ECML Lab | Evolution Computation and Machine Learning Lab

Director

Dr. Rasheed, Khaled

Position:

Professor in the School of Computing
Director of the UGA Institute for Artificial Intelligence,
Member of the Georgia Informatics Institutes.
UGA Faculty of Robotics

Research Interest:

Genetic Algorithms
Evolutionary Computation
Machine Learning
Engineering Design Optimization
Bioinformatics

Tel. : +1-(706)-542-3444

Email : khaled(AT)cs(DOT)uga(DOT)edu

Dr.Rasheed, Khaled

Current Ph.D Students

Alkhoshi, Enas

Research Interest:
- Artificial intelligent
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
Ongoing Projects:
- proposes a multi-level meta-classifier for identifying human activities based on accelerometer data (pseudo-free-living dataset)
- Appling Deep learning with Human activity recognition on pseudo-free-living dataset and public data (WISDOM)
- Appling Transfer learning to improve the prediction of Human activity recognition
Email : eea71052(AT)uga(DOT)edu

Alkhoshi, Enas

Vance, Jonathan

Research Interest:

Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Climate Science
Image Processing
Audio Processing

Ongoing Projects:

Apply time-series based forecasting techniques to our alfalfa and weather data with the goal of discovering or developing such a technique that helps with our prediciton problem
Contribute to sustainability research by using weather data patterns from previous years to predict crop yields in subsequent years
Propose a system where farmers can plan crops under "what if" scenarios, making predictions based on variables adjusted by users

Email : jmvance(AT)uga(DOT)edu

Vance, Jonathan

Current Master Students

Howard, Bradly

Research Interest:

Artificial Intelligence

Ongoing Projects:

Appling Genetic Algorithms for congressional redistricting in Georgia

Email : bjh80559(AT)uga(DOT)edu

Howard, Bradly

Ph.D Alumni

Dr.Yaghoobian, Hamed

Desseration Title: Structure- and Context-aware NLP Approaches to Emotion and Subjectivity

Graduation Date: Summer 2021

Dr.Yaghoobian, Hamed

Dr. Basharat, Amna

Desseration Title: Semantics Driven Human-Machine Computation Framework for Linked Islamic Knowledge Engineering

Graduation Date: Fall 2016

Email : amnabash (AT) uga (DOT)edu

Dr. Basharat, Amna

Dr. U, Man Chon (Kevin)

Desseration Title: Improving Learning Outcomes by Using Clustering Validity Analysis to Reduce Label Uncertainty

Graduation Date: 08/2013

Current Affiliation: Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Email : manchonu (AT) uga (DOT)edu

Dr. U, Man Chon (Kevin)

Dr. Shi, Liang

Desseration Title: Adaptive Surrogate-Assisted Evolution

Graduation Date: 12/2008

Current Affiliation: Pivotal

Dr. Shi, Liang

Dr. Oliwa, Tomasz

Desseration Title: Learning, Exploiting and Benchmarking Problem Structures in Real-Valued Evolutionary Optimization

Graduation Date: 05/2013

Current Affiliation: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Dr. Oliwa, Tomasz

Dr. Qian, Bo

Desseration Title: Enhancing the Quality of High Dimensional Noisy Data for Classification and Regression Problems

Graduation Date: 05/2009

Current Affiliation: RBC Capital Markets

Dr. Qian, Bo

Dr. Byeon, Boseon

Desseration Title: Enhancing the Quality of High Dimensional Noisy Data for Classification and Regression Problems

Graduation Date: 05/2009

Current Affiliation: Georgia Health Sciences University

Dr. Byeon, Boseon

Masters Alumni

Kunchalal, Vikas

Thesis Title:Predicting Undergraduate Student Dropout Using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Machine Learning

Graduation Date: Summer 2021

Kunchalal, Vikas

Christopher, Whitmire

Thesis Title: Machine learning and feature selection for biomass yield prediction using weather and planting data

Graduation Date: Summer 2019

Christopher, Whitmire

Kincaid, Chandler

Thesis Title:Genetic Sequence Classification And Phylogenetic Construction With N-Gram Methods”

Graduation Date: Fall 2018

Kincaid, Chandler

Wang, Liang

Thesis Title:Stock Ranking with Market Microstructure, News and Technical Indicators

Graduation Date: Spring 2018

Wang, Liang

Lippert, Brent

Thesis Title:Prediction Of Cancer-Related Mutation Impact On Protein Activity Using Machine Learning

Graduation Date: Spring 2018

Lippert, Brent

Hao, Qiang

Thesis Title:Feature Selection and Classification of Post- Graduation Income of College Students in the United States

Graduation Date: Spring 2017

Hao, Qiang

Norman, Brittany

Thesis Title:Computational Methods for Categorizing Unstructured Data Related to Pediatric Appendicitis within Electronic Medical Records

Graduation Date: Spring 2017

Norman, Brittany

Jindal, Shubham

Thesis Title: Short Text Classification of Clinical Questions

Graduation Date: Summer 2016

Jindal, Shubham

Niazi, Anzah

Thesis Title:A Study in Human Activity Recognition: Hierarchical Classification and Statistical Analysis

Graduation Date: Summer 2016

Niazi, Anzah

Shi, Guangjie

Thesis Title: Application of machine learning in malware file classification

Graduation Date: Summer 2016

Shi, Guangjie

Huang, Pan

Thesis Title:Multilingual Text Similarity Analysis in Islamic Texts

Graduation Date: Spring 2016

Huang, Pan

Ambili, Aardra

Thesis Title:Automated Scoring of Integrative Complexity using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

