Joel Nicolow

Graduate Research Assistant

I am a Master’s student at the University of Hawai‘i Manoa where I study Computer Science. I expect to graduate in Spring 2025


Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Robotics, Environmental Science


Projects

Numpy Neural Network 2024-10-01

Neural Network Implemented in Numpy and Trained/Evaluated on MNIST

Neural network Numpy Backpropagation Machine learning MNIST

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CoastVision 2024-09-19

CoastVision is an open-source Python framework geared towards generating satellite-derived shorelines (SDS) in PlanetScope imagery.

Python Pytorch Unet Machine learning Image segmentation Satellite-derived shorelines GitHub

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Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, 2024 2024-07-31

Poster presentation 'A Machine Learning Method for Detecting Fog in Mountain Trail Camera Images'

Fog Cloud water interception Image classification Machine learning Computer vision

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Lightning Talk at Planet Labs 2023-12-12

Lightning talk at Planet Labs’ 'Rise of the Planetary Variables' event at Planet Headquarters in San Francisco, December 2023

Satellites Earth observation Image segmentation Machine learning Coastal Erosion

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Publications & Presentations

A Machine Learning Method for Detecting Fog in Mountain Trail Camera Images
Hawaii Conservation Conference

29 Jul 2024

Nicolow, J., Sadowski, P., DeLay, J., Juvik, J., T., Tseng, H., & G., Giambelluca (2023). A Machine Learning Method for Detecting Fog in Mountain Trail Camera Images. Hawai‘i Conservation Conference.

Image classification Feature engineering Machine learning Cloud forest Fog

Determining Fog Frequency with Elevation on Mt. Kaʻala
American Association of Geographers

16 Apr 2024

DeLay, J., Nicolow, J., Sadowski, P., G., Giambelluca, T., & Tseng, H. (2024). Determining Fog Frequency with Elevation on Mt. Kaʻala. American Association of Geographes.

Image classification Feature engineering Machine learning Cloud forest Fog

FogVision: A Machine Learning Method for Detecting Fog in Mountain Trail Camera Images
American Geophysical Union

12 Dec 2023

Nicolow, J., Sadowski, P., DeLay, J., Juvik, J., T., Tseng, H., & G., Giambelluca (2023). FogVision: A Machine Learning Method for Detecting Fog in Mountain Trail Camera Images. American Geophysical Union. https://jnicolow.github.io/projects/AGU23.html

Image classification Feature engineering Machine learning Cloud forest Fog

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