CURRICULUM VITAE

Amol Ambardekar PhD Candidate

email: abpnnn@r.postjobfree.com Department of Computer Science and Engineering

URL: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~ambardek University of Nevada, Reno, MS 171

Cell: 775-***-**** Reno, NV 89557-0171

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computer Science University of Nevada, Reno, USA MAY 2012

Thesis Vehicle Classification Framework: Online Classification with Tracking (Expected)

Advisor Dr. Mircea Nicolescu

M.S. in Computer Science University of Nevada, Reno, USA DEC 2007

Thesis Efficient Vehicle Tracking and Classification for an Automated Traffic Surveillance System

Advisor Dr. Mircea Nicolescu

M.S. in Applied Physics East Carolina University, Greenville, USA AUG 2005

Thesis Optical Levitation and Manipulation of Stuck Particles with Pulsed Optical Tweezers

Advisor Dr. Yong-qing Li

B.E. in Electronics Engineering Mumbai University, India NOV 2002

Thesis Signature Recognition Using Image Processing & Artificial Intelligence

Advisor Prof. V. B. Kulkarni

APPOINTMENTS

Research Assistant University of Nevada, Reno FALL 2008 Present

Vehicle Classification Framework

Point Clouds and Range Images for Intent Recognition and Human-Robot Interaction

A Developmental Framework for Visual Learning in Robotics

Integrating Context into Intent Recognition Systems

Object Tracking Using Piecewise Feature Clustering

Ground Truth Verification Tool (GTVT) for Video Surveillance Systems

HONORS

Outstanding International Graduate Student Award University of Nevada, Reno 2011

Outstanding International Graduate Student Award University of Nevada, Reno 2010

Teaching Recognition Award University of Nevada, Reno 2008

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Activity and Intent Recognition in Visual Domain

Visual Capabilities in Robotics Applications

Human-Robot Interaction

Evolutionary Computing

Machine Intelligence

Computer Graphics

Biometric-Based Identification Systems

General and Special Purpose Microprocessor Design and Architecture

Parallel Processing and Distributed Systems

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Introduction to Computer Engineering (CPE 201) FALL 2006 SPRING 2008

Prepared and delivered laboratory lectures, graded assignments and reports, and held

office hours.

Awarded Teaching Recognition Award in 2008

Programming Languages, Concepts and Implementation (CS 326) FALL 2005 SPRING 2006

Graded assignments, and held office hours.

Mathematics of Computer Science (CS 365) FALL 2005 SPRING 2006

Graded assignments, and held office hours.

Analysis of Algorithms (CS 477/677) FALL 2005

Graded assignments, and held office hours.

Teaching Assistant East Carolina University, USA

Laboratory course in Introductory Physics II (PHYS 1261) SUMMER 2005

Prepared and delivered laboratory lectures, graded lab reports, and held office hours.

Laboratory course in Introductory Physics I (PHYS 1251) SPRING 2005

Prepared and delivered laboratory lectures, graded lab reports, and held office hours.

Laboratory course in Advanced Physics (PHYS 3701) FALL 2004

Prepared and delivered laboratory lectures, graded lab reports, and held office hours.

Laboratory course in Introductory Physics II (PHYS 1261) FALL 2003

Prepared and delivered laboratory lectures, graded lab reports, and held office hours. SUMMER 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, George Bebis, and Monica Nicolescu, Vehicle Classification Framework: A

1.

Comparative Study, (under Review).

H. Kekre, Vinayak Bharadi, Amol Ambardekar, Signature Recognition by Pixel Variance Analysis Using Multiple

2.

Morphological Dilations, in International Journal of Information Retrieval, 1(1), pp. 5-9, 2008.

Amol Ambardekar and Yong-qing Li, Optical levitation and manipulation of stuck particles with pulsed optical

3.

tweezers, in Optics Letters, 30(14), pp. 1797-1799, 2005.

Conferences

H. B. Kekre, V. A. Bharadi, V. I. Singh, and A. A. Ambardekar, "Palmprint Recognition using Kekre's Wavelet's

1.

Energy Entropy Based Feature Vector", Proceedings of the ACM International Conference & Workshop on Emerging

Trends in Technology, pp. 220-223, February 2011.

H. B. Kekre, V. A. Bharadi, P. Shaktia, V. Shah, and A. A. Ambardekar, "Keystroke Dynamic Analysis Using

2.

Relative Entropy & Timing Sequence Euclidian Distance", Proceedings of the ACM International Conference &

Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, pp. 39-45, February 2011.

Richard Kelley, Alireza Tavakkoli, Chris King, Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, and Monica Nicolescu,

3.

