Planetary Imaging & Earth Hazards

The Olugboji Lab rocked Pasadena 2026! We showcased AkiNET, Spec2Vec, CRISP-RF, and ArrayBayes—our explainable AI toolkit for extracting signals from noise, monitoring submarine volcanoes, and probing the deep mantle. From imaging African rifting to engaging with global experts, it was

We are thrilled to announce that our second-year Ph.D. student, Sayan Swar, has received the UofR GEPA travel award to support his conference travel to Pasadena, California. He will be presenting his frontier work at the upcoming SSA conference on

The Olugboji Planetary Imaging Lab has secured a competitive allocation on the upcoming Empire AI Beta supercomputer. Our proposal, “Planetary Imaging with AI,” was awarded 3,000 service units on the cutting-edge DGX GB200 NVL72 SuperPOD architecture. Starting March 2026, this

We are thrilled to announce that our first-year Ph.D. student, Molly Maenner, has been selected for a highly competitive research school in Bayrischzell, Germany, focused on advanced cryo-seismology. This workshop perfectly aligns with Molly’s interdisciplinary research, which sits at the

We are proud to announce that Canberk Eckmeki has successfully defended his dissertation: “Uncertainty quantification for learning based computational imaging.” Co-advised by myself and Professors Mujdat and Mateos (ECE), Canberk’s defense on December 5 marks the culmination of a successful

Huge congratulations to former lab member Siyu Xue (now PhD at Cornell) on her new paper! AkiNet: A Physics-Informed AI for Wave Extraction from Noise is now published in JGR: Machine Learning and Computation. This work advances seismic imaging by

Our 2nd PhD, Dr. Carr, successfully defended his four-paper dissertation: “Seismic Constraints on the Origins of Continental Mantle Stratification.” A phenomenal 4.5-year journey culminates in this achievement. We are immensely proud and excited for his future!

Dr. Olugboji presented research on planetary imaging and continental evolution at historic campuses (Oxford, Cambridge), GFZ, and Gordon Conferences (Cambridge). Check out the recordings, including the Rifts Seminar lecture, here: [Link: https://www.sas.rochester.edu/ees/urseismo/presentation/].

The Olugboji Imaging Lab is co-convening the AfricaArray Workshop (Jan 12-15, 2026, SAfrica). Theme: “Bridging Tectonics and Societal Needs” to explore geoscience’s role in Africa’s green economy transition. Funded by NSF & U. of Witwatersrand. [Link: https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/africaarraymeeting2026/agenda]

Fresh off his travels presenting at the CIG and Gordon research conferences, our PhD student Jean-Joel Legre has just published his latest paper. In this new work, Jean-Joel tackles a fundamental question: what creates the distinct layers, or “discontinuities,” deep