Peter Kovesi Centre for Exploration Targeting School of Earth & Environment The University of Western Australia I also maintain an adjunct position with the School of Computer Science & Software Engineering The University of Western Australia

If you are here you probably want my

• MATLAB and Octave functions for Computer Vision and Image Processing

Research Interests

My research interests are in computer vision. In recent years my interests have concentrated on finding low-level invariant measures in images. That is, finding low-level quantities that can be extracted, irrespective of image contrast and scale. This work has concentrated on using local phase information in images to construct invariant quantities for feature detection, symmetry/asymmetry analysis, feature matching, and disparity estimation. I also have interests in 3D reconstruction, forensic image processing and biometrics.

• A brief list of career episodes...
• CV

• Invariant Measures of Image Features From Phase Information
• Animation of Impossible Objects
• Shape from contours
• Forensic Image Analysis
• Video Surveillance is Useless
• Video Surveillance: Legally Blind? (pdf) and PowerPoint, DICTA 2009, Melbourne

Research Students

PhD Projects

• Shih Ching Fu Analysis of Motion Fields



Former Students

• Bob Hastings PhD 2010. "Investigation of Some Statistical Properties of Fingerprint Patterns"
• Tzu Yen Wong PhD 2009. "Image Transition Techniques Using Projective Geometry" (supervised with Amitava Datta)
• Daniel Wedge PhD 2008. "Video Sequence Synchronisation" (supervised with Du Huynh)
• Angeline Loh PhD 2006. "The Recovery of 3-D Structure Using Visual Texture Patterns".
• Leigh Smith PhD 2000. "A Multiresolution Time-Frequency Analysis and Interpretation of Musical Rhythm."
• Rajiv Ellepola, MSc 1996. "Mobile Robot Navigation in a Semi-Structured Indoor Environment Using Passive Visual Beacons and Active Sensors".
• Andrew Bettenay, MEngSci 1990. "The Development of an Integrated Surface Modelling Environment for Robot Trajectory Generation".

Things that might be useful

• Some of my MATLAB functions that you might find interesting.
• Some useful links for MATLAB, Vision, and other material
• A Gallery of Student Projects that I have supervised over the years.

Miscellaneous

• Motivation: An interesting article on how not to motivate people.
• Publons: All about a recently discovered particle.
• Photos from my kayak