Matthew Brand
- Phone: 617-621-7500
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Position:
Research / Technical Staff
MERL Fellow -
Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994 -
Research Areas:
- Optimization
- Computer Vision
- Data Analytics
- Control
- Applied Physics
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Communications
- Machine Learning
- Speech & Audio
- Digital Video
- Human-Computer Interaction
Matt's Quick Links
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Biography
Matt develops and analyzes optimization algorithms for problems in logistics, control, perception, data-mining, and learning. Notable results include methods for parallel solution of quadratic programs, recomposing photos by re-arranging pixels, nonlinear dimensionality reduction, online singular value decomposition, 3D shape-from-video, and learning concise models of data. In addition to academic "best paper" awards, this work has garnered several industrial awards for commercialized technologies.
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Internships with Matt
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SA1573: Design and simulation of metasurface optics using deep learning
MERL is seeking a highly motivated, qualified individual to join our internship program and conduct research in the area of metasurface optic device simulation and design using deep learning. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in the simulation (such as Lumerical FDTD or open-source equivalents), design, and testing of metasurface optics, as well as hands-on experience in deep learning (such as autoencoders and GANs using Tensorflow/Keras/PyTorch). Experience in related fields (silicon photonics, plasmonics, optimization algorithms, machine learning, etc.,) would be considered a plus. Candidates who hold a Ph.D. or are in their senior years of a Ph.D. program are encouraged to apply.
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MERL Publications
- , "Data-driven freeform irradiance tailoring", OSA Optical Design and Fabrication Congress, June 2019.BibTeX TR2019-043 PDF
- @inproceedings{Brand2019jun,
- author = {Brand, Matthew E. and Birch, Daniel A.},
- title = {Data-driven freeform irradiance tailoring},
- booktitle = {OSA Optical Design and Fabrication Congress},
- year = 2019,
- month = jun,
- issn = {978-1-943580-60-6},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-043}
- }
- , "Freeform irradiance tailoring for light fields", Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.00A611, Vol. 27, No. 12, pp. A611-A619, May 2019.BibTeX TR2019-019 PDF
- @article{Brand2019may,
- author = {Brand, Matthew E. and Birch, Daniel A.},
- title = {Freeform irradiance tailoring for light fields},
- journal = {Optics Express},
- year = 2019,
- volume = 27,
- number = 12,
- pages = {A611--A619},
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1364/OE.27.00A611},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2019-019}
- }
- , "Tri-tone freeforms", Laser Display and Lighting Conference, April 2018.BibTeX TR2018-043 PDF
- @inproceedings{Brand2018apr,
- author = {Brand, Matthew E.},
- title = {Tri-tone freeforms},
- booktitle = {Laser Display and Lighting Conference},
- year = 2018,
- month = apr,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-043}
- }
- , "Convergent Block Coordinate Descent for Training Tikhonov Regularized Deep Neural Networks", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2017.BibTeX TR2017-140 PDF
- @inproceedings{Ziming2017dec,
- author = {Ziming, Zhang and Brand, Matthew E.},
- title = {Convergent Block Coordinate Descent for Training Tikhonov Regularized Deep Neural Networks},
- booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)},
- year = 2017,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-140}
- }
- , "Sharp images from freeform optics and extended light sources", OSA Frontiers in Optics, DOI: 10.1364/FIO.2016.FW5H.2, October 2016.BibTeX TR2016-135 PDF
- @inproceedings{Brand2016oct,
- author = {Brand, Matthew E. and Aksoylar, Aydan},
- title = {Sharp images from freeform optics and extended light sources},
- booktitle = {OSA Frontiers in Optics},
- year = 2016,
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1364/FIO.2016.FW5H.2},
- isbn = {978-1-943580-19-4},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-135}
- }
- , "Data-driven freeform irradiance tailoring", OSA Optical Design and Fabrication Congress, June 2019.
