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Adrian WellerView profile

Research Professor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Explainability
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Adrian Weller is a prominent researcher and academic at the University of Cambridge, serving as a Director of Research in Machine Learning within the Department of Engineering. He holds multiple significant leadership roles including Programme Director for Trust and Society at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), and previously served as Programme Director for AI at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK national institute for data science and AI. His work bridges theoretical machine learning research with practical applications and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Weller's research interests span a broad spectrum of AI and machine learning topics with a particular focus on ensuring beneficial societal outcomes. His work encompasses explainability, fairness, robustness, scalability, privacy, safety, and ethics in AI systems. He has made significant contributions to trustworthy machine learning, including developing frameworks for AI governance, certification, and human-AI collaboration. His research group actively investigates neuro-symbolic approaches, privacy-preserving techniques, and methods for improving the reliability and interpretability of AI systems. His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward addressing the practical challenges of deploying AI systems in real-world contexts, particularly focusing on certification frameworks, governance mechanisms, and human-centered approaches. His work spans theoretical advances in machine learning architectures while maintaining a strong connection to societal impact, with publications appearing in top venues across AI, machine learning, and interdisciplinary applications. Scientific Awards: MBE for services to digital innovation (2022 Queen's Birthday Honours) Turing AI Fellowship for Trustworthy Machine Learning Weller actively supervises a large group of PhD students and postdocs, with current students including Juyeon Heo, Yanzhi Chen, Katie Collins, Isaac Reid, Yichao Liang, Herbie Bradley, and Shoaib Siddiqui. His former students have gone on to positions at leading institutions including Google DeepMind, ETH Zurich, NYU, and MPI-IS Tübingen. He has served on numerous advisory boards including the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, UNESCO's expert group on AI ethics, and the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on AI. His research has been supported through his Turing AI Fellowship and various collaborative projects focused on safe and ethical AI development. Weller leads a vibrant research group focused on trustworthy machine learning, which actively organizes workshops and conferences including ICML 2024 (where he served as Program Chair), multiple workshops on responsible AI, and events through the ELLIS network. His group collaborates extensively across disciplines, working with researchers in computer science, social sciences, law, and policy to address the multifaceted challenges of developing beneficial AI systems.

Arman CohanView profile

Assistant Professor

• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
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Arman Cohan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Yale University, where he leads the Yale NLP Lab since its founding in January 2023. His research spans natural language processing and machine learning with emphasis on language modeling, representation learning, retrieval systems, and specialized domain applications including scientific discovery and AI for science. His primary research interests include: Natural Language Processing Machine Learning Large Language Models Information Retrieval AI for Science Scientific Problem-Solving Recent publications (2025) demonstrate intense focus on evaluating and advancing LLM capabilities across multimodal reasoning, scientific claim verification, financial domain applications, and biological modeling. The lab consistently produces high-impact work accepted at top-tier conferences including ACL, EMNLP, and ICLR, with 11 papers at ACL 2025 alone. Scientific awards include: Best Paper Award at AI4Research Workshop (IJCAI 2024) Outstanding Paper Award at EACL 2023 Best Paper Award at ACL 2024 for Olmo language model research Professor Cohan actively advises PhD students including Kaili Liu, Jacob Dunefsky, Alan Li, Yilun Zhao, and has graduated researchers such as Linyong Nan (now at Zoom) and Ansong Ni (now at Meta). The lab maintains strong industry partnerships and receives substantial research funding as evidenced by its prolific output and conference presence. The Yale NLP Lab hosts the annual New England NLP Workshop and regularly features speakers from leading institutions including Meta AI, Allen Institute for AI, and DeepMind, fostering a collaborative environment for advancing NLP research.

