wfink@arizona.edu

520.621.8734

ECE 521

Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory

Center for Informatics and Telehealth in Medicine

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Wolfgang Fink

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering

Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Associate professor Wolfgang Fink is the inaugural Edward and Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair with joint appointments in the departments of electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, aerospace and mechanical engineering, and ophthalmology and vision science at the University of Arizona.

From 2001 to 2016 he served as a visiting associate in physics at the California Institute of Technology and held concurrent appointments as a visiting research associate professor of ophthalmology and neurological surgery at the University of Southern California from 2005 to 2014. He was a senior researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2001 to 2009.

Fink is the founder and director of the Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory at Caltech and the University of Arizona, as well as the founder and director of the University of Arizona Center for Informatics and Telehealth in Medicine.

His research comprises human and brain-machine interfaces, smart service systems, autonomous systems, biomedical engineering for health care, and computer-optimized design. He is an AIMBE fellow, a PHMS fellow, an SPIE fellow, a UA College of Engineering da Vinci fellow, a UA ACABI fellow, and a senior member of IEEE. He has more than 260 publications and 25 US and foreign patents to date.

Degrees

PhD: theoretical physics ("summa cum laude"), University of Tübingen, 1997
MS: physics and physical chemistry, University of Göttingen, 1993
BS: physics, University of Göttingen, 1990

Teaching Interests

Numeric modeling of physics, biological systems and computational techniques.

Research Interests

Artificial vision and vision prostheses, autonomous robotic space exploration, biomedical sensor and system development, cognitive and reasoning systems, and computer-optimized design.

Textbooks/Most Significant Publications

Selected Publications

Chapters

Tuller, M., Kulkarni, R., & Fink, W. (2013). Segmentation of x-ray CT data of porous materials: a review of global and locally adaptive algorithms. In Soil--Water--Root Processes: Advances in Tomography and Imaging (pp 157--182).

Journals/Publications

Fairen, A. G., Dohm, J. M., Rodriguez, J. P., Uceda, E. R., Kargel, J., Soare, R., Cleaves, H. J., Oehler, D., Schulze-Makuch, D., Essefi, E., Banks, M. E., Kamatsu, G., Fink, W., Robbins, S., Yan, J., Miyamoto, H., Maruyama, S., & Baker, V. R. (2016). The Argyre Region as a Prime Target for in situ Astrobiological Exploration of Mars. Astrobiology, 16, 143-158. doi:http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ast.2015.1396
Fink, W., Roveda, J. M., Kincade, A. M., White, J. L., Wangusi, T. W., & TF, M. F. (2016). Self-Powering and Geo-Tagging Method for Pipeline Inspection Gauges to Enable Continuous High-Quality Data- Recording. Journal of Pipeline Engineering, 47-55.
Kovalevskaya, M., Milyutkina, S., Fink, W., Belyi, Y., & Tereshchenko, A. (2016). 3D-CTAG Testing of Functional and Structural Changes of the Macula. Adv Ophthalmol Vis Syst, 4(2), 103-111. doi:10.15406/aovs.2016.04.00103
Schmid, E. W., & Fink, W. (2016). Operational Design Considerations for Retinal Prostheses. IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 31-44.
Dohm, J. M., Hare, T. M., Robbins, S. J., Williams, J. P., Soare, R. J., Maarry, M. R., Conway, S. J., Buczkowski, D. L., Kargel, J. S., Banks, M. E., Fairen, A. G., Schulze-Makuch, D., Kamatsu, G., Miyamoto, H., Anderson, R. C., Davila, A. F., Mahaney, W. C., Fink, W., Cleaves, H. J., , Yan, J., et al. (2015). Geological and hydrological histories of the Argyre province, Mars. Icarus, 253, 66-98. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.017
Fink, W., & Tarbell, M. A. (2014). Artificial vision support system (AVS2) for improved prosthetic vision. Journal of medical engineering \& technology, 38(8), 385--395.
Michalska, A. M., You, C. X., Nicolini, A. M., Ippolito, V. J., & Fink, W. (2014). Accessible Webpage Design for the Visually Impaired--A Case Study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 30(12), 995-1002. doi:10.1080/10447318.2014.925771
Schmid, E. W., Fink, W., & Wilke, R. (2014). Operational challenges of retinal prostheses. Medical Engineering & Physics, 36(12), 1644--1655.
Fink, W., Sun, H. J., Mahaney, W. C., Kuhlman, K. R., & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2013). Planetary Imaging in Powers of Ten: A Multiscale, Multipurpose Astrobiological Imager. Astrobiology, 13(11), 1005--1010.
Tozer, K. R., Fink, W., Sadun, A. A., & Sebag, J. (2013). Prospective Three-Dimensional Analysis of Structure and Function in Vitreomacular Adhesion Cured By Pharmacologic Vitreolysis. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports, 7(1), 57--61.
Furfaro, R., Fink, W., & Kargel, J. S. (2012). Autonomous real-time landing site selection for Venus and Titan using Evolutionary Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Applied Soft Computing, 12(12), 3825--3839.
Kulkarni, R., Tuller, M., Fink, W., & Wildenschild, D. (2012). Three-dimensional multiphase segmentation of X-Ray CT data of porous materials using a Bayesian Markov random field framework. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(1), 0--0.
Schmid, E. W., & Fink, W. (2012). Operational Design Considerations for Retinal Prostheses. arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5348.
Schulze-Makuch, D., Head, J. N., Houtkooper, J. M., Knoblauch, M., Furfaro, R., Fink, W., Fair\'en, A. G., Vali, H., Kelly Sears, S., Daly, M., & others, . (2012). The Biological Oxidant and Life Detection (BOLD) mission: A proposal for a mission to Mars. Planetary and Space Science, 67(1), 57--69.

