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Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Will It Zero-Shot?: Predicting Zero-Shot Classification Performance For Arbitrary Queries. CoRR Kevin Robbins, Xiaotong Liu, Yu Wu, Le Sun, Grady McPeak, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2025	A*	`conf`	ConText-CIR: Learning from Concepts in Text for Composed Image Retrieval. CVPR Eric Xing, Pranavi Kolouju, Robert Pless, Abby Stylianou, Nathan Jacobs
2025	J	`jnl`	ConText-CIR: Learning from Concepts in Text for Composed Image Retrieval. CoRR Eric Xing, Pranavi Kolouju, Robert Pless, Abby Stylianou, Nathan Jacobs
2025	—	`conf`	GEARS: Generative Edit Agent for Retrieval and Synthesis. AIPR Kevin Robbins, Grady McPeak, Robert Pless
2025	J	`jnl`	QuARI: Query Adaptive Retrieval Improvement. CoRR Eric Xing, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs
2025	—	`conf`	Will It Zero-Shot?:Predicting Zero-Shot Classification Performance for Arbitrary Queries. ICDM (Workshops) Kevin Robbins, Xiaotong Liu, Yu Wu, Le Sun, Grady McPeak, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2025	—	`conf`	good4cir: Generating Detailed Synthetic Captions for Composed Image Retrieval. CVPR Workshops Pranavi Kolouju, Eric Xing, Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs, Abby Stylianou
2025	J	`jnl`	good4cir: Generating Detailed Synthetic Captions for Composed Image Retrieval. CoRR Pranavi Kolouju, Eric Xing, Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs, Abby Stylianou
2024	—	`conf`	An LLM's Medical Testing Recommendations in a Nigerian Clinic: Potential and Limits of Prompt Engineering for Clinical Decision Support. ICHI Grady McPeak, Anja Sautmann, Ohia George, Adham Hallal, Eduardo Arancón Simal, Aaron L. Schwartz, Jason Abaluck, Nirmal Ravi, Robert Pless
2023	J	`jnl`	DP2-Pub: Differentially Private High-Dimensional Data Publication With Invariant Post Randomization. IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng. Honglu Jiang, Haotian Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Jian Pei, Robert Pless, Jiguo Yu
2023	—	`conf`	Exploring CLIP for Real World, Text-based Image Retrieval. AIPR Manal Sultan, Lia Jacobs, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2023	A*	`conf`	SG×P : A Sorghum Genotype × Phenotype Prediction Dataset and Benchmark. NeurIPS Zeyu Zhang, Robert Pless, Nadia Shakoor, Austin Carnahan, Abby Stylianou
2022	J	`jnl`	Comparing Deep Learning Approaches for Understanding Genotype × Phenotype Interactions in Biomass Sorghum. Frontiers Artif. Intell. Zeyu Zhang, Madison Pope, Nadia Shakoor, Robert Pless, Todd C. Mockler, Abby Stylianou
2022	J	`jnl`	DP2-Pub: Differentially Private High-Dimensional Data Publication with Invariant Post Randomization. CoRR Honglu Jiang, Haotian Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Jian Pei, Robert Pless, Jiguo Yu
2022	J	`jnl`	Dissecting the impact of different loss functions with gradient surgery. CoRR Hong Xuan, Robert Pless
2022	A	`conf`	Visualizing Paired Image Similarity in Transformer Networks. WACV Samuel Black, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless, Richard Souvenir
2022	—	`conf`	What Does Learning About Time Tell About Outdoor Scenes? AIPR Zeyu Zhang, Callista Baker, Noor Azam-Naseeruddin, Jingzhou Shen, Robert Pless
2021	J	`jnl`	Classification and Visualization of Genotype x Phenotype Interactions in Biomass Sorghum. CoRR Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless, Nadia Shakoor, Todd C. Mockler
2021	—	`conf`	Classification and Visualization of Genotype × Phenotype Interactions in Biomass Sorghum. ICCVW Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless, Nadia Shakoor, Todd C. Mockler
2021	A	`conf`	DCAP: Deep Cross Attentional Product Network for User Response Prediction. CIKM Zekai Chen, Fangtian Zhong, Zhumin Chen, Xiao Zhang, Robert Pless, Xiuzhen Cheng
2021	J	`jnl`	DCAP: Deep Cross Attentional Product Network for User Response Prediction. CoRR Zekai Chen, Fangtian Zhong, Zhumin Chen, Xiao Zhang, Robert Pless, Xiuzhen Cheng
2020	A	`conf`	2-MAP: Aligned Visualizations for Comparison of High-Dimensional Point Sets. WACV Xiaotong Liu, Zeyu Zhang, Roxana Leontie, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2020	—	`conf`	Hard Negative Examples are Hard, but Useful. ECCV (14) Hong Xuan, Abby Stylianou, Xiaotong Liu, Robert Pless
