About Us

About Lolaark Vision Inc

Video streams for drones or dash cams and camera-based AI applications, such as “auto-pilots” or assisted driving devices often lose clarity due to visibility problems caused by rain, snow, fog, or by lack of light as in nighttime. Lolaark Vision Inc. is a software technology company that is inventing and developing software for live video stream visibility restoration that helps the driver or a vehicle operator or an automated system to view and recognize potential risks. Lolaark Vision’s prototype technology is established beyond proof-of-concept and has reached the translation to market stage.

Lolaark Vision’s proprietary technology was invented by Dr. Sanat Kumar Upadhyay as part of a research project with co-inventor Prof. Emanuel I. Papadakis of the University of Houston, in Texas, USA. It is founded on several sophisticated mathematical models and algorithmic implementations enabling visibility restoration or enhancement in a broad number of adverse visibility conditions and for all digital cameras. Our software improves the visibility of scene structures in still photography and recorded or live stream video, in a way that makes shapes easily recognizable even when they are not even visible in the original input.

Lolaark Vision Inc. has an active and novel research and development program and its team draws expertise from several scientific disciplines. We have an active research group in Imaging Science, Data Analytics, Deep Learning Neural Networks, and Applied Fourier Analysis. Our goal is to advance our software prototypes and transform them into unique plugin apps for drone navigation, autonomous cars, and camera inspections with underwater submersible vehicles and divers in port, river, and lake waters.

We envision creating revolutionary products that will elevate operational safety and reduce the exposure of human operators to risks associated with improper scene perception due to poor imaging conditions. The biggest value we see in our products is their impact on making communities and transportation safer, reducing uncertainties and, saving time in inspections of marine infrastructure.

Board Members
  • Prof. Emanuel Papadakis, Ph.D.
    Prof. Emanuel Papadakis, Ph.D. President and Treasurer

Emanuel Papadakis is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. He has over 24 years of experience in applied mathematics. His area of research includes image and video processing, computer vision, deep learning, neuroscience imaging with an emphasis on the synaptic network, and statistics. Professor Papadakis is the second inventor of the technologies of Lolaark Vision. So far, Papadakis has been the mentor of six Ph.D students.

  • Randy Gagnon
    Randy Gagnon Secretary, Expert in Commercial Diving Industry

Randy Gagnon is one of our domain experts in the field of marine operations. He is the CEO of a successful company serving the maritime industry, the Texas Commercial Diving Inc. TCD is a business leader in the Houston-Galveston area for underwater ship repair, propeller polishing, hull cleaning and under water seal replacement for over 30 years. Randy is a professional diver and in this capacity he is one of our in-house experts for the Lolaark Vision prototype’s trials in the murky waters.

  • Sanat Kumar Upadhyay, Ph.D.
    Sanat Kumar Upadhyay, Ph.D. Vice President & CTO

Sanat Kumar Upadhyay is the primary inventor of the technologies of Lolaark Vision, which he initially formulated as part of a research project with co-inventor Prof. Emanuel Papadakis. He later headed our team in successfully translating the work into commercial prototypes. He has 12 years of research and development experience in applied mathematics, computer science, software development, and microscopy, which gives him a very strong multidisciplinary background.

  • Dipendra K. Singh, Ph.D.
    Dipendra K. Singh, Ph.D. Business Adviser, Serial entrepreneur

Dipendra K. Singh is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded and co-founded several successful startups and has immense experience in business development and corporate finance. He is the Founder and owner of INET Business Solutions, Inc, which has become a highly reputed name among attorneys, accounting professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses.

Board Advisor
  • Alex Kalamarides, Ph.D.
    Alex Kalamarides, Ph.D.

A native of Greece, Alex Kalamarides obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Rice University in Houston and conducted post-doctoral Physics research at IBM’s T.J.Watson Research Center in New York. Alex worked for several years as a consultant and engagement manager in the energy, IT and airline industries with McKinsey & Company, and he was Business Strategy Director for Small & Medium Businesses worldwide with Compaq Computer Corporation. Twenty years ago he co-founded IntelliClear, a market research and consulting firm for large IT-related corporations. Houston-based, Alex has lived and worked around the globe and is fluent in seven languages.

Field Experts

President at Texas Commercial Diving for over 10 years. Wes began his career as a welder/fabricator before becoming a professional hard hat diver and is one of the few welders/divers to be qualified to weld underwater groove welds in the world. He has worked on over two hundred thruster projects and has been the Project Manager on 25+ Drill Rig/Ship azimuthing thruster replacements