Patrick J. Flynn

Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame

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• A current CV

Advisees

• Christhopher Boehnen, Ph.D., 2009 [dissertation (PDF)]
• Timothy Faltemier, Ph.D., 2007 (co-advisor with Kevin Bowyer) [dissertation (PDF)]
• Xiaomei Liu, Ph.D., 2006 (co-advisor with Kevin Bowyer) [dissertation (PDF)]
• Xin Chen, Ph.D., 2006 (co-advisor with Kevin Bowyer) [dissertation (PDF)]
• Jin Chang, Ph.D., 2004 (co-advisor with Kevin Bowyer) [dissertation (PDF)]
• Damon Woodard, Ph.D., 2004 [dissertation (PDF)]
• Richard Campbell, Ph.D., 2001 [dissertation (PDF)]
• Karen Hollingsworth, M.S., 2008 [thesis (PDF)]
• Christopher Boehnen, M.S., 2005 [thesis (PDF)]
• Haoshu Wang, M.S., 2004 [thesis (PDF)]
• Xin Chen, M.S., 2003 [thesis (PDF)]
• Anand Kalyanaraman, M.S., 2000, [thesis (PDF)]
• Ruming Yin, M.S., 1999 (co-advisor with Shira Broschat).
• Xiangrong Wang, M.S., 1999.
• Yan Chen, M.S., 1995 (co-advisor with Shira Broschat).
• Richard Campbell, M.S., 1995.
• Matthew Howell, M.S., 1994.
• Samir Kapoor, M.S., 1994.
• Jian Guo, M.S., 1994.
• Hongjiu Lu, M.S., 1992.
• Zhiya Cai, M.S., 1992.
• Bryan Triplett, M.S., 1992.
• Vinod Chandran, M.S., 1991.
• Gerald Dalley, B.S. (honors), 2000.

Papers (very incomplete list)

• H. Bui, M. Kelly, C. Lyon, M. Pasquier, D. Thomas, P. Flynn and D. Thain, Experience with BXGrid: a data repository and computing grid for biometrics research, Cluster Computing, in press, 2009. [PDF]
• K. Hollingsworth, K.W. Bowyer and P.J. Flynn, Pupil Dilation Degrades Iris Biometric Performance, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 113:150-157, 2009. [preprint PDF]
• T.C. Faltemier, K.W. Bowyer and P.J. Flynn, Using multi-instance enrollment to improve performance of 3D face recognition, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 112:114-125, 2008 [PDF]
• K. Hollingsworth, K.W. Bowyer and P.J. Flynn, The Best Bits in an Iris Code, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, to appear [preprint PDF]
• K.W. Bowyer, K. Hollingsworth and P.J. Flynn, Image understanding for iris biometrics: a survey, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 110:281-307, 2008. [PDF]
• T.C. Faltemier, K.W. Bowyer and P.J. Flynn, A Region Ensemble for 3-D Face Recognition, IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security 3(1):62-73, March 2008. [PDF]
• P. J. Phillips, W. T. Scruggs, A. J. O'Toole, P. J. Flynn, K. W. Bowyer, C. L. Schott, M. Sharpe, FRVT 2006 and ICE 2006 Large-Scale Results, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 7408, http://face.nist.gov, 2007. [PDF]
• Kevin W. Bowyer, Kyong Chang, Patrick Flynn, and Xin Chen, Face Recognition Using 2D, 3D, and Infra-Red: Is Multi-Modal Better than Multi-Sample?, Proceedings of the IEEE 94(11):2000-2012, November 2006. [PDF]
• Kyong Chang, Kevin Bowyer, and Patrick Flynn, Multiple Nose Region Matching for 3D Face Recognition under Varying Facial Expression, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 28(10):1695-1700, October 2006. [PDF]
• Kyong Chang, Kevin Bowyer and Patrick Flynn, A Survey of Approaches and Challenges in 3D and Multi-Modal 2D+3D Face Recognition, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 101(1):1-15, January 2006. [PDF]
• Damon Woodard and Patrick Flynn, Finger surface as a biometric identifier, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 100(3):357-384, December 2005. [PDF]
• Xin Chen, Patrick Flynn and Kevin Bowyer, IR and Visible Light Face Recognition, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 99(3):332-358, September 2005. [PDF]
• Xin Chen, Patrick J. Flynn and Kevin W. Bowyer, Fully Automated Symmetry Axis Detection in Frontal Color Images, Proc. Fourth IEEE Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies (AutoID 2005), p. 106-111, October 2005.[PDF]
• Christopher Boehnen and Patrick Flynn, Accuracy of 3D Scanning Technologies in a Face Scanning Context, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling (3DIM 2005), Ottawa. [PDF]
• Kevin W. Bowyer, Kyong Chang and Patrick Flynn, An Evaluation of Multimodal 2D+3D Face Biometrics, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 27(4):619-624, April 2005. [PDF]
• X. Zhang, S. Broschat and P. Flynn, A Numerical Study of Conjugate Gradient Directions for an Ultrasound Inverse Imaging Problem, J. Computational Acoustics, 12(4)587-604, December 2004. [PDF]
  
