John Kerekes Research Interests
Remote sensing, system modeling and analysis, pattern recognition,
medical imaging, image processing
Associate Professor
BS, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1983
MS, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1986
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1989
Carlson (Building 76) Room 76-3120
585-475-6996
585-475-5988 (fax)
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Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
54 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623
Last Updated ( Friday, 28 April 2006 )
Publications Gurram, P.; Lach, S.; Saber, E.; Rhody, H.E.; Kerekes, J. 3D scene reconstruction through a fusion of passive video and lidar imagery Proceedings of AIPR-2007, (Washington, DC), IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop, IEEE, October (2007) Lach, S.R.; Kerekes,J.P.; Fan, X. Fusion of Multiple Image Types for the Creation of Radiometrically-accurate Synthetic Scenes submitted to SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, December 2007. (Manuscript is complete; awaiting US Government public release approval.) (2007) Stefanou, M.S. and Kerekes, J.P. Image-derived Spectral Image Utility submitted to IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (undergoing review), November (2007) Kerekes, J.P. Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Confidence Intervals and Regions IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, accepted for publication, September (2007) Kerekes, J.P, and Schott, J.R Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, Chein- I Chang, Editor, Hyperspectral Data Exploitation: Theory and Applications
John Wiley and Sons (2006) Kerekes, J. Orlando, Florida 17-21 April 2006 Presented two talks on research activities Rochester, New York 30-31 May 2006 Participated in workshops (2006) Grimm, David C.; Messinger, David W.; Kerekes, John P.; Schott; John R. Hybridization of hyperspectral imaging target detection algorithm chains Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5806, p. 753-763, Orlando, March (2005) West, J.E., Messinger, D.W., Ientilucci, E.J., Kerekes, J.P., Schott, J.R. Matched filter stochastic background characterization for hyperspectral target detection Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5806, p. 1-12, Orlando, March (2005) Kerekes, J. P; Baum, J. E Full Spectrum Spectral Imaging System Analytical Model accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, to appear in March 2005 issue. (2005) Kerekes, J;Baum, J Full Spectrum Modeling of At-Sensor Spectral Radiance Variability Due to Surface Variability IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Anchorage, Alaska, 20-24 September 2004. (2004) Kerekes, J; Manolakis, D Improved Modeling of Background Distributions in an End-to-end Spectral Imaging System Model IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Anchorage, Alaska, 20-24 September 2004 (2004) Kerekes, J; Hsu, S Spectral Quality Metrics for Terrain Classification Proceedings of Imaging Spectrometry X, Vol. 5546, SPIE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2-6 August 2004. (2004) Kerekes, J; Hsu, S Spectral Quality Metrics for VNIR and SWIR Hyperspectral Imagery Proceedings of Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, Vol. 5425, SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 12-16 April 2004. (2004) Griffin, M; Burke, H; Kerekes, J Understanding Radiative Transfer in the Midwave Infrared; a Precursor to Full-Spectrum Atmospheric Compensation Proceedings of Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, Vol. 5425, SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 12-16 April 2004. (2004) Czerwinski, R; Farrar, K; Griffin, M; Kerekes, J Spectral Quality Requirements for Effluent Quantification using LWIR Hyperspectral Data Proceedings of Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, Vol. 5425, SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, 12-16 April 2004 (2004) Kerekes, J. P; Baum, J. E Hyperspectral Imaging System Modeling Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Special Issue on Spectral Imaging, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 117-130, 2003. (2003) Nischan, M. L;Joseph, R. M; Libby, J. C; Kerekes, J. P Active Spectral Imaging Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Special Issue on Spectral Imaging, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 131-144, 2003. (2003) Kerekes, J Spectral Imaging System Performance Forecasting IEEE Workshop on Advances in Techniques for Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data, Greenbelt, Maryland, 27-28 October 2003. (2003) Kerekes, J; Glennon, M; Lockwood, R Unmixing Analysis: Model Prediction Compared to Observed Results IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Toulouse, France, 21-25 July 2003. (2003) Kerekes, J.P.; Baum, J.E Imaging System Analytical Model for Subpixel Object Detection IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1088-1101, May 2002. (2002) Kerekes, J; Farrar, K; Keshava, N Linear Unmixing Performance Forecasting IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Toronto, Canada, 24-28 June 2002. (2002) Kerekes, J; Libby, J; Nischan, M Multispectral 3D Ladar Proceedings of Military Sensing Symposium, Specialty Group on Active Electro-Optic Systems, Lexington, Massachusetts, 9-11 April 2002. (2002) Kerekes, J;Griffin, M; Baum, J; Farrar, K Modeling of LWIR Hyperspectral System Performance for Surface Object and Effluent Detection Applications SPIE Vol. 4381, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII, AeroSense ’01, 16-20 April 2001. (2001) Griffin, M; Burke, H; Richard, C; Kerekes, J Characterization of Gaseous Effluents in the LWIR from Both Modeling and Hyperspectral Measurements SPIE Vol. 4381, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII, AeroSense ’01, 16-20 April 2001. (2001) Manolakis, D; Kerekes, J; Shaw, G Statistics of Hyperspectral Imaging Data SPIE Vol. 4381, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII, AeroSense ’01, 16-20 April 2001. (2001) Keshava, N; Kerekes, J; Manolakis, D; Shaw, G Algorithm Taxonomy for Hyperspectral Unmixing SPIE Vol. 4049, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VI, AeroSense ’00, April 2000 (2000) Kerekes, J; Siracusa, S. Orloff, D. Manolakis, G. Shaw, L. Biehl Hyperspectral Data Characterization for Object Detection Applications IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 24-28 July 2000 (2000) Keshava, N; Kerekes, J; Manolakis, D; Shaw, G An Algorithm Taxonomy for Hyperspectral Unmixing SPIE Vol. 4049, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VI, pp.42-63, AeroSense ’00, Orlando, FL 24-26 April 2000 (2000) Nischan, M. L; Kerekes, J. P; Baum, J. E; Basedow, R. W Analysis of HYDICE Noise Characteristics and Their Impact on Subpixel Object Detection SPIE Vol. 3753, Imaging Spectrometry V, Denver, CO, 19-21 July 1999. (1999) Kerekes, J. P; Baum, J. E; Farrar, K. E Analytical Model of Hyperspectral System Performance SPIE Vol. 3701, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Modeling, and Testing X, AeroSense ’99, Orlando, FL, 5-9 April 1999 (1999) Johnson, B; Joseph, R; Nischan. M; Newbury, A; Kerekes, J;Barclay, H; Willard, B; Zayhowski, J A Compact, Active Hyperspectral Imaging System for the Detection of Concealed Targets SPIE Vol. 3710, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV, AeroSense ’99, Orlando, FL 5-9 April 1999. (1999) Hsu, S; Kerekes, J. P; Burke, H; Crooks, S SAR and HSI Data Fusion for Counter CC&D 1999 IEEE Radar Conference, pp. 218-220, 20-22 April 1999 (1999) Kerekes, J Error Analysis of Spectral Reflectance Derived from Imaging Spectrometer Data Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium’98, pp. 2697-2701, Seattle, WA, 6-10 July 1998. (1998) Solman, F. J; Staelin, D. H; Kerekes, J. P; Shields, M. W A Microwave Instrument for Temperature and Humidity Sounding from Geosynchronous Orbit Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium’98, pp. 1704-1707, Seattle, WA, 6-10 July 1998. (1998) Hsu, S; Kerekes, J. P Analysis of HYDICE Forest Radiance I Data Proceedings of Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium ’97, Cambridge, MA, 7-11, July 1997 (1997) Staelin, D. H; Kerekes, J. P Remote Sensing Capabilities chapter in Heaven and Earth: Civilian Uses of Space, D.G. Dallymeyer and K. Tsipis, editors, Kluwer Law International, Cambridge, MA, 1996. (1996) Kerekes, J. P; Finkle, H. R GOES High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder Retrieval Performance Simulations GOES-8 and Beyond, SPIE Vol. 2812, pp. 437-445, Denver CO, August 7-9, 1996. (1996) Bicknell, W. E; Kerekes, J. P;Ryan-Howard, D. P GOES Advanced Sounder Study GOES-8 and Beyond, SPIE Vol. 2812, pp. 409-418 Denver CO, August 7-9, 1996. (1996) Kerekes, J Parameter Impacts on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing System Performance Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Applications, SPIE Vol. 2821, pp. 195-201, Denver CO, August 5-6, 1996. (1996) Burke, H. K; Tennyson, P; Kerekes, J; Finkle, H; Wack, E Background Phenomenology Characterization in the MWIR by Using Operational Environmental Satellite Data 1996 meeting of the IRIS Specialty Group on Targets, Backgrounds and Discrimination, Albuquerque, NM, 1996. (1996) Burke, H. K; Tennyson, P; Kerekes, J; Finkle, H;Wack, E Global Background Characterization in the 4.2-4.4 m MWIR by Using NOAA-12 Data SPIE, Vol. 2742, Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation II, 8-10 April 1996, pp. 324-331 (1996) Staelin, D. H; Kerekes, J. P Combined Microwave and Optical Atmospheric Remote Sensing Techniques: A Review Second Topical Symposium on Combined Optical-Microwave Earth and Atmosphere Sensing (CO-MEAS '95), Atlanta, GA, April 3-6, 1995 (1995) Kerekes, J. P; Jimenez-Gonzalez, H. J Spectral Band and Detector Optimization for Atmospheric Sounding Interferometers Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '94, pp. 2442-2444, Pasadena, California, August 8-12, 1994. (1994) Kerekes, J Sensitivity to Atmospheric Water Vapor as a Function of Spectral Bandwidth Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '94, pp. 1506-1508, Pasadena, California, August 8-12, 1994 (1994) Kerekes, J. P; Crocker, S. C Measurement of Soil Moisture with Synthetic Aperture Radar Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '92 pp. 1751-1753, Houston, Texas, 26-29 May 1992 (1992) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A Parameter Tradeoffs for Imaging Spectroscopy Systems IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. GE-29, no. 1, pp. 57-65, January 1991. (1991) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A Analytical Model of Earth-Observational Remote Sensing Systems IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. SMC 21, no. 1, pp. 125-133, January/February, 1991. (1991) Kerekes, J Parametric Analysis of Target/Decoy Performance Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Signal and Image Processing Systems Performance Evaluation, Simulation, and Modeling, vol. 1483, pp. 155-166, Orlando FL, 1-5 April 1991. (1991) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A Simulation of Optical Remote Sensing Systems IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. GE-27, no. 6, pp. 762-771, November 1989. (1989) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A Remote Sensing Science Research Using A System Simulation Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '89, pp. 2908-2911, Vancouver, Canada, 10-14 July 1989. (1989) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A Simulation of Optical Remote Sensing Systems for Earth Resource Analysis Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '88, pp. 1211-1214, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13-16 September 1988 (1988) Kerekes, J. P; Landgrebe, D.A A Noise Taxonomy for Remote Sensing Systems Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '87, pp. 903- 908, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 18-21 May 1987. (1987)