Margrit Betke's Publications

Articles in Journals:

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz, "Applications of thermal infrared imaging for research in aeroecology." Integrative and Comparative Biology. Advance Access published on June 20, 2008. Abstract.

P. Federico, T. G. Hallam, G. F. McCracken, S. Purucker, W. Grant, A. N. Sandoval, J. Westbrook, R. Medellin, C. Cleveland, C. G. Sansone, J. D. López Jr., M. Betke, A. Moreno-Valdez, T. H. Kunz, "Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) as insect pest regulators in transgenic and conventional cotton crops." Ecological Applications. 18(4):826-837, June 2008. Abstract, pdf.

M. Betke, D. E. Hirsh, N. C. Makris, G. F. McCracken, M. Procopio, N. I. Hristov, S. Tang, A. Bagchi, J. Reichard, J. Horn, S. Crampton, C. J. Cleveland, and T. H. Kunz. "Thermal Imaging Reveals Significantly Smaller Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Colonies than Previously Estimated." Journal of Mammalogy, 89(1):18-24, February 2008. Abstract, pdf.

J. Wang, V. Athitsos, S. Sclaroff, and M. Betke. "Detecting Objects of Variable Shape Structure with Hidden State Shape Models." IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 30(3):1-16, March 2008. Abstract, pdf.

P. J. McNerney, J. Konrad, and M. Betke, "Block-Based MAP Disparity Estimation under Alpha-Channel Constraints." IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 17:6, pp. 785-789, June 2007. pdf.

M. Gorman, A. Lahav, E. Saltzman, and M. Betke, "A Camera-based Music Making Tool for Physical Rehabilitation." Computer Music Journal, 31(2): 39-53, Summer 2007. pdf (restricted access).

J. Wang, M. Betke, and J. P. Ko, "Pulmonary Fissure Segmentation on CT." Medical Image Analysis, 10:4, pp. 530-547, August 2006. PubMed Entry pdf (restricted access).

C. J. Cleveland, M. Betke, P. Federico, J. D. Frank, T. G. Hallam, J. Horn, J. D. López Jr., G. F. McCracken, R. A. Medellín, A. Moreno-Valdez, C. G. Sansone, J. K. Westbrook, and T. H. Kunz. "Economic Value of the Pest Control Service Provided by Brazilian Free-tailed Bats in South-central Texas." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4(5):238-248, June 2006. pdf (restricted access).

M. Betke, O. Gusyatin, and M. Urinson, "SymbolDesign: A User-centered Method to Design Pen-based Interfaces and Extend the Functionality of Pointer Input Devices." Universal Access in the Information Society, 4(3), pp. 223 - 236, March 2006. (Published online: 29 September 2005.) pdf.

D. P. Gierga, J. Brewer, G. C. Sharp, M. Betke, C. G. Willett, G. T. Y. Chen. "The correlation between internal and external markers for abdominal tumors: Implications for respiratory gating." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 61:5, pp. 1551-1558, April 2005. pdf (restricted access).

W. Mullally, M. Betke, J. Wang and J. P. Ko, "Segmentation of Nodules on Chest Computed Tomography for Growth Assessment," Medical Physics, 31:4, pp. 839-848, April 2004. pdf (restricted access).

D. P. Gierga, G. T. Y. Chen, J. H. Kung, M. Betke, J. Lombardi, C. G. Willett, "Quantification of Respiration-induced Abdominal Tumor Motion and the Impact on IMRT Dose Distributions." International Journal on Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics, 58:5, pp. 1584-1595, April 2004. pdf (restricted access).

K. Grauman, M. Betke, J. Lombardi, J. Gips, and G. Bradski, "Communication via Eye Blinks and Eyebrow Raises: Video-Based Human-Computer Interfaces." Universal Access in the Information Society, 2:4, pp. 359-373, November 2003. pdf. Copyright Springer-Verlag.

M. Betke, H. Hong, D. Thomas, C. Prince, J. P. Ko, "Landmark Detection in the Chest and Registration of Lung Surfaces with an Application to Nodule Registration." Medical Image Analysis, 7:3, pp. 265-281, September 2003. Link to publisher and pdf, PubMed Entry.

J. P. Ko, H. Rusinek, E. Jacobs, J. S. Babb, M. Betke, G. McGuinness, and D. P. Naidich, "Volume Measurement of Small Pulmonary Nodules on Chest CT: A Phantom Study," Radiology, 228:3, pp. 864-870, September 2003. pdf (restricted access).

