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This page is my (not always current) attempt to keep track of all the things I'm working on...
 
 
==Blockchain Research==
 
 
 
* Improving the performance of Hyperledger Fabric. We've already got it to 20,000 tps (see FastFabric), and our goal is to get to 100,000 tps while adding support for Byzantine fault tolerance. Our approach is based on RCanopus and further parallelizing the committer peer (with Christian Gorenflo, Qingnan Duan, Linguan Wang, Bernard Wong, and (at UMass) Stephen Lee and Prashant Shenoy)
 
 
 
* Designing a trusted smart meter to ensure that data that enters a blockchain can be relied upon. (with Dimcho Karakashev)
 
 
 
* Managing patient data consent on Fabric (with Rishav Agarwal, Dhruv Kumar, Pedro Velmovitsky, Plinio Morita, and Lukasz Golab)
 
 
 
* Using Fabric to provide an audit trail for electric vehicle charging (with Christian Gorenflo, Lukasz Golab, and SWTCH EV Inc.)
 
 
 
* Conflict resolution for hot keys in Fabric (with Christian Gorenflo and Lukasz Golab)
 
  
 
==Energy systems==
 
==Energy systems==
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* Joint optimal placement, sizing, and operation of PV, storage, and bi-directional EVs (with Anais Berkes)
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* Policy recommendations to exploit the synergy of residential PV, bi-directional TVs, and working from home (with Anais Berkes and David Reiner)
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* Studying the impact of system configuration on the energy usage of LLMs (with Grant Wilkins and Richard Mortier)
  
* Using deep neural networks to compute optimal (MPC-computed) storage operation strategies (with Fiodar Kazhamiaka and Catherine Rosenberg)
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==Extreme weather impact and mitigation==
 
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* Studying how urban buildings can cope with extreme weather events (with Livia Capol, ETH and Zoltan Nagy, UT Austin)
* Using computer vision algorithms to estimate the degree of snow cover on solar panels (with Jia Ying Lin)
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* Studying the impact of extreme weather on the transmission grid (with Enming Liang and Minghua Chen (both CityU HK))
  
==RFID==
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==Environment and conservation==
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===Carbon estimation and credits===
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* [https://4c.cst.cam.ac.uk Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits]
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* Studying the impact of forest degradation on pan-tropical carbon stock and structure (with Amelia Holcombe and David Coomes)
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* 3D forest structure reconstruction using monocular vision and DNNs (with Yihang She, David Coomes, and Andrew Blake)
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* Studying the impact of wildfires on forest carbon stock (with Jovana Knezevic, David Coomes, and Adam Pellegrini)
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* Quantifying carbon sequestration in regrowing forests in the Brazilian Atlantic (with Felipe Begliomini and David Coomes)
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* Ex-ante quantification of carbon credits from avoided deforestation (with E-Ping Rau, Tom Swinfield, and Abby Williams)
  
* Improving the accuracy of RFID-based sensors (with Ju Wang and Omid Abari)
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===Monitoring and remote sensing===
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* Identifying land use from spatial-spectral-temporal  remote sensing using self-supervised learning (with Madeline Lisaius, Clement Atzberger, and Andrew Blake)
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* Using CNNs and computer vision for low-cost and realtime insect biodiversity measurement (with Sachin Matthew, Matteo Redana, and Lynn Dicks)
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* Low-cost sensing of soil moisture (with Ju Wang (Northwest U., China)
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* Developing algorithms for trunk diameter estimation in complex environments using game engine-based training (with Frank Feng and Yihang She)
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* Monitoring wild boar and lynx population in the Carpathians (with Tom Ratsakatika and Ruben Iosif (carpathian.org))
  
 
==Misc.==
 
==Misc.==
  
* Designing and building an off-grid system to capture e-scooter activity and accidents (with Tingyun Liu and Lime Inc.)
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* Designing an index to measure researcher influence and also identify potential research fraud (with Ankai Jie)
 
 
* Improving the description of research outcomes from my energy systems research (with Shela Qiu)
 
 
 
===Upcoming===
 
 
 
* Comparing permissioned blockchains to distributed databases (with Lukaz Golab and (at UCSB) Divy Agarwal)
 
 
 
* Enhancing Fabric with quantum-safe cryptographic algorithms
 
 
 
* Using blockchains for energy systems
 
  
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[[Completed work]]
  
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Last updated March 25, 2019
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Last updated March 2024

Latest revision as of 17:22, 1 June 2024

What I'm working on

This page is my (not always current) attempt to keep track of all the things I'm working on...

Energy systems

  • Joint optimal placement, sizing, and operation of PV, storage, and bi-directional EVs (with Anais Berkes)
  • Policy recommendations to exploit the synergy of residential PV, bi-directional TVs, and working from home (with Anais Berkes and David Reiner)
  • Studying the impact of system configuration on the energy usage of LLMs (with Grant Wilkins and Richard Mortier)

Extreme weather impact and mitigation

  • Studying how urban buildings can cope with extreme weather events (with Livia Capol, ETH and Zoltan Nagy, UT Austin)
  • Studying the impact of extreme weather on the transmission grid (with Enming Liang and Minghua Chen (both CityU HK))

Environment and conservation

Carbon estimation and credits

  • Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits
  • Studying the impact of forest degradation on pan-tropical carbon stock and structure (with Amelia Holcombe and David Coomes)
  • 3D forest structure reconstruction using monocular vision and DNNs (with Yihang She, David Coomes, and Andrew Blake)
  • Studying the impact of wildfires on forest carbon stock (with Jovana Knezevic, David Coomes, and Adam Pellegrini)
  • Quantifying carbon sequestration in regrowing forests in the Brazilian Atlantic (with Felipe Begliomini and David Coomes)
  • Ex-ante quantification of carbon credits from avoided deforestation (with E-Ping Rau, Tom Swinfield, and Abby Williams)

Monitoring and remote sensing

  • Identifying land use from spatial-spectral-temporal remote sensing using self-supervised learning (with Madeline Lisaius, Clement Atzberger, and Andrew Blake)
  • Using CNNs and computer vision for low-cost and realtime insect biodiversity measurement (with Sachin Matthew, Matteo Redana, and Lynn Dicks)
  • Low-cost sensing of soil moisture (with Ju Wang (Northwest U., China)
  • Developing algorithms for trunk diameter estimation in complex environments using game engine-based training (with Frank Feng and Yihang She)
  • Monitoring wild boar and lynx population in the Carpathians (with Tom Ratsakatika and Ruben Iosif (carpathian.org))

Misc.

  • Designing an index to measure researcher influence and also identify potential research fraud (with Ankai Jie)

Completed work


Last updated March 2024