Interdisciplinary COmmunications

Networking and Signal Processing

 

Index: Wireless Communications and Networking | Digital Signal Processing



Wireless Communications and Networking

 

Books/Book Chapters

 

R. Sankar, X. H. Le, S. Lee, and D. Wang, Protection of Data Confidentiality and Patient Privacy in Medical Sensor Networks, Book Chapter in “Intelligent implantable sensor systems for medical applications”, Diana Hodgins and Andreas Inmann (Editors), Woodhead Publishing, pp. 279-298, Jan 2013.


R. Sankar, Mobility Management and Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Contributed to Handbook on Mobile Computing, I. Mahgoub and M. Ilyas (Editors), CRC Press, pp. 637-661, 2005.


G. Chiruvolu, R. Sankar, and K. Christensen, Short-Term Prediction of Traffic for Improved ATM QoS, in The 6th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 96), Springer-Verlag, 1996.


Refereed Journal Papers

 

I. Butun, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, An Intrusion Detection System Based on Multi-Level Clustering for Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensors, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 28960-28978, Nov. 2015. (Impact Factor: 2.245)

I. Butun, R. Sankar, and I. Ra, PCAC: Power and Connectivity Aware Clustering for Wireless Sensor Networks, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Spring Open Journal (Open Access), March 20, 2015. (Impact Factor: 0.8)

J. Hwang, R. Sankar, and J. Cho, An Effect of Phase Noise for an Indoor Wireless System, Information Systems, Elsevier, Vol. 48, pp. 262-266, 2015.

Y. Wang, M. C. Ertürk, J. Liu, I. Ra, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Throughput and Delay of Single-Hop and Two-Hop Aeronautical Communication Networks, IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Vol. 17, No. 1, pp 58-65, February 2015. (Impact Factor: 1.0)

I. Butun, S. D. Morgera, and R. Sankar, A Survey of Intrusion Detection Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 266-282, 2014. (Impact Factor: 4.818)

Y. Wang, R. Sankar, and S. D. Morgera, Adaptive Rate Transmission with Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 1409-1415, March 2013. (Impact Factor: 1.92)

Y. Wang, M. C. Ertürk, I. Ra, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Throughput and Delay Analysis for Aeronautical Communication Networks, International Journal of Research and Reviews in Wireless Sensor Networks (IJRRWSN), Sep. 2012.


I. Butun, Y. Wang, Y. Lee, and R. Sankar, Intrusion Prevention with Two Level User Authentication in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, International J. of Security and Networks (IJSN), Inderscience Publishers Ltd., Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2012.


M. Khalid, Y. Wang, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Two-Relay based Cooperative MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 3361-3373, September 2011.


M. Khalid, Y. Wang, I. Butun, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Coherence Time Based Cooperative MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, EURASIP J. Wireless Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Multiple Access Communications in Future-Generation Wireless Networks, Springer Open Access Journal, 2011:3, 6 June 2011.


M. Khalid, X. H. Le, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Polarization-based Cooperative Directional MAC Protocol for Ad hoc Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 1522-1538, June 2013.


M. Khalid, Y. Wang, X. H. Le, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Distributed Adaptive Scheduling for Finite Horizon in Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Journal of Communications, Academy Publishers, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 155-164, 2012.


X. H. Le, M. Khalid, R. Sankar, and S. Lee, An Efficient Mutual Authentication and Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Healthcare, Journal of Networks, Special Issue on Recent Network Technologies and its Advanced Applications, Academy Publisher, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 355-364, March 2011.


M. Khalid, X. H. Le, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, ADMAC with Integrated Destination Discovery for Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 704-706, August 2010.


X. H. Le, S. Lee, Y. Lee, H. Lee, M. Khalid, and R. Sankar, Activity-Oriented Access Control to Ubiquitous Hospital Information and Services, Information Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 180, No. 16, pp. 2979-2990, August 2010.


X. H. Le, S. Lee, I. Butun, M. Khalid, R. Sankar, H. Kim, M. Han, Y. Lee, and H. Lee, An Energy-Efficient Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Journal of Communications and Networks, Special Issue on Secure Wireless Networking, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 599-606, December 2009.


M. Agrawal, K. Chari, and R. Sankar, Demystifying Wireless Technologies: Navigating Through the Wireless Technology Maze, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS) Journal, Vol. 12, pp. 166-182, 2003.