M. Betke J. Gips, and P. Fleming, "The Camera Mouse: Visual Tracking of Body Features to Provide Computer Access For People with Severe Disabilities." IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 10:1, pp. 1-10, March 2002. pdf. IEEE Xplore, PubMed Entry.

M. Betke and N. Makris, "Recognition, Resolution and Complexity of Objects Subject to Affine Transformation." International Journal of Computer Vision , 44:1, pp. 5-40, August 2001. Link to publisher, pdf (restricted access).

J. P. Ko and M. Betke, "Chest CT: Automated Nodule Detection and Assessment of Change over Time-Preliminary Experience." Radiology, 218, 267-273, January 2001. Link to publisher, pdf (restricted access).

M. Betke, E. Haritaoglu and L. S. Davis, "Real-Time Multiple Vehicle Detection and Tracking from a Moving Vehicle." Machine Vision and Applications, 12:2, pp. 69-83, September 2000. Link to publisher, pdf (restricted access).

B. Awerbuch, M. Betke, R. Rivest, and M. Singh, "Piecemeal Graph Exploration by a Mobile Robot." Information and Computation, 152:2, pp. 155-172, August 1999. pdf (restricted access).

M. Betke and L. Gurvits, "Mobile Robot Localization using Landmarks," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 13:2, pp. 251-263, 1997. pdf.

M. Betke, R. Rivest, and M. Singh, "Piecemeal Learning of an Unknown Environment." Machine Learning, 18:2-3, pp. 231-254, February-March 1995.

Refereed Conference Papers and Abstracts:

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. "Applications of Thermal Infrared Imaging in Field Biology." Symposia and Oral Abstracts. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 47(Supplement 1):e1--e152, December 2007. Oral presentation at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, SICB 2008, San Antonio, TX, January 2-6, 2008. Abstract.

T. H. Kunz, N. I. Hristov, and M. Betke. "Seasonal Emergence Behavior of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns." International Conference on Complex Systems ICCS 2007, October 28 - November 2, Boston, MA. Abstract.

L. Premerlani, M. Betke, S. Sclaroff, and T. H. Kunz. "Stereoscopic Reconstruction and Analysis of Infrared Videos of Bats." International Conference on Complex Systems ICCS 2007, October 28 - November 2, Boston, MA. Abstract.

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, L. Premerlani, M. Procopio, and T. H. Kunz. "Thermal Imaging Reveals Highly Variable Nightly and Seasonal Activity Patterns of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns." XIV International Bat Research Conference (IBRC) and the 37th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR), Mérida, 19-23 August 2007.

M. Betke, D. E. Hirsh, A. Bagchi, N. I. Hristov, N. C. Makris, and T. H. Kunz. Tracking large variable numbers of objects in clutter. In Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Minneapolis, MN, June 2007. 8 pp. pdf.

L. B. Premerlani, M. Betke, N. Hristov, J. J. Magee, J. Reichard, S. Sclaroff, T. H. Kunz. "Stereoscopic Reconstruction of Flight Paths of Foraging Bats Using Multiple Thermal Infrared Cameras," 36th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR), Wilmington, NC, October, 2006. pdf.

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. "Lessons in History: Colony Size and Population Decline of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns," 36th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR), Wilmington, NC, October, 2006. pdf.

W. Mullally, A. Milutinovic, M. Betke, M. Albert, and K. Lutchen "Personalized Airway Trees from a Generative Model, Lung Atlas, and Hyperpolarized Helium MRI." MICCAI 2006 Workshop "From Statistical Atlases to Personalized Models: Understanding Complex Diseases in Populations and Individuals." Copenhagen, Denmark, October 6, 2006. 4 pp.

B. Waber. J. Magee, and M. Betke. "Web Mediators for Accessible Browsing." C. Stephanidis, M. Pieper (Eds.), Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments -- 9th International ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces For All" UI4ALL 2006, Königswinter, Germany, September 2006, Revised Papers. LNCS 4397, pages 447-466. Springer-Verlag. See also Technical Report BU-CS-2006-007: pdf. 26 pp.

W. Akram, L. Tiberii and M. Betke. "A customizable camera-based human computer interaction system allowing people with disabilities autonomous hands free navigation of multiple computing tasks." C. Stephanidis, M. Pieper (Eds.), Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments -- 9th International ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces For All" UI4ALL 2006, Königswinter, Germany, September 2006, Revised Papers. LNCS 4397, pages 28-42. Springer-Verlag. Technical report BU-CS-2006-006: pdf.

