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Limor Eger
Information Sciences and Systems (ISS) Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boston University
8 Saint Mary's Street
Boston, MA 02215, USA

Phone (office): 617 358 3862
Email: limor@bu.edu
 
About me
I am a Ph.D. candidate working with Prof. W. Clem Karl and Prof. Prakash Ishwar in the Information Sciences and Systems (ISS) Laboratory at Boston University. I received an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boston University in 2010 and a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel in 2006. In 2007-2008 I was as a teaching assistant at Boston University for the courses 'Signal and Systems' and 'Probablity'. In 2005-2007 I worked in Winbond Israel as a chip design engineer.
 
Research
Research topic: Multi-Energy X-ray Computed Tomography reconstruction and classification algorithms for explosives detection.
This project is part of ALERT - a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, and in collaboration with Prof. Homer Pien of MGH radiology department.
 
Publications
  • L. Eger, P. Ishwar, W. C. Karl, and H. Pien, “Classification-aware Methods for Explosives Detection using Multi-Energy X-ray Computed Tomography,” Research and Industry Collaboration Conference, Oct 2011.
  • L. Eger, S. Do, P. Ishwar, W. C. Karl, and H. Pien, “A Learning Based Approach to Explosives Detection Using Multi-Energy X-Ray Computed Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Acoust. Speech Sig. Proc., 2011.
  • L. Eger, P. Ishwar, W. C. Karl, and H. Pien, “Classification-aware dimensionality reduction methods for explosives detection using multi-energy X-ray computed tomography”, Proc. SPIE 7873, Computational Imaging IX, 2011.
  • L. Eger, S. Do, P. Ishwar, W. C. Karl, and H. Pien, “A Learning-based Method for Explosives Detection from Multi-energy X-ray Computed Tomography Measurements,” CenSSIS Research and Industry Collaboration Conference, Oct 2010.
  • L. Eger, S. Do, P. Ishwar, W. C. Karl, and H. Pien, “ Implementation of an image-based dual-energy method for explosives detection on real CT data,” CenSSIS Research and Industry Collaboration Conference, Oct 2009.
  • B. Rafaely, I. Balmages, and L. Eger, “High-resolution plane-wave decomposition in an auditorium using a dual-radius scanning spherical microphone array,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 2661, 2007.
  • B. Rafaely, I. Balmages, and L. Eger, “High-order wave decomposition using a dual-radius spherical microphone array,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3225, 2006.

Presentations and workshops
  • “Study of material discrimination using multi-energy X-ray computed tomography for explosives detection,” talk given at The 5th Annual DHS Science Conference’s Student Day, Washington D.C., March 2011.
  • Participant in the 1st and 2nd UK-US Greenfield Aviation Security Workshops, Hoboken, NJ, Aug 2011 and London, UK, Dec 2011.

Awards
  • Honorable Mention Poster Award, Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference (RICC), 2011.
  • Department award for outstanding final project, Ben-Gurion University, 2006.

Other interests