Fwd: + zoom link [REMINDER: Talk by the Provost of AGH University of Krakow: Tue 7/23 9:15am, NSH 4305]

[Artur Dubrawski]

a reminder: please could you attend the talk if you are on campus

Cheers
Artur

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From: Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Subject: + zoom link [REMINDER: Talk by the Provost of AGH University of
Krakow: Tue 7/23 9:15am, NSH 4305]
To:
Cc: Theresa Mayer <tsmayer at cmu.edu>, Jim Garrett <garrett at andrew.cmu.edu>, <
scs-all at cs.cmu.edu>, Carlee Joe-Wong <cjoewong at andrew.cmu.edu>, Gary Fedder
<fedder at andrew.cmu.edu>, Janusz Szczypula <js1m at andrew.cmu.edu>, Andrzej
Strojwas <ajs at ece.cmu.edu>, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski <km3b at andrew.cmu.edu>,
Marek Skowronski <mareks at cmu.edu>, Tomasz Kowalewski <tomek at andrew.cmu.edu>


zoom link for those of us who cannot join in person:

https://cmu.zoom.us/j/95385160971?pwd=zFTVbTycqb1saWBcPMUQrZhhrGnPTa.1

meeting ID: 95385160971
Passcode: 710599


On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:21 PM Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> This talk takes place tomorrow.
>
> Cheers,
> Artur
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>>
>> Next Tuesday, we will host the Provost for Science of the AGH University
>> of Krakow, professor Marek Gorgon. AGH is among the top ranking technical
>> universities in Central Europe, they have multiple research and education
>> programs in a wide range of areas from mining and metallurgy to robotics
>> and AI.
>>
>> He will give a technical talk and have a few sidebar meeting slots for
>> those who would like to meet and chat with him. The title and abstract of
>> the presentation as well as the short bio of the speaker and the link to
>> sidebar meetings sign up spreadsheet can be found below (location of the
>> sidebars TBD, most likely in Newell-Simon Hall).
>>
>> Please can you help forward the announcement to those who should be
>> included and whom I might have inadvertently missed.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Artur
>>
>> -----
>> Prof. Marek Gorgon's talk on Tuesday July 23, 9:15am in Newell-Simon Hall
>> 4305.
>>
>> Title: FPGA-based embedded vision systems
>>
>> Abstract:
>> Performing image processing tasks in embedded systems imposes various
>> constraints on vision systems. Among the many possible solutions,
>> implementation on reconfigurable systems (e.g. FPGAs) provides the
>> opportunity to achieve compactness, high processing efficiency and low
>> power consumption.
>> The execution of algorithms in reconfigurable logic proceeds differently
>> than in General Purpose Processors. High processing efficiency is achieved
>> when the pixel stream is continuously processed in successive simple
>> computational elements implemented in reconfigurable logic. The need to
>> save partial results to memory is greatly reduced. According to Flynn's
>> Taxonomy, such a computing system architecture is classified as MISD
>> (multiple instruction stream single data stream). In reconfigurable logic,
>> instead of executing code instructions in the CPU, a sequence of simple
>> computational elements is built that perform subsequent calculations. Since
>> the video signal is transmitted as a data stream from an image sensor (or a
>> video camera), the MISD architecture is well suited for its efficient
>> processing.
>> Despite some difficulties and limitations, a great number of image
>> processing algorithms and methods have been implemented in FPGAs over the
>> years i.e.: image enhancement, image analysis, background generation,
>> tracking, compression and video coding, recognition algorithms - classic
>> and those using artificial intelligence. Our recent research has shown that
>> also the data stream obtained from event-based cameras can be effectively
>> processed in the FPGA.
>>
>> Bio:
>> Prof. Marek Gorgon received MSc (1988), Ph.D.(1995) and D.Sc. (2007) from
>> AGH University of Krakow, Poland. He has been employed since 1994 in a
>> permanent position at the Department of Automatics and Robotics of AGH,
>> currently as the Full Professor. He has held research internships at
>> several European universities in Germany, Italy, Denmark and Portugal.
>> Since 2020 has served as Vice-Rector for Science, having previously
>> headed the Department of Automation and Robotics at AGH University. From
>> 2012 to 2020 he was a member of the AGH University Senate.
>> His research interests include: image processing, software–hardware
>> codesign, reconfigurable devices, embedded systems and applications. His
>> research focused on the vision system architectures, with a particular
>> attention to real-time systems and FPGA reconfigurable architectures.
>> He is a member of the Committee on Automation and Robotics of the Polish
>> Academy of Sciences, a member of the international scientific team of the
>> ALICE High Energy Physics Experiment at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), a
>> member of scientific societies and steering or scientific committees of
>> many international conferences in his field of interest (FPL, ARC, DASIP)
>> and IEEE Senior Member. He has written two scientific monographs and is the
>> author of 250 scientific publications.
>>
>> Sidebar sign ups:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oWmNe4GpCBHOutVzrZIRjLQaYbPSf6chIuaVYWz1F0s/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>>
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