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Nondestructive detecting defects (NDD) in concrete structures have been explored for decades. Although limited successes were reported, major limitations still exist. The major limitations are the high noises to signal ratio created from…

Nonconvex methods have emerged as a dominant approach for low-rank matrix estimation, a problem that arises widely in machine learning and AI for learning and representing high-dimensional data. Existing analyses for these methods often…

We propose a feature screening method that integrates both feature-feature and feature-target relationships. Inactive features are identified via a penalized minimum Redundancy Maximum Relevance (mRMR) procedure, which is the continuous…

In a broad range of computer vision applications, the purpose of Low-rank matrix approximation (LRMA) models is to recover the underlying low-rank matrix from its degraded observation. The latest LRMA methods - Robust Principal Component…

High-quality imaging in photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) usually requires a high-channel count system for dense spatial sampling around the object to avoid aliasing-related artefacts. To reduce system complexity, various image…

Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) is a recently developed technique for finding parts-based, linear representations of non-negative data. Although it has successfully been applied in several applications, it does not always result in…

The nonnegative matrix factorization is a widely used, flexible matrix decomposition, finding applications in biology, image and signal processing and information retrieval, among other areas. Here we present a related matrix factorization.…

We consider the efficiency of multiplexing spatially encoded information across random configurations of a metasurface-programmable chaotic cavity in the microwave domain. The distribution of the effective rank of the channel matrix is…

In this paper, a whitening-based algorithm has been applied to sparse non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) as a preprocessing practice enhancing the identification of buried object, significantly. In fact, without utilizing a suitable…

We present an algorithm for compressing the radiosity view factor model commonly used in radiation heat transfer and computer graphics. We use a format inspired by the hierarchical off-diagonal low rank format, where elements are…

Tomographic imaging is useful for revealing the internal structure of a 3D sample. Classical reconstruction methods treat the object of interest as a vector to estimate its value. Such an approach, however, can be inefficient in analyzing…

Data scarcity hinders deep learning for medical imaging. We propose a framework for breast cancer classification in thermograms that addresses this using a Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DPM) for data augmentation. Our DPM-based…

Suppose we are given a matrix that is formed by adding an unknown sparse matrix to an unknown low-rank matrix. Our goal is to decompose the given matrix into its sparse and low-rank components. Such a problem arises in a number of…

We propose a robust and efficient approach to the problem of compressive phase retrieval in which the goal is to reconstruct a sparse vector from the magnitude of a number of its linear measurements. The proposed framework relies on…

Foot temperature profiling is of utmost importance is mitigating the adverse effects due to foot complications especially due to diabetes. Contactless temperature monitoring methods could be used effectively in large scale for patient…

Deep-learning-based object detection methods show promise for improving screening mammography, but high rates of false positives can hinder their effectiveness in clinical practice. To reduce false positives, we identify three challenges:…

Given the superposition of a low-rank matrix plus the product of a known fat compression matrix times a sparse matrix, the goal of this paper is to establish deterministic conditions under which exact recovery of the low-rank and sparse…

A constrained L1 minimization method is proposed for estimating a sparse inverse covariance matrix based on a sample of $n$ iid $p$-variate random variables. The resulting estimator is shown to enjoy a number of desirable properties. In…

A primary interest in dynamic inverse problems is to identify the underlying temporal behaviour of the system from outside measurements. In this work we consider the case, where the target can be represented by a decomposition of spatial…

The homography matrix is a key component in various vision-based robotic tasks. Traditionally, homography estimation algorithms are classified into feature- or intensity-based. The main advantages of the latter are their versatility,…