Thangarajah Akilan, Lakehead University

Research

Computer vision Deep learning Image processing Machine learning Moving object segmentation Object tracking Semantic segmentation

Latest papers

Intelligent Real-Time Face-Mask Detection System with Hardware Acceleration for COVID-19 Mitigation.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
Application of Wavelet Feature Extraction and Artificial Neural Networks for Improving the Performance of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Meters Used in Oil and Petrochemical Industries.
Polymers · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Towards More Efficient and Accurate Deep Learning Models for Segmentation, Classification, and Tracking
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Towards More Efficient and Accurate Deep Learning Models for Segmentation, Classification, and Tracking
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Intelligent Real-Time Face-Mask Detection System with Hardware Acceleration for COVID-19 Mitigation.

Sertic P, Alahmar A, Akilan T, Javorac M, Gupta Y

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10050873 PMID: 35628009

02

Application of Wavelet Feature Extraction and Artificial Neural Networks for Improving the Performance of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Meters Used in Oil and Petrochemical Industries.

Hosseini S, Taylan O, Abusurrah M, Akilan T, Nazemi E, Eftekhari-Zadeh E, Bano F, Roshani GH

Polymers2021

DOI: 10.3390/polym13213647 PMID: 34771204

Towards More Efficient and Accurate Deep Learning Models for Segmentation, Classification, and Tracking

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Akilan, Thangarajah

Keywords: semantic segmentation; moving object segmentation; object tracking; machine learning; deep learning; image processing; computer vision

$75,000

Towards More Efficient and Accurate Deep Learning Models for Segmentation, Classification, and Tracking

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Akilan, Thangarajah

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Computer vision Dear Professor Akilan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Intelligent Real-Time Face-Mask Detection System with Hardware Acceleration for COVID-19 Mitigation." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Towards More Efficient and Accurate Deep Learning Models for Segmentation, Classification, and Tracking" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]