1. Education and Research in the Center for Signal and Image Processing

2. CSIP Summary
Our Ph.D. graduates have impact worldwide in DSP education and research
Distinguished faculty
18 faculty (8 IEEE Fellows)
Co-authors of over 25 books on DSP
Over 80 current Ph.D. students
Located on third floor of GCATT building th St., NW
Support from Georgia Research Alliance has provided outstanding well equipped labs.
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3. Beowulf Cluster 26 dual processors 1 Gbyte memories
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4. CSIP Faculty Yucel Altunbasak David V. Anderson Thomas P. Barnwell
Mark A. Clements
Faramarz Fekri
Monson H. Hayes
Joel R. Jackson
Fred Juang
Aaron Lanterman
Chin Lee
Vijay K. Madisetti
Francois Malassenet
James H. McClellan
Russell M. Mersereau
Ronald W. Schafer
Douglas B. Williams
G. Tong Zhou
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5. Past and Present Funding
Industry: Texas Instruments, Intel, BAE Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Mathworks, National Semiconductor, Analog Devices, Lucent, Harris, Hughes, Prentice-Hall
Federal: NSF, U.S. Army, DARPA, ONR, NASA,MPO
State: Georgia Research Alliance
Private Foundation: John and Mary Franklin Foundation
Total Funding: Current funding from government and industry totals about $6.5M
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6. Industrial Partnership Examples
Texas Instruments Leadership Univ. Program
Members with MIT and Rice U.
Seven projects - 7 faculty and 7 Ph.D. students
Wireless video, CFA interpolation, speech coding, speech recognition, chaotic systems, face recognition, MIMO communication systems
Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Four faculty and six students
Focus on PADs: low-power analog front-ends, structured audio, applications in education. Also, 3D video for video conferencing,
HP Labs researcher in residence
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7. Linearization of RF Power Amplifiers G. Tong Zhou, J. Stevenson Kenney
Power amplifiers (PAs) are inherently nonlinear.
Desire: high efficiency PAs, leading to low cost.
Downside of high efficiency: high nonlinearity.
Nonlinearity causes: (1) high bit error rate; (2) adjacent channel interference: must satisfy FCC.
DSP-based predistortion linearization.
Challenging issue: memory nonlinear effects in high power amplifiers (e.g., base station PAs).
In collaboration with Lucent Technologies, we have developed a memory polynomial pre-distorter that does the job.
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8. RF/DSP Testbed
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9. Video Resolution Enhancement Y. Altunbasak and R. Mersereau
Future broadcasting will be all digital.
High definition displays will dominate the market.
However, most programming is expected to be in SDTV format.
There is a clear need and technical opportunity to design systems to enhance the quality of the SDTV signal so that it matches the quality and capabilities of high definition displays.
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10. Applications - Digital Cameras
Subsequent
multiple pictures
(JPEG format)
Reconstructed
high-resolution
picture
Also applicable to high-quality printing from video sources such as DVD players, set-top boxes, TV sets, software MPEG players and camcorders. Requires a resolution enhancing print driver.
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11. Face Recognition Monson H. Hayes
Major problem
is lighting and
pose variations.
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12. Results and Next Step
We have developed a new face recognition system based on a segmented linear subspace model
Robust to varying illuminations and tolerant to different poses,
Has recognition accuracy equaling or exceeding (>99%) other state-of-the-art systems, and
Has a fraction of the complexity.
Next Step: Face Recognition from Video
Face detection (patent awarded).
Pose detection (find best frontal view).
Face recognition (robust to varying illuminations, poses, facial expressions).
The Intriguing Question
How can we incorporate the multitude of images that are extracted from video to enhance the recognition system?
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13. Finite Field Wavelet Transforms
F. Fekri and D. Williams
Goal: Establishment of a new research field that brings together researchers from signal processing, error control coding, data security and multicarrier signaling systems.
Error Control
Coding
Finite Field Wavelets
And I would like to conclude my talk by this slides that summarize my research plan:
in which the finite field wavelet plays a central role to do coding, data security and muliuser access and combine them under unifying theory. Thus I intend to propose a program that will systematically explore these application areas
and I will encourage and welcome collaboration with other faculty members.
OFDM
Modulation
Security
coding
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14. New Research Directions in Data SecurityLL LH HL HH
row-wise
column-wise
New Research Directions in Error Control Coding
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15. Passive Radar Systems Aaron Lanterman Target Tracking Positions
Exploit “illuminators of opportunity” such as commercial TV and FM radio broadcasts for covert operation
Target Tracking
Positions
Velocities
Radar
Cross
Section
Radar Imaging
Passive Radar System
Target
Classification
Target Library
Signature
Prediction via
Computational EM

16. Imaging With 100.0 on Your FM Dial
Target
Shape
Formatted
Raw Data
Image
Formed
Via
Processing
F-22
Falcon-100
VFY-218

17. Cooperative Analog/Digital Signal Processing
D. Anderson and P. Hasler
Target: Complex signal processing functionality with extremely low power
Approach: Perform substantial amounts of the processing in programmable analog VLSI
Real
world
(analog)
DSP
Processor
A/D
Convertor
Computer
(digital)
Specialized A/D
Real
world
(analog)
ASP IC
Computer
(digital)
DSP
Processor
A/D
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18. Cooperative Analog/Digital Signal Processing
Advantages of CADSP:
Better problem “fit”
Orders of magnitude improvement in power consumption / efficiency
Simpler A/D converter requirements,
Smaller size.
Current Applications Include:
Audio noise suppression
Audio source localization / beam-steering
Focal plane image / video processing
Speech Recognition
Field Programmable Analog Processor Arrays
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19. Image-Based Photo Hulls
R. Schafer, G. Slabaugh, M. Hans
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20. Image-Based Photo Hulls
Sample points along the ray within the visual hull. Match colors across images. Stop when point projects to consistent colors.
Stepping
direction
Consistent
Reference view
Inconsistent
2 fps on a
1.4 GHz
Pentium
Reference view
Desired view
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21. Microelectrode-Guided Neurosurgery
M. Clements and E. Price
Sponsor: NIH / Emory University
Objective: Improve treatment for Parkinson’s disease with 3D brain mapping and digital signal processing
Currently the way the surgeon knows what brain region the electrode is in is by listening to discharge patterns.
Using DSP and pattern recognition, we are automating the identification process.
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22. Digital Media Asset Management
Sam Nunn Archives: Cooperative Effort between CSIP, IMTC, GT and Emory Libraries.
Fast searching of audio based on phonetic content. Typical speed of search: 72,000x real time (20 hours of content searched in 1 elapsed second). Basis for startup company Fast-Talk which has received over $10M venture funding.
New results demonstrate rapid searching of music by lyrics and melodies using same approach.
The speech part can be the basis for voic management, data-mining, call center monitoring and alerting, market research, distance learning tool.
The music part can be for indexing content by melody, detection copyright infringement, accessing music by “humming a tune.”
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23. Summary
The premier academic program in the country in the signal processing field is in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
We have lots of outstanding graduate students.
Internships
Long-term contributors
We have lots of outstanding technology waiting to be developed.
We have a demonstrated capability to work with industry.
Contact me if you want to come for a visit.
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