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Empirical Inference Book Learning with Kernels: Support Vector Machines, Regularization, Optimization, and Beyond Schölkopf, B., Smola, A. :644, Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2002, Parts of this book, including an introduction to kernel methods, can be downloaded here. () Web DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Gender Classification of Human Faces Graf, A., Wichmann, F. In Biologically Motivated Computer Vision 2002, Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, :1-18, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., S.W. Lee, T. A. Poggio and C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV 2002), November 2002 () PDF PDF DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Insect-Inspired Estimation of Self-Motion Franz, M., Chahl, J. In Proc. 2nd Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision 2002, BMCV 2002, Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, (2525):171-180, LNCS, (Editors: Bülthoff, H.H. , S.W. Lee, T.A. Poggio, C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV 2002), November 2002 () PDF PDF DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Modelling Contrast Transfer in Spatial Vision Wichmann, F. Journal of Vision, 2(10):7, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2002), November 2002 () Web DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Pulse train detection and discrimination in pink noise Henning, G., Wichmann, F., Bird, C. Journal of Vision, 2(7):229, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2002), November 2002 () Web DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Surface-slant-from-texture discrimination: Effects of slant level and texture type Rosas, P., Wichmann, F., Wagemans, J. Journal of Vision, 2(7):300, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2002), November 2002 () Web DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Combining sensory Information to Improve Visualization Ernst, M., Banks, M., Wichmann, F., Maloney, L., Bülthoff, H. In Proceedings of the Conference on Visualization ‘02 (VIS ‘02), :571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R. , M. Joy), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE Conference on Visualization 2002 (VIS '02), October 2002 () PDF Web BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Constructing Boosting algorithms from SVMs: an application to one-class classification. Rätsch, G., Mika, S., Schölkopf, B., Müller, K. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24(9):1184-1199, September 2002 () DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Incorporating Invariances in Non-Linear Support Vector Machines Chapelle, O., Schölkopf, B. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 14, :609-616, (Editors: TG Dietterich and S Becker and Z Ghahramani), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 15th Annual Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (NIPS 2001), September 2002 () PDF Web BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Article Forward models in visuomotor control Mehta, B., Schaal, S. J Neurophysiol, 88(2):942-53, August 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Technical Report Kernel Dependency Estimation Weston, J., Chapelle, O., Elisseeff, A., Schölkopf, B., Vapnik, V. (98), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, August 2002 () PDF BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Phase information in the recognition of natural images Braun, D., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Perception, 31(ECVP Abstract Supplement):133, 25th European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2002 () Web BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article The contributions of color to recognition memory for natural scenes Wichmann, F., Sharpe, L., Gegenfurtner, K. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 28(3):509-520, May 2002 () PDF Web DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Detection and discrimination in pink noise Wichmann, F., Henning, G. 5:100, 5. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK 2002), February 2002 () Web BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Training invariant support vector machines DeCoste, D., Schölkopf, B. Machine Learning, 46(1-3):161-190, January 2002 () PDF DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Technical Report A compression approach to support vector model selection von Luxburg, U., Bousquet, O., Schölkopf, B. (101), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 2002, see more detailed JMLR version () BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper A kernel approach for learning from almost orthogonal patterns Schölkopf, B., Weston, J., Eskin, E., Leslie, C., Noble, W. In 13th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML 2002) and 6th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD'2002), Helsinki, Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2430/2431:511-528, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: T Elomaa and H Mannila and H Toivonen), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 13th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML 2002) and 6th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD'2002), 2002 () PostScript DOI BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Conference Paper A locally weighted learning composite adaptive controller with structure adaptation Nakanishi, J., Farrell, J. A., Schaal, S. In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article A micromechanical flying insect thorax Fearing, R., Avadhanula, S., Campolo, D., Sitti, M., Yan, J., Wood, R. Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots, :469-480, The MIT Press Cambridge, MA, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article A novel technique for measuring diffusivities of short-lived radioisotopes in solids Voss, T., Strohm, A., Matics, S., Scharwaechter, P., Frank, W. Zeitschrift f\"ur Metallkunde, 93(10):1077-1082, 2002 () BibTeX

