David Doermann

Current Position:

Associate Research Scientist
Co-Director, Laboratory for Language and Media Processing

Research Interests:

Analysis and processing of document page images and analysis, indexing and retrieval of video information sources. Specific document related problems include page
segmentation, labeling and classification, forms processing, zone discrimination, signature verification, modeling of handwriting and document recovery tasks. Recently projects have focused on synthetic data for information retrieval, image based information retrieval, page decomposition, signature verification, compression, enhancement and retrieval.

Video research includes segmentation and retrieval of compressed sequences based on structure and motion, video sequence visualization, genre classification, dynamic event detection, performance evaluation, video-over-ip, wireless video and pervasive networking and computing.

Academic Degrees:

  • B.S. 1986, Mathmatics and Computer Science, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
  • M.S. 1989, Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Ph D. 1993, Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park.

Other Appointments: Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

 

Publications: See LAMP Publications Page

Research Projects: See LAMP Research Page

Courses:

  • CMSC 828D - Automated Document and Video Analysis, Fall 1996.
  • LBSC 690 - Information Technology, Fall 1997

Professional Activities and Awards:

  • Organizer and Chair of the 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001 Symposia on Document Image Understanding Technology (SDIUT)
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief: International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR)
  • Program Committee Member: SSPR 1995, ICPR 1996, BSDIA 1997, SPIE-DR 1999, ICDAR99, ICIAP99, DIAUDD99, MLOCR 1999, DLIA 1999, SPIE-DR 2000, ICIAP 1999, IR 2001, ICIAP 2001, Event 2001, SPIE-DR 2001, WDA 2001, DLIA 2001, GREC 2001, DAS 2002, ICPR 2002
  • Reviewer for: National Science Foundation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Graphical Models and Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, and Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Pattern Recognition 1994 Outstanding Paper Honorable Mention
  • Honorary Doctorate - University of Oulu, Oulu Finland, 2002

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Contact Information:

Dr. David S. Doermann
Co-Director
Laboratory for Lanugage and Media Processing
3451 A.V. Williams Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
doermann@umiacs.umd.edu
Tel: 301-405-1767