Signals & Systems

Pishro-Nik Lab

Link to lab homepage:

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/pishro/research.html

Conducts research in the areas of communication systems and networks, sensor networks, error control coding, information theory, signal processing for communications and data storage, algorithms and security.

Engineering Thematic Area:

Signals & Systems

High-Dimensional Signal Processing Group

Link to lab homepage:

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/~mduarte/Group.html

The group’s research interests are Pattern Recognition, Digital Signal Processing, and in general Computer Engineering topics.

Engineering Thematic Area:

Signals & Systems

Wireless Systems Laboratory

Link to lab homepage:

http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~dgoeckel/wsl.html

The lab conducts research in physical-layer communication theory and practice, and network science.

Engineering Thematic Area:

Signals & Systems

Complex Systems Modeling and Control Laboratory

Link to lab homepage:

http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~gong

Our lab conducts research in algorithmic mechanisms for concept abstraction and the intelligence of analogy-making.

Engineering Thematic Area:

Signals & Systems

Control in Biomedical Systems Lab

Link to lab homepage:

http://pcsl.ecs.umass.edu/cbs

Our mission is to develop feedback control methods and tools for biomedical applications.

Engineering Thematic Area:

Signals & Systems

Hossein Pishro-Nik

Professor

Office: Marcus 215K

Mailing Address:
215K Marcus Hall
University of Massachusetts
100 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292

pishro@engin.umass.edu

(413) 577-0834

Personal Academic Website

Intro to Probability & Statistics

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Education

B.S., Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, 2001
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003, Ph.D., 2005

Research

Communication systems and networks, sensor networks, error control coding, information theory, signal processing for communications and data storage, statistical learning and decision making.

Research Area:

Signals & Systems

Publications

A. Eslami, S. Vangala and H. Pishro-Nik, “Hybrid channel codes for highly efficient FSO/RF communication systems,” IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 58, No. 10, Oct 2010.
A. Eslami, M. Nekoui, Pishro-Nik, “Results on Finite Wireless Networks on a Line”, IEEE Trans. Communications, VOL. 58, NO. 8, AUGUST 2010.
W. L. Leow, Daiheng Ni, and Hossein Pishro-Nik, “A Sampling Theorem Approach to Traffic Sensor Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 369-374. 2008.
H. Pishro-Nik and F. Fekri, “Results on punctured low-density parity-check codes and improved iterative decoding techniques,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory. Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 599-614, February 2007.
H. Pishro-Nik and F. Fekri, “On decoding of LDPC codes over the erasure channel,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory. Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 439-454, March 2004.

Honors

UMASS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2009. NSF CAREER Award, 2009. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009. ECE Graduate Excellence Award. Georgia Institute of technology, 2005. CSIP Outstanding Research Award Georgia Institute of technology, 2005.

Society Memberships:

IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Information Theory Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society.

Links

Homepage:

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/pishro/

Lab Affiliation:

Communications Systems

Patrick A. Kelly

Professor Emeritus

Office: Marcus 215B

Mailing Address:
215B Marcus Hall
University of Massachusetts
100 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292

kelly@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-3637

Full Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.S., Princeton University, 1978
M.S., University of Michigan, 1979
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985

Research

Image Modeling and Processing. Information Fusion for Image Processing and System Modeling. Algorithms and Neural Networks for System Optimization. Signal Detection and Estimation.

Research Area:

Signals & Systems

Publications

G. Yin, P. A. Kelly and M. H. Dowell, "A recursive algorithm for digital diffusion networks and applications to image processing," to appear in Model Oriented Data Analysis (V. Federov and P. Hackl, eds.), Springer-Verlag, 2001.
I.-S. Shin, P. A. Kelly, H. Derin, K. F. Lee and D. A. Tighe, "Template and active contour matching for automated left ventricular boundary detection," to appear in Proceedings SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing, 2001.
G. Yin, P. A. Kelly and M. H. Dowell, "Approximating an analog diffusion network with applications to image estimation," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 107, pp. 391-414, November 2000.
J. Hokland and P. A. Kelly, "Markov models of specular and diffuse scattering in restoration of medical ultrasound images,'' IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 43, pp. 660-669, July 1996.
W. Zhai, P. A. Kelly and W.-B. Gong, "Genetic algorithms with noisy fitness,'' Mathematical and Computer Modelling, vol. 23, pp. 131-142, June 1996.

Honors

Prize Paper Award (co-author), IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1987. Outstanding ECE Teacher Award, IEEE/HKN student branches, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989 and 1993. Honorable Mention Award (co-author), SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, 1995.

Society Memberships:

IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, Tau Beta Pi.

Experience

Institutional & Professional Service:

University Academic Honesty Board, 2000-present. ECE Department Instructional Development Committee, 1996-present (committee chair, 2001). College of Engineering Academic Affairs Committee, 1996-1998. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1994-1997.

