Publications
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Journal Papers
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O. Biller, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem The influence of language orthographic characteristics on digital word recognition Literary and Linguistic Computing, 2014, doi: 10.1093/llc/fqu051
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R. Saabni, A. Assi, J. El-Sana Text Line Extraction for Historical Document Images Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2014, pp. 23-33,
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R. Saabni, J. El-Sana Keywords image retrieval in historical handwritten arabic documents Journal of Electronic Imaging, SPIE, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2012.
doi:10.1117/1.JEI.22.1.013016.
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A. Stein, E. Geva, J. El-Sana. CudaHull: Fast Parallel 3D Convex Hull on the GPU, Computers&Graphics, Volume 36, Issue 4, pp. 265–271, June 2012.
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R. Saabni, J. El-Sana. Comprehensive Synthetic Arabic Database for On/Off-line Script Recognition Research, International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition, pp. 1-12, 2012.
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N. Hagbi, R. Grasset, O. Bergig, M. Billinghurst, J. El-Sana. In-Place Sketching for Augmented Reality Games, ACM Computers in Entertainment, 2012 (to Appear).
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O. Bergig, E. Soreq, N. Hagbi, K. Pevzner, N. Levi, S. Blau, Y. Smelansky, J. El-Sana. Out of the Cube - Augmented Rubik's Cube, International Journal of Computer Games Technology, vol. 2011, Article 570210, pp. 1-7, 2011.
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Y. Livney, G. Bauman, J. El-Sana, Displacement Patches for View-Dependent Rendering. The Visual Computer-International Journal of Computer Graphics, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 247-263, 2012.
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Y. Livny, F. Yan, M. Olson, B. Chen, H. Zhang, J. El-Sana, Automatic Reconstruction of Tree Skeletal Structures From Point Clouds, ACM Transaction on Graphics, Vol.29, No.6, pp. 151-158 (2010).
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N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, M. Billinghurst, Shape Recognition and Pose Estimation for Mobile Augmented Reality, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 99, October 2010.
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O. Bergig, N. Hagbi, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem, M. Billinghurst, In-place Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2010 Springer.
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N. Hagbi, J. El-Sana, A Carving Framework for Topology Simplification of Polygonal Meshes. Computer-Aided Design, Elsvier, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 67-75.
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F. Biadsy, R. Saabni, J. El-Sana. Segmentation-free Online Arabic Handwriting Recognition, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, World Scientific, Vol. 25, No. 7 (2011), pp. 1009-1033.
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Y. Livny, Z. Kogan, J. El-Sana. Seamless Patches for GPU-based Terrain Rendering. Visual Computer, 2009, Vol. 26, No 3, pp 197-208.
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Y. Livny, M. Press, J. El-Sana. Interactive GPU-Based Adaptive Cartoon-Style Rendering. Visual Computer, 2008, Vol.24, No.4, pp.239-247. [Full Paper, PDF]
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Y. Livny, N. Sokolovsky, T. Grinshpoun, J. El-Sana. A GPU Persistent Grid Mapping for Terrain Rendering. Visual Computer 2008, Vol.24, No.2, pp. 139-153.
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J. El-Sana, N. Asis, O. Hadar. Integrating Motion Perception with View-Dependent Rendering for Dynamic Environments. Computers & Graphics 2002, 26(5): 721-731.
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N.Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. Frame Hierarchy: A framework for Level of Detail Video Visualization. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2006.
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Y.Livny, N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. Dual-Adaptive Path for Multiresolution Hierarchies. International Journal of Image and Graphics, 2006.
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N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana, C. Silva, Occlusion Culling for View-Dependent Rendering. Visual Computer, 2005.
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N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. View-Dependent Rendering for Large Polygonal Model over Local Area Networks. International Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol 3, No 3, 2003, pp 265-290.
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J. El-Sana, F. Evans, A. Varshney, S. Skiena, and E. Azanli. Efficiently Computing and Updating Triangle Strips for Real-Time Rendering. The Journal Computer-Aided Design 2000, Vol. 32 No. 13, pp. 691-706.
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F. Bernardini, J. El-Sana, and J. Klosowski. Directional Discretized Occluders for Accelerated Occlusion Culling. Computer Graphics Forum, August 2000, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 507-516.
