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Awards

2009 Received the Best Paper Award (ICDS 2009)
2008 Received the Best Paper Award (CONCIBE 2008)

Conferences, Committees and Reviews

2012

Member of the International Program Committee for the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC 2012) in Zakopane, Poland

Member of the International Program Committee for the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2012) in Berlin/Germany

Member of the International Program Committee for the 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia & Allied Technology (CGAT 2012) in Bali, Indonesia

Member of the International Program Committee for the 13th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IBERAMIA 2012) in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Member of the International Program Committee for the 6th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 2012) in Valencia, Spain

Member of the International Program Committee for the IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA 2012) in Bandung, Indonesia

Member of the International Program Committee for the IEEE Conference on Control, Systems & Industrial Informatics (ICCSII 2012) in Bandung, Indonesia

Reviews for The 17th International Computer Games Conference: AI, Interactive Multimedia, Virtual Worlds and Serious Games (CGAMES 2012) in Lousville/USA

Reviews for the Journal The Imaging Science (IMS) published by Maney

Reviews for the Journal Machine Vision and Applications (MVA) published by Springer

Reviews for the Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE C (Computers & Electronics) (JZUS) published by Zhejiang University, China

Reviews for the International Journal of Robotics and Automation (RA) published by ACTA Press

2011

Member of the International Program Committee for the 1st IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE-Berlin 2011) in Berlin/Germany

Member of the International Program Committee for the 2nd IEEE International Middle Eastern Conference on Simulation and AI in Computer Games (GAMEON-ARABIA 2011) in Amman/Jordan

Member of the International Program Committee for the 1st IASTED International Conference on Computer Vision (CV 2011) in Vancouver/Canada

Member of the International Program Committee for the 5th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 2011) in Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Member of the International Program Committee and Session Chair for the 11th IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2011) in Innsbruck/Austria

Session Chair for the 12th IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2011) in Innsbruck/Austria

Reviews for the Journal Neural Computing & Applications (NCA) published by Springer

Reviews for the Journal Machine Vision and Applications (MVA) published by Springer

2010

Member of the International Program Committee for the 1st International Middle Eastern Conference on Simulation and AI in Computer Games (GAMEON-ARABIA 2010) in Alexandria/Egypt

Member of the International Program Committee for the 10th IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2010) in Innsbruck/Austria

Member of the International Program Committee for the 11th IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2010) in Innsbruck/Austria

Member of the International Program Committee for the 4th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 2010) in St.Maarten/Netherlands Antilles

Reviews for the Journal IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (ITSMC)

Reviews for the Journal Machine Vision and Applications (MVA) published by Springer

2009

Member of the International Program Committee for the 4th International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'09) in Las Vegas, USA

Reviews for the Journal Machine Vision and Applications (MVA) published by Springer

2008

Member of the International Program Committee for the 4th International Congress on Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (CONCIBE 2008) in Guadalajara/Mexiko

2007

Reviews for the Digital Journal e-gnosis, ISSN 1665-5745

Reviews for the International Autosoft Journal, Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing

2006

Reviews for the Digital Journal e-gnosis (), ISSN 1665-5647

Reviews for the Workshop on "Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning" (IEEE ISM2006)

Books at Amazon

Java-Intensivkurs
In 14 Tagen lernen Projekte erfolgreich zu realisieren
2. Auflage 2009 (komplett überarbeitet und erweitert) [SOURCE (168 KB), ERRATA]

Marco Block, Co-worker: Felix Franke, Ernesto Tapia
 Springer-Verlag, Reihe: Xpert.press
2009, 300 S., 90 illus. (33 colored), softcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-72271-7
Official book-website (german)

Haskell-Intensivkurs
Ein kompakter Einstieg in die funktionale Programmierung
1. Auflage 2010 [SOURCE (68 KB), ERRATA]

Marco Block, Adrian Neumann
 Springer-Verlag, Reihe: Xpert.press
2010, 306 S., 72 illus., softcover
ISBN: 978-3-642-04717-6
[Rezension im Linux-Magazin 06/2011]


