American Journal of Intelligent Systems

American Journal of Intelligent Systems is a peer reviewed journal in the field of intelligent systems and applications. The aim is to provide a common scientific forum for all the different disciplines contributing to this area, ranging from the social, human and computer sciences to the analysis and application of information technology.

Erik Cuevas

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Intelligent Systems

Professor, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Research Areas

Image Processing, Intelligent Systems, Robotics

Education

2002-2006Ph.DComputer vision, pattern recognition and robotics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1996-2000MasterComputer Science, Intelligent Systems, Departamento de Electrónica, Sistemas e Informática, ITESO (Guadalajara, Mexico)
1990-1995B.ScElectronic systems, Departamento de Electrónica, Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico)

Experience

2007-presentFull professor at the Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico)
2004-2006Research assistant at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1996-2000Associate professor at the Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico)

Academic Achievement

Doctoral studies scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2002-2006
Master studies scholarship, Mexican Council on Science and Technology (CONACyT), 1996-2000

Membership

Member of the Mexican National Researchers System (SNI), Level 1 Researcher, 2011-2013
Member of the RCEA Evaluation Committee for Engineering and Industry, Mexican Council on Science and Technology (CONACyT), since 2009

Publications: Journals

[1]  L. B. Mostaço-Guidolin, A. C-T Ko, D. P. Popescu, M. S. D. Smith, E. K. Kohlenberg, M. Shiomi, A. Major, M. G. Sowa, "Evaluation of texture parameters for the quantitative description of multimodal nonlinear optical images from atherosclerotic rabbit arteries", Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 56, No. 16, pp. 5319-5334 (2011)
[2]  A. Major, K. Sukhoy, H. Zhao, and I. T. Lima Jr., "Green sub-nanosecond microchip laser based on BiBO crystals", Laser Physics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 57-60 (2011)
[3]  D. Sandkuijl, R. Cisek, A. Major, and V. Barzda, "Differential microscopy for fluorescence-detected nonlinear absorption anisotropy based on a staggered two-beam femtosecond Yb:KGW oscillator", Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 895-901 (2010)
[4]  H. Zhao, I. T. Lima Jr., and A. Major, "Near-infrared properties of periodically poled KTiOPO4 and stoichiometric MgO-doped LiTaO3 crystals for high power optical parametric oscillation with femtosecond pulses", Laser Physics, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1404-1409 (2010)
[5]  I. T. Lima Jr., V. Kultavewuti, and A. Major, "Phasematching properties of congruent MgO-doped and undoped periodically poled LiNbO3 for optical parametric oscillation with ultrafast excitation at 1 μm", Laser Physics, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 270-275 (2010)
[6]  N. Prent, C. Greenhalgh, R. Cisek, A. Major, J. Aus der Au, S. Elmore, J. H.G.M. van Beek, B. Stewart, J. A. Squier and V. Barzda, "Second harmonic generation microscopy reveals contraction dynamics in muscle cells", Physics in Canada, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 129-132 (2009)
[7]  A. Major, D. Sandkuijl, V. Barzda, "A diode-pumped continuous-wave Yb:KGW laser with Ng-axis polarized output", Laser Physics Letters, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 779-781 (2009)
[8]  A. Major, D. Sandkuijl, V. Barzda, "Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond Yb:KGW laser in a BiB3O6 crystal", Optics Express, Vol. 17, No. 14, pp. 12039-12042 (2009) selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP, American Institute of Physics)
[9]  A. Major, D. Hutchings, N. Langford, A. I. Ferguson, J. S. Aitchison, and P. W. E. Smith, "Two-photon absorption properties of crystalline KNbO3 at 430 nm and efficient high pulse energy blue secondharmonic generation", Laser Physics Letters, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 450-453 (2009)
[10]  A. Major, R. Cisek, D. Sandkuijl, and V. Barzda, "Femtosecond Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser with >100 nJ of pulse energy", Laser Physics Letters, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 272-274 (2009)
[11]  N. Prent, C. Green, C. Greenhalgh, R. Cisek, A. Major, B. Stewart and V. Barzda, "Inter-myofilament dynamics of myocytes revealed by second harmonic generation microscopy", Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 0413181-0413187 (2008) selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (AIP)
[12]  C. Greenhalgh, N. Prent, C. Green, R. Cisek, A. Major, B. Stewart and V. Barzda, "Influence of semicrystalline order on the second harmonic generation efficiency in the anisotropic bands of myocytes", Applied Optics, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1852-1859 (2007) selected for Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics (OSA) and Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (AIP)
[13]  A. Major, R. Cisek and V. Barzda, "Femtosecond Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser oscillator pumped by a high power fiber-coupled diode laser module", Optics Express, Vol. 14, No. 25, pp. 12163-12168 (2006) selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP)
[14]  A. Major, P. Piunno, S. Musikhin, U. Krull and V. Barzda, "An extended cavity diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KGW laser for applications in optical DNA sensor technology based on fluorescence lifetime measurements", Optics Express, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 5285-5294 (2006) selected for Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics (OSA), Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP), and Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (AIP)
[15]  A. Major, F. Yoshino, J.S. Aitchison and P.W.E. Smith, "Wide spectral range third-order autocorrelator based on ultrafast nonresonant nonlinear refraction: erratum", Optics Letters, Vol. 30, No. 19, p. 2653 (2005)
