Thinking at a higher level. - University of Victoria

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Thinking at a higher level. Graduate studies in electrical and computer engineering Michael D. Adams, PhD (British Columbia) Digital signal processing; wavelets and filter banks; multimedia (i.e., image/ video/audio) signal processing; efficient software implementations of signal- processing systems. Panajotis Agathoklis, Dr ScTech (Swiss Fed Inst of Tech) Digital signal processing; video and image processing; multidimensional systems; stability and robustness of control systems. Andreas Antoniou, PhD (London) Analog and digital filter design; digital signal processing; electronic circuits; optimization methods. Amirali Baniasadi, PhD (Northwestern) Low-power design; power-aware architectures; VLSI; interconnect; high- performance processors; embedded processors. Ashoka K.S. Bhat, PhD (Toronto) Power electronic controls; high- frequency link power conversion - resonant and pulse width modulation; applications of new power devices; design of electronic circuits for power control. Jens Bornemann, Dr-Ing (Bremen) RF/wireless/microwave/millimeter- wave components and systems design; antennas; ultra-wideband applications; electromagnetic field modelling; computer-aided design. Alexandra Branzan Albu, PhD (Bucharest) Computer vision; medical imaging; virtual reality; modelling and simulation. Lin Cai, PhD (Waterloo) Wireless networks and mobile computing; resource and mobility management; flow and congestion control; medium access control; multimedia networks; cross-layer design. Thomas E. Darcie, PhD (Toronto) Optical systems; optical communications; fiber-optic systems and technology; broadband networks; RF/microwave/ millimeter wave optical fiber systems; optical imaging and processor systems. Nikitas J. Dimopoulos, PhD (Maryland) High performance computer systems architecture; power aware computing; computational grid; neural networks; QSAR. Xiaodai Dong, PhD (Queen’s) Wireless communications; ultra- wideband communications; communication systems design and analysis. Peter F. Driessen, PhD (British Columbia) Audio and video signal processing; computer music; sound recording; wireless communications; radio propagation. Fayez Gebali, PhD (British Columbia) Computer communications; computer architecture; computer arithmetic; digital signal processing; VLSI systems design. Reuven Gordon, PhD (Cambridge) Nanophotonics; plasmonics; optofluidics; optical trapping; nonlinear optics; optical biosensors; ultra-fast optics; semiconductor lasers. T. Aaron Gulliver, PhD (Victoria) Wireless communications; ultra- wideband communications; MIMO systems; sensor networks; information theory; algebraic coding theory; cryptography. Ahmed E. Hassan, PhD (Waterloo) Software engineering (software architecture recovery, web applications, software evolution and mining software repositories); performance engineering; distributed fault tolerant systems. Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer, Dr-Ing (Grenoble) Microwave, millimeter wave, optical theory and applications; computational electromagnetics and numerical field modelling; high speed circuit analysis and synthesis; computer-aided design. R. Lynn Kirlin, PhD (Utah State) Statistical signal processing; adaptive filters; parameter estimation; pattern recognition; data compression. Harry H. L. Kwok, PhD (Stanford) Advanced materials; electronic devices and IC design; mixed-mode circuits. Kin Fun Li, PhD (Concordia) Web mining; computer architecture. Warren D. Little, PhD (British Columbia) Microcomputer architecture and applications; image processing; computer vision and automatic product identification; logic design. Wu-Sheng Lu, PhD (Minnesota) Design and analysis of digital filters; wavelets and filter banks; DSP for telecommunications; numerical optimization and applications. Eric G. Manning, PhD (Illinois) Computer network; distributed computing; multimedia. Michael L. McGuire, PhD (Toronto) Model-based and adaptive filtering; digital signal processing; wireless network control. Subhasis Nandi, PhD (Texas A&M) Electric machine control and drives; fault diagnosis of electric machines; power electronics. Stephen W. Neville, PhD (Victoria) Statistical signal processing; pattern recognition; neural networks; fuzzy systems; fault detection and diagnosis; decision support systems; cyber-security. Christo Papadopoulos, PhD (Brown) Nanotechnology; carbon nanotube devices and physics; electronic transport in nanostructures; synthesis and properties of nanomaterials; molecular devices. Daler N. Rakhmatov, PhD (Arizona) Energy-efficient computing; reconfigurable embedded systems; design automation for low power. Mihai Sima, PhD (Bucharest), PhD (Delft) Computer architecture; reconfigurable computing; embedded systems; digital signal processing; speech recognition. Poman P.M. So, PhD (Victoria) Computational electromagnetics; microwave circuit analysis and synthesis; computer-aided design; object-oriented software engineering. Maria A. Stuchly, PhD (Polish Acad of Sciences) Applied electromagnetics; numerical modelling of interactions of electromagnetic fields with biological systems. Issa Traoré, PhD (Institut National Polytechnique, Toulouse) Secure information systems; distributed systems; formal methods; requirements specification; object-oriented design and programming. Hong-Chuan Yang, PhD (Minnesota) Wireless communications and networks; diversity techniques; performance analysis; cross-layer design; energy efficient communications. Adam Zielinski, PhD (Wroclaw) Underwater acoustic systems; acoustic communications, telemetry and navigation; application of acoustics; ocean electronic instrumentation; signal acquisition and processing; electronic circuits and sensors. The department is known for its exceptional faculty and excellent students worldwide. In the brief 23 years since its establishment, the Department has focused in research and graduate studies. More than 120 Ph.D. have been awarded, and its graduates find themselves in academia and industry worldwide. Of its academic ranks of 34 regular and emeritus faculty members, one is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, nine are Fellows of the IEEE, five are Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada, one is a Lansdowne Chair, and three are Canada Research Chairs. Faculty Members and Areas of Research Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Programs For more information contact Graduate Advisor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Victoria PO Box 3055 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3P6 Email: [email protected] www.ece.uvic.ca/grad

