{who.compVis} Joseph Mundy

Joseph Mundy is a pioneer computer vision scientist, who observed the importance of Algebraic Geomtery in computer vision some 20 years ago. The modern approach to computer vision uses Projective Geometry as the mathematical framework to represent and analyse scenes. Projective Geometry is an established field of Projective Spaces within the Algebraic Geometry community. It appears in graduate course textbooks (such as Hartley and Zisserman's Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision) and will soon find its way to the undergraduate curriculum. Here is the wiki page for Mundy (includes a quote that highlights the important fields related to computer vision).

Speaking of formal education required for the field of computer visoin, my expectation is that the next generation of (non-traditional) computer science curricula will include more Algebra and Geometry. In fact, it is about the time where a new computer vision discipline emerges that covers all the areas related to image analysis and computer vision. Currently, CS students do not learn Fourier Analysis and Systems Theory, nor do they learn Algebra and Geometry. A CS graduate is not prepared to carry on research in computer vision. Similarly, a classical robotics guy specializes in Robot Mechanics (kinematics and dynamics) and may learn some working knowledge of motors (step motors, dc motors, etc.) from Electrical Engineering department. If a hardcore computer vision researcher wants to be involved in robotics (mobile robotics and industrial robotics), he will need a lot more than the current conventional courses.