国家自然科学基金委员会信息科学部计算机科学处2003年度基金申请与资助情况综合与分析

对2Q03年度国家自然科学基金委员会信息科学部计算机科学处面上项目、重点项目、杰出青年基金、重大研究计划的申请和资助情况进行了总结．由于面上项目涉及面广而且数量较大，所以又对面上项目从几个不同的方面进行了详细的统计和分析．

计算机在不同领域中的应用

社会科技发达的今天,计算机的使用已经非常普遍,加之微型计算机的进一步发展,操作运用的简单化,计算机的应用更为广泛,在各个领域均发挥了重要作用,尤其表现在人们的日常生活中。计算机的用途广泛,方便快捷,深受人们的欢迎。

Estimation of Illuminant Direction and Albedo from Shading

Assuming uniform albedo and Lambertian surface for the imaging model, a new robust method for estimation of illuminant direction and albedo from shading is presented. If there is a singular point with maximum intensity in an image, the method use shading information of the singular point and its neighbors to estimate directly the elevation of illuminant direction, surface albedo, and the bias brightness. Some experiment results on synthetic images are given to illustrate the new approach is accurate and robust.

Application of Computer Vision Technique to Maize Variety Identification

Variety identification is important for maize breeding, processing and trade. The computer vision technique has been widely applied to maize variety identification. In this paper, computer vision technique has been summarized from the following technical aspects including image acquisition, image processing, characteristic parameter extraction, pattern recognition and programming softwares. In addition, the existing problems during the application of this technique to maize variety identification have also been analyzed and its development tendency is forecasted.

日本客人参观市档案馆

日本客人参观市档案馆加强国际交往 促进学术交流本刊讯随着第十三届国际档案大会的逐步临近，我市与国际档案界的交往也日益频繁。３月５日，日本国国立公文书馆（即国家档案馆）官员伊藤信男先生和吉田久子女士在国家档案局外事办主任徐玉清陪同下参观市档案馆，受到市...

Application of Computer Vision Technology in Agriculture

With the development of image processing technology and computer, computer vision technology has been widely used in the production of agriculture,and has made many important achievements. This paper reviews its-research progress on diagnosis of agricultural products, water diagnosis, weed identification,product quality testing and grading, agricultural picking and sorting and other as- pects, and finally put forward its existing problems and prospects for the future.

Computerized three-dimensional design system for rectangular tile coating on hull surface

To better guide the coating process of rectangular tiles on a ship hull, a computerized three-dimensional design method is proposed. Research was done on a tile generating algorithm, tile laying design flow, tiles gap examination algorithm, and tiles slight displacement, as well as cutting and rotating algorithms.A three-dimensional design system was developed using an MDT platform. The application of this system indicates that using the design arrangement to coat tiles on a ship’s hull can result in enhanced coating quality.

Computer Management of Quantitative Analysis Chemistry Experiment

The application of computer in the quantitative analysis chemistry experiment is a chemistry experiment teaching applications software, developed by Visual Basic （6.0）, based on the content of quantitative analysis chemistry experiment of chemistry major in higher institute. This software has the function of the automatic processing the experimental data, the automatic generation of test report copies, and the automatic evaluation of students＇ experimental results, which solve the reliability, objectivity and accuracy problems of the students＇ experiment data processing and evaluation, and avoid interference with human factors. The software has the characteristic of the easy installation, the easy operation, the strong practicability, pertinence, the systematicness and the running stability, so it provides a platform in the quantitative analysis chemistry experiment for the students＇ assessment system of automatic processing, and it has a high popularization value. The project＇s technical route design is reasonable, the research method is correct, and the experimental data processing results are reliable, which has reached the leading domestic level in the quantitative analysis chemistry experiment teaching field of computer data processing. And this project has been through the achievements appraisal of Gansu Provincial Sci. ＆ Tech. Department.