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J. El-Sana and Y. J. Chiang. External Memory View-Dependent Rendering, Computer Graphics Forum,August 2000, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 139-150. [Best Paper Award]
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J. El-Sana and A. Varshney. Generalized View-Dependent Topology Simplification for arbitrary polygonal models. Computer Graphics Forum, August 1999, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 83-94.
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J. El-Sana and A. Varshney. Topology simplification for polygonal virtual environments. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics. June 1998, Vol. 4, No. 2.
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J. Xia, J. El-Sana, and A. Varshney. Adaptive real-time level-of-detail-based rendering for polygonal models. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 1997, Vol. 3, No. 2 pp. 171-183.
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A. Meisels, J. El-Sana, and E. Gudes. Decomposing and Solving Timetabling Constraint Networks. Computational Intelligence, Vol.13, 1997 pp. 486-505.
Conference Papers
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R. Cohen, I. Rabaev, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem, Aligning transcript of historical documents using dynamic programming, The 22nd international conference on Document Recognition and Retrieval (DRR), 2014, California.(to appear)
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R. Cohen, I. Dinstein, J. El-Sana, and K. Kedem, Using Scale-Space Anisotropic Smoothing for Text Line Extraction in Historical Documents, The International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition Recognition (ICIAR), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, 2014.
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I. Rabaev, I. Dinstein, J. El-Sana and K. Kedem, Segmentation-free Keyword Retrieval in Historical Document Images, The International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition Recognition (ICIAR), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series , 2014.
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A. Asi, R. Cohen, I. Dinstein, , J. El-Sana,K. Kedem, A Coarse-to-Fine Approach for Layout Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts, 14th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR-2014), Crete, Greece, pp. 140-145.
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D. Fecker, A. Asi, V. Märgner, J. El-Sana, T. Fingscheidt, Writer Identification for Historical Documents , International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Stockholm, Sweden, 2014.
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D. Fecker, A. Asi, W. Pantke, V. Märgner, J. El-Sana, T. Fingscheidt, Document Writer Analysis with Rejection for Historical Arabic Documents , International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR-2014), Greece, 2014.
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M. Kasis, J. El-Sana, Word Spotting using Radial Descriptor , International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR-2014), Greece, 2014.
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H. Bai, L. Gao, J. El-Sana, M. Billinghurst, Markerless 3D Gesture-based Interaction for Handheld Augmented Reality Interfaces Work I Progress, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2013
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R. Cohen, A. Asi, K. Kedem, J. El-Sana, I. Dinstein, Page Layout Analysis of Historical Documents Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing(HIP2013), 2013
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O. Biller, A. Asi, K. Kedem, J. El-Sana, I. Dinstein, WebGT: An Interactive Web-based System for
Historical Document Ground Truth Generation, International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition(ICDAR2013), 2013.
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I. Rabaev, O. Biller, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem, I. Dinstein, Text Line Detection in Corrupted and Damaged
Historical Manuscripts, International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition(ICDAR2013), 2013.
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W. Pantke, V. Margner, D. Fecker, T. Fingscheidt, A. Asi, O. Biller, R. Saabni, M. Yehia, J. El-Sana HADARA - A software System for Semi-Automatic Processing of Historical Documents, Archiving'13, Washnigton D.C., United States, 2013.
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N. Amar, M. Raviv, B. David, O. Chernoguz, and J. El-Sana, Synthesizing Reality for Realistic Physical Behavior of Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Applications for Smart-Phones, In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtaul Reality Conference, 2013.
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O. Biller, K. Kedem, I. Dinstien, and J. El-Sana, Evolution Maps for Connected Components in Text Documents, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR'12), pp. 405-410, 2012.
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R. Cohen, K. Kedem, I. Dinstien, and J. El-Sana, Occluded Character Restoration Using Active Contour with Shape Priors, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR'12), pp. 497-502, 2012.
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S. S. Bukhari, A. Asi, J. El-Sana, and T. M. Breuel. Layout Analysis for Arabic Historical Document Images Using Machine Learning, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR'12), pp. 639-644 , 2012.
