Areas of Research

o Signal Processing:

- detection and estimation theory

- quantization, compression, and distributed inference

- sensor array and multichannel processing

- time series and spectral analysis

- parametric and non-parametric methods

- signal processing on graph

- sparse theory and compressive sensing

o Sensing:

- wireless sensor networks

- space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for airborne radar, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar, synthetic aperture radar

- underwater acoustic signal processing, swimmer detection

- hyperspectral imaging (HSI)

- spectral analysis and agent identification for chemical-biological sensing

o Wireless Communications and Networking:

- modulation, coding, and information theory

- diversity combining and analysis

- wireless relays and cooperation

- mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs)

- channel estimation/identification and equalization

- time and frequency synchronization for CDMA and OFDM

- cross-layer optimization