Publications

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Publication List of Philip Birch

Book Chapters

Spatial Light Modulators, Philip Birch, R Young, C Chatwin Book Chapter “Optical and Digital Image Processing” Ed. G. Cristobal, Wiley. 28 pages (2011),

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers

50. Automatic Plant Pest Detection and Recognition using K-means Clustering Algorithm and Correspondence Filters, Fina Faithpraise,Philip Birch, Rupert Young, J. Obu, Bassey Faithpraise, Chris Chatwin International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research (2013), 4 (2) pp 1052 -1062 49. Intensity Invariant Complex Encoded Colour Correlation, Philip Birch Applied Optics (2012), 51 (26) pp 6307 -6314 48. Illumination invariant stationary object detection, Waqas Hassan, Philip Birch, Bhargav Mitra, Nagachetan Bangalore, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin IET Computer Vision 7 (1) (2013), pp 1 -8 Invited Paper 47. Real-Time Occlusion Tolerant Detection of Illegally Parked Vehicles,, Waqas Hussan,Philip Birch, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (2012), 10 (5) pp 1 -10 ISSN:1598-6446, eISSN:2005-4092

46. An adaptive Sample Count Particle Filter, Waqas Hussan, Nagachetan

Bangalore,Philip Birch, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin Journal of Computer Vision and Image Understanding (2012), 116 pp 1208 -1222 DOI 10.1016/j.cviu.2012.09.001 45. Depth from structured defocus that is independent of the object refectivity function, Philip Birch, Alastair Buchanan, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin Optics Letters (2011), 36 (12) pp 2194 -2196 44. Efficient denoising of images using a nonaggressive median filtering scheme, Mitra, B., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Optical Engineering (2010), 49 (11) 17004 43. Approximate models to determine the bandpass and frequency response of the dierence of Gaussian lter, Philip Birch, Nagachetan M Bangalore, Chris Chatwin, Bhargav Mitra, Saad Rehman, Rupert Young Optical Communications (2010), 283 (24) pp 4942 -4948 42. Assessment of an Optical DWDM Network as the Tanzanian ICT Backbone Infrastructure , Pazi, S., Chatwin, C., Young, R., Philip Birch, Wang, W. International Journal of African Studies (2010), (3) pp 4 -15 41. Cost-eectively ICT backbone for Tanzania, Pazi, S., Chatwin, C., Young, R., Philip Birch, Wang, W. European Journal of Scientic Research (2010), 39 (2) pp 217 -233 40. Tracking Moving Objects Using Bandpass Filter Enhanced Localisation and Automated Initialisation of Active Contours, Nagachetan M Bangalore, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing (2010), 10 (4) pp 1 -8 39. Change of illumination tolerant scene surveillance using a multi-stage edge detector, Bhargav Mitra, Nagachetan Bangalore, Waqas Hassan, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Asian Journal of Physics (2010), 38. Performance of Tanzanian Optical DWDM System, S. Pazi, C. Chatwin, R. Young, Philip Birch, W. Wang European Journal of Scientic Research (2009), 36 (4) pp 606 -626 37. Acoustic Analysis of Dipthongs in Sindhi, A. Keerio, M. Z. Pataoli, B. K. Mitra, C. Chatwin, R. Young, Philip Birch Grassroots (2009), 36. Photon, Electron, Phonon Interaction in Metals, Chris Chatwin, Adil Alwan, Philip Birch, Wei Wang Asian Journal of Physics (2009), 35. De-blurring, de-noising and restoring colour images through enhanced Retinex image processing, David Nolent, Khurram Hameed, Atta Badii, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin and Philip Birch Asian Journal of Physics (2009), 34. Optimization of a DWDM Optical Fibre ICT System, S.M.Pazi, C.R.Chatwin, R.C.Young, Philip Birch, and W. Wang Asian Journal of Physics (2009), 33. The Eect of Resonator Design Parameters on the Minimum Output Pulse Width of a Passively Q-switched Laser, M. Lu, C. R. Chatwin, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young, W. Wang Asian Journal of Physics (2009), 32. Pulse Width Performance of a CW Pumped Passively Q-switched Laser Taking Account of the Q-switch Recovery