Announcing: PhD Dissertation Defense Name: Rui Luo Title: Shared Assistance Methods for Human-in-the-loop Robot Systems Date: 7/25/2024 Time: 2:00:00 PM Location: EXP 701A. Committee Members: Prof. Taskin Padir (Advisor) Prof. John Peter Whitney Prof. Yanzhi Wang Dr. Mark Zolotas Abstract: Fully autonomous robot systems, though highly desired, face substantial theoretical and practical challenges when being deployed […]
Name: Ruyi Ding Title: Towards Robust and Secure Deep Learning: From Training through Deployment to Inference Date: 7/29/2024 Time: 9:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. Yunsi Fei (Advisor) Prof. Aidong Ding Prof. Lili Su Abstract: In recent years, deep learning has experienced rapid advancement, leading to the development of numerous commercial deep neural network (DNN) models across diverse fields […]
Name: Shijie Yan Title: Efficient Monte Carlo light transport algorithms in complex scattering media Date: 7/29/2024 Time: 12:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Qianqian Fang (Advisor) Prof. Steven Jacques Prof. David Kaeli Prof. Edwin Marengo Abstract: Modeling light-tissue interactions is crucial for many optical imaging modalities, for which the Monte Carlo (MC) method has been widely […]
Name: Yunus Bicer Title: Novel Methods for Electromyographic Hand Gesture Recognition: Expressive Gestures Sets with Minimal Calibration Date: 7/29/2024 Time: 3:00:00 PM Location: ISEC 632 - Committee Members: Prof. Deniz Erdogmus (Advisor) Prof. Mathew Yarossi (Co-Advisor) Prof. Eugene Tunik Prof. Tales Imbiriba Abstract: Gesture recognition, the process of interpreting hand gestures through computational algorithms and devices, is […]
Name: Kyle Lockwood Title: Leveraging Submovements for Prediction and Trajectory Planning in Human-Robot Handover Date: 7/30/2024 Time: 1:30:00 PM Location: ISEC 532 - Committee Members: Prof. Deniz Erdogmus (Advisor) Prof. Eugene Tunik (Co-Advisor) Prof. Mathew Yarossi Prof. Tales Imbiriba Abstract: Collaborative physical interactions between humans and robots pose difficult modeling challenges. To create natural interactions, […]
Name: Joshua Groen Title: Optimizing and Securing Open RAN with Experimental System Validation Date: 8/5/2024 Time: 2:00:00 PM Location: ISEC232; Committee Members: Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury (Advisor) Prof. Stratis Ioannidis Prof Engin Kirda Dr. Christopher Morrell Abstract: 5G and beyond cellular networks promise remarkable advancements in bandwidth, latency, and connectivity, with the emergence of Open Radio […]
Name: Malith Jayaweera Title: Energy-Aware Transformations for Affine Programs on GPUs Date: 8/6/2024 Time: 10:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. David Kaeli (Co-advisor) Prof. Yanzhi Wang (Co-advisor) Dr. Norman Rubin Prof. Martin Kong (Ohio State University) Abstract: Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have been increasingly used to accelerate workloads ranging from high performance computing to machine learning. […]
Name: Kubra Alemdar Title: Overcoming and Engineering Wireless Signals for Communication and Computation Date: 8/7/2024 Time: 11:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury (Advisor) Prof. Josep Jornet Prof. Marvin Onabajo Abstract: The phenomenal growth of connected devices, especially rapid expansion of IoT networks and the increasing demand for wireless services are the main driving forces […]
Name: Kubra Alemdar Title: Overcoming and Engineering Wireless Signals for Communication and Computation Date: 8/7/2024 Time: 11:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury (Advisor) Prof. Josep Jornet Prof. Marvin Onabajo Abstract: The phenomenal growth of connected devices, especially rapid expansion of IoT networks and the increasing demand for wireless services are the main driving forces […]
Name: Peiyan Dong Title: Software-Hardware Co-Design: Towards Ultimate Efficiency in Deep Learning Acceleration Date: 8/8/2024 Time: 3:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Yanzhi Wang (Advisor) Prof. David R. Kaeli Prof. Devesh Tiwari Prof. Cheng Tan Abstract: As AI techniques continue to advance, the efficient deployment of deep neural networks on resource-constrained devices becomes increasingly appealing yet […]