Dissertation committee memberships. Updated 2026-8-20
  1. Bowen Song.
    Foundation generative models for inverse problems. UM, 2026
  2. Xingyu Xu.
    Fantastic diffusion models and where to apply them. CMU, 2026
  3. Evan Cummings.
    Rosette trajectory cardiac magnetic resonance fingerprinting. UM, 2025
  4. Conrad Hougen.
    Network models for learning uncertain and multimodal data. UM, 2025
  5. Prabhjot Kaur.
    Improving the probabilistic method of sequence reconstruction and developing a 3D Compton imaging system with CdZnTe. UM, 2025
  6. Aditya Varma Muppala.
    New directions in millimeter-wave imaging: systems, circuits and algorithms. UM, 2025
  7. Mariama Salifu.
    Strategies for correcting respiration-induced B0 variations in oscillating steady-state functional MRI (OSS-fMRI). UM, 2025
  8. Dinank Gupta.
    MRI guidance of transcranial histotripsy treatment. UM, 2024
  9. Mingchen Li.
    Toward effective neural architectures and algorithms for generalizable deep learning. UM, 2024
  10. Alexander Rice.
    Random coded aperture design, simultaneous positron emission and single-photon emission imaging. UM, 2024
  11. Xiaokai Wang.
    Imaging and modeling gastric motor functions in rats and humans. UM, 2024
  12. Ning Lu.
    Transcranial MR-guided histotripsy for brain treatment. UM, 2023
  13. Kuan Han.
    From brain science to AI and back: Using deep neural networks to represent and decode brain activity linked to behavior. UM, 2023
  14. Bowen Liu.
    Deep signal compression with feature representation learning. UM, 2023
  15. Tuba Sarwar.
    On-chip UV/VIS optical spectrometer. UM, 2023
  16. Jonathan Schwartz.
    Breaking dose limitations for high-resolution spectroscopy with fused multi-modal electron microscopy. UM, 2023
  17. Jiaren Zou.
    Data-driven joint optimization of acquisition and reconstruction of quantitative MRI. UM, 2023
  18. Junming Zhang.
    3D scene understanding with deep learning. UM, 2022
  19. Burhaneddin Yaman.
    Self-supervised physics-guided deep learning for solving inverse problems in imaging. Univ. of Minnesota, 2022
  20. Andrew Whiteman.
    Bayesian analysis of neuroimage data using Gaussian process priors. UM, 2022
  21. Aunnasha Sengupta.
    In silico tools for investigating the performance of breast cancer imaging technologies. UM, 2022
  22. Manikandasriram Srinivasan Ramanagopal.
    Thermal infrared for robot vision in the field. UM, 2022
  23. Kyle Gilman.
    Scalable algorithms using optimization on orthogonal matrix manifolds. UM, 2022
  24. Julio Diaz.
    Radiation transmission imaging applications for nuclear reactor systems. UM, 2022
  25. Harini Muthukrishnan.
    Improving multi-GPU strong scaling through optimization of fine-grained transfers. UM, 2021
  26. Valerie Nwadeyi.
    An MLEM approach to range verification for proton beam therapy using 3-D position sensitive CdZnTe. UM, 2021
  27. Zhengyu Huang.
    Novel imaging systems using nanophotonic devices. UM, 2021
  28. Yuan Li.
    Investigation of high order diffusion models in glioblastoma by exploring high b-value, echo time (TE), and diffusion time. UM, 2021
  29. Yizhen Zhang.
    Grounding language learning in vision for artificial intelligence and brain research. UM, 2021
  30. William Steinberger.
    A handheld dual particle imager for imaging and characterizing special nuclear material. UM, 2021
  31. Tianrui Luo.
    MRI excitation pulse design and image reconstruction for accelerated neuroimaging. UM, 2020
  32. Brendan West.
    Streaming architectures for medical image reconstruction. UM, 2020
  33. Lise Wei.
    Medical image analytics (radiomics) with machine/deep learning for outcome modeling in radiation oncology. UM, 2020
  34. Niral Shah.
    Adaptive imaging with a cylindrical, time-encoded imaging system. UM, 2020
  35. Dan Shy.
    Super-MeV Compton imaging and other projects using pixelated CdZnTe. UM, 2020
  36. Xijia Quan.
    A 3D tailored RF pulse optimization algorithm by separating magnitude and phase of the target pattern for signal recovery of IV regions in T2*-weighted MRI. UM, 2020
