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      \textbf{Towards the Automatic Construction of Vision Systems}
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      \textbf{Olly Oechsle}
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    A thesis submitted for the degree of\\
    \textbf{Doctor of Philosophy}\\
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    Department of Computing and Electronic Systems\\
    University of Essex\\
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\chapter*{Abstract}

This thesis presents all the interesting things I've been doing during
the last three-and-a-bit years.


\chapter*{Acknowledgements}

This is where I thank all those people who have been kind enough to
help me during my time working on my PhD\dots

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