E. Sheybani and R. Sankar, ATMTN: A Telemammography Network Architecture, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1438-1443, December 2002.


S. Feng, W. Ye, R. Sankar, and F. Ke, A Novel Packet Scheduling Algorithm without Timestamp, Journal of China Institute of Communications, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 26-32, July 2002.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, A Model for Analyzing Handoff in Cellular Communication Systems, International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2002.


G. Chiruvolu, R. Sankar, and N. Ranganathan, VBR Video Traffic Management using a Predictor-based Architecture, Computer Communications, Vol. 23, pp. 62-70, 2000.


G. Edwards, A. Kandel, and R. Sankar, Fuzzy Handoff Algorithms for Wireless Communication, International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 110, pp. 379-388, 2000.


G. Chiruvolu, R. Sankar, and N. Ranganathan, Adaptive VBR Video Traffic Management for Higher Utilization of ATM Networks, ACM/SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 27-40, July 1998.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, Microcellular Handoff Using Fuzzy Techniques, Wireless Networks, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 401-409, 1998.


K. Kidambi, R. Sankar, and J. Ottensmeyer, A QoS Mapping Scheme and a Model for MAN-ATM Inter(net)working, Computer Communications , Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 276-286, March 1996.


R. Singh and R. Sankar, Performance Trending for Management of Packet-Switched Networks, International Journal of Network Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 69-78, June 1994.


Y. Y. Yang and R. Sankar, An Automatic Failure Isolation and Reconfiguration Methodology for Dual-Ring Networks, IEEE Network, Vol. 7, No.5, pp. 44-53, September 1993.


G. Edwards, P. Roth, and R. Sankar, CSIM Simulation of a Token Ring LAN, Trans. of the Society for Computer Simulation, Vol. 9, No.1, pp. 39-58, March 1992.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, Modeling and Simulation of Networks using CSIM, SIMULATION, Vol. 58, No.2, pp. 131-136, February 1992.


Referred Conference Papers

 

S. Sobolewski, W. L. Adam, Jr., and R. Sankar, Complex Source Detection and Threat Simulation in an Ambiguous Era,  Electronic Warfare Europe 2019, Stockholm, Sweden, May 13-15, 2019.

A. Le and R. Sankar, Complex Network Approach for Power Grids Vulnerability and Large Area Blackout, 5th International Conference on Computational Social Networks (CSoNet), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 2-4, 2016, pp. 206-213. (LNCS 9795 - Computational Social Networks, H. T. Nguyen and V. Snasel (Eds.), Springer).
   
S. Sobolewski, W. L. Adam, Jr., and R. Sankar, Effective and Efficient Compound Feature Vectors Applicable to Discrimination of any Conceivable Bandpass Modulated Waveforms, IEEE 4th International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom), Varna, Bulgaria, June 6-9, 2016.
 
S. Sobolewski, W. L. Adams Jr., and R. Sankar, Universal Nonhierarchical Automatic Modulation Recognition Techniques For Distinguishing Bandpass Modulated Waveforms Based On Signal Statistics, Cumulant, Cyclostationary, Multifractal and Fourier-Wavelet Transforms Features, IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Baltimore, MD, Oct. 6-8, 2014, pp. 748-753.

J. Hwang, R. Sankar, J. Cho, Characteristics of Phase Noise for WPAN System, International Symposium on Advanced and Applied Convergence (ISAAC), Seoul, Korea November 14–16, 2013.

Y. Wang, G. Yue, S. Rangarajan, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Buffer-Aware Packet Scheduling for Downlink Multiuser Systems, 24th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), London, UK, September 8-11, 2013.


S. Sobolewski, W. L. Adams Jr., and R. Sankar, Automatic Modulation Recognition Techniques Based on Cyclostationary and Multifractal Features for Distinguishing Chirp, PWM and PPM Waveforms Used in Radar Systems as Example of Artificial Intelligence Implementation in Test, IEEE Autotestcon, Anaheim, CA, Sep. 10-13, 2012. (abstract refereed).


Y. Wang, I. Butun, R. Sankar, and I. Ra, Delay Considerations with Opportunistic Two-hop Relays in Wireless Networks, International Conf. on Smart Media and Applications (SMA), August 22-24, 2012, Hangzhou, China. (Invited Paper).


