Selected Papers

Eric Saund

  • Eric Saund
    The Consciousness Machine: Bridging the Hard and Easy Problems of Consciousness
    Unpublished Draft Article June, 2015
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  • Eric Saund
    A graph lattice approach to maintaining and learning dense collections of subgraphs as image features
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence October, 2013; 35 (10): 2323-2339.
    pdf

  • William C. Janssen, Eric A. Bier, Eric Saund, Patricia Wall, Mary Ann Sprague
    Receipts2Go: the big world of small documents
    ACM Symposium on Document Engineering September 4-7, 2012
    pdf

  • Eric Saund
    A Graph Lattice Approach to Maintaining Dense Collections of Subgraphs as Image Features
    11th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2011), September, 2011
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  • Yanhui Liang, Yizhou Wang, and Eric Saund
    A Method of Evaluating Table Segmentation Results Based on A Table Image Ground Truther
    11th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2011), September, 2011
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  • Eric Saund
    Scientific Challenges Underlying Production Document Processing
    (invited paper)
    SPIE Document Recognition and Retrieval XVIII, January, 2011
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  • Eric Saund and Edward Lank
    Minimizing Modes for Smart Selection in Sketching/Drawing Interfaces
    in J. Jorge and F. Samavati, eds., Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling, Springer, 2011, pp. 55-80.
    pdf

  • Eric Saund, Jing Lin, and Prateek Sarkar
    PixLabeler: User Interface for Pixel-Level Labeling of Elements in Document Images
    International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, July, 2009
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  • Prateek Sarkar, Eric Saund, and Jing Lin
    Classifying Foreground Pixels in Document Images
    International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, July, 2009
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  • JD Chen, Eric Saund, and Yizhou Wang
    Image Objects and Multi-Scale Features for Annotation Detection
    International Conference on Pattern Recognition, December, 2008
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  • Prateek Sarkar and Eric Saund
    On the Reading of Tables of Contents
    Eighth International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS 08), September 2008.
    pdf

  • Eric Saund
    Document Image Analysis: State of the Art and Technology Roadmap
    ICR&D Technology Workshop, March, 2008
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  • Eric Saund
    Games: The Killer App for Pen Computing?
    Keynote talk at the 3rd Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM06), Vienna,
    PARC Forum, April 26, 2007
    pdf of slides SBIM version , PARC Forum version

  • Eric Saund
    Capturing The Information Conveyed By Opponents' Betting Behavior in Poker
    IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG 06)
    (Best Paper award)
    pdf

  • Eric Saund
    Logic and MRF Circuitry for Labeling Occluding and Thinline Visual Contours
    NIPS '05 (Neural Information Processing Systems Conference)
    pdf

  • Prateek Sarkar and Eric Saund
    Perceptual Organization in Semantic Role Labeling
    SDIUT 05 (Symposium on Document Image Understanding Technology)
    pdf

  • Lank, E., and Saund, E.;
    "Sloppy Selection: Providing an Accurate Interpretation of Imprecise Selection Gestures,"
    Computers and Graphics, Special Issue on Pen Computing V. 29, No. 4, August 2005, pp. 183-192.
  • Lank, E., Saund, E., and May, L.;
    "Sloppy Selection: Providing an Accurate Interpretation of Imprecise Selection Gestures,"
    2004 AAAI Fall Symposium on Making Pen-Based Interaction Intelligent and Natural
    Abstract
    pdf (195K)

  • Saund, E., and Mahoney, J.;
    "Perceptual Support of Diagram Creation and Editing,"
    Diagrams 2004 - International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams
    Abstract
    pdf (135K)
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  • Saund, E., and Mahoney, J.;
    "ScanScribe: Perceptually Supported Diagram Image Editing"
    Diagrams 2004 - International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams
    Abstract
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  • Saund, E., Fleet, D., Larner, D., and Mahoney, J.;
    "Perceptually-Supported Image Editing of Text and Graphics,"
    Proc. UIST '03 (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology), pp. 183-192.
    (Best Paper award)
    Abstract
    Paper (pdf)
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  • Saund, E., and Lank, E;
    "Stylus Input and Editing Without Prior Selection of Mode,"
    Proc. UIST '03 (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology), pp. 213-216.
    Abstract
    Paper (pdf)

  • "Pressing Vision Problems in Intelligent Sketch Understanding Systems" (talk slides)
    Bay Area Vision Meeting, June 11, 2003, UC Santa Cruz.
    pdf (2.3M)

  • Saund, E., Fleet, D., Mahoney, J., and Larner, D.;
    "Rough and Degraded Document Interpretation by Perceptual Organization,"
    Proc. SDIUT '2003 (Symposium on Document Image Understanding Technology), Greenbelt, Maryland, (Organized by the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, U. Maryland). pp. 121-133.
    Abstract
    Paper (pdf)

  • Saund, E.,
    "Finding Perceptually Closed Paths in Sketches and Drawings,"
    IEEE Trans. Pattern Anaysis and Machine Intelligence, V. 25, No. 4, April 2003, pp. 475-491.
    Abstract
    pdf (2.8M)