Empirical Inference Poster Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Psychometric Function Fitting Wichmann, F. Proceedings of the 33rd European Conference on Mathematical Psychology, :44, 2002 () BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Book Chapter Arm and hand movement control Schaal, S. In The handbook of brain theory and neural networks, 2nd Edition, :110-113, 2, (Editors: Arbib, M. A.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Conference Paper Capture-Numbers and Island Size-Distributions in Irreversible Homoepitaxial Growth: A Rate-Equation Approach Popescu, M. N., Family, F., Amar, J. G. In Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth, :99-110, NATO Science Series: Series 2, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dassia [Korfu, Greece], 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Book Chapter Characterizing the Morphology of Disordered Materials Arns, C. H., Knackstedt, M. A., Mecke, K. In Morphology of Condensed Matter, 600:37-74, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, Berlin [et al.], 2002 () BibTeX

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Article Chirality-specific nonlinear spectroscopies in isotropic media Fischer, P., Albrecht, A. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 75(5):1119-1124, 2002, 10th International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy (TRVS 2001), OKAZZAKI, JAPAN, MAY 21-25, 2001 () DOI BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Cluster-Computing and Computational Science mit der Wuppertaler Alpha-Linux-Cluster-Engine ALiCE Arndt, H., Arnold, G., Eicker, N., Fliegner, D., Frommer, A., Hentschke, R., Isalia, F., Kabrede, H., Krech, M., Lippert, T. H., et al. Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, 25(1):21-38, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Colloid aggregation induced by oppositely charged polyions Harnau, L., Hansen, J. P. Journal of Chemical Physics, 116(20):9051-9057, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Conformal map modeling of the pinning transition in Laplacian growth Hentschel, H. G. E., Popescu, M. N., Family, F. Physical Review E, 65(3), 2002 () BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Contrast discrimination with pulse-trains in pink noise Henning, G., Bird, C., Wichmann, F. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19(7):1259-1266, 2002 () PDF BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Contrast discrimination with sinusoidal gratings of different spatial frequency Bird, C., Henning, G., Wichmann, F. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19(7):1267-1273, 2002 () PDF BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Crossover between strong- and weak-field critical adsorption and the determination of the universal exponent η⊥ Nickel, B., Schlesener, F., Donner, W., Detlefs, C., Dosch, H. Journal of Chemical Physics, 117(2):902-908, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Entropic torque Roth, R., van Roij, R., Andrienko, D., Mecke, K. R., Dietrich, S. Physical Review Letters, 89(8):088301, 2002 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae Autumn, K., Sitti, M., Liang, Y. A., Peattie, A. M., Hansen, W. R., Sponberg, S., Kenny, T. W., Fearing, R., Israelachvili, J. N., Full, R. J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(19):12252-12256, National Acad Sciences, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Fluids of platelike particles near a hard wall Harnau, L., Dietrich, S. Physical Review E, 65(2):021505, 2002 () DOI BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Fundamental measure theory for hard-sphere mixtures revisited: the White Bear version Roth, R., Evans, R., Lang, A., Kahl, G. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 14(46):12063-12078, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Geometrically-controlled twist transitions in nematic cells Patricio, P., Telo da Gama, M. M., Dietrich, S. Physical Review Letters, 88(24):245502, 2002 () DOI BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Kinetics of submonolayer epitaxial growth Amar, J. G., Family, F., Popescu, M. N. Computer Physics Communications, 146(1):1-8, 2002 () BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Conference Paper Learning rhythmic movements by demonstration using nonlinear oscillators Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S. In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), :958-963, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Book Chapter Learning robot control Schaal, S. In The handbook of brain theory and neural networks, 2nd Edition, :983-987, 2, (Editors: Arbib, M. A.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Luminance Artifacts on CRT Displays Wichmann, F. In IEEE Visualization, :571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R.; Gross, M.; Joy, K. I.), IEEE Visualization, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Book Chapter Mark Correlations: Relating Physical Properties to Spatial Distributions Beisbart, C., Kerscher, M., Mecke, K. In Morphology of Condensed Matter, 600:358-390, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, Berlin [et al.], 2002 () BibTeX

Autonomous Motion Conference Paper Movement imitation with nonlinear dynamical systems in humanoid robots Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2002), Washinton, May 11-15 2002, 2002, clmc () URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Nanomolding based fabrication of synthetic gecko foot-hairs Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. In Nanotechnology, 2002. IEEE-NANO 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 2nd IEEE Conference on, :137-140, 2002 () BibTeX

Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Conference Paper Non-Gaussian morphology of galaxy-cluster distribution: Minkowski functionals of the REFLEX catalogue Kerscher, M., Mecke, K., Schücker, P., Collaboration, R. In Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters. Proceedings of the Sesto-2001 Workshop, 268:60-62, Astronomical Society Pacific Conference Series, Alto Adige/Südtirol, 2002 () BibTeX