Y. Wang, K. Valkealahti, K. Shu, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Performance Evaluation of Flexible TDD Switching in 3GPP LTE System, The 35th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Newark, NJ, May 21-22, 2012.


M. Khalid, Y. Wang, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Instantaneous Rate Based Cooperative MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, The 35th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Newark, NJ, May 21-22, 2012.


Y. Xu, N. I. Sapankevych, J. W. Crain, I. Butun, and R. Sankar, Comparison of Routing and Network Coding in Undirected Network Group Communications, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.


Y. Wang, M. C. Ertürk, H. Arslan, R. Sankar, I. Ra, and S. Morgera, Throughput and Delay Analysis in  Aeronautical Data Networks, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2012), Maui, HI, January 30 - February 2, 2012, pp. 771-775.


M. Khalid, Y. Wang, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Hybrid Cooperative MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad hoc Networks, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2012), Maui, HI, January 30 - February 2, 2012, pp. 1015-1019.


Y. Wang, I. Butun, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Adaptive Rate Transmission with Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, January 14-17, 2012.


I. Butun, Y. Wang, and R. Sankar, Evaluation of Advanced Two Tier User Authentication Scheme, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Security and Content Protection, Las Vegas, NV, January 14-17, 2012.


Y. Wang, S. Cui, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Delay-Throughput Trade-off With Opportunistic Relaying in Wireless Networks, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Wireless Communications Symposium, Houston, TX, December 5-9, 2011.


I. Ra, M. Agawal, and R. Sankar, Communication Technologies in Smart Grid, Asia-Pacific Conference on Fundamental Problems of Opto- and Microelectronics (APCOM 2011), July 4-8, 2011, Moscow and Samara, Russia. (Invited Paper).


Y. Wang, M. C. Erturk, H. Arslan, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Throughput Analysis in Aeronautical Data Networks, 12th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMIcon), Clearwater, FL, April 18-19, 2011.


Y. Wang, X. Wei, B. Timus, R. Sankar, and S. Morgera, Feasibility Study of Pico Cellular-Relaying System in Urban Outdoor Environment, 12th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMIcon), Clearwater, FL, April 18-19, 2011.


I. Butun and R. Sankar, Advanced Two Tier User Authentication Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Research Student Workshop, Las Vegas, NV, January 9-12, 2011.


I. Butun and R. Sankar, A Survey: Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Work-in-Progress (short paper), Las Vegas, NV, January 9-12, 2011.


M. Khalid, X. H. Le, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Finite Horizon Scheduling in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom) Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Services (MCS), Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010.


M. Khalid, X. H. Le, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Ratio-based Finite Horizon Scheduling in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN), Las Vegas, NV, July 12-15, 2010.


W. D. Phillips and R. Sankar, An Internet Overlay Architecture for Global Scale Wireless Sensor Networks, The Ninth Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), Tampa, FL, April 21-23, 2010.


Y. Yu and R. Sankar, A Game-Theoretic Approach to Cellular Network Hand-off, The Ninth Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), Tampa, FL, April 21-23, 2010.


I. Butun, A. C. Talay, D. T. Altilar, and R. Sankar, Impact of Mobility Prediction on the Performance of Cognitive Radio Networks, The Ninth Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), Tampa, FL, April 21-23, 2010.


I. Butun, S. Birla, X. H. Le, S. Lee, and R. Sankar, Performance Evaluation of Quick-Start in Low Latency Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Research Student Workshop, Las Vegas, NV, January 9-12, 2010, pp. 873-875.


X. H Le, R. Sankar, M. Khalid, and S. Lee, Public Key Cryptography-based Security Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in Healthcare, The 4th International Conf. on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC), Suwon, Korea, January 14-15, 2010. (Invited Paper).


Y. Yu, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Cellular Network Handoff Using Game Theory, Communications and Bio Nano Networking Technology Workshop in US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, Raleigh, NC, July 16-19, 2009. (Invited Paper).


W. D. Phillips and R. Sankar, Implementation Challenges Affecting Global Sensor Networks, Communications and Bio Nano Networking Technology Workshop in US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, Raleigh, NC, July 16-19, 2009. (Invited Paper).


