CIS Seminars 2011-2012

August
29

Using Natural Disaster Impacts to Identify Vulnerabilities Created by Global Shocks – A Visual Analytics Approach
Dr. Brian Tomaszewski
Assistant Professor
Department of Information Sciences & Technologies
Rochester Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


September
7

 

Taming the Complexity of Light Transport
Dr. Srinivasa Narasimhan
The Robotics Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

14

Computational Optical Imaging: A Task Specific Approach
Dr. Amit Ashok
College of Optical Sciences
University of Arizona

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

21

Low Order Geometric Models for Ill-Posed Imaging Problems
Dr. Eric Miller
Prof. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tufts

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

28

Monitoring for Harmful Algal Blooms:  The Promise and Pitfalls of the Great Lakes Observing System
Dr. Gregory Boyer
Faculty of Chemistry and Director, Great Lakes Research Consortium
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


October
5

Data Analysis and Visualization at RDAV "The Eyes of the Tera Grid"
Burlen Loring
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

12

100+ Years in the Cornell Plant Path Photo Lab: From Glass Plate Negatives to Digital Stacking Software
Kent Loeffler
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Cornell University

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

19

Sparsity Models for Hyperspectral Imaging and Compressive Sensing LIDAR
Dr. Christopher Rozell
Laboratory for Neuroengineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

26

Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come
Dr. Hod Lipson
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Computing & Information Science
Cornell

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


November
2

RGB+: Exploiting Near-Infrared to Advance Computational Photography and Computer Vision
Dr. Sabine Süsstrunk
Images and Visual Representation Group
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

9

Microgeometry Capture using GelSight
Dr. Micah Kimo Johnson
MIT CSAIL

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

30

Optical Sensing of Mechanical Motion
Dr. Mishkat Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Rochester Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


December
7

State Estimation in the Chesapeake Bay: Data Assimilation and Satellite Derived Salinity
Dr. Matthew J. Hoffman
School of Mathematical Sciences
RIT

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

14

Imaging Science Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Keynote Presentation - Photonic Color: Lab-to-Market
Dr. Geoff Ozin
University of Toronto

 HOF poster

 keynote abstract and bio

 presentation video


January 2012
11

The Role of Airborne Remote Sensing in the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Dr. Thomas Kampe
Product Team Lead, Airborne Remote Sensing
Senior Supervising Scientist
NEON, Inc.

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

18

(Computer) Vision without Sight
Dr. Roberto Manduchi
Associate Professor
Computer Engineering
UC Santa Cruz

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

25

Interaction and integration of vision and proprioception in human motion perception
Dr. Bo Hu
Department of Computer Science
University of Rochester

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

26
(Thursday)
4:00 PM
Carlson Auditorium

SPECIAL GUEST SEMINAR
Please note date, time, and location

Computational Light Field Displays
Dr. Gordon Wetzstein
Postdoctoral Associate
Camera Culture Group
MIT Media Lab

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


February
1

Digital Image Forensics: There is More to a Picture Than Meets the Eye
Dr. Siwei Lyu
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
University at Albany, SUNY

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

8

Sub-pixel Hyperspectral Image Analysis using Piece-wise Convex Spectral Unmixing
Dr. Alina Zare
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
University of Missouri

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

15

A New Era in Ground-Based Astronomy with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Dr. Steve Bickerton
Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

22

Remote sensing in post-disaster environments using an autonomous helicopter
Dr. Kevin Kochersberger
Research Associate Professor
Unmanned Systems Laboratory
Virginia Tech

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


March
14

Nonlinear Raman Microspectroscopy: Applications to Biomedical Imaging and Sensing   
Dr. Vladislav V. Yakovlev
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

21

Resolution Improvement Strategies for Coherent Laser Radar
Dr. Joseph W. Haus
Director, Electro-Optics Program
University of Dayton

 abstract

 presentation video

28

Metamaterials as a New Platform for Unconventional Light-Matter Interactions
Dr. Natasha M. Litchinitser
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, SUNY

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


April
4

Multiple View Denoising and Stabilization
Dr. Li Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Wisconsin

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

11

Lost and Found: The Archimedes Palimpsest
Dr. William Noel
Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books
Walters Art Museum

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

18

Taming Reflectance to Recover Shape, Illumination, and Reflectance from Single Images
Dr. Ko Nishino
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Drexel University

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

24 (Tuesday)
12:00 PM
Carlson Auditorium

Special Joint Department of Physics and Center for Imaging Science Colloquium
Please note date, time, and location

Solar Sailing:  Using Solar Photon Pressure for Exploring the Solar System and Beyond
Les Johnson
Deputy Manager
Advanced Concepts Office
NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center


 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

25

No seminar - Please attend special seminar on 4/24

 


May
2

About the Curse of Dimensionality and Why We Need Some Less-Standard Statistical Methods
Dr. Peter Bajorski
Associate Professor
Center for Quality and Applied Statistics and
Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

9

Autonomous cross-correlation of optical MTI for live inspection and tracking
Dr. Brian J. Daniel
Research Physicist
Naval Research Laboratory

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

16

Towards Virtual Reconstruction of Lost Paintings From X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging Data
Dr. Shannon Hughes
Assistant Professor in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video


 

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