Publications

Book chapters

E. Hoppe, B. Bruckno, E. Campbell, S. Acton, A. Vaccari, M. Stuecheli, A. Bohane, G. Falorni, and J. Morgan, “Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing,” in Materials and Infrastructures 1, J.-M. Torrenti and F. La Torre, Eds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016, ch.14, pp.185-198. DOI: 10.1002/9781119318583.ch14

Refereed journals

M. Dombrovski, Y.P. Martin, J-Y Park, A. Vaccari, M. Sumathipala, C. Morrow, P.  Breads, A. Zhao, Y.Z. Kurmangaliyev, P. Sanfilippo, A. Rehan, J. Polsky, S. Alghailani, E. Tenshaw, S. Namiki, S.L. Zipursky, and G. Card, "Synaptic gradients transform object location to action," Nature, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05562-8

M. Dombrovski, A. Kim, L. Poussard, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, E. Spillman, B. Condron, and Q. Yuan, “A Plastic Visual Pathway Regulates Cooperative Behavior in Drosophila Larvae,” Current Biology, Vol.29, No.11, pp.1866-1876, 3 Jun 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.060

S. Da Mesquita, A. Louveau, A. Vaccari, I. Smirnov, R. C. Cornelison, K. M. Kingsmore, C. Contarino, S. Onengut-Gumusc, E. Farbez, D. Raper, K. E. Viar, W. Baker, N. Dabhi, S. Rich, J. M. Munson, C. C. Overall, S. T. Acton, and J. Kipnis, “CNS-drain in glymphatics play a key role in age-dependent cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s pathology,” Nature, Vol.560, pp.185-191, 25 Jul 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0368-8

K. Kingsmore, A. Vaccari, D. Abler, S. X. Cui, F. H. Epstein, R. C. Rockne, S. T. Acton, and J. Munson, “MRI analysis to map interstitial flow in the brain tumor microenvironment,” APL Bioengineering, Vol.2, No.3, pp.031905, 26 Jun 2018. DOI: 10.1063/1.5023503

N. Tabassum, A. Vaccari, and S. T. Acton, “Speckle Removal and Change Preservation by Distance-Driven Anisotropic Diffusion of Synthetic Aperture Radar Temporal Stacks,” Digital Signal Processing, Vol.74, pp.43-55, 12 Dec 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2017.11.013

A. Vaccari, T. Batabyal, N. Tabassum, E. Hoppe, B. Bruckno, and S. T. Acton, “Integrating remote sensing data in decision support systems for transportation asset management,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 15 Jul 2018. DOI: 10.1177/0361198118786645

M. Dombrovski, L. Poussard, K. Moalem, L. Kmecova, N. Hogan, E. Schot, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, and B. Condron, “Cooperative behavior emerges amongst Drosophila larvae,” Current Biology, Vol.27, No.18, pp. 2821-2826, 14 Sep 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.054

E. Hoppe, K. Young-Jun, B. Bruckno, S. Acton, L. Bolton, A. Becker, and A. Vaccari, “Historical Analysis of Tunnel Approach Displacements Using Satellite Remote Sensing,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol.2510, pp.15-23, 2015. DOI: 10.3141/2510-03

A. Vaccari, M. Stuecheli, B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, and S. T. Acton, “Detection of geophysical features in InSAR point cloud data sets using spatiotemporal models,” International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.24, No.22, p.8215-8234, 2013. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.833357

P. G. Huggard, B. N. Ellison, P. Shen, N. J. Gomes, P. A. Davies, W. Shillue, A. Vaccari, and J. M. Payne, “Generation of millimetre and sub-millimetre waves by photomixing in 1.55um wavelength photodiode,” Electronics Letters, vol.38, no.7, pp.327-328, 28 Mar 2002. DOI: 10.1049/el:20020202

P. G. Huggard, B. N. Ellison, P. Shen, N. J. Gomes, P. A. Davies, W. Shillue, A. Vaccari, and J. M. Payne, “Efficient generation of guided millimeter-wave power by photomixing,” Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, vol.14, no.2, pp.197-199, Feb. 2002. DOI: 10.1109/68.980513

V. Lacquaniti, S. Maggi, E. Monticone, R. Steni, and A. Vaccari, “Magnetic-field dependence of the critical current of single and stacked Josephson junctions with large idle regions,” Il Nuovo Cimento D, vol.19, no.8-9, pp.1381-1387, Jan 1997. DOI: 10.1007/BF03185436

Conference proceeding (refereed)

A. Vaccari, M. Dombrovski, "FlySeg: An Automated Volumetric Instance Segmentation Algorithm for Dense Nuclei Populations in Drosophila Melanogaster Visual Projection Neurons," (accepted) 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, 2023, pp. xx-xx.

