My research is in machine learning, data mining, and medical decision making. The goal is to devise learning methods that use information most machine learning algorithms ignore. For example, we're building algorithms that learn more robust models by exploiting the natural redundancy in the input features. Howie Choset Howie Choset and his research group conduct research in motion planning and design of serpentine mechanisms, coverage path planning for de-mining and painting, mobile robot sensor based topological exploration of unknown spaces, distributed manipulation with macroscopic arrays, and education with robotics. D Mark Derthick I want to improve the analysis of text and structured data.
Visualization allows rapid overviews to be presented.
Direct manipulation of these visualizations allows rapid feedback, making data exploration a highly interactive process. His research concentrates on the computational and graphical aspects of statistics. He is particularly interested in dynamic graphics for the analysis and presentation of data, especially those dynamic graphical displays that cannot be rendered interactively. Dr. Erdmann is interested in Robotics and in Computational Molecular Biology, with shape sensing as a unifying theme. Dr. Erdmann's research draws on tools from geometry, mechanics, and stochastic processes.