Afzal Godil

Afzal Godil

Links

I manage the Shape Analysis Research Project (SHARP)
My Google Scholar Profile
My publication list from DBLP Server
My Erdös number is 3
Email: godil (dot) @ (dot) nist (dot) gov

Experience

National Institute of the Standards and Technology/Information Technology Laboratory, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Title: Project Leader, Shape Analysis Research Project (SHARP), and at NIST from March 97 to Present
Principal Investigator of the Shape Metrology IMS 2011

NASA Lewis Research Center/Sterling Softwares,, Cleveland, Ohio
Title: Programmer/Analyst, December 94 to March 97
Graphics and Visualization, Image processing, Computer vision, Virtual Reality, Parallel processing

NASA Langley Research Center/High Technology corporation, Hampton, Virginia
Title: Research Scientist, April 89 to December 94
Numerical methods, Scientific programming, Fluid flow, flow instability, Hypersonic flight experiment

Main Research Areas:

Shape Analysis, Retrieval and Metrology, Bio-imaging, Video analytics, Computer Vision, Image Processing, 3D Graphics/Visualization, Biometrics, Face Recognition, Digital Human Modeling, Computational Methods, Pattern recognition and Performance Evaluation

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Organized (as the Program Chair) the EuroGraphics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR2011), 10th April, 2011, Llandudno, UK, and helped organize the Shape Retrieval contests (SHREC).
  • One of the organizer of the SHREC'12 - Shape Retrieval Contest 2012, at EUROGRAPHICS 2012 - Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval
  • Editorial board member of the IARIA: International Journal on Advances in Software.
  • Program Committee member of EuroGraphics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR2012).
  • Chair the session on 3-D Object Retrieval and Recognition during ACM Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (under ACM Multimedia 2010), October 2010
  • Session Chair and Program Committee member of 3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications conference under the IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, Jan 2010
  • Session Chair and Program Committee member of 3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications conference under the IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, Jan 2011
  • Session Chair and Program Committee member of 3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications conference under the IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, Jan 2012
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory and Program Board Digital Human Modeling conference 2013, 2011, 2009 and 2007. Also organized a session (as a Session Chair) on " Shape Analysis and its Applications" under the HCI International/Digital Human Modeling conference 2011, 2009 and 2007
  • Program Committee member of Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'10) Workshop, 2010
  • Program Committee member of Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'12) Workshop, 2012.
  • Technical Program Committee member of the Third and fourth International Conference on Creative Content Technologies, CONTENT 2011 and CONTENT 2012
  • Organized two Shape Retrieval tracks at the Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (March 29, 2009). http://3dor.ge.imati.cnr.it/Programme.html and participated in one track. Three papers based on the work will be presented at the workshop: 1)SHREC'09 Track: Generic Shape Retrieval; 2) SHREC'09 Track: Querying with Partial Models; and 3) SHREC'09 Track: Structural Shape Retrieval on Watertight Models
  • Organized three Shape Retrieval tracks at the EuroGraphics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR'10), May 2, 2010, the tracks are: Generic 3D Warehouse; Non-Rigid Shapes; and Range Scans
  • Organize, develop benchmarks, evaluation tools for two Shape Retrieval contests at the EuroGraphics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR'11), April 2, 2011, the contests are: Generic Shape Retrieval; and Shape Retrieval on Non-rigid 3D watertight Meshes and Range Scans (11 groups took part in out tracks with results from 30 runs)
  • Organizing two Shape Retrieval tracks at the EuroGraphics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR'12), May 13, 2012, the tracks are: Generic 3D Shape Retrieval; and Sketch based Shape Retrieval
  • Won the NIST IMS 2011 Shape Metrology competition.

