Herb Yang, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Science - Computing Science

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Computing Science
Email
herberty@ualberta.ca

Overview

About

Education

  • B.Sc. (First Class Honours), Physics, University of Hong Kong
  • M.Sc., Physics, Simon Fraser University
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Bio

Dr. Yang is a senior member of the IEEE and serves as Associate Editor for the journal Pattern Recognition. He has published over 80 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings. In addition, he has served as referee to numerous international journals and conferences. He was co-chair of Vision Interface 98.


Research

Areas

Computer Graphics
Computer Vision and Multimedia Communications

Summary

Dr. Yang's research interest covers various areas in computer graphics and computer vision. Topics include 2D and 3D shape analysis, edge detection, segmentation, motion analysis, ultrasound image processing, colour image processing, physics-based modelling and animation, rendering of realistic imagery, and image-based rendering. 

Courses

CMPUT 300 - Computers and Society

Social, ethical, professional, economic, and legal issues in the development and deployment of computer technology in society. Prerequisites: Any introductory-level Computing Science course or SCI 100, and any 200-level course.


CMPUT 605 - Topics in Computing Science


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