M. Shugrina, M. Betke, and J. Collomosse, "Empathic Painting: Interactive stylization through observed emotional state." The 4th International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR 2006), Annecy, France, June 2006. pdf. Sample video, project webpage at Boston University, project webpage at University of Bath,

T. Castelli, M. Betke, and C. Neidle. "Facial feature tracking and occlusion recovery in American Sign Language." In A. Fred and A. Lourenço, editors, Pattern Recognition in Information Systems: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Pattern Recogntion in Information Systems - PRIS 2006, pages 81-90, Paphos, Cyprus, May 2006. INSTICC Press. pdf. Technical Report BU-CS-2005-024: pdf.

M. Betke, J. Ruel, G. C. Sharp, S. B. Jiang, D. P. Gierga, and G. T. Y. Chen. "Tracking and prediction of tumor movement in the abdomen." In A. Fred and A. Lourenço, editors, Pattern Recognition in Information Systems: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Pattern Recogntion in Information Systems - PRIS 2006, pages 27-37, Paphos, Cyprus, May 2006. INSTICC Press. pdf.

V. Athitsos, J. Wang, S. Sclaroff, M. Betke, "Detecting Instances of Shape Classes That Exhibit Variable Structure." Computer Vision -- ECCV 2006, 9th European Conference on Computer Vision, Graz, Austria, May 7-13, 2006, Proceedings, Part 1, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3951, pp. 121-134. Springer-Verlag. Abstract. Technical Report BU-CS-2005-021: pdf, 15 pp.

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. " Assessment of Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) populations using advanced infrared thermal imaging." Symposia and Oral Abstracts. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45(6):1015, 2005. Oral presentation at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, SICB 2006, Orlando, FL, January 2006. Abstract.

W. Mullally, M. Betke, C. Bellardine, and K. Lutchen. "Locally Switching Between Cost Functions in Iterative Non-Rigid Registration." Proceedings of the ICCV Workshop on Computer Vision for Biomedical Image Application: Current Techniques and Future Trends, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10 pp., Beijng, China, October 2005. Springer Verlag.

B. N. Waber, J. J. Magee, and M. Betke. "Fast Head Tilt Detection for Human-Computer Interaction." Proceedings of the ICCV Workshop on Human Computer Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10 pp., Beijng, China, October 2005. Springer Verlag.

N. I. Hristov, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. "Seasonal Monitoring of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Using Advanced Infrared Thermal Imaging." 35th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, (NASBR 2005), Sacramento, CA, October 2005.

S. Sclaroff, M. Betke, G. Kollios, J. Alon, V. Athitsos, R. Li, J. Magee, and T. Tian. "Tracking, analysis, recognition of human gestures in video." In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Seoul, Korea, August 2005. Invited paper.

J. Wang, E. Gu, and M. Betke. "MosaicShape: Stochastic Region Grouping with Shape Prior." Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2005), pp. 902-908, San Diego, CA, USA, June 2005. pdf.

M. Betke, T. H. Kunz, S. Tang, and D. E. Hirsh. "Censusing Brazilian Free-tailed Bats with Infrared Thermal Imaging - Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Initial Results." 34th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, October 2004.

E. Y. Lee, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. "Bats in Motion: Stereo Object Recognition and Trajectory Analysis of Flying Bats." 34th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, October 2004.

D. E. Hirsh, M. Betke, and T. H. Kunz. "Computer Vision for Tracking Bats in Infrared Thermal Video: A Tool for Understanding the Behavior of Bats in Flight." 34th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, October 2004.

J. Wang, M. Betke, and J. P. Ko. "Shape-based Curve Growing Model and Adaptive Regularization for Pulmonary Fissure Segmentation in CT." C. Barillot, D. R. Haynor (editors), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI'04), Part I, LNCS 3217, pp. 541-548. Saint-Malo, France, September 2004. pdf. Abstract.

J. Brewer, M. Betke, D. P. Gierga, and G. T. Y. Chen. "Real-time 4D Tumor Tracking and Modeling From Internal and External Fiducials in Fluoroscopy." C. Barillot, D. R. Haynor (editors), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2004), Part II, LNCS 3217, pp. 594-601, Saint-Malo, France, September 2004.

J.J. Magee, M.R. Scott, B.N. Waber and M. Betke. "EyeKeys: A Real-time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection from a Low-grade Video Camera." Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop (CVPRW'04), Volume 10: Workshop on Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction (RTV4HCI), Washington, D.C., pp. 159-166, Washington, D.C., June 2004, pdf. A revised version of the paper appeared under the title "A Real-Time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection -- EyeKeys" in "Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction," Kisacanin, Branislav; Pavlovic, Vladimir; Huang, Thomas S. (Eds.) 2005, pages 141-157, Springer-Verlag.

