Kostas Axelos (1924-2010)

In Memoriam: Robert M. Chanock, MD, 1924–2010.

The world of biomedical science lost a revered leader on July 30, 2010, with the death of Robert M. Chanock (Figure 1), age 86, at Copper Ridge residential care center, Sykesville, Maryland, from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Chanock’s impact on infectious diseases in the last half of the twentieth century was unparalleled. In a 1967 reference to Bob’s first decade at the Na...

Benoit Mandelbrot 1924 -2010: A Greek among Romans

Ubiquitous Media Communication Algorithms Kostas

This paper proposes an efficient algorithm for H.264/AVC streaming over error prone channels. H.264/AVC Redundant slices feature is an error robustness feature allowing the encoder to send an extra representation of a frame region that can be used if the primary representation is corrupted or lost. Redundant slices tool allow the insertion of primary slices and one or more additional secondary ...

Kostas Daniilidis: Research and Teaching Statement

My motivation has always been to understand the intrinsic difficulties of motion and space perception by machines in order to be able to create provably working systems. In the late 90's, research in the recovery of 3D-motion and structure from images had reached a level allowing already successful applications, in particularly in well constrained domains. Advances in camera technology had give...

Mortality in schizophrenia and related psychoses: data from two cohorts, 1875–1924 and 1994–2010

OBJECTIVE To investigate death rates in schizophrenia and related psychoses. DESIGN Data from two epidemiologically complete cohorts of patients presenting for the first time to mental health services in North Wales for whom there are at least 1, and up to 10-year follow-up data have been used to calculate survival rates and standardised death rates for schizophrenia and related psychoses. ...