The goals of the workshop are: (1) to provide prospective affiliates
with an overview of the vision and goals of the Center in general and
the new University site in particular; (2) to inform prospective
affiliates about collaboration opportunities and benefits; (3) to
ascertain the level of interest of the proposed affiliates in Center
research activities and (4) to obtain guidance from the NSF personnel
leading the I/UCRC program.
Download CITeR Affiliate Agreement
Letters of support from the Western New York congressional delegation.
(Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Higgins, Congresswoman Slaughter and Congresswoman Hochul)
Download CITeR Affiliate Agreement
Letters of support from the Western New York congressional delegation.
(Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Higgins, Congresswoman Slaughter and Congresswoman Hochul)
Workshop Schedule:
| CITeR: Center for Identification Technology Research - Planning Grant Workshop - June 21-22, 2012 | |
| Thursday - June 21, 2012 | |
| 0800 - 0845 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 0845 - 1030 | Welcome and Introduction to UB, CITeR and NSF I/UCRC Leadership - Venu Govindaraju |
| 0845 | Welcome
Remarks: Charles F. Zukoski - Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Member, National Academy of Engineering introduced by Venu Govindaraju, Director CUBS |
| 0900 | UB
Research and Outreach: Alexander Cartwright - Vice President for Research and Economic Development UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS): Paschalis Alexandridis - Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, SEAS |
| 0930 | Introduction
to CITeR Leadership and Vision and Capabilities of the Center Lead Site Director: Stephanie Schuckers, Clarkson University UB Site Director: Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Distinguished Professor |
| 1000 | NSF I/UCRC Presentation - I/UCRC Program Director and Evaluator |
| 1030 - 1045 | Coffee Break |
| 1045 - 1200 | UB Research Highlights/Project Presentations |
| 1045 | Atri Rudra, Assistant Professor, CSE - Fingerprint hashing |
| 1100 | Mark Frank, Professor, Communication - Deceit detection; Violence prediction |
| 1115 | Venkat Krovi, Associate Professor, MAE - People tracking |
| 1130 | Sergey Tulyakov, Research Scientist, CSE - Biometric fusion; Indexing; Soft biometrics |
| 1145 | Shambhu Upadhyaya, Professor, CSE - Keyboard dynamics; Active authentication |
| 1200 - 1300 | Lunch |
| 1300 - 1445 | UB Research Highlights/Project Presentations |
| 1300 | Frank Bright, SUNY Distinguished Professor, CHE - Chemical biometrics (Odor) |
| 1315 | Jason Corso, Assistant Professor, CSE - Activity recognition ; Video analytics |
| 1330 | Ifeoma Nwogu, Research Assistant Professor, CSE - Cognitive & behavioral biometrics |
| 1400 | Alex Cartwright, Professor, EE - True color detection for biometrics |
| 1415 | Bharat Jayaraman, Professor, CSE - Smart spaces |
| 1430 | Robert Platt, Assistant Professor, CSE - Person search using MAVs |
| 1445 - 1500 | Coffee Break |
| 1500 - 1600 | Industry Workshop |
| 1500 - 1545 | Discussion of projects and affiliate needs |
| 1545 - 1600 | Review of activities - UB Center Director |
| 1630 | Depart for Social event/Dinner |
| 1700-1830 | Social event - Niagara Falls (via bus) |
| 1830-2000 | Dinner - Top of the Falls Restaurant, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, NY |
| Friday - June 22, 2012 | |
| 0800 - 0830 | Arrival and Breakfast |
| 0830 - 1200 | Feedback and Discussion Sessions |
| 0830 | Feedback from Industry Workshop (Industry moderated) |
| 0930 | Review and Discussion (NSF moderated) |
| 1030 | NSF Closed Session with Industry |
| 1130 | Summary & Closing Remarks |
| 1200 - 1300 | Lunch and Adjourn |