News
Robert graduated with a Bachelor degree and promoted to a
graduate research assistant at SCAL – August 2017
Our project on “TVA Power Billing Dashboard for Error Detection and
Correction Project” has been funded by TVA – July 2017
Dr. Sartipi was elected to The Enterprise Center Board of Directors – July 2017
Our project on “Enabling Wireless 3C Technologies for Smart and
Connected Cities” has been funded by CEACSE – June 2017
At the Smart Cities Connect & US Ignite Application Summit in Austin, TX, Dr. Sartipi presented a live demonstration of her research on "Real-Time See Through Technology for Collected Autonomous Vehicles" as the stage streamed footage of cars on an actual Chattanooga street applying these new communication technologies that have major implications for promoting future safety for all city streets. Dr. Sartipi was also interviewed by the news station (featured above).
Link to website containing the interview: http://kxan.com/2017/06/27/
- June 2017
Keith Hollingsworth joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research
on data analytics – April 2017
Jose Stovall joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research on
connected autonomous vehicles – April 2017
Our journal paper on “Hospital Discharge Disposition of Stroke Patients in the State
of Tennessee,” has been accepted and will be published in the Journal of the Southern
Medical Association – March 2017
Congratulations to Jin and Edward for having their paper accepted at the IEEE Southeastcon
– March 2017
Our journal paper on "Real-Time Fall Risk Assessment Using Functional Reach Test"
has been published by The International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications –
January 2017
Robert Barber joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research on
connected autonomous vehicles – January 2017
Dr. Sartipi was elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior member. IEEE Senior Membership
is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the
profession. - December 2016
Our paper on "Fall Recognition using Wearable Technology and Machine Learning" was presented at the IEEE Big Data Conference in Washington D.C. by Austin - December 2016
Our project on “Post Stroke Management Using Hospital Data and Big Data Analytics”
has been funded by UTC, Collaborative Research Initiative for Sponsored Programs (CRISP). This is in collaboration with Dr. Fell, Dr. Heath, Dr. Hu, and Dr. Qayyum. - November 2016
Jin presented a talk on "Big Data Analytics for Smart Health" at the ACM Mid-South Conference. He was awarded first place in the graduate students presentation. - November 2016
Austin presented a talk on "Activity Recognition using Wearable Technology and Machine
Learning" at the ACM mid-South Conference. - November 2016
Our research was featured in the White House News Release: “Transportation: The Administration is announcing more than $15 million in new grants and planned funding to evolve the future of urban transportation, including National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for researchers in Chattanooga to test, for the first time, how an entire urban network of connected and autonomous vehicles can automatically cooperate to improve travel efficiency and operate safely during severe weather events.”
Our project on “US Ignite: Collaborative Research: Focus Area 1: Fleet Management
of Large-Scale Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Urban Settings” has been funded
by NSF – January 2017
Our project on “Collaborative Research: Robust Asset-and-User-Aware Dispatch of the
Power Distribution Grid during Extreme Temperatures” has been funded by NSF – August 2016
Dr. Sartipi was announced as a Program Leader for Urban Science & Technology at UTC – July 2016
Rebekah Thompson joined SCAL as an graduate student to do the user interface of the mStroke App. She is co-advised by Dr. Nancy Fell – May 2016
Hector Suarez joined SCAL as an graduate student to do research on security and HIPPA compliance. He is co-advised by Dr. Li Yang – May 2016
Edward was awarded the best postdoctoral award at the Computer Science and Engineering
Department – April 2016
Edward presented a talk on “Machine Learning and Its Engineering Applications” at
the department seminar session – March 2016
Dr. Sartipi was awarded the UTC Outstanding Faculty Research and Creative Achievement
award – March 2016
Our paper on “Flexible Data Acquisition, Compression, and Reconstruction in Advanced
Metering Infrastructure” was presented at the Clemson University Power Systems Conference
– March 2016
Dr. Sartipi was presented at the NSF Future Wireless Cities Workshop, “Future Wireless
GigCity in Chattanooga, TN” – February 2016
Dr. Sartipi was presented at the NSF Workshop on Applications and Services in the Year 2021, “Dark Factory – The next Generation of
Smart Manufacturing” – January 2016
Jin graduated with a Bachelor degree and promoted to a graduate research assistant
at SCAL – January 2016
Congratulations to Brandon to successfully defended his thesis – October 2015
Austin graduated with a Bachelor degree and promoted to a graduate research assistant
at SCAL – August 2015
Congratulations to Brian to successfully defended his thesis – July 2015
Our paper on “A Real-time, Mobile Timed Up and Go System” was presented at the IEEE
Body Sensor Networks – June 2015
Edward presented “” at the Automated Sensor Based Mobility Analysis for Disease Prevention
and Treatment Workshop at IEEE Body Sensor Network Conference – June 2015
Dr. Sartipi is invited to give a talk in Automated Sensor Based Mobility Analysis for Disease Prevention and Treatment Workshop at IEEE Body Sensor Network Conference – May 2015
Congratulations to Austin and Jin to make it to the Dean’s list – May 2015
Congratulations to Brandon to win the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering – April 2015
Congratulations to Brian and Brandon for having their paper accepted at the IEEE Body
Sensor Network Conference – April 2015
Congratulations to Brandon to win the prestigious Sigma Xi Graduate Student Award – April 2015
Jin Cho joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research on predictive analytics – April 2015
Congratulations to Edward for having his paper accepted for oral presentation at
the IEEE Power & Energy Society – January 2015
Austin joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research on motion analysis – August 2014
Dr. Edward (Zhen) Hu joined SCAL as a postdoctoral scholar – August 2014
Our research on “mStroke: Mobile Technology for Post-Stroke Recurrence Prevention
and Recovery “ receives funding from NIH – May 2014