2020	J	`jnl`	Hard negative examples are hard, but useful. CoRR Hong Xuan, Abby Stylianou, Xiaotong Liu, Robert Pless
2020	A	`conf`	Improved Embeddings with Easy Positive Triplet Mining. WACV Hong Xuan, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2019	A*	`conf`	Hotels-50K: A Global Hotel Recognition Dataset. AAAI Abby Stylianou, Hong Xuan, Maya Shende, Jonathan Brandt, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2019	J	`jnl`	Hotels-50K: A Global Hotel Recognition Dataset. CoRR Abby Stylianou, Hong Xuan, Maya Shende, Jonathan Brandt, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2019	J	`jnl`	Improved Embeddings with Easy Positive Triplet Mining. CoRR Hong Xuan, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2019	J	`jnl`	Learning Geo-Temporal Image Features. CoRR Menghua Zhai, Tawfiq Salem, Connor Greenwell, Scott Workman, Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs
2019	J	`jnl`	TraffickCam: Explainable Image Matching For Sex Trafficking Investigations. CoRR Abby Stylianou, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2019	A	`conf`	Visualizing Deep Similarity Networks. WACV Abby Stylianou, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2019	J	`jnl`	Visualizing Deep Similarity Networks. CoRR Abby Stylianou, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2019	J	`jnl`	Visualizing How Embeddings Generalize. CoRR Xiaotong Liu, Hong Xuan, Zeyu Zhang, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2018	A	`conf`	Anomaly Explanation Using Metadata. WACV Di Qi, Joshua Arfin, Mengxue Zhang, Tushar Mathew, Robert Pless, Brendan Juba
2018	—	`conf`	Characterizing the Visual Social Media Environment of Eating Disorders. AIPR Samsara N. Counts, Justine-Louise Manning, Robert Pless
2018	—	`conf`	Deep Randomized Ensembles for Metric Learning. ECCV (16) Hong Xuan, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2018	J	`jnl`	Deep Randomized Ensembles for Metric Learning. CoRR Hong Xuan, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2018	A	`conf`	Learning Geo-Temporal Image Features. BMVC Menghua Zhai, Tawfiq Salem, Connor Greenwell, Scott Workman, Robert Pless, Nathan Jacobs
2017	A*	`conf`	Deep Feature Interpolation for Image Content Changes. CVPR Paul Upchurch, Jacob R. Gardner, Geoff Pleiss, Robert Pless, Noah Snavely, Kavita Bala, Kilian Q. Weinberger
2017	—	`conf`	Recognizing Images of Eating Disorders in Social Media. SMM4H@AMIA Robert Pless, Rebecca Begtrup, Lulwah Alkulaib, Samsara N. Counts, James Harnett, Justine-Louise Manning, Hong Xuan, David A. Broniatowski
2017	—	`conf`	TraffickCam: Crowdsourced and Computer Vision Based Approaches to Fighting Sex Trafficking. AIPR Abby Stylianou, Jessica Schreier, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2016	J	`jnl`	Deep Feature Interpolation for Image Content Changes. CoRR Paul Upchurch, Jacob R. Gardner, Kavita Bala, Robert Pless, Noah Snavely, Kilian Q. Weinberger
2016	—	`conf`	Pose Hashing with Microlens Arrays. ECCV (3) Ian Schillebeeckx, Robert Pless
2016	A*	`conf`	Single Image Camera Calibration with Lenticular Arrays for Augmented Reality. CVPR Ian Schillebeeckx, Robert Pless
2016	—	`conf`	SparkleGeometry: Glitter Imaging for 3D Point Tracking. CVPR Workshops Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2016	A*	`conf`	Using Chromo-coded light fields for augmented reality. VR Ian Schillebeeckx, Robert Pless
2015	A*	`conf`	Building Dynamic Cloud Maps from the Ground Up. ICCV Calvin Murdock, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2015	—	`conf`	Cameras and crowds in transportation tracking. Wireless Health J. Aaron Hipp, Alicia Manteiga, Amanda Burgess, Abby Stylianou, Robert Pless
2015	A	`conf`	Characterizing Feature Matching Performance over Long Time Periods. WACV Abby Stylianou, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2015	—	`conf`	Indexing open imagery to create tools to fight sex trafficking. AIPR Abby Stylianou, Abigail Norling-Ruggles, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2015	B	`conf`	Structured Light Field Design for Correspondence Free Rotation Estimation. ICCP Ian Schillebeeckx, Robert Pless
2015	—	`conf`	The Geometry of Colorful, Lenticular Fiducial Markers. 3DV Ian Schillebeeckx, Joshua Little, Brendan Kelly, Robert Pless