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Software Downloads
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Videos
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MERL Issued Patents
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Title: "Methods and Systems for Freeform Irradiance Tailoring for Light Fields"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Birch, Daniel
Patent No.: 10,837,621
Issue Date: Nov 17, 2020 -
Title: "Compound Optics with Freeform Optical Surface"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 10,234,689
Issue Date: Mar 19, 2019 -
Title: "Freeform Optical Surface for Producing Sharp-Edged Irradiance Patterns"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 10,119,679
Issue Date: Nov 6, 2018 -
Title: "Tailored Freeform Optical Surface"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Aksoylar, Aydan
Patent No.: 9,869,866
Issue Date: Jan 16, 2018 -
Title: "Method for Determining a Sequence for Drilling Holes According to a Pattern using Global and Local Optimization"
Inventors: Garaas, Tyler W; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,703,915
Issue Date: Jul 11, 2017 -
Title: "MPC Controllers Using Parallel Quadratic Programming"
Inventors: Di Cairano, Stefano; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,618,912
Issue Date: Apr 11, 2017 -
Title: "Method for Generating Representations Polylines Using Piecewise Fitted Geometric Primitives"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Marks, Tim; MV, Rohith
Patent No.: 9,613,443
Issue Date: Apr 4, 2017 -
Title: "Method for Generating Trajectory for Numerical Control Process"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Agrawal, Amit K.; Erdim, Huseyin
Patent No.: 9,513,623
Issue Date: Dec 6, 2016 -
Title: "System and Method for Planning a Radiation Therapy Treatment"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,251,302
Issue Date: Feb 2, 2016 -
Title: "Method and System for Cutting Features From Sheet Materials With a Laser Cutter According to a Pattern"
Inventors: Garaas, Tyler W; Brand, Matthew E.; Josef, Cibulka
Patent No.: 9,248,525
Issue Date: Feb 2, 2016 -
Title: "Method for Reconstructing 3D Lines from 2D Lines in an Image"
Inventors: Ramalingam, Srikumar; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,183,635
Issue Date: Nov 10, 2015 -
Title: "System and Method for Controlling Machines According to Pattern of Contours"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,104,192
Issue Date: Aug 11, 2015 -
Title: "Method and System for Detouring Around Features Cut From Sheet Materials with a Laser Cutter According to a Pattern"
Inventors: Garaas, Tyler W; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 9,046,888
Issue Date: Jun 2, 2015 -
Title: "Method for Scheduling Cars in Elevator Systems to Minimizes Round-Trip Times"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,950,555
Issue Date: Feb 10, 2015 -
Title: "Method for Performing Image Processing Applications Using Quadratic Programming"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Chen, Dongui
Patent No.: 8,761,533
Issue Date: Jun 24, 2014 -
Title: "Method for Solving Control Problems"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Yao, Chen; Shilpiekandula, Vijay
Patent No.: 8,554,343
Issue Date: Oct 8, 2013 -
Title: "Method for Optimization Radiotherapy Particle Beams"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,492,735
Issue Date: Jul 23, 2013 -
Title: "Motion Planning for Elevator Cars Moving Independently in One Elevator Shaft"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,424,651
Issue Date: Apr 23, 2013 -
Title: "Motion Planning for Elevator Cars Moving Independently in One Elevator Shaft"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,424,650
Issue Date: Apr 23, 2013 -
Title: "Content Aware Resizing of Images and Videos"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Shamir, Ariel; Rubinstein, Michael; Avidan, Shmuel
Patent No.: 8,380,010
Issue Date: Feb 19, 2013 -
Title: "Method and System for Localizing in Urban Environments From Omni-Direction Skyline Images"
Inventors: Ramalingam, Srikumar; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,311,285
Issue Date: Nov 13, 2012 -
Title: "Method for Temporally Editing Video"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,290,298
Issue Date: Oct 16, 2012 -
Title: "Method for Editing Images and Videos"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,290,297
Issue Date: Oct 16, 2012 -
Title: "Method for Determining a Location From Images Acquired of an Environment with an Omni-Directional Camera"
Inventors: Ramalingam, Srikumar; Brand, Matthew E.; Bouaziz, Sofien
Patent No.: 8,249,302
Issue Date: Aug 21, 2012 -
Title: "Method and Apparatus for Touching-Up Images"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Pletscher, Patrick A.
Patent No.: 8,160,396
Issue Date: Apr 17, 2012 -
Title: "Resource Allocation for Rateless Transmissions"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 8,155,048
Issue Date: Apr 10, 2012 -
Title: "Method for Routing Packets in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks withProbabilistic Delay Guarantees"
Inventors: Molisch, Andreas F.; Brand, Matthew E.; Maymounkov, Petar B.