Benjamin Carrison-SchaferView profile

Associate Professor

• Reconfigurable Computing
• FPGAs
• Electronic Design Automation
• +7 more

Benjamin Carrison-Schafer is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas. He leads the Design Automation and Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory (DARClab), focusing on systems, high-level design, and programming methodologies for VLSI computing systems and FPGAs. Education: MBA from McGill University, Canada (2012) PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Birmingham, UK (2003) Research Interests: His work spans modeling, analysis, synthesis, optimization, and implementation of VLSI systems. Current projects include: Approximate Computing, High-Level Synthesis Design Space Exploration, Hardware Security, Behavioral MPSoC Optimization, and Automatic Fault-Tolerant System Generation. His research blends theory and practice, using analytical and experimental techniques to solve real-world problems. Publication Trends: Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on hardware security, FPGA optimization, and automated design methodologies. Key themes include High-Level Synthesis innovations, hardware acceleration techniques, and cross-disciplinary applications of reconfigurable computing. His work frequently addresses challenges in hardware trustworthiness, energy efficiency, and design automation scalability. Professional Activities: Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (2022-present) Conference Chair: ICCD 2024, DCAS 2024 Program Committee: ASP-DAC, DATE, FCCM, GLSVLSI Advising & Labs: Supervises multiple PhD and Master's students at DARClab. Current research includes domain-specific architecture design, hardware security, sustainable computing, and ML for VLSI design. The lab collaborates with industry partners like Renesas Electronics and develops commercial tools through spin-off company highX Technologies.

Steven I-Jy ChienView profile

Professor

• Transportation Engineering
• Urban Rail Transit
• Sustainable Transportation Systems
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Steven I-Jy Chien serves as Professor and Director of the Transportation Program within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His career spans academia, government, and industry with significant contributions to transportation engineering research and practice. His educational credentials include: Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Maryland-College Park (1995) M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Maryland-College Park (1991) B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tamkang University (1983) Professor Chien's research focuses on transportation system resilience, sustainable transit operations, and advanced traffic modeling. His work addresses critical challenges in urban rail networks, demand-responsive transit services, and energy-efficient transportation systems. He employs sophisticated computational methods including genetic algorithms, machine learning, and Bayesian approaches to solve complex transportation problems involving network vulnerability, passenger behavior, and infrastructure optimization under uncertainty. Analysis of his recent publications reveals strong emphasis on transportation resilience against cascading failures, sustainable operations for electric transit systems, and pandemic-responsive aviation scheduling. His research spans diverse geographic contexts including major Chinese metropolitan areas and U.S. transportation networks, demonstrating global applicability of his methodologies. His professional recognition includes: 2024 Keynote Speaker at Union-Tech Lecture, National Taiwan Ocean University 2022 Keynote Speaker at International Conference of Chinese Institute of Transportation 2022 Best Poster Award from New Jersey Department of Transportation Professor Chien has secured research funding from federal agencies including the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) where he contributed to CORSIM traffic simulation software development. His industry experience with China Engineering Consultants Inc. and Information Dynamic Inc. informs his practical approach to transportation challenges. As Transportation Program Director, he oversees curriculum development and industry partnerships that prepare students for transportation sector careers. He maintains active collaboration with transportation agencies globally, particularly through his leadership in the Transportation Program at NJIT which serves as a hub for innovation in urban mobility solutions.

Aleksandar JeremicView profile

Associate Professor

• Biomedical Signal Processing
• Statistical Signal Processing
• Biometrics
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Aleksandar Jeremic is an Associate Professor in both the Electrical & Computer Engineering department and the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. His research focuses on biomedical signal processing, statistical signal processing, and biometrics, with applications in healthcare and biomedical systems. He holds a Dipl. Ing. from the University of Belgrade, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His expertise spans physiological signal analysis (e.g., ECG/EEG), medical imaging, and machine learning for biomedical applications. He has authored over 50 technical articles and two book chapters, and has been recognized with a teaching award from the McMaster Electrical and Computer Engineering Society (2018). He supervises graduate students in both theoretical and applied research areas. Dr. Jeremic teaches advanced courses such as Biomedical Signal Modeling and Processing and Advanced Probability and Random Processes , emphasizing practical applications of signal processing in healthcare. His work includes clinical implementations like neonatal seizure monitoring software and microwave imaging for breast cancer detection.

