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Talita Perciano

Talita Perciano
Talita Perciano
Research Scientist
Phone: +1 510 486 5060
1 Cyclotron Road
Mail Stop 59R3103 - 059-3034B
Berkeley, CA 94720 us

Talita Perciano is a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is a member of both the Machine Learning and Analytics group and the Computational Biosciences group. She conducts research in the areas of image analysis, machine/deep learning, and high-performance computing motivated by the incredible challenges around scientific data generated by computational models, simulations, and experiments. Her research focuses on mathematical foundations for new methods, on the implementation of scalable methods, and on platform-portability. Her goal is to develop powerful, mathematically-grounded, scalable algorithms that meet the requirements needed to analyze current and future scientific datasets acquired in user data facilities. She has built a diverse collaboration network throughout the years in fields such as materials science, biosciences, geosciences, among others. She earned her doctorate in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo in 2012.

Journal Articles

Jan Balewski, Mercy G Amankwah, Roel Van Beeumen, E Wes Bethel, Talita Perciano, Daan Camps, "Quantum-parallel vectorized data encodings and computations on trapped-ion and transmon QPUs", Journal, February 10, 2024, 14, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53720-x

Zhe Bai, Abdelilah Essiari, Talita Perciano, Kristofer E Bouchard, "AutoCT: Automated CT registration, segmentation, and quantification", Software X, January 5, 2024, 26, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2024.101673

E Wes Bethel, Mercy G Amankwah, Jan Balewski, Roel Van Beeumen, Daan Camps, Daniel Huang, Talita Perciano, "Quantum computing and visualization: A disruptive technological change ahead", Journal, November 6, 2023, 43, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2023.3316932

Gregory Wallace, Zhe Bai, Robbie Sadre, Talita Perciano, Nicola Bertelli, Syun'ichi Shiraiwa, Wes Bethel, John Wright, "Towards fast and accurate predictions of radio frequency power deposition and current profile via data-driven modelling: applications to lower hybrid current drive", Journal of Plasma Physics, August 18, 2022, 88:895880401, doi: 10.1017/S0022377822000708

M. G. Amankwah, D. Camps, E. W. Bethel, R. Van Beeumen, T. Perciano, "Quantum pixel representations and compression for N-dimensional images", Nature Scientific Reports, May 11, 2022, 12:7712, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11024-y

S. Zhang, R. Sadre, B. A. Legg, H. Pyles, T. Perciano, E. W. Bethel, D. Baker, O. Rübel, J. J. D. Yoreo, "Rotational dynamics and transition mechanisms of surface-adsorbed proteins", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 11, 2022, 119:e202024211, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020242119

M. Avaylon, R. Sadre, Z. Bai, T. Perciano, "Adaptable Deep Learning and Probabilistic Graphical Model System for Semantic Segmentation", Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learnin, March 31, 2022, 2:288--302, doi: 10.54364/AAIML.2022.1119

C Varadharajan, AP Appling, B Arora, DS Christianson, VC Hendrix, V Kumar, AR Lima, J Müller, S Oliver, M Ombadi, T Perciano, JM Sadler, H Weierbach, JD Willard, Z Xu, J Zwart, "Can machine learning accelerate process understanding and decision-relevant predictions of river water quality?", Hydrological Processes, January 1, 2022, 36, doi: 10.1002/hyp.14565

Li Zhou, Chao Yang, Weiguo Gao, Talita Perciano, Karen M. Davies, Nicholas K. Sauter, "Subcellular structure segmentation from cryo-electron tomograms via machine learning", PLOS Journal of Computational Biology, April 2, 2020, submitte, doi: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.09.034025

RJ Pandolfi, DB Allan, E Arenholz, L Barroso-Luque, SI Campbell, TA Caswell, A Blair, F De Carlo, S Fackler, AP Fournier, G Freychet, M Fukuto, D Gürsoy, Z Jiang, H Krishnan, D Kumar, RJ Kline, R Li, C Liman, S Marchesini, A Mehta, AT N Diaye, DY Parkinson, H Parks, LA Pellouchoud, T Perciano, F Ren, S Sahoo, J Strzalka, D Sunday, CJ Tassone, D Ushizima, S Venkatakrishnan, KG Yager, P Zwart, JA Sethian, A Hexemer, "Xi-cam: a versatile interface for data visualization and analysis", Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2018, 25:1261--1270, doi: 10.1107/S1600577518005787