K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, P300 Based Single Trial Independent Component Analysis on EEG Signal, The 13th International Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) jointly with 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, San Diego, CA, July 19-24, 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer, vol. 5638, pp. 404-410, 2009. (Invited Paper).


M. Khalid, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Towards a Cross-Layer Framework for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Sousse, Tunisia, July 5-8, 2009, pp. 159-164.


M. Khalid, I. Ra, Y. Joo, and R. Sankar, A Scenario-based Directional Communication Performance in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, The 2008 IEEE/IFIP International Conference On Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Shanghai, China, December 17-20, 2008, pp. 266-271.


M. Khalid, Y. Joo, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Directional Communication in Wireless Ad hoc Networks – A Scenario, The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), Nagoya, Japan, September 17-21, 2008, pp. 656-663.


H. Kim, R. Sankar, Y. Joo, and I. Ra, A Low-Power Data Dissemination Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), Sokcho, South Korea, September 6-8, 2007, pp. 660-664. (received the best presentation award)


H. Kim, R. Sankar, J. Lee, and I. Ra, Hop-by-Hop Based Reliable Congestion Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), Sokcho, South Korea, September 6-8, 2007, pp. 665-668.


J. Lee, N. Choi, and R. Sankar, RBF Based Multi-User Detection in DS-CDMA System, The 8th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), Sokcho, South Korea, September 6-8, 2007, pp. 660-664.


J. Lee, R. Sankar, and J. Hwang, Reduced RBF Centers Based Multi-user Detection in DS-CDMA Systems, First International Conf. on Advances in Hybrid Information Technology (ICHIT), Jeju Island, Korea, November 9-11, 2006, Vol. 4413, pp. 249-257.


P. Prabhakaran and R. Sankar, Energy Performance of Mobile Ad hoc Networks with Realistic Mobility Models, Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium at the IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.


P. Prabhakaran and R. Sankar, Impact of Realistic Mobility Models on Wireless Networks Performance, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Montreal, Canada, June 2006, pp. 329-334.


N. Yang and R. Sankar, Effects of Cross-Layer Processing on Wireless Ad Hoc Network Performance, IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Montreal, Canada, August 2005, Vol. 3, pp. 284-290.


N. Kajale and R. Sankar, A Comparative Analysis of Interference Mitigation Techniques for Ultra Wideband and WLAN Co-Existence, IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Montreal, Canada, August 2005, Vol. 1, pp. 36-43.


N. Yang, R. Sankar, and J. Lee, Improving Ad Hoc Network Performance Using Cross Layer Information Processing, IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Seoul, Korea, May 2005, Vol. 4, pp. 2764-2768.
(32.8% acceptance rate)

E. Sheybani, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, Unique Clinic to Lab Connectivity for Telemammography, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Las Vegas, NV, April 2004.


A. K. Parameswaran and R. Sankar, Mobile IP Throughput Studies on a Wireless LAN, IEEE Southeastcon, Greensboro, NC, March 2004, pp. 234-238.


E. Sheybani, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, Integrated ATM Network and DSP Algorithms for Telemammography, IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMED), Innsbruck, Austria, February 2004, pp. 107-110.


R. Sankar, Intelligent Network Management Using Fuzzy Control, IASTED International Conference on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence (NCI), Cancun, Mexico, May 19-21, 2003.


K. Narayanan and R. Sankar, Adaptive Handoff Management Based on Game Theory, The 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, November 2002, (accepted).


E. Sheybani and R. Sankar, ATMTN: DICOM and IP over ATM for Teleradiology, IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST), Tehran, Iran, September 2001. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and Y. Kinoshita, An Intelligent Mobility Management for Next-Generation Wireless Networks, The 4th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI), Orlando, FL, July 2000, (Invited Summary).


S. Feng and R. Sankar, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Stationary VBR Video Traffic Based on Linear Prediction, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1999, pp. 1478-1482.


S. Feng and R. Sankar, Limitation of and Improvement to Linear Prediction and Smoothing-based Bandwidth Allocation for VBR Video Traffic, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1999, pp. 209-213.


S. Azad and R. Sankar, Performance Evaluation of Channel Allocation Algorithms under Uniform and Non-Uniform Traffic Conditions, IEEE 50th International Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC - Fall), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1999, Vol.2, pp. 1263-1267.