T. Batabyal, A. Vaccari, S. T. Acton, “NeuroBFD: Size-independent automated classification of neurons using conditional distributions of morphological features,” 2018 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Washington, DC, 2018, pp. 912-915. 

J. Wang, R. Sarkar, A. Aziz, A. Vaccari, A. Gahlmann, S. T. Acton, “Bact-3D: A level set segmentation approach for dense multi-layered 3D bacterial biofilm,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Beijing, 2017, pp. 330-334.

D. K. Harris, M. Alipour, S. T. Acton, L. R. Masseri, A. Vaccari, L. E. Barnes, “The Citizen Engineer: Urban Infrastructure Monitoring Via Crowd-Sourced Data Analytics,” Structures Congress 2017: Business, Professional Practice, Education, Research, and Disaster Management, Denver, CO, USA, 2017, pp. 495-510.

R. Sarkar, A. Vaccari, S. T. Acton, “SSPARED: Saliency and sparse code analysis for rare event detection in video,” 2016 IEEE 12th Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop (IVMSP), Bordeaux, France, 2016, pp. 1-5.

T. Batabyal, S. T. Acton, and A. Vaccari, “UGrAD: A Graph-theoretic Framework for Classification of Activity with Complementary Graph Boundary Detection,” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2016, pp. 1339-1343.

T. Batabyal, A. Vaccari, and S. T. Acton, “LaWeCo: Active region detection in non-uniformly sampled data using Laplacian-weighted covariance,” 2016 IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), Santa Fe, NM, 2016, pp. 129-132.

T. Batabyal, A. Vaccari, and S. T. Acton, "UGraSP: A unified framework for activity recognition and person identification using graph signal processing," Image Processing (ICIP), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, Quebec City, QC, 2015, pp. 3270-3274. Top 10% paper award.

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, and E. Campbell, “Integration and delivery of interferometric synthetic aperture radar [InSAR] data into stormwater planning within karst terranes,” Proceedings of the 14th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, October 5-9, 2015, Rochester, Minnesota

E. Hoppe, K. Young-Jun, B. Bruckno, S. Acton, L. Bolton, A. Becker, and A. Vaccari, “Historical Analysis of Tunnel Approach Displacements Using Satellite Remote Sensing (15-4928),” TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2015. (Revised and updated for the TRB journal). 

E. Hoppe, B. Bruckno, E. Campbell, S. Acton, A. Vaccari, M. Stuecheli, A. Bohane, G. Falorni, and J. Morgan, “Transportation infrastructure monitoring using satellite remote sensing,” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Arena 2014, Paris, France, September 2014. Oral presentation awards for industrial application and selected for J. Wiley thematic volume on infrastructure monitoring.

B. S. Bruckno, A. Vaccari, E. Hoppe, W. Niemann, and E. Campbell, “Validation of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar as a Tool for Identification of Geohazards and At-Risk Transportation Infrastructure,” Proceedings of the 64th Highway Geology Symposium, North Conway, New Hampshire, Sept. 9-12, 2013

M. Stuecheli, A. Vaccari, and S. T. Acton, “Graph cut segmentation of sparsely sampled images with application to InSAR-measured changes in elevation,” Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2012 IEEE Southwest Symposium on, pp.149-152, 22-24 April 2012

J. Payne, B. Shillue, and A. Vaccari, “Photonic techniques for use on the Atacama Large Millimeter Array,” Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP ‘99. International Topical Meeting on, vol.1, pp.105-108, 1999

G. Sironi, G. Boella, G. Bonelli, M. Gervasi, A. Vaccari, and M. Zannoni, “The long wavelength spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background,” AIP Conf. Proc. 476, pp.149-153, 1998 

M. Gervasi, G. Boella, F. Cavaliere, A. Passerini, M. Saglimbeni, R. Sgro, G. Sironi, M. Tucci, A. Vaccari, and M. Zannoni, “Search for Cosmic Microwave Background polarization,” AIP Conf. Proc. 476, pp.154-164, 1998

M. Zannoni, G. Boella, G. Bonelli, F. Cavaliere, M. Gervasi, A. Lagostina, A. Passerini, G. Sironi, and A. Vaccari, “TRIS EXPERIMENT: a search for spectral distortions in the CMB spectrum close to 1 GHz,” AIP Conf. Proc. 476, pp.165-173, 1998 

G. Sironi, G. Boella, M. Gervasi, M. Potenza, A. Vaccari, F. Villa, V. Natale, G. Tofani, D. Andreone, and L. Brunetti, "A 94 GHz radiometer operating a SIS mixer,” Conference Proceedings – Italian Physical Society, vol. 58, pp.248-256, 1998

Conference presentations (refereed abstract)

M. Dombrovski, A. Vaccari, Y.Z. Kurmangaliyev, G.M. Card, and S.L. Zipursky, "Within-cell-type synaptic specificity underlying a visuomotor transformation," Neurobiology of Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor, NY, October 3-7, 2023.