Time, M. Lu, C. R. Chatwin, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young, W. Wang Asian Journal of Physics (2009), 18 (1) pp 131 -142 31. Performance of Tanzanian Optical DWDM System, S.M.Pazi, C.R.Chatwin, R.C.Young, Philip Birch, W. Wang European Journal of Scientic Research (2009), 36 (4) pp 606 -626 30. On Preprocessing of Speech Signals, Ayaz Keerio, Bhargav Kumar Mitra, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin International Journal of Signal Processing (2009), 5 (3) pp 216 -222 29. An FPGA Based Generic Framework for High Speed Sum of Absolute Dierence Implementation, Saad Rehman, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Chris Chatwin European Journal of Scientic Research (2009), 33 (1) pp 6 -29 28. Fully Scale and In-Plane Invariant Synthetic Discriminant Function Bandpass Dierence of Gaussian Composite Filter for Object Recognition and Detection in Still Images, Saad Rehman, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Chris Chatwin, Ioannis Kypraios Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology (2009), 5 (2) pp 232 -241 27. Numerical Simulation of a CW pumped Cr:YAG passively Q-switched Yb:YAG Laser’s Pulse Energy, M. Lu, C. R. Chatwin, R. C. D. Young, Philip Birch Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2009), 47 pp 617 -621 26. A Comparative Study between Correlation and Non-Correlation Based Technique for Object Detection and Recognition in Still Images, Saad Rehman, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Journal of Computer and information Sciences (2008), 2 (1) ISSN: 1995-5391 25. On Preprocessing of Speech Signals, Ayaz Keerio, Bhargav Kumar Mitra, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin Proceedings of the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (2008), 47 pp 317 -323 24. Design of a Verilog cross-compiler for image recognition using a Sum of Absolute Dierences Processor, Saad Rehman, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Journal of Computer and information Sciences (2008), 2 (2) ISSN: 1995-5391 23. Performance assessment of the Modied-Hybrid Optical Neural Network lter, I. Kypraios, P. W. Lei, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young and C. R. Chatwin Applied Optics (2008), 47 (18) pp 3378 -3389 22. Synthesis and reconstruction of computer generated holograms by a double pass technique on a twisted nematic-based liquid crystal spatial light modulator, Sasidhar Chavali, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2006), 45 (3) pp 413 -418 21. Automated vehicle occupancy monitoring, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Chris Chatwin Optical Engineering (2004), 43 (8) pp 1828 -1832 20. Object recognition within cluttered scenes employing a hybrid optical neural network lter, Ioannis I Kypraios, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Chris Chatwin Optical Engineering (2004), 43 (8) pp 1839 -1850 19. High accuracy surface position sensor based on a two-lens system, Philip Birch, Gongde Li, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Rupert Young, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2004), 41 (6) pp 919 -926 18. Optical design of a miniature Fourier transform lens system for a hybrid digital-optical correlator, Philip Birch, Gongde Li, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Rupert Young, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optical Engineering (2002), 41 (7) pp 1640 -1654 17. Computer generated complex lter for an all optical and a digital optical hybrid correlator, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Frdric Claret-Tournier, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optical Engineering (2002), 41 (1) pp 105 -111 16. The Optical and Electronic Design of a Hybrid Digital/Optical Correlator System, Philip Birch, Frederic Claret-Tournier, David Budgett, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Optical Engineering (2002), 41 (1) pp 1650 -1654 Invited Paper 15. An investigation of the non-linear properties of correlation lter synthesis and neural network design, Ioannis Kypraios, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Chris Chatwin Asian Journal of Physics (2002), 11 (3) pp 313 -344 14. Dynamic complex wave-front modulation with an analog spatial light modulator, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optics Letters (2001), 26 (12) pp 920 -922 13. Experimental Implementation of a Wiener Filter in a Hybrid Digital/Optical Correlator, Philip Birch, Sovira Tan, Rupert Young, Triantallos Koukoulas, Frederic Claret-Tournier, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optics Letters (2001), 26 (8) pp 494 -496 12. A novel high-accuracy microsterolithography method employing an adaptive electro-optic mask, M. Farsari, F. Claret-Tournier, S. Huang, C. R. Chatwin, D. M . Budgett, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young, J. D. Richardson Journal of Materials Processing Technology (2000), 107 pp 167 -172 11. Two pixel computer generated hologram using a zero twist nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Optics Letters (2000), 25 (14) pp 1013 -1015 10. Fully Complex Optical Modulation using an Analogue Ferroelectric Spatial Light Modulator, Philip Birch, R.C.D. Young, D.M. Budgett, C.R. Chatwin Optics Communications (2000), 175 pp 347 -352 9. A Comparison of the Iterative Fourier Transform Method and Evolutionary Algorithms for the Design of Diractive Optical Elements, Philip Birch, R.C.D. Young, M. Farsari, C.R. Chatwin, D. M. Budgett Optics and Laser in Engineering (2000), 33 (6) pp 439 -448 8. Micro-Fabrication using a Spatial Light Modulator in the UV: Experimental Results, M. Farsari, S. P. Huang, Philip Birch, F. Claret-Tournier, R. C. D. Young, D. Bradeld, C. R. Chatwin Optics Letters (1999), 24 (8) pp 549 -550 7. Characterisation of Epoxy Resins for Microstereolithographic Rapid Prototyping, C. R. Chatwin, M. Farsari, S. Huang, M .I. Heywood, R. C. D. Young, Philip Birch, F. Claret-Tournier, J. D. Richardson Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. (1999), 15 pp 281 -268 6. Micro-Fabrication Employing High-Resolution Imaging Stereolithography, C.R. Chatwin, M. Farsari, F. Claret-Tournier, S.-P. Huang, Philip Birch, R.C.D. Young, D.M. Budgett, J.D. Richardson Lasers in Manufacturing (1999), 15 pp 31 -33 5. Real Time Digital-Optical Correlator Systems Design, D. M. Budgett, M.I. Heywood, R.C.D. Young, C.R. Chatwin, S. Huang, Philip Birch, M. Farsari, C. D. Bradeld Microprocessors and Microsystems (1999), 23 pp 501 -511 4. UV Microsterolithography System Employing Spatial Light Modulator Technology, Chris Chatwin, Maria Farsari, Shipping Huang, Malcom Heywood, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, John Richardson Applied Optics (1998), 37 (32) pp 7514 -7522 3. Real-time optical aberration correction with a ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator, Philip Birch, James Gourlay, Gordon D. Love, Alan Purvis Applied Optics (1998), 37 (11) pp 2164 -2169 2. A real-time closed loop liquid crystal adaptive optics system: rst results, James Gourlay, Gordon D. Love, Philip Birch, Ray M. Sharples, Alan Purvis Optics Communications (1997), 137 pp 17 -21 1. Binary adaptive optics: atmospheric wave-front correction with a half-wave phase shifter, Gordon Love, Nigel Andrews, Philip Birch, David Buscher, Peter Doel, Colin Dunlop, John Major, Richard Myers, Alan Purvis, Ray Sharples, Andrew Vick, Andrew Zadrozny, Sergio R. Restaino, Andreas Glindemann Applied Optics (1995), 34 (27) pp 6058 -6066

Patents

Imaging with Depth Information, J Wilson, M Reed, J. Mitchell, Philip Birch International patent WO 2008/001099 (2008),
Control device, J Wilson, M Reed, Philip Birch, B Van Well United Kingdom Patent GB2442398A (2008),

Conference Papers

