Sad news about Herbert Freeman

Herbert Freeman, former ECE colleague and State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Engineering, died Sunday morning November 15th.  Prof. Freeman died at his home in New Jersey, he was 94.  Joan, his wife of 65 years, and his daughters Nancy and Susan were with him. His son Robert predeceased him.

Herbert Freeman was recognized as a pioneer in Computer Science and Engineering.  He had a distinguished career and won many professional awards and honors.   He was the founder of MapText Inc. and he also served as Director of the CAIP center at Rutgers University.

More information about Dr. Freeman:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=197122184

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Freeman https://web.archive.org/web/20100913163224/

https://web.archive.org/web/20100913163224/http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/di...

Anand Sarwate receives NIH Grant for Enabling Decentralized Analysis of Neuroimaging Data

ECE Associate Professor Anand Sarwate is the recipient of a new NIH award for the project entitled "COINSTAC 2.0: Decentralized, Scalable Analysis of Loosely Coupled Data” through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This is a 5-year $3 million grant to Georgia State University (Vince Calhoun, PI). The amount subcontracted to Rutgers is $623,113.

 
In this project, Dr. Sarwate will work with with Dr. Calhoun and researchers at the TReNDS Center to further develop the COINSTAC system for collaborative research, which provides an independent, open, no-strings-attached tool that performs analysis on datasets distributed across different locations. Thus, the step of actually aggregating data is avoided, while the strength of large-scale analyses can be retained. During this new phase they will respond to the need for advanced algorithms such as linear mixed effects models and deep learning, by proposing to develop decentralized models for these approaches and also implement a fully scalable cloud-based framework with enhanced security features. To achieve this, they will incorporate the necessary functionality to scale up analyses via the ability to work with either local or commercial private cloud environments, together with advanced visualization, quality control, and privacy and security features. This suite of new functions will open the floodgates for the use of COINSTAC by the larger neuroscience community to enable new discovery and analysis of unprecedented amounts of brain imaging data located throughout the world. This will also improve usability, training materials, engage the community in contributing to the open source code base, and ultimately facilitate the use of COINSTAC's tools for additional science and discovery in a broad range of applications. Next, they will extend the framework to handle powerful algorithms such as linear mixed effects models and deep learning, and to perform meta-learning for leveraging and updating fit models. And finally, they will test this new functionality through a partnership with the worldwide ENIGMA addiction group, which is currently not able to perform advanced machine learning analyses on data that cannot be centrally located. We will evaluate the impact of 6 main classes of substances of abuse (e.g. methamphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, nicotine, opiates, alcohol and their combinations) using the new developed functionality.
 
You can find more details on the project from the GSU press release here.
 
Congratulations, Anand!
 

Shantenu Jha part of team that receives the ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research

ECE Professor Shantenu Jha is part of a team that was recognized with the 2020 ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research. This special prize was presented to a 12-member team for their project “AI-Driven Multiscale Simulations Illuminate Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Dynamics” and is being awarded in 2020 and 2021 to recognize outstanding research achievement toward the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of high performance computing (HPC). Please see a press release from the ACM about the award here.
 
Congratulations to Shantenu on this prestigious recognition!
 

Rutgers ENGage

A Virtual Gathering and Networking Event

Hosted by Rutgers School of Engineering Dean Tom Farris 
With Special Guest Jonathan Holloway, President of Rutgers University
 
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST
 

2020-2021 Narendra Puri Scholarship awarded to three ECE students

The 2020-2021 Professor Narendra Puri Scholarship was awarded to Jeffrey Isaacs, Zhaoyi Xu, and Shounak Rangwala.

Dr. Narendra Nath Puri was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers for 38 years. He was dedicated to excellence in Electrical Engineering and countless students, faculty and alumni have benefited from his efforts. Dr. Puri passed away on December 4, 2015 at the age of 82. Dr. Kamal Puri, the wife of Dr. Puri, has generously donated this scholarship in honor of her husband and his work. This year's award was given to three students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

 

Jeffrey Isaacs

Jeffrey Isaacs is an MS student working independently on global localization for indoor autonomous mobile robots. He received his undergraduate degree in computer engineering at Rutgers in 2019. His research focuses on 2D map processing, sensor fusion, and covariance tracking across multiple sensor modalities.  

 

Zhaoyi Xu

Zhaoyi Xu received his B.E at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in May 2018. He currently is a PhD student working with Dr. Athina Petropulu in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University. His research focuses on the dual-function radar communication system and MIMO radar.

 

Shounak Rangwala

I am a second-year Master's student specializing in Computer Engineering. My interests lie in software development incorporating principles of parallel computing and deep learning. I am grateful to all my professors, especially Prof. Shantenu Jha and Prof. Ivan Seskar, for giving me the opportunity of working on projects in these fields. I am currently working as a researcher, in WINLAB, on my project regarding the design of self-driving cars using ROS. My spare time is divided between watching football (GO CHIEFS!!) and working on pet web-application projects. My goal is to put my skills to use by joining the industry after I graduate.

IEEE Coffee Chat with Prof. Godrich Tuesday 10/27 from 12 PM to 1 PM

 

 

Zoom link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95340568988?pwd=eTJQZGRtcDZmcWNGOTl5a2FWSktvUT...

Zoom password:  godrich

Coffee Chat with Prof. Godrich

Prof. Hana Godrich runs the Senior Design Capstone Program for the ECE Department and is the Director of the PowR Lab. More information about Prof. Godrich's research can be found at her website: https://sites.google.com/view/powrlab/home

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