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=What I'm Working On=
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=What I'm working on=
  
This page is my attempt to keep track of all the things I'm working on...
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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 [https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00910 FastFabric]), and our goal is to get to 100,000 tps while adding support for Byzantine fault tolerance. Our approach is based on [https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09300 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 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 cloud cover and solar panel images to detect panel soiling and shadowing (with Yingjie Chen)
 
 
 
* Using IoT to reduce energy costs of lighting (with Yerbol Aussat)
 
 
 
* Reducing the cost of personal thermal comfort systems (with Costin Ograda-Bratu)
 
 
 
* Creating a website for homeowners and businesses to determine how many solar panels and how big a storage battery to buy to achieve a certain level of grid independence (with Fiodar Kazhamiaka)
 
 
 
==RFID==
 
 
 
* Using RFID-based sensors for determining soil moisture level (with Ju Wang and Omid Abari)
 
 
 
==Misc.==
 
 
 
* Designing an index to measure researcher influence and also identify potential research fraud (with Ankai Jie)
 
 
 
=Completed=
 
 
 
==Winter 2019==
 
 
 
* Using computer vision algorithms to estimate the degree of snow cover on solar panels (with Jia Ying Lin)
 
 
 
* Improving the accuracy of RFID-based sensors (with Ju Wang and Omid Abari)
 
 
 
* 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 April 18, 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