Sara StymneView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Cross-lingual NLP
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Sara Stymne is a Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, where she has been working since 2012. She initially joined as a post-doc (2012-2015), then worked as a researcher (2015-2017), and served as an assistant professor (2017-2023) before her current position as Senior Lecturer. Prior to Uppsala, she was a researcher at Linköping University's Department of Computer and Information Science. Dr. Stymne earned her PhD in Computational Linguistics from Linköping University in 2012 with the thesis 'Text Harmonization Strategies for Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation,' following a Licentiate degree in Computational Linguistics (2009) and a Master's degree in Cognitive Science (2006), both also from Linköping University. During her doctoral studies, she spent the autumn of 2010 and spring of 2009 at Xerox Research Centre Europe in Grenoble, France. Her primary research interests focus on cross-lingual natural language processing and digital humanities, with particular emphasis on multilingual dependency parsing. Dr. Stymne is passionate about applying computational linguistics to solve research questions in other fields, including language history, literary analysis, and political science. Her earlier work concentrated on machine translation, with specific interests in discourse-aware translation, compound processing, and error analysis. She has made significant contributions to the development of language technology tools for analyzing dialogue, narrative, and stylistic features in literature. Analysis of Dr. Stymne's recent publications reveals a strong focus on cross-lingual and cross-domain natural language processing. Her work spans multiple subfields including dependency parsing across genres and topics, discourse relation analysis in low-resource languages like Egyptian Arabic, direct speech identification in Swedish literature, and causality detection in governmental documents. A notable trend is her application of NLP techniques to digital humanities problems, particularly in analyzing literary texts and historical language change. Her research often involves creating and utilizing specialized datasets for specific linguistic phenomena across multiple languages. Dr. Stymne actively supervises graduate students, having guided numerous master's and bachelor's theses on topics ranging from speech recognition to multilingual parsing and causality detection. She leads or participates in several research projects including 'Fictional prose and language change' (funded by VR, 2021-2023) and 'Enabling climate-resilient development' (funded by Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, 2023-2027), demonstrating her commitment to interdisciplinary research with practical applications. Her work has resulted in several notable software resources including uuPronPred for cross-lingual pronoun prediction, uuparser for dependency parsing, and Docent for document-level machine translation. Within the Computational Linguistics and Language Technology group at Uppsala University, Dr. Stymne contributes to multiple research initiatives focused on developing language technology tools for digital humanities applications. Her team works closely with literary scholars and historians to create computational methods for analyzing large corpora of literary texts, particularly focusing on Swedish literature across different historical periods. Her research bridges the gap between theoretical computational linguistics and practical applications in the humanities, creating new methodologies for quantitative analysis of literary and historical texts.

Andrew ChildsView profile

Professor

• Quantum Algorithms
• Quantum Information Processing
• Quantum Simulation
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Andrew Childs is a Professor at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He serves as Director of the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (RQS) and is a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). His research focuses on quantum algorithms for simulating physical systems, algebraic problems, and quantum walk protocols, with applications in quantum computing and computational complexity. University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation Childs' research spans quantum simulation, quantum Fourier transform, phase estimation, and Hamiltonian dynamics. He has developed techniques to reduce quantum computational resources for simulating quantum systems and explored limitations of quantum computers through hidden subgroup problems and non-unitary dynamics. His publications cover diverse areas including quantum walk optimization, Hamiltonian simulation methods, and applications to cryptography and condensed matter physics. Recent works address spatial search algorithms, product formulas for commutators, and quantum routing protocols. As an educator, Childs has taught courses on quantum algorithms and information processing at both the University of Maryland and University of Waterloo, with lecture notes and materials spanning multiple years. Contact: amchilds@umd.edu | Office: ATL 3359 | Affiliated with University of Maryland's quantum research institutes.

