Curriculum Vitae
Brian D'Alessandro
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2012
Dissertation: Multispectral Imaging of Skin Lesions for Volumetric Chromophore Quantification - Master of Science in Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2009 - Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2008
Minor in Computer Science
Publications
- Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Lakshmi Ramesh, Ziqian Dong, Brian D'Alessandro, and Nirwan Ansari, "Implementation of a Parallel-Search Trie-Based Scheme for Fast IP Lookup," in Proceedings of the IASTED international Conference on Communication Systems, Networks, and Applications, Beijing, China, October 8-10, 2007, pp. 54-56. URL: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1650270.1650281 (PDF)
- Atam P. Dhawan, Brian D'Alessandro, "Multi-Parameter Segmentation Of Brain Images," in Proceedings of the 4th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER ’09), Antalya, Turkey, April 29 - May 2, 2009, pp. 222-225. DOI: 10.1109/NER.2009.5109273 (PDF)
- Atam P. Dhawan, Brian D'Alessandro, Sachin Patwardhan, Nizar Mullani, "Multispectral Optical Imaging of Skin-Lesions for Detection of Malignant Melanomas," in Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’09), Minneapolis, MN, September 3-6, 2009, pp. 5352-5355. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334045 (PDF)
- Brian D'Alessandro, Yun Q. Shi, "MP3 Bit Rate Quality Detection through Frequency Spectrum Analysis," in Proceedings of the 11th ACM Workshop on Multimedia and Security (MM&Sec ’09), Princeton, NJ, September 7-8, 2009, pp. 57-62. DOI: 10.1145/1597817.1597828 (PDF)
- Brian D'Alessandro, Atam P. Dhawan, "Multispectral Transillumination Imaging of Skin Lesions for Oxygenated and Deoxygenated Hemoglobin Measurement," in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’10), Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 31 - September 4, 2010, pp. 6637-6640. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627145 (PDF)
- Brian D'Alessandro, Atam P. Dhawan, "Depth-Dependent Hemoglobin Analysis from Multispectral Transillumination Images," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 2568-2571, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2059025 (PDF)
- Atam P. Dhawan, Brian D'Alessandro, Xiaolei Fu, "Optical Imaging Modalities for Biomedical Applications," IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 69-92, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2010.2081975 (PDF)
- Brian D'Alessandro, Atam P. Dhawan, Nizar Mullani, "Computer Aided Analysis of Epi-illumination and Transillumination Images of Skin Lesions for Diagnosis of Skin Cancers," in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston, MA, August 30 - September 3, 2011, pp. 3435-3438. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090929
- Brian D’Alessandro, Atam P. Dhawan, "Voxel-Based, Parallel Simulation of Light in Skin Tissue for the Reconstruction of Subsurface Skin Lesion Volumes," in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston, MA, August 30 - September 3, 2011, pp. 8448-8451. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092084
- Brian D’Alessandro, Mark Madsen, Ehsan Samei, Xiang Li, Jin Wooi-Tan, Kevin S. Berbaum, Kevin Schartz, Robert Caldwell, Lionel S. Zuckier, "Synthetic Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Images for Use in Perceptual Studies," Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 437-448, 2011. DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2011.06.007
- Brian D’Alessandro, Atam P. Dhawan, "Blood Oxygen Saturation Estimation in Transilluminated Images of Skin Lesions," accepted in Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI 2012), Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China, January 5-7, 2012.
Skills
- Image Analysis, Image Processing, Genetic Algorithms, Monte Carlo Simulation, Data Analysis, Classification, Computer Graphics, Website Design
- Languages: MATLAB, Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, 68000 Microprocessor Assembly Language, NVIDIA CUDA, LaTeX
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
- Applications: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio; Adobe Connect, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver; PSPICE
- Recreational: Reading, Guitar, Piano, Snowboarding, Photography, Computer Graphics, Chess, Scrabble, Juggling
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Professional Experience
- 2011-present: Image Analysis Scientist - R&D, Canfield Scientific, Fairfield, NJ
- Developed image analysis programs for cosmetic and clinical applications
- Developed and improved the automatic detection of various facial features for measurement and display
- 2009-2011: Doctoral Candidate - Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
- Research in multispectral imaging of skin lesions for early detection of skin cancers
- Developed a parallel processing simulation of light propagation in skin tissue
- Performed image feature extraction and selection for the classification of skin lesion severity
- Developed a skin phantom to test the proposed methods
- Goal of research is to reconstruct the depth, blood volume, and chromophore distribution of suspected skin lesions for early detection and diagnosis of skin cancer
- 2009-2011: Teaching Assistant - Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
- Instructor for ECE 395 Microprocessor Lab. Taught 117 students over eight classes
- Taught topics in assembly language programming & debugging, memory & register viewing, hardware interfacing
- Conducted lectures on MATLAB, image processing, and state machine design
- Selected for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for 2010
- 2009-2010: Research Assistant - Radiology Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
- Researched & analyzed 3D PET images of liver cancer for lesion classification in collaboration with a fourth year medical student
- Investigated the artificial generation of fake PET lesions and backgrounds for medical image perception validation
- 2008: Software Engineering Intern – TPF Development, IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Developed a driver on Linux to communicate with a server running on the IBM z/TPF operating system. Used sockets in C to send messages over TCP and UDP between systems
- Joined & collaborated with the Communications team on a new cryptography project. Wrote and tested a C function to import a symmetric key that was wrapped by a public key, decrypt that symmetric key using a private key, then add that symmetric key to a database of keys
- Developed a driver to stress test a mainframe system for the New York Police Department
- 2007: Research Scholar - Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
- Researched & studied nine existing packet classification algorithms for routing hardware
- Improved one algorithm using various researched concepts
- Wrote a program in Java to simulate and evaluate the performance of my algorithm compared to others, in terms of memory size and number of memory accesses
- 2005-2007: Electronic Technician - General Devices, Ridgefield, NJ
- Tested circuit boards for quality and functionality. Diagnosed and fixed circuit board failures using knowledge of circuit schematics, electronic lab equipment, and soldering
- Worked closely with full time engineers, participating in the design, testing, and production phases of product development
Honors & Awards
- Finalist in the Student Paper Competition for the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2011
- Finalist in the Student Paper Competition for the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2010
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department (2010)
- ECE Department Student Ambassador, In Recognition of Outstanding Performance in Academic Programs (2007)
- NJIT Provost Scholarship (2008-2009)
- NJ OSRP Scholarship (2004-2008)
- NJ Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholarship (2004-2008)
- Albert Dorman Honors College Scholarship (2004-2008)
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude (B.S.), achieved the Dean’s List every semester
Professional Affiliations
- Albert Dorman Honors College
- Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
- IEEE Student Member
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- IEEE Signal Processing Society
- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2010
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 2010-2011