R. Sankar and S. Azad, Architectures and Mobility Management for Wireless ATM Networks, The 3rd World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI), Orlando, FL, July-August 1999. (Invited Paper).


N. Savkoor and R. Sankar, A Combined Prediction System for Handoffs in Overlaid Wireless Networks, IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Vancouver, Canada, June 1999, Vol. 2, pp. 760-764.


S. Azad and R. Sankar, Comparison of Channel Assignment Strategies in Cellular Systems, IEEE Southeastcon, Lexington, KY, March 1999, pp. 299-304.


N. Savkoor and R. Sankar, Microcellular Handoff Control Using Robust Prediction Techniques, IEEE Southeastcon, Lexington, KY, March 1999, pp. 337-339.


G. Chiruvolu, R. Sankar, and N. Ranganathan, An Adaptive Scheme for Better Utilization with QoS Constraints for VBR Video Traffic in ATM Networks, Third IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Athens, Greece, June 1998, pp. 3-7.


G. Chiruvolu, T. Das, R. Sankar, and N. Ranganathan, A Scene-based Generalized Markov Chain Model for VBR Video, IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Atlanta, GA, June 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 554-558.


N. Savkoor, R. Sankar, and S. Azad, Handoff Performance Issues in PCS Networks, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, April 1998, pp. 236-239.


S. Azad, R. Sankar, and G. Chiruvolu, Resource Allocation for Handoff in Wireless ATM Networks, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, April 1998, pp. 240-243.


G. Chiruvolu, R. Sankar, and N. Ranganathan, Issue and Approaches Towards VBR Video Traffic Management in ATM Networks, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, April 1998, pp. 306-310.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, A Predictive Fuzzy Algorithm for High Performance Microcellular Handoff, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Phoenix, AZ, November 1997, Vol. 2, pp. 987-990.


K. Ma, R. Sankar, and K. Christensen, A New Explicit Rate-Based Congestion Control Scheme for ABR Services, 22nd IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 1997, pp. 195-201.

G. Chiruvolu and R. Sankar, An Approach Towards Resource Management and Transportation of VBR Video Traffic, IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 1997, pp. 550-554.


R. Sankar and L. Civil, Intelligent Traffic Monitoring System Using Wireless Cellular Communications, IEEE Southeastcon, Blacksburg, VA, April 1997, pp. 210-214.


R. Sankar and L. Civil, Traffic Monitoring and Congestion Prediction Using Handoffs in Wireless Cellular Communications, IEEE 47th Annual International Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Phoenix, AZ, May 1997, pp. 520-524.


S. Varada, R. Sankar, and Y. Yang, ATM to the Desktop in an Existing LAN Environment, The First NDSU Workshop on ATM Networking, Fargo, ND, August 1996, pp. 86-100.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, Fuzzy Control for Microcellular Corner Effect, Fifth IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), New Orleans, LA, September 1996, Vol. 3, pp. 1912-1916.


G. Chiruvolu, K. Christensen, and R. Sankar, Short-Term Prediction of Traffic for Improved ATM QoS, The 6th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV), Zushi, Japan, April 1996, pp. 31-34, (proceedings published by Springer-Verlag).


K. Kidambi, R. Sankar, and H. Kaur, A Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Rule for connection-oriented DQDB-ATM and Integrated Services Support, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Singapore, November 1995, pp. 383-387.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, Handoff using Fuzzy Logic, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Singapore, November 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 524-528.


K. Kidambi, R. Sankar, and J. Ottensmeyer, Internetworking MANs to ATM for Broadband Services Support, 20th IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 1995, pp. 102-111.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, Fuzzy Control for Microcellular Handoff, The JAMCON Communications Conference, Jamaica, August 1995, pp. 68-73.


K. Kidambi and R. Sankar, MAN-ATM Internetworking and Integrated Services Support, IEEE Southeastcon, Raleigh, NC, March 1995, pp. 1-5.

V. Mannem and R. Sankar, Improved Dual Leaky Bucket Policing Algorithm for ATM Networks, IEEE Southeastcon, Raleigh, NC, March 1995, pp. 6-11.


S. Varada and R. Sankar, Bandwidth Allocation for Connectionless Traffic in ATM Networks, IEEE Southeastcon, Raleigh, NC, March 1995, pp. 128-132.


