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Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, and Data Mining

 

Pattern Recognition
Pattern recognition is the study of methods and algorithms for putting data objects into categories. While classical pattern recognition techniques are rooted in statistics and decision theory, the machine learning paradigm is commonly used to design practical systems.

 

Machine Learning
Machine learning is a method of programming computers where, instead of designing the algorithm to explicitly perform a given task, the machine is programmed to learn from an incomplete set of examples. There are several different machine learning paradigms, such as the naive Bayes rule, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, and decision tree learning.

 

Data Mining
Data mining is the extraction of ?nuggets? of information from structured databases. Algorithms for data mining have a close relationship to methods of pattern recognition and machine learning. Information extraction is the task of processing unstructured data, such as free-form documents, Web-pages and e-mail, so as to extract named entities such as people, places, organizations, and their relationships.

 

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Laboratories and Research Groups

  • Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR):
    Director: Sargur N. Srihari
    CEDAR performs research concerning scanned images of documents for the purpose of intelligent interpretation. Current supporters include the United States Postal Service, Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, and other corporations.


  • Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS):
    Director: Venugopal Govindaraju
    CUBS performs research on advancing the science of biometrics to provide key enabling technologies to build engineered systems with focus on homeland security applications.

  • Vision and Perceptual Machines Lab (VPML):
    Director: Jason Corso
    VPML performs research in computer and medical vision, computational biomedicine, machine perception, smart environments and interfaces.



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