Engineering News Summer 2018

Computer Engineering:

Yogesh Jhamby

Thesis: Machine Learning Models for Context-Aware Recommender Systems

Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2007

Advisor: Dr. Yi Fang

Olayinka Sylvia N’guessan

Thesis: Human Attention Regions of Interest in Video Compression

Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 2006

Advisor: Dr. Nam Ling

Poongovan Ponnavaikko

Thesis: Delay-Constrained Energy Optimization in High-Latency Sensor Networks

Prior Degree: M.S. Telecommunications, University of Colorado, 2002

Advisors: Dr. Sarah Kate Wilson and Dr. Ahmed Amer

Computer Science and Engineering:

Madhusudan Kalluri

Thesis: Rate-Distortion Optimization for Sparse Coding in Image Compression

Prior Degree: M.S. Electrical Engineering, Villanova University, 1994

Advisor: Dr. Nam Ling

Mechanical Engineering:

Michael Alan Neumann

Thesis: Hybrid Force/Position Control Architecture for Object Transportation by Mobile Robot Formations

Prior Degree: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2008

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Kitts