Proceedings Publications

Fink, W. (2017, Spring). PHM from a Practitioner’s Perspective – A Potpourri of Capabilities. In IEEE Aerospace Conference.
Fink, W., Tarbell, M. A., & Brooks, A. J. (2017, May). Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance: the Future in Autonomous C4ISR Systems has arrived. In SPIE Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX, 14.
Kumbhare, N., Rao, A., Gniady, C., Fink, W., & Rozenblit, J. W. (2017, March). Waypoint-to-waypoint Energy-efficient Path Planning for Multi-copters. In 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference.
Adams, C., Cerwin, J., & Fink, W. (2016, April). Ceeable Visual Field Analyzer (CVFA) for the Portable, Comprehensive, and Tele-medical Assessment of Visual Performance in Warfighters, Veterans, and Civilian. In SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing.
Fink, W., & Tarbell, M. A. (2016, April). Smart Ophthalmics: The future in Tele-Ophthalmology has arrived. In SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing.
Popov, A., Fink, W., & Hess, A. (2016, April). Prognostics and health management (PHM) for astronauts: A collaboration project on the International Space Station. In SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing.
Popov, A., Fink, W., McGregor, C., & Hess, A. (2016, March). PHM for Astronauts: Elaborating and Refining the Concept. In 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference.
Roveda, J. M., & Fink, W. (2016, May). System perspectives for mobile platform design in m-Health. In SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing.
Roveda, J. M., Fink, W., Chen, K., & Wu, W. (2016, March). Psychological Health Monitoring for Pilots and Astronauts by Tracking Sleep-Stress-Emotion Changes. In 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference.
Chen, K., Fink, W., Lane, R., Allen, J., Vanuk, J., & Roveda, J. M. (2015, June). Wearable Sensor Based Stress Management Using Integrated Respiratory and ECG Waveforms. In International Conference on Body Sensor Network, Cambridge, MA.
Dohm, J. M., Miyamoto, H., Fairén, A. G., Baker, V. R., Spagnuolo, M., Anderson, R. C., G. Komatsu, G., Fink, W., Mahaney, W. C., Schulz-Makuch, D., Hare, T. M., El Maarry, M. R., Williams, J. P., Viviano-Beck, C. E., Karunatillake, S., Niihara, T., & Maruyama, S. (2015, June). Mars Changing Environment, Habitability, And Prime Targets. In Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2015.
Fink, W., Baker, V. R., Flammia, M., & Tarbell, M. A. (2015, March). Rover Traverse-‐Optimizing Planner For Multi-‐Objective Deployment Scenarios. In 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-9.
Fink, W., Baker, V. R., Hamilton, C. W., Schulze-Makuch, D., & Tarbell, M. A. (2015, March). Autonomous Exploration of Planetary Lava Tubes Using a Multi-Rover Framework. In IEEE Aerospace 2015.
Fink, W., Hilmers, D. C., & Tarbell, M. A. (2014). Portable system to monitor astronaut ocular health and the development of the VIIP Syndrome. In Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE, 1--9.
Fink, W., Popov, A., & Hess, A. (2014). Planning a pilot project on the ISS for crew health management \& maintenance beyond LEO. In Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE, 1--9.