Patent No.: 8,040,810
Issue Date: Oct 18, 2011 -
Title: "Method for Routing Packets in Ad-Hoc Networks with Partial Channel State Information"
Inventors: Molisch, Andreas F.; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,822,029
Issue Date: Oct 26, 2010 -
Title: "Method for Finding Minimal Cost Paths under Uncertainty"
Inventors: Nikolova, Evdokia V.; Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,756,021
Issue Date: Jul 13, 2010 -
Title: "Method and System for Determining Instantaneous Peak Power Consumption in Elevator Banks"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 7,743,890
Issue Date: Jun 29, 2010 -
Title: "Method for Finding Optimal Paths Using a Stochastic NetworkModel"
Inventors: Mitzenmacher, Michael D.; Brand, Matthew E.; Nikolova, Evdokia V.
Patent No.: 7,573,866
Issue Date: Aug 11, 2009 -
Title: "System and Method for Scheduling Elevator Cars Using Pairwise Delay Minimization"
Inventors: Nikovski, Daniel N.; Brand, Matthew E.; Ebner, Dietmar
Patent No.: 7,546,905
Issue Date: Jun 16, 2009 -
Title: "System and Method for Scheduling Elevator Cars Using Branch-and-Bound"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Nikovski, Daniel N.; Ebner, Dietmar
Patent No.: 7,484,597
Issue Date: Feb 3, 2009 -
Title: "On-Line Recommender System"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,475,027
Issue Date: Jan 6, 2009 -
Title: "Method for Generating a Low-Dimensional Representation of High-Dimensional Data"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,412,098
Issue Date: Aug 12, 2008 -
Title: "Incremental Singular Value Decomposition of Incomplete Data"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,359,550
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2008 -
Title: "Variable Multilinear Models for Facial Synthesis"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,133,048
Issue Date: Nov 7, 2006 -
Title: "Method and System for Scheduling Cars in Elevator Systems Considering Existing and Future Passengers"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 7,014,015
Issue Date: Mar 21, 2006 -
Title: "Method for Determining Poses of Sensors"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,006,944
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2006 -
Title: "Modeling Shapes, Motions, Flexions and Textures of Non-Rigid 3D Objects Directly from Video"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 7,006,683
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2006 -
Title: "Method for Mapping High-Dimensional Samples to Reduced-Dimensional Manifolds"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,947,042
Issue Date: Sep 20, 2005 -
Title: "Rendering Deformable 3D Models Recovered from Videos"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,873,724
Issue Date: Mar 29, 2005 -
Title: "Analysis, Synthesis and Control of Data Signals with Temporal Textures Using a Linear Dynamic System"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,864,897
Issue Date: Mar 8, 2005 -
Title: "Optimal Parking of Free Cars in Elevator Group Control"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 6,808,049
Issue Date: Oct 26, 2004 -
Title: "Method for Generating Realistic Facial Animation Directly from Speech Utilizing Hidden Markov Models"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,735,566
Issue Date: May 11, 2004 -
Title: "Method and System for Dynamic Programming of Elevators for Optimal Group Elevator Control"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.; Nikovski, Daniel N.
Patent No.: 6,672,431
Issue Date: Jan 6, 2004 -
Title: "Method for Acquiring Static and Dynamic Super-Resolution Texture Maps from Video"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,650,335
Issue Date: Nov 18, 2003 -
Title: "Method for Designing Optimal Single Pointer Predictive Keyboards and Apparatus Therefore"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,646,572
Issue Date: Nov 11, 2003 -
Title: "Method for Predicting Keystroke Characters on Single Pointer Keyboards and Apparatus Therefore"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,621,424
Issue Date: Sep 16, 2003 -
Title: "Method for Inferring Target Paths from Related Cue Paths"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,459,808
Issue Date: Oct 1, 2002 -
Title: "System for Having Concise Models from a Signal Utilizing a Hidden Markov Model"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,212,510
Issue Date: Apr 3, 2001 -
Title: "Markov Model Discriminator Using Negative Examples"
Inventors: Brand, Matthew E.
Patent No.: 6,112,021
Issue Date: Aug 29, 2000
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Title: "Methods and Systems for Freeform Irradiance Tailoring for Light Fields"
