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Michaels PhD proposal 1 PhD proposal presentation. Title: A linguistic approach to description/identification of ill-defined objects. Candidate: Michael Collins Supervisor: Dr Nicola Ritter Date: 4th August, 2005 Michaels PhD proposal 2 A linguistic approach to description/identification of ill-defined objects. ● The Background to the Study ● The Significance of the Study ● The Purpose of the Study ● Influences (major ones selected from literature review) ● Research Questions? ● Conceptual Framework ● Materials and methods ● Design of Experiment ● Limitations: 2D only ● Bibliography Michaels PhD proposal 3 The Background to the Study: Setting the scene... ● Clarify or confuse? ● Object = [Computer Science (non-OOP)] A discrete item that can be selected and manoeuvred, such as an onscreen graphic. ● Form = The shape and structure of an object; The essence of something. ● Shape = Something distinguished from its surroundings by its outline; the characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour. ● Outline = A line marking the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure. ● Contour = The outline of a figure, body, or mass. ● Figure = [Mathematics] A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes. Source = D ... other dictionaries offer similar... Michaels PhD proposal 4 The Background to the Study: Setting the scene... ● Image processing is used to remove tedium with varying degrees of success from e.g.: – Vehicle recognition (speed/red-light) cameras ● Text recognition – Facial recognition... ● However, in areas where objects are ill-defined, manual means still prevail, e.g. recognition of: – Erythrocytes; – Other body cells in research; – Palynology (pollen); – Soils for forensic analysis. ● While researchers have succeeded in recog