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Name:  THOMAS O. BINFORD
Born:  April 13,1936, Jefferson Twp, Pennsylvania
Nationality: USA
Marital Status:divorced

EDUCATION:
BS	physics		Pennsylvania State University	1957
PhD 	physics		University of Wisconsin		1965

CURRENT RESEARCH:
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University
	laser depth ranging system
	representation of shape
	recognition of complex objects
	efficient method for proximity in n-dimensions
	color region analysis
	analysis of texture
	sensor study


Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT  1967-1970
	Topological region analysis
	line finder using sequential decision 
	software for a visual experimentation
	recognition of parallelipipeds from incomplete line drawings
	two-dimensional shape recognition
	line verification
	line prediction

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH:
Fulbright grant, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Bombay India
partial wave analysis of hyperon production by pions;
Regge-pole analysis of Sigma plus production by pions;
theory of unstable particles and symmetry principles

PhD
Strange particle production by pions near 1 Bev/c.
Two new experimental equalities among cross sections;
test of charge independence in hyperon production;
showed adequacy of Regge-pole theory to explain high-energy cross sections;


PUBLICATIONS:

W.A.Perkins and T.O.Binford, "A Corner Finder for Visual Feedback",
Computer Graphics and Image Processing 2, December 1973

"Structured Descriptions of Complex Objects",R.K.Nevatia and T.O.Binford
 Third Int Conf on AI,Stanford, Calif, 1973.

"Computer Vision", T.O.Binford and J.M.Tenenbaum, Computer, IEEE,
April 1973.

"Sensor Systems for  Manipulation",  Conference  on  Remotely  Manned
Systems, JPL, Pasadena, Calif, Sept 1972.

"Visual  Perception  by  Computer",  Invited  paper  at  IEEE Systems
Science and Cybernetics, Miami, Dec 1971.

With G. Agin, "Representation and Description of Complex Objects", 
Third Int Jt Conf on AI, Stanford, Calif, 1973

With Feldman, et al, "The Use of Vision and Manipulation to Solve the
Instant Insanity Puzzle", Proc. Second International Joint Conference
on Artificial Intelligence.

With Tenenbaum, et al, "A laboratory for Hand-Eye Research",
IFIP proceedings, August 1971.

"The Vision Laboratory-Part One", MIT AI memo 203.

"The TOPOLOGIST: A Region-Oriented System", (in draft form)

With A. Herskovits, "On Boundary Detection", MIT AI memo 183.

"Display Functions in LISP", MIT AI memo 182.

With Desai, "High  Energy Elastic Scattering at Low Momentum Transfers", Physical
Review 138,B1167.

With others, "Experimental Check of Some SU(6) Cross Section Equalities", Physical
Review Letters 14,715.

With others, "Hyperon Production in Pion Interactions", Physical Review (1968).

"Triangle  Inequality  in  Associated  Production",  Physical  Review
(1968).
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With Anderson, et al, "CP-Nonconserving Decay 	K ← π π π ", Physical
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Review Letters 14,475.
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With Stern, et al, "Absolute Decay Rate for K → π  π  π  and the
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|DI|=1/2 Rule", Physical Review Letters 12,459.

With  Lind,  et  al,  "Experimental  Investigation of V-A in Leptonic
Lambda Decay", Phys Rev 135,B1483.


DOCTORAL STUDENTS:

G.J.Agin	Description and Representation	1972
		of Complex Objects

R.K.Nevatia	Recognition of Complex Objects	1973

Ruzena Bajcsy (under Prof J. McCarthy)
	Computer Identification of Textured	1972
		Visual Scenes

T. Garvey	Perceptual Problem Solving	1973

Conferences and Workshops Organization

Conference on Computer Vision, Pajaro Dunes, Calif, 1971, chairman

Conference on Computer Vision, Pajaro Dunes, Calif, 1972, chairman

Conference on Computer Vision, Pajaro Dunes, Calif, 1973, chairman

NSF Workshop on Sensor for Automation, Lexington, Mass, 1973
	co-chairman, industrial automation section