Shuo “Sean” Pang – CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics

Shuo "Sean" Pang

Assistant Professor of Optics & Photonics

CREOL A237

407-823-6869

pang@creol.ucf.edu

Education

Ph.D. Caltech, Electrical Engineering, 2013
M.S. Texas A&M, Biomedical Engineering, 2008
B.S. Tsinghua, Optical Engineering, 2006

Biography

Sean Pang is an Assistant Professor at College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech and conducted his postdoctoral research at Duke University. His current research focuses on developing computational imaging systems and novel processing methods for task-specific imaging and classification in both visible and X-ray regimes.

Awards & Honors

2019 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching College Award
2017 SPIE DCS Rising Researcher
2016 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award

Research Group

The research areas of Optical Imaging System Lab include computational imaging methods, machine learning, optical signal processing, novel contrast x-ray imaging, optical microscopy, optical design, micro-total analysis system, and their applications in biophotonics, industrial inspection and security screening.

Scientists & Postdocs

Students

Andrew Klein

Optics MS

Publications

Z. Zhu, J. Ulseth, G. Li, and S. Pang "Training of mixed-signal optical convolutional neural networks with reduced quantization levels" IEEE Access, 2169-3536 (2021) (2021)

S. Han, J. Li, Z. Zhu, A. Chew, E.W. Larsen, Y. Wu, S. Pang and Z. Chang "Tabletop attosecond X-rays in the water window" Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Volume 69, Academic Press ISBN: 9780128209875 (2020)

Z. Zhu, J. White, Z. Chang, and S. Pang "Attosecond pulse retrieval from noisy streaking traces with conditional variational generative network" Scientific Reports, 43583 (2020)

Z. Zhu, Y. Sun, J. White, Z. Chang, and S. Pang "Signal retrieval with measurement system knowledge using variational generative model" IEEE Access, 8(1), pp. 47963-47972 (2020)

J. Ulseth, Z. Zhu, Y. Sun, and S. Pang "Accelerated x-ray diffraction (tensor) tomography simulation using OptiX GPU ray-tracing engine" IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 66(12), pp. 2347-2354 (2019)

J. Zhao, Y. Sun, H. Zhu, Z. Zhu, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Schülzgen "Deep-learning cell imaging through Anderson localizing optical fiber" Advanced Photonics, 1(6), 066001 (2019)

Z. Zhu, H.-H. Huang, and S. Pang "Photon allocation strategy in region-of-interest tomographic imaging" IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 6, 125-137 (2019) (2019)

J. Zhao, M. Peysokhan, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, Y. Sun, B. Abaie, A. Mafi, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Schülzgen "A path to high-quality imaging through disordered optical fibers: a review" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D50-D60 (2019)

S. Pang and A. Schülzgen "Optics at CREOL: Introduction to the feature issue" Applied Optics, 58(13), UCF1 (2019)

Z. Zhu, A. Katsevich, and S. Pang "Interior x-ray diffraction tomography with low-resolution exterior information" Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(2), 025009 (2019)

Z. Zhu and S. Pang "Few-photon computed x-ray imaging" Applied Physical Letters, 113(23), pp. 231109 (2018)

J. Zhao , Y. Sun, Z. Zhu, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Pang, and A. Schülzgen "Deep learning imaging through fully-flexible glass-air disordered fiber" ACS Photonics 5(10), pp. 3930-3935 (2018)

Z. Zhu, R. Ellis and S. Pang "Coded cone-beam X-ray diffraction tomography with a low-brilliance table-top source" Optica, 5(6), pp. 733-738 (2018)

Z. Zhu and S. Pang "Three-dimensional reciprocal space X-ray coherent scattering tomography of two-dimensional object" Medical Physics, 45(4), pp. 1654-1661 (2018)

J. Zhao, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, Z. Zhu, D. Zheng, S. Pang, R. Amezcua-Correa and A. Schülzgen "Image transport through meter-long randomly disordered silica-air optical fiber" Scientific Reports, 8, 3065 (2018)

Z. Zhu, A. Katsevich, A. J. Kapadia, J.A. Greenberg and S. Pang "X-ray diffraction tomography with limited projection information" Scientific Reports, 8, 522 (2018)

G.G. Liu, Y.H. Lee, Y. Huang, Z. Zhu, G.J. Tan, M.Q. Cai, P.P. Li, D. Wang, Y.N. Li, S. Pang, C.H. Tu, S.T. Wu and H.T. Wang "Dielectric broadband meta-vector-polarizers based on nematic liquid crystal" APL Photonics, 2(12), 126102 (2017)

J Tang, Y Sun, S Pang and KY Han "Spatially encoded fast single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy with full field-of-view" Sci. Rep. 7, 10945 (2017)

Y. Y Sun, X. Yuan, and S. Pang "Compressive high-speed stereo imaging" Optics Express, 25(15), pp. 18182-18190 (2017)

X. Yuan, Y. Sun, and S. Pang "Compressive video sensing with side information" Applied Optics, 56(10), pp.2697-2704 (2017)