Articles, Journals, Book chapters, Books, other Publications

2012

Lindner M., Block M., Rojas R.: "Object Recognition Using Summed Features Classifier", In: 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC 2012), published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, Part I, LNCS 7267, p.543, Zakopane/Poland, 2012

Lang S., Block M., Rojas R.: "Sign Language Recognition Using Kinect", In: 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC 2012), published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, Part I, LNCS 7267, p.394, Zakopane/Poland, 2012

Block M.: "Steuerungsverhalten autonomer Agenten", Book chapter in: Agentdesign - Ausgewählte Kapitel des Gamedesigns, Mediadesign Hochschule (Hrgs.), 2012 (to appear)

2011

Zint J., Block M., Kücklich J.: "Realtime Color Adjustment for Color-vision Impaired Users", In: Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications / 722: Computer Graphics and Imaging, ISBN: 978-0-88986-881-6, proceedings track 722-015, The Twelfth IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2011), Innsbruck/Austria, 2011
[CONF]

Wenzel B., Block M.: "A Content-based Interactive Classroom", In: 717: Artificial Intelligence and Applications / 718: Modelling, Identification, and Control 2011. CD ISBN: 978-0-88986-863-2, proceedings track 717-042, The Eleventh IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2011), Innsbruck/Austria, 2011
[CONF]

2010

Yogev N., Block M., Rojas R.: "Painting Art To Hear for Visually Impaired and Blind People", The Tenth IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2010), proceedings track 674-110, Innsbruck/Austria, 2010
[CONF]

Block M., Neumann A.: "Haskell-Intensivkurs - Ein kompakter Einstieg in die funktionale Programmierung", Book, ISBN: 978-3-642-04717-6, Springer-Verlag, 2010
[Amazon]

2009

Block M., Schaubert M., Wiesel F., Rojas R.: "Multi-Exposure Document Fusion Based on Edge-Intensities", The 10th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2009), IEEE Computer Society, pp. 136-140, Barcelona/Spain, 2009
[PDF 507 KB]

Block M., Rojas R.: "Local Contrast Segmentation to Binarize Images", The Third International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 2009), IEEE Computer Society, ISBN:978-0-7695-3526-5, Vol.1, No.1, pp.294-299, Cancun/Mexiko, 2009
Received the Best Paper Award
[PDF 344 KB]

Cuevas E., Zaldivar D., Perez-Cisneros M. and Block M.: "Lvq neural networks in color segmentation", Soft Computing Methods for Practical Environmental Solutions: Techniques and Studies, Eds. Gestalt M. and Rivero D. (USA: IGI Global), pp.220-250, 2009
[IGI Global]

Kulick J., Block M., Rojas R.: "General Game Playing mit stochastischen Spielen", Technical Report B-09-08, Free University of Berlin, 2009
[PDF 1.05 MB]

Block M.: "Verbesserung, Lokalisierung und Entzerrung von Textdokumentaufnahmen", Dissertation (eingereicht im November 2008, Disputation im Mai 2009), Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Raúl Rojas und Dr. Ernesto Tapia, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Mai 2009
[PDF]

Block M.: "Java Intensivkurs - In 14 Tagen lernen Projekte erfolgreich zu realisieren", Book, ISBN: 978-3-540-72271-7, 2. Auflage (komplett überarbeitet und erweitert), Springer-Verlag, 2009
[Amazon]

2008

Wang M., Bader M., Block M., Rojas R.: "Intelligent Agent-Based Board Games for Multi-Touch Systems", 4. Microsoft Academic Days 2008 (MSAD-08), Berlin/Deutschland, 2008
[PDF 300 KB]

Czerwionka P., Block M., Bader M., Rojas R.: "Maschinelles Spielen im Klassiker Asteroids", Technical Report B-08-16, Free University of Berlin, 2008
[PDF 380 KB]

Block M., Bader M., Tapia E., Ramírez M., Gunnarsson K., Cuevas E., Zaldivar D., Rojas R.:
"Using Reinforcement Learning in Chess Engines", CONCIBE SCIENCE 2008, In Journal Research in Computing Science: Special Issue in Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics, ISSN:1870-4069, Vol.35, pp.31-40, Guadalajara/Mexico, 2008
Received the Best Paper Award
[PDF 300 KB]