Anna GottardView profile

Associate Professor

• Multivariate Statistical Models
• Graphical Models
• Statistical Machine Learning
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Anna Gottard is an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Florence, where she leads the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, and Applications. She directs the Florence Center for Data Science (FDS) and participates in the Technical Scientific Committee of the Tuscan Center for Big Data, Data Science, and AI (CBDAI). Her research focuses on multivariate statistical models, particularly graphical models, and extends to statistical machine learning, fair models, and directional data analysis. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (JRSSA) and Statistical Methods & Applications (SMA). Her recent work includes Bayesian approaches for mixed graphical models, uncertainty-aware classification trees, and methodological advancements in latent uncertainty models. Her contributions span theoretical developments and applied research in interdisciplinary areas like biostatistics and sustainability. Her research interests emphasize bridging statistical theory with practical applications, including fairness in machine learning, interpretable models, and tree-based methodologies. She has actively contributed to open-source software, notably the Mix3Trees R package for mixed-effect tree models. Her work addresses challenges in variable selection, graphical model inference, and ethical AI practices. Current projects explore Bayesian frameworks for complex data structures and methodological improvements in graphical model interpretability. Anna has advised on interdisciplinary collaborations, such as studies on GDPR compliance in biobanking and epidemiological modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Tuscany. She collaborates with institutions like the CBDAI to advance data science applications in regional policy and healthcare. Her research trajectory reflects a commitment to both foundational statistical theory and real-world problem-solving across diverse domains.

Zongyi LiView profile

Research Fellow

• Machine Learning
• Scientific Computing
• Partial Differential Equations
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Zongyi Li is a Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , hosted by Kaiming He. They are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech (2019-2025), mentored by Anima Anandkumar and Andrew Stuart. Ph.D. candidate: Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech (2019-2025) B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics with a Jazz minor from Washington University in St. Louis (2015-2019) They focus on Neural Operators for learning solution operators in Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) , particularly in fluid mechanics and earth science . Their work models physical simulations with chaotic behaviors and complex geometries, showing applications in weather forecasting , carbon storage , and aerodynamics simulation . Publications emphasize resolution-invariant models , chaotic systems , and zero-shot super-resolution capabilities. Their research combines Fourier analysis , graph networks , and physics-informed loss functions to achieve state-of-the-art performance in PDE solving with up to 1000x speedup over traditional solvers. Fellowships: Kortschak Scholarship PIMCO Fellowship Amazon AI4Science Fellowship Nvidia Fellowship MIT Novo Nordisk AI Fellowship Code & Open-Source: Co-developer of the NeuralOperator library Implementations for Fourier Neural Operators , Graph Neural Operators , and Tensorized Neural Operators Media Recognition: Quanta Magazine MIT Tech Review NVIDIA Features Towards Data Science

Daniel AdelmanView profile

Professor

• Business Analytics
• Management Analytics
• Operations Research
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Daniel Adelman is the Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He joined the faculty in 1997 after completing his PhD in industrial engineering and operations research at Georgia Tech. Adelman is a leading expert in Business Analytics and Management Analytics, helping companies deploy data and decision analysis to build world-class strategic and tactical management capabilities. Adelman received his PhD in industrial engineering and operations research in 1997, along with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a master's degree in operations research, all from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Daniel Adelman's research focuses on applying analytical models to solve complex business problems across multiple industries. He has worked with firms from diverse sectors including internet services, chemical distribution, airlines, third party logistics, fiber-optics manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturing, oil, and healthcare. His research integrates real-world data with analytical models to bring structure and discipline to decision and control processes, enabling firms to achieve higher profits with lower risk. Adelman's recent work has concentrated heavily on healthcare analytics, where he leads the Healthcare Analytics Laboratory at Chicago Booth. This lab works with teams of doctoral and MBA students on projects with major healthcare institutions to optimize clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. His research spans foundational operations research including approximate dynamic programming, inventory theory/supply chain management, and revenue management/pricing optimization, as well as examining the linkage between operational performance metrics and financial performance of firms. Adelman's publications show a clear trend toward increasing focus on healthcare applications while maintaining strong theoretical foundations in operations research. His earlier work focused more on general operations management problems like inventory control and supply chain optimization, while his recent publications demonstrate a strategic shift toward healthcare analytics, particularly examining surgical team dynamics, hospital performance metrics, and resource allocation during public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. George B. Dantzig Prize (1998) for the best dissertation in operations research and management sciences that is innovative and relevant to practice Adelman regularly advises doctoral and MBA students through the Healthcare Analytics Laboratory at Chicago Booth. He has served as Associate Editor for Management Science, currently serves as Associate Editor for Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and is the Area Editor for Operations and Supply Chain at Operations Research. His industry collaborations include significant projects with Akamai on internet pricing, with GE Global Research Labs on the electricity smart grid, with BP on gasoline supply contract portfolio optimization, and with Symantec on software release planning. Adelman leads the Healthcare Analytics Laboratory at Chicago Booth, which brings together interdisciplinary teams of doctoral and MBA students to work on a portfolio of projects with major healthcare institutions. The lab focuses on optimizing clinical, operational, and financial outcomes through advanced analytics and decision modeling.

