People

Lab Director

Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, UTSA

E-mail: panagiotis.markopoulos@utsa.edu 

Doctoral Students

Rakib Ul Haque

PhD in Electrical Engineering, UTSA, 2023 - present. 

Research: Federated learning

E-mail: RakibUl.Haque@my.utsa.edu 

Tien Nguyen

PhD in Electrical Engineering, UTSA, 2023 - present. 

Research: Quantum machine learning; Robust methods

tien.nguyen3@my.utsa.edu


Ian Tomeo

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, RIT, 2019 - present (co-advised with Dr. A. Savakis, RIT)

Research: Quantum machine learning; Tensor methods

E-mail: itomeo001@gmail.com

Doctoral Alumni

Manish Sharma, Ph.D.

PhD in Imaging Science, RIT, 2020 - 2024 (co-advised with Dr. E. Saber, RIT)

Research: Efficient deep learning for object detection; deep learning fusion; low-rank NN structures. 

Current position: Senior R&D Engineer, Digimarc.

Mayur Dhanaraj, Ph.D.

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, RIT, 2022.

Dissertation: Dynamic Algorithms and Asymptotic Theory for Lp-norm Data Analysis

Current position: Applied Scientist II, Amazon.

Dimitris G. Chachlakis, Ph.D.

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, RIT, 2021. RIT-Wide Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2023.

Dissertation: Theory and Algorithms for Reliable Multimodal Data Analysis, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing

Current position: Senior R&D Engineer, Digimarc.

Yilong Liang, Ph.D.

PhD in Imaging Science, RIT, 2019 (co-advised with E. Saber, RIT)

Dissertation: Object Detection in High Resolution Aerial Images and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images

Current position: Image and Video Quality Engineer, Apple.

MS Alumni

I. Omer (GRA), MS EE, UTSA, 2023. Research on tensor method implementations in python. 

B. Young (Klesse ML Undergraduate Research Scholar), BS EE, UTSA, 2023. Research on multimodal data fusion. 

R. Adhikari (Klesse ML Undergraduate Research Scholar), BS CS, UTSA, 2023. Research on unsupervised machine learning. 

K. Shivani (RIT Honors Scholar), BS EE, RIT, 2021. Research on combinatorics and clustering.

M. Krol (GRA; MS thesis), BSMS EE, RIT, 2022. MS thesis title: “Low-Rank Clustering via LP1-PCA.”

D. Le (GRA; MS thesis), BSMS EE, RIT, 2022. MS thesis title: “Robust L1-norm Singular-Value Decomposition and Estimation.”  

T. Sarkar (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2020. MS paper title: “An overview of tensor methods for data fusion.”

A. Quirk (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2019. MS paper title: “Joint frame synchronization and channel estimation with sparse signal recovery using simulink.”  

I. Tomeo (MS thesis), MS EE, RIT, 2019. MS thesis title: “Covariance estimation from limited data: State-of-the-art, algorithm implementation, and application to wireless communications.”  

A. Ganapathi (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2019. MS paper title: “Methods for topology estimation and localization based on RF signaling.”

K. Bichave (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2019. MS paper title: “CNN pruning using tensor decomposition.” 

C. Agbalessi (RIT Honors Scholar), BS EE, RIT, 2019. Research on machine learning for motion recognition from radar measurements. 

O. Brewer, BS EE (RIT Honors), RIT, 2018. Research on machine learning for gait recognition with IMUs. 

R. French, MS EE (MS paper), RIT, 2018. MS paper title: “Studying spread-spectrum multiplexing with software defined radios.” 

M. Dhanaraj (MS thesis), MS EE, RIT, 2018. MS thesis title: “Incremental and adaptive L1-norm principal component analysis: Novel algorithms and applications in signal processing and computer vision.” 

C. Modak (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2018. MS paper title: “Review and implementation of methods for spectrum sensing.” 

A. Adhikari (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2018. MS paper title: “Software-defined-radio implementation of spread-spectrum user multiplexing.” 

E. Ljuca (UG Researcher), BS EE, RIT, 2017. Research on K-means clustering.  

D. Bowers (MS paper), BSMS EE, RIT, 2017. MS paper title: “Distributed localization of RF-nodes with orchestrated signaling.” 

A. Desai (MS paper), MSEE, RIT, 2016. MS paper title: “A guide to software defined radio: State-of-the-art platforms, important applications, and testbed development.”

P. Kothawade (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2016. MS paper title: “A survey of methods and algorithms for L1-norm principal component analysis.”

S. Koliparthi (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2016. MS paper title: “A review of online PCA.”

K. Thu (MS paper), MS EE, RIT, 2016. MS paper title: “On short-data beamforming.”