Signal and Image Processing Professors

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has twelve tenured and tenure-track professors in signal and image processing with active research groups. Signal and image processing is not a separate academic area of study, but instead cuts across six of the nine academic curriculum tracks of graduate study in the ECE department. Note that CommNetS stands for Communications, Networks, and Systems, which is one of the nine curriculum tracks. The signal and image processing faculty can be broadly categorized by their primary research interests as follows:

image and video processing theory and algorithms: Profs. Aggarwal, Bovik, Evans, Ghosh, and Heath
signal processing theory and algorithms: Profs. Andrews, Heath, Ling, Powers, Rappaport, Sandberg (Emeritus), and Vishwanath
design and implementation of signal processing systems: Profs. Evans, Jacome, John, and Swartzlander

These faculty are given below in alphabetical order.

Professor Dept. Area Research Interests
J. K. Aggarwal Computer Eng. computer vision; automatic target recognition; robotics
Jeffrey G. Andrews CommNetS advanced CDMA systems; multiuser receivers; OFDM systems; convergence of wireless LANs with cellular systems
Alan C. Bovik Computer Eng. & CommNetS digital image and video processing; wireless video; video communications; wavelets and multiscale signal processing
Brian L. Evans Computer Eng. & CommNetS real-time embedded systems; multicarrier equalizers for ADSL and VDSL; OFDM systems; image halftoning; image quality assessment; 3-D real-time sonar imaging; system-level design automation
Robert W. Heath, Jr. CommNetS wireless communications, OFDM systems, multi-input multi-output systems, space-time coding, smart antennas, spatial array signal processing, wireless image/video transmission
Joydeep Ghosh Computer Eng. & CommNetS adaptive signal and image processing; neural networks; intelligent systems; data analysis and mining using DSP
Margarida F. Jacome Computer Eng. & Circuit Design VLIW DSP compilers; hardware/software codesign; JPEG and MPEG codecs
Lizy K. John Computer Eng. high-performance DSP architectures; optimization of DSP applications; native signal processing
Hao Ling Electromagnetics/Acoustics wireless propagation; antenna design; time-frequency signal processing; synthetic aperture radar imaging; automatic target identification; subspace decomposition
Edward J. Powers CommNetS and Optics Wavelet-based and higher-order statistical signal processing; OFDM systems; time-varying nonlinear communications and electric power systems; nonlinear Volterra filtering
Theodore S. Rappaport CommNetS wireless broadband network access; portable internet access; 3-D wireless propagation studies; smart antennas; OFDM systems
Irwin W. Sandberg CommNetS modeling and computation of nonlinear digital systems; multidimensional systems; neural networks; Volterra series (Emeritus)
Earl E. Swartzlander Computer Eng. & Circuit Design application-specific processors; high-speed computer arithmetic; processor architecture; VLSI technology
Sriram Vishwanath CommNetS bandlimited extrapolation; statistical signal processing; channel coding; information theory

In addition, the ECE Department has two Emeritus and one adjunct faculty in signal and image processing:

Elmer L. Hixson (Electromagnetics/Acoustics): microphone arrays; noise cancellation; audio electronics; embedded real-time DSP [Emeritus]
Harold W. Smith (Electromagnetics/Acoustics): geophysical signal processing; spatial array signal processing [Emeritus]
Guanghan Xu (CommNetS): Wireless communications systems; wireless networks; smart antennas; propagation studies; semiconductor manufacturing [Adjunct Associate Professor]

Many other professors not in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering conduct research and teach courses related to signal and image processing:

Orly Alter, Biomedical Engineering, who conducts research in genomic signal processing
Ronald Barr, Mechanical Engineering, who teaches EE 385J-30 Biosignal Analysis
Craig Champlin, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, champlin@mail.utexas.edu
Randy Diehl, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Speech Laboratory, diehl@psy.utexas.edu
Wilson Geisler, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems, geisler@psy.utexas.edu
Thomas E. Milner, Biomedical Engineering, who researches infrared tomography for temperature profile and optical Doppler tomography for blood flow in tissue
Bruce Pennycook, Department of Music brucepennycook@sbcglobal.net
Russell Pinkston, Department of Music, and Director of Electronic Music Studios, r.pinkston@mail.utexas.edu
Harrick Vin, Computer Science, who teaches CS384M Multimedia Systems

Last updated 03/13/06. This page is maintained by Prof. Brian L. Evans. Please send comments to bevans@ece.utexas.edu.

Professor	Dept. Area	Research Interests
J. K. Aggarwal	Computer Eng.	computer vision; automatic target recognition; robotics
Jeffrey G. Andrews	CommNetS	advanced CDMA systems; multiuser receivers; OFDM systems; convergence of wireless LANs with cellular systems
Alan C. Bovik	Computer Eng. & CommNetS	digital image and video processing; wireless video; video communications; wavelets and multiscale signal processing
Brian L. Evans	Computer Eng. & CommNetS	real-time embedded systems; multicarrier equalizers for ADSL and VDSL; OFDM systems; image halftoning; image quality assessment; 3-D real-time sonar imaging; system-level design automation
Robert W. Heath, Jr.	CommNetS	wireless communications, OFDM systems, multi-input multi-output systems, space-time coding, smart antennas, spatial array signal processing, wireless image/video transmission
Joydeep Ghosh	Computer Eng. & CommNetS	adaptive signal and image processing; neural networks; intelligent systems; data analysis and mining using DSP
Margarida F. Jacome	Computer Eng. & Circuit Design	VLIW DSP compilers; hardware/software codesign; JPEG and MPEG codecs
Lizy K. John	Computer Eng.	high-performance DSP architectures; optimization of DSP applications; native signal processing
Hao Ling	Electromagnetics/Acoustics	wireless propagation; antenna design; time-frequency signal processing; synthetic aperture radar imaging; automatic target identification; subspace decomposition
Edward J. Powers	CommNetS and Optics	Wavelet-based and higher-order statistical signal processing; OFDM systems; time-varying nonlinear communications and electric power systems; nonlinear Volterra filtering
Theodore S. Rappaport	CommNetS	wireless broadband network access; portable internet access; 3-D wireless propagation studies; smart antennas; OFDM systems
Irwin W. Sandberg	CommNetS	modeling and computation of nonlinear digital systems; multidimensional systems; neural networks; Volterra series (Emeritus)
Earl E. Swartzlander	Computer Eng. & Circuit Design	application-specific processors; high-speed computer arithmetic; processor architecture; VLSI technology
Sriram Vishwanath	CommNetS	bandlimited extrapolation; statistical signal processing; channel coding; information theory