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Semi-interactive construction of 3D event logs for scene investigation
Dang, T.K.
Publication date
2013
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Dang, T. K. (2013). Semi-interactive construction of 3D event logs for scene investigation.
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Acknowledgments
This thesis is the evident that I have finished a long journey in my life. It is indeed longer than I expected, and I would never finish it without help and support from many people.
I would like to thank Marcel Worring, my supervisor. From him I learn valuable lessons in doing research, and how to grow a researcher. Most of all, I thank Marcel for having faith, and never giving up on me. I would to thanks my promoter, Arnold Smeulders, for each conversation we had. Each of them is a valuable lesson that has changed me, and I still cite them when talking to young students.
People say “Don’t work harder, work smarter”. In my case, thanks to Marcel, I have learned that “Don’t work harder, work with smarter people”. When I came to Jan-Mark to discuss about SIFT, I did not know it is a blob detector. Now I have a chapter about blob detectors. My special thank to a special person, Leo Dorst. Working with him I find the fun and the benefit in handling with equations.
ISIS was a great working environment. I thank Cees Snoek for advices in doing research and writing. Thank Jan, Ork, and Koen and for the cozy atmosphere we had in our lab. I thank Denis, Richard, and Sander for their technical support. I will remember Denis more by his jokes during lunchtime. I would like to thank all secretaries, Virginie, Suna, and Jacqueline, for their kind help with paper work.
I thank Vietnamese friends I get to know during this journey. Thank Tat Hieu for bringing Arnold and Marcel to Vietnam, so I had a chance to start this. I will remember Thang, Duong, and Giang as they are my elder brothers and sisters. I thank Dung for helping me finishing my research from distance. My thank to all Vietnamese friends in Amsterdam, with them I had many happy memory that I always treasure.
I send my deep thank to my friend The Duy. Without his push and contribution, this thesis would never be finished.
To my dear family, my parents, my brother, my parents-in-law, my wife and my kids, thank you for supporting, encouraging me throughout this long, and sometime difficult, period of my life. To them, I send my love.
