Students

Current Students

Chengcheng Li
Fanqi Wang
Quan Zhou
Taher Naderi
Maofeng Tang
Konstantinos Georgiou
Landon Harris
Coby White
Andrei Cozma

AICIP Alumni

Ph.D. Graduates

Razieh Kaviani Baghbaderani (Summer 2022); Now at Samsung. Dissertation: Learning with Limited Labeled Data for Image and Video Understanding
Ramin Nabati, Ph.D. (Summer 2021); Now at Ford. Dissertation: Sensor Fusion for Object Detection and Tracking in Autonomous Vehicles
Alireza Rahimpour, Ph.D. (Summer 2019); Now at Ford. Dissertation: Attention Mechanism for Recognition in Computer Vision
Yang Song, Ph.D. (Spring 19); Now at Apple. Dissertation: Cross-Domain Image Transformation and Generation by Deep Learning
Zhifei Zhang, Ph.D. (Fall 2018); Now at Adobe. Dissertation: Conditional Image Synthesis by Generative Adversarial Modeling
Liu Liu, Ph.D. (Spring 2018); Now at Apple. Dissertation: Binary Representation Learning for Large Scale Visual Content
Ying Qu, Ph.D. (Fall 2017); Now Postdoc at UTK. Dissertation: Hyperspectral Image Analysis through Unsupervised Deep Learning
Ali Taalimi, Ph.D. (Summer 2017); Now at Google. Dissertation: Learning Multimodal Structures in Computer Vision
Austin Albright, Ph.D. (Fall 2016); Now at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dissertation: A Quantitative Measurement of Mono-Componentness for Time-Frequency Analysis
Rui Guo, Ph.D. (Summer 2016); Now at Intuitive. Dissertation: Face Centered Image Analysis Using Saliency and Deep Learning based Techniques
Wei Wang (Fall 2015); Now at Amazon. Dissertation: Exploiting Cross Domain Relationships for Target Recognition
Shuangjiang Li, Ph.D. (Summer 2015); Now at Netskope. Dissertation: Compressed Sensing in Resource-Constrained Environments - From Sensing Mechanism Design to Recovery Algorithms
Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Fall 2014); Now at Naval Surface Warfare Center. Dissertation: Computing Approximate Solutions to the Art Gallery Problem and Watchman Route Problem by Means of Photon Mapping
Zhibo Wang, Ph.D. (Summer 2014) - Co-advised with Dr. Qing Cao; Now at Zhejiang University. Dissertation: Barrier Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks
Jiajia Luo, Ph.D. (Spring 2014); Now at Amazon. Dissertation: Feature Extraction and Recognition for Human Action Recognition
Li He, Ph.D. (Fall 2013); Now at KLA-Tencor. Dissertation: Bayesian Dictionary Learning for Single and Coupled Feature Spaces
Mahmut Karakaya, Ph.D. (Summer 2011); Now at Kennesaw State University. Dissertation: Collaborative Solutions to Visual Sensor Networks
Yang Bai, Ph.D. (Spring 2011); Now at Digimarc. Dissertation: Feature-based Image Comparison and Its Application in Wireless Visual Sensor Networks
Sangwoo Moon, Ph.D. (Summer 2010); Now at Microsoft. Dissertation: A Novel Hybrid Dimensionality Reduction Method Using Support Vector Machines and Independent Component Analysis
Dayu Yang, Ph.D. (Fall 2009) - Co-advised with Dr. Husheng Li; Now at Life. Dissertation: An Effective Approach for Nonparametric Quickest Detection and Its Decentralized Realization
Ortal Orazi, Ph.D. (Fall 2007). Dissertation: Self-certified Public Key Cryptographic Methodologies for Resource-constrained Wireless Sensor Networks
Lidan Miao, Ph.D. (Fall 2007); Now at Microsoft. Dissertation: Computationally-efficient Mixed Pixel Decomposition Using Constrained Optimizations
Hongtao Du, Ph.D. (Fall 2006) - Co-advised with Dr. Don Bouldin; Now at Memsic. Dissertation: Efficient Image Processing in Resource-Constrained Visual Sensor Networks
Yingyue Xu, Ph.D. (Spring 2005); Now at Rockwell-Collin. Dissertation: Energy Efficient Designs for Collaborative Signal and Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Xiaoling Wang, Ph.D. (Fall 2004); Now at Intel. Dissertation: High Accuracy Distributed Target Detection and Classification in Sensor Networks Based on Mobile Agent Framework

