John F. Jarvis

VITA


Education

B.S. (Physics) University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. December 1962

Ph. D. (Physics) Duke University, Durahm, NC. July 1967.
Advisor: Horst Meyer

Employment

Retired, 2001 -

Associate Prof. of Math and Computer Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences, USC-A, 1991-2001

Adjunct Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 1991

Head, Robotics Systems Research Department, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, 1982-1990

Member of Technical Staff, Image Processing and Display Research Department. AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, 1968-1982

Instructor and Research Associate, Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1967-1968

Other Appointments

Visiting Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, AZ, 1979-1981

Visiting Lecturer, EE&CS Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1978

Professional Society Memberships

AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers)

Patents

3,961,134, "Bi-Level Display System" (1975)
4,539,554, with R. G. Swartz and B. A. Wooley, "Analog Integrated Circuit Presure Sensor" (1985)

Publications

(48) "Mark McGwire's 162 Bases on Balls in 1998", Baseball Research Journal, Vol 29 (2000) pp 107-112

(47) "Chance and Intent: A Baseball Paradox", J. F. Jarvis, CHANCE, Vol 11, No. 3: 12-19, Summer 1998

(46) "Correlations of Galaxies at z=0.3", G. M. Berstein, J. A. Tyson, W. R. Brown, J. F. Jarvis, Astrophysical Journal, 426:516-523, 1994 May 10

(45) "Calibration of Theodolites", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. 1988 IEEE Conf. Robotics and Automation, 952-954

(44) "Microsurveying: Towards Robot Accuracy", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. 1987 IEEE Conf. Robotics and Automation, 1660-1665

(43) "Intelligent Machines", J. F. Jarvis, Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, 6th Ed., Volume 9, 274-276, 1987.

(42) "A Review of Robotics Research at AT&T Bell Laboratories", G. L. Miller, J. F. Jarvis, Proc. Int. Conf. on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1984, 23-29

(41) "Segmentation by Image-Matched Low-Level Operators", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. Second Int. Symposium on Robotics Research, Kyoto, Japan, 1984, MIT Press (1985) 71-80

(40) "Robotics", J. F. Jarvis, COMPUTER 17(October 1984) 283-292

(39) "Galaxy Mass Distribution from Gravitational Light Deflection", J. A. Tyson, F. Valdes, J. F. Jarvis, A. P. Mills, Jr., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 281(June 15, 1984) L59-L62

(38) "Research Directions in Industrial Machine Vision: A Workshop Summary", J. F. Jarvis, COMPUTER 15(Dec. 1982) 55-61

(37) "Alignment of Faint Galaxy Images: Cosmological Distortion and Rotation", F. Valdes, J. A. Tyson, J. F. Jarvis, Astrophysical Journal, 271(August 1983) 431-439

(36) "Computer Vision Experiments on Images of Wire-Wrap Circuit Boards", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. IEEE Industrial Applications of Machine Vision (May 1982), 144-150

(35) "Analysis of Synthesized Dim Galaxy Images", J. F. Jarvis, F. Valdes, J. A. Tyson, Proc. SPIE 331(1983) 473-477

(34) "Automatic Visual Inspection", J. L Mundy, J. F. Jarvis, in "Applications of Pattern Recognition", K. S. Fu Ed., CRC Press 1982, 121-154

(33) "FOCAS: Faint Object Classification and Analysis System", J. F. Jarvis, J. A. Tyson, Astronomical Journal, Vol 86, No 3 (March 1981), 476-495

(32) "Performance Verification of an Automated Image Cataloging System", J. F. Jarvis, J. A. Tyson, Proc SPIE 264, Conf. on Applications of Digital Image Processing to Astronomy, Pasadena CA, 8/80. 222-229

(31) "Automated Faint Galaxy Counts and Galactic Evolution", J. A. Tyson, J. F. Jarvis, Proc. Int. Astronomical Union Symposium #92 - High Redshift Objects, (1980)

(30) "Visual Inspection Automation", J. F. Jarvis, COMPUTER 13(May 1980) 32-38

(29) "A Method for Automating the Visual Inspection of Printed Wiring Boards", J. F. Jarvis, IEEE Trans. PAMI, 2(1980) 77-82

(28) "Visual Inspection Automation", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. COMPSAC 79 (Nov 5, 1979, Chicago) 251-255

(27) "An Application of Pattern Recognition to an Astronomical Data Reduction Problem", J. F. Jarvis, J. A. Tyson, Proc. IEEE 1979 Conf. PRIP, 225-232

