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Ms.Barbara Morales-Quinones and Mr.Scott Wood participants of the UHCS REU 2008 program, have joined the CBL • 06/01/08
Ms.Barbara Morales-Quinones (University of Puerto Rico,Mayaguez Campus) and Mr.Scott Wood (Harding University, Searcy,Arkansas), participants of the UHCS REU 2008 program, have joined the Computational Biomedicine Lab for the summer to perform research in the areas of biomedical image analysis and biometrics, respectively.
CBL's software on Face recognition appears at the "Making Our Mark" section of UH website • 05/25/08
This section features topics ranging from local community outreach to regional economic impact and on to research discoveries that change the world. Please visit UH Marking Our Mark page for more information.
Congratulations to CBL Members Uday , Dat and Olga • 05/11/08
We are proud to announce that Uday Kurkure, a CBL lab member, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. Two other lab members, Dat Chu and Olga Avila-Montes, have also completed their Bachelor degrees.
Deadline extended for paper submission to the AVSS 2008 • 02/29/08
The deadline for paper submission to the IEEE 5th International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance (AVSS 2008) has been extended to March 12, 2008. Dr. Kakadiaris serves as Program Co-Chair for this conference.
CBL's Face recognition work featured in the 2008 UH's President • 02/19/08
CBL's Face recognition work was featured in the 2008 UH President's Annual Report. Click here for more on the report - "Facial Recognition Software Excels in Government Testing".
Dr. Kakadiaris to deliver a lecture co-sponsored by the Rice Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering • 02/18/08
Dr. Kakadiaris to deliver a lecture co-sponsored by the Rice Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering and the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology on March 18, 2008.
25th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research -- HSEMB 2008 • 02/07/08
Dr. Kakadiaris gave an invited talk at the Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (HSEMB) Conference held on Feb 07, 2008. The oral session involved the talk on "In-vivo Imaging of Coronary Neovascularization" - Medical Imaging & Image Analysis I. Click here for more on HSEMB 08 - Preliminary Program in Medical Imaging and Image Analysis.
NSF Awarded a REU Grant to Computer Science Department • 02/01/08
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a REU Site grant to the Computer Science Department of the University of Houston recently. The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students during the summer for the next three years. In addition to the $310,001 provided by the NSF, the University also committed $126,000 to the project bringing the budget total to $436,001. This is the second REU awarded to the group of computer science professors consisting of Drs. Huang, Leiss, Kakadiaris, Pavlidis, and Verma.
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Drs. Brunner and Santamaria present the research of CBL • 01/16/08
Drs.Brunner and Santamaria present the research of the Computational Biomedicine Lab to the participants of the RICE University, Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering on January 16, 2008.
Congratulations to CBL Members Toderici and Santamaria • 12/31/07
We are proud to announce that CBL lab members, George Toderici and Alberto Santamaria-Pang have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations.
Houston's famous industries and University of Houston stimulate new avenues for research and collaboration • 12/03/07
A unique collaborative effort between Houston's largest Industries to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies has taken place on November 12, 2007 at the Pumps and Pipes 1 Conference. Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. Our intention was to stimulate discussion, spark ideas and share new technologies between these industries that face similar challenges, even if on a very different scale. The sponsoring members were ExxonMobil, the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center of The Methodist Hospital, and the University of Houston.
Pumps and Pipes 1CBL's Face recognition software ranks first in the 3D-shape section of the recent Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) organized • 07/27/07
For more information, please see our press release
New Openings: Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist position Registration Ultrasound • 07/27/07
Immediate openings are available in the Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL). The positions are Post Doctoral Fellow / Research Scientist.
Applications are invited for the above positions in the following areas
Registration Ultrasound (2 open positions)
The positions entail research in multimodal registration and ultrasound image analysis in collaboration with researchers from the Methodist Research Institute at the Methodist Hospital. The candidate will benefit from mentorship of a diverse research team and will be exposed to cutting-edge technology.
Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or a related field. The successful applicants will have solid research, interpersonal, and communication skills. Prior biomedical image analysis training is welcome but not required.
The position is open immediately and the salary compensation is very competitive. For consideration, please submit your application preferably in one single PDF-document including cover letter, a full CV, a statement of research interests and career goals and the names and email addresses of three references to , with subject line "PDF/RSP: (your name)".
More information
For more information please email Prof. Kakadiaris ().
The Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL) is a cutting-edge research facility with many ongoing projects in the fields of Biomedical Image Analysis, Computational Biomedicine and Multi-spectral Biometrics. CBL provides a unique interdisciplinary research environment with internationally recognized collaborators from Medicine, Biology, Mathematics, and Engineering.
Houston offers an outstanding environment for research and professional opportunities for growth and collaboration, including the largest medical center in the country. UH is an equal employment opportunity employer and smoke-free environment. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
New Openings: Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist position Biometrics • 06/15/07
Immediate openings are available in the Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL). The positions are Post Doctoral Fellow / Research Scientist.
Applications are invited for the above positions in the following areas
Biometrics (1 open position)
The position entails research in novel biometrics. The candidate will benefit from mentorship of a diverse research team and will be exposed to cutting-edge technology.
Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or a related field. The successful applicant will have solid research, interpersonal, and communication skills. Prior biometrics experience is required.
The position is open immediately and the salary compensation is very competitive. For consideration, please submit your application preferably in one single PDF-document including cover letter, a full CV, a statement of research interests and career goals and the names and email addresses of three references to , with subject line "PDF/RSP: (your name)".
More information
For more information please email Prof. Kakadiaris ().
The Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL) is a cutting-edge research facility with many ongoing projects in the fields of Biomedical Image Analysis, Computational Biomedicine and Multi-spectral Biometrics. CBL provides a unique interdisciplinary research environment with internationally recognized collaborators from Medicine, Biology, Mathematics, and Engineering.
Houston offers an outstanding environment for research and professional opportunities for growth and collaboration, including the largest medical center in the country. UH is an equal employment opportunity employer and smoke-free environment. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
METHODIST, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CORNELL Combine Biomedical Imaging Expertise • 06/15/07
The Methodist Hospital, the University of Houston, and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University are combining their expertise in biomedical imaging to advance discoveries in this growing field of biomedical science and its clinical applications. The three institutions have jointly founded the Institute for Biomedical Imaging Science (IBIS). The UH representatives to the Steering Committee are: Prof. Jack Fletcher, Prof. H. Julia Hannay, Prof. Ioannis Kakadiaris and Prof. Ogmen. Prof. Kakadiaris, Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computational Biomedicine Lab, will serve as the Chair of Steering Committee this year and as the Director next year.
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New Course Announcement: COSC7397-13915 Advanced Biomedical Image Computing • 12/05/06
This coming Spring semester of 2007, a new course COSC 7397 on Advanced Biomedical Image Computing will be taught by Prof. Shah and Prof. Kakadiaris. More information on this course along with topics covered and requisites can be found on COSC7397-13915 course page.
New Openings: Post Doctoral Fellow / Research Scientist and PhD Research Assistant • 10/22/06
Immediate openings are available in the Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL). The positions are Post Doctoral Fellow / Research Scientist and PhD Research Assistant.
Applications are invited for the above positions in the area of Biomedical Image Analysis
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist
The position entails research in Cardiovascular Image Analysis in collaboration with Methodist Hospital. The candidate will benefit from mentorship of a diverse research team and will be exposed to cutting-edge technology.
Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or a related field. The successful applicant will have solid research, interpersonal, and communication skills. Prior biomedical image analysis training is welcome but not required.
PhD Research Assistant
The position entails research in Cardiovascular Image Analysis in collaboration with Methodist Hospital. The candidate will benefit from mentorship of a diverse research team and will be exposed to cutting-edge technology.
Applicants should have a B.Sc. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or a related field. The successful applicant will have solid research, interpersonal, and communication skills. Prior biomedical image analysis training is welcome but not required.
More information
For more information please email Prof. Kakadiaris ().
The Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL) is a cutting-edge research facility with many ongoing projects in the fields of Biomedical Image Analysis, Computational Biomedicine and Multi-spectral Biometrics. CBL provides a unique interdisciplinary research environment with internationally recognized collaborators from Medicine, Biology, Mathematics, and Engineering.
Houston offers an outstanding environment for research and professional opportunities for growth and collaboration, including the largest medical center in the country. UH is an equal employment opportunity employer and smoke-free environment. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Congratulations to the 3D Face Recognition team • 08/06/06
The 3D Face recognition team attended Sigma XI research day and recieved a graduate student poster award. The team also attended the Computer Science Open House event and won the Grand Prize for best poster! Congratulations to Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris, George Toderici, and Najam Murtuza.
