PHD THESIS, 2008

M.S. THESIS, 2008

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

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

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

PHD THESIS, 2007

Michele Battelli- Localization Techniques in Multi-hop Wireless Networks with Emphasis on Wireless Sensor Networks. Abstract
Advisor: Stefano Basagni

Lucio Cetto- Analysis of DNA Chromatograms for Base Calling Using Unsupervised Statistical Learning Methods. Abstract
Advisor: Elias Manolakos

Wang Chen- Acceleration of the 3D FDTD Algorithm in Fixed-point Arithmetic
using Reconfigurable Hardware. Abstract
Advisor: Miriam Leeser

Mohammadreza Marandian Hagh- Iterative Receivers for Wireless Communication Systems. Abstract
Advisor: M. Salehi

Eric Hernandez- Applied Observer Theory in Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics. Abstract
Advisor: Dionisio Bernal

Ting Su-Clustering High-Dimensional Data. Abstract
Advisor: Jennifer Dy

Xiaojun Wang- Variable Precision Floating-Point Divide and Square Root for Efficient FPGA Implementation of Image and Signal Processing Algorithms. Abstract
Advisor: Miriam Leeser

M.S. THESIS, 2007

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

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

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

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

PHD THESIS, 2006

Saeed Babaeizadeh- 3-D Electrical Impedance Tomography for Domains with Piecewise Constant Conductivity. Abstract
Advisor: D. Brooks

Oguz Bayat- Adaptive and Iterative Transceiver Designs For Wireless
Communication Applications. Abstract
Advisor: B. Sahfai

Hamid Satar- Partial Tracking of Music Signals using Robust Kalman Filtering. Abstract
Advisor: B. Sahfai

M.S. THESIS, 2006

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

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

PHD THESIS, 2005

Alireza Ghodrati- Lead selection and wavefront-based models for the inverse problem of electrocardiography. Abstract
Advisor: D. Brooks

Minthri Ho- Super-Resolution Techniques in Multistatic Sensor Array Processing. Abstract
Advisor: H. Lev-Ari

Yiheng Zhang- Spatio-Temporal Preprocessing and Regularization for Dynamic Linear Inverse Problems with Application to Diffuse Optical Imaging and Tomography. Abstract
Advisor: D. Brooks

M.S. THESIS, 2005

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

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

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

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

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

PHD THESIS, 2004

Mehmet Aydinlik- Unequal Error Protecting Turbo Coded Modulation: Structure, Design, and Performance Bounds. Abstract
Advisor: M. Salehi

Michael Epstein- On Using Tone-Burst Otoacoustic Emissions to Measure Basilar-Membrane Response in Humans. Abstract
Advisor: S. Buus

Webert Montlouis- Robust DOAV Estimation and Tracking Techniques for Moving Sources. Abstract

Heather Quinn- Runtime Tools for Hardware/Software Systems with Reconfigurable Hardware. Abstract
Advisor: M. Leeser

Mehmet Nejat Tek- Title: Least Squares Regularization Techniques for Contactless Electrical Conductivity Imaging. Abstract
Advisor: B. Sahfai

MS THESIS, 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Govindarajan Thattai-

ENGINEER'S DEGREE THESIS, 2003

Demetris Galatopoullos- JavaPorts: A framework to facilitate the rapid prototyping of cluster computing application. Abstract
Advisor: E. Manolakos

PHD THESIS, 2003

Bekir Ahmet Dogrusoz- Soft Source Codiing with Unequal Error Protecting Turbo Codes. Abstract
Advisor: M. Salehi

Roger Dufour- Target Classification and Parameter Estimation with a Deformable Template Library. Abstract
Advisors: E. Miller and D. Brooks

Ravishankar Mahadevappa - Interference Cancellation Techniques for Multiuser Communication Systems. Abstract
Advisor:

Juan Rojas, Multimedia Macros for Portable Optimized Programs. Abstract
Advisor: M. Leeser

Yesim Serinagaoglu - Application of Bayesian Methods to Electrocardiography. Abstract
Advisor: D. Brooks

Ethem Mutlu Sozer- Reliable Communications over Frequency-Selective
Rapidly-Fading Channels. Abstract
Advisor: J. Proakis

MS THESIS, 2003

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

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

Andy Funk- A Tool for the Visual Composition of Distributed Java/Matlab Applications. Abstract
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. Abstract
Advisor: S. Buus

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

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

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

Sreenivasa Sista - Statistical Methods for Unsupervised Topic Discovery. Abstract
Advisors: J. Makhoul

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. Abstract
Advisor: M. Leeser

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

PHD THESIS, FALL 2002

Ozgur Dural - Reduced Complexity and Close to Optimum Performing
Receivers for Continuous Phase Modulation. Abstract
Advisor: Prof. John Proakis

Lu Jiang - Sensorless Control of PMSMs with a Passivity Based Observer. Abstract
Advisors: Profs. Gilead Tadmor and Aleksandar Stankovic

PHD THESIS, SUMMER 2002

Sameh El-Difrawy - A Soft-Computing System for accurate DNA base-calling. Abstract
Advisor: Prof. Elias Manolakos

Mauricio Martinez - Efficient Filter Bank Adaptive Filtering. Abstract
Advisor: Prof. Hanoch Lev-Ari

Cesar Santivanez - Mechanisms toward a Multi-mode Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad hoc Networks. - Abstract
Advisor - Prof. E. Manolakos

MS THESIS, SUMMER 2002

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

Srdjan Coric- Title: 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. Abstract
Advisor: Prof. Miriam Leeser

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

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

PHD THESIS, SUMMER 2001

Apostolos Rizos - PR-Shaped, Coded Linear Modulations and Low-Complexity Approaches for their Detection. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. J. Proakis

