A Personal Perspective on Doing Good Research Seminar Series - Professor Jean-Michel Henri Olivier MOREL (只提供英文版本)

About the Speaker

Professor Jean-Michel Henri Olivier MOREL

Chair Professor of the Division of Industrial Data Science

Biography

Professor Jean-Michel Henri Olivier Morel started his career as a teaching assistant in mathematics at the University of Marseille and obtained his doctorate at Sorbonne University in 1985. He then held chair professor positions in applied mathematics at Paris Sciences & Lettres University, Paris-Saclay University, and City University of Hong Kong, and is currently a Chair Professor in Data Science at Lingnan University. Trained as a pure mathematician, Professor Morel took an early interest in computer vision and AI and specialised in the mathematical formalisation of visual perception. This led him to conceive image processing and image analysis algorithms, many of which have been implemented in imaging systems, including earth observation satellites, medical imaging devices, industrial cameras and mobile phones.

Abstract

I am working on a new technique that enables the shapes of printed characters to be extracted digitally from scanned documents, recognised and restored in a printable format. One of my aims is to contribute to the history of printing by building shape dictionaries of Chinese characters. A more ambitious goal is to bring the many high-interest books that have been gathering dust on library shelves back to full digital life, making them accessible beyond photographic form.
Why are we trying to do this, and why are we trying to do it now? In research, our role is to detect windows of opportunity for new solutions to old problems and then act on them. I will illustrate my chosen topic with experiments performed on images of scanned books, shapes and Chinese characters. In doing so, I will touch upon the underlying techniques that stem from the mathematical theory of planar shapes, computer vision and computer graphics.