AwardWinners  Student Presenters Advisor / Other Faculty / Researchers / University Presenters Poster Title
Thrust R1A Posters: Nonlinear and Dual Wave Probes
Darryl Goode / BU Malvin Teich / BU
Bahaa Saleh / BU
"Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography"
Puxiang Lai / BU Ronald Roy / BU
Todd Murray / BU
"Acousto-Optic Imaging in the Near Infrared: Some Preliminary Results"
Howard Simpson / BU
Eugene Harris / BU
Todd Murray / BU "Optoacoustic Signal Generation in Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms Using a Continuous-Wave Laser"
Phillip Land / Alabama A & M Nickolai Kukhtarev / Alabama A & M "Transformation of Time Modulated Optical Signals by Usage of the Dual-Dynamic Holographic Interferometer"
Phillip Land / Alabama A & M
Eugene Harris / Alabama A & M
Nickolai Kukhtarev / Alabama A & M "Compact X-ray and Neutron Sources for Subsurface Imaging and Elemental Analysis"
Carlos Enrique Rivas Aroni / BU Paul Barbone / BU "Stabilization of Constrained Optimization Problems for Elastic Modulus Reconstruction"
Jason Citron / BU Paul Barbone / BU "Measuring Tissue Deformation from Ultrasound Image Sequences"
Best R1 Poster
Mehmet Dogan/ BU
Julia Dupuis / BU
Anna K. Swan/ BU                                       Bennett B. Goldberg / BU                      M. Selim Unlu / BU "Probing DNA on Surfaces Using Optical Interference Techniques"
Thrust R1B Posters: Effective Forward Models
Sophia Zhan / NU Ann Morgenthaler / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
The Semi-Analytic Mode Matching (SAMM) Algorithm for Efficient Computation of Near Field Scattering from Borehole Antennas in Lossy Ground
Maryam Jalalinia / NU Carey Rappaport / NU "Validating Four-Zeros 2D FDTD Model"
Qiuzhao Dong / NU Carey Rappaport / NU "Comparison and Application in 3D Matlab-based Finite-Difference Frequency-Domain Method"
Heidy Sierra-Gil / NU Dana Brooks / NU
Charles DiMarzio / NU
"Three-Dimensional Images Modeling Using Product-of-Convolutions, Born and Rytov Models"
Ersel Karbeyaz / NU Carey Rappaport / NU "A Novel Modeling and Inversion Method to Image Weakly Scattering Sub-Cellular Structure"
Seth Baum / NU  Carey Rappaport / NU "Introducing The NUFDTD Software Package"
Thrust R2A Posters: Multi-View Tomographic Methods 
Janice Cheng / NU Anthony Devaney / NU "Computational Microscopy"
Best R2 Poster - tie
Fred Gruber / NU Edwin Marengo / NU "Electromagnetic Information Theory"
  Reza Firoozabadi / NU Eric Miller / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
Ann Morgenthaler / NU
"An Inverse Method for Characterization of Buried Anomaly"
  Dibo Ntuba / NU
Gregory Boverman / NU
Stefan Carp / MGH-Harvard
Eric Miller / NU
David Boas / MGH-Harvard
Dana Brooks / NU
"Reconstructing Oxygen Consumption and Blood Flow in Diffuse Optical Tomographic Breast Imaging Under Mammographic Compression"
  Srinivas Laxminarayan / NU Dana Brooks / NU "Controlling Dimensionality in a Systems Approach to Dynamic Multimodal Functional Brain Imaging"
  Burak Alacam / RPI Birsen Yazici / RPI "Reconstruction of Spatially Resolved Pharmacokinetic Rate Imaging of Optical Fluorophores from NIR Measurements"
  Murat Guven / RPI Birsen Yazici / RPI "Error in Optical Absorption Images due to Born Approximation in Diffuse Optical Tomography"
Thrust R2B Posters: Localized Probing and Mosaicing Methods
  Ying Chen / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI
William Mohler / UCONN Health Center
Gang Lin / RPI
"Automated Extraction of Cell Lineages and Spatial Migration Paths in Live C. elegans Embryos from 4D Fluorescence Microscopy Image Sequences"
  Xiaosong Yuan / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "MDL Principle Applied to Dendrite and Spines Extraction in 3D Confocal Images"
  Nicolas Roussel / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "A Functional Model for C. Elegans Locomotory Behavior Analysis and Its Application to Tracking"