Paulo BliksteinView profile

Associate Professor

• Technology in teaching and learning
• Learning design
• Computer modeling in Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Paulo Blikstein serves as Associate Professor of Communications, Media and Learning Technology Design at Columbia University. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Computer Science at Stanford University and co-founded the Lemann Center for Brazilian Education (2008-2018). Education: Ph.D. in Learning Sciences, Northwestern University (2009) M.A. in Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab (2002) M.Eng. in Electronic Engineering, University of São Paulo (2000) B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, University of São Paulo (1998) His research pioneers constructionist learning environments through digital fabrication, educational robotics, and tangible interfaces—focusing on equitable access for underserved communities. Inspired by Paulo Freire and Seymour Papert, he develops open-source tools like the GoGo Board robotics platform and leads the global FabLab@School initiative establishing fabrication labs in schools across four continents. Current work emphasizes multimodal learning analytics to study student interactions in maker-centered classrooms. Publications reveal strong focus on democratizing invention through maker education, with recurring themes in constructionist theory application, multimodal assessment, and context-specific technology adaptation. Brazilian education reform and low-cost computational solutions form significant threads, particularly in 2016-2017 publications. Scientific Awards: Two Google Faculty Awards National Science Foundation Early Career Award (highest U.S. government honor for early-career scientists) Blikstein directs the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab (TLTL) and co-founded Stanford's Center for Educational Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Brazil. His FabLearn conference established the first academic forum on Maker Movement applications in education. While specific grant details aren't listed, the NSF CAREER Award signifies major federal research funding. He spearheads the FabLab@School project deploying advanced fabrication labs in K-12 institutions worldwide and founded the FabLearn conference series. His work integrates teams of engineers, educators, and designers to create scalable solutions for resource-constrained learning environments.

Daniel A. SpielmanView profile

Professor

• Spectral Graph Theory
• Algebraic Graph Theory
• Laplacian Matrices
• +7 more

Daniel A. Spielman is a Sterling Professor of Computer Science, Statistics & Data Science, and Mathematics at Yale University. He serves as the inaugural James A. Attwood Director of the Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS) and was previously co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS). He is also a member of TILOS, the NSF Institute for Learning-Enabled Optimization at Scale. His research interests span Spectral Graph Theory, Algebraic Graph Theory, Laplacian Matrices, Expander Graphs, and Random Walks on Graphs. Spielman has made fundamental contributions to understanding the mathematical foundations of data science, including work on smoothed analysis of algorithms, spectral sparsification, and solutions to the Kadison-Singer problem. Spielman's publications demonstrate a consistent focus on developing efficient algorithms with strong theoretical foundations. His work bridges pure mathematics, theoretical computer science, and practical applications in network analysis and machine learning. His research has evolved from foundational work on smoothed analysis to recent contributions in experimental design using discrepancy theory. His scientific honors include: Nevanlinna Prize for contributions to mathematical aspects of computer science Two Gödel Prizes (2008 and 2015) for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science MacArthur Fellowship ('Genius Grant') Simons Investigator award Membership in the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Spielman has advised numerous PhD students who have gone on to prominent positions in academia and industry. His teaching includes advanced courses in Spectral Graph Theory and Computation and Optimization. He has developed important software packages like Laplacians.jl for solving Laplacian linear equations and related problems.

