Vision Lab Team

Dr. Asari	Dr. Karim	Dr. Rahman	Dr. Crouch	Dr. Shen	Dr. Li
Dr. Islam	Dr. Ngo	Dr. Higa	Dr. Diawara

PhD Students

Praveen	Cort	Adam	Ming	My Thy	Qun
Jake	Moinul	Yue	Bo	Loc	Binu
Chris	Rupal (BS/PhD)	Theus (BS/PhD)

PhD Students (on leave)

Raj

Numan

Sertan

MS Students

Trisha

Brian

Bala

Diana

Dr. Vijayan Asari Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director: ODU Vision Lab Director: VLSI Systems Lab Research areas: Signal processing, image processing, neural networks, pattern recognition, digital computer architectures and VLSI design. Dr. Vijayan Asari is the Director of the Computational Intelligence and Machine Vision Laboratory (ODU Vision Lab) in the ECE department. Dr. Asari received the Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University of Kerala (College of Engineering, Trivandrum), India, in 1978, the M. Tech and Ph. D degrees in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1984 and 1994 respectively. Dr. Asari joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at ODU in August 2000. Prior to joining ODU, Dr. Asari worked as Assistant Professor in electronics and communications at TKM College of Engineering, University of Kerala, India, and as Research Fellow at National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also the Director of the VLSI Systems Laboratory at ODU. Dr. Asari is a Senior Member of the IEEE. E-mail: vasari@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.ece.odu.edu/~vasari/

Dr. Mohammad A. Karim Vice President for Research

Old Dominion University Research areas: Optical computing, information processing, pattern/target recognition, night vision, displays, electro-optical systems, and sensors. Dr. Mohammad A. Karim is Vice-President for Research of ODU. He received his BS Honors degree in physics from the University of Dacca, Bangladesh, in 1976, and MS in physics, MS in electrical engineering, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering degrees from the University of Alabama respectively in 1978, 1979, and 1981. He is author of 8 books, over 325 research papers, and 6 book chapters and has served as guest editor of 16 journal special issues. The list of his research sponsors include Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation, US Air Force, Naval Research Laboratory, US Army, NASA, US Department of Education, Ohio Aerospace Institute, US Department of Defense, and Avionics Laboratory of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He served as research mentor of over 55 MS/PhD students during his career. Prior to joining ODU, Dr. Karim served as Dean of Engineering at the City College of New York of the City University of New York. E-mail: mkarim@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.odu.edu/ao/research/staff/karim-page.html

Dr. Zia-ur Rahman Associate Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research areas: Research Areas: Signal processing, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition. Dr. Zia-ur Rahman joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Old Dominion University as an Associate Professor in 2006. Before that he was a Research Associate Professor with the Department of Applied Science at the College of William & Mary. He received a B.A. in Physics from Ripon College in 1984, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1986 and 1989, respectively. His graduate research focused on using neural networks and image processing techniques for motion detection and target tracking. Currently he is involved in conducting research in multi-dimensional signal processing, with an emphasis in data compression and image enhancement methods. He is a member of IEEE, SPIE and OSA. E-mail: zrahman@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.odu.edu/~zrahman/

Dr. Jessica R. Crouch Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science Research areas: Biomedical image processing, computer vision, image registration, pattern recognition Dr. Jessica Crouch joined the faculty of Old Dominion University's computer science department in the fall of 2005. Her research interests include tissue modeling, medical simulation, scientific data visualization, and numerical modeling methods. Prior to joining the ODU computer science department, Dr. Crouch worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University. Dr. Crouch completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center at Johns Hopkins University. She received a Ph.D. in computer science in 2003 and a masters degree in computer science in 1999, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her bachelor's degree, also in computer science, is from the University of Richmond. E-mail: jrcrouch@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.cs.odu.edu/~jrcrouch/

Dr. Yuzhong Shen Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research areas: Visualization and computer graphics, signal and image processing, and modeling and simulation. Dr. Yuzhong Shen received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. He is also affiliated with Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University, Dr. Shen worked as an Engineer and a Senior Engineer with Weifang Hua-Guang Technologies, China, a Research Assistant with National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation at Mississippi State University, a Research Assistant with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware, and a Senior Research Scientist with Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University. E-mail: yshen@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.ece.odu.edu/~yshen/

Dr. Jiang Li Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research areas: Machine learning, computer-aided medical diagnosis systems, medical signal/image processing, and neural networks. Dr. Jiang Li received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, in 1992, the M.S. degree in automation from Tsinghua Univey, China, in 2000, and the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, TX, in 2004. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the department of radiology, National Institutes of Health, from 2004 to 2006. Dr. Li joined ODU as an assistant professor in 2006. His research interests include machine learning, computer-aided medical diagnosis systems, medical signal/image processing, and neural network. His recent publications focus on computer-aided colonic polyp detection, machine learning and medical image processing. Dr. Li is a member of the IEEE and Sigma Xi. E-mail: jli@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.ece.odu.edu/~jli/

Dr. M. Nazrul Islam Research Scientist

Old Dominion University Research Foundation Research areas: Digital image processing, optical and wireless communication, solid state devices. Dr. M. Nazrul Islam received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He then earned his PhD degree from Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan in 1999. Dr. Islam joined the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1991 where he is now an Associate Professor (on leave). Prior to joining Old Dominion University, Dr. Islam worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Alabama and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of West Florida. He authored and co-authored more than 80 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is a Member of the IEEE and SPIE. E-mail: mislam@odu.edu