V. Kapoor, G. Edwards, and R. Sankar, Handoff Criteria for Personal Communication Networks, IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), New Orleans, LA, May 1994, Vol. 3, pp. 1297-1301.


G. Edwards and R. Sankar, A New Handoff Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic, IEEE Southeastcon, Miami, FL, April 1994, pp. 89-92.


R Singh and R. Sankar, Performance Trending for Management of High-Speed Packet-Switched Networks, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom), Houston, Texas, December 1993, Vol. 3, pp. 1777-1781.


Y. Y. Yang and R. Sankar, Analysis of Maximum Throughput for FDDI Network with Combined Synchronous and Asynchronous Traffic, Second International Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), San Diego, CA, June 1993, pp. 33-37.


W. Li and R. Sankar, Real-Time Voice and Data Integration in Token Ring LAN, IEEE Southeastcon, Charlotte, NC, April 1993, pp. 404-407.


R. Sankar and Y. Y. Yang, An Automatic Failure Isolation and Reconfiguration Methodology for Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Chicago, IL, June 1992, Vol. 1, pp. 186-190.


R. Sankar and S. Varada, Dynamic Protocol for Token Ring Network with Unbalanced Load, IEEE Southeastcon, Birmingham, AL, April 1992, pp. 10-13.


Y. Y. Yang and R. Sankar, Maximizing FDDI network performance by parameter tuning, IEEE Infocom, Miami, FL, April 1991, Vol. 3, pp. 1431-1439.


R. Sankar and J. Murphy, Experiences in Local Networking USF, 15th IEEE Annual Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 1990, pp. 137-142.


P. Roth and R. Sankar, Token-Ring Network - A Comparative Simulation Study, 21st Pittsburgh Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1990, pp. 827-832. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and G. Edwards, Effect of Service Schemes and Buffer Size on Token Ring Network Performance, ISMM International Symposium, MICRO, Montreal, Canada, May 1990. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and Y. Yang, Performance Analysis of FDDI, 14th IEEE Annual Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 1989, pp. 328-332.


R. Sankar and G. Edwards, Simulation Modeling of a Token Ring Local Area Network, ISMM International Conf. Mini and Microcomputers, Miami Beach, FL, December 1988, pp. 290-293. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and M. Pleckas, Design and Implementation of a Local Network: A Feasibility Study, 13th IEEE Annual Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, MN, October 1988, pp. 439-443.


Technical Reports

 

S. D. Morgera, R. Sankar, and I. Butun, Phase I:  Detection of Compromised Nodes in Wireless Ad Hoc / Sensor Networks, Final Report, USSOCOM, December 2012.


S. D. Morgera, R. Sankar, and I. Butun, Phase I:  Detection of Compromised Nodes in Wireless Ad Hoc / Sensor Networks, Monthly Reports, USSOCOM, Sep 2011 – Sep 2012.    

R. Sankar and A. Le, Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality of Service (QoS) Monitoring, Final Report, Planet Reach and FHTC, March 2010, (17 pages).


R. Sankar, US-Korea Planning Visit, Annual Reports, NSF, Dec. 2009, Feb 2011, & Feb 2012.


R. Sankar, Y. Xu, and I. Butun, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Fall Annual Report, Raytheon, Inc. and FHTC, November 2008, (8 pages).


R. Sankar, Y. Xu, and I. Butun, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Summer Report - Executive Summary, Raytheon, Inc., July 2008, (3 pages).


R. Sankar, Y. Xu, and I. Butun, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Spring Report, Raytheon, Inc., May 2008, (22 pages).


R. Sankar, S. Mangayyagari, and Y. Xu, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Annual Report, Raytheon, Inc., December 2007, (40 pages).


R. Sankar, S. Mangayyagari, and Y. Xu, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Interim Report 4, Raytheon, Inc., October 2007, (12 pages).


R. Sankar, S. Mangayyagari, and Y. Xu, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Interim Report 3, Raytheon, Inc., August 2007, (17 pages).


R. Sankar, S. Mangayyagari, and Y. Xu, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Interim Report 2, Raytheon, Inc., April 2007, (4 pages).


R. Sankar, S. Mangayyagari, and Y. Xu, Optimal Data Distribution and Routing Algorithms, Interim Report 1, Raytheon, Inc., January 2007, (9 pages).