71. Human detection using OT-MACH lter in cluttered FLIR imagery, hmad Alkandri, Akber Gardezi, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin IEEE SoutheastCon April 4th-7th, 2013, Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, Florida (2013), 70. Dening properties of speech spectrogram images to allow eective pre-processing prior to pattern recognition, M Al-Darkazali, Rupert C. D. Young, Chris R. Chatwin,Philip Birch SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Baltimore, USA (April 2013), 69. Coherent optical implementations of the fast Fourier transform and their comparison to the optical implementation of the quantum Fourier transform, Rupert C. D. Young, Philip Birch and Chris R. Chatwin SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Baltimore, USA (April 2013), 68. High Speed Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy of Optical Sections by Light Sheet Illumination, L. A. Moore, T. M. Conneely, X. Li, R. G. Phillips, J. S. Lapington, Philip Birch Frontiers in Bioimaging, Royal Microscopy Society London (July 2013), 67. High Speed Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy of Optical Sections by Light Sheet Illumination, L. A. Moore, T. M. Conneely, X. Li, R. G. Phillips, J. S. Lapington, P. M. Birch Frontiers in Bioimaging, Royal Microscopy Society London (July 2013),

66. An improved background segmentation method for ghost removals, Waqas Hussan, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Video Surveillance and Transportation Imaging Applications (VSTIA) Conference San Francisco, California, United States (Feb 2013), 65. United space alliance for neospace exploration, Tany Sharma, Philip Birch Chris Chatwin, Dr Rupert Young Global Space Exploration Conference 2012 (GLEX 2012) Washington D.C, USA 2012 64. Optimised Frequency domain lters for Clinical Cancer Imaging, Prof Chris Chatwin, Dr Rupert Young, Philip Birch, KCL, St Thomas’ Hospital , London, Tuesday 11th Sept 2012 63. Improving OT-MACH lter performance for target recognition applications with the use of a Rayleigh distribution lter, Ahmad Alkandri, Nagachetan Bangalore, Akber Gardezi,Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Proceedings of SPIE, Opitcal Pattern Recognition XXIII, Vol 8398 2012 USA 62. Stationary Trac Monitor, Philip Birch, Waqas Hassan, Nagachetan Bangalore, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin 4th International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP-2011) 2011 London, UK 61. Automatic parameter adjustment of dierence of Gaussian (DoG) lter to improve OT-MACH lter performance for target recognition applications, Ahmad Alkandri, Akber Gardezi, Nagachetan Bangalore, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, and Chris Chatwin Proc. SPIE 8185 2011 Prague, Czech Republic 60. Detection and Tracking Using Adaptive Correlation, Chatwin, C. ,Philip Birch., Young, R Invited Seminar Sept 20011 University of North Carolina Charlotte 59. Application of speed enhanced spatial domain correlation lters for real-time security monitoring, Akber Gardezi, Nagachetan Bangalore, Ahmad Al-Kandri, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin SPIE Defence and Security Prague 2011 Prague 58. Object Tracking in a Multi Camera Environment, Waqas Hassan , Nagachetan Bangalore, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA 2011) 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 57. Door surveillance using edge-map based Harris corner detector and active contour orientation, Bangalore, N., Hassan, W., Mitra, B., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. SPIE, 8056, 8056608 2011 Florida, USA 56. Enhancement of the speed of space variant correlation lter implementations by using low pass ltering for kernel placement and application to real time security monitoring , A Gardezi, A Al-Kandri, Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings of SPIE 8055, art. no. 805509J 2011 Florida, USA 55. Robust human intrusion detection technique using hue-saturation histograms, Hassan, W., Mitra, B., Bangalore, N., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings of SPIE 8055, art. no. 80550J 2011 54. Parameter optimization of the optimal trade-o maximum average correlation height lter (OT-MACH) for FLIR imaging in high clutter environments, Gardezi, A., Al-Kandri, A., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings of SPIE 8055, art. no. 805509 2011 53. Tracking illegally parked vehicles using correlation of multi-scale dierence of Gaussian ltered patches, Mitra, B., Hassan, W., Bangalore, N., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings of