John Femiani, Ph.D.
Research Highlights
- Computer Vision
- Computer Graphics
- Machine Learning
- Procedural Modeling
- Remote Sensing
Degrees
- Ph.D., Computer Science
Arizona State University
2009 - B.A.
Arizona State University
2000
Experience
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Assistant Professor, 2009–2016
- VProctor, Inc., Pheonix, AZ, Chief Technology Officer, 2012–present
- I'DEA, Mesa, AZ, Assistant Research Professional, 2006–2008
- PRISM, Tempe, AZ, Research Assistant, 2001–2006
- Barrow Neurological Institute, Pheonix, AZ, 3D Graphics Specialist, 2002–2003
Honors and Awards
- 2014—Late Sydney R. Parker Best Paper Award in the area of Signal Processing
- 2014—M. N. S. Swamy Best Paper Award.
- 2011—Certificate of Appreciation for Contribution to Career and Technical Education
- 2010—Special recognition, AzTE, Arizona State University
- 2006—Innovator of the year, AzTE, Arizona State University
Scientific and Professional Societies
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Professional Service
- Reviewer (Journal)—Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) , 2015, 2016
- Reviewer(Journal)—Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 20142016
- Reviewer (Journal)—Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD), 2015
- Reviewer (Conference)—SIGRAPH Asia 2011, 2014
- Reviewer(Journal)—Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), 2010
- Reviewer(Conference)—Computer Graphics International, 2010
Principal Publications
Selected Journal Articles
- E Li, J Femiani, X Zhang, P Wonka, Robust Rooftop Extraction from Visible Band Images, Using Higher Order CRF," Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of, 2015.
- K E Goodenberger, D M Boyer, C M Orr, R L Jacobs, J C Femiani, B A Patel, Functional morphology of the hallucal metatarsal with implications for inferring grasping ability in extinct primates, American journal of physical anthropology, 2015
- J Femiani, E Li, A Razdan, P Wonka, "ShadowBased Rooftop Segmentation in Visible Band Images," Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of , vol. PP, no.99, pp.1,1, 2014
- J Jiao, B Zhao, J Femiani, A Hybrid Method for Multisensor Remote Sensing Image Registration Based On Salience Regions, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing (Journal). [Impact Factor 0.982], 2013
- J. Femiani, C, Chuang, A. Razdan, Least Eccentric Curves for Geometric Hermite Interpolation. Computer Aided Geometric Design (1), 141149. [Impact Factor 1.398],2012
- X. Yin, J. Femiani, P. Wonka, and A. Razdan, A New QEM for Parameterization of Raster Images, Computer Graphics Forum / Eurographics 30 (8), 24402451. [Impact Factor 1.638]., 2011
- M Tocheri, CR. Solhan, CM. Orr, J Femiani, B Frohlich, CP. Groves, WE. HarcourtSmith, BG. Richmond, B Shoelson, WL. Jungers, Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillas, Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 60, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 171184. [Impact Factor 4.094], 2011
- M. Marzke, M.Tocheri, B. Steinburg, J. Femiani, R. Linscheid, C. Orr, R. Marzke. Comparative 3D quantitative analyses of trapeziometacarpal joint surface curvatures among living catarrhines and fossil hominins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA), Volume 141, no.1. [Impact Factor 2.481], 2010
- M. Cui, J.C. Femiani, J. Hu, P. Wonka, A. Razdan, Curve Matching for Open 2D Curves, Pattern Recognition Letters 30 (2009) 110. [Impact Factor 1.266],2009
- J.Hu, A. Razdan, P. Wonka, M. Cui and J. Femiani, Urban road network extraction and intersection detection in aerial images using local shape classification, IEEE T. on Remote Sensing and GeoSciences. [Impact Factor 3.467], 2007
- L. Zhang, A. Razdan, G. Farin, J. Femiani, M S Bae, C Lockwood 3D Face Authentication and Recognition Based on Bilateral Symmetry Analysis, Visual Computer, Volume 22 number 1 4355, January 2006. [Impact Factor 0.708], 2006
Selected Conference Proceedings
- C. Chuang, S. Craig, J Femiani, "The Role of Certainty and Time Delay in Students' Cheating Decisions during Online Testing", Cognitive Science 2015
- J Femiani, E Li, Graph cuts to combine multiple sources for feature extraction, IMAGE 2014, Dayton, Ohio
- B. Chladny, J. Femiani,B. Graniela, Realistic GeoSpecific Feature Densities in RealTime Synthetic Environments, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference, (I/ITSEC), 2013. [Acceptance Rate 73%]
- A. Amresh, AR. Carberry, J. Femiani, Evaluating the ef ectiveness of flipped classrooms for teaching CS1, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013. [Acceptance Rate 67.2%]
- A Shah, A Amresh, J. Femiani, Improving ELearning Videos Using Personalization and Social Signals, World conference on ELearning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 2013, 16961700 [Acceptance Rate 2539%]