Dr. Hau T. Ngo Research Collaborator

Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy Research areas: Digital computer architectures, VLSI system design, FPGA-based design, low power design, high performance video processing system design. Dr. Hau Trung Ngo received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia in 2007. He is an Assistant Professor at the United States Naval Academy. His current research focuses on power-delay-area (PDA) efficient design methodologies for embedded and video processing systems. Dr. Ngo is a member of IEEE. E-mail: ngo@usna.edu Homepage: http://www.lions.odu.edu/~hngox001

Dr. Hiroki Higa Visiting Scientist

Associate Professor, University of the Ryukyus Research areas: Medical electronics, human interface, image processing, FPGA-based design. Dr. Hiroki Higa received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics and Information Engineering from University of the Ryukyus, Japan, in 1992 and 1994, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan in 1997. He joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of the Ryukyus in 1997 where he is now an Associate Professor. He is presently a visiting scientist in Vision Lab at Old Dominion University. His research interests include developing medical instumentation, especially implantable functional electrical stimulation (FES) system and human interface for people with disabilities. He is a member of IEEE. E-mail: hhiga@odu.edu

Dr. Norou Diawara Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Statistics Department Research areas: Multivariate Data Analysis, Image Modeling and Processing, Probability Theory and Estimation. Dr. Norou Diawara is an Assistant Professor in the Mathematics and Statistics Department at ODU. He received his PhD in Mathematical Statistics at Auburn University in 2006, his Master in Sciences at the University of South Alabama, his Licence and Maitrise in Mathematics at Le Havre University in Le Havre, France, and his BA at University Cheick Anta Diop in Senegal. His research interests include Multivariate Data Analysis, Image Modeling and Processing, Probability Theory and Estimation. Consulting and teaching have always been part of his training. He uses mostly SAS, Minitab and R (S-Plus) statistical software for most of his work. Dr. Diawara is reviewer for Communications in Statistics, American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, and the Journal of Combinatorics Information and System Sciences. He is a member of several professional associations such as the American Statistical Association and the Virginia Academy of Science. E-mail: ndiawara@odu.edu

Praveen Sankaran
BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Calicut, India MS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Feature specific modular approach for face recognition Advisor: Dr. Karim/Dr. Asari E-mail: psank001@odu.edu Homepage: http://www.lions.odu.edu/~psankara

R. Cortland Tompkins
BS Computer Science, Old Dominion University BS Mathematics, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Multi-view face detection, face recognition, iris recognition, autonomous navigation, awareness enhancement for low-cost surveillance robots. Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: rtomp002@odu.edu

Adam Livingston
BS Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University MS Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: ASIC design for nonlinear image enhancement Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: alivi001@odu.edu

Ming Zhang
BS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University BS Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University MS Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: ASIC design for image registration Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: mzhan002@odu.edu

My Thy Tran
BS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Brain signal analysis for identification of emotional Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: mtran002@odu.edu

Qun Wang
BS Electronics Engineering, Shandong University MS Electronics Engineering, Xidian University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Object recognition Advisor: Dr. Asari/Dr. Karim E-mail: qwang007@odu.edu

Jake Foytik
BS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Face detection and recognition Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: jfoyt001@odu.edu

M. Moinul Islam
BS Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology MS Electrical Engineering, University of South Alabama Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Pattern Recognition Advisor: Dr. Asari

Yue Feng
BS Computer Science, Jiangxi Normal University, China MS Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Runway Hazard Detection Advisor: Runway Hazard Detection E-mail: yfeng003@odu.edu

Bo Jiang
BS Information Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology MS Communication and Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Object detection in poor visibility conditions Advisor: Dr. Rahman E-mail: bjian001@odu.edu

Loc Tran
BS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Image enhancement in low visibility environments Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: ltran004@odu.edu

Binu M. Nair
BS Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cochin University Of Science and Technology Current Program: MS/PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Long range face recognition Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: bnair002@odu.edu

Chris Morris
BS Electrical Engineering, United States Coast Guard Academy Current Program: MS/PhD Electrical Engineering Research Topics: Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: cmorr039@odu.edu

Rupalbahen Patel
Current Program: BS/PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Image Processing and Computer Vision Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: rpate017@odu.edu

Theus Aspiras
Current Program: BS/PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Artificial Neural Networks Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: taspi001@odu.edu

Rajkiran Gottumukkal
BS, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bangalore University, India MS Electrical Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Color constancy for face recognition Current Status: At Behavioral Recognition Systems Inc., Houston TX Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: rgott002@odu.edu

Numan Unaldi

BS Electronics and Communication Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey MS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, Izmir, Turkey Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Super-resolution reconstruction of low resolution images/video by neural network based processing Current Status: At Turkish Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Turkey Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: nunal001@odu.edu

Sertan Erkanli
BS Electronics Engineering, TUAF (Turkish Air Force Academy) MS Electronics Engineering, TUAF (Turkish Air Force Academy) Current Program: PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Topics: Face detection and identification Current Status: At Turkish Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Turkey Advisor: Dr. Rahman E-mail: serka001@odu.edu

Trisha Ahmed
Current Program: MS Electrical Engineering Research Topics: Face recognition Advisor: Dr. Asari E-mail: tahme001@odu.edu

Brian Henry
BS Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University Current Program: MS Computer Sciencec Research Topics: Small boat identification in cluttered environment Advisor: Dr. Crouch/Dr. Asari E-mail: bhenr002@odu.edu

Bala Krishna Vadapally
BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from JNTU, India Current Program: MS Electrical Engineering Research Topics: Image Enhancement Advisor: Dr. Rahman E-mail: bvada001@odu.edu

Diana Vincent
BS Electronics and Communications Engineering Current Program: MS Electrical Engineering Research Topics: Advisor: Dr. Rahman E-mail: dvinc005@odu.edu