Nicholas Shorter, PhD LiDAR and Image Processing Scientist - Harris, GCSD   Never heard of 3D reconstruction or LiDAR sensors? Wondering why this research is important or necessary? Visit the ‘What? Why? and How?’ for an expalantion behind the significance and some of the basics of my research.   Research interests: 3D reconstruction of buildings from LiDAR data and aerial imagery, building detection from LiDAR data, building detection from aerial imagery, registration of aerial imagery to LiDAR data, and unsupervised learning.   Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Nicholas Shorter received his Bachelors and Masters in Science of Electrical Engineering from the University Of Central Florida (UCF) in 2005 and 2006 respectively. During the Fall of 2007 he assisted Dean Gallagher in teaching Digital Signal Processing Applications. He has worked as a CAD and programming technician for Brian Cumming and Associates (Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Firm), an intern test engineer at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, and then as a research student for Dr. Batarseh (IEEE’s Future Energy Challenge Project). For UCF, Nicholas taught the Electronics II Lab, the Senior Design Lab, and then under his advisor's tutelage, taught Digital Signal Processing.  Working under his advisor, Dr. Takis Kasparis, Nicholas for his master's thesis focused on 3D Reconstruction of Buildings from Irregularly Spaced LiDAR and Aerial Imagery.  In April of 2007, Nicholas passed his PhD qualifier, and then in May of 2007 proposed, during his PhD Candidacy Exam, to focus his PhD studies on Automatic Building Detection from LiDAR & Aerial Imagery as well as Automatic Registration of LiDAR to Aerial Imagery.  In May of 2009, Nicholas successfully defended his dissertation.  During the Fall of 2009, Nicholas graduated with his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering.  Nicholas currently works as a software engineer for Harris Corporation.