Schedule of Events – Summer 2014

Schedule Subject to Change

All activities and events will be held in the Millennia Boardroom (room 723, CDM building, Loop campus) unless otherwise noted.

 

Special Events

Midterm Presentation Schedule (Fri 07/18)

A Day in the Life of a PhD Student (Fri 07/25)

Women in Science (Fri 08/01)

Research @ CDM (Fri 08/08)

Final Presentation Schedule (Fri 08/22)

 

Monday June 16, 2014

REU Welcome, Introduction & Tutorials, Logistics (Orientation Day)

 

 

 

10:30 am

11:15 am

Welcome to CDM and DePaul —Dr. Miller, Dean of CDM

Overview of the summer program—Drs. Furst & Raicu

11:15 am

11:45 am

Mentors & Students Introductions

11:45 am

12:30 pm

REU MedIX Experiences (Anne-Marie Giuca – REU student 2011, Sydney Williams - REU student 2012)

12:30 pm

1:30 pm

Lunch (DePaul Center, room 11013)

1:30 pm

3:00 pm

Introduction to Image Processing – Dr. Furst

3:00 pm

3:45 pm

Logistics (email accounts, lab access, pictures)

 

 

Evaluation Process during the MedIX Program – Dr. Furst

 

 

Entry Survey of Expectations and Preferences I – online survey – REU students

3:45 pm

4:30 pm

Responsible conduct of research training, offered online by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) – Dr. Furst

4:30 pm

5:00 pm

Tour of SoC and of the DePaul Center, CTA passes – Dr. Furst

 

 

 

 

Tuesday June 17, 2014

Project Descriptions, Tutorials, and Research Training (Orientation Day)

 

 

 

9:30 am

10:00 am

Breakfast

10:00 am

11:30 am

Introduction to Data Mining and Machine Learning– Dr. Raicu

11:30 am

12:30 pm

REU MedIX Experiences (Rachel Touhy – REU student 2012,  Marwa Muhammad - REU student 2007) 

12:30 am

1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

3:30 pm

Research Project Description: Dr. Daniela Raicu, DePaul Mentor

 

 

Research Project Description: Dr. Jacob Furst, DePaul Mentor

3:30 pm

5:00 pm

Introduction to Matlab and Image Processing in Matlab –Part I

 

 

(lab 634)  Valerie Simonis, (PhD student & REU Graduate Assistant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday June 18, 2014

Tutorials, Research Training and Visit to University of Chicago (Orientation Day)

 

10:00 am

1:30 pm

Visit to University of Chicago

1:30 pm

2:30 pm

Travel from University of Chicago to DePaul

2:30 pm

4:00 pm

Introduction to Matlab and Image Processing in Matlab –Part II

(lab 634)  Valerie Simonis

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Responsible conduct of research training, offered online by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) – Dr. Furst

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday June 19, 2014

Tutorials, Project Selection & Research seminar (Orientation Day)

 

9:30 am

10:00 am

Breakfast

10:00 am

11:00 am

Developing a research career – Dr. Furst

 

11:00 am

12:30 pm

Introduction to Medical Imaging in Matlab – (lab 634)     Valerie

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

Open study/ Discussion Time/ Team Assignment/ – all students and faculty  

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

Retrieving and reading research papers – Dr. Raicu

 

 

Friday June 20, 2014

Lab work and team meetings

9:00 am

5:00 pm

Lab work and team meetings at UofC and DePaul

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday June 25, 2014

Lab work and visit to UofC

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

UofC Lecture and demonstration of a medical imaging modality

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday June 27, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminar

9:00 am

2:00 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

Lunch & Team progress reports

3:00pm

4:00 pm

How to give a research presentation – Dr. Sheena Erete

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Research talk: Empowerment Through Community Crime Prevention Technologies, Speaker: Dr. Sheena Erete

 

 

 

 

Tuesday July 1, 2014

Lab work and visit to UofC

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

UofC Lecture and demonstration of a medical imaging modality

 

 

Survey

 

 

Friday July 4, 2014: Independence Day

 

 

Friday July 11, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminar

9:00 am

2:00 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

Lunch and progress report by each team (Millennia boardroom)

3:00 pm

4:00 pm

Paper presentation by Anfal and Finda:
Harper, F. M., et al. (2007). Talk amongst yourselves: inviting users to participate in online conversations. In Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (pp. 62-71). ACM.

