People


Overview

18 PhD students graduated (14 in corporate R&D, 1 government lab, 3 academia.) Companies/Labs that graduated and current iPAL students have joined or interned at: Google, Amazon Research, QualComm, Xerox PARC, Microsoft Research, Apple, Sony Research, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab (MERL), Dolby Laboratories, Samsung Research America, GE, US Air Force, Army and Navy Research Labs.

Current Students


Junho Kweon

Ph.D. student -- Lab Leader
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Dajeon, South Korea
Research Area: RF Signal Processing, Optimization Algorithm, Robust Explainable Deep Learning


Van Trung Hoang

Ph.D. student
B.Sc Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Honors Program), Vietnam
Research Area: Image Classification


Haichuan Zhang

Ph.D. student
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology (Honors Science Program), in Xian Jiaotong University, China
Research Area: Image Restoration


Srijit Mukherjee

Ph.D. student
B.Stat. in Statistics (Honors), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
M.Stat. in Statistics (Honors), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Research Area: Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Optimization, Computer Vision, Statistics


Suhrid Das

Master student
B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering(Gold Medalist), Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, India
Research Area: Physics-inspired Machine Learning, Computer Vision


Utkarsh Bajaj

Master student
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
Research Area: Medical Imaging, Image Segmentation, Machine Learning


Alumni

Balkan Vedat Bingöl

"SIUU..!"

Completed MSEE in iPAL (December 2023)
B.Sc. in Pennsylvania State University
Research Area: Diffusion model, image restoration.


Mingzhao Yu

"I appreciate Dr. Monga for managing our lab well and my colleagues for sharing their insightful ideas. Remember, sharing diverse views is key. Also, balance detailed work with overall goals to stay on track."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Dec 2023)
B.Sc. in University of Electronics Science and Technology of China, Chengdu
M.Sc. in Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Research Area: Medical image analysis. AI for Neuroimaging.
Current Employer: Havard University


Kareem Metwaly

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Dec 2022)
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt
M.Sc. in Engineering Mathematics, Alexandria University, Egypt
Research Area: Machine Learning and Image Processing.
Current Employer: Samsung Semiconductor


Amirsaeed Yazdani

"PhD is like climbing mount Everest. It’s not about how fast you’re moving. it’s all about hard work, dedication, and perseverance. You gotta make sure you make it to base camps. Your hard work will pay off, not immediately but surely!"

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Dec 2022)
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University, Iran
Research Area: Machine Learning and Image Processing.
Current Employer: GE Healthcare


Mallory Peterson

Completed MD/PhD in iPAL (Dec 2021)
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (Honors), Penn State University
Research Area: Machine learning for medical imaging analysis


Isaac Gerg

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (June 2021)
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Honors), Penn State University
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
Research Area: Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Remote Sensing
Current Employer: Kitware


Yung-Chen Sun

Completed MSEE in iPAL (August 2021)
B.S. Sun Yat-Sen University, China
M.S.c, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong, China
Current Employer: Phantom AI


Xuelu Li

"There are always ups and downs in your PhD life. When you feel extremely depressed, it always means that good things will come soon. You advisor can always give you good suggestions and you can learn a lot from your lab mates."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (June 2021)
B. and M. Sc in Harbin Institute of Technology, China;
Current Employer: Amazon, Sunnyvale, CA
Contact: xueluli122@gmail.com


Venkateswararao Cherukuri

"The best way you can do in navigating the situation is following your advisor's development suggestion, taking the support of your lab members, staying strong and enjoying the part of your life."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (May 2020)
B.tech in NIT Warangal, India; M. Tech in IIT Bombay, India
Current Employer: QualComm, San Diego, CA
Contact: venkateswararao.cherukuri@gmail.com


Khaled Alhujaili

"Follow your dreams and never give up."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (April 2020)
B. Sc and M.Sc. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Current Employer: Taibah University, Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Contact: kh_alhujaili@hotmail.com