  • Saund, E., Mahoney, J., Fleet, D., Larner, D., and Lank, E.
    "Perceptual Organization as a Foundation for Intelligent Sketch Editing,", pp. 118-125
    2002 AAAI Spring Symposium on Sketch Understanding
    Abstract
    pdf (165k)

  • Saund, E., Mahoney, J., Fleet, D, and Larner, D.
    "Perceptual Organization as a Foundation for Graphics Recognition,"
    Fourth IAPR International Workshop on Graphics Recognition (GREC 2001), Sept. 2001, Kingston, Ontario.
    Abstract
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  • Saund, E.
    "Finding Perceptually Salient Closed Paths in Sketches and Drawings,"
    Fourth IAPR International Workshop on Graphics Recognition (GREC 2001), Sept. 2001, Kingston, Ontario.
    Abstract
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  • Saund, E.;
    "Finding Perceptually Closed Paths in Sketches and Drawings,"
    in D. Jacobs and M. Lindenbaum, eds, POCV 2001: The Third Workshop on Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision,"
    CIS Report #CIS-2001-05, June, 2001, Technion, Israel.
    Abstract
    pdf (135K)

  • Saund, E.;
    "Toward Richer Labels for Visual Structure,"
    in K. L. Boyer and S. Sarkar, eds, Perceptual Organization for Artificial Vision Systems,
    Kluwer, 2000.

  • Saund, E.;
    "Bringing the Marks on a Whiteboard to Electronic Life,"
    Proceedings of CoBuild'99. Second International Workshop on Cooperative Buildings
    Abstract
    pdf

  • Moran, T., Saund, E., van Melle, W., Gujar, A, Fishkin, K, Harrison, B.;
    "Design and Technology for Collaborage: Collaborative Collages of Information on Physical Walls,"
    UIST '99 (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology), pp. 197-206.
    Abstract
    Paper (MS Word, 694K)

  • Saund, E.;
    "Perceptual Organization of Occluding Contours of Opaque Surfaces,"
    CVIU Special Issue on Perceptual Organization, Fall, 1999, pp. 70-82
    Abstract
    paper: pdf
    manuscript: pdf

  • Saund, E.;
    "Perceptual Organization of Occluding Contours Generated By Opaque Surfaces,"
    CVPR '99
    Abstract
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  • Saund, E.;
    "Scale and the Shape-Texture Continuum"
    Xerox Internal Technical Report, 1998
    Abstract
    pdf

  • Saund, E.;
    "Image Mosaicing and a Diagrammatic User Interface for an Office Whiteboard Scanner,"
    Abstract
    Postscript (7.6M compressed to 980K)
    PDF (906K)

  • Michael Black, Francois Berard, Allan Jepson, William Newman,
    Eric Saund, Gudrun Socher, Michael Taylor
    "Digital Office: Overview,"
    1998 AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Environments
    Abstract
    Paper (3.5M compressed to 508K)

  • Sahami, M., Hearst, M,, and Saund, E.;
    "Applying the Multiple Cause Mixture Model to Text Categorization,"
    in L. Saitta, ed., Machine Learing: Proc. of the Thirteenth International Conference, 1996.
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  • Saund, E., and Moran, T.;
    "Perceptual Organization in an Interactive Sketch Editing Application,"
    ICCV '95
    Abstract
    Paper (4.7M compressed to 290K)

  • Saund, E., and Moran, T.;
    "A Perceptually Supported Sketch Editor,"
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Marina del Rey, CA., November, 1994.
    Abstract
    Paper (6.7M compressed to 350K)

  • Saund, E.;
    "A Multiple Cause Mixture Model for Unsupervised Learning,"
    Neural Computation, Vol 7, No. 1., January, 1995.
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  • Saund, E.;
    "Unsupervised Learning of Mixtures of Multiple Causes in Binary Data,"
    NIPS 6, 1994.

  • Saund, E.;
    "Identifying Salient Circular Arcs on Curves,"
    CVGIP: Image Undestanding, Vol. 58, No. 3, November, 1993.
    (More complete version in PARC Tech. Report SPL-93-017 PDF (2.7M) )

  • Saund, E.;
    "Labeling of Curvilinear Structure Across Scales by Token Grouping,"
    Proc IEEE Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '92), pp. 257-263.
    Tech Report Version: PARC EDL-92-7 PDF (1.7M)

  • Saund, E.;
    "Symbolic Construction of a 2-D Scale-Space Image,"
    IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 12, No. 8., 1990 (originally published as MIT AI Memo 1028).

  • Saund, E.;
    "Distributed Symbolic Representations of Visual Shape,"
    Neural Computation, Vol 2. No. 2., 1990.

  • Saund, E.;
    "Adding Scale to the Primal Sketch,"
    CVPR '89, San Diego, CA., June, 1989.

  • Saund, E.;
    "Dimensionality-Reduction Using Connectionist Networks,"
    IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1989 (originally published as MIT AI Memo 941.)