Signal Processing Emphasis Group

• Robert Moorhead

• Roger King

• Joe Picone

• Nick Younan

• Jim Fowler

• Lori Bruce

• Jenny Du

So you want funding (or just to be advised by one of us)?

• First hurtle: you got admitted

• So what else do you have to do?– Hygiene, Neatness, and Organizational Skills– Communication Skills– Personality– Work Ethic– Grades

Courses Related to SP Research Areas

– Digital Signal Processing

– Digital Image Processing

– Adaptive Signal Processing

– Statistical Signal Processing

– Image and Video Coding

– Wavelet Transforms

– Pattern Recognition

– Digital Spectral Analysis

– Statistical Signal Processing

– Remote Sensing

– Speech Recognition

– Scientific Visualization

– Information Theory

–Intelligent Systems

–Communications Theory

–Linear Algebra

–Complex Variables

–Modern Higher Algebra

–Operational Mathematics

–Functional Analysis

–Complex Analysis

–Multivariate Statistical Methods

–Multivariate Analysis

–Applied Probability

–Stochastic Processes

–Numerical Analysis

What major if I want to do SP?

• Electrical Engineering

• Computer Engineering– Picone and Fowler graduated the last 4 CPE

PhD students

• Computational Engineering– Moorhead graduated 2 SP-oriented ones last

year– King has at least one PhD student almost

finished with his course work

Dr. Robert Moorheadrjm@erc.msstate.edu

Research Areas• “enabling technologies”

• distributed, parallel, and remote visualization

• virtual environments

• multiresolution analysis

• feature extraction

Courses• Introduction to Scientific Vis

• Realtime Rendering

• Virtual Environments

Projects• DoD: High Performance Computing

• Datamining

• Vis Cluster

• Sonification

• NASA: Visualization & Extraction

• NSF: ET 4 Computational Sciences

Dr. Roger L. Kingrking@ece.msstate.edu

Area of interest – Earth Remote Sensing

• Geospatial data management

• Intelligent systems for signal processing

• Sensors and platforms

Courses• Introduction to Remote Sensing

• Computational Intelligence

Projects• NASA Earth Applications

• United States Department of Transportation

• Homeland Security

Policy to add GRAs as present ones graduate

• No GRAs given until student proven in classroom

Dr. Joseph Piconepicone@cavs.msstate.edu

Area of interest• Human and Systems

Engineering

Intelligent Transportation Systems Infrastructure

• Computer Networking

• Intelligent Systems

• Integrative Activities

Dialog Systems Applications in Automotive

• In-vehicle dialog systems• Advanced user interfaces

• Recognition performance in noise

• Advanced statistical models and machine learning technology

Dr. Nicolas H. YounanProfessor and

Graduate Program Directoryounan@ece.msstate.edu

Courses:Digital Spectral Analysis

Adaptive Signal Processing

Statistical Signal Processing

Research Areas:Signal/Image Analysis

Feature Extraction/Target Detection

Pattern Recognition

Research Funding:NASA – Remote Sensing Applications

Graduate Students:Current – 4 Ph.Ds

New GRAs – pending on funding

Dr. James E. Fowlerfowler@ece.msstate.eduon sabbatical through December 2004

Research Areas:

• Communication and processing of images, video, and geoscience data

• Image, video, & geoscience-data coding coding

• Wavelets

• Image/video watermarking & information security

Teaching:

• ECE8453—Introduction to Wavelets

• ECE8990—Information Theory

• ECE8483—Image & Video Coding

Dr. Lori Mann Brucebruce@ece.msstate.eduResearch Areas

• Digital Signal/Image Processing• Automated Target Recognition

– Feature Extraction– Classification– Wavelet Transforms– Hyperspectral Imaging– Remote Sensing– Digital Mammography

Current Student Advising

• 3 Ph.D. Students

• 5 Master Students (Thesis)

• 3 Master Students (Non-Thesis)

• Current Needs - None

Jenny Dudu@ece.msstate.edu

Research Areas• Hyperspectral and Multispectral Remote

Sensing Image Analysis

• Pattern Recognition

• Data Compression

• Neural Networks

• Superresolution

Summary• Signal Processing is a great area in which to

focus• Have many funded research projects and

getting more• Excellent Teachers• Excellent Researchers• Excellent Service

– Past 2 Southeastcon Hardware Team Advisors: Fowler and Bruce

– Graduate Program Director: Younan