GSoC 2025 Project #14 ImageJ :: Parallel Filter Implementation for the Active Segmentation platform for ImageJ (ASP/IJ) (175/350h)

Mentors: Teodor Minev <teodorminev98@gmail.com>, Dimiter Prodanov <dimiterpp@gmail.com>

Skill level: Advanced

Required skills: Java, Machine learning

Time commitment: Full time or part time (350 hours)

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About: The Active Segmentation platform for ImageJ (ASP/IJ)[2] was developed in the scope of GSOC 2016 - 2024. The plugin provides a general-purpose environment that allows biologists and other domain experts to use transparently state-of-the-art techniques in machine learning to achieve excellent image segmentation and classification. ImageJ [1] is a public-domain Java image processing program extensively used in life and material sciences. The program was designed with an open architecture and is extensible via plugins. Recent years have experienced explosive development in the GPU-accelerated computing. The project will explore some of established Java-based GPU computing frameworks [4,5,6,7] and port the convolution engine used by the ASP/IJ to parallel implementation.

Aims: The project will port convolution engine used by the ASP/IJ to parallel implementation:

  • Fix existing issues and bugs
  • GPU computing frameworks evaluation and testing
  • Implementation and profiling of selected convolution filters

Minimal set of deliverables:

  • Requirement specification - Prepared by the candidate after understanding the functionality
  • System Design - Detailed plan for development of the plugin and test cases
  • Implementation and testing - Details of implementation and testing of the platform

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Tech keywords: Java, ImageJ, CUDA, OpenGL, Parallel

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I am interested in working on the ‘Parallel Filter Implementation for the Active Segmentation Platform for ImageJ (ASP/IJ)’ project. My focus will be on optimizing the convolution engine by implementing parallel processing using GPU frameworks like jCUDA, JavaCL, and OpenCL. This will significantly improve image filtering performance for segmentation tasks. Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with the community!