[16]  A. Major, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, F. Druon, P. Georges, B. Viana, G.P. Aka "Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear refractive indices of novel Yb-doped laser crystal hosts", Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 199-201 (2005)
[17]  A. Major, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, N. Langford, A.I. Ferguson, "Efficient Raman shifting of highenergy picosecond pulses into the eye-safe 1.5 μm spectral region using a KGd(WO4)2 crystal", Optics Letters, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 421-423 (2005) selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP)
[18]  A. Major, F. Yoshino, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, E. Sorokin and I.T. Sorokina, "Ultrafast nonresonant third-order optical nonlinearities in ZnSe for all-optical switching at telecom wavelengths", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 20, pp. 4606-4608 (2004) selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP)
[19]  A. Major, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, N. Langford, A.I. Ferguson, "Coherent two-photon absorption spectroscopy of the Raman-active KGd(WO4)2 crystal", Optics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 24, pp. 2896-2898 (2004) selected for Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (AIP)
[20]  A. Major, F. Yoshino, J.S. Aitchison and P.W.E. Smith, "Wide spectral range third-order autocorrelator based on ultrafast nonresonant nonlinear refraction", Optics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 16, pp. 1945-1947 (2004)
[21]  A. Major, F. Yoshino, I. Nikolakakos, J.S. Aitchison and P.W.E. Smith, "Dispersion of the nonlinear refractive index in sapphire", Optics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 602-604 (2004)
[22]  I.P. Nikolakakos, A. Major, J.S. Aitchison and P.W.E. Smith, "Broadband characterization of the nonlinear optical properties of common reference materials", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 1164-1170 (2004)
[23]  A. Major, I. Nikolakakos, J.S. Aitchison, A.I. Ferguson, N. Langford and P.W.E. Smith, "Characterization of the nonlinear refractive index of the laser crystal Yb:KGd(WO4)2", Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 433-436 (2003)
[24]  A. Major, N. Langford, S.T. Lee, and A.I. Ferguson, "Additive-pulse mode locking of a thin-disk Yb:YAG laser", Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 505-508 (2003)
[25]  A. Major, N. Langford, Th. Graf, D. Burns, and A.I. Ferguson, "Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:KGd(WO4)2 laser with 1W average output power", Optics Letters, Vol. 27, No. 16, pp. 1478-1480 (2002)
[26]  A. Major, N. Langford, Th. Graf, and A.I. Ferguson, "Additive-pulse mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:KGd(WO4)2 laser", Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 75, No. 4-5, pp. 467-469 (2002)
[27]  A. Major, L. Giniunas, N. Langford, A.I. Ferguson, D. Burns, E. Bente, and R. Danielius, "Saturable Bragg reflector-based continuous-wave mode locking of Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser", Journal of Modern Optics, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 787-793 (2002)
[28]  K. Grigoras, A. Major, I. Simkiene, and E. Gaubas, "Application of the doped silicon oxide films in solar cell technology", Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 517-522 (1998)
[29]  Erik Cuevas, Diego Oliva, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, Humberto Sossa. Circle detection using electro-magnetism optimization. Information Sciences, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 January 2011.
[30]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros. A novel multi-threshold segmentation approach based on differential evolution optimization. Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 37, Issue 7, July 2010, Pages 5265-5271.
[31]  Cuevas Erik; Zaldivar Daniel; Rojas Raul. Neurofuzzy prediction for gaze control. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING-REVUE CANADIENNE DE GENIE ELECTRIQUE ET INFORMATIQUE Volume: 34 Issue: 1-2, 15-20, 209.
[32]  Erik Cuevas, Valentín Osuna-Enciso, Fernando Wario, Daniel Zaldívar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros. Automatic multiple circle detection based on artificial immune systems. Expert Systems with Applications, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 24 July 2011.
[33]  Cuevas, E ; Zaldivar, D.; Perez, M.; Sanchez, EN. LVQ NEURAL NETWORKS APPLIED TO FACE SEGMENTATION. INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Pages: 439-450, 2009.
[34]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar and Marco Pérez-Cisneros. Seeking multi-thresholds for image segmentation with Learning Automata. Machine Vision and Applications, 2011, Volume 22, Number 5, Pages 805-818.
[35]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros and Marte Ramírez-Ortegón. Circle detection using discrete differential evolution optimization. Pattern Analysis & Applications, 2011, Volume 14, Number 1, Pages 93-107.
[36]  Erik Cuevas, Felipe Sención-Echauri, Daniel Zaldivar and Marco Pérez-Cisneros. Multi-circle detection on images using artificial bee colony (ABC) optimization. Soft Computing, DOI: 10.1007/s00500-011-0741-0. (2011).
[37]  Cuevas, Erik; Zaldivar, Daniel; Pérez-Cisneros, Marco; Ramirez-Ortegon, Marte. Hands-on experiments on intelligent behaviour for mobile robots. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Volume 48, Number 1, January 2011 , pp. 66-78(13).
[38]  Erik Cuevas, Noé Ortega-Sánchez, Daniel Zaldivar and Marco Pérez-Cisneros. Circle Detection by Harmony Search Optimization. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems DOI: 10.1007/s10846-011-9611-3Online First.
[39]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, and Marte Ramírez-Ortegón. Polynomial trajectory algorithm for a biped robot. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2010, 25(4), 1-11.
[40]  Cuevas, Erik; Zaldivar, Daniel; Pérez-Cisneros, Marco. Low-cost commercial Lego™ platform for mobile robotics. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Volume 47, Number 2, April 2010 , pp. 132-150(19).
[41]  Marte A. Ramírez-Ortegón, Edgar A. Duéñez-Guzmán, Raúl Rojas, Erik Cuevas. Unsupervised measures for parameter selection of binarization algorithms. Pattern Recognition, Volume 44, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 491-502.
