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Congratulations to Dr. Aditya Dutt for successfully passing his PhD dissertation exam! Dr. Dutt’s research introduced the Contrastive MultiModal Alignment Network (COMMANet), a novel approach to shared manifold-based domain translation and fusion. His work addressed the challenge of limited and imbalanced labeled datasets by leveraging contrastive learning with triplet networks to align multimodal data—such as […]

Congratulations to Dr. Spencer Chang for successfully passing his PhD dissertation exam! Dr. Chang’s research demonstrated the potential of combining learnable histogram features with deep learning convolutional methods. Additionally, he delivered key insights into enhancing statistical texture feature learning and explored the nuances of embedding histogram layers to maximize their impact within feature extraction pipelines. […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Adam Gulde! Adam is working on the Outlier Detection via Critical Path Analysis in Artificial Neural Networks project with undergraduate researchers Nicholas Rymarz and Alexander Klein. Adam will be analyzing the effects of removing less important neurons from each layer of […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Nicholas Rymarz! Nicholas is researching out-of-distribution detection via the Critical Neurons project. He is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, with interests in automated systems and autonomous robotics. You can also connect with Nicholas on LinkedIn. Welcome to our lab, […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Ron Fick! Ron is a remote sensing expert dedicated to improving water quality through advanced data analysis. His work focuses on using remotely sensed data to monitor and mitigate environmental challenges like red tide. He co-developed the Septic to Sewer Conversion […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Alexander Klein! Coming from the Florida Institute of National Security (FINS), Alexander is eager to deepen his understanding of machine learning and explore its applications in defense technologies. He is involved in the Association for Computing Machinery and Warrington Ventures. In […]

Congratulations to UF’s graduating class of Fall 2024! The MLSL would like to recognize our very own undergraduate researcher, Jeffrey Drew! Jeffrey is going to do great things and we are excited to follow his achievements. Later, Gator!

Congratulations to UF’s graduating class of Fall 2024! The MLSL would like to recognize our very own undergraduate researcher, Miguel Barrera! Miguel is going to do great things and we are excited to follow his achievements. Later, Gator!

  The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome Richa Dutt as a new Ph.D. student! Richa is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Florida, specializing in hyperspectral unmixing across diverse domains, including terrestrial and underwater environments, using deep learning techniques. Her research aims to develop innovative approaches for spectral analysis […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Karla Fernandez Olivares! Karla is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Florida. She will be collaborating in a new project, “Testing predictions of plant-microbe-environment interactions to optimize climate adaptation and improve sustainability in switchgrass feedstocks,” […]