Unlocking 3D Insights through AI-Driven Imaging
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
10:30 AM EDT
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Professor Robert Pless
Chair of the Computer Science Department
The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science Robert Pless is the Chair and Patrick and Donna Martin Chair of the Computer Science Department. His research focus is geometric and statistical approaches to Computer Vision, with applications to robotics, environmental and social justice. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1994 and a PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2000. He was on the faculty of Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis from 2000-2017. His research focuses on geometrical and statistical Computer Vision. He has served as Program Chair for WACV 2016, and is serving as co-Program Chair of IEEE CVPR in 2024.
Katherine Hugins
Associate Director, Admissions & International Partnerships
The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science (GW Engineering) Katherine Hugins is the Associate Director of Admissions & International Partnerships at The George Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science. With over eleven years of experience in graduate admissions, she specializes in international recruitment and partnership building. Katherine previously served as Assistant Director of International Graduate Admissions, playing a key role in enrollment strategies for global students. She is dedicated to facilitating smooth admission processes for diverse applicants.
Chair of the Computer Science Department
The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science Robert Pless is the Chair and Patrick and Donna Martin Chair of the Computer Science Department. His research focus is geometric and statistical approaches to Computer Vision, with applications to robotics, environmental and social justice. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1994 and a PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2000. He was on the faculty of Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis from 2000-2017. His research focuses on geometrical and statistical Computer Vision. He has served as Program Chair for WACV 2016, and is serving as co-Program Chair of IEEE CVPR in 2024.
Associate Director, Admissions & International Partnerships
The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science (GW Engineering) Katherine Hugins is the Associate Director of Admissions & International Partnerships at The George Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science. With over eleven years of experience in graduate admissions, she specializes in international recruitment and partnership building. Katherine previously served as Assistant Director of International Graduate Admissions, playing a key role in enrollment strategies for global students. She is dedicated to facilitating smooth admission processes for diverse applicants.The web has an enormous collection of live cameras that image the sky, the ocean, and parks, roads, cities, beaches, mountains, buildings, and parking lots. New AI tools (built by us and others) help organize and find the cameras that help to measure our world, how it is changing and how people and animals make use of their environment. I will share some highlights of what we have learned and some of the tools that we have built to make this possible.
How real-time monitoring improves insight
Learn how AI helps identify patterns
Cameras track environmental changes.
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