Optimizing pipeline for a RISC processor with multimedia extension ISA

The 32-bit extensible embedded processor RISC3200 originating from an RTL prototype core is intended for low-cost consumer multimedia products. In order to incorporate the reduced instruction set and the multimedia extension instruction set in a unifying pipeline, a scalable super-pipeline technique is adopted. Several other optimization techniques are proposed to boost the frequency and reduce the average CPI of the unifying pipeline. Based on a data flow graph (DFG) with delay information, the critical path of the pipeline stage can be located and shortened. This paper presents a distributed data bypass unit and a centralized pipeline control scheme for achieving lower CPI. Synthesis and simulation showed that the optimization techniques enable RISC3200 to operate at 200 MHz with an average CPI of 1.16. The core was integrated into a media SOC chip taped out in SMIC 0.18-micron technology. Preliminary testing result showed that the processor works well as we expected.

Vision based terrain reconstruction for planet rover using a special binocular bundle adjustment

This paper presents a pure vision based technique for 3D reconstruction of planet terrain. The reconstruction accuracy depends ultimately on an optimization technique known as 'bundle adjustment'. In vision techniques, the translation is only known up to a scale factor, and a single scale factor is assumed for the whole sequence of images if only one camera is used. If an extra camera is available, stereo vision based reconstruction can be obtained by binocular views. If the baseline of the stereo setup is known, the scale factor problem is solved. We found that direct application of classical bundle adjustment on the constraints inherent between the binocular views has not been tested. Our method incorporated this constraint into the conventional bundle adjustment method. This special binocular bundle adjustment has been performed on image sequences similar to planet terrain circumstances. Experimental results show that our special method enhances not only the localization accuracy, but also the terrain mapping quality.

Image Series Segmentation and Improved MC Algorithm

A semiautomatic segmentation method based on active contour is proposed for computed tomography (CT) image series. First, to get initial contour, one image slice was segmented exactly by C-V method based on Mumford-Shah model. Next, the computer will segment the nearby slice automatically using the snake model one by one. During segmenting of image slices, former slice boundary, as next slice initial contour, may cross over next slice real boundary and never return to right position. To avoid contour skipping over, the distance variance between two slices is evaluated by an threshold, which decides whether to initiate again. Moreover, a new improved marching cubes (MC) algorithm based on 2D images series segmentation boundary is given for 3D image reconstruction. Compared with the standard method, the proposed algorithm reduces detecting time and needs less storing memory. The effectiveness and capabilities of the algorithm were illustrated by experimental results.

Research about Process Archive of Computerized Surgery Navigation Based on PACS

Since the process of the surgery navigation is an operation-sensitive process, it is important to record and archive the whole process. In this paper, some key technologies are introduced to accomplish process archive of computerized surgery navigation based on the picture archiving and communication system(PACS). Firstly, the images and track data are acquired by the screen captured tool and the navigation software. Secondly, these image and data files are converted to the digital imaging and communications in medicine(DICOM) files supported by PACS and transferred into the database in PACS. The process of surgery navigation is recorded and archived. Finally, the original data of process archive is acquired from PACS, and this data is used to play back and restore the process of surgery navigation.

BOOTSTRAPPING FOR EXTRACTING RELATIONS FROM LARGE CORPORA

A new approach of relation extraction is described in this paper. It adopts a bootstrap- ping model with a novel iteration strategy, which generates more precise examples of specific relation. Compared with previous methods, the proposed method has three main advantages: first, it needs less manual intervention; second, more abundant and reasonable information are introduced to represent a relation pattern; third, it reduces the risk of circular dependency occurrence in bootstrapping. Scalable evaluation methodology and metrics are developed for our task with comparable techniques over TianWang 100G corpus. The experimental results show that it can get 90% precision and have excellent expansibility.

Improved design of proposal distribution for particle filter

One crucial issue in particle filtering is the selection of proposal distribution. Good proposal can effectively alleviate particle degeneracy and thus improve filtering accuracy. In this paper, we propose a new type of proposal distribution for particle filter, called as R-IEKF proposal. By combining iterated extended kalman filter with Rauch-Tung-Striebel optimal smoother, the new proposal integrates the latest observation into system and approximates the true posterior distribution reasonably well, hence generating more precise and stable particles against measurement noise. The simulation results indicate that the improved particle filter with R-IEKF proposal prevails over PF-EKF and UPF both in tracking accuracy and filtering stability. Consequently, PF-RIEKF is a competitive choice in noisy measurement environment.

