Research
Current Topics
Dr. Lu’s research focuses on improving efficiency of computer systems and analyze large amounts of data from distributed sources.
Topic |
Sponsor |
Summary |
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Computer Vision at Edge |
National Science Foundation |
Create efficient computer vision for edge device s |
Analyze Drone Video |
National Science Foundation |
Create video datasets captured by drone |
Computer Vision at Edge Devices |
National Science Foundation |
Create Cyber Infrastructure for Edge Computing |
Trust of Machine Learning Code |
Cisco |
Evaluate Trustworthiness of Pre-Trained Neural Networks |
Trusted Machine Learning |
Wistron |
Execute Machine Learning Software in Trusted Environment |
Research Funding
National Science Foundation
2021, PI, 2120430, “CNS Collaborative Research: CAR:NEW: Research Infrastructure for Real-Time Computer Vision and Decision Making via Mobile Robots”
2021, PI, 2107230, “OAC Core: Advancing Low-Power Computer Vision at the Edge”
2021, PI, 2104709, “CDSE: Collaborative: Cyber Infrastructure to Enable Computer Vision Applications at the Edge Using Automated Contextual Analysis”
2020, PI, Collaborative:RAPID:Leveraging New Data Sources to Analyze the Risk of COVID-19 in Crowded Locations
2019, PI, CCRI: Planning: Collaborative Research: Planning to Develop a Low-Power Computer Vision Platform to Enhance Research in Computing Systems
2017, PI, Summit of Software Infrastructure for Managing and Processing Big Multimedia Data at the Internet Scale
2015, PI, SI2-SSE: Analyze Visual Data from Worldwide Network Cameras
2015, PI, I-Corps: Business Analytics for Large Scale Intelligence
2014, PI, US-Singapore Workshop: Collaborative Research: Understand the World by Analyzing Many Video Streams
2013, Co-PI, Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Net-Centric Software and Systems Center Research Center
2010, Co-PI, CI-ADDO-NEW: Collaborative Research: Development of DARwIn Humanoid Robots for Research, Education and Outreach
2009, Co-PI, CRI: II-NEW: Adaptive Robotic Testbed for Wireless Sensor Networks and Autonomous Systems
2008, Co-PI, CRI: Planning - A Testbed for Compiler-supported Scalable Error Monitoring and Diagnosis for Reliable and Secure Sensor Networks
2007, Co-PI, NeTS-NOSS: AIDA: Autonomous Information Dissemination in RAndomly Deployed Sensor Networks
2007, Co-PI, CPATH EAE: Extending a Bottom-Up Education Model to Support Concurrency from the First Year
2007, Co-PI, CT-ISG: Compiler-Enabled Adaptive Security Monitoring on Networked Embedded Systems
2006, PI, CPA: Cross-Layer Energy Management by Architectures, Operating Systems, and Application Programs
2005, Co-PI, CSR-EHS: Resource-Efficient Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Programming Support for Reliable Networked Embedded Systems
2004, PI, CAREER: A Unified Approach for Energy Management by Operating Systems
2003, Co-PI, IIS: Distributed Energy-Efficient Mobile Robots
Wistron
2023, PI: Dongyan Xu, Co-PI: Yung-Hsiang Lu, “Execute Machine Learning Software in Trusted Environment”
Cisco
2022, PI: James Davis, Co-PI: Yung-Hsiang Lu, “Trustworthy Re-use of Pre-Trained Neural Networks”.
Sandia National Laboratory
2020, Large Scale Network Simulation for Video Surveillance
Facebook
2019 and 2020, Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge
2017, Computer Vision using Contextual Information
Google
2020, Open-Source TensorFlow Model Garden
2018, Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge
Xilinx
2019, Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge
2020, Low-Power Computer Vision Challenge
HP
2013, Adaptive Power Management for Laser Printers
Current Graduate Students
Caleb Tung. Topic: Efficient Computer Vision using Contextual Information
Nick Eliopoulos. Topic: Efficient Computer Vision using Transformers
Cheng-Yun Yang. Topic: Active and Real-Time Computer Vision
Purvish Jatin Jajal. Topic: Evaluate Pre-Trained Machine Models
Gowri Ramshankar. Topic: Trust of Machine Learning Software
Past Graduate Students
Ph.D.
2022 Abhinav Goel, Ph.D., Thesis: “Tree-Based Unidirectional Neural Networks for Low-Power Computer Vision on Embedded Devices”
2017 Anup Mohan, Ph.D., Thesis: “Cloud Resource Management for Big Visual Data Analysis from Globally Distributed Network Cameras”.
2016 Ahmed Kaseb, Ph.D., Thesis: “A Cost-Effective Cloud-Based System for Analyzing Big Real-Time Visual Data From Thousands of Network Cameras”.
2012 Jing (Jackie) Feng, Ph.D., Thesis: “Energy-Efficient Collaborative Data Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks”.
2011 Karthik Kumar, Ph.D. Thesis: “Application-Based Energy Efficient Mobile and Server Computing”, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship.
2010 Yamini Nimmagadda, Ph.D., Thesis: “Resource-Driven Transmission, Display, and Processing of Multimedia in Mobile Devices”.
2008 Changjiu Xian, Ph.D., Thesis: “Collaborative Power Management between Operating Systems and Applications”.
2008 Nathaniel (Eddie) Pettis, Ph.D., Thesis: “Automatic Configuration and Selection of Power Management Policies”. Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship and a finalist of Chorafas Top Doctoral Award.
2007 Yongguo Mei, Ph.D., Thesis: “Energy-Efficient Mobile Robots”.
2006 Le Cai, Ph.D., Thesis: “Joint Power Management of Memory and Hard Disks”
MS
2022 Xiao Hu. M.S., Thesis: “Efficient Multi-Object Tracking on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”
2020 Sara Aghajanzadeh, M.S., Thesis: “Camera Placement Meeting Restrictions of Computer Vision”.
2019 Ryan Dailey, M.S., Thesis: “Automated Discovery of Network Cameras in Heterogeneous Web Pages”.
2019 Aniesh Chawla, M.S., Thesis: “Automated System for Identifying Usable Sensors in a Large Scale Sensor Network for Computer Vision Applications”.
2018 Yifan Li, M.S., Thesis: “Study of Pedestrian Jaywalking in Campus Area by Analyzing Network Camera Data”.
2018 Fengjian Pan, M.S., Thesis: “Faster CNN-based Object Detection with Adaptive Network Selection on Embedded System”.
2016 Youngsol Koh, M.S., Thesis: “Efficient Data Processing from Network Camera and its Application”.
2015 Ganesh Prahlad Rao Gingade, M.S., Thesis: “Hybrid Power Management for Office Equipment”.
2015 Wenyi Chen, M.S., Thesis: “Dynamic Resource Allocation for Large-Scale Streaming Data”.
2008 Karthik Kumar, M.S., Thesis: “Energy Conservation for Content-Based Image Retrieval on Mobile Devices”.
2007 Douglas Herbert, M.S., Thesis: “Wireless Sensor Network Debugging Using Invariant Insertion”.
2006 Jeffrey Brateman, M.S., Thesis: “Frequency and Speed Setting for Energy Conservation in Autonomous Mobile Robots”.