Mitchell Research Group News

News from the Mitchell Research Group

Recent Activities (2008-2009)

Ralf Juengling has released PSU Lush 1.2.
Lush is an object-oriented programming language designed for researchers, experimenters, and engineers interested in large-scale numerical and graphic applications. PSU Lush is a derivative of Lush and is maintained by Lush programmers at Portland State University. It features an improved array API and additional language features.

Recent Honors, Awards, and Grants (2008-2009)

December 2008: Melanie Mitchell has been awarded a Research Stimulus grant from Portland State University.

June 2008: Ralf Juengling has been awarded a 2008-2009 Maseeh Fellowship from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Portland State University.

Recent Publications (2008-2009)

Ghosh, P., Mitchell, M., Tanyi, J. A., and Hung, A. (2009). A genetic algorithm-based level-set curve evolution for prostate segmentation on pelvic CT and MRI images. E. Romero and F. Gonzalez (editors), Biomedical Image Analysis and Machine Learning Technologies: Applications and Techniques, ICI Global.

Mitchell, M. (2009). Complexity: A Guided Tour. Oxford University Press.

Mitchell, M. (2008) Five questions. In C. Gershenson (editor), Complexity: 5 Questions. Automatic Press.

Mitchell, M. (2008). Visual understanding. Santa Fe Institute Bulletin, Spring 2008, pp. 51-54.

Ghosh, P. and Mitchell, M. (2008). Prostate segmentation on pelvic CT images using a genetic algorithm . in Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Conference on Medical Imaging, February, 2008. SPIE Press.