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Thinking at a higher

level.Graduate studies in

electrical and computer

engineering

Michael D. Adams, PhD (British Columbia) Digital signal processing; wavelets and fi lter banks; multimedia (i.e., image/video/audio) signal processing; effi cient software implementations of signal-processing systems.

Panajotis Agathoklis, Dr ScTech (Swiss Fed Inst of Tech) Digital signal processing; video and image processing; multidimensional systems; stability and robustness of control systems.

Andreas Antoniou, PhD (London)Analog and digital fi lter design; digital signal processing; electronic circuits; optimization methods.

Amirali Baniasadi, PhD (Northwestern) Low-power design; power-aware architectures; VLSI; interconnect; high-performance processors; embedded processors.

Ashoka K.S. Bhat, PhD (Toronto) Power electronic controls; high-frequency link power conversion - resonant and pulse width modulation; applications of new power devices; design of electronic circuits for power control.

Jens Bornemann, Dr-Ing (Bremen)RF/wireless/microwave/millimeter-wave components and systems design; antennas; ultra-wideband applications; electromagnetic fi eld modelling; computer-aided design.

Alexandra Branzan Albu, PhD (Bucharest) Computer vision; medical imaging; virtual reality; modelling and simulation.

Lin Cai, PhD (Waterloo) Wireless networks and mobile computing; resource and mobility management; fl ow and congestion control; medium access control; multimedia networks; cross-layer design.

Thomas E. Darcie, PhD (Toronto) Optical systems; optical communications; fi ber-optic systems and technology; broadband networks; RF/microwave/millimeter wave optical fi ber systems; optical imaging and processor systems.

Nikitas J. Dimopoulos, PhD (Maryland) High performance computer systems architecture; power aware computing;computational grid; neural networks; QSAR.

Xiaodai Dong, PhD (Queen’s) Wireless communications; ultra-wideband communications; communication systems design and analysis.

Peter F. Driessen, PhD (British Columbia) Audio and video signal processing; computer music; sound recording; wireless communications; radio propagation.

Fayez Gebali, PhD (British Columbia) Computer communications; computer architecture; computer arithmetic; digital signal processing; VLSI systems design.