(26) "Evolution of Galaxies: Automated Faint Object Counts to 24th Magnitude", J. A. Tyson, J. F. Jarvis, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 230 (June 15, 1979) L153-L156

(25) "FOCAS-Faint Object Classification and Analysis System", J. F. Jarvis, J. A. Tyson, Proc SPIE Vol. 172, (Instr. in Astronomy, Jan 29,1979) 422-428

(24) "Automatic Visual Inspection of Glass-Metal Seals", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. Fourth Int. Joint Conf. on Pattern Recognition, 961-965

(23) "Experiments in Automating Visual Inspection", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. 1978 Joint Automatic Control Conf., Vol 1, 307-314

(22) "A Method for the Automatic Inspection of Printed Wiring Boards", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. SITEL-ULG (Belgium) 1977 Seminar on Pattern Recognition 9.1.1-9.1.8

(21) "Automatic Visual Inspection of Western Electric Series 700 Connectors", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. 1977 IEEE-CS Conf. on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, 153-159

(20) "On Automating Visual Inspection", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. 7th Annual EIA AIPR Symposium (1977) 138-146

(19) "The Line Drawing Editor: Schematic Drawing Editing Using Pattern Recognition Techniques", J. F. Jarvis, Computer Graphics Image Processing 6(1977) 452-484

(18) "Feature Recognition in Line drawings Using Regular Expressions", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. Third Int. Joint Conf. on Pattern Recognition (1976) 189-192

(17) "The Line Drawing Editor, An Experiment in Computer Vision", J. F. Jarvis, Computer Graphics 10 No. 2(1976) 288-292

(16) "A New Technique for Displaying Continuous Tone Images on a Bilevel Display", J. F. Jarvis, C. S. Roberts, IEEE Trans. Comm. COM-24(1976) 891-898

(15) "A Survey of Techniques for the Display of Continuous Tone Pictures on Bilevel Displays", J. F. Jarvis, C. N. Judice, W. H. Ninke, Computer Graphics Image Processing 5(1976), 13-40

(14) "An Area Organized Data Structure for Interactive Graphics", J. F. Jarvis, Computer Graphics 9 No. 1(1975) 184-190

(13) "Bilevel Rendition of Continuous Tone Pictures on an AC Plasma Panel", C. N. Judice, J. F. Jarvis, W. H. Ninke, Conf. Record, 1974 IEEE/SID Conf. on Display Devices and Systems 89-98

(12) "Using Ordered Dither to Display Continuous Tone Pictures on an AC Plasma Panel", C. N. Judice, J. F. Jarvis, W. H. Ninke, Proc. SID, 15/4(1974) 161-169

(11) "A Graphical Display System Utilizing Plasma Panels", J. F. Jarvis, Computers and Graphics Volume 1(1975) 175-180

(10) "Two Simple Windowing Algorithms", J. F. Jarvis, Software Practices and Experiences 5(1975) 115-122

(9) "The Design of Interactive Graphics Aids to Mask Layout", J. F. Jarvis, Proc. IEEE 60(1972) 35-39

(8) "An Interactive Graphics Mask Design Program", J. F. Jarvis, Digest Tech. Papers. 1971 Int. Solid State Circuits Conf. 14(1971) 116-117

(7) "Nuclear Susceptibility of Liquid He3 -I", J. R. Thompson, H. Ramm, J. F. Jarvis, Horst Meyer, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2(1970) 571-

(6) "Measurement of (dP/dT)^ and Related Properties in Solidified Gases. II. Solid H2", J. F. Jarvis, Dietolf Ramm, Horst Meyer, Phys. Rev. 178(1969) 1461-

(5) "Measurement of (dP/dT)^ and Related Properties in Solidified Gases. I. Solid He4", J. F. Jarvis, Dietolf Ramm, Horst Meyer, Phys. Rev. 170(1968) 320-

(4) "Rotational Excitations in Solid D2", D. Ramm, H. Meyer, J. F. Jarvis, R. L. Mills, Solid State Communications, 6(1968) 497-

(3) "Density Changes in Solid H2", J. F. Jarvis, D. Ramm, Horst Meyer, Phys. Rev. Letters, 18(1967) 119-

(2) "Pressure Changes Accompanying the Phase Transition in Solid H2 and D2", J. F. Jarvis, D. Ramm, H. Meyer, R. L. Mills, Physics Letters, 25A(1967) 692-

(1) "Thermal Expansion of Solid He4", J. F. Jarvis, H. Meyer, Proc. of the Tenth Int. Conf. on Low Temperature Physics. Moscow, 1966


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