2014	—	`conf`	Democratizing the visualization of 500 million webcam images. AIPR Joseph D. O'Sullivan, Abby Stylianou, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2014	—	`conf`	Images don't forget: Online photogrammetry to find lost graves. AIPR Abby Stylianou, Joseph D. O'Sullivan, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2014	B	`conf`	Structure from shadow motion. ICCP Austin Abrams, Ian Schillebeeckx, Robert Pless
2013	—	`conf`	Collaborative imaging of urban forest dynamics: augmenting re-photography to visualize changes over time. ERVR Ruth West, Abby Halley, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Daniel Gordon, Robert Pless
2013	—	`conf`	Collaborative rephotography. SIGGRAPH Studio Talks Ruth West, Abby Halley, Daniel Gordon, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Robert Pless
2013	—	`conf`	Do you see what I see: crowdsource annotation of captured scenes. SenseCam J. Aaron Hipp, Deepti Adlakha, Rebecca Gernes, Agata Kargol, Robert Pless
2013	—	`conf`	Finding Jane Doe: A forensic application of 2D image calibration. ICDP Abby Stylianou, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2013	J	`jnl`	Localized and configurable topology control in lossy wireless sensor networks. Ad Hoc Networks Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Xiaohua Jia, Robert Pless
2013	J	`jnl`	Shadow Estimation Method for "The Episolar Constraint: Monocular Shape from Shadow Correspondence" CoRR Austin Abrams, Christopher Hawley, Kylia Miskell, Adina Stoica, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2013	A*	`conf`	The Episolar Constraint: Monocular Shape from Shadow Correspondence. CVPR Austin Abrams, Kylia Miskell, Robert Pless
2013	J	`jnl`	Two Cloud-Based Cues for Estimating Scene Structure and Camera Calibration. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. Nathan Jacobs, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2013	J	`jnl`	Web-accessible geographic integration and calibration of webcams. ACM Trans. Multim. Comput. Commun. Appl. Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2013	A	`conf`	Webcam2Satellite: Estimating cloud maps from webcam imagery. WACV Calvin Murdock, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2012	—	`conf`	Heliometric Stereo: Shape from Sun Position. ECCV (2) Austin Abrams, Christopher Hawley, Robert Pless
2012	A	`conf`	LOST: Longterm Observation of Scenes (with Tracks). WACV Austin Abrams, Jim Tucek, Joshua Little, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2012	A	`conf`	Tools for richer crowd source image annotations. WACV Joshua Little, Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2011	A	`conf`	Exploratory analysis of time-lapse imagery with fast subset PCA. WACV Austin Abrams, Emily Feder, Robert Pless
2011	J	`jnl`	Measuring optical distortion in aircraft transparencies: a fully automated system for quantitative evaluation. Mach. Vis. Appl. Michael Dixon, Robert Glaubius, Philip Freeman, Robert Pless, Michael P. Gleason, Matthew M. Thomas, William D. Smart
2011	A*	`conf`	On analyzing video with very small motions. CVPR Michael Dixon, Austin Abrams, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2011	A	`conf`	Webcam geo-localization using aggregate light levels. WACV Nathan Jacobs, Kylia Miskell, Robert Pless
2010	Misc	`conf`	Compressive sensing and differential image-motion estimation. ICASSP Nathan Jacobs, S. Schuh, Robert Pless
2010	J	`jnl`	Efficient Coverage Maintenance Based on Probabilistic Distributed Detection. IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. Guoliang Xing, Xiangmao Chang, Chenyang Lu, Jianping Wang, Ke Shen, Robert Pless, Joseph A. O'Sullivan
2010	—	`conf`	Participatory integration of live webcams into GIS. COM.Geo Austin Abrams, Nick Fridrich, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2010	A*	`conf`	Using cloud shadows to infer scene structure and camera calibration. CVPR Nathan Jacobs, Brian Bies, Robert Pless
2010	A*	`conf`	Webcams in context: web interfaces to create live 3D environments. ACM Multimedia Austin Abrams, Robert Pless
2009	J	`jnl`	A Survey of Manifold Learning for Images. IPSJ Trans. Comput. Vis. Appl. Robert Pless, Richard Souvenir