NIST WORKSHOPS

Publications

Books

BOOK CHAPTERS

CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL PAPERS

  1. "Feature-preserved 3D Canonical Form", to be published in International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2012
  2. A New Convexity Measurement for 3D Meshes" is accepted as poster by CVPR 2012 which will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA during June 18-20.
  3. SHREC'12 Track: Generic 3D Shape Retrieval, Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, 3DOR2012 - May 13, 2012, Italy
  4. SHREC'12 Track: Sketch based shape Retrieval, Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, 3DOR2012 - May 13, 2012, Italy
  5. Journal: A comparison of methods for Non-rigid 3D shape retrieval, Submitted to Journal of Pattern Recognition, September 2011
  6. Journal: Visual Similarity based 3D Shape Retrieval Using Clock Matching and Bag-of-Features, Submitted to Journal of Pattern Recognition, September 2011
  7. Journal: "Evaluation of 3D Interest Point Detection Techniques" Submitted to the Visual Computer Journal, 2012.
  8. An Evaluation of Local Shape Descriptors for 3D Shape Retrieval, IS&T/SPIE 3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications 2012" conference, Jan 2012
  9. SHREC'11 Track: Shape Retrieval on Non-rigid 3D Watertight Meshes, Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, 3DOR2011 - April 10, 2011, Llandudno (UK)
  10. SHREC'11 Track: Generic Shape Retrieval., Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, 3DOR2011 - April 10, 2011, Llandudno (UK)
  11. Dutagaci, H., Cheung, C.P., and Godil, A.A., Evaluation of 3D Interest Point Detection Techniques. Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval 2011 (3DOR 2011), Llandudno, UK, Apr 10, 2011.
  12. Cheung, C.P. and Godil, A.A., A Shape-based Searching System for Industrial Components. Proc. of the ACM International Web3D 2010, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA.
  13. Godil, A.A., Lian, Z., Dutagaci, H., and Cheung, C.P., Benchmarks, Performance Evaluation and Contests for 3D Shape Retrieval, Performance Metric for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'10) Workshop
  14. Dutagaci, H., Cheung, C.P., and Godil, A.A., A Benchmark for Best View Selection of 3D Objects, ACM Multimedia International Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval 2011
  15. A Feature-preserved Canonical Form for Non-rigid 3D Meshes, The First Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference (3DIMPVT 2011)
  16. Benchmark for Best View Selection of 3D Objects, ACM Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval/ ACM Multimedia 2010, October 2010, Florence pdf
  17. NON-RIGID 3D SHAPE RETRIEVAL USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING AND BAG-OF-FEATURES, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing - ICIP 2010, November 2010 pdf
  18. NON-RIGID 3D SHAPE RETRIEVAL USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING AND BAG-OF-FEATURES, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing - ICIP 2010, November 2010
  19. Visual Similarity based 3D Shape Retrieval Using Bag-of-Features, the IEEE Shape Modeling and Applications conference (SMI 2010), July, 2010 pdf
  20. SHREC'10 Track: Range Scan Retrieval, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  21. SHREC'10 Track: Generic 3D Warehouse, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  22. SHREC'10 Track: Non-rigid 3D Shape Retrieval, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  23. SHREC'10 Track: Large Scale Retrieval, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  24. SHREC'10: robust large-scale shape retrieval benchmark, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  25. 3D shape retrieval based on Multi-Scale Integral Orientations, EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, May 2010 pdf
  26. View Subspaces for Indexing and Retrieval of 3D models, SPIE conference, "3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications, Jan. 2010. Title1: View Subspaces for Indexing and Retrieval of 3D models, January 2010. pdf
  27. "Salient Local 3D Features for 3D Model retrieval", SPIE conference, "3D Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications, Jan. 2011. Jan 2011
  28. EURASIP Journal on Advanced Signal Processing, Title: INVESTIGATING THE BAG-OF-WORDS METHOD FOR 3D SHAPE RETRIEVAL, 2010
  29. Review of 3D Shape Retrieval, Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition 2009, October 2009
  30. 3D Shape Searching by Partitioning of Objects, Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition 2009, October 2009
  31. EXPLORING THE BAG-OF-WORDS METHOD FOR 3D SHAPE RETRIEVAL, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing - ICIP 2009, November 2009pdf
  32. Generic Shape retrieval track paper published in the EUROGRAPHICS 2009 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, 29 March 2009 pdf
  33. Partial shape retrieval track paper in the EUROGRAPHICS 2009 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, 29 March 2009 pdf
  34. Structural shape retrieval track paper in the EUROGRAPHICS 2009 Workshop, On 3D Object Retrieval, 29 March 2009 pdf
  35. 3D Facial Shape Analysis to be published, at the 2st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling (ICDHM 2009), in cooperation with the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction( http://www.hcii2009.org )
  36. A new Shape benchmark for 3D Object Retrieval (4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08), December 2008) pdf
  37. Visual Based 3D CAD Retrieval Using Fourier Mellin Transform (IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications, June 2008) pdf
  38. 3D CAD Retrieval using partitioning the objects (IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications, June 2008) pdf
  39. Identifying Objects in Range Data Based on Similarity Transformation Invariant Shape Signatures (Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems, PerMIS08, Aug19-21, 2008 pdf
  40. Spatially Enhanced Bags of Words for 3D Shape Retrieval (4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08), December 2008) pdf
  41. 3D Part Identification Based on Local Shape Descriptors (Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems PerMIS08, Aug19-21,2008) pdf
  42. Bio-Imaging Toolkit for Indexing, Searching, Clustering, Navigation, Analysis, Discovery and Annotation (4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08), December 2008) pdf
  43. 3D Retrieval and Classification for Structural Bioinformatics with implications to Biological Image Database, at the Workshop on Bio-Image Informatics: Biological Imaging, Computer Vision and Data Mining, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, January 17-18, 2008 Link
  44. Map Quality Assessment (Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems, PerMIS08, Aug19-21, 2008) pdf
  45. Book Chapter: "Quantitative Assessment of Robot-Generated Maps" Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems" (Editors: Raj Madhavan, Edward Tunstel, and Elena Messina) to be published by Springer in 2009 pdf
  46. INFRASTRUCTURAL COMPONENTS FOR USING CELL IMAGE DATA IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, 2008
  47. Afzal Godil, "Advanced Human Body and Head Shape represtation and Analysis" at the 1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling (ICDHM 2007), that will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, 22 - 27 July 2007, in cooperation with the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction( http://www.hcii2007.org )
  48. Invited chapter for the Handbook of "Digital Human Modeling for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering" by Vincent G. Duffy. The title of chapter is "Shape and Size Analysis and Standards" pdf
  49. Poster, "Shape-based Retrieval and Analysis of a 3D Human Database", at the "Imaging as a Biomarker: Standards for Change Measurements in Therapy" workshop on 14-15 September 2006 at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland pdf