Medical images application of contour extraction based on Hermite splines contour model

Active Contour Model or Snake model is an efficient method by which the users can extract the object contour of Region Of Interest （ROI）. In this paper, we present an improved method combining Hermite splines curve and Snake model that can be used as a tool for fast and intuitive contour extraction. We choose Hermite splines curve as a basic function of Snake contour curve and present its energy function. The optimization of energy minimization is performed hy Dynamic Programming technique. The validation results are presented, comparing the traditional Snake model and the HSCM, showing the similar performance of the latter. We can find that HSCM can overcome the non-convex constraints efficiently. Several medical images applications illustrate that Hermite Splines Contour Model （HSCM） is more efficient than traditional Snake model.

Multiscale edge detection of noisy images using wavelets

The classical edge detectors work fine with the high quality pictures, but often are not good enough for noisy images because they cannot distinguish edges of different significance. The paper presented a novel approach to multiscale edge detection for noisy images using wavelet transforms based on Lipschitz regularity coefficients and a cascade algorithm. The relationship between wavelet transform and Lipschitz regularity was established. The proposed wavelet based edge detection algorithm combined the coefficients of wavelet transforms along with a cascade algorithm which significantly improves the result. The comparison between the proposed method and the classical edge detectors was carried out. The algorithm was applied to various images and its performance was discussed. The results of edge detection of contaminated images using the proposed algorithm show that it works better than the classical edge detectors.

Intelligent Control and Maintenance Man-agement Integrated System Based on Multi-Agents for Coal-Preparation Plant

This paper discusses the progress of computer integrated processing （CIPS） of coal-preparation and then preserits an intelligence controlled production-process, device-maintenance and production-management system of coal- preparation based on multi-agents （IICMMS-CP）. The construction of the IICMMS-CP, the distributed network control system based on live intelligence control stations and the strategy of implementing distributed intelligence control system are studied in order to overcome the disadvantages brought about by the wide use of the PLC system by coaipreparation plants. The software frame, based on a Multi-Agent Intelligence Control and Maintenance Management integrated system, is studied and the implemention methods of IICMMS-CP are discussed. The characteristics of distributed architecture, cooperation and parallel computing meet the needs of integrated control of coal-preparation plants with large-scale spatial production distribution, densely-related processes and complex systems. Its application further improves the reliability and precision of process control, accuracy of fault identification and intelligence of production adjustment, establishes a technical basis for system integration and flexible production. The main function of the system has been tested in a coal-preparation plant to good effect in stabilizing product quality, improving efficiency and reducing consumption.

Application of GML and SVG in the development of WebGIS

Our study deals with two major issues impacting current WebGIS development： interoperability of heterogeneous data and visualization of vector data on the Web. By using the combination of Geography Markup Language （GML）, Scalable Vector Graphics （SVG） and Web Feature Service （WFS） Implementation Specifications developed by the OpenGIS Consortium （OGC）, a strategy of WebGIS is proposed. The GML is used as a coding and data transportation mechanism to realize interoperability, the SVG to display GML data on the Web and the WFS as a data query mechanism to access and retrieve data at the feature level in real time on the Web. A case study shows that the combination mentioned above has enormous potential to achieve interoperability while not requiring considerable changes to existing legacy data. Original data formats need not be changed and could still be retrieved using WFS and transformed into GML in real time. SVG can oroduce suoerior ouality vector maps on a Web browser.

Semi-Fragile Audio Watermarking Algorithm in DWT Domain

A novel semi-fragile audio watermarking algorithm in DWT domain is proposed in this paper.This method transforms the original audio into 3-layer wavelet domain and divides approximation wavelet coefficients into many groups.Through computing mean quantization of per group,this algorithm embeds the watermark signal into the average value of the wavelet coefficients.Experimental results show that our semi-fragile audio watermarking algorithm is not only inaudible and robust against various common images processing,but also fragile to malicious modification.Especially,it can detect the tampered regions effectively.