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Firstly,Iwouldliketothankmygirlfriendandfamilyforsupportingmethroughthelong
journeyofwritingmyfirstcomputervision-basedbook.Theystoodbymeateverystepof
theway.Secondly,IwouldliketothanktheOpenCVQ&Acommunitywhohavebeen
supportingmewithallthetechnicalproblemsthatarosewhilewritingthisbook.
QuanHuaisasoftwareengineeratAutonomous,astart-upcompanyinrobotics,where
hefocusesondevelopingcomputervisionandmachinelearningapplicationsforpersonal
robots.HeearnedabachelorofsciencedegreefromtheUniversityofScience,Vietnam,
specializingincomputervision,andpublishedaresearchpaperinCISIM2014.Asthe
ownerofQuan404.com,healsoblogsaboutvariouscomputervisiontechniquestoshare
hisexperiencewiththecommunity.
Iwishtothankeveryonewhohasencouragedmeonthewaywhilewritingthisbook.
Iwanttoexpressmysinceregratitudetomycoauthors,editors,andreviewersfortheir
adviceandassistance.Thankyou,NehaBhatnagar,HarshaBharwani,andMerwyn
D’souzaforgivingmeagoldenopportunitytojointhisproject.
Iwouldliketothankthemembersofmyfamilyandmygirlfriend,KimNgoc,who
supportedandencouragedmeinspiteofallthetimeittookmeawayfromthem.Theyall
keptmegoing,andthisbookwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthem.
Iwouldalsoliketothankmyteacherswhogavemetheknowledgeincomputervision
andmachinelearning.
UtkarshSinhalivesinPittsburgh,Pennsylvania,whereheispursuingamaster’sin
computervisionatCarnegieMellonUniversity.Heintendstolearnthestateoftheartof
computervisionattheuniversityandworkonreal-lifeindustrialscalecomputervision
challenges.
BeforejoiningCMU,heworkedasaTechnicalDirectoratDreamworksAnimationon
moviessuchasHome,HowtoTrainyourDragon2,andMadagascar3.Hisworkspans
multiplemoviesandmultiplegenerationsofgraphicstechnology.
Heearnedhisbachelorofengineeringdegreeincomputerscienceandhismasterof
sciencedegreeinmathematicsfromBITS-Pilani,Goa.Hehasbeenworkinginthefieldof
computervisionforabout6yearsasaconsultantandasasoftwareengineeratstart-ups.
Heblogsathttp://utkarshsinha.com/aboutvarioustopicsintechnology—mostofwhich
revolvearoundcomputervision.Healsopublishescomputervisiontutorialsonthe
Internetthroughhiswebsite,AIShack(http://aishack.in/).Hisarticleshelppeople
understandconceptsincomputervisioneveryday.
Iwouldliketothankmyparentsforsupportingmethroughthelongjourneyofwritingmy
firstbookoncomputervision.Withoutthem,thisbookwouldn’thavebeenpossible.
Iamindebtedtothetechnicalreviewersandeditorswhohavehelpedpolishthebooktobe
whatitisnow.Theireffortshavereallybroughtthebooktogether—thinkingofaspects