M.S. Thesis

2009

• Ronald Hernandez
  Adaptive Near-Optimal Compensation in Lossy Polyphase Power Systems
  Advisor: Hanoch Lev-Ari

• Harish Krishnamurthy
  Study of Algorithms to Combine Multiple Automatic Speech Recognition (AST) System Outputs.
  Advisor: John Makhoul

2008

• Ben Cordes
  Parallel Backprojection: A Case Study in High Performance Reconfigurable Computing.
  Advisor: Miriam Leeser


• Matin Kamali
  Semiautomatic Neuron Segmentation and Identification in Zebrafish Brainstem.
  Advisor: Dana Brooks


• Jun Yue
  System Realization and Model Reduction with Maintainable Structures.
  Advisor: Bahram Sahfai

2007

• Andrew Keely
  Infrastructure and Comparison of Inverse Solutions to the Problem of Electrocardiography.


• George Masganas
  Image processing for semi-automatic segmentation and area determination in multi-stain histology slices from porcine coronary arteries.
  Advisor: D. Brooks


• Nicholas Moore
  Vforce: VSIPL++ for Reconfigurable Computing Environments.
  Advisor: Miriam Leeser


• Elnaz Vahedforough
  Global Adaptive Compensation of Sinusoidal Disturbances in Active Megnetic Bearing Systems.
  Advisor: B. Sahfai

2006

• Marios Mikhalakis
  An Experimental Hardware Extension Platform for Mobile Devices in Smart Spaces.
  Advisor: B. Sahfai


• Dibo Ntuba
  Reconstructing Hemodynamic Parameters in Diffuse Optical Tomographic Breast Imaging.
  Advisor: D. Brooks

2005

• Jim Perkins
  A Decentralized Searching Control Algorithm for a Scalable Robotic Swarm based on Mesh free Particle Hydrodynamics.
  Advisor: B. Sahfai


• Robert Posey
  Excited Group Particle Filters for Fault Detection and Identification.
  Advisor: B. Sahfai


• Arun Ravindran
  New Features and New Feature Transformations for HMM based script independent OCR System.
  Advisor: J. Makhoul


• Guruprasad Saikumar
  MMI Training for Automatic Segmentation of Conversational Telephone Speech.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Hardik Virani
  Self Organizing Feature Maps combined with Ecological Ordination Techniques for Effective Watershed Management.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos

2004

• Sushanth Dabbiru
  Statistical Modeling for Story Segmentation of Audio Broadcasts.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Fatemah-Noushin Golabchi
  Automatic Characterization of Spinal Cord Histology Images for Comparisons to MR Diffusion Tensor Measurements.
  Advisor: D. Brooks


• Evangelia Komisopoulou
  Clustering Methods For Accurate Background/Foreground Estimation in cDNA Microarray Images.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Prasad Mandalapu
  Verilog models for synthesizable VLSI array architectures derived from algorithmic specifications.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Shawn Miller
  Enabling a Real-time Solution to Retinal Vascular Tracing Using FPGAs.
  Advisor: M. Leeser


• Ming Ming
  An Architecture-Level Method for Predicting the Power Consumption of VLSI Processor Arrays for DSP Applications.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Dileep Raghav
  "Tradeoff Between Time and Frequency Resolution for Modulated Harmonic Signals".
  Advisor: H. Lev-Ari


• Ikaro Silva
  Effect of Psychophysical Procedure on the Measurement of the Temporal Integration of Loudness.
  Advisor: S. Buus


• Michael Stahl
  ZEST as a Tool for Rapid Assessment of Frequency Discrimination.
  Advisor: S. Buus


• Govind Thattai
  Discriminative Initialization Methods to HMM parameter estimation for Speech Recognition. Advisor: J. Makhoul

2003

• Neda Beheshti-Zavareh
  Center of Gravity Feedback in Fading Channels.
  Advisor: M. Salehi


• Wang Chen
  An FPGA Implementation of the 2D FDTD Algorithm.
  Advisor: M. Leeser


• Andy Funk
  A Tool for the Visual Composition of Distributed Java/Matlab Applications.
  Advisor: E. Manolakos


• Tevfik Gozum
  Turbo Code Interleavers For 3GPP (Abstract not available at this time)
  Advisor: M. Salehi


• Bing Jing
  Using Different Approaches in Language Modeling to Improve Conversational Speech Recognition.
  Advisor: S. Buus