M.S. Graduates

Michael Han (Fall 2021). Project: Multi-Threaded Real-Time Data Fusion of Visual Object and Radiation Tracking
Chengyong Jiao (Fall 2019), Course Only.
Elliot Greenlee (Summer 2018). Thesis: Real Time Fusion of Radioisotope Direction Estimation and Visual Object Tracking
Andrew August (Fall 2017). Project: Scene Classification in Earth-Surface Imagery
Yang Zhang (Fall 2016). Thesis: Scheduling for Timely Passenger Delivery in a Large Scale Ride Sharing System
Liu Liu (Summer 2014). Thesis: Statistical Analysis of Disturbances in Power Transmission System
Daniel Martinez Capilla (Summer 2012) - Co-advised with Dr. Fabrice Meriaudeau at Univerite de Bourgogne (France) through the Erasmus Mundus program VIBOT. Thesis: Sign Language Translator Using Microsoft Kinect
Bryan Bodkin (Summer 2012). Thesis: Real-Time Mobile Stereo Vision
Shravani Yerabati (Spring 2012). Project: Hand Gesture Recognition - A Performance Comparison
Shuangjiang Li (Fall 2011). Thesis: Distributed Compressive Sparse Sampling for Data Recovery in Wireless Sensor Networks
Allison Higginbotham (Spring 2011), Course only
Pei Yu (Spring 2010), Course only
Harika Tandra (Fall 2009). Thesis: Automated System to Debug Under-performing Network Flows in Wide Area Networks
Ying Sun (Summer 2008). Thesis: Dynamic Target Classification in Wireless Sensor Networks
Austin Albright (Fall 2007). Thesis: The Detection of Stress Corrosion Cracking in National Gas Pipelines Using Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers
Haritha Kolli (Summer 2007) - Co-advised with Dr. Thomas G. Hallam. Thesis: Study of Interaction Between Mexican Free tailed Bats and Moths
Raghul Gunasekarn (Spring 2007). Thesis: A Cross-layer Routing Protocol (XLRP) for Wireless Sensor Networks
Cheng Qian (Summer 2006). Thesis: A Distributed Solution for Visual Sensor Networks to Detect Targets in Crowds
Lu Zhang (Summer 2006). Thesis: Automatic Image Based Time Varying 3D Feature Extraction and Tracking
Chris Beall (Summer 2006). Thesis: Distributed Self-Deployment in Visual Sensor Networks
Balasubramanian Lakshminarayanan (Summer 2005). Thesis: Automatic Target Recognition of Civilian Targets Using Data Fusion
Sankar Venkatraman (Summer 2005) - Co-advised with Dr. Mitchel J. Doktycz. Thesis: Automated Analysis of Fluorescent Microscopic Images to Identify Protein-protein Interactions
Aruna Raghavan (Summer 2005) - Co-advised with Dr. Thomas G. Hallam. Thesis: Study of Individual and Group Behavior of Brazilian Free Tailed Bats and Dynamic Frame Bat Counting Using Real Time Infrared Video
Gaurav Baone (Summer 2005). Thesis: Development of Demosaicking Techniques for Multi-Spectral Imaging Using Mosaic Focal Plane Arrays
Yang Liu (Fall 2004). Thesis: The Design of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols for Energy Efficiency and QoS Provision in Wireless Sensor Networks
Olawoye Oyeyele (Summer 2004). Thesis: A Robust Node Selection Strategy for Lifetime Extension in Wireless Sensor Networks
Xuesong Ma (Fall 2003). Project: Evaluation of Different Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks
Phani Teja Kuruganti (Summer 2003). Thesis: Development of Mobile Agent Framework in Wireless Sensor Networks for Multi-Sensor Collaborative Processing
Hongtao Du (Summer 2003) - Co-advised with Dr. Gregory Peterson. Thesis: Dimensionality Reduction Using Parallel ICA and Its Implementation on FPGA in Hyperspectral Image Analysis.
Yuxin Tian (Summer 2001). Thesis: Target Detection and Classification Using Seismic Signal Processing in Unattended Ground Sensor Systems