SPIE 8055, art. no. 805503 2011 52. A Global Space Policy That Would Revive Space Exploration, T. Sharma, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin 5th Recent Advances in Space Technology Conference 2011 Istanbul, Turkey: IEEE ISBN 978-1-4244-9617-4 51. An international policy for sustainable space exploration, T. Sharma, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology 2011 Shanghai, China 50. International collaboration – a cornerstone for future space exploration, T. Sharma, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology 2011 Shanghai, China 49. Smart Cameras?, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin Sponsored by: IET 2011 Falmer, University of Sussex Invited Paper 48. Future Smart Cameras, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin Public Talk, Sponsored by W& DARC 2011 Lancing, Sussex Invited Paper 47. Lab-on-a-Chip – Some Fabrication Technologies, C.R.Chatwin, W. Wang, Philip Birch, R.Young Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series 2010 University of Sussex 46. Imaging Technologies for Industry, Philip Birch, R Young, C Chatwin Knowledge Transfer Seminar Series (KTSS), for GE Intelligent Platforms 2010 University of Sussex 45. Optical Correlation, Philip Birch, R Young, C Chatwin Cross Group Colloquia 2010 University of Surrey Invited Paper 44. A space variant Maximum Average Correlation Height (MACH) lter for object recognition in real time thermal images for security applications, Gardezi, A., Alkandri, A., Philip Birch, Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings of SPIE 7838, art. no. 78380N 2010 43. An implementation and performance evaluation of a space variant OT-MACH lter for a security detection application using FLIR sensor, Gardezi, A., Alkandri, A., Philip Birch., Qureshi, T., Young, R., Chatwin, C. Proceedings – Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop , art. no. 5759687 2010 42. Robust Human Intrusion Detection using Cross-Bin Dissimilarity Measures, Waqas Hassan, Bhargav Mitra, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin MiFor 2010 41. Global Security Systems, Chris Chatwin, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Wei Wang INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN, IT and D-2010 Free International University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 29 – 30 January 2010 Best Paper Award 40. Image processing methods for event detection from video surveillance sequences, Hassan Waqas, Mitra Bhargav, Bangalore Nagachetan,Philip Birch, Young Rupert, Chatwin Christopher ITSN-2010 Free International University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova Feb 2010 Best Paper Award in Signal and Image Processing Session Invited Paper 39. Volume holographic MACH correlator , Philip Birch, A. Gardezi, R. Young, C. Chatwin SPIE Defence Security and Sensing 2010 Orlando, USA Invited Paper 38. Implementation of maximum average correlation height (MACH) lter in spatial domain for object recognition from clutter backgrounds, A. Gardezi, Philip Birch, Kypraios, I, R. Young, C. Chatwin SPIE Defence Security and Sensing, 7696, art no 76961L 2010 Orlando, USA 37. Illumination Invariant Method to Identify and Track Abandoned Objects in Public Places, W. Hassan, B. K. Mitra, Philip Birch, R. Young, C. Chatwin SPIE Defence Security and Sensing 2010 Orlando, USA 36. A Two-Stage Approach to Detect Abandoned Baggage in Public Places, B. K. Mitra, W. Hassan, Philip Birch, A. Gardezi, R. Young, C. Chatwin SPIE Defence Security and Sensing 2010 Orlando, USA 35. Door Motion Surveillance using Edge-map based Harris Corner Detector, Nagachetan Bangalore, Bhargav Mitra, Waqas Hassan, Philip Birch, Rupert Young and Chris Chatwin SPIE 2010 France 34. A Robust Two-Tier Process to Detect and Track Illegally Parked Vehicles, Waqas Hassan, Bhargav Mitra, Nagachetan Bangalore, Philip Birch, Rupert Young and Chris Chatwin SPIE 2010 France 33. The next generation of video surveillance and control rooms, C.R. Chatwin, N. Barrington, R.C.D. Young, Philip Birch, W. Hassan, B. Mitra, N. Bangalore Modernising Policing, improvement through