Contact Me

meirav.galun@weizmann.ac.il
Tel: +972-8-9342141
Fax: +972-8-9342945 or +972-8-9344122 

Research Interests

• Computer vision
• Geometric processing
• Optimization algorithms
• Multiscale methods
• Medical imaging
• Data analysis
• Clustering and classification
• Deep learning

Teaching

• 2016/spring (WIS) Convex optimization
• 2014/spring (WIS) Matrix computation and convex optimization
• 2013/spring (WIS) Numerical linear algebra and convex optimization

Publications

2020

• A.Geifman, A.Yadav, Y.Kasten, D.Jacobs, R.Basri, M.Galun
  On the similarity between the laplace and neural tangent kernels
  Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Neurips-20, 2020

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• L.Yariv, Y.Kasten, D.Moran, R.Basri, M.Atzmon, Y.Lipman,M.Galun
  Multiview Neural Surface Reconstruction by Disentangling Geometry and Appearance
  Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Neurips-20, 2020

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• R.Basri, A.Geifman, D.Jacobs, Y.Kasten, S.Kritchman,M.Galun
  Frequency bias in neural networks for input of non-uniform density
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML-20, 2020

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• I.Luz, H.Maron, R.Basri, I.Yavneh,M.Galun
  Learning Algebraic Multigrid Using Graph Neural Networks
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML-20, 2020

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• A.Geifman, Y.Kasten, R.Basri, M.Galun
  Averaging Essential and Fundamental Matrices in Collinear Camera Settings
  Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR-20, 2020

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2016

• S. Kovalsky, M. Galun, Y. Lipman
  Accelerated quadratic proxy for geometric optimization Project's web page
  ACM SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, SIGGRAPH-16 (2016)

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• N. Ofir, M. Galun, B. Nadler and R. Basri
  Fast detection of curved edges at low SNR Project's web page
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Las Vegas, CVPR-16 (2016)

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2015

• M. Galun*, T. Amir*, T. Hassner, R. Basri, Y. Lipman
  Wide baseline stereo matching with convex bounded distortion constraints
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Santiago, ICCV-15 (2015)
  (*equal contributors)

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• O. Meir, M. Galun, S. Yagev, R. Basri, I. Yavneh
  A Multiscale variable-grouping framework for MRF energy minimization Project's web page
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Santiago, ICCV-15 (2015)

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• M. Galun, I. Yavneh, R.Basri
  Review of methods inspired by algebraic-multigrid for data and image analysis applications
  Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, 8(2):283-312 (2015)

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• I. Horev, B. Nadler, E. Arias-Castro, M. Galun, R.Basri
  Detection of long edges on a computational budget: a sub-linear approach
  SIAM Journal of Imaging Sciences, 8(1):458-483 (2015)

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2013

• I. Rishal, O. Golani, M. Rajman, B. Costa, K. Ben-Yaakov, Z. Schoenmann, A. Yaron, R. Basri, M. Fainzilber and M. Galun
  WIS-NeuroMath enables versatile high throughput analyses of neuronal processes Project's web page
  Developmental Neurobiology, 73(3): 247-256 (2013)

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2012

• S. Bagon and M. Galun
  A multiscale framework for challenging discrete optimization
  NIPS Workshop on Optimization for Machine Learning (2012)

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• S. Bagon and M. Galun
  A unified multiscale framework for discrete energy minimization
  arXiv (2012)

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• D. Glasner, M. Galun, S. Alpert, R. Basri and G. Shakhnarovich
  Viewpoint-Aware object detection and continuous pose estimation
  Image and Vision Computing, 30: 923-933 (2012)

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2011

• D. Glasner, M. Galun, S. Alpert, R. Basri and G. Shakhnarovich
  Viewpoint-Aware object detection and pose estimation Project's web page
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Barcelona, ICCV-11 (2011)

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• S. Alpert, M. Galun, A. Brandt and R. Basri
  Image segmentation by probabilistic bottom-up aggregation and cue inegration
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence(2011)

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• S. Bagon and M. Galun
  Optimizing large scale correlation clustering
  arXiv (2011)

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2010

• S. Alpert, M. Galun, B. Nadler and R. Basri
  Detecting faint curved edges in noisy images
  European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Heraklion, ECCV-10 (2010)

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• S. Bagon, O. Brostovski, M. Galun and M. Irani
  Detecting and sketching the common . Project's web page
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), San Francisco, CVPR-10 (2010)

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• D. Kushnir, M. Galun and A. Brandt
  Efficient multilevel eigensolvers with applications to data analysis tasks
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 32(8): 1377-1391 (2010)

