Research Interests:

Selected Publications

Posters and Demo Presentations:

Services / Talks

  • Editorial Board Member for Pattern Recognition Journal since 2010
  • Associate Editor for Pattern Recognition Journal since 2006
  • Program Committee Members for conferences such as  Workshop on Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications to Biology (MIAAB 2011); International Symposium on Computational Models for Life Sciences (CMLS-11) 2011; IEEE Intl Conf on Granular Computing 2011; IEEE Intl Conf on Granular Computing 2006
  • Reviewer for Plos Computational Biology
  • Reviewer for Bioinformatics
  • Reviewer for BMC Bioinformatics
  • Reviewer for Optical Engineering
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
  • Reviewer for Pattern Recognition Letters Journal
  • Reviewer for Neurocomputing Journal
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks.
  • Reviewer for Image and Vision Computing Journal.
  • Reviewer for Soft Computing Journal.
  • Reviewer for various conferences such as Workshop on Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications to Biology (MIAAB 2011); International Symposium on Bioinformatics and BioEngineering, 2007; IEEE Intl Conf on Granular Computing 2006; Intl Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition 2005
  • Invited talk: July 30, 2004 Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
  • Invited talk: Sept 3, 2004 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
  • Invited talk: Oct 20, 2005 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA

Grants, Awards, Honors

  • National Institutes of Health NIH/NIMH R15MH099569, PI. 2013-2017
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Collaborative Research Travel Grant (CRTG) 2012-2013. PI. "Automatic Image Analysis for Identifying Regulators of Subcellular Synapse Distribution."
  • Faculty for Undergraduate Research Assistantship, Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning, Northern Illinois University, summer 2012, fall 2013. "Computational Algorithms and Tools for High-dimensional Neuronal Image Analysis"
  • Great Journeys Research Grant, Research and Graduate Studies Development Council, Northern Illinois University, 2011-2012, 2013-2014
  • Graduate School Summer Research and Artistry Grants, Northern Illinois University, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011
  • Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP), Northern Illinois University, 2003, 2004, 2005.
  • Undergradaute Research Appreticeship Program (URAP), Northern Illinois University 2012-2013, fall 2013
  • IBM Team Success Award 2000
  • Recipient of FONDS F.C.A.R. (Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche, Fund for Training of Researchers and Research Support), Quebec, Canada 1998-1999