Computer Science and
     Software Engineering

Computer Science and Software Engineering

R. Mukundan

(Ramakrishnan Mukundan)

Position

Associate Professor

Qualifications

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Room

Erskine Building  311

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987, Ext: 7770
Fax: +64 3 364 2569
Mukundan@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal Address

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand.

Undergraduate Courses

COSC262: Algorithms
COSC363: Computer Graphics
COSC366: Summer Project

Graduate Courses

COSC422: Advanced Computer Graphics
COSC416: Mobile 3D Graphics

Research Interests

  • Computer Vision:
    1. Pose estimation using moment functions
    2. Object recognition using moment invariants
    3. Moment based algorithms for stereo vision

  • Image Processing and Analysis:
    1. Discrete orthogonal image transforms
    2. Image and video compression
    3. Medical image processing
    4. Invariant characteristics of shape descriptors
    5. Fast computation of moment invariants

  • Computer Graphics:
    1. Real-time rendering
    2. Non-photorealistic rendering
    3. Terrain rendering algorithms
    4. Image-based rendering and view synthesis
    5. Mobile 3D graphics and games programming
    6. Facial expression analysis and recognition

    • Also see: Computer Graphics and Image Processing Research Group

Projects and Publications

Java Applets for Algorithm Visualization

Java Applets Centre