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Grants and Awards

Research Grants:

  • National Science Foundation Research Grant (CNS:2131186), “Training a Virtual Guide Dog for Visually Impaired People to Learn Safe Routes Using Crowdsourcing Multimodal Data”, PI, 2021-2024.
  • CUNY C.C. Research Grant – track 2, Mentored Undergraduate Research, “Exploring Virtual Environments by Visually Impaired using a Mixed Reality Cane without Visual Feedback”, PI, 1/2021-12/2021
  • National Science Foundation Research Grant, “PFI-RP: Smart and Accessible Transportation Hub for Assistive Navigation and Facility Management”, BMCC PI, collaboration with faculty at CCNY, Rutgers University and Lighthouse Guild, 2018-2021.
  • National Science Foundation Research Grant, “SCC-Planning: Integrative Research and Community Engagement for Smart and Accessible Transportation Hub (SAT-Hub)”, Senior Personnel, with faculty in CCNY and Rutgers University, 2017-2018.
  • Department of Homeland Security Research Grant, “Verification of Crowd Behavior Simulation by Video Analysis”, PI, 3/2016-12/2017
  • Faculty Development Grant, “Accurate Indoor 3D Model Generation by Integrating Architectural Floor Plan and RGBD Images”, PI, 4/2016-4/2017
  • PSC-CUNY Research Awards Enhanced, PI, 2022
  • PSC-CUNY Research Awards Track B, Single-PI, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
  • CUNY C.C. Research Grant – track 2, Mentored Undergraduate Research, “Mobile Indoor Navigation for the Blind”, PI, 9/2016-9/2017
  • CUNY Innovations in Language Education (ILE) Grants, “Microlearning Based Mobile Game for Mandarin Learning and Assessment”, Co-PI, 2016-2017

Honors and Awards

  • The Best Paper Award Nominees, the 15th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Malta, February 2020.
  • “CUNY-American Dream Machine” on New York Post and MTA, 2016-2017
  • The Best Paper Award Nominees, The 6th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), March 6, 2016, Princeton, New Jersey, 2016.
  • Summer Research Team Award, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2015
  • The Best Paper Award Nominees, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2013