Research Interest: My research is focused on Digital Image Processing, Knowledge-based Systems, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. I am currently conducting research on Biomedical Information Processing and its applications to identifyinf riskfactors to lung cancer diseas.

Selected Publications:

  1. Zhang, M. R., L. O. Hall and D. B. Goldgof, 2002, "A generic knowledge-guided image segmentation and labeling system using fuzzy clustering algorithms", IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, Volume: 32, Issue: 5, pp. 571- 582.
  2. Zhang, M. R., L. O. Hall, F. E. Muller-Karger and D. B. Goldgof, 2000, "Knowledge-guided classification of Coastal Zone Color Sensor images off the west Florida shelf", International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 14(8), pp. 987-1007.
  3. Zhang, M. R., K. L. Carder, Z. P. Lee, F. E. Muller-Karger and D. B. Goldgof, 1999, "Noise reduction and atmospheric correction for coastal applications of LANDSAT Thematic Mapper Imagery," Remote Sens. Environ., Vol. 70: 167-180.
  4. Lee, Z. P., J. Sandidge, and M. R. Zhang, "Ocena-color inversion: a combined approach by analytical solution and neural networks", in Ocean Remote sensing and Imaging II. Edited by Frouin, Robert J., Gilbert, Gary D., and Pan, Delu. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5155, pp. 153-161, Nov. 2003.
  5. Zhang, M. R., L. O. Hall, D. B. Goldgof, and Frank E. Muller-Karger, 1997. "Fuzzy analysis of satellite images to find phytoplankton blooms". IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1430-1435.
  6. Zhang, M. R., L. O. Hall and D. B. Goldgof, 1996. "Knowledge-based classification of CZCS images and monitoring or red tides off the west Florida shelf". The 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Viena, Austria, Vol. B: 452-456.
  7. Lee, Z. P., M. R. Zhang, K. L. Carder, and L. O. Hall. 1998. "A neural network approach to deriving optical properties and depths of shallow waters." Ocean Optics XIV. Kona, HI