{"id":111,"date":"2021-03-19T07:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T07:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cse.unl.edu\/~rquinones\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:02:13","slug":"111-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I am an <em>Assistant Professor<\/em> at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE). I received my Ph.D. in Engineering: Computer Engineering-Computer Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2022), and my Bachelors in Computer Engineering at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (2016). I also received my Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management (2025), and Masters in Crop Science (tentatively 2027). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">My research is focused at the intersection of <strong>Artificial Intelligence in<\/strong> <strong>Computer Vision, Agent-Based Modeling<\/strong>,<strong> and Resilienc<\/strong>e <strong>for<\/strong> <strong>agricultural and social-ecological systems<\/strong> . My work includes designing novel deep learning segmentation frameworks for 2D imagery, creating models to simulate various agricultural systems, and quantifying resilience in dynamic, complex systems. I utilize high-throughput, and supercomputing to processs information-dense datasets for more detailed evaluations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How we teach computers to understand pictures | Fei Fei Li\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40riCqvRoMs?start=121&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Fei Fei Li introducing computer vision and its importance for society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"With Spatial Intelligence, AI Will Understand the Real World | Fei-Fei Li | TED\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8NtMZ7VGmU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Fei Fei Li discussing the next generation of computer vision.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE). I received my Ph.D. in Engineering: Computer Engineering-Computer Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2022), and my Bachelors in Computer Engineering at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (2016). I also received my Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management (2025),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.siue.edu\/~rquinon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}