  50. Afzal Godil and Sandy Ressler, "Retrieval and Clustering from a 3D Human Database based on Body and Head Shape ",  SAE Digital Human Modeling conference, 02 July to 4th August, 2006, Lyon, France

  51. Afzal Godil and Sandy Ressler, "Similarity based Retrieval from a 3D Human Database", Poster Paper, SIGGRAPH 2005, 31 July to 4th August, 2005, Los Angles, CA
  52. Afzal Godil "ViSA: Video Segmentation and Annotation", UPA2004 conference, June 6-11, 2004, Minneapolis, MN
  53. Afzal, Godil, Sandy Ressler and Patrick Grother, "Face Recognition using 3D surface and color map information: Comparison and Combination" to the SPIE’s symposium on "Biometrics Technology for Human Identification", April 12-13, 2004, Orlando, FL
  54. Afzal Godil, Patrick Grother, Sandy Ressler Human Identification from Body Shape proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on 3D Digital Imaging and Modeling, Oct 6-10 2003, Banff, Canada.
  55. Sandy Ressler, Brian Antonishek, Qiming Wang, Afzal Godil Integrating Active Tangible Devices with a Synthetic Environment for Collaborative Engineering Proceedings of Web3D 2001 Symposium, Paderborn Germany, Feb. 2001.
  56. Sandy Ressler, Brian Antonishek, Qiming Wang, Afzal Godil, Keith Stouffer, When Worlds Collide - Interactions between the Virtual and the Real Proceedings on 15th Twente Workshop on Language Technology; Interactions in Virtual Worlds, Enschede, The Netherlands, May 19-21, 1999.;
  57. Sandy Ressler, Afzal Godil, Qiming Wang, Gregory Seidman, A VRML Integration Methodology for Manufacturing Applications Proceedings of VRML99 Fourth Symposium on the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, Paderborn Germany, Feb. 1999;
  58. Afzal Godil and Arild Brtelrud, "Design of a Wing Shape for Study of Hypersonic Crossflow Flight Experiment", in International Journal in Computing System in Engineering, Volume 3, Number1-4, pp. 115–130, 1992, Pergamon Press Ltd, Great Britain, 1992.
  59. Godil, A. and A. Bertelrud, "Design of a Wing Shape for Study of Hypersonic Crossflow Transition in Flight" presented at the Symposium on High-Performance Computing for Flight Vehicles, Washington, D.C., December 7–9, 1992.
  60. Bertelrud, Arild, Kolodziej, Paul, Noffz, Greg K., and Godil, Afzal, "Plans for In-Flight Measurement of Hypersonic Crossflow Transition on the Pegasus® Launch Vehicle", AIAA-92-4104, Aug. 1992.
  61. Malik, M. R., and Godil, A. A, Nonlinear development of Goertler and crossflow vortices and Goertler/Tollmien-Schlichting wave interaction: .Final Report, 1 Jul. - 31 Dec. 1989 NASA/High Technology Corp., Hampton, VA
  62. Malik, M. R., and Godil, A. A., 1990, Nonlinear Development of Goertler/Tollmien-Schlichting Wave Interaction. NTIS, .AD A 221 107
  63. Malik, M. R; Godil, A A, "Effect of wall suction and cooling on the second mode instability", Instability and transition; Proceedings of the Workshop, Hampton, VA; 15 May-9 June 1989. pp. 235-245. 1990 Compressible linear viscous stability theory is used to study the effect of combined wall suction and cooling on the second mode instability in a flat plate boundary layer. While wall cooling destabilizes the boundary layer, calculations at Mach 4.5 and 8 show that wall suction may be used to stabilize the boundary layer with respect to second mode (subsonic) instability.
  64. Few more Reports