M. Dombrovski, A. Vaccari, Y.Z. Kurmangaliyev, G.M. Card, and S.L. Zipursky, "Investigating the determinants of within-cell-type synaptic specificity," The Role of Adhesion Complexes, Cell Recognition, and Neural Activity during Circuit Assembly, Janelia - Ashburn, VA, May 21-24, 2023.

M. Dombrovski, Y.Z. Kurmangaliyev, A. Vaccari, S. L.Zipursky, and G.M. Card, “Circuit wiring strategies underlying visuomotor transformation in Drosophila,” Neurobiology of Drosophila, Virtual, October 5-8, 2021

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, and E. Campbell, “Integration of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Data into Geotechnical Planning and Design (P15-5128),” Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting Final Program, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2015

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, and E. Campbell, “New applications for interferometric synthetic aperture radar [InSAR]: interpretation of persistent, distributed, and temporary scatterers for geohazard and infrastructure monitoring and evaluation,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 3, April 10-11, 2014

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, and E. Campbell, “New applications for interferometric synthetic aperture radar [InSAR]: Field validation studies of persistent, distributed, and temporary scatterers,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 2, March 23-25, 2014

A. Vaccari, B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, S. Acton, and E. Campbell, “Delivering geohazard and geotechnical data: From the satellite to the field,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 2, March 23-25, 2014

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, and E. Campbell, “Validation of new applications for interferometric synthetic aperture radar [InSAR] data: Geohazards and infrastructure distress,” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 7, p.719, October 27-30, 2013

Conference proceedings (invited)

N. Tabassum, A. Vaccari and S. T. Acton, "Speckle removal by distance-driven anisotropic diffusion of SAR temporal stacks," 2015 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2015, pp. 1584-1588, doi: 10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421414.

A. Vaccari, and S. T. Acton, “Spatiotemporal Gaussian feature detection in sparsely sample data with application to InSAR,” Proceedings of the SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 Apr. – 3 May, 2013

A. Vaccari, K. K. Gamage, S. Nachum, B. Condron, C. D. Deppmann and S. T. Acton, "Assessment of Wallerian degeneration by automated image analysis," 2012 Conference Record of the Forty Sixth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2012, pp. 1583-1587, doi: 10.1109/ACSSC.2012.6489296.

Invited talks

A. Vaccari, and Q. Sang, “Automated Analysis of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Images for Monitoring the Transportation Infrastructure,” 1st Symposium on Cyber-Physical Systems at WVU Tech, Montgomery, WV, May 2, 2013 

Workshops

E. Hoppe, A. Bohane, G. Falorni, B. Bruckno, A. Vaccari, F. J. Meyer, and M. Pritchard, “InSAR Remote Sensing for Performance Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure at the Network Level,” 2015 NISAR Applications Workshop, Moffett Field, CA, October 13-15, 2015.

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, S. Acton, and A. Vaccari, “Updates to applications of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar to sinkhole detection and rock slope monitoring (P15-6523),” Workshop: 110 - Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications, Transportation Research Board - 94rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 2015

B. Bruckno, E. Hoppe, A. Vaccari, S. Acton, E. Campbell, and W. Niemann, “New Applications for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar [InSAR]: Interpretation of Scatterers for Rock Slope Evaluation,” Virginia Geological Research Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 17, 2014

E. Hoppe, B. Bruckno, E. Campbell, S. Acton, A. Vaccari, M. Stuecheli, A. Bohane, G. Falorni, and J. Morgan, “Interferometric synthetic aperture radar applications at the Virginia Department of Transportation (P14-2178),” Workshop: 148 - Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications, Transportation Research Board - 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 12-16, 2014

A. Vaccari, M. Stuecheli, S.T. Acton, and B.S. Bruckno, “Monitoring the transportation infrastructure with satellite-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)," 13th Annual Technical Joint Forum, Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia, Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines, Harrisonburg, VA, July 30 to August 1, 2013

S. T. Acton, M. Stuecheli, A. Vaccari, E. Hoppe, and B. Bruckno, “Model for Sinkhole detection by InSAR,” TRB Sensing Technologies, Washington, DC, January 13, 2013

Posters (refereed)

E. Hoppe, A. Bohane, G. Falorni, B. Bruckno, A. Vaccari, F. J. Meyer, and M. Pritchard, “InSAR Remote Sensing for Performance Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure at the Network Level,” Transportation Research Arena 2016 Marketplace, Warsaw, Poland, April 18-21, 2016.