histopathological Tissue Images. Auckland, New Zealand: 26th International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2011), 29 Nov-1 Dec 2011. 80-85. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Cardwell, O. and Mukundan, R. (2011) Visualization and Analysis of Inverse Kinematics Algorithms Using Performance Metric Maps. University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic: 19th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2011, 31 Jan-3 Feb 2011. In Proceedings of WSCG 2011 63-68. http://wscg.zcu.cz/WSCG2011/wscg2011.htm. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Bainbridge-Smith, A., Bones, P.J., Butler, A., Green, R., Gough, P.T., Hann, C.E., Hayes, M.P., Millane, R.P., Mukundan, R., Watts, R. and Weddell, S.J. (2010) Computational Image Processing at the University of Canterbury. Queenstown, New Zealand: 25th International Conference of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand, 8-9 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Obaid, M., Mukundan, R., Billinghurst, M. and Pelachaud, C. (2010) Expressive MPEG-4 Facial Animation Using Quadratic Deformation Models. Sydney, Australia: 2010 7th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV), 7-10 Aug 2010. 9-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CGIV.2010.11. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Obaid, M., Mukundan, R. and Billinghurst, M. (2010) Rendering and Animating Expressive Caricatures. Chengdu, China: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), 9-11 Jul 2010. 401-406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCSIT.2010.5564056. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. and Hemsley, A. (2010) Tissue Image Classification Using Multifractal Spectra. The International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management 1(2): 62-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jmdem.2010040104. (Journal Article)
  • Mukundan, R. (2009) A Comparative Analysis of Radial-Tchebichef Moments and Zernike Moments. London, England: British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) 2009, 8-10 Sep 2009. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Obaid, M., Mukundan, R., Goecke, R., Billinghurst, M. and Seichter, H. (2009) A Quadratic Deformation Model for Facial Expression Recognition. Melbourne, Australia: Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA'09), 1-3 Dec 2009. In Proceedings 264-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2009.51. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. (2009) A Robust Inverse Kinematics Algorithm for Animating a Joint Chain. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 34(4): 303-308. (Journal Article)
  • Obaid, M., Lond, D., Mukundan, R. and Billinghurst, M. (2009) Facial caricature generation using a quadratic deformation model. Athens, Greece: International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technologies, 29-31 Oct 2009. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE '09 422 285-288. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1690388.1690437. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Obaid, M., Mukundan, R., Billinghurst, M. and Sagar, M. (2009) Facial Expression Representation Using A Quadratic Deformation Model. Tianjin, China: 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV 2009), 11-14 Aug 2009. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV 2009) 44-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CGIV.2009.29. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Tay, C., Obaid, M., Mukundan, R. and Bainbridge-Smith, A. (2009) Facial Expressions Using a Quadratic Deformation Model: Analysis and Synthesis. Wellington, New Zealand: Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), 23-25 Nov 2009. In Proceedings 50-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IVCNZ.2009.5378363. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Hemsley, A. and Mukundan, R. (2009) Multifractal Measures for Tissue Image Classification and Retrieval. San Diego, CA, USA: IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2009), 14-16 Dec 2009. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 618-623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISM.2009.94. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. and Han, C. (2008) A Fast Algorithm for Painterly Rendering on Mobile Devices. Manchester, UK: Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2008 (TP.CG.08), 9-11 Jun 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. (2008) A Fast Inverse Kinematics Solution for an n-link joint chain. Cairns, Australia: 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA 2008), 23-26 Jun 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Gu, J., Mukundan, R. and Billinghurst, M. (2008) Developing Mobile Phone AR Applications Using J2ME. Lincoln, New Zealand: 23rd International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ08), 26-28 Nov 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IVCNZ.2008.4762116. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Wee, C.Y., Paramesran, R. and Mukundan, R. (2007) Quality Assessment of Gaussian Blurred Images Using Symmetric Geometric Moments. Modena, Italy: 14th Annual International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP 2007), 10-14 Sep 2007. In Procedings of 14th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing 807-812. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIAP.2007.4362875. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Shin, J., Haller, M. and Mukundan, R. (2006) A Stylized Cartoon Hair Renderer. Hollywood, CA, USA: ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE '06), 14-16 Jun 2006. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE '06) Article No. 64. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Obaid, M., Mukundan, R. and Bell, T. (2006) Enhancement of Moment Based Painterly Rendering Using Connected Components. Sydney, Australia: International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV'06), 26-28 Jul 2006. In Proceedings 2006 International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation: Techniques and Applications, CGIV'06 378-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CGIV.2006.38. