435 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10025
MICHAEL GROSSBERG
Home: 212.865.9804
Cell: 917.334.8406
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Mathematics under the supervision of Raoul Bott (Harvard)
1986-1991
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
B. A. Degree in Mathematics, Cum Laude
1982-1986
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Columbia University, New York, NY
1993-Present
Research Scientist in Computer Vision (1999-Present)
 Conducted research in computer vision including:
o Modeling and calibration of imaging and projector systems
o High dynamic range imaging
o Design of novel imaging and projector systems
o Indexing using multi-resolution histograms
 Filed four provisional patents in computer vision
 Recruited PhD and Masters candidates
 Advised PhD, Masters and Undergraduate students
 Facilitated and organized lab meetings
 Managed the system administration group within the lab
Research Scientist in Computer Networking (1999-2000)
 Designed and built a prototype of novel network layer routing system for flexible and dynamic
addressing as an alternative to IP addressing
 Filed one provisional patent in Networking
 Supervised a team of students including Undergraduates, Masters and PhDs
Lecturer in Computer Science (1997-1999)
 Taught classes in computer science including “Introduction to programming in C” for engineers,
“Introduction to programming in Java,” for computer science majors and “Computability and
models of computation”.
Joseph F. Ritt Assistant Professor (1993-1997)
 Taught classes in mathematics including: “Calculus”, “Advanced Calculus”, “Linear algebra”,
“Real analysis”, “Dynamical systems”.
 Conducted research in mathematics on topics including:
o Symplectic Geometry
o Algebraic Geometry
o Representations of Lie Groups
o Mathematical Physics
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mathematics
 Conducted research in
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o Symplectic and Spinc Geometry
o Bases of Representations of Lie Groups
Co-organizer of Lie Groups and Physics Seminar.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Matlab, Mathematica, Perl, Python, C/C++, Java, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, LaTeX, Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer for IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2003, 2001), IEEE International
Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2003, 2001), ACM International Conference on Computer
Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2003) and International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)
PUBLICATIONS
Conference Papers
Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, What is the Space of Camera Response Functions? In
Proc. IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Vol. 2, p. 602 -609, 2003
Rahul Swaminathan, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, A Perspective on Distortions. In
Proc. IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Vol. 2, p. 594 -601, 2003
Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, What can be Known about the Radiometric Response
Function from Images? In Proc. of European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Vol. 2, p. 189205, 2002
Rahul Swaminathan, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Caustics of Catadioptric Camera, In
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Vol. 2, p. 2-9, 2001
Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, A General Imaging Model and a Method for Finding its
Parameters, In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Vol. 2, p. 108 115, 2001
E. Hadjidemetriou, M. Grossberg and S. K. Nayar, Spatial Information in Multi-resolution
Histograms, In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Vol. 1,
p. 702 -709, 2001
E. Hadjidemetriou, M. Grossberg and S. K. Nayar, Histogram Preserving Image Transformations, In
Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Vol. 1,
p. 410-416, 2000
Journal Papers
Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, Modeling the Space of Camera Response Functions
Images, Submitted, to IEEE Transactions on PAMI
Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, The Raxel Imaging Model and Ray Based Calibration,
Accepted to International Journal of Computer Vision
Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, Determining the Camera Response from Images: What
is Knowable? To Appear, in IEEE Transactions on PAMI
Efstathios Hadjidemetriou, Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, Multiresolution Histograms
and their Use for Recognition? To Appear, in IEEE Transactions on PAMI
435 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10025
MICHAEL GROSSBERG
Home: 212.865.9804
Cell: 917.334.8406
Efstathios Hadjidemetriou, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Histogram Preserving Image
Transformations, International Journal of Computer Vision, 45(1), p. 5-23, 2001
Michael D. Grossberg and Yael Karshon, Equivariant Index and the Moment Map for Completely
Integrable Torus Actions, Advances in Mathematics, 133(2), p. 185-223, 1998
Michael D. Grossberg and Yael Karshon, Bott Towers, Complete Integrability, and the Extended
Character of Representations, Duke Math J., 76(1), p. 23-58, 1994
Workshop Papers
Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, High Dynamic Range from Multiple Images: Which
Exposures to Combine? Workshop on Color and Photometric Methods in Computer Vision, ICCV
2003
Shree K. Nayar, Harish Peri, Michael D. Grossberg, and Peter N. Belhumeur, A Projection System
with Radiometric Compensation for Screen Imperfections,
To Appear, International Workshop on Projector-Camera Systems, ICCV 2003
Rahul Swaminathan, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Framework for Designing
Catadioptric Imaging and Projection Systems, To Appear, International Workshop on ProjectorCamera Systems, ICCV 2003
Efstathios Hadjidemetriou, Michael D. Grossberg, and Shree K. Nayar, Multiresolution Histograms
and their Use for Texture Classification, To Appear, 3rd International Workshop on Texture Analysis
and Synthesis, ICCV 2003
Thesis
Complete integrability and geometrically induced, representations, Ph.D. thesis, M.I.T, 1991
SUBMITTED US PATENTS
Rahul Swaminathan, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Method for Designing Arbitrary
Catadioptric Cameras (2003)
Shree K. Nayar, Harish S. Peri, Michael D. Grossberg, and Peter N. Belhumeur, Projection System
with Radiometric Compensation for Screen Imperfections (2003)
Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Method & System for Enhancing Data Quality (2002)
Rahul Swaminathan, Michael D. Grossberg and Shree K. Nayar, Method and Apparatus for
Reducing Distortion in Images (2000)
Michael D. Grossberg, Danilo Florissi and Yechiam Yemini, A Method and Apparatus for
Dynamically Addressing and Routing in a Data Network (2000)
REFERENCES
Available upon request