A Large-scale Annotated Mechanical Components Benchmark for Classification and Retrieval Tasks with Deep Neural Networks

by Sangpil Kim | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, CISE Research Infrastructure, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim

We introduce a large-scale annotated mechanical components benchmark for classification and retrieval tasks named Mechanical Components Benchmark (MCB): a large-scale dataset of 3D objects of mechanical components. The dataset enables data-driven feature learning for...

CAPturAR: An Augmented Reality Tool for Authoring Human-Involved Context-Aware Applications

by Tianyi Wang | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, Fengming He, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Publications, Recent Publications, Tianyi Wang, Xun Qian, Yuanzhi Cao

Recognition of human behavior plays an important role in context-aware applications. However, it is still a challenge for end-users to build personalized applications that accurately recognize their own activities. Therefore, we present CAPturAR, an in-situ...

[C-Blog] Purdue Engineering Blog – Upskilling America to Restore Global Competitiveness – by Dr. Karthik Ramani

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | C-Blog, Karthik Ramani

It’s no secret that the American labor force — and by extension, society as a whole — is splitting into two camps: a relatively small number of highly educated professionals earning good wages, and large numbers of less educated workers, with fewer skills, who work...

Big data driven jobs remaining time prediction in discrete manufacturing system: a deep learning-based approach

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 3, 2019 | 2019, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications

Implementing advanced big data (BD) analytic is significant for successful incorporation of artificial intelligence in manufacturing. With the widespread deployment of smart sensors and internet of things (IOT) in the job shop, there is an increasing need for handling...

C Design Lab at the Greater Lafayette Mini Maker Faire 2019

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 9, 2019 | Ananya Ipsita, Karthik Ramani, Luis Paredes, News, Outreach, Subramanian Chidambaram, Terrell Glenn

One more year the C-Design Lab is part of the Greater Lafayette Mini Maker Fair, an event that attracts hundreds of children and makers. This year, people were able to have a feeling of design methods, fabrication techniques, and digital interactions such as VR head...

[C-Blog] Purdue Engineering Blog – What the Media Gets Wrong about Robots – by Dr. Karthik Ramani

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 8, 2019 | C-Blog, Karthik Ramani

The media paints a grim picture of an America in which automation is, in the words of a recent New York Times article, “flushing workers without a college degree out of productive industries.” This feeds the overwrought narrative — brought to life vividly by film,...