PhD Proposal Review: High Sensing-capacity Multi-dimensional-coded Millimeter-wave MIMO Imaging System Weite Zhang Location: Microsoft Teams Link Abstract: Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) MIMO imaging systems have been explored to use more and more complicated radar waveforms to achieve advanced multiplexing and high-performance imaging. As the complexity of the radar waveform increases, conventional systems inevitably suffer from higher design […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Image Restoration and Synthesis Yulun Zhang Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Image restoration and synthesis with deep learning play a fundamental role in the computer vision community. They are widely used on mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) or lead to billion-dollar startups. However, how to design efficient deep convolutional […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Unsupervised Learning of Low-Dimensional Dynamical Representations from Spatiotemporal Data Amirreza Farnoosh Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Ever-improving sensing technologies offer a fast and accurate collection of large-scale spatiotemporal data, recorded from multimodal sensors of heterogeneous natures, in various application domains, ranging from medicine and biology to robotics and traffic control. In this dissertation, […]
MS Thesis Defense: On the Application of Spline Functions to Problems in Hyperspectral Imaging Owen McElhinney Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) is a rapidly growing topic in the field of remote sensing. Hyperspectral cameras trade off a reduction in the spatial resolution of modern imaging for a higher spectral resolution. This allows for […]
MS Thesis Defense: Space-Time Graphene Metasurfaces Hooman Barati Sedeh Location: Zoom Link Abstract: The unprecedented growth of the data exchanged between wireless devices and the rapid emergence of high-quality wireless services have raised the demand for communication bandwidth and data transmission rates. This has motivated the migration of wireless networks toward the utilization of carrier […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Human-in-the-loop Prosthetic Robot Hand Control through Contextual Adaptation Mohammadreza Sharif Location: ISEC136 or Zoom Link Abstract: Despite fifty years of research on prosthetic robot hands, this technology is yet to be fully acknowledged by amputees as well as manufacturers, due to lack of robustness and intuitive control. Our goal is to enhance […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Towards Robust Image Classification with Deep learning and Real-Time DNN Inference on Mobile Pu Zhao Location: Zoom Link Abstract: As the rapidly increasing popularity of deep learning, deep neural networks (DNN) have become the fundamental and essential building blocks in various applications such as image classification and object detection. However, there are […]
Title: Introduction to Python Programming with Applications in Computational Problem Solving. Mohammad Fanaei Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language, which supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional and object-oriented programming. In this introductory learning conversation, we will introduce the conditional execution of code, loops, and function definitions in Python. We will then apply the […]
MS Thesis Defense: Studies for Improving Multi-channel Confocal Fluorescence Imagining in a Multi-modal Microscope Hafiyya Malik Location: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 988 8423 1362 Passcode: 399185 Abstract: The goal of this engineering thesis was to implement confocal fluorescence microscopy in an upgraded legacy electro-optical microscopy system for characterization of the viability of cells in biofilms. […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Rethinking the Choice between Static and Dynamic Provisioning for Centralized Bare-Metal Deployments Apoorve Mohan Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Technological inertia leads many organizations to continue to employ static provisioning strategies for bare-metal deployments. This results in architectural and runtime inefficiencies. However, most performance and security-sensitive organizations currently employ static provisioning strategies to […]