innovation, 10 Dec 2009 Public Service Events, supported by the Home Oce and HTK, Barbican Conference Centre, London, UK 32. Global Panopticon, C.R. Chatwin, R.C.D. Young, Philip Birch, W. Hassan, B. Mitra, N. Bangalore, I. Kypraios Sponsored by: IET, IMarEST, IMechE Invited Paper 2009 The Hawth-Spotlight, Crawley, Sussex, UK 31. Advanced MagLev Propulsion System and its Economic Impact, T. Sharma, C. Chatwin, R. Young, B. Mitra, Philip Birch 5th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference 2009 Denver, USA 30. Using Support Vector Machines to Classify and Diagnose Dierent Stages of Breast Cancer Based on the In Vitro EIT Data, H Lu, W Wang, Philip Birch, R C D Young and C Chatwin 10th International Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT 2009) 2009 Manchester 29. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) of Electrical Impedance Tissue Measurements in Abnormal Mouse Pancreatic Tissue , H Lu, W Wang, G Qiao, Philip Birch, R C D Young, C R Chatwin 10th International Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT 2009) 2009 Manchester 28. Low Cost Propulsion Systems for the Developing World, T. Sharma, C.Chatwin, R. Young, Philip Birch 4th Recent Advances in Space Technologies Conference, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey 27. Logarithmic r- ` mapping for hybrid optical neural network lter for multiple objects recognition within cluttered scenes, I. Kypraios, R. C. D. Young, C. R. Chatwin, Philip Birch Proceedings SPIE Defense & Security, Optical Pattern Recognition XX, Vol. 2009 Orlando, USA 26. An Optical WDM Network Concept for Tanzania, S. Pazi, C. Chatwin, R. Young, and Philip Birch WASET – ICECSD 2009 : “International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Design” 2009 Paris, France 25. An Optical Space Domain Volume Holographic Correlator, Philip Birch, A. Gardezi, B. Mitra, R. Young. C. Chatwin Proceedings SPIE Optical Pattern Recognition XX 2009 Orlando, USA Invited Paper 24. Alternative Space Vehicle Launch Systems, T. Sharma, C. Chatwin, C. Long, R. Young,Philip Birch Co-chaired by NASA JPL, U.S Air Force Space and Missile Systems Centre. Sponsored by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, United Space Alliance, California Space Authority. Presented and published as part of the AIAA SPACE 2008 Conference & Exposition Sept, 2008 San Diego, California ISBN-13: 978-1-56347-946-5 Paper Number: AIAA-2008-7659 23. Image watermarking extraction using Fourier domain Wiener lter, Philip Birch, M. Pavlidis, A. Panwar, O. Nnamadim, I. Kypraios, B. K. Mitra, R. C. D. Young, and C. R. Chatwin Proceedings SPIE Optical Pattern Recognition XIX 6977 2008 Orlando, USA 22. On a method to eliminate moving shadows in video sequences, B. K. Mitra, Philip Birch, I. Kypraios, R. C. D. Young, C. R. Chatwin SPIE Europe/Photonics Europe-Optical and Digital Image Processing 7000 2008 21. Fully invariant complex Logarithmic r-q map for the Hybrid Optical Neural Network lter for object recognition within cluttered scenes, I. Kypraios, R. C. D. Young, Philip Birch, C. R. Chatwin 50th International Symposium ELMAR Sept, 2008 Zadar, Croatia 20. Performance analysis of a modied moving shadow elimination method developed for indoor scene activity tracking, B. K. Mitra, M. K. Fiaz, I. Kypraios, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young, C. R. Chatwin SPIE Europe Sept, 2008 Cardi, Wales 19. On Preprocessing of Speech Signals, Ayaz Keerio, Bhargav Kumar Mitra, Philip Birch Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin WCSET July, 2008 Paris, France 18. Analysis of a WDM system for Tanzania, S.M.Pazi, C.R.Chatwin, R.C.Young, and Philip Birch 6th international conference for ICT infrastructure in the developing world November, 2008 Malawi, Africa 17. An Optical WDM network Concept for Tanzania, S.M.Pazi, C.R.Chatwin, R.C.Young, and Philip Birch WASET international conference 24-26 Sept, 2008 Heidelberg, Germany 16. A Mobile Compatible Human Identication and Tracking System Employing an Iris Biometric, Lu H, Claret-Tournier F, Philip Birch, Young R, Chatwin C The International Workshop on