CEMSE Weekly Updates - July 8, 2025 Tue, Jul 8 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Stay informed about the upcoming events and the latest news from CEMSE. Towards Scalable and Efficient Semantic Video Search Mattia Soldan, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Jul 13, 18:00 - 19:00 B4 L5 R5209 video-language grounding semantic video retrieval multimodal alignment This dissertation advances fine-grained, content-aware video retrieval by developing novel models and frameworks for Video-Language Grounding, enabling accurate alignment between natural language queries and specific temporal segments in unstructured video content. Randomized Greedy Algorithms for Neural Network Optimization in Solving Partial Differential Equations Xiaofeng Xu, Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences Jul 15, 17:00 - 19:00 B4 L5 R5220 PDEs optimization machine learning randomized orthogonal greedy algorithm This thesis introduces the randomized orthogonal greedy algorithm (ROGA) to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical performance of shallow neural networks for solving partial differential equations by overcoming key optimization challenges to achieve provably optimal convergence rates. Design of Neuromorphic Object Detection Systems Diego Augusto Silva, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Jul 16, 16:00 - 17:00 B3 L5 R5209 event-based object detection neuromorphic vision systems efficient deep learning architectures This dissertation advances event-based object detection by developing efficient deep learning frameworks such as ReYOLOv8 and Chimera, introducing novel encoding and augmentation techniques, releasing a new neuromorphic dataset, and demonstrating a real-time, low-power traffic monitoring system that highlights the practical potential of bio-inspired vision systems.