[42]  Marte A. Ramírez-Ortegón, Ernesto Tapia, Raúl Rojas, Erik Cuevas. Transition thresholds and transition operators for binarization and edge detection. Pattern Recognition, Volume 43, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 3243-3254.
[43]  Marte A. Ramírez-Ortegón, Ernesto Tapia, Lilia L. Ramírez-Ramírez, Raúl Rojas, Erik Cuevas. Transition pixel: A concept for binarization based on edge detection and gray-intensity histograms. Pattern Recognition, Volume 43, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 1233-1243.
[44]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, Edgar Sánchez, Marte Ramírez-Ortegón. Robust fuzzy corner detector. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 415-429, 2011.
[45]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, Edgar Sánchez. LVQ Neural networks applied to face segmentation. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 439-450, 2009.
[46]  J. H. Sossa-Azuela, E. V. Cuevas-Jiménez, D. Zaldivar-Navarro. Computation of the Euler Number of a Binary Image Composed of Hexagonal Cells. JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (JART), 8(3), 2010, 340-351.
[47]  Erik Cuevas, Valentín Osuna-Enciso, Diego Oliva, Fernando Wario, Daniel Zaldivar. Segmentación y detección de glóbulos blancos en imágenes usando Sistemas Inmunes Artificiales. Rev Mex Ing Biomed 2010; 31 (2), 119-134. (Spanish).
[48]  Cuevas E., Oliva D., Osuna-Enciso V., Wario F. Detección de primitivas circulares usando un algoritmo inspirado en el electromagnetismo. Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología. Vol. XII, Núm. 4, 2011, 469-485. (Spanish).
[49]  Erik V. Cuevas Jiménez, Daniel Zaldívar Navarro, Marco Pérez Cisneros Ernesto Tapia Rodríguez. Generación y Optimización de Controladores Difusos Utilizando el Modelo NEFCON. Computación y Sistemas Vol. 14 No. 2, 2010, 117-131. (Spanish).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  C. Williams, X.-D. Yang, G. Partridge, J. Usiskin-Miller, A. Major, P. Irani, "TZee: Exploiting the Lighting Properties of Multi-touch Tabletops for Tangible 3D Interactions", Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011), pp. 1363-1372 (2011)
[2]  H. Zhao, I. T. Lima Jr., and A. Major, "Peculiarities of temperature-dependent Sellmeier equations for periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal in the near-infrared and visible ranges", International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Proceedings, Vol. 7750, pp. 77501D1-8 (2010)
[3]  A. Sharapov, A. Major and V. Barzda, "Development of a high power femtosecond optical parametric oscillator for biomedical imaging applications", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7099, pp. 70992H1-7 (2008)
[4]  A. Major, R. Cisek, A. Tuer, N. Prent and V. Barzda, "Ultrafast Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser for multimodal biomedical imaging with reduced photodamage", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6881, pp. 688108-1-7 (2008)
[5]  A. Major, R. Cisek, C.A. Greenhalgh, N. Prent, B. Stewart and V. Barzda, "A diode-pumped highpower extended cavity femtosecond Yb:KGW laser: from development to applications in nonlinear biological microscopy", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6343, pp. 634345-1-8 (2006)
[6]  R. Cisek, A. Major, N. Prent, C.A. Greenhalgh and V. Barzda, "Optimization of non-linear excitation for reducing light-induced changes in photosynthetic systems during imaging with multimodal microscopy", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6343, pp. 634307-1-9 (2006)
[7]  C.A. Greenhalgh, B. Stewart, R. Cisek, N. Prent, A. Major and V. Barzda, "Dynamic investigation of Drosophila myocytes with second harmonic generation microscopy", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6343, pp. 6343408-1-8 (2006)
[8]  A. Major, R. Cisek and V. Barzda, "Development of diode-pumped high average power continuouswave and ultrashort pulse Yb:KGW lasers for nonlinear microscopy", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6108, pp. 61080Y-1-8 (2006)
[9]  A. Major, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, E. Sorokin and I.T. Sorokina, "Z-scan characterization of the nonlinear refractive index of single crystal ZnSe in the 1.20-1.95 μm wavelength range", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5971, pp. 59710H-1-8 (2005)
[10]  P.A.E. Piunno, V. Barzda, S.C. Jantzi, C.C. Kotoris, A. Major, S. Musikhin, S. Raha and U.J. Krull, "Optical nucleic acid biosensors based on TIRF and TCSPC for high sensitivity determinations", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5969, pp. 59690R-1-9 (2005)
[11]  A. Major, V. Barzda, P.A.E. Piunno, S. Musikhin and U.J. Krull, "Development of femtosecond Yb:KGW laser for applications in optical DNA sensor technology", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5969, pp. 59690Q-1-11 (2005)
[12]  A. Tomalik, R. DeCorby, F. Hegmann, A. Slepkov, A. Major, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, "Ultrafast time-resolved and spectrally-resolved measurements of third-order optical nonlinearities in As2Se3 chalcogenide glass", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5971, pp. 59710D-1-9 (2005)
[13]  C.A. Greenhalgh, R. Cisek, N. Prent, A. Major, J. Aus der Au, J. Squier and V. Barzda, "Time and structural crosscorrelation image analysis of microscopic volumes simultaneously recorded with second harmonic generation, third harmonic generation, and multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscopy", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5969, pp. 59692F-1-8 (2005)
[14]  A. Major, F. Yoshino, J.S. Aitchison, P.W.E. Smith, D. Zigmantas, V. Barzda, "Picosecond z-scan measurements of the two-photon absorption in beta-carotene solution over the 590-790 nm wavelength range", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5724, pp. 269-276 (2005)
[15]  F. Yoshino, A. Major, L. Brzozowski, L. Levina, V. Sukhovatkin and E.H. Sargent, "Picosecondresolved nonlinear absorption of spin-processible Lead Sulfide (PbS) nanocrystals from 1100 to 1600 nm", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5361, pp. 142-149 (2004)

