Vision Research Lab

UC Santa Barbara

Vision Research Lab

At the Vision Research Lab (VRL) at UC Santa Barbara, we conduct research in various areas of computer vision, machine learning, and image processing.

Current research focus is on (a) integration of human and contextual information in analyzing images and video, leading to bio-inspired methods for computer vision; (b) large scale camera networks and associated "big-data" information processing tasks; and (c) bio-medical image informatics and brain connectomics. In addition, we continue the work on fundamental problems of segmentation, registration and tracking, and large scale image/video indexing and search, with emphasis on developing robust and scalable methods. .

Research Areas

Our lab specializes in several key areas of computer vision and machine learning research.

Complex Activity Detection

Developing algorithms to understand human activity in images and videos, including human-object interactions and complex multi-camera activities.

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Biomedical Image Analysis

Creating algorithms for analyzing medical and biological images to assist in diagnosis, treatment planning, and scientific research.

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Materials Science

Using AI to accelerate material discovery and generate synthetic material structures using physics-based machine learning.

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Wildlife Conservation

Leveraging computer vision to monitor and protect endangered species through automated census and behavior analysis.

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Geospatial Data Analysis

Building graph methods to better understand human movement patterns.

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