Areas of Research

o      Signal Processing:

-      detection and estimation theory

-      distributed signal processing with band limited constraint ( e.g., for wireless sensor networks)

-      sensor array and multichannel processing

-      time series and spectral analysis

-      parametric and non-parametric methods

-      space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for airborne radars

-      synthetic aperture radar

-      underwater signal processing (e.g., swimmer detection with hydrophones)

-      detection and classification for hyperspectral imaging (HSI)

o      Wireless Communications and Networking:

-      modulation, coding, and information theory

-      diversity combining and analysis

-      wireless relays and cooperation

-      mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs)

-      wireless sensor networks

-      channel estimation/identification and equalization

-      time and frequency synchronization (for CDMA, OFDM, etc.)

-      modeling and simulation for hybrid optical and wireless networks

-      cross-layer optimization