Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 1980
For human vision to be explained by a computational theory, the first question is plain: What are... more For human vision to be explained by a computational theory, the first question is plain: What are the problems that the brain solves when we see? It is argued that vision is the construction of efficient symbolic descriptions from images of the world. An important aspect of vision is therefore the choice of representations for the different kinds of information in a visual scene. An overall framework is suggested for extracting shape information from images, in which the analysis proceeds through three representations: (1) the primal sketch, which makes explicit the intensity changes and local two-dimensional geometry of an image; (2) the 2 1/2-D sketch, which is a viewercentred representation of the depth, orientation and discontinuities of the visible surfaces; and (3) the 3-D model representation, which allows an object-centred description of the three-dimensional structure and organization of a viewed shape. The critical act in formulating computational theories for processes ca...
Amidst rapid socio-economic change, many Vietnamese are anxious to preserve some memories and tra... more Amidst rapid socio-economic change, many Vietnamese are anxious to preserve some memories and traditions against the ravages of time. This essay examines Tap Chi Xua & Nay (Past and Present Journal), a popular publication of the Vietnam History Association, to demonstrate how history is being recreated and memory redefined even as the editors claim to uphold timeless patriotic verities.
sRecent books on colonial Vietnam by David Marr and Martin Murray make possible an assessment of ... more sRecent books on colonial Vietnam by David Marr and Martin Murray make possible an assessment of the relationship between economic change and the diffusion of modern ideologies among Vietnamese intellectuals. The ideological ferment that Marr documents occurred because the downfall of Confucianism left intellectuals without a way to analyze their country. Martin Murray's detailed description of colonial economic transformations helps to explain why most of the Vietnamese concern was with radical ideologies, and why there was no intellectual and economic basis for moderate political activity among the intelligentsia.
... Color guard of former political prisoners 223 19. General Ho Ying-ch&... more ... Color guard of former political prisoners 223 19. General Ho Ying-ch'in and General ChangFa-kwei 249 20. US Army Air Force leaflet in Vietnamese and French 275 21. ... Bao Dai. Emperor of Annam until abdication in August 1945. Chang Fa-kwei, general. ...
The early 1920s in Saigon saw a florescence of newspaper publishing in the lively tradition of Pa... more The early 1920s in Saigon saw a florescence of newspaper publishing in the lively tradition of Parisian canards of the 1890s. French and Vietnamese language papers sprang up, took forthright positions, debated their peers eagerly, and tested the tolerance of colonial rulers. The French
A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 20... more A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 208, pb $21. ISBN 0753813599.Miriam Estensen, The Life of Matthew Flinders, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 538, hb $59.95. ISBN 1865085154.Marele Day, Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 357, pb $29.95. ISBN 1865088021.Tim Rowse, Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp 419, hb $59.95. ISBN 0521817838.Rae Wear, Johannes Bjelke‐Petersen: The Lord's Premier, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 249, pb $35. ISBN 0702233048.Robyn Annear, The Man Who Lost Himself— The Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant, The Text Publishing Company, 2002, pp 430, pb $32. ISBN 1877008176.Christine Halse, A Terribly Wild Man, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 220, pb $35. ISBN 186508753.Brenda Niall, The Boyds, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 514, 38 colour plates, 95 b&w illustrations, hb $49.95. ISBN 0522848710.Mark Johnston, That Magnificent 9th: An Illustrated History of the 9th Australian Division 1940–46, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 272, hb $49.95. ISBN 1865086541.P A Howell, South Australia and Federation, Wakefield Press, pp 418, pb $39.95. ISBN 1862545499.Bruce Kaye, Tom Frame, Colin Holden and Geoff Treloar (eds), Anglicanism in Australia: A History, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 408, hb $69.95. ISBN 0522850030.Julian Meyrick, See How It Runs: Nimrod and the New Wave, Currency Press, 2002, pp 312, pb $39.95. ISBN 0868196517.Raffaele Caputo and Geoff Burton (eds), Third Take: Australian Film‐Makers Talk, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 215, pb $27.95. ISBN 1865085073.Christine Nicholls and Ian North, Genius of Place: the Life and Art of Kathleen Petyarre, Wakefield Press, 2001, pp 96, hb $45.00. ISBN 1862545464.Diane Bell, Daughters of the Dreaming, Spinifex Press, 2002, pp 342, pb $34.95. ISBN 1876756152.Deborah Carlyon, MamaKuma: One woman, two cultures, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 179, pb $19.95. ISBN 070223320X.Dianne Johnson, Lighting the Way: Reconciliation Stories, The Federation Press, 2002, pp 205, pb $29.95. ISBN 1862874271.Doris Pilkington/Nugi Garimara, Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 84, pb $17.95. ISBN 0702233560.Rose Zwi, Speak the Truth, Laughing, Spinifex, 2002, pp 197, pb $21.95. ISBN 1876756217.Craig Bolland, IKnit Water, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 213, pb $S19.95. ISBN 0702233196.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry Vietnam and the rule of law Biblio... more National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry Vietnam and the rule of law Bibliography ISBN 0 7315 1852 7.
