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most citedCOVID-Net CT-S: 3D Convolutional Neural Network Architectures for COVID-19 Severity Assessment using Chest CT Images

7 citations · 16 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.CV2023

TurboViT: Generating Fast Vision Transformers via Generative Architecture Search

Alexander Wong, Saad Abbasi, Saeejith Nair

Vision transformers have shown unprecedented levels of performance in tackling various visual perception tasks in recent years. However, the architectural and computational complex…

cs.CV2023★ 1 cited

Fast GraspNeXt: A Fast Self-Attention Neural Network Architecture for Multi-task Learning in Computer Vision Tasks for Robotic Grasping on the Edge

Alexander Wong, Yifan Wu, Saad Abbasi +3

Multi-task learning has shown considerable promise for improving the performance of deep learning-driven vision systems for the purpose of robotic grasping. However, high architect…

cs.CV2023★ 1 cited

PCBDet: An Efficient Deep Neural Network Object Detection Architecture for Automatic PCB Component Detection on the Edge

Brian Li, Steven Palayew, Francis Li +3

There can be numerous electronic components on a given PCB, making the task of visual inspection to detect defects very time-consuming and prone to error, especially at scale. Ther…

cs.CV2022★ 5 cited

Faster Attention Is What You Need: A Fast Self-Attention Neural Network Backbone Architecture for the Edge via Double-Condensing Attention Condensers

Alexander Wong, Mohammad Javad Shafiee, Saad Abbasi +2

With the growing adoption of deep learning for on-device TinyML applications, there has been an ever-increasing demand for efficient neural network backbones optimized for the edge…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

MAPLE-X: Latency Prediction with Explicit Microprocessor Prior Knowledge

Saad Abbasi, Alexander Wong, Mohammad Javad Shafiee

Deep neural network (DNN) latency characterization is a time-consuming process and adds significant cost to Neural Architecture Search (NAS) processes when searching for efficient…

cs.LG2022

MAPLE-Edge: A Runtime Latency Predictor for Edge Devices

Saeejith Nair, Saad Abbasi, Alexander Wong +1

Neural Architecture Search (NAS) has enabled automatic discovery of more efficient neural network architectures, especially for mobile and embedded vision applications. Although re…

eess.IV2021

COVID-Net MLSys: Designing COVID-Net for the Clinical Workflow

Audrey G. Chung, Maya Pavlova, Hayden Gunraj +7

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate globally, one promising field of research is machine learning-driven computer vision to streamline various parts of the COVID-19 cli…

eess.IV2021

COVID-Net US: A Tailored, Highly Efficient, Self-Attention Deep Convolutional Neural Network Design for Detection of COVID-19 Patient Cases from Point-of-care Ultrasound Imaging

Alexander MacLean, Saad Abbasi, Ashkan Ebadi +6

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted many aspects of life globally, and a critical factor in mitigating its effects is screening individuals for infections…

eess.IV2021★ 7 cited

COVID-Net CT-S: 3D Convolutional Neural Network Architectures for COVID-19 Severity Assessment using Chest CT Images

Hossein Aboutalebi, Saad Abbasi, Mohammad Javad Shafiee +1

The health and socioeconomic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause enormous tensions around the world. In particular, this extraordinary surge in the numb…

cs.SD2021★ 1 cited

OutlierNets: Highly Compact Deep Autoencoder Network Architectures for On-Device Acoustic Anomaly Detection

Saad Abbasi, Mahmoud Famouri, Mohammad Javad Shafiee +1

Human operators often diagnose industrial machinery via anomalous sounds. Automated acoustic anomaly detection can lead to reliable maintenance of machinery. However, deep learning…

eess.IV2020

Improving Maximal Safe Brain Tumor Resection with Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy

Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi +5

Malignant brain tumors are among the deadliest neoplasms with the lowest survival rates of any cancer type. In considering surgical tumor resection, suboptimal extent of resection…

physics.med-ph2020

Reflection-mode virtual histology using photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy

Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Deepak Dinakaran +5

Histological visualizations are critical to clinical disease management and are fundamental to biological understanding. However, current approaches that rely on bright-field micro…

physics.med-ph2020

Histopathology for Mohs Micrographic Surgery with Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy

Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi +4

Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a precise oncological technique where layers of tissue are resected and examined with intraoperative histopathology to minimize the removal of no…