  37. Arvind Prasadan.
    Learning, inference, and unmixing of weak, structured signals in noise. UM, 2020
  38. Amos Cao.
    Methods for physiological artifact correction in oscillating steady state imaging. UM, 2019
  39. Joel Leblanc.
    Optical system identification for passive electro-optical imaging. UM, 2019
  40. David Goodman.
    Passive characterization of unknown spaces using large-volume, pixelated CdZnTe. UM, 2019
  41. Bennett Williams.
    Applications of principal component analysis for gamma-ray spectroscopy with position-sensitive semiconductor detectors. UM, 2019
  42. Jiyang Chu.
    Advanced imaging algorithms with position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2018
  43. Rungroj Jintamethasawat.
    Limited angle ultrasound tomography of the compressed breast. UM, 2018
  44. Albert Liang.
    Investigation of the performance of photon counting arrays based on polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors. UM, 2018
  45. Brian E Moore.
    Robust algorithms for low-rank and sparse matrix models. UM, 2018
  46. Aaron Bevill.
    Uncertainty quantification in emission quantitative imaging. UM, 2017
  47. Steven Brown.
    Time-encoded thermal neutron imaging using large-volume pixelated CdZnTe detectors. UM, 2017
  48. Kenny Heekon Cha.
    Computer-aided image analysis and decision support system for bladder cancer. UM, 2017
  49. Michael Hamel.
    A stochastic imaging technique for spatio-spectral characterization of special nuclear material. UM, 2017
  50. Jie Li.
    Place recognition and localization for multi-modality underwater navigation with vision and acoustic sensors. UM, 2017
  51. Miao-Bin Lien.
    Problems in scattering and imaging. UM, 2017
  52. Kathleen Ropella Panagis.
    Methods for improving MRI-based conductivity mapping. UM, 2017
  53. David Rowland.
    Improving the scope and quality of single-molecule data analysis. UM, 2017
  54. Richard Sampson.
    Architectural support for medical imaging. UM, 2017
  55. Nauman Shahid.
    Scalable low-rank matrix and tensor decomposition on graphs. EPFL, 2017
  56. Xin Weng.
    A simplified phase display system for 3D surface measurement and abnormal surface pattern detection. UM, 2017
  57. Seongjin Yoon.
    Electron beam X-ray computed tomography for multiphase flows and an experimental study of inter-channel mixing. UM, 2017
  58. Chumin Zhao.
    High resolution active pixel sensor X-ray detectors for digital breast tomosynthesis. UM, 2017
  59. Yiying Zhu.
    Assessment and control of a cavitation-enabled therapy for minimally invasive myocardial reduction. UM, 2017
  60. Yu-Hui Chen.
    Multimodal image fusion and its applications. UM, 2016
  61. Hyun Jeong Cho.
    Autofocus and back-projection in synthetic aperture radar imaging. UM, 2016
  62. Alan Chu.
    Simultaneous multislice functional magnetic resonance imaging. UM, 2016
  63. John Kyle Polack.
    A maximum likelihood approach for localizing and characterizing special nuclear material with a dual particle imager. UM, 2016
  64. Matthew A Prelee.
    Manhattan cutset sampling and sensor networks. UM, 2016
  65. Takanori Watanabe.
    Scalable machine learning methods for massive biomedical data analysis. UM, 2015
  66. Yuanhao Zhai.
    Perceptual image similarity metrics and applications. UM, 2015
  67. Curtis Jin.
    New methods and theory for increasing transmission of light through highly-scattering random media. UM, 2014
  68. Sonal Joshi.
    Coded aperture imaging applied to pixelated CdZnTe detectors. UM, 2014
  69. Elson Yee-Hsin Liu.
    Immersion scatterometry for nanoscale grating topography extraction. UM, 2014
  70. Saiprasad Ravishankar.
    Adaptive sparse representations and their applications. Univ. of Illinois, 2014
  71. Grace S Tsai.
    On-line, incremental visual scene understanding for an indoor navigating robot. UM, 2014
  72. Theodoros Tsiligkaridis.
    High dimensional separable representations for statistical estimation and controlled sensing. UM, 2014
  73. Wongun Choi.
    Understanding complex human behaviour in images and videos. UM, 2013
  74. Tzu-Yu Liu.
    Statistical learning for sample-limited high-dimensional problems with application to biomedical data. UM, 2013
  75. Jae Young Park.
    Compressed sensing in multi-signal environments. UM, 2013
  76. Se Un Park.
    Reconstruction, classification, and segmentation for computational microscopy. UM, 2013
