KRASIMIR D. KOLAROV

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Video Compression

Kolarov K., Chung F. and Lynch W. "Low Complexity Real-time Video Encoding for Soft Set-Top Box Platforms", Proceedings of Cable 2K, New Orleans, May 2000.

Chung F., Kolarov K. and Lynch W. "A Real-time Implementation of a Low-complexity Wavelet-based Video Codec on a Media Chip", submitted to SPIE Conference on Applications of Digital Image Processing, San Diego, July 2000.

Kolarov K. and Lynch W. "Very Low Cost Video Wavelet Codec", SPIE Conference on Applications of Digital Image Processing, Vol. 3808, Denver, July 1999.

Kolarov K., Lynch W., Arrighi W. and Hoover B. "A Fractional Chip Wavelet Zero Tree Codec for Video Compression ", poster, Data Compression Conference DCC'99, March 1999.

Lynch W., Kolarov K. and Arrighi, W. "Low Cost Video Compression using Fast, Modified Z-Coding of Wavelet Pyramids", Proc. of the International Conference on Image Processing ICIP'99, October 1999.

Lynch W., Kolarov K. and Arrighi, W. "Fast, Modified Z-Coding of Wavelet Pyramids", poster, Data Compression Conference DCC'99, March 1999.

Lynch W., Kolarov K., Arrighi W. and Hoover R., "WZD - A Very Low Complexity Wavelet Video Codec for an ASIC Macro," Proceedings of the Picture Coding Symposium PCS'99, April, 1999.

Kolarov K., Lynch W., Arrighi W. and Hoover R. "A Very Low Cost Video Codec", talk on the Interval's video compression technology, Stanford University; IMA February 1999.

High-Dimensional Data Compression

Kolarov K. " Graphical and Haptic Interaction with Large 3D Compressed Objects ", Proceedings of the World Automation Congress WAC'2000, June 2000.

Kolarov, K. "Representation, Optimization and Compression of High-Dimensional Data", World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI'98/ ISAS'98, Orlando, 1998.

Kolarov, K and Lynch W. "Compact Description and Modeling of Multidimensional Information", 3rd IEEE European Symposium on Computer-Intensive Methods CMP'98, Prague, 1998 (best paper award).

Kolarov, K and Lynch W. "Compression of Functions Defined on Surfaces of 3D Objects", In J. Storer and M. Cohn, editors, Proc. of Data Compression Conference, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 281-291, 1997.

Kolarov, K and Lynch W. "Optimization of the SW Algorithm for High-Dimensional Compression", Compression and Complexity of SEQUENCES 1997, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 194-204, 1997.

Kolarov, K and Lynch W. "Wavelet Compression for 3D and Higher-Dimensional Objects", Proc. of SPIE Conference on Applications of Digital Image Processing, Volume 3164, San Diego, California, pp. 247-260, July 1997.

Lynch, W. and Kolarov, K. "Topological Approximation and Compression of Functions and Their Wavelet Expansions", Proc. of the International Wavelets Conference "Wavelets and Multiscale Methods, Tangier, April, 1998.

Yu, T., Kolarov, K. and Lynch, W. "Barysymmetric Multiwavelets on Triangle", Interval Research Corp. Technical Report IRC 1997-006, March 11, 1997.

Kolarov, K. and Lynch W. "Compression of Scalar Functions Defined on 2-Manifolds", Interval Research Corp. Technical Report 1996-012, September 13, 1996.

3D Haptics

Kolarov, K. "Haptics and Robotics", talk on general applications on Haptics and Robotics, available interfaces and our research in 3D Haptics, given at Stanford University and U C Berkeley, 1998.

Ruspini, D., Kolarov, K. and Khatib, O. "The Haptic Display of Complex Graphical Environments", Computer Graphics Proceedings, Annual Conference Series, SIGGRAPH'97, Los Angeles, California, pp. 345-352, September 1997.

Ruspini, D., Kolarov, K. and Khatib, O. "Haptic Interaction in Virtual Environments", Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'97, Grenoble, France, September 1997.

Kolarov, K. and Ruspini, D. "Graphical and Haptic Manipulation of 3D Objects", in J. Salisbury and M. Srinivasan, editors, Proc. of the First PHANToM Users Group Workshop, M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report AITR-1596, 1996.

Ruspini, D., Kolarov, K. and Khatib, O. "Robust Haptic Display of Graphical Environments", in J. Salisbury and M. Srinivasan, editors, Proc. of the First PHANToM Users Group Workshop, M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report AITR-1596, 1996.

Adaptive Computation

Kolarov, K "Landscape Ruggedness in Evolutionary Computation", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computing, Indianapolis, 1997.

Kolarov, K. "The Role of Selection in Evolutionary Algorithms", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computing, Perth, Australia, 1995.

Kolarov, K. "The Dynamics of Populations in Evolutionary Algorithms: A Parametric Analysis", Interval Research Corp. Technical Report, June 1994.

Robotics

Kolarov, K. "Algorithms for Optimal Design of Robots in Complex Environments", Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, A.K.Peters, Ltd., 1995.

Kolarov, K. and Roth, B. "Best Placement of Telescoping Robots in Environments with Obstacles", Intelligent Robotics, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1993.

Kolarov, K. "Optimal Geometric Design of Robots for Environments with Obstacles", Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, September 1992.

Kolarov, K. and Roth, B. "Best Estimates for the Construction of Robots in Environments with Obstacles", Proc. of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, 1992.

Kolarov, K. and Roth, B. "On the Number of Links and Placement of Telescoping Manipulators in an Environment with Obstacles", Proc. 5th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Pisa, Italy, 1991.

Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Kolarov, K. "Some Generalizations and Applications of the Geometrical Theorem of Holditch", Proc. 15th Spring Conference of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, 1986.

Kolarov, K. "The Applied Programming Product PRIZ and Some Problems in Artificial Intelligence", Proc. 12th National Conference in Mathematics and Mechanics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1986.

Kolarov, K. "A Model of Constructive-Adaptive System with Artificial Intelligence", Proc. 5th National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Varna, Bulgaria, 1985 (in Russian).

Kolarov, K. and Kenderov, P. "Holditch's Theorem", Polish journal Delta, 8(128), 1984 (in Polish).

Kolarov, K. and Kenderov, P. "The Theorem of Holditch", Bulgarian journal Mathematica, 7, 1983 (in Bulgarian).

Kolarov, K. "About the Holditch's Theorem", 12th Spring Conference of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, 1983.