Reuven Gordon, PhD (Cambridge) Nanophotonics; plasmonics; optofl uidics; optical trapping; nonlinear optics; optical biosensors; ultra-fast optics; semiconductor lasers.

T. Aaron Gulliver, PhD (Victoria) Wireless communications; ultra-wideband communications; MIMO systems; sensor networks; information theory; algebraic coding theory; cryptography.

Ahmed E. Hassan, PhD (Waterloo)Software engineering (software architecture recovery, web applications, software evolution and mining software repositories); performance engineering; distributed fault tolerant systems.

Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer, Dr-Ing (Grenoble)Microwave, millimeter wave, optical theory and applications; computational electromagnetics and numerical fi eld modelling; high speed circuit analysis and synthesis; computer-aided design.

R. Lynn Kirlin, PhD (Utah State)Statistical signal processing; adaptive fi lters; parameter estimation; pattern recognition; data compression.

Harry H. L. Kwok, PhD (Stanford) Advanced materials; electronic devices and IC design; mixed-mode circuits.

Kin Fun Li, PhD (Concordia) Web mining; computer architecture.

Warren D. Little, PhD (British Columbia)Microcomputer architecture and applications; image processing; computer vision and automatic product identifi cation; logic design.

Wu-Sheng Lu, PhD (Minnesota) Design and analysis of digital fi lters; wavelets and fi lter banks; DSP for telecommunications; numerical optimization and applications.

Eric G. Manning, PhD (Illinois)Computer network; distributed computing; multimedia.

Michael L. McGuire, PhD (Toronto) Model-based and adaptive fi ltering; digital signal processing; wireless network control.

Subhasis Nandi, PhD (Texas A&M) Electric machine control and drives; fault diagnosis of electric machines; power electronics.

Stephen W. Neville, PhD (Victoria) Statistical signal processing; pattern recognition; neural networks; fuzzy systems; fault detection and diagnosis; decision support systems; cyber-security.

Christo Papadopoulos, PhD (Brown) Nanotechnology; carbon nanotube devices and physics; electronic transport in nanostructures; synthesis and properties of nanomaterials; molecular devices.

Daler N. Rakhmatov, PhD (Arizona) Energy-effi cient computing; reconfi gurable embedded systems; design automation for low power.

Mihai Sima, PhD (Bucharest), PhD (Delft) Computer architecture; reconfi gurable computing; embedded systems; digital signal processing; speech recognition.

Poman P.M. So, PhD (Victoria) Computational electromagnetics; microwave circuit analysis and synthesis; computer-aided design; object-oriented software engineering.

Maria A. Stuchly, PhD (Polish Acad of Sciences)Applied electromagnetics; numerical modelling of interactions of electromagnetic fi elds with biological systems.

Issa Traoré, PhD (Institut National Polytechnique, Toulouse) Secure information systems; distributed systems; formal methods; requirements specifi cation; object-oriented design and programming.

Hong-Chuan Yang, PhD (Minnesota) Wireless communications and networks; diversity techniques; performance analysis; cross-layer design; energy effi cient communications.

Adam Zielinski, PhD (Wroclaw) Underwater acoustic systems; acoustic communications, telemetry and navigation; application of acoustics; ocean electronic instrumentation; signal acquisition and processing; electronic circuits and sensors.

The department is known for its exceptional faculty and

excellent students worldwide. In the brief 23 years since its

establishment, the Department has focused in research and

graduate studies. More than 120 Ph.D. have been awarded,

and its graduates fi nd themselves in academia and industry

worldwide. Of its academic ranks of 34 regular and emeritus

faculty members, one is a Fellow of the Royal Society of

Canada, nine are Fellows of the IEEE, fi ve are Fellows of the

Engineering Institute of Canada, one is a Lansdowne Chair, and

three are Canada Research Chairs.

Faculty Members and Areas of Research

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate ProgramsFor more information contact Graduate Advisor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of Victoria PO Box 3055 STN CSC • Victoria BC Canada V8W 3P6 • Email: [email protected]/grad