Undergraduate Research Colloquium (Sep 26)
Our second Undergraduate Research Colloquium this semester will be happening this coming Thursday (September 26). We will hear about more exciting research by our students. (See information about the speakers and their topics below).
Before the talks, we will get together for some tea/coffee and snacks. Everyone is invited!
Time: Thursday, September 26, from 4 pm to 5pm
Location: IES 124
Time for tea/coffee break: 3:30 pm to 4pm. (just before the talks)
Location for tea/coffee break: BVM 5th floor reception.
The speakers and their abstracts this time are:
Joey Dingillo: Denoising Low-Dose CBCT for Head and Neck Patients with Deep Learning
Abstract: Cumulative imaging dose to healthy tissue outside the high-dose radiation field during image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) may increase the risk of developing complications. As such, there is a clinical need to reduce the imaging dose associated with IGRT without compromising image quality. The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of training a neural network to produce cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans with image quality on par with current clinical usage while reducing the cumulative imaging dose to patients.
Maggie Gonzalez: Ocean robots reveal the importance of Antarctic Winter Water to the global carbon cycle.
Abstract: Antarctic Winter Water, sections of cold water trapped between relatively warm sections of water above and below it, is found across the Southern Ocean. Using data collected from floats across the Southern Ocean, we identified and characterized Winter Water and its relationship to carbon subduction, the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the ocean. Our findings reveal the importance of Winter Water to the global carbon cycle, allowing for improved accuracy in our understanding of the processes that contribute to climate change.
Melissa Beerbower: Lucky Sets of Fubini Rankings
Abstract: One subset of parking functions is the set of Fubini rankings, which encode the outcomes of n competitors in a race where ties are allowed. The number of lucky cars in a Fubini ranking is equivalent to the number of distinct ranks, k. We enumerate Fubini rankings and some subsets recursively through fixed sets of lucky competitors. Our enumerations explain twin coefficients for minimum powers in the lucky polynomial of l-interval Fubini rankings.
Our second Undergraduate Research Colloquium this semester will be happening this coming Thursday (September 26). We will hear about more exciting research by our students. (See information about the speakers and their topics below).
Before the talks, we will get together for some tea/coffee and snacks. Everyone is invited!
Time: Thursday, September 26, from 4 pm to 5pm
Location: IES 124
Time for tea/coffee break: 3:30 pm to 4pm. (just before the talks)
Location for tea/coffee break: BVM 5th floor reception.
The speakers and their abstracts this time are:
Joey Dingillo: Denoising Low-Dose CBCT for Head and Neck Patients with Deep Learning
Abstract: Cumulative imaging dose to healthy tissue outside the high-dose radiation field during image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) may increase the risk of developing complications. As such, there is a clinical need to reduce the imaging dose associated with IGRT without compromising image quality. The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of training a neural network to produce cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans with image quality on par with current clinical usage while reducing the cumulative imaging dose to patients.
Maggie Gonzalez: Ocean robots reveal the importance of Antarctic Winter Water to the global carbon cycle.
Abstract: Antarctic Winter Water, sections of cold water trapped between relatively warm sections of water above and below it, is found across the Southern Ocean. Using data collected from floats across the Southern Ocean, we identified and characterized Winter Water and its relationship to carbon subduction, the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the ocean. Our findings reveal the importance of Winter Water to the global carbon cycle, allowing for improved accuracy in our understanding of the processes that contribute to climate change.
Melissa Beerbower: Lucky Sets of Fubini Rankings
Abstract: One subset of parking functions is the set of Fubini rankings, which encode the outcomes of n competitors in a race where ties are allowed. The number of lucky cars in a Fubini ranking is equivalent to the number of distinct ranks, k. We enumerate Fubini rankings and some subsets recursively through fixed sets of lucky competitors. Our enumerations explain twin coefficients for minimum powers in the lucky polynomial of l-interval Fubini rankings.