  Andrew Cohen / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "A Generalized Architecture for Unsupervised Summarization of Change in Image Sequences via Algorithmic Complexity"
Thrust R2C Posters: Multi Spectral Discrimination Methods
  Tianchen Shi / NU Charles DiMarzio / NU "Multi-Spectral Reflectance Confocal Microscopy on Skin"
  Vidya Manian / UPRM "Texture Contextual Information Extraction and Classification of Multispectral/Hyperspectral Imagery"
  Carlos Rivera Borrero / UPRM Shawn Hunt / UPRM "Comparative Study of State of the Art Algorithms for Hyperspectral Image Analysis"
  Enid Marie Alvira / UPRM Samuel Rosario / UPRM
Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
"A Study on the Effect of Spectral Signature Enhancement in Hyperspectral Image Unmixing"
  Alejandra Umana-Diaz / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM "Restoration of Hyperspectral Imagery"
  Luis Arcesio Quintero Pizo / UPRM Shawn Hunt / UPRM "Spectrum Denoising of Raman Spectroscopy Signals"
  Carlos Fabian Benitez-Quiroz / UPRM Shawn Hunt / UPRM "Determining the Need for Dither When Re-Quantizing a 1-D Signal"
  Melissa Romeo / NU
Max Diem / NU
"Optical Diagnosis of Cancer in Lymph Nodes and Thyroid Glands"
  Tatyana Chernenko / NU Max Diem / NU "Mitochondrial Distribution by Raman Imaging"
Thrust R2D Posters: Image Understanding and Sensor Fusion Methods
  Avi Kelman / RPI
Gehua Yang / RPI
Charles Stewart / RPI "Performance Evaluation of Multimodal Keypoints and Descriptors for Medical Images"
  Karin Griffis / BU Maja Bystrom / BU "Unsupervised Change Understanding for Multi-band Remote Sensing Imagery"
  Eladio Rodriguez-Diaz / BU David Castanon / BU
Irving Bigio / BU
"Pattern Recognition Methods for Spectral Classification in ESS Diagnosis of Cancer"
  Julia Pavlovich / BU W. Clem Karl / BU
Bahaa Saleh / BU
"Parameters Estimation in QOCT"
  Zhuangli Liang / BU W. Clem Karl / BU "Image Enhancement in Detection of Coronary Stenosis by MDCT"
Best R2 Poster - tie
Rosa Capo Irizarry/ UPRM Badrinath Roysam / RPI
Richard Radke / RPI
"Fundamentals & Applications of Image Change Detection"
  Renzhi Lu / RPI Richard Radke / RPI
Andrew Jackson / MSKCC
"Reduced-Order Parameter Optimization for Prostate Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy"
  Yongwon Jeong / RPI Richard Radke / RPI "Modeling Inter- and Intra-Patient Anatomical Variation Using a Bilinear Model"
Thrust R3A Posters: Parallel Hardware Implementation for Fast Subsurface Detection
  Xiaojun Wang / NU Miriam Leeser / NU "Floating Point Division and Square Root and the Applications"
  Sherman Braganza / NU Miriam Leeser / NU
Charles DiMarzio / NU
"Phase Unwrapping on Reconfigurable Hardware"
  Albert Conti / NU Miriam Leeser / NU "Enabling High Performance Signal and Image Processing Application Portabilit y"
Best R3 Poster
Javier Morales / UPRM Nayda Santiago / UPRM "Hardware Implementation of Image Space Reconstruction Algorithm Using FPGAs"
  Juemin Zhang / NU Waleed Meleis / NU
David Kaeli / NU
"Adaptive Execution of MPI Workflow Applications on Computational Grids"
Thrust R3B Posters: Solutionware Tools
  Samuel Rosario-Torres / UPRM
Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
Luis Jimenez-Rodriguez / UPRM
Shawn Hunt / UPRM
"Hyperspectral Image Analysis Toolbox"
  Burak Erem / NU David Kaeli / NU "Development of Visualization Tools for 4D CT Datasets"
  Malak Alshawabkeh / NU David Kaeli / NU "Online Image Tagging System"
  Diego Rivera / NU  David Kaeli / NU "An Algorithmic Approach to Selecting Preconditioners Based on Matrix Structure"
  Emmanuel Arzuaga / NU
Fatemeh Azmandian / NU
Monica Page / Spelman College
Angel Clark / Spelman College
Erica Costen / Spelman College
Nicole Epps / Spelman College
Kayra Hopkins / Spelman College
David Kaeli / NU
James Hale / Spelman College
"CenSSIS Citation Index System"
  Danielle Edwards / Spelman College James Hale / Spelman College
David Kaeli / NU
TBD