O. Gusyatin, M. Urinson, and M. Betke. "A Method to Extend Functionality of Pointer Input Devices." C. Stary and C. Stephanidis (editors), Proceedings of the 8th International ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces For All" UI4ALL 2004, Revised Selected Papers, LNCS 3196, Vienna, Austria, June 2004. Pages 426-439. Link to book.

W. Mullally, E. Rietzel, G. Chen, N. Choi, M. Betke. "Fast Segmentation of Pulmonary Tumors by Contour Propagation in 4DCT." 46th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM 2004), Pittsburgh, PA, July, 2004.

D. E. Hirsh, M. Betke, S. Crampton, J. Horn, and T. H. Kunz, "Censusing Brazilian Free-tailed Bats Using Infrared Thermal Imaging and Computer Vision Methods," 33rd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, NASBR, Lincoln, Nebraska, October, 2003. D. Hirsh won the Lubee Award for an outstanding presentation.

D. P. Gierga, G. Sharp, J. Brewer, M. Betke, C. G. Willett, and G. T. Y. Chen, "Correlation between External and Internal Markers for Abdominal Tumors: Implications for Respiratory Gating." Accepted at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, ASTRO, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2003.

D. P. Gierga, G. T. Y. Chen, J. Kung, M. Betke, J. Lombardi, C. Willett, "Quantitative Fluoroscopy of Respiration-Induced Abdominal Tumor Motion and the Impact of Motion On IMRT Dose Distributions" Accepted at the 45th American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting, AAPM , San Diego, California, August 2003, pdf.

S. Crampton, M. Betke, "Counting Fingers in Real Time: A Webcam-Based Human-Computer Interface with Game Applications," Proceedings of the Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, affiliated with HCI International 2003, pp. 1357-1361, Crete, Greece, June 2003. pdf.

C. Fagiani, M. Betke, and J. Gips, "Evaluation of Tracking Methods for Human-Computer Interaction." Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Applications in Computer Vision, WACV 2002, pp. 121-126, Orlando, Florida, December 2002. pdf.

R. L. Cloud, M. Betke, J. Gips, "Experiments with a Camera-Based Human-Computer Interface System." Proceedings of the 7th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All," UI4ALL 2002, pp. 103-110, Paris, France, October 2002. pdf.

S. Crampton and M. Betke, "Finger Counter: A Human-Computer Interface." 7th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All," UI4ALL 2002, pp. 195-196, Paris, France, October 2002.

J. Lombardi and M. Betke, "A Camera-based Eyebrow Tracker for Hands-free Computer Control via a Binary Switch." 7th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All," UI4ALL 2002, pp. 199-200, Paris, France, October 2002.

H. Hong, M. Betke, S. Teng, D. Thomas, and J. P. Ko, "Multilevel 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces in Computed Tomography Scans -- Preliminary Experience," International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis, ICDIA 2002, pp. 90-95, Shanghai, China, August 2002. pdf.

J. Wang, M. Betke, and J. P. Ko, "Segmentation of Pulmonary Fissures on Diagnostic CT -- Preliminary Experience," International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis, ICDIA 2002, pp. 107-112, Shanghai, China, August 2002. pdf.

W. Mullally, M. Betke, H. Hong, J. Wang, K. Mann, and J. P. Ko, "Multi-criterion 3D Segmentation and Registration of Pulmonary Nodules on CT: A Preliminary Investigation," International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis, ICDIA 2002, pp. 176-181, Shanghai, China, August 2002. pdf.

J. Gips, P. DiMattia, M. Betke, "Collaborative Development of New Access Technology and Communication Software," 10th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, ISAAC 2002, Odense, Denmark, August 2002. pdf.

M. Betke, E. Naftali and N. C. Makris, "Necessary Conditions to Attain Performance Bounds on Structure and Motion Estimates of Rigid Objects," Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference CVPR 2001, Vol. 1, pp. 448-455, Kauai, Hawaii, December 2001. pdf.

K. Grauman, M. Betke, J. Gips, G. R. Bradski, "Communication via Eye Blinks - Detection and Duration Analysis in Real Time," Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference CVPR 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 1010-1017, Kauai, Hawaii, December 2001. pdf.