Poster Presentations

Fink, W., & Roveda, J. M. (2016, Aug. 14). Spatio-Temporal Model for Infectious Disease Prediction Considering Human Mobility. Military Health System Research Symposium.
Fink, W., Garcia, K., & Tarbell, M. (2016, August). Smartphone-based Ophthalmic Examination Devices for Field-deployable Visual Performance Assessment of Warfighters, Veterans, and Civilians. 2016 Military Health System Research Symposium, Department of Defense.
Fink, W., Garcia, K., & Tarbell, M. A. (2016, May). Smartphone-‐based Head-‐mounted Binocular High-‐Speed Pupillometer. ARVO 2016 Conference. Seattle, Washington: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Milyutkina, S., Fink, W., Kovalevskaya, M., Belyi, Y., & Tereshchenko, A. (2016, May). Comparison of 3D Computer-automated Threshold Amsler Grid Testing and Microperimetry in Wet AMD Patients. ARVO 2016 Conference. Seattle, Washington: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Roveda, J. M., & Fink, W. (2016, Aug 14). Modular Low Power Wearable Sensor Design for Continuous Physiological Monitoring Throughout the Continuum of Combat Care. 2016 Military Health System Research Symposium.
Fink, W., & Roveda, J. M. (2015, n/a). Environmental Impact of Infectious Disease Propagation. 2015 Defense Energy Innovation Summit.
Fink, W., & Tarbell, M. A. (2015, May). Smart Ophthalmics: A Smart Service Platform for Tele-‐Ophthalmology. 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Denver, Colorado: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Fink, W., Adams, C., & Cerwin, J. (2015, Summer). Portable, Comprehensive, Tele-medical Assessment of Visual Performance over Time in Warfighters, Pilots, Veterans, and Civilians. Military Health Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Department of Defense.
Fink, W., Baker, V. R., Flammia, M., & Tarbell, M. A. (2015, March). Avoiding Planetary Rover Damage by Multi-‐Objective Rover Traverse Optimization. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, Texas.
Fink, W., Baker, V. R., Schulze-Makuch, D., Hamilton, C. W., & Tarbell, M. A. (2015, March). Multi-Rover Framework To Autonomously Explore Planetary Lava Tubes. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Roveda, J. M., & Fink, W. (2015, August). Stress Management Using Wearable Sensors Using Integrated Data Information. 2015 Defense Energy Innovation Summit.
Nguyen, J., Yee, K., Wa, C., Fink, W., Sadun, A. A., & Sebag, J. (2014, October). 3D-Threshold Amsler Grid Quantification of Distortions in Macular Pucker & Vitreo-Macular Traction. AAO 2014 Conference.
Lin, K., Fink, W., Kamjoo, S., Davis, M., & Chang, T. (2013, May). 3-D Computer-Automated Threshold Amsler Grid to Quantify Retinal Deficits Before and After Standard Treatment of Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration. ARVO 2013 Conference.
Fink, W., You, C. X., & Tarbell, M. A. (2012, May). Web-accessible Visual Field Test and Analysis System for Multi-Center Studies and Touchpad Device Access. ARVO 2012 Conference.