SCAL News - 2017
Dr. Mina Sartipi was invited to serve as a panelist on the Student Pipeline at the
NSF Workshop on Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models. - December 2017
Jin Cho presented his research on "A/C Load Forecasting Using Deep Learning" at the
International Conference on CSCI. - December 2017
Dr. Mina Sartipi presented "Smart Cities and Urban S&T" to the UC Foundation.
- December 2017
Congratulations to Jin Cho for graduating with his M.S. Computer Science: Data Science
degree and being accepted into the PhD in Computational Science: Computer Science
program! - December 2017
Congratulations to Austin Harris for graduating with his M.S. Computer Science degree!
- December 2017
Dr. Mina Sartipi presented "Mobile Technology for Post-Stroke Recurrence Prevention
& Recovery" to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. - November 2017
Rebekah Thompson presented her research "See-Through Technology Using V2X Communication"
at the 2017 Mid-Southeast ACM Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. - November 2017
Hector Suarez presented his research "mStroke: HIPPA Compliant Data Solution For a
Smart Mobile Health Application" at the 2017 Mid-Southeast ACM Conference in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. - November 2017
Daniel Velasquez joined SCAL as an undergraduate student to do research
on cooperative mobility simulations for traffic congestion in smart cities
- September 2017
Robert graduated with a B.S. Computer Science degree and promoted to a graduate research
assistant at SCAL
– August 2017
Dr. Mina Sartipi was invited by the MetroLab Networks to serve on the panel "Growing
Role of City-University Partnerships in Advancing Urban Science" at the Global Teams
Challenge. - 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
Dr. Mina Sartipi was appointed to the faculty of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary
Research and Graduate Education. - March 2017
* The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education unites resources and capabilities from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to promote advanced research and to provide innovative solutions to global challenges in energy, engineering, and computation.
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
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