J. P. Ko, H. Rusinek, E. Jacobs, R. Chandra, G. McGuinness, M. Betke, D. P. Naidich. "Volume quantitation of small pulmonary nodules on low dose chest CT: a phantom study." Proceedings of the Radiological Society of North America 87th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting RSNA 2001, Chicago, IL, November 2001.

M. Betke, H. Hong, and J. P. Ko, "Automatic 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces in Computed Tomography Scans," Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2001, pp. 725-733, Utrecht, The Netherlands, October 2001.

S. Sclaroff, G. Kollios, M. Betke, and R. Rosales, "Motion Mining." In M. Tucci, editor, Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multimedica Databases and Image Communication, MDIC 2001, pp. 16-32, Amalfi, Italy, September 17-18, 2001. Abstract

J. Gips, M. Betke, and P. A. DiMattia, "Early Experiences Using Visual Tracking for Computer Access by People with Profound Physical Disabilities." In C. Stephanidis, editor, Universal Access in HCI: Towards an Information Society for All: 1st International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2001 , pp. 914-918, New Orleans, LA, August 2001. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

G. Kollios, S. Sclaroff, and M. Betke, "Motion Mining: Discovering Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Databases of Human Motion." 2001 ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Research Issues in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, DMKD 2001, pp. 25-32, Santa Barbara, CA, May 2001. pdf.

M. Betke and W. Mullally, "Preliminary Investigation of Real-Time Monitoring of a Driver in City Traffic." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Vehicles, IV 2000, pp. 563-568, Dearborn, MI, October 2000. pdf (color), pdf (bw), ps.Z, ps.

J. Gips, M. Betke, P. Fleming, "The Camera Mouse: Preliminary Investigation of Automated Visual Tracking for Computer Access." Proceedings of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America 2000 Annual Conference, RESNA 2000, pp. 98-100, Orlando, FL, July 2000.

M. Betke, W. Mullally, J. Magee, "Active Detection of Eye Scleras in Real Time." Proceedings of the IEEE CVPR Workshop on Human Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis, HMAS 2000, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2000. pdf, ps, ps.gz.

M. Betke and J. P. Ko, "Detection of Pulmonary Nodules on CT and Volumetric Assessment over Time." In C. Taylor and A. Colchester, editors, Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, pp. 245-252, Cambridge, UK, September 1999, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

M. Betke and J. Kawai, "Gaze Detection via Self-Organizing Gray-Scale Units." Proceedings of the International Workshop on Recognition, Analysis, and Tracking of Faces and Gestures in Real-Time Systems, pp. 70-76, Kerkyra, Greece, September 1999. pdf.

M. Betke and H. Nguyen, "Highway Scene Analysis from a Moving Vehicle under Reduced Visibility Conditions," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Vehicles, pp. 131-136, Stuttgart, Germany, October 1998. Also, BCCS-98-1.

M. Betke and N. Makris, "Information-Conserving Object Recognition." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 145-152, Bombay, India, January 1998. Also, UMD-CfAR-TR-858.

M. Betke, E. Haritaoglu and L. Davis, "Highway Scene Analysis." Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC'97, pp. 812-817, Boston, November 1997. pdf.

M. Betke, E. Haritaoglu and L. Davis, "Multiple Vehicle Detection and Tracking in Hard Real Time." IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Vehicles, pp. 351-356, Tokyo, Japan, September 1996. pdf.

B. Awerbuch, M. Betke, R. Rivest, and M. Singh, "Piecemeal Graph Exploration by a Mobile Robot." Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, pp. 321-328, July 1995. Also, MIT-LCS-TM-512.

M. Betke and N. Makris, "Fast Object Recognition in Noisy Images Using Simulated Annealing." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 523-530, June 1995 Also, MIT-AI-Memo-1510.

M. Betke and L. Gurvits, "Mobile Robot Localization using Landmarks." Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 135-142, September 1994.

M. Betke, R. Rivest, and M. Singh, "Piecemeal Learning of an Unknown Environment." Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, pp. 277-286, July 1993. Also, MIT-AI-Memo-1474.

Additional Technical Reports:

M. Betke, J. Wang and J. P. Ko , "Integrated Chest Image Analysis System ``BU-MIA''," BU CS Technical Report BUCS-2004-001.

J. Lombardi and M. Betke, "A Self-initializing Eyebrow Tracker for Binary Switch Emulation," BU CS Technical Report BUCS-2002-023.

M. Betke, H. Hong, and J. P. Ko, "Automatic 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces in Computed Tomography Scans," BUCS-2001-004.

M. Betke and N. Makris, "Information-Conserving Object Recognition" UMD-CfAR-TR-858.