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Batchelor, O., Mukundan, R. and Green, R. (2006) Incremental Voxel Colouring by Ray Traversal. Sydney, Australia: International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV'06), 26-28 Jul 2006. In Proceedings 2006 International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation: Techniques and Applications, CGIV'06 396-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CGIV.2006.59. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. (2006) Transform Coding Using Discrete Tchebichef Polynomials. Palma de Mallorca, Spain: 6th IASTED International Conference of Visualization Imaging and Image Processing (VIIP 2006), 28-30 Aug 2006. In Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing - 2006 541 Paper 023. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mukundan, R. (2005) Radial Tchebichef Invariants for Pattern Recognition. Melbourne, Australia: Tencon 2005 – 2005 IEEE Region 10, 21-24 Nov 2005. CD-Rom 6 pp. http://www.tencon2005.org/. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Batchelor, O., Mukundan, R. and Green R. (2005) Ray casting for incremental voxel colouring. New Zealand: International Conference on Image and Vision Computing - IVCNZ05, Nov 2005. 206-211. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Hunt, O. and Mukundan, R. (2004) A Comparison of Discrete Orthogonal Basis Functions for Image Compression. Akaroa: Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ-2004), 21-23 Nov 2004. 53-58. http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/ivcnz/. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R. (2004) A New Class of Rotational Invariants Using Discrete Orthogonal Moments. Honolulu, USA: 6th IASTED Conference on Signal and Image Processing – SIP2004, 23-25 Aug 2004. 80-84. http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/hawaii/sip.htm. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Begg, C.L. and Mukundan, R. (2004) Hierarchical Matching Techniques for Automatic Image Mosaicing. Akaroa: Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ-2004), 21-23 Nov 2004. 381-386. http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/ivcnz/. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Abu, N.A., Suryana, N. and Mukundan, R. (2004) Perfect Image Reconstruction Using Discrete Orthogonal Moments. Marbella, Spain: 4th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing – VIIP2004, 6-8 Sep 2004. 903-907. http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/spain/viip.htm. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R. (2004) Some Computational Aspects of Discrete Orthonormal Moments. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 13(8): 1055-1059. doi:10.1109/TIP.2004.828430. (Journal Article)
  • Chong, C-W., Raveendran, P. and Mukundan, R. (2004) Translation and scale invariants of Legendre moments. Pattern Recognition 37(1): 119-129. (Journal Article)
  • Chong, C-W., Raveendran, P. and Mukundan, R. (2003) A comparative analysis of algorithms for fast computation of Zernike moments. Pattern Recognition 36(3): 731-742. (Journal Article)
  • Chong, C.W., Raveendran, P. and Mukundan, R. (2003) An Efficient Algorithm for Fast Computation of Pseudo-Zernike Moments. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 17(6): 1011-1023. (Journal Article)
  • Mukundan, R. (2003) Improving Image Reconstruction Accuracy Using Discrete Orthonormal Moments. Las Vegas: International Conference on Imaging Science Systems and Technology, 23-26 Jun 2003. 287-293. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Pang, A., Mukundan, R. and Shing, N.L. (2003) Stereo Disparity Estimation in Moment Space. Massey University, New Zealand: Image and Vision Computing New Zealand 2003, 26-28 Nov 2003. 260-264. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Chong, C-W., Raveendran, P. and Mukundan, R. (2003) Translation invariants of Zernike moments. Pattern Recognition 36(8): 1765-1773. (Journal Article)
  • Mukundan, R. (2002) Quaternions - From Classical Mechanics to Computer Graphics and Beyond. Malaysia: Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics - ATCM2002, 17-21, Dec 2002. 97-106. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R. and Pang, A. (2002) Stereo Image Analysis - A New Approah Using Orthogonal Moment Functions. Malaysia: Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics - ATCM2002, 17-21, Dec 2002. 513-522. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R., Chong, C.W. and Raveendran, P. (2001) An efficient algorithm for fast computation of pseudo-Zernike moments. New Zealand: International Conference on Image and Vision Computing - IVCNZ'01, November, 2001. 237--242. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R., Ong, S.H. and Lee, P.A. (2001) Discrete vs. Continuous Orthogonal Moments in Image Analysis. Las Vegas, USA: International Conference on Imaging Systems, Science and Technology CISST'2001, July, 2001. 23--29. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Mukundan, R., Ong, S.H. and Lee, P.A. (2001) Image Analysis by Tchebichef Moments. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 10(9): 1357-1364. doi:10.1109/83.941859. (Journal Article)
  • Mukundan, R. (2000) Computer Graphics Algorithms in Java. Kuala Lumpur: Pearson Higher Education/Prentice Hall. 275 pp. (Authored Book)
  • Mukundan, R. (2000) Discrete Orthognal Moment Features Using Chebyshev Polynomials. New Zealand: International Conference on Image and Vision Computing - IVCNZ'00, 27-29, November 2000. 20--25. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R. (1999) Binary Vision Algorithms in Java. New Zealand: International Conference on Image and Vision Computing IVCNZ'99, 30-31, August 1999. 145--150. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mukundan, R. (1997) A Contour Integration Method for the Computation of Zernike Moments of a Binary Image. USM-Penang: National Conference on Research and Development in Computer Science and Applications - REDECS'97, November, 1997. 188--192. (Conference Contribution - Other)