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A. Asi, I. Rabaev, K. Kedem, J. El-Sana, User-Assisted Alignment of Arabic Historical Manuscripts, International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP2011), pp. 22-28, 2011.
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A. Asi, R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Text Line Segmentation for Gray Scale Historical Document Images, International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP2011), pp. 120-126, 2011.
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I. Rabaev, O. Biller, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem, I. Dinstein, Case Study in Hebrew Character Searching, International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition(ICDAR2011), pp. 1080-1084, 2011.
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R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Language-Independent Text Lines Extraction Using Seam Carving, International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR2011), pp. 563-568, 2011.
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R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Word Spotting for Handwritten Documents Using Chamfer Distance and Dynamic Time Warping, Document Recognition and Retrieval XVII”, Proceedings of SPIE 7874, 78740J, 2011.
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N. Hagbi, R. Grasset, O. Bergig, M. Billinghurst, J. El-Sana, In-Place Sketching for Content Authoring in Augmented Reality Games, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010 (VR2010), March, Massachusetts, USA.
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N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, M. Billinghurst, Shape Recognition and Pose Estimation for Mobile Augmented Reality, In the proceeding of the 8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality(ISMAR09), pp.65-71, Orladno, USA, 2009 [Best Student Paper Award].
O. Bergig, N. Hagbi, J. El-Sana, M. Billinghurst In-Place 3D Sketching for Authoring and Augmenting Mechanical Systems, In the proceeding of the 8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality(ISMAR09), pp.87-94, Orladno, USA, 2009.
R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Hierarchical On-line Arabic Handwriting Recognition, In proceedings of the “International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition”, ICDAR2009, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 867-871, 2009,
R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Efficient Generation of Comprehensive Data base for Online Arabic Script Recognition, In proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition(ICDAR2009), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1231-1235, 2009.
R. Saabni, J. El-Sana, Keyword Searching for Arabic handwriting, In proceedings of the International conference of frontiers in Handwriting recognition (ICFHR2008 Montreal, Canada, pp.1185-1192, 2008.
N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, K. Kedem, M. Billinghurst, In-place Augmented Realit, Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2008, pp.135-138.
Y. Livny, N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. Persistent Grid Mapping: A GPU-based Framework for Interactive Terrain Rendering. Pacific Graphics, October, 2006, pp. 123-130.
G. Bauman, Y. Livny, J. El-Sana, GPU-Based Adaptive-Subdivision for View-Dependent Rendering, International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Visio, 2009, PP.203-210.
Y. Livny, K. Maman and J. El-Sana, GPU-Oriented JPEG-Like Texture Compression, The Fourth International Conference on Games Research and Development 2008, (CyberGames 2008) Beijing, China, pp. G107-116.
N. Hagbi, J. El-Sana, A Carving Framework for Topology Simplification of Polygonal Meshes. Advances in Geometric Modeling and Processing, 5th International Conference (GMP2008), China, pp. 47-61.
Y. Livny, G. Bauman and J. El-Sana, Displacement Patches for GPU-Oriented View-Dependent Rendering. Proceeding of GRAPP08 (Madeira Portugal, Jan 2008), pp. 181-190.
Y. Livny, K. Maman and J. El-Sana, GPU-Based Compression Technique for Textures. Proceeding of Israel-Italy Bi-National conference, (Haifa Israel, May 2007), pp. 129-132.
M. Press, Y. Livny, J. El-Sana. GPU-Based Compression Techniques for Textures, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, 2007, pp. 87-95.
M. Press, Y. Livny, J. El-Sana. GPU-Based Interactive Cartoon Style Rendering, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, 2007, pp. 108-113.
Y. Livny, Z. Kogan, J. El-Sana. Seamless Patches for GPU-based Terrain Rendering. International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, 2007, pp. 201-209
M. Press, J. El-Sana, Multiresolution Hierarchy for real-time cartoon style rendering, 10th International Conference Information Visualization, July 2006, pp. 121-130.
F. Biadsy, J. El-Sana, N. Habash. Online Arabic Handwriting Recognition Using Hidden Markov Models. International Workshop Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, October 2006, pp. 3278-3286.