PHD THESIS, SPRING 2001

Bjorn Bjerke - Multiple-Antenna systems for Wireless Communications. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. J. Proakis

William Scott Hoge - An Adaptive Signal Processing Approach to Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Abstract
Co-Advised - Prof. D. Brooks and Prof. H. Lev-Ari

Dimitris Kalofonos - Advanced Phusical Layer Techniques for CDMA Broadband Wireless Integrated Services Networks - Abstract
Advisor - Prof. J. Proakis

Gerald Larocque - Multi-Rate Adaptive Filters. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. H. Lev-Ari

Andrew Stone - Methods and Tools for the Synthesis of Scalable Parallel VLSI Architectures from Abstract Algorithmic Descriptions - Abstract
Advisor - Prof. E. Manolakos

Xiaoyin Xu - Statistical methods to detect and localixe buried objects from ground penetrating radar array measurement. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. E. Miller

Xuehu Zhang - Remotely Sensing the Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume Using an X-Band Imaging Radar. Abstract
Advisor - Bahram Shafai, Co Advisor Professor David J. McLaughlin

ENGINEER'S DEGREE, SPRING 2001

Jim Fuerstnau- A Method of Speech Enhancement Based on Across-Frequency Envelope Correlation. Abstract
Co-Advised - Prof. S. Buus and Prof. D. Brooks

MS THESIS, SUMMER 2001

Gabriel Eirea - Implementation of Implemented a novel Sensorless Control sensorless control algorithm. Abstract
Advisor - Gilead Tadmor

Keith Eisenhauer - Control of Periodic N Developed a control Loads on a PMSM algorithm to address load Harmonics.
Advisor - Gilead Tadmor

Michael Epstein - Estimating the basilar- N* membrane I/O function by tone-burst evoked otoacoustic emissions.
Advisor - Soren Buus

Tao He - A Low-Frequency All-Digital Phase-Locked Loop implementation in an FPGA
Advisor - Miriam Leeser

MS THESIS, SPRING 2001

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

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

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

MS THESIS, WINTER 2001

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

PHD THESIS, SUMMER 2000

Richard J. Gaudette - Constrained Reconstruction Techniques for Diffuse Optical Tomography. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. D.H. Brooks

Hannes Müsch - Predicting Speech Intelligibility: A New Model Based on Statistical Decision Theory. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. S. Buus

MS THESIS, FALL 2000

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

PHD THESIS, FALL 1999

Zoe Antoniou - Scheduling Algorithms for Application-Level QoS Support of Continuous Media Streams. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. I. Stavrakakis

Tamer Dag - Proactive/Reactive Congestion Control Schemes for High Speed Networks. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. I. Stavrakakis

MS THESIS, SUMMER 1999

Ali Shankiti - Implementing a Rake Receiver on a FPGA-based Computing System. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Miriam Leeser

Amit Srivastava - Story Segmentation in Audio Indexing. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. John Makhoul

MS PROJECT, SUMMER 1999

Todor Mititchev - Translation from Image Operators to Efficient Pixel Operations in Java for Edge Detection. Abstract
Advisor - Profs. Miriam E. Leeser and Waleed Meleis

Jin Qian - VHDL Synthesis of a Huffman Code Generator as an ASIC. Abstract
Advisor - Profs. Michael Vai and Miriam E. Leeser

Saroja Srinidhi - Wavelet Based Modulation for Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum Communications. Abstract
Advisor - Profs. John G. Proakis and Milica Stojanovic

PHD, FALL 1998

Vladislav Davidkovich - Passivity Based Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Aleksandar M. Stankovic

Timoor Sakharuk - Effects of Finite Switching Frequency and Delay on PWM Controlled Systems. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Aleksandar M. Stankovic

Elizabeth Twarog - Remote Sensing of Coastal Regions Using an Airborne Imaging Radar. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. David J. McLaughlin

Alexis Tzannes - Detection of Small Targets in Infrared Image Sequences Containing Evolving Cloud Clutter. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Dana H. Brooks

MS THESIS, FALL 1998

John Kalamatianos - Systematic Synthesis of Data Parallel Algorithms and its Application to Higher Order Moments Estimation. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Elias S. Manolakos

Zoran Mihajlovic - Output Ripple Analysis of Switching DC-DC Converters. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Brad Lehman

Alexander Murphy - Identification of a Marine Vessel's Hydrodynamic Parameters. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Brad Lehman

MS PROJECT, 1997 - 1998

John Bonk - Synthesis of Array Architectures for Block Matching Motion Estimation: Design Exploration Using the Tool DG2VHDL. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Elias S. Manolakos

Dongpu Liu - A Potential Gradient Estimation on the Heart Surface. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Dana H. Brooks

Mira Tayyiba - Comparison of FDMA and CDMA Capacities in a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) System. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Milica Stojanovic

Xuejun Wang - Roving-Level, Maximum-Likelihood Procedure for Loudness-Balance Measurement. Abstract
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. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Ram S. Raghavan

PHD, FALL 1997

Stephen P. Linder - Robust Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Disturbance Rejection and Fault Accommodation. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Bahram Shafai

Jindong Li - Reduced-State MLSE Algorithms for Magnetic Recording Systems. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. John G. Proakis

EE THESIS, SUMMER 1997

Stylianos Markogiannakis - Stereo Correspondence Using ART Neural Networks: Algorithms and Parallel Implementation. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. Elias S. Manolakos

MS THESIS, FALL 1997

Andre Bjorn Bjerke - A Comparison of Low Complexity Receivers for TDMA Mobile Wireless Communications. Abstract
Advisor - Prof. John G. Proakis