A system for pattern recognition and pattern summarization in multi-band satellite images

A new system (C.T.R.F.’s LSGENSYS—Linguistic Summary Generation System) that has been developed for pattern recognition and summarization of patterns in multiband (RGB) satellite images is described in this paper. The system design is described in some detail. The system has been tested successfully with SPOT MS and LANDSAT images. It extracts, analyzes, and summarizes patterns such as land, island, water body, river, fire, and urban settlements from these images. The results are presented by allowing the system to automatically classify and interpret these images. Some elements of supervised classification are also introduced, and a comparison is made between the results in each case. The text was submitted by the author in English. Hema Nair. Date of Birth: November 21, 1965. Education: Hema Nair received her Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Government Engineering College, University of Calicut, Kerala, India, in 1986. She received her Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from National University of Singapore in 1993. Ms. Nair received her Masters Degree in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, United States, in 1996. Membership: A member of IEEE (USA) and ACM (USA) since 1997. A member of the Institution of Engineers (India) since 1988. Awards: 1. Ms. Nair’s Masters Degree research in the United States was funded by a US Army Grant. 2. One of Ms. Nair’s publications was cited with the Abstract in NASA’s Scientific and Technical Information Program Reports of 2006. Work Experience: 1. Ms. Nair was employed as Senior Technical Associate II at AT and T, New Jersey, United States, between 1996 and 2000. Her work included research and leading AT&T Projects as Project Leader. 2. She also served as Faculty in Apple Information Technology, Ltd, Bangalore, India, between 1987 and 1990. 3. Ms. Nair worked on contract as a lecturer in Multimedia University, Malaysia, between 2001 and 2005. 4. Since 2005, she has been working as a Researcher at C.T.R.F., a research and education foundation in India. Research Interests: Ms. Nair’s research interests include Image Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Mining. Publications: Ms. Nair has published several papers internationally. These include 7 International Conference Papers and 4 International Journals. Reviewer for LASTED International Conference 2004.