• Amir Niroomand
  Analysis of Interior Point Optimization Methods for a Class of Ill-Posed Inverse Problems.
  Advisor: B. Shafai


• Ching-Ting Pi
  The Observer-based Approach of Model-based FDI.
  Advisor: B. Shafai


• Harita Ravipati
  New Adaptive Algorithms for Noise Cancellation (Abstract not available at this time)
  Advisor: B. Shafai


• Yi Yang
  Identification of Linear Time-Variant Systems without Prior Information (Abstract not available at this time)
  Advisor: H. Lev-Ari


• Haiqian Yu
  FPGA Implementation.
  Advisor: M. Leeser


• Kevin Xu
  Lattice Filters for Efficient Reactive Power Compensation.
  Advisor: H. Lev-Ari

SUMMER 2002

• Pavle Belanovic
  Library of Parameterized Hardware Modules for Floating-Point Arithmetic with An Example Application.
  Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser


• Srdjan Coric
  Parallel Beam Backprojection: An FPGA Implementation Optimized for Medical Imaging Abstract: Medical image processing in general and computerized tomography (CT) in particular can benefit greatly from hardware acceleration.
  Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser


• Michael Estlick
  An FPGA Implementation of the K-Means Algorithm for Image Processing.
  Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser


• Lijun Li
  Hierarchical Image Coding Matched to Unequal Error Protection Rate Compatible Punctured Convolutional Codes.
  Advisor: Prof. Masoud Salehi

SUMMER 2001

• Gabriel Eirea
  Implementation of Implemented a novel Sensorless Control sensorless control algorithm.
  Advisor - Gilead Tadmor
• Keith Eisenhauer
  Control of Periodic N Developed a control Loads on a PMSM algorithm to address load Harmonics. (Abstract not available at this time)
  Advisor - Gilead Tadmor
• Michael Epstein
  Estimating the basilar- N* membrane I/O function by tone-burst evoked otoacoustic emissions. (Abstract not available at this time)br /> Advisor - Soren Buus
• Tao He
  A Low-Frequency All-Digital Phase-Locked Loop implementation in an FPGA (Abstract not available at this time)
  Advisor - Miriam Leeser

SPRING 2001

• Natalya Kitaryeva
  K-Means Clustering for Color Image Processing on a Reconfigurable Hardware Board.
  Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser


• Birsen Sirkeci
  Total Least Squares Approaches for Spectral Unmixing of Hyperspectral Imagery.
  Advisor: Prof. D. Brady


• Raha Zandifar
  Super-Resolution Multi-Static Target Location.
  Advisor: Prof. H. Lev-Ari

WINTER 2001

• Chanh Nguyen
  Techniques to Improve the Performance of English-Spanish Cross-lingural Information Retrieval.
  Advisor: J. Makhoul

FALL 2000

• Xin Li
  An Adaptive B- Spline Method for Low- order Image Reconstruction Problems.
  Advisor: Prof. E.L. Miller

SUMMER 2000

• Edgar E. Bermudez
  Robust Control Analysis and Design of Singular Systems.
  Advisor: Prof. B. Shafai
• Rosa Ciprian
  Robust Control Design for Various DC- DC Converters Using Synthesis.
  Advisor: Prof. B. Shafai
• Salih Ergut
  Optimized Equiripple- Based Decorrelating Filter Banks.
  Advisor: Prof. H. Lev- Ari

SPRING 2000

• Carlos Pena
  Optimal Interleaver Design for Short Blocklength Turbo Codes.
  Advisor: Prof. M. Salehi

SUMMER 1999

• Ali Shankiti
  Implementing a Rake Receiver on a FPGA- based Computing System.
  Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser
• Amit Srivastava
  Story Segmentation in Audio Indexing.
  Advisor: Prof. John Makhoul

SPRING 1999

• Minhtri Ho
  Performance Improvement of SME Filter for Multiple Target Tracking.
  Advisor: Prof. Bahram Shafai

SUMMER 1999

• Todor Mititchev
  Translation from Image Operators to Efficient Pixel Operations in Java for Edge Detection.
  Advisor: Profs. Miriam E. Leeser and Waleed Meleis
• Jin Qian
  VHDL Synthesis of a Huffman Code Generator as an ASIC. (Abstract not available)
  Advisor: Profs. Michael Vai and Miriam E. Leeser
• Saroja Srinidhi
  Wavelet Based Modulation for Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum Communications.
  Advisor: Profs. John G. Proakis and Milica Stojanovic