Tiantong Guo

"I am grateful for the time in our lab and the guidance from my advisor, colleagues, and friends. Through this journey, no matter what happened, they all lead to a better version of you : )"

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (December 2019)
B.Sc. in Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China
Current Employer: Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA
Contact: tong.renly@gmail.com


Mohammad Tofighi

"Believe in yourself, have faith in your advisor, and have friends whom you can lean on, this way you will overcome the struggles of the PhD life."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (December 2019)
B.Sc. in Urmia University, Iran; M.Sc. in Bilkent University, Turkey
Current Employer: Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA
Contact: mo.tofighi@gmail.com


Tiep Huu Vu

"Unexpected things can happen during your long Ph.D. Whatever happens, be positive, stay healthy, work hard and be patient; good results will come eventually."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (December 2018)
B.S. at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Current Employer: Google, CA.
Contact: vuhuutiep@gmail.com


Yuelong Li

"Do not fight alone, your advisor and lab-mates are your best partners."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (December 2018)
B.S. at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Current Employer: Amazon Lab126, Sunnyvale, CA.
Contact: liyuelongee@gmail.com


John McKay

"Your PhD journey can be long, but with the help from your friends, colleagues, and advisor, you will get through it."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (December 2018)
M.S. at Arizona State University; B.S. at University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A
Current Employer: Amazon, Boston, MA.
Contact: jmckaypitt@gmail.com


Hojjat Seyed Mousavi

"During my PhD I always have confidence in my adviser, as well as the people I worked with. There were ups and downs, but I really enjoyed my journey."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (August 2017)
B.S. at Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Current Employer: Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA.
Contact: hojjatseyedmousavi@gmail.com


Omar Aldayel

"No matter how smart you are as a Ph.D. student, you need the vision of your advisor to guide you."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (August 2017)
M.S.E at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
B.S.E at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Current Employer: Assitant Professor at King Saud Univ., Saudi Arabia.
Contact: aldayel.ipal@gmail.com


Bosung Kang

"When you are struggling and frustrated, don't forget this: you are not alone, your advisor is always on your side."

Completed PhDEE and postdoc in iPAL (Jul. 2017)
M.S and B.S at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Current Employer: Radar Research Mathematician at Wright State Research Institute, reports to the US Air Force Research Lab.
Contact: kangbo79@gmail.com


Mu Li

"Prof. Monga's huge help is the most important reason for me to finish a PhD in four years."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Aug 2014)
M.S. and B.S. at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Current Employer: Twitter, San Francisco Bay Area.
Contact: mulitsinghua@gmail.com


Xuan Mo

"The most luckiest thing in my Ph.D is that my advisor treated me as a friend more than a student."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Aug 2014)
M.S. at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.S. at Beihang University, Beijing, China
Current Employer: Google, CA.
Contact: xuanmo@google.com


Umamahesh Srinivas

"Have complete faith in your advisor - he always has your best interests in mind."

Completed PhDEE in iPAL (Aug 2013)
B.Tech. at NITK Surathkal, India
Current Employer: Apple Inc, Cupertino, California.
Contact: umamahesh.s@gmail.com


Rafael Oliveira Melo

B.S. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Exchange student at Penn State - Visiting Summer Researcher in iPAL (2014).


Pramod V. Krishna

Completed MSEE degree in iPAL (Aug 2012)
Current Employer: Microstrategy Inc, Washington DC.


Jim Gillespie

Completed a BSEE honors degree in iPAL (May 2012)
Current Employer: Lockheed Martin.

Postdocs


Sanjay Ghosh (completed Semptember 2020)

B.Tech., West Bengal University of Technology, India
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Research Area: Leaning based methods for image analysis, inverse problems in imaging (filtering, denoising, restoration, dehazing etc.).

Chul Lee (completed May 2014)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Korea University, South Korea
Research Area: Computational color and imaging.

Email
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Address
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