M Farmand, R Celestre, P Denes, ALD Kilcoyne, S Marchesini, H Padmore, T Tyliszczak, T Warwick, X Shi, J Lee, YS Yu, J Cabana, J Joseph, H Krishnan, T Perciano, FRNC Maia, DA Shapiro, "Near-edge X-ray refraction fine structure microscopy", Applied Physics Letters, 2017, 110, doi: 10.1063/1.4975377

Benedikt J Daurer, Hari Krishnan, Talita Perciano, Filipe RNC Maia, David A Shapiro, James A Sethian, Stefano Marchesini, "Nanosurveyor: a framework for real-time data processing", Advanced structural and chemical imaging, 2017, 3:7,

T Perciano, D Ushizima, H Krishnan, D Parkinson, N Larson, DM Pelt, W Bethel, F Zok, J Sethian, "Insight into 3D micro-CT data: Exploring segmentation algorithms through performance metrics", Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2017, 24:1065--1077, doi: 10.1107/S1600577517010955

DM Ushizima, HA Bale, EW Bethel, P Ercius, BA Helms, H Krishnan, LT Grinberg, M Haranczyk, AA Macdowell, K Odziomek, DY Parkinson, T Perciano, RO Ritchie, C Yang, "IDEAL: Images Across Domains, Experiments, Algorithms and Learning", JOM, 2016, 68:2963--2972, doi: 10.1007/s11837-016-2098-4

S Marchesini, H Krishnan, BJ Daurer, DA Shapiro, T Perciano, JA Sethian, FRNC Maia, "SHARP: A distributed GPU-based ptychographic solver", Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2016, 49:1245--1252, doi: 10.1107/S1600576716008074

T Perciano, F Tupin, R Hirata, RM Cesar, "A two-level Markov random field for road network extraction and its application with optical, SAR, and multitemporal data", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016, 37:3584--3610, doi: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1201227

AW Wills, DJ Michalak, P Ercius, ER Rosenberg, T Perciano, D Ushizima, R Runser, BA Helms, "Block Copolymer Packing Limits and Interfacial Reconfigurability in the Assembly of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas", Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25:4120--4128, doi: 10.1002/adfm.201501059

J Donatelli, M Haranczyk, A Hexemer, H Krishnan, X Li, L Lin, F Maia, S Marchesini, D Parkinson, T Perciano, D Shapiro, D Ushizima, C Yang, JA Sethian, "CAMERA: The Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications", Synchrotron Radiation News, 2015, 28:4--9, doi: 10.1080/08940886.2015.1013413

T Perciano, MW Urban, NDA Mascarenhas, M Fatemi, AC Frery, GT Silva, "Deconvolution of vibroacoustic images using a simulation model based on a three dimensional point spread function", Ultrasonics, 2013, 53:36--44, doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2012.03.011

Conference Papers

GM Wallace, Z Bai, N Bertelli, EW Bethel, T Perciano, S Shiraiwa, JC Wright, "Towards Fast, Accurate Predictions of RF Simulations via Data-driven Modeling: Forward and Lateral Models", Conference, AIP Publishing, August 1, 2023, 2984, doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0162422

V. Dumont, C. Garner, A. Trivedi, C. Jones, V. Ganapati, J. Mueller, T. Perciano, M. Kiran, and M. Day, "HYPPO: A Surrogate-Based Multi-Level Parallelism Tool for Hyperparameter Optimization", 2021 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Machine Learning in High Performance Computing Environments (MLHPC), November 15, 2021,

E. W. Bethel, C. Heinemann, and T. Perciano, "Performance Tradeoffs in Shared-memory Platform Portable Implementations of a Stencil Kernel", Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, June 14, 2021,

E. Wes Bethel, David Camp, Talita Perciano, Colleen Heinemann, "Performance Analysis of Traditional and Data-Parallel Primitive Implementations of Visualization and Analysis Kernels", Berkeley, CA, USA, 94720, 2020,