WINTER 1999

• Ibrahim Yavuz
  A Method for Reducing the Complexity of Inverse Problems.
  Advisor: Prof. Eric L. Miller

FALL 1998

• John Kalamatianos
  Systematic Synthesis of Data Parallel Algorithms and its Application to Higher Order Moments Estimation.
  Advisor: Prof. Elias S. Manolakos
• Zoran Mihajlovic
  Output Ripple Analysis of Switching DC- DC Converters.
  Advisor: Prof. Brad Lehman
• Alexander Murphy
  Identification of a Marine Vessel's Hydrodynamic Parameters.
  Advisor: Prof. Brad Lehman

SUMMER 1998

• Firass Abi- Nassif
  Offered Load Estimation for a Multimedia Cable Network System.
  Advisor: Prof. Ioannis Stavrakakis
• Amer Al- Habsi
  Optimal Reduced- Order Moment Estimation for Non- Stationary Signals.
  Advisor: Prof. Hanoch Lev- Ari
• Ramanathan Annamalai
  Design and Synthesis of Maximum Throughput Parallel Array Architectures for Real- Time Image Transforms.
  Advisor: Prof. Elias S. Manolakos
• Roberto A. Pileggi
  A Three- Axis Rate Table Control System Model.
  Advisor: Prof. Gilead Tadmor
• Cesar Santivanez
  Study of Various TDMA Schemes for Wireless Networks in the Presence of Deadlines and Overhead.
  Advisor: Prof. Ioannis Stavrakakis
• Ramdas Venkatachary
  Automated Feature Extraction and Analysis of ST Segements from PTCA- BSPM Using the Wavelet Transform.
  Advisor: Prof. Dana H. Brooks

SPRING 1998

• Sriram C. Devi
  Parallel Architectures for the Real Time Estimation of Higher Order Moments.
  Advisor: Prof. Elias S. Manolakos
• Jonathan King
  Analog Fuzzy Control of a DC- DC Converter.
  Advisor: Prof. Bahram Shafai
• Robert Knox
  Auto- regressive Based Features for Upper Limb Pattern Recognition.
  Advisor: Prof. Dana H. Brooks
• Song Lin
  An Undersampling Digital Spectral Wattmeter with Power Quality Monitoring.
  Advisor: Prof. Hanoch Lev- Ari
• Vladan Petrovic
  Modeling and Minimization of Torque Ripple in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors.
  Advisor: Profs. Aleksandar M. Stankovic and Gilead Tadmor
• Ryan Tewell
  Development and Execution of Real- time Three- dimensional Animations of Trident Missile Operations Using the Simulation- Based and Evaluation Capability.
  Advisors - Prof. Bahram Shafai and Miriam Leeser

1997 - 1998

• John Bonk
  Synthesis of Array Architectures for Block Matching Motion Estimation: Design Exploration Using the Tool DG2VHDL.
  Advisor: Prof. Elias S. Manolakos
• Dongpu Liu
  A Potential Gradient Estimation on the Heart Surface.
  Advisor: Prof. Dana H. Brooks
• Mira Tayyiba
  Comparison of FDMA and CDMA Capacities in a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) System.
  Advisor: Prof. Milica Stojanovic
• Xuejun Wang
  Roving- Level, Maximum- Likelihood Procedure for Loudness- Balance Measurement.
  Advisor: Prof. Soren Buus
• Thomas Wen- Wei Yang
  Simple Iinterleaving Technique that Significantly Improves the Frequency Estimates of the Subspace- Based Methods for Closely Spaced Frequencies.
  Advisor: Prof. Ram S. Raghavan

FALL 1997

• Andre Bjorn Bjerke
  A Comparison of Low Complexity Receivers for TDMA Mobile Wireless Communications.
  Advisor: Prof. John G. Proakis
• Andrew E. Barnett
  Prototype Drive System and Test Stand for Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motors.
  Advisor: Profs. Alex Stankovic and Gilead Tadmor

SUMMER 1997

• Richard Gaudette
  Multiresolutional Analysis of Epicardial Array Data.
  Advisor: Prof. Dana H. Brooks
• Tzipora Halevi
  Statistical Methods for Object Detection in a Three Dimensional Volume.
  Advisor: Prof. Eric L. Miller
• Hannes Musch
  Loudness Near Threshold and the Loudness- Growth Function at Low Sensation Levels.