Graduation Date: Fall 2014

Ambili, Aardra

Dewan, Akul

Thesis Title: Predicting Protein stability Change Upon Single Point Mutation Using Multi-Instance Regression: A Local Conformational Analysis Approach

Graduation Date: Fall 2014

Email :

Current Affiliation:

Dewan, Akul

Wang, Haosha(Elsa)

Thesis Title: Machine Fashion: An Artificial Intelligence Based Clothing Fashion Stylist

Graduation Date: 08/2014

Email : hswangelsa (AT) gmail (DOT) com

Current Affiliation: Momentum Consulting Corporation

Wang, Haosha (Sha)

Lim, ChulWoo

Thesis Title: Biological Circuit Reconstruction by Massively Parallel Evolutionary Computation On GPUs: An Application to the Biological Clock System in Neurospora Crassa

Graduation Date: 12/2013

Lim, ChulWoo

Richardson, William Dale

Thesis Title: Evolutionary Instance Resampling for Difficult Data Sets

Graduation Date: 12/2013

Current Affiliation: PhD Student, Department of Computer Science in University of Georgia

Richardson, William Dale

Zhang, Shu

Thesis Title: Evolutionary Accompaniment Systems for Creative Music Generation

Graduation Date: 08/2013

Current Affiliation: Master program in Dramatic Media, Department of Theatre and film in University of Georgia

Zhang, Shu

Bonde, Ganesh

Thesis Title: Extracting the Best Features From Multi-company Stock Data to Improve Stock Price Prediction

Graduation Date: 08/2012

Current Affiliation: InfoSys

Bonde, Ganesh

Meng, Meng

Thesis Title: Automated MRI Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease Development by Machine Learning Methods

Graduation Date: 12/2011

Current Affiliation: SimplyHired

Meng, Meng

Umer, Rahila

Thesis Title: Machine Learning Approaches for The Computer Aided Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease based on Clinical Data

Graduation Date: 08/2011

Current Affiliation:

Umer, Rahila

Mahamuda, Vasim

Thesis Title: Analyzing the Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms on Metagenomic data

Graduation Date: 08/2010

Current Affiliation:

Mahamuda, Vasim

Koirala, Cesar

Thesis Title: Comparison of the Effects of Morphological and Lexical Information on Text

Graduation Date: 08/2008

Current Affiliation:

Koirala, Cesar

Lyle, Arlo Morrison

Thesis Title: Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning

Graduation Date: 05/2007

Current Affiliation:

Lyle, Arlo Morrison

Matthews, Glenn Franklin

Thesis Title: Using Temporal Difference Learning to Train Players of Nondeterministic Board Games

Graduation Date: 12/2006

Current Affiliation:

Matthews, Glenn Franklin

Rabbani, Reyman

Thesis Title: Predicting Microbial Activity during Composting using Machine Learning Techniques

Graduation Date: 08/2006

Current Affiliation:

Rabbani, Reyman

Stiles, Eric

Thesis Title: Bone Desktop: A Visualization Tool for the Evaluation of External Skeletal Fixation Proposals

Graduation Date: 05/2005

Current Affiliation:

Stiles, Eric

Zhang, Congshan

Thesis Title: Improving GA Performance by Using Maximal Hyber-Rectangle Analysis and Relative Fitness

Graduation Date: 05/2005

Current Affiliation:

Zhang, Congshan

Kessler, Jaymin

Thesis Title: Using Genetic Algorithms to Recognize Superpeer Structure in Peer to Peer Networks

Graduation Date: 12/2004

Current Affiliation:

Kessler, Jaymin

Chafekar, Deepti

Thesis Title: Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Using Steady State Genetic Algorithms

Graduation Date: 12/2004

Current Affiliation:

Chafekar, Deepti

Mehta, Diptee

Thesis Title: Machine Learning Approaches for Biomaterial Modeling

Graduation Date: 08/2004

Current Affiliation:

Mehta, Diptee

Suo, Ning

Thesis Title: Machine Learning Techniques for the Evaluation of External Skeletal Fixations Structures

Graduation Date: 08/2003

Current Affiliation:

Suo, Ning

Kolychev, Dmitri

Thesis Title: Microsatellite Detection And Consensus Sequence Verification By Virtual PCR And Machine Learning

Graduation Date: 08/2003

Current Affiliation:

Kolychev, Dmitri

Ni, Xiao

Thesis Title: Comparisons of Methods for Developing and Using Dynamic Reduced Models for Design Optimization

Graduation Date: 08/2002

Current Affiliation:

Ni, Xiao

Bahuman, Anil

Thesis Title: An Evolutionary Approach to Standard Cell Design Automation

Graduation Date: 12/2001

Current Affiliation:

Bahuman, Anil

We do amazing things.

Director

Dr. Rasheed, Khaled

Current Ph.D Students

Alkhoshi, Enas

Current Master Students

Howard, Bradly

Ph.D Alumni

Dr.Yaghoobian, Hamed

Dr. Basharat, Amna

Dr. Shi, Liang

Dr. Qian, Bo

Dr. Byeon, Boseon

Masters Alumni

Wang, Haosha(Elsa)

Lim, ChulWoo

Richardson, William Dale

Zhang, Shu

Bonde, Ganesh

Meng, Meng

Umer, Rahila

Mahamuda, Vasim

Koirala, Cesar

Lyle, Arlo Morrison

Matthews, Glenn Franklin

Rabbani, Reyman

Stiles, Eric

Zhang, Congshan

Kessler, Jaymin

Chafekar, Deepti

Mehta, Diptee

Suo, Ning

Kolychev, Dmitri

Ni, Xiao

Bahuman, Anil