The most typical method to estimate the covariance matrix of sea clutter by secondary samples is ... more The most typical method to estimate the covariance matrix of sea clutter by secondary samples is the sample covariance matrix (SCM), implying secondary samples with the same statistical property. The hypothesis established or not depends on whether or not sea clutter is spatially homogeneous. In order to get rid of the hypothesis on secondary samples, a novel covariance matrix estimation algorithm based on adaptive diagonal loading technique is presented. The loading coefficient is a factor to measure the statistical consistency of secondary samples. Experimental results show that, to detect the distributed targets in real sea clutter by generalized likelihood ratio detector (GLRT), the proposed estimator is robust to jamming and the performance improves in different range resolution sea clutter, especially as high as 15dB in 3m range resolution.
For seven decades Vietnamese communists have insisted that they masterminded the August Revo... more For seven decades Vietnamese communists have insisted that they masterminded the August Revolution, begat the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), and took the country to war in the name of socialist internationalism as well as national liberation. I challenged those claims in two books: Vietnam : the Quest for Power and Vietnam: State, War and Revolution (-). Alec Holcombe rejects my evidence and interpretations. However, in a treatise extending over sixty-seven pages, Holcombe does not spell out his own diagnosis, other than to portray Hồ Chí Minh as the wily Comintern agent working together with Trường Chinh the master strategist to quash political alternatives and implement a Soviet-style dictatorship. Reading Holcombe's essay, I could not help but recall my own coming of age in America in the s, when sinister Soviets were hatching plots everywhere and we had to look out for Reds under the bed. I first encountered Vietnam in Life magazine photo spreads climaxing at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Our Santa Barbara High School civics class then discussed the July Geneva Accords, with our teacher applauding Washington's refusal to
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 1980
For human vision to be explained by a computational theory, the first question is plain: What are... more For human vision to be explained by a computational theory, the first question is plain: What are the problems that the brain solves when we see? It is argued that vision is the construction of efficient symbolic descriptions from images of the world. An important aspect of vision is therefore the choice of representations for the different kinds of information in a visual scene. An overall framework is suggested for extracting shape information from images, in which the analysis proceeds through three representations: (1) the primal sketch, which makes explicit the intensity changes and local two-dimensional geometry of an image; (2) the 2 1/2-D sketch, which is a viewercentred representation of the depth, orientation and discontinuities of the visible surfaces; and (3) the 3-D model representation, which allows an object-centred description of the three-dimensional structure and organization of a viewed shape. The critical act in formulating computational theories for processes ca...
Amidst rapid socio-economic change, many Vietnamese are anxious to preserve some memories and tra... more Amidst rapid socio-economic change, many Vietnamese are anxious to preserve some memories and traditions against the ravages of time. This essay examines Tap Chi Xua & Nay (Past and Present Journal), a popular publication of the Vietnam History Association, to demonstrate how history is being recreated and memory redefined even as the editors claim to uphold timeless patriotic verities.
sRecent books on colonial Vietnam by David Marr and Martin Murray make possible an assessment of ... more sRecent books on colonial Vietnam by David Marr and Martin Murray make possible an assessment of the relationship between economic change and the diffusion of modern ideologies among Vietnamese intellectuals. The ideological ferment that Marr documents occurred because the downfall of Confucianism left intellectuals without a way to analyze their country. Martin Murray's detailed description of colonial economic transformations helps to explain why most of the Vietnamese concern was with radical ideologies, and why there was no intellectual and economic basis for moderate political activity among the intelligentsia.
... Color guard of former political prisoners 223 19. General Ho Ying-ch&... more ... Color guard of former political prisoners 223 19. General Ho Ying-ch'in and General ChangFa-kwei 249 20. US Army Air Force leaflet in Vietnamese and French 275 21. ... Bao Dai. Emperor of Annam until abdication in August 1945. Chang Fa-kwei, general. ...