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2009

• I. Zelman, M. Galun, A. Akselrod-Ballin, Y. Yekutieli,B. Hochner and T. Flash
  Nearly automatic motion capture system for tracking octopus arm movements in 3D space
  Journal of Neuroscience methods, 182: 97-109 (2009)

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• A. Akselrod-Ballin, M. Galun, J.M Gomori, M. Filippi, P. Valsasina, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  Automatic segmentation and classification of multiple sclerosis in multichannel MRI
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56(10): 2461-2469 (2009)

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2008

• S. Naffar-Abu-Amara, T. Shay, M. Galun, N. Cohen, S. J. Isakoff, Z. Kam and B. Geiger
  Identification of novel pro-migratory, cancer-associated genes using quantitative, microscopy-based screening
  PlosOne (2008)

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2007

• M. Galun, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  Multiscale edge detection and fiber enhancement using differences of oriented means Project's web page
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Rio De Janeiro, ICCV-07 (2007)

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• S. Alpert, M. Galun, R.Basri and A. Brandt
  Image Segmentation by Probabilistic Bottom-Up Aggregation and Cue Integration
  IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Minneapolis, CVPR-07 (2007)

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• A. Akselrod-Ballin, M. Galun, M. J. Gomori, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  Prior knowledge driven multiscale segmentation of brain MRI
  The International Society and Conference Series on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Brisbane, Australia, MICCAI-07 (2007)

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2006

• E. Sharon, M. Galun, D. Sharon, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  Hierarchy and adaptivity in segmenting visual scenes
  Nature, 442 (7104) :810–813 (2006)

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• D. Kushnir, M. Galun and A. Brandt
  Fast multiscale clustering and manifold identification
  Special Issue of Similarity-Based Pattern Recognition,
  Journal of Pattern Recognition, 39: 1876–1891 (2006)

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• L. Gorelick, M. Galun, E. Sharon, R.Basri and A. Brandt
  Shape representation and classification using the Poisson equation
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 28 (12), December (2006)

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• B. Nadler and M. Galun
  Fundamental Limitations of Spectral Clustering Methods,
  Neural Information Processing Systems Conference, Vancouver, NIPS-06 (2006)

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• A. Akselrod-Ballin, M. Galun, M. J. Gomori, M. Filippi, P. Valsasina, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  An integrated segmentation and classification approach applied to multiple sclerosis analysis
  IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, New-York, CVPR-06 (2006)

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• A. Akselrod-Ballin, E. Eyal, M. Galun, E. Furman-Haran, J. M. Gomori, R. Basri, H. Degani and A. Brandt
  3D automatic segmentation of the rat uterus in MRI
  The International Society for Optical Engineering Conf. on Medical Imaging, San Diego,
  SPIE-06 (2006)

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• A. Akselrod-Ballin, M. Galun, M. J. Gomori, R. Basri and A. Brandt
  Atlas guided identification of brain structures by combining 3D segmentation and SVM classification
  The International Society and Conference Series on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Copenhagen, MICCAI-06 (2006)

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• E. Eyal, A. Akselrod-Ballin, M. Galun, E. Furman-Haran, R. Basri, A. Brandt and H. Degani
  Dynamic monitoring of the rat uterus using 3D automatic segmentation,
  Conf. of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, IMSRM-06 (2006)

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2005

• M. Galun, A. Apartsin and R. Basri
  Multiscale segmentation by combining Motion and Intensity Cues
  IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, San Diego, CVPR-05 Proceedings: 256–263 (2005)

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2004

• L. Gorelick, M. Galun, E. Sharon, R.Basri and A. Brandt
  Shape representation and classification using the Poisson equation
  IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Washington, DC, CVPR-04 Proceedings: 61–67 (2004)

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2003

• M. Galun, E. Sharon, R.Basri and A. Brandt
  Texture segmentation by multiscale aggregation of filter responses and shape elements
  Nice, ICCV-03 Proceedings: 716–723 (2003)

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1999

• A. Brandt, J. Mann, M. Brodski and M. Galun
  A fast and accurate inversion of the Radon transform
  SIAM Journal on Appl. Math. 60:437–462 (1999)

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1997

• A. Brandt and M. Galun
  Optimal multigrid algorithms for variable-coupling isotropic Gaussian models
  J. Stat. Phys. 88:637–664 (1997)

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1996

• A. Brandt and M. Galun
  Optimal multigrid algorithms for the massive Gaussian model and path integrals
  J. Stat. Phys. 82:1503–1518 (1996)

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1994

• A. Brandt, M. Galun and D. Ron
  Optimal multigrid algorithms for calculating thermodynamic limits
  J. Stat. Phys. 74:313–348 (1994)