2009	—	`conf`	Adventures in archiving and using three years of webcam images. CVPR Workshops Nathan Jacobs, Walker Burgin, Robert Speyer, D. Ross, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	An efficient system for vehicle tracking in multi-camera networks. ICDSC Michael Dixon, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	Efficient tracking of many objects in structured environments. ICCV Workshops Nathan Jacobs, Michael Dixon, Scott Satkin, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	Fitting parametric road models to spatio-temporal derivatives. ICCV Workshops Manfred Georg, Robert Pless
2009	B	`conf`	Minimum description length and clustering with exemplars. ISIT Po-Hsiang Lai, Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	Passive vision: The global webcam imaging network. AIPR Nathan Jacobs, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	Persistence and tracking: Putting vehicles and trajectories in context. AIPR Robert Pless, Michael Dixon, Nathan Jacobs, Patrick Baker, Nicholas L. Cassimatis, Derek P. Brock, Ralph Hartley, Dennis Perzanowski
2009	—	`conf`	PhD forum: Calibrating and using the global network of outdoor webcams. ICDSC Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2009	—	`conf`	The global network of outdoor webcams: properties and applications. GIS Nathan Jacobs, Walker Burgin, Nick Fridrich, Austin Abrams, Kylia Miskell, Bobby H. Braswell, Andrew D. Richardson, Robert Pless
2008	—	`conf`	A System for Rapid Interactive Training of Object Detectors. ISVC (2) Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
2008	—	`conf`	Interactive Separation of Segmented Bones in CT Volumes Using Graph Cut. MICCAI (1) Lu Liu, David Raber, David Nopachai, Paul K. Commean, David R. Sinacore, Fred W. Prior, Robert Pless, Tao Ju
2008	—	`conf`	Manifold learning for 4D CT reconstruction of the lung. CVPR Workshops Manfred Georg, Richard Souvenir, Andrew Hope, Robert Pless
2008	A*	`conf`	Simultaneous data volume reconstruction and pose estimation from slice samples. CVPR Manfred Georg, Richard Souvenir, Andrew Hope, Robert Pless
2008	J	`jnl`	Time Scales in Video Surveillance. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol. Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2008	A	`conf`	Toward Fully Automatic Geo-Location and Geo-Orientation of Static Outdoor Cameras. WACV Nathan Jacobs, Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
2007	A*	`conf`	Consistent Temporal Variations in Many Outdoor Scenes. CVPR Nathan Jacobs, Nathaniel Roman, Robert Pless
2007	A	`conf`	Faster and more accurate face detection on mobile robots using geometric constraints. IROS Michael Dixon, Frederick Heckel, Robert Pless, William D. Smart
2007	A*	`conf`	Geolocating Static Cameras. ICCV Nathan Jacobs, Scott Satkin, Nathaniel Roman, Robert Speyer, Robert Pless
2007	J	`jnl`	Image distance functions for manifold learning. Image Vis. Comput. Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2007	B	`conf`	Localized and Configurable Topology Control in Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks. ICCCN Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless
2007	J	`jnl`	Minimum power configuration for wireless communication in sensor networks. ACM Trans. Sens. Networks Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Ying Zhang, Qingfeng Huang, Robert Pless
2006	J	`jnl`	Detecting Roads in Stabilized Video with the Spatio-Temporal Structure Tensor. GeoInformatica Robert Pless
2006	—	`conf`	Finding Minimal Parameterizations of Cylindrical Image Manifolds. CVPR Workshops Michael Dixon, Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2006	B	`conf`	Image Manifold Interpolation using Free-Form Deformations. ICIP Richard Souvenir, Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2006	J	`jnl`	Impact of Sensing Coverage on Greedy Geographic Routing Algorithms. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst. Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Qingfeng Huang
2006	—	`conf`	On Manifold Structure of Cardiac MRI Data: Application to Segmentation. CVPR (1) Qilong Zhang, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2006	—	`conf`	Real-time constant memory visual summaries for surveillance. VSSN@MM Nathan Jacobs, Robert Pless
2006	B	`conf`	Segmenting Multiple Familiar Objects Under Mutual Occlusion. ICIP Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2005	—	`conf`	Analysis of Persistent Motion Patterns Using the 3D Structure Tensor. WACV/MOTION John Wright, Robert Pless
