PHD ALUMNI | MS ALUMNI
Are you an alumni of the lab? Keep us updated! Let us know how you are doing and what you are up to!
PhD Alumni – Graduates
Ron Fick
Hired at University of Florida as a Research Scientist.
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2021
Ph.D. Thesis: Robust GANs for Semi-Supervised Classification
Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2014
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Guohao Yu
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2021
Ph.D. Thesis: Weakly Supervised Image Segmentation with Multiple Instance Learning Neural Network
Master of Science Optical Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
2011
M.S. Thesis: Thermal property for repetition pumped Nd:glass rod amplifier
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
2008
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Sheng Zou
Hired at Norfolk Southern Corporation in Atlanta, GA.
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
April 2021
Ph.D. Thesis: Classification with Multi-Imprecise Labels
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2016
M.S. Thesis: Semi-supervised Interactive Unmixing for Hyperspectral Image Analysis
Bachelor of Science Applied Physics
Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
2013
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Xiaoxiao Du
Hired at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI as Engineer
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2017
Ph.D. Thesis: Multiple Instance Choquet Integral For Multi-Resolution Sensor Fusion
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2013
M.S. Thesis: Accounting for spectral variability in hyperspectral unmixing using beta endmember distribution
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Changzhe Jiao
Hired at The Xidian Univerisity, Xi’an, China as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor; Last we heard, Changzhe was promoted to Huashan
Scholar Associate Professor at Xidian University
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2017
Ph.D. Thesis: Target Concept Learning From Ambiguously Labeled Data
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Chao Chen
Hired at Mathworks, Boston, MA; Last we heard, Chao is now at IBM Research.
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Doctor of Philosophy Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
May 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Partial Membership Latent Dirichlet Allocation
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MS Alumni – Graduates
Aaron Zygala
Hired at Stealth Startup company as a Junior Research Specialist.
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
December 2021
M.S. Thesis: What mind matters? Machine learning approaches to linking structural variation in the brain to individual differences in spatial behavior
Bachelor of Science Computer Science
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2020
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Arielle Stevens
Hired at Schneider Electric in St. Petersburg, FL.
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
April 2021
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering & Physics
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
May 2015
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Hudanyun Sheng
Hired at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO.
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
November 2019
M.S. Thesis: Switchgrass Genotype Classification Using Hyperspectral Imagery
Master of Science Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2017
Bachelor of Science in Science and Technology of Optical Information
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2015
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James Bocinsky
Hired at the American Express as Software Engineer II
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
April 2019
M.S. Thesis: Learning Multiple Target Concepts from Uncertain, Ambiguous Data Using the Adaptive Cosine Estimator and Spectral Match Filter
Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2017
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Shashank Avusali
Hired at the VirtueSense Technologies as Algorithm Software Engineer
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
July 2018
M.S. Thesis: Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Plant Roots via Low Energy X-ray Computed Tomography
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science & Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Techonological University, Hyderabad, India,
2012
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Princess Lyons
Continuing Ph.D. in Cybersecurity
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
July 2019
M.S. Thesis: Anomaly and Target Detection in Synthetic Aperture Sonar
Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2017
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Hao Sun
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2016
M.S. Thesis: Map-Guided Hyperspectral Image Superpixel Segmentation Using Semi-Supervised Partial Membership Latent Dirichlet Allocation
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Anand Seethepalli
Hired at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2016
M.S. Thesis: Multi-Camera High-Throughput Plant Root Phenotyping System
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Piyush Khopkar
Hired at Mathworks, Boston, MA
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
May 2014
M.S. Thesis: Hyperspectral unmixing and band weighting for multiple endmember sets
Bachelor of Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering
Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain, MP, India
June 2009
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Josephine Dula
Hired at Mathworks, Boston, MA
Alina Zare’s former student at the University of Missouri
Master of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
December 2012
M.S. Thesis: Landmine classification using possibilistic K-nearest neighbors with wideband electromagnetic induction data
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