Intelligent Vision Systems Laboratory
Research Focus
The Intelligent Vision Systems Laboratory focuses on developing cutting-edge computer vision and deep learning technologies with applications in civil engineering, agriculture and other domains. Our research spans:
- 3D reconstruction and analysis: Advanced techniques for segmentation, object detection and tracking.
- Efficient deep neural networks: Computation and data-efficient architectures, large language-vision model compression and language-vision representation.
- Domain applications: Specialized vision solutions for civil engineering and agricultural challenges.
- Emerging technologies: Virtual reality, augmented reality, parallel algorithms and quantum computing applications.
Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Kwanghee Won
Associate Professor
McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University
Won received his Ph.D. in computer engineering from Kyungpook National University, Korea. His research interests include 3D reconstruction, computer vision, deep learning model compression and their applications in civil engineering and agriculture. Currently, he is leading the Intelligent Vision Systems Laboratory at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. His research spans:
Teaching
- CSC 445: Introduction to Theory of Computation
- CSC 456: Operating Systems
- CSC 492/592: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
CSC 792: Deep Learning for Intelligent Systems
Education
- Ph.D. in computer engineering | Kyungpook National University, Korea | 2013
- M.S. in computer engineering | Kyungpook National University, Korea | 2007
B.S. in computer engineering | Kyungpook National University, Korea | 2005
Professional Experience
- Associate professor (2024-present), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, Brookings, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
- Assistant professor (2018-2024), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, Brookings, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
- Postdoctoral research associate (2017-2018), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
- Research scholar (2015-2017), University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
- Senior researcher (2014-2015), Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Korea
Current Members
Ph.D. Students
- Abir Mohammad Hadi
Dissertation topic: Multimodal deep learning model compression and distillation - Dongyoun Kim
Dissertation topic: Enhanced vision-language model representation based on scene complexity and model complexity
M.S. Students
- Viraj Kaushal Samson
Thesis topic: 360-degree image synthesis and consistent scene generation for virtual walkthroughs
Former students
- Dr. Youngsun Jang (Ph.D.)
First Position: Assistant Professor at Muhlenberg College - Menging Ding (M.S.)
First Position: Software Architecture Engineer at Seagate - Aditya Harshvardhan (M.S.)
First Position: Software Engineer at KBR Inc. - Youjeong Jang (M.S.)
First Position: Software Engineer at Canonical - Soohyeon Choi (M.S.)
First Position: Ph.D. student at University of Central Florida - Romancha Khatri (M.S.)
First Position: Senior Software Developer, Citi - Chungyup Lee (M.S.)
First Position: Senior Researcher, TWIM
Publications
View Dr. Won's publications on:
AI Tools for Rapid Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment of Bridges with Standard and Substandard Columns
Funding agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Mostafa Tazarv
Duration: January 2024 to January 2026
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $300,000
Computer Vision Measurements for Bridge Field Testing
Funding agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Mostafa Tazarv
Duration: January 2024 to January 2026
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $250,000
RII Track-2 FEC: STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
Role: Senior personnel
Principal investigator: Timothy M. Hansen
Duration: September 2023 to August 2027
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $750,000
Study on a Software Design of an AI-powered EMF-Impact Score Analysis Tool
Funding agency: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Korea
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Sung Shin
Duration: March 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $30,000
Disaster Assessment from Satellite Imagery using Improved Generative Adversarial Network and UNet
Funding agency: S.D. NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Role: Principal investigator (PI in Year 2 and institutional PI in Year 1)
Co-principal investigator: Dean Jenson (South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã School of Mines and Technology)
Duration: Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 24, 2024
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $75,000
From the Satellite to the Cloud: Novel Methods Ensuring Agricultural Data Confidentiality and Integrity
Funding agency: State of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Young Chang
Duration: January 2023 to December 2024
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $249,996
Computer Vision for Bridge Inspection and Reporting
Funding agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Mostafa Tazarv
Duration: August 2022 to December 2025
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $294,127
Drone-Based Measurements for Bridge Field Testing – Development Phase
Funding agency: National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Mostafa Tazarv
Co-principal investigators: Kwanghee Won and Marco Ciarcia
Duration: May 2021 to May 2022
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $151,714
Post-Earthquake Serviceability of RC Bridge Bents Using Visual Inspection
Funding agency: National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension
Role: Co-principal investigator
Principal investigator: Mostafa Tazarv
Duration: May 2020 to June 2021
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $114,104
Developing Visual-based Distributed State Estimation for Swarm Formation Flying of Small Satellites
Funding agency: S.D. NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Role: SDSU principal investigator
Duration: April 2019 to September 2020
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $21,215
Wireless Body Area Network in Space: Development of Wireless Health Monitoring System with Flexible and Wearable Sensors
Funding Agency: NASA
Role: Co-investigator
Principal investigator: Zhu Zhengtao (South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã School of Mines and Technology)
Co-investigators: Hao Fong, Sayan Roy, Sung Shin, Kwanghee Won and Moses Ikiugu
Duration: January 2018 to December 2021
à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã: $750,000
