Joon Hee Choi (PhD, Year 5) received his B.E. in Electronics Engineering and B.B.A. in Business Administration from Sogang University in 2004; and an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in 2014, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prior to Purdue, he was an assistant manager at Samsung Electronics in South Korea from 2003 to 2012. His research interests include machine learning, image/video restoration, computer vision, and optimization algorithms for large-scale datasets.

Xiran Wang (PhD, Year 4) received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in 2013. He is currently a PhD student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. His Research interests include image and video restoration, large-scale optimization and computational photography.

Omar A. Elgendy (PhD, Year 2) received the B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Distinction with honors) in 2010 and the M.Sc. degree in Engineering Mathematic in 2015, from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. He is currently a PhD student and a graduate research assistant in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. His Research interests include statistical signal processing, single-photon imaging; pattern classification, and large-scale optimization.