  Marisa Toodle / Spelman College James Hale / Spelman College
Badri Roysam / NU
TBD
Validating TestBED and Research Posters on Real World Problems for I-PLUS Development
  No Poster - Just Projection Gary Laevsky / NU
Carol Warner / NU
Milind Rajadhyksha / MSKCC
Charles DiMarzio / NU
"W. M. Keck 3D Fusion Microscope"
  William Warger II / NU
Stephen Guerrera / NU
Charles DiMarzio / NU "Compact Dual-Wedge Point-Scanning Confocal Reflectance Microscope"
  Judith Newmark / NU Carol Warner / NU "Mitochondrial Distribution in Mouse Oocytes and Embryonic Stem Cells"
  Carmit Goldstein / NU Carol Warner / NU "Imaging to Study Signal Transduction of Qa-2 Protein on T Cells"
  Blair Simon / NU Charles DiMarzio / NU "Simulation of a Theta-Line-Scanning Microscope"
  Sean Sullivan / NU Charles DiMarzio / NU "Photo-Thermal Coherent Confocal Microscope"
  Robin Cleveland / BU
Todd Murray / BU
Paul Barbone / BU
Ronald Roy / BU
MedBED-A: A TestBED Supporting Research in Biomedical Ultrasonics and Ultrasound Imaging
  Andy Draudt / BU Robin Cleveland / BU "Imaging HIFU Lesions Using Ultrasound"
  Wynter Duncanson / BU Joyce Wong / BU
Robin Cleveland / BU
"An In Vitro Comparison of Ultrasound Contrast Agents"
  Bong Seok Kim / RPI
David Isaacson / RPI
Jonathan Newell / RPI
Gary Saulnier / RPI
Richard Moore / MGH
Daniel Kopans / MGH
"A Method for Analyzing Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Data From Breast Cancer Patients"
  Hongjun Xia / RPI Jonathan Newell / RPI
Gary Saulnier / RPI
David Isaacson / RPI
Tzu-Jen Kao / RPI
"Regional Admittivity Spectra with Mammograms in Breast Biopsy Patients"
  Tzu-Jen Kao / RPI
Hongjun Xia / RPI
Jonathan Newell / RPI
Gary Saulnier / RPI
David Isaacson / RPI
"A Compensated Radiolucent Electrode Array for Combined EIT and Mammography"
  Jose Diaz Santos / UPRM Raul Torres / UPRM "Classification of Underwater Color Images with Applications in the Study of Deep Coral Reefs"
    James Goodman / UPRM
Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
Shawn Hunt / UPRM
Roy Armstrong / UPRM
"SeaBED: A Laboratory and Field Test Environment for the validation of Coastal Hyperspectral Image Analysis Algorithms "
  Hanumant Singh / WHOI "SeaBED at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution"
  Hanumant Singh / WHOI "The Commercialization of SeaBED and Imaging Related Technologies"
  Kimberly Belli / NU Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
"Forward Time Domain GPR Modeling of Bridge Decks for Detecting Deterioration"
  Laura Carey / NU Carey Rappaport / NU
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
"Simulating GPR for Diagnosis of Civil Infrastructure"
Best TestBED Poster

Ehsan Kianirad / NU Akram Alshawabkeh / NU
A. M. Farid / NU
Ronald Ganache / TransTech Systems
"Development of a Rapid Soil Characterization System"
  Clay Kurison / NU
Lauren Taylor / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
Akram Alshawabkeh / NU
M. Farid / NU
"Use of Cross Well Radar for Tunnel Detection"
  Jose Angel /
Carey Rappaport / NU
"Reflector Antenna Discrete Distortion Determination: An Iterative-Field-Matrix Solution"
  Maria Fernanda Serrano Guzman / UPRM Ingrid Padilla / UPRM
Rafael Rodriguez Solis / UPRM
Carey Rappaport / NU
"Electromagnetic Detection and Digital Visualization of DNAPL Contaminants in a Two-Dimensional SoilBED"
  Andrea Narino / NU Ingrid Padilla / UPRM "Monitoring Contaminants in Underground Environments Using Imaging Technologies"
  Richard Sullivan / NU Carey Rappaport / NU "BomDetec - Wide Area Surveillance and Suicide Bomber Detection"
Education and Outreach Programs    
    Claire Duggan / NU
Center for Stem Education
"Research Experiences for Teachers at Northeastern University"
  Claire Duggan / NU
Center for Stem Education
"Northeastern University Young Scholars Program"
  Hadi Esiely Barrera / UPRM Rafael Rodriguez Solis / UPRM
Jose Colom-Ustariz / UPRM
Sandra Cruz-Pol / UPRM
"CenSSIS Educational Component at UPRM"