Block M., Rojas R.: "Entzerrung von Textdokumenten unter Verwendung von Thin-Plate-Spline", Technical Report B-08-13, Free University of Berlin, 2008
[PDF 561 KB]

2007

Schneider D., Block M., Rojas R.: "Robust Document Warping with Interpolated Vector Fields", The 9th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2007), Vol.1, pp.113-117, Curitiba/Brazil, 2007
[PDF 1.3 MB]

Ramírez M., Tapia E., Block M., Rojas R.: "Quantile Linear Algorithm for Robust Binarization of Digitalized Letters", The 9th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2007), Vol.2, pp.1158-1162, Curitiba/Brazil, 2007
[PDF 350 KB]

Block M., Ramírez M., Siebeneicher M., Seibert A., Rojas R.: "Adaptive Textzeilensegmentierung zur Lösung des Vice Versa-Problems", Technical Report B-07-04, Free University of Berlin, 2007
[PDF 320 KB]

Block M., Ramírez M., Seibert A., Kretzschmar J., Rojas R.: "SITT - A Simple Robust Scaleinvariant Text Feature Detector for Document Mosaicing", Technical Report B-07-02, Free University of Berlin, 2007
[PDF 3.75 MB]

von Hundelshausen F., Block M., Wünsche H.J., Kompass R., Rojas R.: "Mesh-Based Active Monte Carlo Recognition", International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2007), pp.2231-2236, Hyderabdad/India, 2007
[PDF 1.5 MB]

Block M. (Co-worker Franke F., Tapia E.): "Java Intensivkurs - In 14 Tagen lernen Projekte erfolgreich zu realisieren", Book, ISBN: 978-3-540-72271-7, Springer-Verlag, 2007
[Amazon]

2006

Ramírez M., Block M., Rojas R.: "New Robust Binarization Approach in Letters", CONCIBE SCIENCE 2006, Guadalajara/Mexico, 2006
[PDF 260 KB]

Block M., von Hundelshausen F., Ramírez M., Goektekin C., Tenchio O., Rojas R.: "Aktueller Stand des Forschungsprojekts Saccadic (i)", Technical Report B-06-03, Free University of Berlin, 2006

2005

Block M., Rauschenbach A., Buchner J., Jeschke F., Rojas R.: "Das Schachprojekt FUSc#", Technical Report B-05-21, Free University of Berlin, 2005
[PDF 498 KB]

2004

Block M., Friedland G., Knipping L., Rojas R.: "Schach spielen auf einer elektronischen Tafel", Technical Report B-04-20, Free University of Berlin, 2004
[PDF 575 KB]

Block M.: "Verwendung von Temporale-Differenz-Methoden im Schachmotor FUSc#", Diplomarbeit, Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Raúl Rojas, Free University of Berlin, 2004

Block M.: "Computerschach: Wie denkt ein Schachprogramm?", ZIB/ACCSB-Vereinszeitschrift, Ausgabe 1, Kolumne für Computerschach, 2004

2003

Block M.: "Reinforcement Learning in der Schachprogrammierung, Studienarbeit, Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Raúl Rojas, Free University of Berlin, 2004


Some Scripts and Slides for Lectures at the FU Berlin

2009

Block M.: "Einführung in die Codierungstheorie", ALP-I-Vorlesung WS 2008/2009, als Dozent gehalten am 19.01. und 21.01.2009 [PDF 614 KB]

Block M.: "Turingmaschine nach Minsky", ALP-I-Vorlesung WS 2008/2009 (Haskellimplementierung der Turingmaschine von R. Rojas), als Dozent gehalten am 14.01.2009 [PDF 384 KB]

2008

Block M.: "Vorlesungsskript zu Algorithmen und Programmierung II - Objektorientierte Programmierung", ALP-II-Vorlesung SoSe 2008, als Dozent [PDF 7.517 KB]

2002

Block M.: "Informatik A-Vorlesung WS 2001/2002", Informatik A-Vorlesung von Dr. Frank Hoffmann, 2002
[PDF 517 KB]


Pehl G.: "Physikalische Zwänge und Effizienz in der Evolution biologischer Organismen", 2005