• R. Campbell and P. Flynn, Free-Form Object Recognition in Range Data Using Weak Correspondence Between Local Features, Int. J. Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 17(7):1245-1277, November 2003. [PDF]
• Y. Chen, R. Yin, P. Flynn and S. Broschat, Aggressive Region Growing for Speckle Reduction in Ultrasound Images, Pattern Recognition Letters, 24(4-5):677-691, February 2003 [PDF]
• Xiaodong Zhang, Shira Broschat and Patrick Flynn, A Conjugate Gradient Neural Network Technique for Ultrasound Inverse Imaging, J. Computational Acoustics 10(2):243-264, 2002 [PDF]
• Kim Boyer, Ravi Srikantiah, and Patrick Flynn, Saliency Sequential Surface Organization for Free Form Object Recognition, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 88(3):152-188, December 2002 [PDF]
• Gerald Dalley and Patrick Flynn, Range Image Registration: A Study in Outlier Classification, Computer Vision and Image Understanding 87(1-3):104-115, July-September 2002 [PDF]
• Ruming Yin, Patrick Flynn and Shira Broschat, Position-Dependent Defocus Processing for Ultrasound Holographic Images, Int. J. Imaging Science and Tech. 12(3), September 2002 [PDF]
• Xiaodong Zhang, Shira Broschat and Patrick Flynn, A Comparison of Material Classification Techniques for Ultrasound Inverse Imaging, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 111(1):457-467 (Part 1), January 2002 [PDF]
• Richard Campbell and Patrick Flynn, A Survey of Free-form Object Representation and Recognition Techniques, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 81(2):166-210, 2001 [PDF]
• Anil Jain, M.N. Murty and Patrick Flynn, Cluster Analysis: A Review, ACM Computing Surveys 31(3):264-323, September 1999 [PDF]
• John Hart, Wayne Cochran and Patrick Flynn, Similarity Hashing: A Computer Vision Solution to the Inverse Problem of Linear Fractals, Fractals J., May 1997. PDF)
• John Schneider, Patrick Flynn and Kurt Shlager, Animating the Evolution of a Two-Dimensional Field, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 38(6):7-17, 1996.[PDF]
• John Hart, Wayne Cochran and Patrick Flynn, Fractal Volume Compression, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 4(2):313-322, December 1996.[PDF]
• Adam Hoover, Gillian Jean-Baptiste, Xiaoyi Jiang, Patrick Flynn, Horst Bunke, Dmitry Goldgof, Kevin Bowyer, David Eggert, Andrew Fitzgibbon and Robert Fisher, An Experimental Comparison of Range Image Segmentation Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 18(7):673-689, July 1996. [PDF]
• Patrick Flynn, Realistic Range Rendering, Image and Vision Computing 14(7):465-472, July 1996.[PDF]
• Yan Chen, Shira Broschat and Patrick Flynn, Phase Insensitive and Homomorphic Image Processing for Speckle Reduction, Ultrasound Imaging 18(2):122-139, April 1996 [PDF]
• Jianchang Mao, Anil Jain and Patrick Flynn, Integration of Multiple Feature Groups and Multiple Views into a 3D Object Recognition System,Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing: Image Understanding 62(3):309-325, November 1995 [PDF]
• Patrick Flynn, 3D Object Recognition With Symmetric Models: Symmetry Extraction and Encoding, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 16(8):814-817, August 1994.[PDF]
• John Moody, Patrick Flynn and David Cohn, Parallel Hypothesis Verification, Pattern Recognition, 26(10):1521-1527, October 1993.
• Timothy Newman, Patrick Flynn and Anil Jain, Model-Based Classification of Quadric Surfaces, Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing: Image Understanding, 58(2):235-249, September 1993.
• Patrick Flynn and Anil Jain, 3D Object Recognition Using Invariant Feature Indexing of Interpretation Tables, Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing: Image Understanding, 55(2):119-129, March 1992.
• Patrick Flynn and Anil Jain, BONSAI: 3D Object Recognition Using Constrained Search, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 13(10):1066-1075, October 1991.
• Patrick Flynn and Anil Jain, CAD-Based Computer Vision: From CAD Models to Relational Graphs, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 13(2):114-132, February 1991. Reprinted in Computer Vision: Advances and Applications, R. Kasturi and R. Jain (eds.), IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 228-246, 1991. Reprinted in Selected Papers on Model-Based Vision, H. Nasr (ed.), SPIE Vol. MS72 (Milestone Series), SPIE Press, 1993.
• Torfinn Taxt, Patrick Flynn and Anil Jain, Segmentation of Document Images, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 11(12):1322-1328, December 1989.
• William Byrne, Patrick Flynn, Roland Zapp and Marvin Siegel, Adaptive Filter Signal Processing in Microwave Remote Heart Monitors, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering BME-33(7):717-721, July 1986 [PDF]

Contact Information

Office: 323B Cushing

Mail:
Patrick J. Flynn
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame
384 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Other:
flynn@nd.edu
(574) 631-8803 (voice)
(574) 631-9260 (facsimile)