Author Page
Language Learning as Compression
Language Learning as Compression, discussing the Author’s current research in this area
MacGzip Home Page
Links and information about MacGzip
DIBLib
Let’s start saying that BMZ and BMP.GZ are synonims of the same file format. BMZ files are simply BMP files compressed with the GNU GZIP. Incidentally this is a simple/quick/better-than-GIF/trademarks-free image file format
Cognition as Compression
Cognition as Compression, by Gerry Wolff, discussion of the author’s research.
From as long ago as the last century it has been recognised that information processing in brains and nervous systems (perception, learning, thinking, neuro-muscular control etc) may be governed by principles of economy or compression.
ZlibDLL build instructionsq
Build instructions for the Windows 95/NT Zlib DLL
Computing as compression : The SP Theory and the SP System
Computing as Compression: The SP Theory and the SP System, by Gerry Wolff, discussion of research in progress.
Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer: Data Compresson Links
Just what it says. A massive set of links.
The LZO home page.
LZO is a compression library designed for real time projects that need fast compressors and decompressors. LZO is free under the GPL. Current release is LZO 1.07.
Yahoo links to compression companies and products
A pretty good list of links to companies that are doing business in the compression arena, and/or their products.
A Short Course in Information Theory
8 lectures by David J.C. MacKay
January 1995. Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, Great Britain.
All of these lectures are available as PostScript files. The eight lectures cover data compression, coding, arithmetic coding, noisy channel coding, and much more
http://wol.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk/pub/mackay/info-theory/course.html
Lossless Compression of 3D MRI Brain Images
Typical clinical MRI scanners generate data on the order of about 200 MB each day. Because this data provides important diagnostic information, care must be taken in compressing it, and lossy compression is generally avoided. In this project we investigate different techniques for lossless compression of 3-dimensional MRI scans of the brain. These methods include […]
http://www-ise.stanford.edu/class/ee392c/demos/hargreaves_johanson_nayak/
Altamira Group
These guys apparently make a couple of variations on a product called Genuine Fractals. The product is a Photoshop plugin that appears to read fractal file formats and do some sort of scaling. If this is a grotesque misrepresentation of what the product does, feel free to email a correction.
Mark Adler’s home page
Mark Adler has given much to us via his work on Info-ZIP, zlib, and PNG. Is he an interesting person as well? Here is the place to find out.
Amara’s Wavelet Page
A lot of explanation of Wavelets on this page, along with some well-considered links. This site is often slow, and sometimes missing. Please be patient!
alt.comp.compression
This newsgroup doesn’t generate as much compression as its sibling, comp.compression. I know of nothing else that differentiates the two.
comp.compression
This newgroup carries a good deal of interesting traffic on data compression. The lack of moderation means the noise level is still fairly high, but the interested reader can find much to enjoy here.
Vivo Software, Inc.
“Vivo Software, Inc. is a leader in the Web video revolution, providing innovative solutions that enable people to communicate with video over the Internet.”
Browsers with PNG support
A list of browsers that support PNG. I’m not sure if this information is as relevant as it once was.
A Basic Introduction to PNG Features
This page is intended to provide an explanation of some of the features of the PNG format for non-technical users
Other PNG Links and Stuff
Lots of links to PNG related material
Stuart Inglis
Home page for Stuart Inglis, maintainer of the Compression Links page. Stu’s thesis is online, along with the source code used during his study. Stuart says that it achieves the world’s best image compression!
zlib - Looking the Gift Code in the Mouth
Mark Nelson’s zlib article, originally published in Dr. Dobb’s Journal. The source code for the article includes an OCX that allows you to use zlib from many different languages under Win32
If you are attempting to use the zlib OCX with Visual Basic or Visual C++, please follow the links to my FAQ. The OCX that […]
The Data Compression Reference Center
A site that provides some good pages discussing various fundamental aspects of Data Compression. Although the site appears to be a university project in Croatia, all of the pages are writen in English.
This link points to an archived site, as the original has disappeared. Links on the archived page may or may not work properly.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020604012435/http://www.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/index.
html
Mitsuharu ARIMURA’s Bookmarks on Source Coding/Data Compression
An enormous page of data compression links, well organized by type. Although this page is hosted in Japan, nearly all of the links are described in English.
Compression des images (et autres documents)
This site has pointers to various sits related to image compression. The entire site is written in French.
http://www.info.unicaen.fr/~karczma/matrs/ressint/compres.html
LZW Data Compression by Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson’s Dr. Dobb’s article on LZW compression from October 1989. Includes source code in C.
The LZW algorithm
A nice explanation of LZW compression from the fine folks at the Data Compression Center.
This link points to an archived site, as the original has disappeared. Links on the archived page may or may not work properly.
EE376B/Statistics 376B: Information Theory
Gerry Wolf’s home page,
Gerry Wolf’s home page, including links to “Language Learning as Compression”, “Computing as Compression”, and “Cognition as Compression”
