Pavan Turaga
Director and Professor,
School of Arts Media and Engineering
Other ASU affiliations
Health Solutions Ambassador,
College of Health Solutions
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
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Phone: 480-965-3704
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STAUFFER B-259 950 S. Forest Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 5802Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Pavan Turaga joined Arizona State University in 2011 jointly with the Schools of Arts, Media and Engineering and the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering. They received tenure in 2017 and were promoted to full Professor in 2022. Over the twelve years they have been at ASU in this joint position, they have initiated collaborations with media designers, artists, scientists, and engineers, on problems related to health and wellness, wearables, and eco-conservation more recently. Their research in machine learning has resulted in new algorithms for geometrical analysis of feature-spaces which leads to increased robustness in several end-applications.
They received the National Science Foundation's CAREER award in 2015, a Best Paper award from the Deep Learning meets Geometric Computing (DLGC) workshop in 2023, a Best Paper Honorable Mention from IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) in 2021, and a Best Paper Award in 2015 from the Computational Cameras and Displays (CCD) Workshop.
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland-College Park 2009
- B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India 2004
Research Website URL
Google Scholar URL
Research Interests
Machine learning, Deep-learning, Riemannian geometry, Topological methods, Computer Vision, Statistical and Geometric modeling, Modeling human activity, Multi-modal pattern analysis, Applications in mobile health, portable systems for rehab, experiential media-systems.
Research Group
Publications
Research Activity
- Spanias, Andreas, Ayyanar, Raja, Tepedelenlioglu, Cihan & Turaga, Pavan, CPS: Synergy: Image Modeling and Machine Learning Algorithms for Utility-Scale Solar Panel Monitoring. NSF-CPS, (10/1/16 - 9/30/20).
- Turaga, Pavan & Coleman, Grisha, CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Geometrical and Statistical Modeling of Space-Time symmetries for Human Action Analysis and Retraining. NSF-CCF-CIF (7/15/16 - 6/30/19)
- Spanias,Andreas Savva*, Turaga,Pavan Kumar, Turaga,Pavan Kumar. Collaborative Research: Integrated Development of Scalable Mobile Multidisciplinary Modules (SM3) for STEM Education. NSF-EHR-DUE(9/15/2015 - 8/31/2019).
- Turaga,Pavan Kumar*, Turaga,Pavan Kumar*. CAREER: Role of geometry in dynamical modeling of human movement: Applications to activity quality assessment across Euclidean non-Euclidean and. NSF-CISE-CCF(6/15/2015 - 5/31/2020).
- Turaga,Pavan Kumar*, Turaga,Pavan Kumar*. CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Geometry-aware and data-adaptive signal processing for resource constrained activity analysis. NSF-CISE-CCF(8/1/2013 - 7/31/2016).
- Turaga,Pavan Kumar*, Turaga,Pavan Kumar*. Adaptive Rehabilitation using Mixed-reality at Home: The (ARM at Home) Study. RIC(10/1/2012 - 12/31/2014).
- Turaga,Pavan Kumar*, Turaga,Pavan Kumar*. Compressive Sensing for Image Understanding. UNIV OF MARYLAND(12/1/2011 - 5/31/2016).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| AME 792 | Research |
| AME 592 | Research |
| AME 494 | Special Topics |
| AME 598 | Special Topics |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 294 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| CSE 584 | Internship |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 584 | Internship |
| CEN 584 | Internship |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 101 | ASU Media Arts & Sciences Exp |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CEN 584 | Internship |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| AME 792 | Research |
| AME 494 | Special Topics |
| AME 598 | Special Topics |
| AME 792 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| AME 101 | ASU Digital Culture Experience |
| AME 101 | ASU Digital Culture Experience |
| AME 101 | ASU Digital Culture Experience |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| AME 101 | ASU Digital Culture Experience |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 584 | Internship |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| AME 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 598 | Special Topics |
| AME 792 | Research |
| AME 494 | Special Topics |
| AME 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| EEE 515 | Machine Vision and Pattern Rec |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 584 | Internship |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| AME 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AME 494 | Special Topics |
| AME 598 | Special Topics |
| AME 792 | Research |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 520 | Understanding Activity |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AME 593 | Applied Project |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 320 | Motion Cap Integrative Sys |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 599 | Thesis |
| EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| EEE 792 | Research |
| EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 799 | Dissertation |
| EEE 592 | Research |
| AME 590 | Reading And Conference |
| AME 792 | Research |
| CEN 792 | Research |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| AME 484 | Internship |
| CEN 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CEN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 799 | Dissertation |
| CEN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AME 520 | Understanding Activity |
Honors / Awards
- Best paper award at the Deep Learning meets Geometric Computing (DLGC) workshop 2023.
- Best paper honorable mention at the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2021.
- Outstanding Reviewer Mention, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2019.
- Fulton Top 5% teaching award, 2019.
- National Science Foundation, CAREER award 2015.
- Best paper award, Computational Cameras and Displays Workshop, 2015.
- IEEE Outstanding Faculty, Phoenix Section, 2016.
- Distinguished Dissertation Award, University of Maryland, 2009.
- NSF Travel Award for CVPR Doctoral Consortium, 2009.
- Emerging Leader in Multimedia, IBM Corporation, 2008.
- Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2004.
Editorships
- Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2018-21).
- Associate editor, Elsevier Pattern Recognition Journal (2016-19).
- Special issue guest-editor for ACM Transactions on Multimedia (TOMM) on “Representation, Analysis and Recognition of 3D Humans”, 2017.
- Special issue guest-editor for Elsevier Pattern Recognition special issue on “Discriminative Feature Learning from Big Data for Visual Recognition”, Aug 2014-Aug 2015
Professional Associations
IEEE, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Computer Society
Service
- Senior Program Committee Member, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2019.
- Technical Area Chair, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2019.
- Area Chair, IEEE Face and Gesture (FG) 2019.
- Area chair for “Computer Vision and Robot Vision” track for IEEE Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)} 2016 and 2018.
- Founding workshop co-chair on “Differential Geometry in Computer Vision and Machine Learning (Diff-CVML)”, held in conjunction with the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) Sep 2015, and CVPR 2016-18.
- Local arrangements chair for “IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)” 2016.
- Co-chair of poster session on “Computational Imaging for Healthcare”, held at the IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP) Jan 2015.
- Panel-chair for “Video Summarization” at the joint NSF-FBI-DARPA workshop on Frontiers in Image and Video Analysis, Jan 2014.
- Co-delivered tutorial on “Video-Based Face Recognition”, at the IEEE Fifth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), September 2012.
- Co-delivered tutorial on “Differential Geometric techniques for Shape and Activity Analysis”, at IEEE CVPR, Rhode Island, June 2012. This is a premier computer vision venue.
- Chair of IEEE Phoenix Chapter of Signal Processing and Communication (SP-COM) April 2012-August 2015.
- Convener of Research Council, Herberger Institute for Design and Arts (2017-18).
- Chaired several joint HIDA and Fulton faculty search committees.