The Vision Lab aims to develop novel theory, state-of-the-art algorithms, and architectures for learning and real-time applications in human and machine-centered interaction and recognition; biomedical imaging and signal analysis; and environmental and infrastructure resiliency applications based on the disciplines of computer vision, signal/image processing, and AI/machine learning.
News Highlight
- Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, with his colleagues (radiologists, psychologists), provides expert insights at SPIE Optics +Photonics regarding the need for human care and responsibility in medical practice; read more here
– September 2026
- Congratulations to Dr. Toumi for being appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate working in the Vision Lab at Old Dominion University.
-August 2026
- Old Dominion University Names Khan Iftekharuddin, Ph.D., as Inaugural Dean of Interdisciplinary School, for his expertise in research, education, and community partnerships; read more here
– July 2026
- Vision Lab Research Cited as Old Dominion University Recognized Nationally for Translational Research and Biomedical Innovation, read more here.
– June 2026
- Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, interviewed on How Does Non-invasive Detection of Aggressive Brain Tumor Work, read more here
– May 2026
- Congratulations, Dr. Ahmed Temtam, on starting a new position as Assistant Professor at Norfolk State University (NSU).
–April 2026
- Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, interviewed on his team’s recent research focus to assist physicians to come up with better patient management and personalized care for patients facing aggressive brain cancers, read more here.
–April 2026
- Trustworthy AI: Diagnosis, Follow-up and Treatment of High Grade Brain Tumor Recurrence, the effort is bolstered by the expertise of ODU’s Vision Lab, read more here.
–March 2026
- Congratulations Alex Glandon for successfully defending his dissertation “Human Identification and Action Recognition Using Small Data and Deep Domain Adaptation” on November 12, 2025.
–January 2026
- Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, director of ODU’s Vision lab; Inaugural Director, Institute of Data Science, Dr. Chrysoula Malogianni, senior associate vide president for Digital Innovation, and Ph.D. Candidate Walia Farzana interviewed in WTKR News 3 for ODU and Google team up for AI Projects . See the news here.
–January 2026 - Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, director of ODU’s Vision lab; Inaugural Director, Institute of Data Science and Ph.D. candidate Walia Farzana interviewed regarding their pilot project on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in High Performance Computing (HPC). See the research testimonial here.
-October 2025
- Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, director of ODU’s Vision lab; Inaugural Director, Institute of Data Science awarded $2.3M NIH Grant to Improve Brain Tumor Recurrence with AI and Machine Learning . See the news here.
–September 2025 - Congratulations Dr. Rahman for his appointment as a Data Scientist Postdoc at Jefferson Lab. Jefferson Lab is a national lab with a Computational Sciences and Technology (CST) division.
– Sept 2025 - Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, director of ODU’s vision lab; Inaugural Director, Institute of Data Science shared his insight on “Trustworthy AI: Diagnosis, Follow-up, and Treatment of High-Grade Brain Tumors Recurrence“. See the article (Page 30-31) here.
–August 2025
- Congratulations Dr. Witherow, starting a new position as Research Assistant Professor at Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Old Dominion University.–June 2025
- Congratulations Dr. Witherow, runner up for International Neural Network Society Doctoral Dissertation Award for doctoral dissertation in neural networks, machine learning, and related fields by INNS members in recognition of high-quality, excellent, and outstanding research work. See information here.
– May 2025 - Dr. Rahman and ODU Vision lab collaborate with Jefferson Lab predict accelerator cavity faults, offering the invaluable chance to intervene and launch mitigation strategies to prevent beam downtime. See the Jefferson Lab news here.
– May 2025 - Congratulations Monibor Rahman for successfully defending his dissertation “Computational Modeling for Automatic Superconducting Cavity Fault Prediction and Classification Using Time Series Signals”.
– April 2025 - Congratulations to Walia Farzana, a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and her advisor, Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, for receiving two awards at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Medical Imaging 2025 conference on February 20. See the news here.
– March 2025 - Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Old Dominion University Eminent Scholar, has been named a 2025 Optica Fellow. See the article here.
– February 2025 - Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Vision Lab named the inaugural director of Old Dominion University’s Virginia Beach Data Science Institute. See the article here.
– January 2025 - ODU is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education news article for it’s strategy and integrated approach to AI in education, research, and operations. See the article here.
– January 2025
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