The early 1920s in Saigon saw a florescence of newspaper publishing in the lively tradition of Pa... more The early 1920s in Saigon saw a florescence of newspaper publishing in the lively tradition of Parisian canards of the 1890s. French and Vietnamese language papers sprang up, took forthright positions, debated their peers eagerly, and tested the tolerance of colonial rulers. The French
A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 20... more A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 208, pb $21. ISBN 0753813599.Miriam Estensen, The Life of Matthew Flinders, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 538, hb $59.95. ISBN 1865085154.Marele Day, Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 357, pb $29.95. ISBN 1865088021.Tim Rowse, Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp 419, hb $59.95. ISBN 0521817838.Rae Wear, Johannes Bjelke‐Petersen: The Lord's Premier, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 249, pb $35. ISBN 0702233048.Robyn Annear, The Man Who Lost Himself— The Unbelievable Story of the Tichborne Claimant, The Text Publishing Company, 2002, pp 430, pb $32. ISBN 1877008176.Christine Halse, A Terribly Wild Man, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 220, pb $35. ISBN 186508753.Brenda Niall, The Boyds, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 514, 38 colour plates, 95 b&w illustrations, hb $49.95. ISBN 0522848710.Mark Johnston, That Magnificent 9th: An Illustrated History of the 9th Australian Division 1940–46, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 272, hb $49.95. ISBN 1865086541.P A Howell, South Australia and Federation, Wakefield Press, pp 418, pb $39.95. ISBN 1862545499.Bruce Kaye, Tom Frame, Colin Holden and Geoff Treloar (eds), Anglicanism in Australia: A History, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 408, hb $69.95. ISBN 0522850030.Julian Meyrick, See How It Runs: Nimrod and the New Wave, Currency Press, 2002, pp 312, pb $39.95. ISBN 0868196517.Raffaele Caputo and Geoff Burton (eds), Third Take: Australian Film‐Makers Talk, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 215, pb $27.95. ISBN 1865085073.Christine Nicholls and Ian North, Genius of Place: the Life and Art of Kathleen Petyarre, Wakefield Press, 2001, pp 96, hb $45.00. ISBN 1862545464.Diane Bell, Daughters of the Dreaming, Spinifex Press, 2002, pp 342, pb $34.95. ISBN 1876756152.Deborah Carlyon, MamaKuma: One woman, two cultures, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 179, pb $19.95. ISBN 070223320X.Dianne Johnson, Lighting the Way: Reconciliation Stories, The Federation Press, 2002, pp 205, pb $29.95. ISBN 1862874271.Doris Pilkington/Nugi Garimara, Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 84, pb $17.95. ISBN 0702233560.Rose Zwi, Speak the Truth, Laughing, Spinifex, 2002, pp 197, pb $21.95. ISBN 1876756217.Craig Bolland, IKnit Water, University of Queensland Press, 2002, pp 213, pb $S19.95. ISBN 0702233196.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry Vietnam and the rule of law Biblio... more National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry Vietnam and the rule of law Bibliography ISBN 0 7315 1852 7.
The most typical method to estimate the covariance matrix of sea clutter by secondary samples is ... more The most typical method to estimate the covariance matrix of sea clutter by secondary samples is the sample covariance matrix (SCM), implying secondary samples with the same statistical property. The hypothesis established or not depends on whether or not sea clutter is spatially homogeneous. In order to get rid of the hypothesis on secondary samples, a novel covariance matrix estimation algorithm based on adaptive diagonal loading technique is presented. The loading coefficient is a factor to measure the statistical consistency of secondary samples. Experimental results show that, to detect the distributed targets in real sea clutter by generalized likelihood ratio detector (GLRT), the proposed estimator is robust to jamming and the performance improves in different range resolution sea clutter, especially as high as 15dB in 3m range resolution.
For seven decades Vietnamese communists have insisted that they masterminded the August Revo... more For seven decades Vietnamese communists have insisted that they masterminded the August Revolution, begat the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), and took the country to war in the name of socialist internationalism as well as national liberation. I challenged those claims in two books: Vietnam : the Quest for Power and Vietnam: State, War and Revolution (-). Alec Holcombe rejects my evidence and interpretations. However, in a treatise extending over sixty-seven pages, Holcombe does not spell out his own diagnosis, other than to portray Hồ Chí Minh as the wily Comintern agent working together with Trường Chinh the master strategist to quash political alternatives and implement a Soviet-style dictatorship. Reading Holcombe's essay, I could not help but recall my own coming of age in America in the s, when sinister Soviets were hatching plots everywhere and we had to look out for Reds under the bed. I first encountered Vietnam in Life magazine photo spreads climaxing at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Our Santa Barbara High School civics class then discussed the July Geneva Accords, with our teacher applauding Washington's refusal to
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