2005	J	`jnl`	Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration for energy conservation in sensor networks. ACM Trans. Sens. Networks Guoliang Xing, Xiaorui Wang, Yuanfang Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Christopher D. Gill
2005	—	`conf`	Isomap and Nonparametric Models of Image Deformation. WACV/MOTION Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2005	A*	`conf`	Manifold Clustering. ICCV Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2005	B	`conf`	Minimum power configuration in wireless sensor networks. MobiHoc Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Ying Zhang, Qingfeng Huang, Robert Pless
2005	—	`conf`	Segmentation Informed by Manifold Learning. EMMCVPR Qilong Zhang, Richard Souvenir, Robert Pless
2005	—	`conf`	Segmenting Cardiopulmonary Images Using Manifold Learning with Level Sets. CVBIA Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2005	J	`jnl`	Spatio-temporal Background Models for Outdoor Surveillance. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. Robert Pless
2004	J	`jnl`	Camera cluster in motion: motion estimation for generalized camera designs. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Robert Pless
2004	—	`conf`	Co-Grid: an efficient coverage maintenance protocol for distributed sensor networks. IPSN Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Joseph A. O'Sullivan
2004	—	`conf`	Constraints for Heterogeneous Sensor Auto-Calibration. CVPR Workshops Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2004	—	`conf`	Differential Structure in non-Linear Image Embedding Functions. CVPR Workshops Robert Pless
2004	A	`conf`	Extrinsic calibration of a camera and laser range finder (improves camera calibration). IROS Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2004	B	`conf`	Fusing video and sparse depth data in structure from motion. ICIP Qilong Zhang, Robert Pless
2004	B	`conf`	On greedy geographic routing algorithms in sensing-covered networks. MobiHoc Guoliang Xing, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Qingfeng Huang
2004	—	`conf`	Road extraction from motion cues in aerial video. GIS Robert Pless, David Jurgens
2003	—	`conf`	Evaluation of Local Models of Dynamic Backgrounds. CVPR (2) Robert Pless, John Larson, Scott Siebers, Ben Westover
2003	A*	`conf`	Image Spaces and Video Trajectories: Using Isomap to Explore Video Sequences. ICCV Robert Pless
2003	Misc	`conf`	Integrated coverage and connectivity configuration in wireless sensor networks. SenSys Xiaorui Wang, Guoliang Xing, Yuanfang Zhang, Chenyang Lu, Robert Pless, Christopher D. Gill
2003	J	`jnl`	On Local Search and Placement of Meters in Networks. SIAM J. Comput. Samir Khuller, Randeep Bhatia, Robert Pless
2003	—	`conf`	Using Many Cameras as One. CVPR (2) Robert Pless
2002	—	`conf`	Using Thousands of Images of an Object. JCIS Robert Pless, Ian Simon
2001	—	`conf`	A Spherical Eye from Multiple Cameras (Makes Better Models of the World). CVPR (1) Patrick Baker, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos, Robert Pless
2000	J	`jnl`	Detecting Independent Motion: The Statistics of Temporal Continuity. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. Robert Pless, Tomás Brodský, Yiannis Aloimonos
2000	—	`conf`	Eyes from Eyes. SMILE Patrick Baker, Robert Pless, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos
2000	J	`jnl`	Fault tolerant K-center problems. Theor. Comput. Sci. Samir Khuller, Robert Pless, Yoram J. Sussmann
2000	—	`conf`	New Eyes for Shape and Motion Estimation. Biologically Motivated Computer Vision Patrick Baker, Robert Pless, Cornelia Fermüller, Yiannis Aloimonos
2000	A*	`conf`	On local search and placement of meters in networks. SODA Samir Khuller, Randeep Bhatia, Robert Pless
2000	J	`jnl`	The full-degree spanning tree problem. Networks Randeep Bhatia, Samir Khuller, Robert Pless, Yoram J. Sussmann
1999	A*	`conf`	Independent Motion: The Importance of History. CVPR Robert Pless, Tomás Brodský, Yiannis Aloimonos
1999	A*	`conf`	Statistical Biases in Optic Flow. CVPR Cornelia Fermüller, Robert Pless, Yiannis Aloimonos
1999	A*	`conf`	The Full Degree Spanning Tree Problem. SODA Randeep Bhatia, Samir Khuller, Robert Pless, Yoram J. Sussmann
1997	C	`conf`	Fault Tolerant K-Center Problems. CIAC Samir Khuller, Robert Pless, Yoram J. Sussmann