COURSE C11: Soft Computing for Image Processing Lecturer: prof. Nicholas Kasabov Syllabus This course is directed to introduce the basic concepts concerning image processing by using softc omputing approaches. Introduction to image processing: problem definitions Image processing in the human brain Image processing steps . NeuCom Image compression, image representation and feature selection for image processing Statistical methods for image processing and recognition Neural networks for image processing and recognition Support vector machines for image classification Fuzzy rule based systems for image recognition Colour quantisation and face recognition Image (face) membership authentification Handwritten character and static gesture recognition Integrated image and speech recognition Bibliography