N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. Frame Hierarchy - Level of detail for video visualization, Geometric Modeling, Visualization, and Graphics, Utah, July, 2005.
I.Ashkenazi, B. Ben Moshe, J. El-Sana, Approximating Radio Maps: An experimental study, In Proceeding of the 17th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2005.
Y. Livny, N. Sokolovsky, J. El-Sana. Dual-Adaptive Path for Multiresolution Hierarchies. Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, 2005, pp. 78-89.
A. Krasnopolsky, J. El-Sana, Haptic Based Neuronal Cell Skeletonization, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics. October, 2004. pp 31-36.
E. Negev, J. El-Sana. Parallel Construction of View-Dependent Rendering Trees, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, October 2003, pp. 47-55.
H. Brovman, J. El-Sana. Toward and Accurate Epsilon-Visibility, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, October 2003, pp. 82-91.
J. El-Sana, E. Bachmat. Optimized View-Dependent Rendering for large Dataset. In IEEE Visualization `02 Proceedings, October 2002.
J. El-Sana, A. Weisman. Dynamic View-Dependent Rendering. Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, October 2001, pp 143-150.
J. El-Sana, N. Sokolovsky, C. Silva. Integrating Occlusion Culling with View-Dependent Rendering. In IEEE Visualization `2001 Proceedings, October 2001, pp. 371-378.
J. El-Sana. Multi-User View-Dependent Rendering-Distributed Rendering of Large Datasets. In IEEE Visualization `2000 Proceedings, October 2000, pp. 335-342.
J. El-Sana, E. Azanli, and A. Varshney. Skip-Strips: Triangle Strips for View-Dependent Rendering. In IEEE Visualization `99 Proceedings, October 1999.
F. Dachille, Hong Qin, A. Kaufman, and J. El-Sana. Haptic Sculpting of Dynamic Surfaces. ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics 1999.
J. El-Sana and A. Varshney. Parallel Construction and Navigation of View-Dependent Virtual Environment, Electric Imaging, Proceeding 99 SPIE, San Jose, California January 1999.
A. Varshney, J. El-Sana, F. Evans, L. Darsa, B. Costa, and S. Skiena. Enabling virtual reality for large-scale mechanical CAD datasets. Proceedings `97 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC 97/DFM-4371. California, September 1997.
J. El-Sana and A. Varshney. Controlled simplification of genus for polygonal models. In IEEE Visualization `97 Proceedings, October 1997, pp. 403-410.
A. Meisels, J. El-Sana, and E. Gudes. Comments on CSP algorithms applied to timetabling. Israel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision (IAICV), Israel. 1994.
Book Chapters
E. Nissan and J. El-Sana, A retrospective of a pioneering project. Earlier than XML, other than SGML, still going: CuProS metadata for deeply nested relations, and navigating for retrieval in RAFFAELLO, Language, culture, computation: Essays in honour of Yaacov Choueka, Vol. 2:Tools for text and language, and the cultural dimension (in press) Berlin, Springer.
[Full Paper, PDF]J. El-Sana, Remote View-Dependent Rendering, Immersive Projection Technology and Virtual Environments, Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 175-185.
J. El-Sana and A. Varshney, Perception-Dependent Haptic Rendering, EUROGRAPHCS Virtual Environments, Springer-Verlag, 2000, pp. 136-144.
J. El-Sana and A. Varshney, View-Dependent Topology Simplification, EUROGRAPHCS Virtual Environments, Springer-Verlag, 1999, pp. 124-134.
Patents
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F. Bernardini, J. El-Sana, D. Luebke, and J. Menon, “Accelerated Occlusion Culling Using Directional Discretized Occluders and System", United States Patent Application (IBM Docket Number Y0999-105), July 1999.
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J. El-Sana, F. Biadsy, “Online Recognition of Arabic Handwriting”, United States, Europe.
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N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, “In-Place Augmented Reality”, United States, Europe.
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N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, “Recognition and tracking of concabe planar shapes for Augmented reality”, 61/095,989, United States, Europe.
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N. Hagbi, O. Bergig, J. El-Sana, "Method and System Compositing an Augmented Reality Scene", U.S. Serial No. 13/063,724, States, Europe.