Links

CV:

cv_kelly_Oct_17.pdf

Lab Affiliation:

Information Systems Lab

Christopher V. Hollot

Professor

Department Head

Office: Marcus 201F

Mailing Address:
201F Marcus Hall
University of Massachusetts
100 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292

hollot@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-1586

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Education

B.S., West Virginia University, 1974
M.S., Syracuse University, 1980
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1984

Research

Theory and Application of Feedback Control

Research Area:

Signals & Systems

Publications

R. P. Shrestha, C.V. Hollot, S. R. Chipkin, C. P. Schmitt, Y. Chait, “A Mathematical Model of Parathyroid Hormone Response to Acute Changes in Plasma Ionized Calcium Concentration in Humans," Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 226, no.1, pp. 46-57, 2010.
M. Degon, S. R. Chipkin, C. V. Hollot, R. T. Zoeller, Y. Chait, “A Mathematical Model of the Human Thyroid,” Mathematical Bioscience,. vol.212, no1, pp. 22-53, 2008.
H. Han, S. Shakkottai, C.V. Hollot, R. Srikant and D. Towsley, ``Multi-Path TCP: A Joint Congestion Control and Routing Scheme to Exploit Path Diversity in the Internet,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1260-1271, 2006.
O. Beker, C.V. Hollot and Y. Chait, "Fundamental Properties of Reset Control Systems, Automatica, Vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 905-915, 2004.
C.V. Hollot, V. Misra, D. Towsley and W.B. Gong, “A Control Theoretic Analysis of RED,” Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, Anchorage, 2001.

Honors

Ben Dasher Award for Best Paper at the 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009; Nominee for University's Distinguished Teaching Award, 1987, 2003-2005; IEEE Fellow, 2004; College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2004; ECE Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, 1987, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004; NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988; Edward P. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, 1984.

Society Memberships:

IEEE Control Systems Society

Experience

Institutional & Professional Service:

Department Head (2007-present). Associate Department Head (1994-1996, 2002-2007). Chair, Robust Control Working Group of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) (1996-2002). Associate Editor (IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, Systems and Control Letters).

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Lab Affiliation:

Control in Biomedical Systems Research Lab

Weibo Gong

University Distinguished Professor

Office: Knowles 215D

Mailing Address:
215D Knowles Engineering Bldg
University of Massachusetts
151 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9284

gong@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0384

Personal Academic Website

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Education

S.M., Harvard University, 1985; Ph.D., 1987

Research

Complex graph representations, Algorithmic mechanisms for concept abstraction and analogical reminding, Fast Image retrieval.

Research Area:

Signals & Systems

Honors

Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund Award 2010, Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, 2008-2009, Chancellor’s Medal, University of Massachusetts, 2009, Engineering College Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2002, IEEE Fellow, 1999, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control George Axelby Outstanding Paper Award, 1997

Society Memberships:

IEEE Control Systems Society

Experience

Institutional & Professional Service:

Associate Editor, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 1995. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (1993-1997). Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (1994-1996). Organizer, 1996 NSF-ARO workshop on Systems and Control. Issues in Communication Networks, August 9-10, Airlie, Virginia. Program Committee Chair, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2004.

Links

Homepage:

http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~gong/

Lab Affiliation:

Complex Systems Modeling and Control Lab

Dennis L. Goeckel

Professor

Office: Marcus 215L

Mailing Address:
215L Marcus Hall
University of Massachusetts
100 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292

goeckel@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-3514

Personal Academic Website

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Education

B.S.C.E.E., Purdue University, 1992
M.S., University of Michigan, 1993, Ph.D., 1996

Research

Physical-layer communication theory and practice, network science.

Research Area:

Signals & Systems

Publications

C. Capar, D. Goeckel, and D. Towsley, "Broadcast in Cooperative

Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,

Vol. 59: pp. 5805-5810, September 2013.

A. Sheikholeslami, D. Goeckel, and H. Pishro-Nik,

"Everlasting Secrecy by Exploiting Non-Idealities of the Eavesdropper's

Receiver," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special

Issue on Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Physical Layer Security,

Vol. 31: pp. 1828-1839, September 2013.

B. Bash, D. Goeckel, and D. Towsley, "Limits of Reliable

Communication with Low Probability of Detection on AWGN Channels,"

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special Issue

on Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Physical Layer

Security, Vol. 31: pp. 1921-1930, September 2013.

S. Vasudevan, M. Adler, D. Goeckel, and D. Towsley, "Efficient Algorithms for

Neighbor Discovery in Wireless Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking,

Vol. 21: pp. 69-83, February 2013.

K. Morrison, C. Capar, and D. Goeckel, "Peak Minimization For

Reference-Based Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Radio,''

IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 60: pp. 2054-2058,

August 2012.

Honors

IEEE Fellow, 2011. College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Member, 2010. University of Massachusetts Distinguished Teaching Award 2007. College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Member, 2001. National Science Foundation CAREER Award 1999.

Society Memberships:

IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Information Theory Society

Experience

Institutional & Professional Service:

Associate Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,Wireless Communications Series (1999-2002). Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications (2006-2010). Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2010-2013). Associate Editor, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (2012-present). Panelist for the National Science Foundation. Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee, Communication Theory Symposium, GlobeCom 2004. Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee, Wireless Communications Symposium, GlobeCom 2008. Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing: Special Issue on Performance Limits of Ultra-Wideband Systems, October 2007.

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Homepage:

http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~dgoeckel/

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Wireless Systems Lab

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