Information Technologies and Security Oct 2007 Moldova Invited Paper 15. Segmentation of moving objects from cluttered background scenes using a running average model, SG. Christogiannopoulos, Philip Birch, R. C. D. Young, C. R. Chatwin Proc. SPIE, Information Technologies, Editors: A. Andriesh, V. Perju May 2004 Chisinau, Moldova Invited Paper 14. Computer Generated Holographic Micro-Stereo Lithography, Sumanta Talukdar, Philip Birch, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Spatial Light Modulators: Technology and Applications 8th May 2003 The Institute of Physics, London, UK. 13. A non-linear training set superposition lter derived by neural network training methods for implementation in a shift invariant optical correlator, Ioannis Kypraios, Rupert Young, Philip Birch, Chris Chatwin Proc SPIE, Aerosense, Vol. 5106 April 2003 Florida, USA 12. An incoherent correlator system for satellite orientation control, A. Kouris, R. Young, C. Chatwin, Philip Birch Proc SPIE Vol 4734 pp 58-64 Optical Pattern Recognition XII 2002 11. Brand Security (BRANDSEC), C.R. Chatwin, R.C.D. Young, F. Claret-Tournier, D. M. Budgett, Philip Birch Management of Information, Fraud, Security, Privacy. DTI Workshop April 2001 Leicester University, UK 10. Fully complex lter implementation in all-optical and hybrid digital/optical correlators, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Triantallos Koukoulas, Sovira Tan, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Proc SPIE Vol 4387 p 16-26 Optical Pattern Recognition XII March 2001 9. Analogue ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator lter design for hybrid correlator, Philip Birch, F Claret-Tournier, D Budgett, R Young, C Chatwin, T Koukoulas, G Li, S Huang Optics – the Enabling Technology, Photonex 2000 18th-19th October 2000 NAC Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK 8. Complex Modulation Techniques for Computer Generated Holography and Correlation Filter Design, Philip Birch, Rupert Young, David Budgett, Chris Chatwin Applied Optics and Opto-Electronics Conference 17th-21st September 2000 Loughborough, UK 7. PCI-BUS Plug-in Hybrid Digital/Optical Information Processor, Philip Birch, Frdric Claret-Tournier, David Budgett, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin, Triantilos Koukoulas, Gongde Li and Shiping Huang Photonics 2000 4-5th July 2000 Manchester, UK 6. Hardware Implementation Details of a Hybrid Digital/Optical Correlator System, R.C.D. Young, F. Claret-Tournier, Gongde Li, Philip Birch, T. Koukoulas, D. M. Budgett, C.R. Chatwin SPIE Aerospace/Defence Sensing and Control Symposium, Optical Pattern Recognition XI, SPIE April 2000 Orlando, Florida, USA Invited Paper 5. Optical Correlator with Fully Complex Liquid Crystal Filter, Philip Birch, Rupert C. D. Young, David M. Budgett, Triantallos Koukoulas, Gongde Li, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Chris R. Chatwin Optics in Computing 18-23 June, 2000 Quebec City, Canada 4. Evolutionary Algorithms for an Adaptive Optics System, Philip Birch, M. Farsari, R.C.D. Young, C.R. Chatwin Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, pp 328-333, ISBN 981-02-4115-1 12th-16th July 1999 Durham University, UK 3. Micro-Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio 3-D Micro-Components, M. Farsari, S.-P. Huang, Philip Birch, F. Claret-Tournier, R.C.D. Young, D.M. Budgett, C.R. Chatwin 15th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, Advances in Manufacturing Technology XIII,ISBN 1 86058 227 3, pp. 21-25 6th-8th September, 1999 University of Bath, UK 2. A Novel Rapid Prototyping System for Micro-Engineering Applications, Maria Farsari, Shiping Huang, Philip Birch, Frederic Claret-Tournier, Rupert Young, Chris Chatwin Proceeding of the 15th Conference On Computer Aided Production Engineering, pp 266-270 1999 University of Durham, UK 1. Real time adaptive optics correction with a ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator and Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, Philip Birch, James Gourlay, Nathan P. Doble, Alan Purvis Proc. SPIE. 3126 pp185-190 1997 San Diego, USA