Visual Speech Recognition: Lip Segmentation and Mapping presents an up-to-date account of research done in the areas of lip segmentation, visual speech recognition, and speaker identification and verification. A useful reference for researchers working in this field, this book contains the latest research results from renowned experts with in-depth discussion on topics such as visual speaker authentication, lip modeling, and systematic evaluation of lip features.
Shilin Wang received his bachelors of engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China in 2001, and his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, City University of Hong Kong in 2004. Since 2004, he has been with the School of Information Security Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. His research interests include image processing and pattern recognition. His biography is listed in Marquis Who?s Who in Science and Engineering. [Editor]