"Integrating Context into Intent Recognition Systems," in the Proceedings of 7th International Conference on

Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 315-320, June 2010.

Amol Ambardekar, Alireza Tavakkoli, Mircea Nicolescu, Monica Nicolescu, "A Developmental Framework for

4.

Visual Learning in Robotics," Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision

and Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 382-387, July 2010.

H. B. Kekre, V. A. Bharadi, S. Gupta, A. A. Ambardekar, and V. B. Kulkarni, "Off-line Signature Recognition Using

5.

Morphological Pixel Variance Analysis", Proceedings of the ACM International Conference and Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Technology, pp. 3-10, February 2010.

Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, and Monica Nicolescu, Object Tracking Using Piecewise Feature

6.

Clustering, in the Proceedings of Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing, Cambridge, UK, July 2009.

Amol Ambardekar

Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, and Sergiu Dascalu, Ground Truth Verification Tool (GTVT) for Video

7.

Surveillance Systems, in the Proceedings of Advances in Computer Human Interactions, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 354-

359, February 2009.

Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, and George Bebis, Efficient Vehicle Tracking and Classification for an

8.

Automated Traffic Surveillance System, in the Proceedings of Signal and Image Processing, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii,

pp. 1-6, August 2008.

Alireza Tavakkoli, Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, Sushil Louis, "A Genetic Approach to Training Support

9.

Vector Data Descriptors for Background Modeling in Video Data", in the Proceedings of the 3rd International

Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, pp. 318-327, November 2007.

H. Kekre, Vinayak Bharadi, and Amol Ambardekar, "Novel and Simple Contour Technique for Signature

10.

Recognition," in National Conference of Communication and Signal Processing, Mumbai, India, 2007.

Amol Ambardekar and Yong-qing Li, Pulsed optical tweezers for levitation and manipulation of stuck biological

11.

particles, in the Proceedings of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 2302-

2304, May 2005.

Technical Reports

Amol Ambardekar, Efficient Vehicle Tracking and Classification for an Automated Traffic Surveillance System,

1.

M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, December 2007.

Amol Ambardekar, Optical Levitation and manipulation of stuck particles with pulsed optical tweezers, M.S.

2.

Thesis, Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, August 2005.

Amol Ambardekar et al., Signature Recognition Using Image Processing & Artificial Intelligence, Project Report,

3.

Mumbai University, India.

Invited Presentations and Posters

Richard Kelley, Amol Ambardekar, Liesl Wigand, Monica Nicolescu, and Mircea Nicolescu, "Point Clouds and

1.

Range Images for Intent Recognition and Human-Robot Interaction," in 2nd Workshop on RGB-D: Advanced

Reasoning with Depth Cameras, June 2011.

Amol Ambardekar, Mircea Nicolescu, and George Bebis, Automated Traffic Surveillance System, in the SIAM

2.

International Conference on Data Mining, Sparks, USA, May 2009.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Professional and Academic Development

Volunteered for Engineer s day event, University of Nevada, Reno, April 2011

Participated in organizing the 6th Intl. Symposium on Visual Computing, November 2010

Volunteered as a computer instructor at Children s Cabinet, Reno, November, 2009.

Participated in organizing the 5th Intl. Symposium on Visual Computing, November 2009

Participated in organizing the 4th Intl. Symposium on Visual Computing, December 2008

Volunteered for Engineer s day event, University of Nevada, Reno, February 2008

Participated in organizing the 3rd Intl. Symposium on Visual Computing, November 2007

Participated in organizing the 2nd Intl. Symposium on Visual Computing, November 2006

Journal and Conference Reviewer

International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance 2011

Journal of Zhejiang University Science C (Computers & Electronics) 2011

International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, 2010

IEEE Workshop on Online Learning for Classification 2008 (in conj. w/ CVPR)

MEMBERSHIPS

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

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REFERENCES

Dr. Mircea Nicolescu Ph.D. Advisor

Phone +1-775-***-**** Associate Professor

Fax +1-775-***-**** Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email abpnnn@r.postjobfree.com University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 171

URL http://www.cse.unr.edu/~mircea Reno, Nevada, USA 89557-0171

Dr. George Bebis Computer Vision Lab Director

Phone +1-775-***-**** Professor

Fax +1-775-***-**** Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email abpnnn@r.postjobfree.com University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 171

URL http://www.cse.unr.edu/~bebis Reno, Nevada, USA 89557-0171

Dr. Monica Nicolescu Robotics Research Lab Director

Phone +1-775-***-**** Associate Professor

Fax +1-775-***-**** Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email abpnnn@r.postjobfree.com University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 171

URL http://www.cse.unr.edu/~monica Reno, Nevada, USA 89557-0171

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