Research Developments in Computational Perception

Dear Colleagues,

The human sensory perception system is profoundly remarkable. As we go about our daily lives, we sense and understand the world around us with incredible ease. Endowed with a rich set of biological sensors that perform transductions of an array of natural stimuli into electrical signals in the form of trains of neural impulses, and a sophisticated computational system in the cerebral cortex of the brain that processes and interprets the sensory input signals extremely efficiently, our perception and cognition systems enable us to build, understand, and track a model of the surroundings as we navigate in and interact with it. Technological advances in sensors and computation, especially the recent developments in miniaturized hardware components and artificial intelligence algorithms based on modern machine learning techniques, including deep neural networks, are increasingly enabling the development of various types of devices that can help enhance and augment the natural processes of human sensation and perception. Examples include vision aids, ocular prostheses, artificial retina, hearing aids, cochlear implants, vestibular prostheses, etc., as well as emerging multisensory devices. Breakthrough advances in artificial intelligence are promising to create autonomous and intelligent computing systems that meet or exceed human capabilities in vision, audition, and navigation.

With this context, this Special Issue solicits original research papers and review articles in the areas of computational perception and their applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Computer vision;
• Image processing;
• Visual inertial odometry;
• Simultaneous localization and mapping;
• Vision enhancement;
• Balance enhancement;
• Audio signal processing;
• Sound classification;
• Hearing enhancement;
• Somatosensation and electronic skin;
• Olfaction and electronic nose;
• Gustation and electronic tongue;
• Multi-sensory augmentation;
• Virtual and augmented reality;
• Autonomous and intelligent systems.

Prof. Dr. Achintya K. Bhowmik
Guest Editor

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