On Friday, October 30, from noon to 1pm, Nicholas was invited by Dr. Georgios Anagnostopulos to give a lecture at the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) about his dissertation research, specifically his work with unsupervised building detection from Irregular LiDAR data.

More information about this lecture has been provided here.

On Friday, May 22, 2009 Nicholas Shorter successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled "Unsupervised Building Detection from Irregularly Spaced LiDAR and Aerial Imagery." Nicholas proceeded to graduate August 8, 2009 with his doctorate of philosophy electrical engineering (PhD EE).  The individuals asking questions in the video  are Nicholas' dissertation committee Dr. Takis Kasparis (advisor), Dr. Georgios Anagnastopoulos, Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos, Dr. Lindwood Jones, Dr. Andy Lee, and Dr. Wasfy Mikhael.

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On Thursday, September 18, I delivered a technical presentation at the Harris Facility located in Melbourne.  Approximately 20 research scientists (8 of whom present had their PhD's) were kind enough to sit in on a 2+ hour discussion about my dissertation research and recently developed phase correlation approach for registering LiDAR data to Aerial imagery.  The ladies and gentlemen present offered a great deal of constructive criticism and feedback. 

I cannot thank the individuals present enough for all of their feedback and commentary.  The technical briefing was an awesome experience in which I was able to take away a great deal of help and knowledge from.  I look forward to future technical briefings with Harris and am very grateful for their funding and interest in this research effort!