Stefano Marchesini, Anuradha Trivedi, Pablo Enfedaque, Talita Perciano, Dilworth Parkinson, "Sparse Matrix-Based HPC Tomography", Computational Science -- ICCS 2020, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020, 248--261, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50371-0_18

Talita Perciano, Colleen Heinemann, David Camp, Brenton Lessley, E Wes Bethel, "Shared-Memory Parallel Probabilistic Graphical Modeling Optimization: Comparison of Threads, OpenMP, and Data-Parallel Primitives", High Performance Computing, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020, 127--145, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50743-5_7

B Lessley, T Perciano, C Heinemann, D Camp, H Childs, EW Bethel, "DPP-PMRF: Rethinking Optimization for a Probabilistic Graphical Model Using Data-Parallel Primitives", The 8th IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization - LDAV 2018, 2018,

C Heinemann, T Perciano, D Ushizima, EW Bethel, "Distributed memory parallel Markov random fields using graph partitioning", Proceedings - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2017, 2018, 2018-Jan:3332--3341, doi: 10.1109/BigData.2017.8258318

B Lessley, T Perciano, M Mathai, H Childs, EW Bethel, "Maximal clique enumeration with data-parallel primitives", 2017 IEEE 7th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization, LDAV 2017, 2017, 2017-Dec:16--25, doi: 10.1109/LDAV.2017.8231847

T Perciano, D Ushizima, H Krishnan, D Parkinson, J Sethian, "FibriPy: A software environment for fiber analysis from 3D micro-computed tomography data", Advanced Materials - TechConnect Briefs 2017, 2017, 1:25--28,

DY Parkinson, DM Pelt, T Perciano, D Ushizima, H Krishnan, HS Barnard, AA MacDowell, J Sethian, "Machine learning for micro-tomography", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2017, 10391, doi: 10.1117/12.2274731

T Perciano, DM Ushizima, EW Bethel, YD Mizrahi, D Parkinson, JA Sethian, "Reduced-complexity image segmentation under parallel Markov Random Field formulation using graph partitioning", Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP, 2016, 2016-Aug:1259--1263, doi: 10.1109/ICIP.2016.7532560

DY Parkinson, K Beattie, X Chen, J Correa, E Dart, BJ Daurer, JR Deslippe, A Hexemer, H Krishnan, AA Macdowell, FRNC Maia, S Marchesini, HA Padmore, SJ Patton, T Perciano, JA Sethian, D Shapiro, R Stromsness, N Tamura, BL Tierney, CE Tull, D Ushizima, "Real-time data-intensive computing", AIP Conference Proceedings, 2016, 1741, doi: 10.1063/1.4952921

SV Venkatakrishnan, KA Mohan, K Beattie, J Correa, E Dart, JR Deslippe, A Hexemer, H Krishnan, AA MacDowell, S Marchesini, SJ Patton, T Perciano, JA Sethian, R Stromsness, BL Tierney, CE Tull, D Ushizima, DY Parkinson, "Making advanced scientific algorithms and big scientific data management more accessible", IS and T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, 2016, doi: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.19.COIMG-155

D Ushizima, T Perciano, D Parkinson, "Fast detection of material deformation through structural dissimilarity", Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2015, 2015, 2775--2781, doi: 10.1109/BigData.2015.7364080

D Ushizima, T Perciano, H Krishnan, B Loring, H Bale, D Parkinson, J Sethian, "Structure recognition from high resolution images of ceramic composites", Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014, 2014, 683--691, doi: 10.1109/BigData.2014.7004292

Book Chapters

H Chang, J J Donatelli, P Enfedaque, G Freychet, M Haranczyk, A Hexemer, Z Hu, O Jain, H Krishnan, D Kumar, X Li, L Lin, M MacNeil, S Marchesini, X Mo, M Noack, K Pande, R Pandolfi, D Parkinson, D M Pelt, T Perciano, D A Shapiro, D Ushizima, C Yang, P H Zwart, J A Sethian, "Building Mathematics, Algorithms, and Software for Experimental Facilities", Handbook on Big Data and Machine Learning in the Physical Sciences, ( 2020) Pages: 189--240 doi: 10.1142/9789811204579_0012