A newly published textbook edited by Francis T.S. Yu, Evan Pugh professor of electrical engineering, brings together some of the world's top researchers in the field of pattern recognition.
Optical Pattern Recognition serves as a detailed review from theory to practical implementations and signal-processing techniques. Optical pattern recognition is the process by which objects or patterns are imaged optically and then analyzed by computer algorithms.
The book will help graduate students and researchers in optical engineering and machine vision to explore new developments in the field from mathematical theories to novel optical materials. It contains numerous examples of working systems that combine optics, electronics and computers. The book was co-edited with Suganda Jutamulia, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Northern California.
Michael Hecht, professor of speech communication, recently edited Communicating Prejudice (Sage, 1998). The multidisciplinary book presents a new perspective on prejudice. Chapters discuss differing forms and contexts of prejudice, as well as potential interventions. It includes personal narratives as well as discursive styles.