Research
Research Areas (Alphabetical Order):
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Automation
- Education
- Ethics
- Extended Reality (XR: AR/MR/VR)
- Intelligent Systems (IS)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Neural Networks (NN)
- Sustainable Energy
- Web and Mobile Technologies
Current Projects (Alphabetical Order per Area):
Agricultural IoT:
- DOxy
- Low cost Dissolved Oxygen monitoring system for aquatic life applications
- Internal Articles: Driven to Succeed
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- Videos:
- GrapeSense
- A Grape Aging Classifier Using Residual Transfer Learning on Drone Images
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- Golden Mussel Detection
- IoT System for detecting the Golden Mussel invasive species in bodies of water
- HA (Hydration Automation) - learn more
- Energy efficient system for automation of water systems including livestock watering, crop irrigation, etc.
- Articles about the project: | A 911±¬ÁÏÍø engineering lab creates moisture sensors for a San Jose community farm
- Awards: Most Interdisciplinary Award at Ciocca Center's 2020 Business Pitch Competition
- Expo presentation: EPICS in IEEE 2019 |
- Poster Competitions:
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- HiveSpy - learn more
- Automation of beekeeping with a specific focus on labour shortage and the prevention of hive swarming
- Awards: | Most Social Impact Award at Ciocca Center's 2020 Business Pitch Competition
- Blog Posts:
- Expo presentation: EPICS in IEEE
- Internal Articles: An EPIC Effort to Help Beekeepers in the Spring 2020 issue of Engineering News
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Blockchain and Smart Contracts:
- InspiredEarth
- Creating an online store for a local business which donates part of its proceeds to environmental causes using smart contracts for donation accountability.
Data Science:
- Paper Prisons -
- Expungement Tool
- Web application for assisting in the identification of qualification for expungement of criminal records as well as assisting individuals with the application process.
- Award:
- Publication:
- First Step ID / Reentry ID
- Web application for helping newly released rehabilitated citizens obtain/renew their various IDs such as Drivers Licenses.
- Award:
- Publication:
- Second Chance Gap Initiative
- A statistical study of the gap size in individual criminal history expungement of decriminalized offenses for all 50 states.
- Articles about the project:
- Presentations:
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Disaster Mitigation and Recovery:
- FloMoSys (Flood Monitoring System)
- Low cost and energy-efficient Flood Monitoring System
- Expo presentation:
- IncidentAid
- First Responder (Firefighters, EMTs, etc.) mobile app and future specialized handheld device(s) for saving lives
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Education:
- ClassRoute
- Humanitarian project aiming at the creation, translation, and delivery of highschool level STEM curriculum in 15 different languages to underprivileged students in various provinces of India and neighboring countries.
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- SwingBeats: Haptics -
- A haptic feedback system for teaching/learning how to dance to music.
- Awards: INTETAIN2020 Best Paper Involving IoT and Haptics | 1st Place Award at Ciocca Center's 2021 Business Pitch Competition
- Internal Articles: Student presents dance app at Malaysian conference | Tap Dance Revolution
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- TailorEd - learn more
- Custom Image recognition applied to classroom environments in a study of the effects of technology and classroom strategies in learning
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- Video:
- Track2College
- Mobile App that helps highschool students find the best colleges suited to their academic interest, budget, and location preferences in California.
Energy:
- AB
- An Energy Aware Communication Protocols (EACP) for use in IoT and other networks which is currently under testing in EPIC Lab's DOxy, HA, and HiveSpy IoT projects.
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Extended Reality (XR: AR/MR/VR):
- SwingBeats: XR - learn more
- An XR Music visualization addition to the SwingBeats haptic feedback system for dance education.
Financial Technology:
- DoBid
- A platform for the democratization of political bargaining and fundraising
Health Care Technology:
- eVision
- A machine learning approach for forecasting seasonal influenza outbreaks
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- GluMo (Glucose Monitoring)
- Small factor noninvasive blood Glucose Monitoring medial instrumentation
- Internal Articles: A Bloodless Coup
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Optimization:
- DivOp
- Divisibility Operator for Large Integers Using Divisibility Rules which can save CPU time and energy consumption
Social Media:
- Mitigation of Misinformation (MoM)
- A new approach to solving the problem of fake news propagation in social media networks.
- Publications:
Technology Ethics:
- Ethics of Data Indices
- A study of the ethical concerns and dangers of metadata ownership.
- Publication:
- GoodBuys
- Mobile and web application for making ethical decisions when purchasing products.
- Publication:
Transportation:
- AstraPhase
- Deep reinforcement learning applied to urban intersections in order to minimize delays and smoothen queues.
- Public Transit Hub (PTHub)
- Mobile and web application for assisting 911±¬ÁÏÍø students with public transportation
- Publications:
- Panterix
- A mobile navigation application that takes the safety of the roads into account when suggesting routes.
- Publications:
- Videos:
Past Projects (Alphabetical Order per Area):
Blockchain:
- Research Paper Blockchain (RPB)
- A consortium level blockchain for tackling plagiarism and double submission of research papers to conferences and journals
- Publication:
Data Science:
- Aromyx
- Research into the quantification and visualization of olfactory data
- Internal Articles: The Sweet Smell of Career Experience
Education:
- STEM
- A collection of continuing research on educating students in a STEM environment.
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Energy:
- DeLorean Energy
- A software for estimating number of EVs needed in a community for the EVs to be able to play a role in 1) Peak Energy Demand Curve Shaving and 2) Energy Curve Smoothening
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Extended Reality (XR: AR/MR/VR):
- KeyLight
- Leveraging Alexa voice control, Unity Engine visualization, and virtual reality (VR) technologies to train designers to create lighting looks using standard industry terminology and commands.
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Health Care Technology:
- BOxy
- A cost-effective blood oxygen and heart rate monitor using off the shelf components and custom software
- Publications:
- SmartPsych
- Platform for matching patients with mental health professionals
Optimization:
- Cuckoo Prefix
- A new data structure for the purpose of blocking IPs leveraging IP subnets that achieves similar throughput rates as cuckoo++ with 8 times less memory usage.
- Publication:
- Stacked LSTM
- An innovative technique for correcting for data gaps/outliers in time series forecasting
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Social Media:
- Locals
- New social media platform centered around travel experiences and recommendations from locals.
- Website:
- Twitter isn't real life
- An analysis of whether the sentiment surrounding a Twitter handle (of politicians or celebrities) is at all an indicator of the sentiment surrounding the owner of that Twitter handle
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Technology Ethics:
- Ethics of Facial Recognition AI
- A study of the ethical concerns and dangers of facial recognition AI systems.
Transportation:
- Drive Health
- System for identifying potholes and other road hazards
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