The Vision Lab aims to develop novel theory, state-of-art algorithms, and architectures for learning and real-time applications in human and machine-centered interaction and recognition; biomedical imaging and signal analysis; environmental and infrastructure resiliency applications based on the disciplines of computer vision, signal/image processing and AI/machine learning.
News Highlights
- 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 - Congratulations Dr. Witherow for being appointed as Post-Doctoral Research Associate working in the Vision Lab at Old Dominion University.
– September 2024 - Congratulations Joe Zalameda on being awarded a Department of Defense SMART Scholarship. Joe is a PhD student in the Vision Lab and will be working with a facility in South Carolina on defense applications in conjunction with his program here at ODU.
– June 2024 - ODU Vision Lab welcomes Emily DeGroff, a student from Marshall University in WV, for the Research Experience for Undergraduates program with ODU Cyber Security. Emily is working with the lab to complete a project this summer involving reinforcement learning for cyber security applications. See Cyber Security REU for details.
– June 2024 - Congratulations Megan Witherow for successfully defending her dissertation “Computational Modeling and Analysis of Facial Expressions and Gaze for Discovery of Candidate Behavioral Biomarkers for Children and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder”.
– April 2024 - Khan Iftekharuddin, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Vision Lab, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Read the ODU news article here.
– March 2024 - Khan Iftekharuddin, director of the Vision Lab, has been named as one of two 2024 Old Dominion University Eminent Scholars. Read the story here.
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