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ADDRESS : Dr Ross F Walker
Ritsumeikan University, BKC
1-1 Noji-Cho, Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

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Research, Interests.

I am a research scientist at Lake Biwa Research Institute, Japan. My research involves the automatic detection and classification of freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in Lake Biwa, using image processing and pattern recognition techniques. Previously, I was a researcher and part-time lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia. I was a member of CSSIP's Medical Diagnostics group, undertaking research in the area of Pap Smear analysis and classification. Specifically, my interest was in feature extraction and classification of cell nuclei, using self-adaptive, multi-scale texture analysis. This new technique, which directly targets discriminatory information in texture images, is introduced in my PhD thesis (see below)

I enjoy nature and am a keen environmentalist. I also have an interest in alternative energies and enjoy putting theory into practice by including wind and solar energy as a source for my home's energy needs. Electronic design and construction take up some of my leisure time, and I am the holder of Amateur Radio Licences VK4ASO. I have a great interest in Asian (particularly Japanese) culture and society, and I am a speaker of Japanese. Currently, I'm living in the city of Otsu, Japan, beside Lake Biwa.

Ross F Walker, "ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE TEXTURE ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATION TO AUTOMATED CYTOLOGY ", PhD Thesis, July, 1997, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract. Email me regarding availability.

Ross F Walker, "REPORT ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GMS WEATHER SATELLITE RECEIVE SYSTEM ", Undergraduate thesis, 1991, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Ross F. Walker, Paul T. Jackway, I.D. Longstaff, "GENETIC ALGORITHM OPTIMISATION OF ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM FEATURES", International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (to appear).

Ross F. Walker, Michio Kumagai, "FLUORESCENCE-ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS OF FRESHWATER MICROALGAE", Journal of Microbiological Methods (to appear).

Michio Kumagai, Tamaki Ura, Yoji Kuroda, Ross F. Walker, "AUV 'TANTAN' DESIGNED FOR LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENT MONITORING", Advanced Robotics - Special Issue on Recent Advances in Underwater Robotics: Theory and Technology. (to appear)

Ross F. Walker, Michio Kumagai, "IMAGE ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR QUANTITATIVE PHYCOLOGY - A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO CYANOBACTERIAL TAXA IDENTIFICATION", Limnology, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp107-115. Abstract

Michio Kumagai, Ross F. Walker, Yoshiaki Fukunaga, Keiichi Morinaga, Shigeo Tsujimura, "PHYTOPLANKTON HIGH-SPEED HIGH ACCURACY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM", Misu (water), The Monthly Journal of Misu, Vol 41, October 1999 (in Japanese)

Ross F. Walker, Shigeo Tsujimura, and Michio Kumagai, "AUTOMATIC HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CYANOBACTERIA BY IMAGE PROCESSING AND PATTERN RECOGNITION", the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Limnology, 20th-23rd September, 1998, Matsumoto, Japan, pp126. Abstract

Ross F. Walker, Shigeo Tsujimura, and Michio Kumagai, "AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF SIX CYANOBACTERIAL TAXA FROM LAKE BIWA BY IMAGE PROCESSING ", SIL '98, the 27th Congress of the International Association of Limnology, 9th-14th August, 1998, Dublin, Ireland. Abstract

Ross F. Walker, Paul Jackway, and I.D. Longstaff, "RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF THE CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX FOR TEXTURE RECOGNITION ", ICDSP '97, the 13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, 2nd-4th June, 1997, Santorini, Greece. Abstract

Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, " STATISTICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES - EXTENSIONS FOR CYTOLOGICAL TEXTURE ANALYSIS", ICPR '96, the 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 25-30th August, 1996, Vienna, Austria. Abstract

Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, I.D. Longstaff IMPROVING CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX FEATURE DISCRIMINATION, DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract

Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, Brian Lovell, CERVICAL CELL CLASSIFICATION VIA CO-OCCURRENCE AND MARKOV RANDOM FIELD FEATURES, DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract

Paul Jackway, Ross F Walker, "SCALED GRADIENT WATERSHEDS AND CELL FEATURE EXTRACTION", DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract

Ross F Walker, Paul T. Jackway, Brian Lovell "CLASSIFICATION OF CERVICAL CELL NUCLEI USING MORPHOLOGICAL SEGMENTATION AND TEXTURAL FEATURE EXTRACTION", ANZIIS '94, the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems, November, 1994, Brisbane, Australia, pp297-301. Abstract

Ross F Walker, "COMPARATIVE RESULTS FOR ARABIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS.", Proceedings of WoSPA '93, SPRC Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications, Dec. 13-15 1993, Brisbane, Australia, pp52-60, ISBN 0-86856-927-5. Abstract

Ross F. Walker, "CYANOBACTERIA DETECTION AND SPECIES CLASSIFICATION BY IMAGE ANALYSIS" , Report to the Science and Technology Agency (Japan), 13th April, 1999, Lake Biwa Research Institute, Otsu, Japan.

Ross F Walker, "GENETIC ALGORITHM OPTIMISATION OF ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM FEATURES ", CSSIP Technical Report TR2/97, April 1997, CSSIP, Technology Park, Adelaide, South Australia.