4:00 pm

5:00 pm Presentations of Student organizations: UPE presentation by Andrew Green (President) and IEEE CSS by Nathan Kizior (President) and Li-Wey Lu (Treasurer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday July 15, 2014

Lab work and visit to UofC

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

UofC Lecture and demonstration of a medical imaging modality

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday July 18, 2014

Midterm Presentations and Survey

8:30 am

9:00 am Breakfast

9:00 am

9:40 am “Using Factor Analysis to determine an empirical definition for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
- Jillianna Farietta (Simmons College) & Marjoe Cid (Universidad Tecnologica de Tabasco)

9:40 am

10:20 am

 “Optimal smoothing and combination parameters for derivative-weighted iterative image reconstruction”
- Erin Roth (Carleton College) & David Kraemer (Grinnell College)

10:20 am

11:10 am

“Modifying an automated CAD system to enhance classification of regions of change in temporal subtraction images”
- Katherine Lee (Villanova University) & Charles Ho (Rice University)

11:10 am

11:20 am

Break

11:20 am

12:00 pm

"Reducing Annotation Costs by using Iterative Classification to Differentiate Case Difficulty"
- Amelia Riely (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) & Kyle Sablan (San Diego State University)

12:00 pm

1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

2:10 pm

"Classification of lung nodules through machine sourced segmentations and outlier filtering"
- Mayra Molina-Puentes (Instituto Tecnologico de Sonoro) & Elza Margolin (DePaul University)

2:10 pm

2:50 pm

"Identification of Gene Function in C. elegans Using Image Analysis"
- Kyle Moy (DePaul University)

2:50 pm

3:30 pm

"Online Conversations in Changing Neighborhoods”
- Ihudiya Finda Ogburu (RIT/Harvard University) & Anfal Boussayoud (Barnard College)

3:30 pm 4:00 pm Survey

 

 

 

Friday July 25, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminars

9:00 am

1:30 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

1:30 pm

2:45 pm

MedIX teams progress reports ( each team presents Methodology )

2:45 pm

3:00 pm

Paper presentation - Jillianna Farietta, Marjoe Cid

3:15 pm

3:30 pm Break

3:30 pm

5:00 pm A Day in the Life of a PhD Student - Moderators: David Kraemer Kyle Moy, Ihudiya Finda Ogburu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday August 1, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminars + survey

9:00 am

1:30 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

1:30 pm

2:45 pm

Lunch, Survey & MedIX teams progress reports (5 min on this week's results)

2:45 pm

3:15 pm

Paper presentations - David & Erin, Charles & Katherine

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm

5:00 pm

Women in Science - Moderators: Amelia, Anfal, Elza and Erin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday August 8, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminars

9:00 am

1:30 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

1:30 pm

3:30 pm

Group meeting at  DePaul (Millennia boardroom)

 

 

- Lunch, MedIX teams progress reports (current challenges)

 

 

- Paper presentations: Erin & David, Charlie & Katherine

3:30 pm

5:00 pm

Research @ CDM - Moderators: Mayra, Kyle S., Katherine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday August 12, 2014

Lab work and visit to UofC

2:00 pm

4:00 pm

UofC Lecture and demonstration of a medical imaging modality

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday August 15, 2014

Lab work, REU group meeting and seminar + survey

9:00 am

1:30 pm

Lab work at UofC and DePaul

1:30 pm

5:00 pm

Group meeting at  DePaul (Millennia boardroom)

 

 

MedIX teams progress reports (hypothesis and results supporting hypothesis) + survey

 

 

Paper Presentations: Amelia & Kyle S , Kyle M, Elza & Mayra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday August 22, 2014

Projects, demos and deliverables are due

8:30 am

9:00 am Breakfast

9:00 am

9:40 am “Using Factor Analysis to determine an empirical definition for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
- Jillianna Farietta (Simmons College) & Marjoe Cid (Universidad Tecnologica de Tabasco)

9:40 am

10:20 am

 “Optimal smoothing and combination parameters for derivative-weighted iterative image reconstruction”
- Erin Roth (Carleton College) & David Kraemer (Grinnell College)

10:20 am

11:10 am

“Modifying an automated CAD system to enhance classification of regions of change in temporal subtraction images”
- Katherine Lee (Villanova University) & Charles Ho (Rice University)

11:10 am

11:30 am

Break

11:30 am

12:10 pm

"Reducing Annotation Costs by using Iterative Classification to Differentiate Case Difficulty"
- Amelia Riely (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) & Kyle Sablan (San Diego State University)

12:10 am

12:30 pm

Post-Survey

12:30 pm

1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

2:10 pm

"Classification of lung nodules through machine sourced segmentations and outlier filtering"
- Mayra Molina-Puentes (Instituto Tecnologico de Sonoro) & Elza Margolin (DePaul University)

2:10 pm

2:50 pm

"Identification of Gene Function in C. elegans Using Image Analysis"
- Kyle Moy (DePaul University)

2:50 pm

3:30 pm

IIT student presentations

3:30 pm 4:30 pm Deliverables

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

Farewell Dinner