  77. Fei Peng.
    Optimization methods for volumetric modulated arc therapy and radiation therapy under uncertainty. UM, 2013
  78. Paul R Shearer.
    Separable inverse problems, blind deconvolution, and stray light correction for extreme ultraviolet solar images. UM, 2013
  79. Mark Spencer Haynes.
    Full-wave nonlinear inverse scattering for acoustic and electromagnetic breast imaging. UM, 2012
  80. Fong Ming Hooi.
    Optimized beamforming and limited angle tomography of the compressed breast. UM, 2012
  81. Jason Jaworski.
    Compton imaging algorithms for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors in the presence of motion. UM, 2012
  82. Sricharan Kallur Palli Kumar.
    Neighborhood graphs for estimation of density functionals. UM, 2012
  83. Li Xu.
    High quality 3D shape reconstruction via digital refocusing and pupil apodization in multi-wavelength holographic interferometry. UM, 2012
  84. Ganesh Suryanarayan Dasika.
    Power-efficient accelerators for high-performance applications. UM, 2011
  85. Sam Seoung Huh.
    Preliminary study of an intra-operative PET imaging probe system. UM, 2011
  86. Gyemin Lee.
    Machine learning for flow cytometry data analysis. UM, 2011
  87. Malakeh Musheinesh.
    Model-based image reconstruction for THz imaging systems. UM, 2011
  88. Saradwata Sarkar.
    Quantitative assessment of volume change in tumors using image registration. UM, 2011
  89. Christopher G Wahl.
    Imaging, detection, and identification algorithms for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2011
  90. Weiyi Wang.
    Techniques and applications of Compton imaging for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2011
  91. Faisal Al-Salem.
    Blind super-resolution from multiple undersampled images using sampling diversity. UM, 2010
  92. Benjamin Choong Lee.
    Conditioning of and algorithms for image reconstruction from irregular frequency samples. UM, 2010
  93. Yoon Chung Kim.
    Non-Cartesian parallel image reconstruction for functional MRI. UM, 2010
  94. Sumedha Prashant Sinha.
    Breast cancer detection on automated 3D ultrasound with co-localized 3D X-ray. UM, 2010
  95. Victoria Yee.
    Studies on the asymptotic behavior of parameters in optimal scalar quantization. UM, 2010
  96. Kiran Pandey.
    Mitigation of motion artifacts in functional MRI: A combined acquisition, reconstruction and post processing approach. UM, 2009
  97. Hui Zhang.
    Advances in modeling and inference of neuroimaging data. UM, 2008
  98. Jinzheng Peng.
    Polarimetric microwave radiometer calibration. UM, 2008
  99. Benjamin Raymond Kowash.
    A rotating modulation imager for the orphan source search problem. UM, 2008
  100. Arvind Rao.
    Prospective identification of long-range transcriptional enhancers via integrative genomics. UM, 2008
  101. Li Han.
    Statistical performance evaluation, system modeling, distributed computation and signal pattern matching for a Compton medical imaging system. UM, 2008
  102. William Allyn Grissom.
    RF pulse design for parallel excitation in MRI. UM, 2008
  103. Mojtaba Dehmollaian.
    Hybrid EM models for purpose of detection and identification of visually obscured targets. UM, 2007
  104. Raghuram Rangarajan.
    Resource constrained adaptive sensing. UM, 2007
  105. Magnus O Ulfarsson.
    Model based principal component analysis with application to functional magnetic resonance imaging. UM, 2007
  106. Doron Blatt.
    Adaptive sensing in uncertain environments: Maximum likelihood, sensor networks, and reinforcement learning. UM, 2006
  107. Siddarth Shah.
    Deconvolution algorithms for fluorescence and electron microscopy. UM, 2006
  108. Michael Ting.
    Signal processing for magnetic resonance field microscopy. UM, 2006
  109. \Jose Costa.