Sanjit A. SeshiaView profile

Professor

• Formal Methods
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Computer Security
• +10 more

Sanjit A. Seshia is the Cadence Founders Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley . He is affiliated with the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science and participates in centers like the Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems Center , Berkeley AI Research , and the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing . Research interests include formal methods for automated verification and synthesis of dependable systems, with applications to cyber-physical systems , AI-based autonomy , and computer security . His work spans SMT solving, model counting, syntax-guided synthesis, and algorithmic improvisation, with tools like UCLID5 , VerifAI , and Scenic for verifying autonomous systems and educational platforms like CPSGrader . Students and collaborators include notable researchers such as Dorsa Sadigh (Stanford), Daniel Fremont (UC Santa Cruz), and Hazem Torfah (Chalmers). He has co-founded startups like Decyphir and 20ⁿ Labs based on his research.

Thomas BlumensathView profile

Professor

• Signal Processing
• Image Processing
• X-ray Tomography
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Professor Thomas Blumensath is a Professor of Signal and Image Processing at the University of Southampton and a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. He is the Academic Lead in Image Processing and Reconstruction at the University's μ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre and Director of Research at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). His research focuses on advanced algorithms for solving inverse problems in tomographic imaging, combining machine learning, optimization, and statistical methods. Key areas include X-ray tomography strategies, GPU-accelerated reconstruction, and multimodal imaging applications. Education: B.Sc. (Hons) Music Technology and Audio System Design, University of Derby (2002) PhD in Electronic Engineering (Bayesian Signal Processing), University of London (2006) Research Interests: Professor Blumensath's work spans theoretical and applied signal/image processing, with emphasis on tomographic imaging techniques. His current projects address efficient reconstruction methods, spectral X-ray CT, and applications in manufacturing and plant science. He collaborates with advanced imaging facilities like Diamond Light Source and ISIS neutron imaging beamline. Key Contributions: His research bridges computational methods (e.g., compressed sensing) with practical imaging challenges, including limited-angle tomography and stereo imaging strategies. He leads the National Research Facility for Lab X-ray CT and has developed the TIGRE reconstruction toolbox. Grants & Projects: Active funding includes EPSRC projects on tomographic sensitivity monitoring and CT-based manufacturing inspections. Completed projects cover constrained reconstruction, AM process verification, and industrial CT metrology. Awards: Alan Turing Institute Fellowship Teaching & Leadership: He teaches modules on machine learning, biomedical image processing, and robotics. Leads the BEng Control Engineering program at the Joint Education Institute with Harbin Engineering University. Labs/Teams: Active in the Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing research group (SPAH) and the Institute for Life Sciences. Oversees the μ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre's research initiatives.

Ivan DokmanicView profile

Assistant Professor

• Machine Learning
• Signal Processing
• Inverse Problems
• +11 more

Ivan Dokmanic is an Assistant Professor at the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) within the University of Illinois . His research bridges signal processing , machine learning , and applied inverse problems , with a focus on acoustics, biomedical imaging, and distance geometry. Current Role : Assistant Professor, CSL Email : dokmanic@illinois.edu Research Interests : Dokmanic explores machine learning applications in inverse problems , particularly distance geometry for molecular imaging and acoustics . His work includes unlabeled sensing , where distances between points are known but their arrangement is not. This has implications for powder diffraction , indoor localization , and echo modeling . Article Trends : His recent publications emphasize distance geometry in machine learning , acoustic signal processing , and inverse problem theory . Key areas include molecular imaging , audio encryption , and sensor positioning . Collaborative work spans medical imaging , cyberphysical systems , and geometric invariants . 2016 Google Faculty Award NSF Grant (1 year, $157,079) Students and Grants : Dokmanic mentors PhD students like Puoya, Shuai, and Anadi. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation , Google , VISA , and nVidia .