Ross F Walker, "ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM ", CSSIP Technical Report TR1/97, February 1997, CSSIP, Technology Park, Adelaide, South Australia.

Ross F Walker, "STATISTICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES - EXTENSIONS FOR CYTOLOGICAL TEXTURE ANALYSIS ", Internal Report, May 1996, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Ross F Walker, " SPACIO-TEMPORAL ARABIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING POLYNOMIAL CONTOUR FITTING.", Internal Report, Dec. 1993, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

	Ross F Walker, "ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE TEXTURE ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATION TO AUTOMATED CYTOLOGY ", PhD Thesis, July, 1997, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract. Email me regarding availability.
	Ross F Walker, "REPORT ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GMS WEATHER SATELLITE RECEIVE SYSTEM ", Undergraduate thesis, 1991, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

	Ross F. Walker, Paul T. Jackway, I.D. Longstaff, "GENETIC ALGORITHM OPTIMISATION OF ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM FEATURES", International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (to appear).
	Ross F. Walker, Michio Kumagai, "FLUORESCENCE-ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS OF FRESHWATER MICROALGAE", Journal of Microbiological Methods (to appear).
	Michio Kumagai, Tamaki Ura, Yoji Kuroda, Ross F. Walker, "AUV 'TANTAN' DESIGNED FOR LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENT MONITORING", Advanced Robotics - Special Issue on Recent Advances in Underwater Robotics: Theory and Technology. (to appear)
	Ross F. Walker, Michio Kumagai, "IMAGE ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR QUANTITATIVE PHYCOLOGY - A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO CYANOBACTERIAL TAXA IDENTIFICATION", Limnology, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp107-115. Abstract
	Michio Kumagai, Ross F. Walker, Yoshiaki Fukunaga, Keiichi Morinaga, Shigeo Tsujimura, "PHYTOPLANKTON HIGH-SPEED HIGH ACCURACY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM", Misu (water), The Monthly Journal of Misu, Vol 41, October 1999 (in Japanese)
	Ross F. Walker, Shigeo Tsujimura, and Michio Kumagai, "AUTOMATIC HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CYANOBACTERIA BY IMAGE PROCESSING AND PATTERN RECOGNITION", the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Limnology, 20th-23rd September, 1998, Matsumoto, Japan, pp126. Abstract
	Ross F. Walker, Shigeo Tsujimura, and Michio Kumagai, "AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF SIX CYANOBACTERIAL TAXA FROM LAKE BIWA BY IMAGE PROCESSING ", SIL '98, the 27th Congress of the International Association of Limnology, 9th-14th August, 1998, Dublin, Ireland. Abstract
	Ross F. Walker, Paul Jackway, and I.D. Longstaff, "RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF THE CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX FOR TEXTURE RECOGNITION ", ICDSP '97, the 13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, 2nd-4th June, 1997, Santorini, Greece. Abstract
	Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, " STATISTICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES - EXTENSIONS FOR CYTOLOGICAL TEXTURE ANALYSIS", ICPR '96, the 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 25-30th August, 1996, Vienna, Austria. Abstract
	Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, I.D. Longstaff IMPROVING CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX FEATURE DISCRIMINATION, DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract
	Ross F Walker, Paul Jackway, Brian Lovell, CERVICAL CELL CLASSIFICATION VIA CO-OCCURRENCE AND MARKOV RANDOM FIELD FEATURES, DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract
	Paul Jackway, Ross F Walker, "SCALED GRADIENT WATERSHEDS AND CELL FEATURE EXTRACTION", DICTA '95, the 3rd Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 6-8th December, 1995, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract
	Ross F Walker, Paul T. Jackway, Brian Lovell "CLASSIFICATION OF CERVICAL CELL NUCLEI USING MORPHOLOGICAL SEGMENTATION AND TEXTURAL FEATURE EXTRACTION", ANZIIS '94, the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems, November, 1994, Brisbane, Australia, pp297-301. Abstract
	Ross F Walker, "COMPARATIVE RESULTS FOR ARABIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS.", Proceedings of WoSPA '93, SPRC Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications, Dec. 13-15 1993, Brisbane, Australia, pp52-60, ISBN 0-86856-927-5. Abstract

	Ross F. Walker, "CYANOBACTERIA DETECTION AND SPECIES CLASSIFICATION BY IMAGE ANALYSIS" , Report to the Science and Technology Agency (Japan), 13th April, 1999, Lake Biwa Research Institute, Otsu, Japan.
	Ross F Walker, "GENETIC ALGORITHM OPTIMISATION OF ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM FEATURES ", CSSIP Technical Report TR2/97, April 1997, CSSIP, Technology Park, Adelaide, South Australia.
	Ross F Walker, "ADAPTIVE MULTI-SCALE GLCM ", CSSIP Technical Report TR1/97, February 1997, CSSIP, Technology Park, Adelaide, South Australia.
	Ross F Walker, "STATISTICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES - EXTENSIONS FOR CYTOLOGICAL TEXTURE ANALYSIS ", Internal Report, May 1996, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
	Ross F Walker, " SPACIO-TEMPORAL ARABIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING POLYNOMIAL CONTOUR FITTING.", Internal Report, Dec. 1993, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.