Portable sensor-augmented vision system for largescene modeling

Acknowledgements It is a privilege to have had the opportunity towork with my advisor, Dr. Takeo Kanade. Iwould like to thank him for his guidance and patience throughout the course of this project. His perseverance in research and his ability to look at things from a global perspective while attending to critical details will continue to have positive impact on me even after I leave CMU. Iwould also like to thank Dr. Jose Moura, Dr. Martial Hebert and Dr. Paul Heck-bert for serving as my committee members. Their insightful comments helped to improve the thesis signi cantly. Paul read my thesis more carefully than I did and I am thankful for his suggestions. I am extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity towork with Dave LaRose and Mei Han. The friendship that I have established with Dave and Mei is the best thing that has happened to me at CMU. Dave and Mei's help in many critical points in this project has been indispensable. They have also been the best o ce-mates in the world