Miki Rubinstein's Academic Webpage

Michael (Miki) Rubinstein

I am was a graduate student in the computer science department at Tel-Aviv University, working under the supervision of Dr. Ariel Shamir.
I am a PhD student in the EECS department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Bill Freeman.
Hopefully I will update this page soon...

E-mail: rubinst1@post.tau.ac.il

CV (pdf)

Research

My research interests include image and video processing, computer vision and machine learning. However, I'm interested in a variety of topics in computer science. After completing my bachelors, I've spent almost three years in the industry working mainly in the field of statistical inference and time-series analysis. I've also spent some time during my masters investigating directions in neuroscience and brain imaging. I'm always happy to discuss interesting problems and ideas.
I currently intend to focus my efforts on the visual sciences, while retaining diversity as much as possible.

Publications

Multi-operator Media Retargeting
Michael Rubinstein, Ariel Shamir, Shai Avidan
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 28, Number 3 SIGGRAPH 2009
abstract | paper

Improved Seam Carving for Video Retargeting
Michael Rubinstein, Ariel Shamir, Shai Avidan
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 27, Number 3 SIGGRAPH 2008
abstract | paper | video | Seam-Carving page

Inverse Computer Graphics: Parametric Comics Creation from 3D Interaction
Ariel Shamir, Michael Rubinstein, Tomer Levinboim
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Volume 26, number 3, 30-38, 2006
abstract | paper

Discrete Approaches to Content-aware Image and Video Retargeting
Michael Rubinstein
M.Sc Thesis, May 2009
pdf | high-res pdf (70mb) | Defense slides (100mb)

Talks

Introduction to Recursive Bayesian Filtering
Presented in: Seminar on Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics, 2009, Tel Aviv University.
Presentation Files | PDF Slides

Tracking with focus on Particle Filters
Presented in: Seminar on Vision-based Security, 2009, The Interdisciplinary Center.
Part I: PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handouts
Part II: PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handouts

Video Abstraction
Topics: Video abstraction overview, abstracting and directing video games, video interaction.
Presented at: Walt Disney Imagineering R&D Glendale CA, 2008.
Presentation Files | PDF Slides

Viewfinder Alignment
Presented in: Seminar on Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics, 2008, Tel Aviv University.
Presentation Files | PDF Slides

Small-World Networks and Epilepsy
Topics: Graph theoretical analysis of intracerebrally recorded mesial temporal lobe seizures.
Presented in: Seminar on Computational Methods in Brain Imaging, 2007, Tel Aviv University.
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Slides

Efficient Gradient Domain Composition
Presented in: Seminar on Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics, 2007, Tel Aviv University.
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Slides

Dimensionality Reduction by Random Mapping
Presented in: Seminar on Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics, 2006, Tel Aviv University.
Presentation Files | PDF Slides

Links

The four most important things in my life
My photos (at least the ones I've made public)
Personal wiki (currently offline...)
TED: Ideas worth spreading
Astronomy Picture of the Day
digg
HowStuffWorks

Addictive Online Games
A graduate student's essentials...

Quote of the day:

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." (Donald Knuth)

Office address: Computer Graphics Lab, Schriber Building, Room 2, School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.
Phone: +972-3-640-5360