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  R. Cisek, N. Prent, C. Greenhalgh, D. Sandkuij, A. Tuer, A. Major, V. Barzda, "Multicontrast nonlinear imaging microscopy", in Biochemical applications of nonlinear optical spectroscopy, Ed. V. V. Yakovlev (CRC Press, 2009), Ch. 4, pp. 73-103
[2]  Sistemas de Control Neurodifuso Un enfoque utilizando NEFCON Berlin, 2006 ISBN-10: 3865379591, ISBN-13: 9783865379597. (Spanish).
[3]  Desarrollo de controladores difusos Enfocado a microcontroladores PIC, Berlin, 2006 ISBN-10: 3865379583, ISBN-13: 9783865379580. (Spanish).
[4]  Intelligent active vision systems for robots 2007 ISBN-10: 3867271089, ISBN-13: 9783867271080.
[5]  Design Humanoid Robotics, 2007 ISBN-10: 3867271208, ISBN-13: 9783867271202.
[6]  Procesamiento Digital de Imágenes con Matlab y Simulink. ALfaomega & RA-MA, 2010. (Spanish).
[7]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Ernesto Tapia and Raul Rojas. An Incremental Fuzzy Algorithm for the Balance of Humanoid Robots. Humanoid Robots: New Developments, Edited by: Armando Carlos de Pina Filho, (2007). INTECH.
[8]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Perez-Cisneros, and Marco Block. LVQ Neural Networks in Color Segmentation. Soft Computing Methods for Practical Environment Solutions: Techniques and Studies, Marcos Gestal Pose; Daniel Rivero Cebrián, Editors. IGI Global, 2010.
[9]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar and Marco Pérez-Cisneros. Segmentation with Learning Automata. Image Segmentation, Edited by: Pei-Gee Ho, (2011). INTECH.
[10]  Erik Cuevas, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Perez-Cisneros and Raúl Rojas. Learning Automata in Control Planning Strategies, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2011, Volume 366, Intelligent Computational Optimization in Engineering, Pages 27-54. SPRINGER.