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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==
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#'''Barlow Twin Foundation Model project'''
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#*Improving Barlow-Twin representation quality (with Frank Feng and Sadiq Jaffer)
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#*Estimating the impact of small field size on crop representations (with Madeleine Lisaius, Clement Atzberger (Mantle Labs) and Andrew Blake (Mantle Labs))
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#*Using Barlow-Twin representations to study fungal biodiversity (with Robin Young and [https://spun.earth SPUN])
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#*Studying the impact of wildfires on forest carbon stock (with Jovana Knezevic and David Coomes)
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#'''Environment and conservation'''
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#*Estimating forest structure parameters using UAV-based monocular vision (with Yihang She, David Coomes, and Andrew Blake)
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#*Quantifying carbon sequestration in regrowing forests in the Brazilian Atlantic (with Felipe Begliomini and David Coomes)
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#*Identifying old growth forests in the Carpathians (with Tom Ratsakatika and Emily Lines)
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#*Evaluating the effectiveness of policy mixes in reducing deforestation at the jurisdiction  level (with Jakob Poffley and Rachael Garrett)
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#*Developing algorithms for trunk diameter estimation in complex environments using game engine-based training (with Frank Feng and Edwin Yang (UW))
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#'''Extreme weather impact and mitigation'''
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#*Studying the impact of extreme weather on the transmission grid (with Enming Liang and Minghua Chen (both CityU HK))
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#*Creating spatially-explicit maps of extreme weather impact on building occupants (with Andrea Domiter)
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#'''Energy systems'''
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#*Joint placement, sizing, and operation of solar panels and storage in residential settings (with Hetong Shen)
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#*Fast sizing of solar and storage for residential energy systems (with Julia Gschwind (ETH))
  
* 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)
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[[Completed work]]
  
* Using Fabric to provide an audit trail for electric vehicle charging (with Christian Gorenflo, Lukasz Golab, and SWTCH EV Inc.)
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Last updated April 2025
* Conflict resolution for hot keys in Fabric (with Christian Gorenflo and Lukasz Golab)
 
 
 
==Energy systems==
 
 
 
* Using deep neural networks to compute optimal (MPC-computed) storage operation strategies (with Fiodar Kazhamiaka and Catherine Rosenberg)
 
 
 
* Using computer vision algorithms to estimate the degree of snow cover on solar panels (with Jia Ying Lin)
 
 
 
==RFID==
 
 
 
* Improving the accuracy of RFID-based sensors (with Ju Wang and Omid Abari)
 
 
 
==Misc.==
 
 
 
* Designing and building an off-grid system to capture e-scooter activity and accidents (with Tingyun Liu and Lime Inc.)
 
 
 
* 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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Last updated March 25, 2019
 

Latest revision as of 12:13, 8 April 2025

What I'm working on

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

  1. Barlow Twin Foundation Model project
    • Improving Barlow-Twin representation quality (with Frank Feng and Sadiq Jaffer)
    • Estimating the impact of small field size on crop representations (with Madeleine Lisaius, Clement Atzberger (Mantle Labs) and Andrew Blake (Mantle Labs))
    • Using Barlow-Twin representations to study fungal biodiversity (with Robin Young and SPUN)
    • Studying the impact of wildfires on forest carbon stock (with Jovana Knezevic and David Coomes)
  2. Environment and conservation
    • Estimating forest structure parameters using UAV-based monocular vision (with Yihang She, David Coomes, and Andrew Blake)
    • Quantifying carbon sequestration in regrowing forests in the Brazilian Atlantic (with Felipe Begliomini and David Coomes)
    • Identifying old growth forests in the Carpathians (with Tom Ratsakatika and Emily Lines)
    • Evaluating the effectiveness of policy mixes in reducing deforestation at the jurisdiction level (with Jakob Poffley and Rachael Garrett)
    • Developing algorithms for trunk diameter estimation in complex environments using game engine-based training (with Frank Feng and Edwin Yang (UW))
  3. Extreme weather impact and mitigation
    • Studying the impact of extreme weather on the transmission grid (with Enming Liang and Minghua Chen (both CityU HK))
    • Creating spatially-explicit maps of extreme weather impact on building occupants (with Andrea Domiter)
  4. Energy systems
    • Joint placement, sizing, and operation of solar panels and storage in residential settings (with Hetong Shen)
    • Fast sizing of solar and storage for residential energy systems (with Julia Gschwind (ETH))


Completed work


Last updated April 2025