Research Projects

Our laboratory maintains a diverse portfolio of research projects, from fundamental studies to applied collaborations with industry partners.

Featured Projects

Explore our flagship research initiatives

Self-Supervised 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Vehicles
activeComputer Vision
Progress65%

Self-Supervised 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Vehicles

Developing novel self-supervised learning methods for 3D object detection that reduce the need for expensive labeled data. Our approach leverages temporal consistency and geometric constraints to learn robust 3D representations.

Funding Source

National Science Foundation

Amount

$850,000

Program

Robust Intelligence

AI-Powered Early Cancer Detection from Medical Imaging
activeComputer Vision
Progress40%

AI-Powered Early Cancer Detection from Medical Imaging

Developing deep learning systems for early detection of multiple cancer types from CT, MRI, and X-ray images. Our models achieve radiologist-level performance while providing interpretable explanations.

Funding Source

National Institutes of Health

Amount

$1,200,000

Program

Cancer Moonshot Initiative

Multilingual Language Models for Low-Resource Languages
activeNatural Language Processing
Progress75%

Multilingual Language Models for Low-Resource Languages

Creating language models that perform well on languages with limited training data. We focus on cross-lingual transfer and efficient adaptation techniques to support linguistic diversity.

Funding Source

Google Research

Amount

$600,000

Program

AI for Social Good

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Complete portfolio of our research initiatives

Autonomous Robotic Manipulation with Deep Reinforcement Learning

active

Robotics

Funding:$750,000
Funder:DARPA
Duration:2024-2027

Team Members:

Dr. James WilsonChris LeeAna Martinez

Theoretical Foundations of Transfer Learning

active

ML Theory

Funding:$500,000
Funder:NSF
Duration:2023-2026

Team Members:

Prof. Michael ChenAnna LeeRobert Kim

Fairness-Aware Machine Learning for Healthcare

active

Ethics & Fairness

Funding:$400,000
Funder:NIH
Duration:2024-2026

Team Members:

Dr. Rachel GreenDr. Sarah Johnson

Neural Architecture Search for Edge Devices

completed

ML Theory

Funding:$350,000
Funder:Microsoft Research
Duration:2021-2024

Team Members:

Prof. Michael ChenFormer PhD Student