Seminar by Prof. Donald Bailey: "Embedded Image Processing: The Case For Field Programmable Gate Arrays"

Title: "Embedded Image Processing: The Case For Field Programmable Gate Arrays"

Speaker: Prof. Donald Bailey

Affiliation: Massey University

Abstract: Vision is increasingly being embedded within devices and products. The trend for increasing resolution and increasing complexity of applications places considerable demands on the image processing, especially for small, low-power embedded systems. It is shown that Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Technology is well suited to meet the computational demands of embedded imaging systems, especially for low-level image processing tasks. The differences between conventional software design and FPGA based design are outlined.

Biography: Professor Donald Bailey received the B.E. (Hons) degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982, and the PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1985. From 1985 to 1987, he applied image analysis to the wool and paper industries within New Zealand. From 1987 to 1989 he was a Visiting Research Engineer at University of California at Santa Barbara. Dr Bailey joined Massey University in Palmerston North, NZ as Director of the Image Analysis Unit at the end of 1989. He is currently a Professor in the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, and leader of the Image and Signal Processing Research Group. His primary research interests include applications of image analysis, machine vision, and robot vision. One area of particular interest is the application of FPGAs to implementing image processing algorithms. He is the author of many publications in this field, including the book "Design for Embedded Image Processing on FPGAs."