    Random graphs for structure discovery in high-dimensional data. UM, 2005
  110. Derek Dennis Steele.
    Three-dimensional, static displacement, stimulated echo, magnetic resonance elasticity imaging. UM, 2005
  111. Sang-June Park.
    A very high resolution small animal PET based on the Compton PET concept. UM, 2005
  112. Meng-fu Shih.
    Unicast internet tomography. UM, 2005
  113. Huzefa Firoz Neemuchwala.
    Entropic graphs for image registration. UM, 2005
  114. Christopher M Kreucher.
    An information-based approach to sensor resource allocation. UM, 2005
  115. Bowei Xi.
    Estimating internal link loss rates using active network tomography. UM, 2004
  116. Suman Chakravorty.
    Design and optimal control of multi-spacecraft interferometric imaging systems. UM, 2004
  117. Mark A Bartsch.
    Automated singer identification in polyphonic music. UM, 2004
  118. Yue Wang.
    Statistical methods for biomarkers. UM, 2003
  119. Yao Wang.
    Forward-viewing ring annular array in intravascular ultrasound imaging. UM, 2003
  120. Jose E Torres-Fernandez.
    Construction of signal-dependent Cohen's class time-frequency representations using iterative blind deconvolution. UM, 2003
  121. Kurt D Mills.
    Holographic time gate investigations and confocal techniques. UM, 2003
  122. Kevin M Holt.
    Methods and design algorithms for predictive quantization of signals and images. UM, 2003
  123. Marko Slyz.
    Lossless image compression using combinations of simple components. UM, 2002
  124. Gregory Charles Sharp.
    Automatic and stable multiview 3D surface registration. UM, 2002
  125. Jia Li.
    Three dimensional shape modeling: Segmentation, reconstruction, and registration. UM, 2002
  126. Thomas J Kragh.
    Tradeoffs and limitations in statistically based image reconstruction problems. UM, 2002
  127. Robert Manfred Nickel.
    Generalized scale transforms: theory and applications. UM, 2001
  128. Hyung Soo Kim.
    Adaptive target detection in radar imaging. UM, 2001
  129. Ali Ghalib.
    Laboratory and in-situ soil characterization by computer vision. UM, 2001
  130. Robinson Piramuthu.
    Robust fusion of MRI and ECT data, and acceleration of EM algorithm using proximal point approach. UM, 2000
  131. Stephen Lin.
    Photometric modeling of specular and diffuse appearance. UM, 2000
  132. Byung-Jae Kwak.
    Nonlinear system identification with an application to hydraulic actuator friction dynamics. UM, 2000
  133. Chia-ho Hua.
    Compton imaging system development and performance assessment. UM, 2000
  134. Jeremy A Salinger.
    The impact of computer architecture features on image processing application execution times: A case study using MPEG encoding on the IBM SP2. UM, 2000
  135. Jiyoung Park.
    Neutron scattering correction functions for neutron radiographic images. UM, 2000
  136. Hong Wan.
    Thermal dose optimization for ultrasound tissue ablation. UM, 1999
  137. Esam Ahmed Tashkandi.
    Accuracy of using spectral color transformation in the prediction of tooth colors. UM, 1999
  138. Andrew D Sterian.
    Model-based segmentation of time-frequency images for musical transcription. UM, 1999
  139. David Russell Hunter.
    Optimization transfer algorithms in statistics. UM, 1999
  140. John R Crowe.
    Ultrasonic arterial imaging with an interluminal catheter array. UM, 1999
  141. Peter Warren Moo.
    Asymptotic analysis of lattice-based quantization. UM, 1998
  142. Mark Alexander Lubinski.
    Speckle tracking techniques for ultrasound elasticity imaging. UM, 1998
  143. Sriram Krishnan.
    Adaptive and nonlinear ultrasound imaging. UM, 1998
  144. Chor-Yi Ng.
    Preliminary studies on the feasibility of addition of vertex view to conventional brain SPECT imaging. UM, 1997
  145. Rajashri Rajaram Joshi.
    Multiresolution fast algorithms for one-dimensional inverse scattering and linear least-squares estimation. UM, 1997
  146. Osama Sami Haddadin.
    Ultrasound inverse scattering for tomographic imaging and self-focusing arrays. UM, 1997
  147. Rowena Cristina Lazaro Guevara.
    Modal distribution analysis and sum of sinusoids synthesis of piano tones. UM, 1997
  148. Amy Elise Bell.
    1D and 2D phase retrieval by solving linear systems of equations and by using the wavelet transform. UM, 1997
  149. Yong Zhang.
    Improved SPECT radioactivity quantification using MRI side information. UM, 1996
  150. Ilan Sharfer.
    Recursive algorithms for digital communications using the discrete wavelet transform. UM, 1996
  151. Jordi Ribas-Corbera.
    Optimizing the motion vector accuracies in block-based video coding. UM, 1996
  152. Doo Yong Park.
    Tomographic reconstruction of air contaminant concentration maps using an open path Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. UM, 1996
  153. Mohammad Usman.
    Biased and unbiased Cramer-Rao bounds: computational issues and applications. UM, 1994
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