Adaptive Video Segmentation Nagamani Banda ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Donald A. Adjeroh, for giving me the opportunity to work under him and finish my thesis under his guidance. I would also like to thank Dr. Mark A. Jerabek and Dr. Vasudevan Jagannathan for serving on my committee. Thanks to Umasankar Kandaswamy for helping me in the initial stages of the project. I would like to thank all my friends, especially my roommates for being there when I needed them. Thanks a million. v TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER