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Quinn Jones


I'm currently a third-year PhD student at the Vision Lab at WVU. My research interests include computer vision in the video and microscopy domains and their intersection with emerging virtual reality technologies.

In what spare time remains afterwards, I enjoy fine dining, strength training, rock climbing, postmodern art, and politics.

Name : Quinn Jones
Phone : 304 293 3484
Email : quinnkjones@gmail.com || qjones1@mix.wvu.edu
Resume : PDF

Employment

I have been working in software engineering and research since 2013 with experience ranging from virtual reality, SAAS, business intelligence, and most recently in machine learning especially as it pertains to computer vision in video, all while furthering my education.

  • 2013 - 2016

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    WVU Sensory Neuroscience Research Center

    Computer science researcher working in tandem with Neuroscientists to enable deeper study of the brain.

    Projects included:

    • Interactive CAVE Virtual Reality System for microscopy
    • Linear classifier for three-dimensional neuron models

  • 2015 - 2016

    Software Development Intern

    Nasa IV&V, Goddard Space Flight Center

    • Researched and Developed a report generating software solution
    • Learned and utilized .NET Framework, C# and Windows OpenXML
    • Space Network protocol simulation
    • Security analysis and intrusion training

  • 2016 - 2017

    Software Engineer

    IstoVisio Inc.

    Virtual Reality project for use with comtemporary head mounted display technology for Neuroscientists to inspect three-dimensional microscopy volumes.

    Features include: cross platform availability, integrated remote database services, and more.

    See syglass.io for more details.

  • 2016 - Present

    Ruby Distinguished Doctoral Fellow

    WVU Vision Lab

    After receiving one of five Ruby Fellowships conferred in 2016 I've begun my research career in earnest under the mentorship of Dr. Gianfranco Doretto.

    My research focuses on applications to Computer Vision in the video domain such as the potential uses of LSTM networks and tasks such as person recognition on datasets such as Youtube Faces or PaSC

Education

I have been studying computer science and computer engineering since 2011. In that capacity WVU has served me well in expanding my understanding of mathematics, physics, design, and the nature of knowledge itself.

  • 2011 - 2016

    Joint BS in Computer Science and Computer Engineering

    West Virginia University

    Study and research including Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, and Mobile Medical Devices.

    Graduated Summa Cum Laude and Honors College Alumnus
  • 2016 - Present

    PhD in Computer Science

    West Virginia University

    Currently studying towards a PhD in Computer Science with an emphasis in knowledge-systems, e.g. Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Structure from Motion, Stochastic Systems, and more.

Awards and Membership

Publications and Presentations

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12/04/2018

Deep Supervised Hashing with Spherical Embedding

Asian Conference on Computer Vision

Stanislav Pidhorskyi, Quinn Jones, Saeid Motiian, Donald Adjeroh, and Gianfranco Doretto

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12/04/2017

Few-Shot Adversarial Domain Adaptation

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Saeid Motiian, Quinn Jones, Seyed Iranmanesh, Gianfranco Doretto

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03/30/2014

Braintrek: An immersive environment for investigating neuronal tissue

IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces

M. Morehead, Q. Jones, J. Blatz, P. Holcomb, J. Schultz, T. DeFanti, M. Ellisman, G. Doretto, and G. A. Spirou

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03/04/2015

Automatic Classification of Neuron Morphology

Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol (URDC)

Quinn Jones, Michael Morehead, George A. Spirou, and Gianfranco Doretto

Poster PDF
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12/01/2016

Immersive virtual reality portal into cellular and subcellular brain structure

WVCTSI Annual Meeting

M. Morehead, S. Pidhorskyi, Q. Jones, J Nguyen, H. Zheng, N. Spencer, T. Scott, J. Brack, G. Spirou, and G. Doretto.

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07/31/2016

LabBook: Virtual notebook for organizing scientic visualization

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Retreat

J Nguyen, M. Morehead, S. Pidhorskyi, Q. Jones, H. Zheng, J. Brack, N. Spencer, G. Spirou, and G. Doretto. and G. A. Spirou

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07/31/2016

syGlass: Interactive and immersive scientific visualization

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Retreat

Quinn Jones, Michael Morehead, George A. Spirou, and Gianfranco Doretto

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07/24/2014

Automatic classification of neuron morphology by age or type

Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Q. K. Jones, M. D. Morehead, G. A. Spirou, and G. Doretto.

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01/30/2014

The implementation of a virtual reality system to aid neuroscience research

Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol (URDC)

Q. K. Jones, M. Morehead, J. M. Blatt, T. Iyalla, G. Spirou, and G. Doretto.

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07/25/2013

The implementation of a virtual reality system for the purpose of neuroscience research

Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Q. K. Jones, M. Morehead, J. M. Blatt, T. Iyalla, G. Spirou, and G. Doretto.