Steve Mann; Selected Papers, Research Interests, etc..

• Comparametric Equations
• Guest editor's introduction, IEEE Intelligent Systems, Volume 16, Number 3, May/June, 2001
• ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (being scanned...)
• Wearable Intelligent Signal Processing: Lead article from Proceedings of the IEEE, Nov. 1998, Vol. 86, No. 11, cover+p2123-2151
• The Wyckoff priciple: extending dynamic range by combining differently exposed images
• Wearable Computing: A first step toward "Personal Imaging" IEEE Computer, Vol.30, No.3 (summary of my last 20 years as a "photographic cyborg").
• Algebraic projective geometry and "Periodicity in Perspective"
• Beyond digital photography: The new imaging renaissance (Video Orbits).
• Mathematical theory behind "Personal Imaging", as published in Sep.'97 issue of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
• Joint parameter estimation in both domain and range of functions in same orbit of projective-Wyckoff group This paper pertains to creating high resolution radiance maps, by combining differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter in order to extend dynamic range. (Based on an earlier 1993 paper published in IS&T.)
• The chirplet transform (a generalization of the wavelet transform), useful for applications in image processing, imaging, radar, wearable radar (e.g. the Blind Vision project, etc.).
• Guest editor's introduction, first Special Issue, Personal Technologies Journal.
• BlindVision... wearable radar with vibrotactile output, etc. http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/isea_abstract.html/ ISEA 97, Chicago, 1997
• Eudaemonic Eye CHI-97, Atlanta, 1997
• WearComp/WearCam, etc. journal=Personal Technologies, Vol.1 No.1, March 1997
• Definition of Wearable Computing (What is Wearable Computing?)
• An historical account of the WearComp project.
• Wearable Wireless Webcam and the personal visual assistant.
• Wearable, Tetherless, Computer-Mediated Reality (with possible future applications to the disabled) Feb. 2, 1996 (adapted to paper i presented at AAAI, Nov. 1996)
• Empowerment: Fundamental Issues in Wearable Computing (Prof. Mann's ICWC-98 Keynote Address)
• `Smart Clothing'
• Smart clothing: Turning the tables (how wearable technologies can protect our privacy and freedom as the world around us becomes "smarter" and more intrusive) ACM Multimedia 96, Boston, MA, 1996
• Picture of Steve, wearing various embodiments of his "wearcomp" invention (WARNING: somewhat large FILE may TAKE A WHILE TO LOAD AND DISPLAY)
• More on art (invited plenary lecture at Ars Electronica, along with a week long performance piece there called "Sicherheitsglaeser"): http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/sicherheitsglaeser/
• A light overview in the popular press (e.g. how the "WearComp" project was brought to MIT in 1991, etc..). http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/judith_gaines.jpg if that file is too big, a smaller one is also available: http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/judith_gaines_und.gif
• Retrospective exhibit of various embodiments of the WearComp/WearCam inventions from over the last 20 years, with an emphasis on embodiments selected to question the role of surveillance in society: http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/lvac/

If you are into Amateur Radio, consider joining IPATS, the Internet Packet Amateur Television Society.

If you're in the Toronto area, there will be an exhibit of Prof. Mann's WearComp inventions at the Ontario Science Center, opening Feb. 28, 1998. The exhibit will then travel to the Stedelijk Museum of Art in Amsterdam.

WearComp related exhibits and performances

Prof. Steve Mann
University of Toronto
Department of Electrical Engineering, Room S.F. 2001,
10 King's College Road; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; M5S 3G4
Tel. 416.946-3387
Fax. 416.971-2326
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann