Research Interests
- Image/Video Understanding
- Deep Learning: Sparse Architectures, “Big Data” Analytics
- Confluence of vision and natural language processing
- Transfer learning, Deep Adversarial methods
- Facial features/expression, Gesture Recognition
- Emotion/Sentiment analysis in images
- Video Surveillance and Camera Networks
- Video Activity Recognition and Monitoring
- Video Context Analysis and Retrieval
- Multi-Target Tracking on Moving Platforms
- Video Camera Networks: Self-Calibration and Self-Configuration, Multi-target tracking and Reidentification
- Image/Video Processing
- Super-resolution (Video, SAR, EO, IR, Hyper-spectral)
- Compressed Sensing, Cooperative Sensing, Compressed Domain Target Localization, Recognition, and Coding
- Bio-Medical Image Analysis and Processing
- Image-Based Modeling
- 3D Modeling from Video/Image Data
Other Experience
- Senior Research Scientist, UC Berkeley, 2000-2002
- Research Scientist, University of Maryland, 1997-2000
Professional Activities
- Voting Member of the IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC)
- Associate Member of IEEE Image, Video, and Multi-dimensional Signal Processing Technical Committee, 2010
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2011- 2015, 2002-2008
- Area chair, Organizer, TPC member, IEEE ICIP, since 2002
- TPC member and Session Chair: CVPR, ICCV, since 2002
Honors & Awards
- IEEE ICIP Best Paper Award, 2018
- CECS Advisory Board Award for Faculty Excellence, 2017
- CECS Excellence in Research Award 2016, 2014, 2006
- UCF Millionaires’ Club Award, 2015, 2014, 2013
- UCF Research Initiative Award (RIA), 2014, 2009
- UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award, 2013, 2008
- IAPR Piero Zamperoni Award, 2004
- IAPR Best Scientific Paper Award
- Senior Member, IEEE