2013
Alejandro Torroella
About Me:
I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Central Florida pursuing a B.S. in both Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
After graduating, I plan on eventually getting a Ph.D. in either CS or CpE, or both! I've yet to choose a particular area of study, but
my research interests include: computer vision (obviously), computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and computer architecture; just to name a few.
I chose the REU program at UCF because I wanted to better understand the field of computer vision.
My project is called "Web-Assisted Object Detection of Outdoor Scenes" and it involves improving object detection results of outdoor scenes by using GIS data. The project involves using Discriminatively Trained
Deformable Part Based Models (DPM) for the object detection method and GIS data specifying the GPS location of various common outdoor objects
in the D.C. area. These items include: traffic lights, lamp posts, ATMs, trash cans, bus stops, road signs, fire hydrants and gas pumps.
Weekly Presentations
Poster Presentation
Final Report
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