URxD team receives "Best Poster Award" at the Computer Science Open House • 08/04/06
The event was held in the PGH building of University of Houston.
Computational Biomedicine Lab Researchers Win Sigma Xi Awards • 03/30/06
The Computational Biomedicine Lab is proud to announce that in the 2006 UH Sigma Xi competition, Sean O’Malley and George Toderici have each won a poster award in the category of Graduate Computer/Computational Sciences and Math. Their poster titles were “Intravascular Ultrasound-Based Imaging of Vasa Vasorum for the Detection of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque” and “Expression-Invariant Multispectral Face Recognition: You Can Smile Now!”, respectively.
Position Opening, Fall 2006 • 01/03/06
We have an opening for a research assistant position working in the Computational Biomedicine Laboratory in the Computer Science Department. The position entails tackling an important and exciting medical image analysis problem in a collaborative effort with institutions at the Texas Medical Center. Experience in signal or image analysis and object-oriented programming is desirable but not necessary. The Computational Biomedicine Laboratory is a cutting-edge research facility at the University Houston with many ongoing projects in the fields of Biomedical Image Analysis, Computational Biomedicine and Multispectral Biometrics. We have continued collaborations with Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. You can learn about our research and the many people involved in our projects at the following website: http://www.cbl.uh.edu.
Detecting a "time-bomb": Heart attack risk-detection being developed at University of Houston • 01/03/06
Prof. Ioannis Kakadiaris and graduate student Sean O’Malley (Computational Biomedicine Laboratory) are collaborating with leading cardiologists, scientists and engineers from the Association for Eradication of Heart Attack, the University of Athens Medical School, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Aarhus University, and the University of Houston to enable physicians, for the first time, to detect microvessels growing in atherosclerotic plaques. These microvessels may indicate whether a plaque is inflamed; plaque inflammation is suspected to be a key factor deciding whether the plaque is vulnerable to future rupture (leading to heart attack or stroke). Early detection of these vulnerable plaques is essential in order to reduce the number of fatalities occurring every year due to heart disease. A press release about their technology is available here.
CBL Summary of Projects • 01/01/06
PDF available by clicking on the thumbnail below.
Your face is your password - never memorize a PIN again! • 12/21/05
Press release here.
EARLY STOCKING STUFFERS: UH HOLIDAY TIP SHEET 2005 • 11/05/05
’Tis the season to be jolly... Experts from the University of Houston can help keep your holidays happy by offering insight on selecting the right wine, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and protecting yourself from identity theft. As you consider these and other holiday story ideas, please keep in mind these tips from UH. For more information or to arrange interviews, give us a call at 713-743-8153. Continue Reading...
"3-D Face on Your Fridge" A Success • 10/25/05
The 3-D "Face on Your Fridge" data capture project was a success. Over the course of two days, the ears and faces of over 500 University of Houston students, staff, and faculty were captured for the purposes of face and ear recognition research. Photos of the event are available here. Images from last year's project are also available.
Our ICVS 2006 paper • 09/08/05
- S.M. O'Malley. A Simple, Effective System for Automated Capture of High Dynamic Range Images. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS), New York, NY, January 2006.
Dr. Kakadiaris presents the CBL'S work on "Signal Processing Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk Screening" • 09/07/05
Dr. Kakadiaris presents the CBL'S work on "Signal Processing Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk Screening" at the John P. McGovern Lectures in Biomedical Computing and Imaging
CBL Researchers Wei Ding and Yungliang Lu Receive Computer Science Scholarships • 09/01/05
Complete list of recipients here.
CBL Research on Cardiovascular Informatics featured at NSF Momentum • 08/31/05
A quarterly newsletter of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Click here for the complete story.
Position Opening • 08/01/04
We have an immediate opening for a research assistant position working in the Visual Computing Laboratory in the Computer Science Department. The position entails tackling an important and exciting medical image analysis problem in a collaborative effort with institutions at the Texas Medical Center. Experience in signal or image analysis and object-oriented programming is desirable but not necessary. The Visual Computing Laboratory is a cutting edge research facility here at the University Houston with many ongoing projects in the fields of Biomedical Image Analysis and Computer Vision. We have continued collaborations with NASA, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. You can learn about our research and the many people involved in our projects at the following website: http://www.vcl.uh.edu/~ioannisk/ For more information, please contact Professor Kakadiaris at (713) 743-1255