Summary Of Skills
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PhD graduate in Computer Sciences with strong
mathematical and research skills. BSc in Mathematics, MSc in Computer
Sciences (with distinction). 6 years of C++ on UNIX (research
purposes), 2 years of Matlab. 3 published journal papers, 3 in
submission, number of conference and other presentations. |
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| Date of Birth: | 2 March 1969 |
| Status in the UK: | British citizen |
| Family: |
married, three children |
| Languages: |
English (fluent), Russian (native) |
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Work Experience
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1999 -
2003
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University of Surrey,
Guildford, UK
Research Fellow
Worked on a number of problems in image processing: texture analysis,
statistical characteristics of fractal surfaces, photometric stereo
(main project), pattern recognition. The work included error
propagation, linear algebra, statistical analysis.
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Sep 1998 -
Feb 1999
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University of Surrey,
Guildford, UK
Research Fellow
Worked on the problem of error propagation in a pattern recognition
algorithm. Performed an extensive mathematical analysis for the
problem as well as Monte Carlo simulations.
Implemented modified version of the algorithm in C++.
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Education
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1999-2003
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University of Surrey,
Guildford, UK
Ph.D. in Computer Sciences
Thesis title: "Surface Shape and Colour Reconstruction using
Photometric Stereo"
The work led to two published journal papers, two
further papers are in submission. For the full
list of papers and conference abstracts see the attachment.
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1997-1999
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University of Surrey,
Guildford, UK
MSc with distinction in Computer Sciences
Thesis Title (as MSc by Research student):
"Performance characterisation of the crack
detection algorithm"
(90% examination mark)
The results were published in Journal of Mathematical Imaging and
Vision.
Awarded the Motorola Prize for the best Research MSc project.
Thesis Title (as Taught MSc student):
"Bandwidth extensions for IR detectors"
(75% examination mark)
Coursework included image and speech coding, pattern recognition, C++,
JAVA, concurrency, databases.
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1986-1993
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Novosibirsk State University,
Novosibirsk, Russia (one of 5 leading Russian universities)
B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, major in Computer Sciences.
Thesis Title: "Basic Interpretating System for Creating and
Running Educational Programs" (in Russian)
(top examination mark)
The results were published in the annual proceedings of
the Institute of Informatics, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Coursework included linear and higher algebra, geometry, mathematical
and functional analysis, probability theory and statistics, mathematical logic,
computational algebra, theory of numbers, theory of algorithms, graph
theory, functional programming. Languages: FORTRAN, Pascal, LISP.
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1985-1986
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Novosibirsk Physics and Mathematics Boarding School (the regional
boarding school for bright children, with in-depth tuition of physics and
mathematics)
Top marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (special program).
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Publications
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- S. Barsky, M Petrou. On the reliability of computing Wigner
texture features. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision,
v.16(2), pp. 107-129.
- M.Petrou, S. Barsky, M. Faraklioti. Texture Analysis and 3D
Surface roughness. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, vol.
11(3), 2001, pp. 616-632.
- S. Barsky, M. Petrou. The 4-source photometric stereo technique
for 3-dimensional surfaces in the presence of highlights and shadows.
IEEE transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine
Intelligence, vol.25(10), 2003, pp. 1239-1252.
- S. Barsky, M.Petrou. The shadow function for rough surfaces. Submitted to Journal of Mathematical
Imaging and Vision.
- S. Barsky, M. Petrou. Design issues for a colour photometric
stereo system. Submitted to Journal of Mathematical
Imaging and Vision.
- S. Barsky, M. Petrou. Illumination invariant 3D texture descriptors based on the
linear filtering approach. Submitted to IEEE transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine
Intelligence.
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Conferences
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- S. Barsky, M. Petrou. Colour photometric stereo: simultaneous
reconstruction of local gradient and colour of rough textured
surfaces. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, Canada, 2001.
- M. Petrou, S. Barsky. Shadows and Highlights detection in 4-source Colour
Photometric Stereo. Int. Conf. on Image Processing, 2001, Greece
- S. Barsky, M. Petrou. Classification of 3D rough surfaces using
colour and gradient information recovered by colour photometric
stereo. SPIE conf. Visualization and Optimization
Techniques, China, 2001.
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