Recent research results in the area of parallel algorithms for problem solving, search,
natural language parsing, and computer vision, are brought together in this book. The …

Computer vision tasks require an enormous amount of computation, especially when the
data is in image form, demanding high-performance computers for practical, real-time …

It has been estimated that processor speeds on the order of 1 to 100 billion operations per
second will be required to solve some of the current problems in computer vision. This paper …

V ision has long fascinated re-searchers from such disciplines as psychology, neural
science, computer science, and engineering.'What exactly is vision? It has been defined as …

We describe a general purpose environment for the development of parallel image
processing/computer vision algorithms: PRIME (parallel image media processing …

The computer interpretation of visual images offers unlimited potential, with applications
ranging from robotics and manufacturing to electronic sensors for the seeing-impaired. But …

Computer vision is one of the most complex and computationally intensive problem. Like
any other computationally intensive problems, parallel pro cessing has been suggested as …

Developing parallel algorithms for intermediate and high levels of computer vision systems
is addressed. Because the algorithms are complex and the nature and size of the input and …

Some meaningful hints about parallelization problems in image processing and analysis are
discussed. The issues of the operation of various architectures used to solve vision …

It has been widely recognized that artificial intelligence computations offer large potential for
distributed and parallel processing. Unfortunately, not much is known about designing …