About

I’m a Computing and Mathematical Sciences Ph.D. student in the Computational Vision Group at Caltech, advised by Pietro Perona. My interests tend to cluster around machine learning, computer vision, and signal/image processing. I’m supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

I graduated from Duke University in May 2017 with a B.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mathematics. I’ve also spent time at Microsoft Research, the Air Force Research Lab, the Duke University Marine Lab, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Previously, I’ve worked on OCT imaging and image processing with Sina Farsiu, datacenter-level computational sprinting with Benjamin C. Lee, bioacoustic signal detection with Douglas Nowacek, environmental sensing with Martin Brooke, and oceanographic data analysis with Cindy Van Dover.

Publications

Presence-Only Geographical Priors for Fine-Grained Image Classification
O. Mac Aodha, E. Cole, P. Perona
ICCV, 2019
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Statistical Models of Signal and Noise and Fundamental Limits of Segmentation Accuracy in Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography
T. DuBose, D. Cunefare, E. Cole, P. Milanfar, J. Izatt, S. Farsiu
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2018

Enhanced visualization of peripheral retinal vasculature with wavefront sensorless adaptive optics optical coherence tomography angiography in diabetic patients
J. Polans, D. Cunefare, E. Cole, B. Keller, P. Mettu, S. Cousins, M. Allingham, J. Izatt, S. Farsiu
Optics Letters, 2017

Wide Field-of-View Wavefront Sensorless Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography for Enhanced Imaging of the Peripheral Retina
J. Polans, B. Keller, O. Carrasco-Zevallos, F. LaRocca, E. Cole, H. Whitson, E. Lad, S. Farsiu, J. Izatt
Biomedical Optics Express, 2017

Computational Sprinting: Architecture, Dynamics, and Strategies
S. Zahedi, S. Fan, M. Faw, E. Cole, B. Lee
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, 2017

Seismic survey noise disrupted fish use of a temperate reef
A. Paxton, J. Taylor, D. Nowacek, J. Dale, E. Cole, C. Voss, C. Peterson
Marine Policy, 2017
Media: [Vox] [The News & Observer] [Public Radio East] [UNC-TV]
This work was also cited in a letter from 103 members of the U.S. Congress opposing oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

SyPRID Sampler: A Large-Volume, High-Resolution, Autonomous, Deep-Ocean Precision Plankton Sampling System
A. Billings, C. Kaiser, C. Young, L. Hiebert, E. Cole, J. Wagner, C. Van Dover
Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016
Media: [Scientific American] [WHOI Press Release]

An ocean sensor for measuring the seawater electrochemical response of 8 metals referenced to zinc, for determining ocean pH
M. Brooke, E. Cole, J. Dale, A. Prasad, H. Quach, B. Bau, E. Bhatt, D. Nowacek
IEEE International Conference on Sensing Technology, 2015

Workshop Papers

Presence-Only Geographical Priors for Fine-Grained Image Classification
O. Mac Aodha, E. Cole, P. Perona
ICCV Workshop on Computer Vision for Wildlife Conservation, Featured Existing Work Track, 2019 (Oral)