Emre Celebi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Research field: Computer and Information Science - Miscellaneous
Medical Image Analysis, Color Image Processing, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Data Clustering

Publications

Journal Article (53)
- M E Celebi, H Kingravi, P A Vela (2013) A Comparative Study of Efficient Initialization Methods for the K-Means Clustering Algorithm, 200-210. In Expert Systems with Applications 40 (1).
- Q Abbas, I F Garcia, M E Celebi et al. (2013) A Feature-Preserving Hair Removal Algorithm for Dermoscopy Images, e27--e36. In Skin Research and Technology 19 (1).
- Q Abbas, I F Garcia, M E Celebi et al. (2013) A Perceptually Oriented Method for Contrast Enhancement and Segmentation of Dermoscopy Images, e490--e497. In Skin Research and Technology 19 (1).
- M E Celebi, Q Wen, S Hwang (2013) An Effective Real-Time Color Quantization Method Based on Divisive Hierarchical Clustering. In Journal of Real-Time Image Processing.
- Q Abbas, M E Celebi, I F Garcia (2013) Breast Mass Segmentation Using Region-Based and Edge-Based Methods in a 4-Stage Multiscale System, 204-214. In Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 8 (2).
- M E Celebi, Q Wen, S Hwang et al. (2013) Lesion Border Detection in Dermoscopy Images Using Ensembles of Thresholding Methods, e252--e258. In Skin Research and Technology 19 (1).
- H Zhou, X Li, G Schaefer et al. (2013) Mean Shift Based Gradient Vector Flow for Image Segmentation. In Computer Vision and Image Understanding.
- Q Abbas, M E Celebi, I F Garcia et al. (2013) Melanoma Recognition Framework Based on Expert Definition of ABCD for Dermoscopic Images, e93--e102. In Skin Research and Technology 19 (1).
- Q Abbas, M E Celebi, C Serrano et al. (2013) Pattern Classification of Dermoscopy Images: A Perceptually Uniform Model, 86-97. In Pattern Recognition 46 (1).
- Q Abbas, M T A Khan, A Farooq et al. (2013) Segmentation of Lungs in HRCT Scan Images Using Particle Swarm Optimization, 2155-2165. In International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control 9 (5).
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Book (3)
- (2013) Advances in Low-Level Color Image Processing. In Springer.
- (2013) Computer Vision Techniques for the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer. In Springer.
- (2012) Color Medical Image Analysis. In Springer.
Book Section (1)
- M E Celebi, Q Wen, S Hwang et al. (2012) Color Quantization of Dermoscopy Images Using the K-Means Clustering Algorithm, 87-107. In Color Medical Image Analysis.
Conference Proceedings (54)
- S Merendino, M E Celebi (2013) A Simulated Annealing Clustering Algorithm Based on Center Perturbation Using Gaussian Mutation. In Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2013).
- A Fausett, M E Celebi (2013) An Accelerated Nearest Neighbor Search Method for the K-Means Clustering Algorithm. In Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2013).
- S Hwang, M E Celebi (2013) Automatic Method of Gender Dependent Age-Group Classification. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV 2013).
- M E Celebi (2012) A Simple and Efficient Algorithm for Connected Component Labeling in Color Images, 82951H-1--6. In Proceedings of the SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference.
- B Uddin, M E Celebi, H Kingravi et al. (2012) Accurate Genomic Signal Recovery using Compressed Sensing, 3144-3147. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012).
- J Vicory, M E Celebi (2012) An Adaptive and Deterministic Method for Initializing the Lloyd-Max Algorithm, 82951I-1--7. In Proceedings of the SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference.
- M E Celebi, Q Wen, G Schaefer et al. (2012) Batch Neural Gas with Deterministic Initialization for Color Quantization, 48-54. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG 2012).
- S Marshall, M E Celebi (2012) Comparison of Conventional and Bisecting K-Means Algorithms on Color Quantization. In Proceedings of the 14th IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2012).
- K Shimizu, H Iyatomi, K.-A. Norton et al. (2012) Extension of Automated Melanoma Screening for Non-Melanocytic Skin Lesions, 16-19. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP 2012).
- J Baarsch, M E Celebi (2012) Investigation of Internal Validity Measures for K-Means Clustering, 471-476. In Proceedings of the 2012 IAENG International Conference on Data Mining and Applications (ICDMA 2012).
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Awards and Grants

Jul 2011

RUI: Novel Enhancements to the K-Means Clustering Algorithm View website
May 2010

Acquisition of High Performance Computational Infrastructure for Image Analysis, Visualization, and View website
Jun 2009

Enhancing Computer Science Education Using CGI Technology
Jun 2008

Development of Image Analysis Techniques for the Early Diagnosis of Melanoma

Biographical Information

M. Emre Celebi received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) in 2002. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, USA) in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor and the founding director of the Image Processing and Analysis Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at the Louisiana State University in Shreveport.

Dr. Celebi has actively pursued research in the field of image processing and analysis with an emphasis on medical image analysis and color image processing. He has worked on several projects funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published over 100 articles in premier journals and conference proceedings. His research contributions are covered in two recent books published by Wiley Interscience: Image Processing - Principles and Applications (Acharya and Ray, 2005) and Clustering (Xu and Wunsch, 2009). His recent research is funded by grants from the NSF and Louisiana Board of Regents.

Dr. Celebi is an editorial board member of 6 international journals, reviews for over 60 international journals, and served on the program committee of more than 60 international conferences. He has been invited as speaker to several colloquia, workshops, and conferences, is the organizer of several workshops, and the editor of several journal special issues and books. He is a senior member of the IEEE and SPIE.

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Professional Experience

2011 - Present

Associate Professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Aug 2007 - Jul 2011

Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Jan 2007 - May 2007

Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Aug 2006 - Jan 2007

Post-Doctoral Fellow at Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, Missouri, United States

Aug 2002 - Aug 2006

Teaching Associate at The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas, United States

Education

Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

The University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas, United States
Ph.D.

Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

The University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas, United States
M.Sc.

Sep 1998 - Aug 2002

METU - Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey
B.Sc.

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