Vision Lab Visitors

The Vision Lab is proud to have demonstrated our research and technologies to a variety of distinguished visitors from academia, government, military and industry. Several of our recent visitors are listed here:

Bosh Group January 31, 2013
Visitors from Bosh Group visit ODU vision lab
 
NAVSEA Dahlgren and General Dynamics/Electric Boat October 22, 2012
Delegates from NAVSEA Dahlgren and General Dynamics/Electric Boat visit ODU Vision Lab
 
Canon Tour July 23, 2012
Senior Vision Engineers from Canon Tour ODU Vision Lab
 
Newport News Shipbuilding Delegation June 6, 2012
A delegation of Newport News Shipbuilding officials tour the vision lab
 
U.S. Homeland Security Delegation April 16, 2012
A delegation of local military and law enforcement officials working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visit the lab. (link)
 
US Marshals Service November 30, 2011
Representatives from the US Marshals Service visit the lab
 
Regent University's Summer Government Camp July 16, 2009
Students from the Summer Government Camp tour the Vision Lab. (link)
 
Diebold July 15, 2009
The VP of Diebold's security division visits the lab.
 
Turkish Air Force Officers March 25, 2009
Dean Baysal accompanies Colonel Hakan Evrim, Major Mehmet Ulubay, and Captain Hakki Aktas for a tour of the Vision Lab.
 
Congressman Elect Glenn Nye December 11, 2008
Congressman Elect Glenn Nye tours the Vision Lab
 
Virginian Pilot November 25, 2008
Tim McGlone with the Virginian Pilot tours the Vision Lab to gather information on latest article "ODU sets pace to better ID a face."
 
Congressman Wittman October 17, 2008
ODU Vision lab provides demonstration for Congressman Wittman.
 
ODU Engineering and Technology October 14, 2008
ODU's Engineering and Technology depeartment tours the Vision lab.
 
ODU Provost October 3, 2008
ODU's Provost, Dr. Simpson, visits the Vision lab.
 
Boeing September 24, 2008
Boeing Company represenatives visit the lab.
 
Congressman Scott September 4, 2008
Congressman Scott views demonstrations at the ODU Vision Lab.
 
Lockheed Martin August 25, 2008
John Dannon of Lockheed Martin tours the Vision Lab.
 
Arkansas State University July 24, 2008
Dr. Elizabeth Hood and fellow researchers from Arkansas State University visit the Vision Lab.
 
ODU Business College July 15, 2008
Professors from Business College tour the Vision Lab.
 
ipConfigure July 2, 2008
Christopher Uiterwyk, Principal of the surveillance company ipConfigure, visits the Vision Lab.
 
Office of Naval Research June 16, 2008
Dr. Behzad Kamgar-Parsi, program manager from the Office of Naval Research, visits the Vision Lab.
 
Virginia Senate Staff Represenatives June 3, 2008
VA Senate Staff Represenative of Higher Education April Kees and Staff Represenative for Capital Projects Bill Eichelberger visit the Vision Lab
 
University of Baharian and the Persian Gulf May 8, 2008
Dean of the University of Baharian and the Persian Gulf tours various ODU centers including the Vision lab.
 
NATO, Canadian Embassy, and Halifax Chamber of Commerce April 16, 2008
Representatives from the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Embassy, and NATO toured the Vision Lab while in Norfolk on a mission to explore establishing an accelerator office for Canadian companies looking to expand into the US, and specifically Hampton Roads.
 
Virginia Economic Development Partnership April 9, 2008
Visitors from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership tour the Vision Lab and visit our demo booth at the 2008 ODU Research Expo.
 
ECE Faculty April 4, 2008
Faculty from ODU's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering tour the Vision Lab
 
Tau Beta Pi March 29, 2008
Visitors attending a Tau Beta Phi (an engineering honor society) regional meeting tour the Vision Lab.
 
Del. Bobby Mathieson, Rileen Innovative Technologies March 26, 2008
Virginia Delegate Bobby Mathieson (VA District 21) toured the Vision Lab with Richard Johnson of Rileen Innovative Technologies, a Veteran-owned biometric company in Virginia Beach.
 
Army Counter-IED Operations Integration Center February 27, 2008
Mark Covey, Chief of Systems Integration, Modeling and Simulations, Army Counter-IED Operations Integration Center, U.S. Army TRADOC visits the Vision Lab.
 
Robot Venture Group of Hampton Roads November 15, 2007
Robot Venture Group of Hampton Roads, an initiative to develop a Center for Unmanned Systems Synergy and Innovation in Hampton Roads, tours the Vision Lab.
 
Port Authority of Virginia October 24, 2007
Jerry Bridges, Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, tours the Vision Lab.
 
National Strategies and FBA, Inc. October 11, 2007
Paul Joyal of National Strategies and JR Kirkland of FBA Inc. visit the Vision Lab to see image enhancement, face recogntion, face tracking, and other Vision Lab technologies.
 
Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) October 10, 2007
Ms. Leah Enriquez -- Surveillance, Collection and Operations Support (SCOS) Analyst -- tours the Vision Lab to view research performed with TSWG/SETA support. TSWG is part of the Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO).
 
Messrs. Massoni and Kirkland September 19, 2007
Visitors from FBA, Inc. tour the Vision Lab.
 
Dr. Song's WiFi Camp August 3, 2007
Students from Dr. Song's summer WiFi Camp tour the Vision Lab..
 
Lockheed Martin August 3, 2007
Two additional Lockheed Martin researchers tours the lab.
 
Lockheed Martin June 29, 2007
Five researchers from Lockheed Martin visit the Vision Lab.
 
NASA June 21, 2007
A team from NASA (research associates of Dr. Rahman) tours Vision Lab.
 
ODU Board of Visitors June 15, 2007
ODU Board of Visitors and City Council Members of Norfolk tour the Vision Lab while visiting Innovation Research Park.
 
Virginian-Pilot June 12, 2007
Reporter Jon W. Glass tours the Vision Lab to gather information for a Virginian-Pilot article on Innovation Research Park.
 
Congresswoman Thelma Drake June 1, 2007
Jordan Davis, legislative aide to Thelma Drake tours the Vision Lab.
 
Joint IED Detection and Defeat Organization May 30, 2007
Col. Shoop, Joint IED Detection and Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) tours the Vision Lab.
 
Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance May 24, 2007
Frank Roberts, Executive Director, Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance (HRMFFA) tours the Vision Lab to learn about our capabilities in the areas of visibility and resolution enhancement, object region segmentation, object detection and recognition, object locating and tracking, vision based guidance, robotic navigation and embedded hardware systems.
 
Intellectual Property Partners, LLC May 21, 2007
IPzBiz, LLC of Atlanta, GA visits the Vision Lab.
 
Governor Timothy Kaine May 16, 2007
Governor Kaines tours the Vision Lab after officially inaugurating Innovation Research Park.
 
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Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin
Director
(757) 683-3752
kiftekha@odu.edu