R. Sankar, A Study of Integrated and Intelligent Network Management, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and Rome Laboratory, August 1997, (13 pages).


R. Sankar and L. Civil, Traffic Monitoring and Congestion Management using Wireless Cellular Communications Technology, USF Research Council, June 1996, (80 pages).


R. Sankar and Y. Y. Yang, Fault Tolerant and High Performance FDDI Network for Space Station Application, Final Report, The Florida High Technology and Industry Council (FHTIC), February 1991, (61 pages).


R. Sankar and Y. Y. Yang, Fault Tolerant and High Performance FDDI Network for Space Station Application, Quarterly Reports, The Florida High Technology and Industry Council (FHTIC), May/Aug/Nov. 1990, (15 pages).


R Sankar, Token Ring Local Area Network-Laboratory Manual, Texas Instruments, July 1989, (18 pages).


R. Sankar, Token-Ring LAN: Simulation and Experimental Analysis, University of South Florida, July 1989, (27 pages).


R. Sankar, Token-Ring LAN: A Simulation and Performance Study, University of South Florida, May 1988 (72 pages).


Other Publications

 

R. Sankar, Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Course Lecture Notes (200 pages), University of South Florida, 1993.


R. Sankar, Token Ring Local Area Network, Laboratory Manual (25 pages), University of South Florida, 1990.


Post-Doctoral Research

 

Dr. Inho Ra, Kunsan National University, Republic of South Korea.
Development of an Intelligent Middleware based on QoS Awareness for Building Smart Space in Wireless Sensor Networks, Feb 2007 – Feb 2012.

Dr. Youngseok Lee, Kunsan National University, Republic of South Korea.
Security Technologies for Wireless Communications, Mobile Computing, and Smart Grid Network, Feb 2011 – Jul 2012.

Dr. Juphil Cho, Kunsan National University, Republic of South Korea.
Algorithms for Next Generation Wireless PANs and Cognitive Radio; Coexistence of WiBro and WLAN in TVWS
Jan 2011 – Jun 2012.

Dr. Xuan Hung Le, Secure Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications, 2009-2010.

Dr. Suili Feng, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation of VBR traffic in High-Speed Networks, 1998-1999.


Ph.D. Dissertations

 

An T. Le, Controlling and Monitoring Voice Quality in Internet Communication, March 2017.

Ismail Butun, Prevention and Detection of Intrusions in Wireless Sensor Networks, March 2013.

Yufeng Wang, Opportunistic Scheduling and Cooperative Relaying in Wireless Networks, November 2012, (Co-Major Professor: S. D. Morgera)

Murad Khalid, Performance Enhancements Using Cross Layer Approaches in Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Feb 2011.


Ehsan O. Sheybani, ATMTN: A High-Speed Telemammography Network Architecture, May 2002.


Girish V.S.R. Chiruvolu, Efficient Transportation of VBR Video Traffic in ATM Networks, Computer Science and Engineering, April 1998, (co-major professor: N. Ranganathan)


George Edwards, Advanced Handoff Algorithms for Microcellular Communication using Fuzzy Techniques, September 1996.


Kalyan R. Kidambi, Bandwidth Allocation Using QoS Mapping and a Renegotiation Scheme for Integrated Services MAN-ATM Networks, May 1996.


Yang-Yuan Yang, Performance Modeling and Automatic Reconfiguration Methodology for Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Network, June 1993.


M.S. Theses

 

Matthew J. Wallace, Mutual Elements and Substrate Effect Analysis on Patch Antenna Arrays, October 2010, (Co-Major Professor: K. Buckle).


Yongxue Yu, Handover Performance in the Mobile WiMAX Networks, October 2009.


Yangyang Xu, Comparison of Routing and Network Coding in Group Communication, March 2009.


Preetha Prabhakaran, Performance of Mobile Ad hoc Networks in Realistic Mobility and Fading Environments, March 2005


Nikhil Kajale, UWB and WLAN Coexistence: A Comparison of Interference Reduction Techniques, Feb 2005.


Ning Yang, Congestion-Aware Cross Layer Design for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, July 2004.


An T. Le, Implementation of VBR Speech Codec for Adaptive VOIP Applications, August 2002.


Nilesh R. Savkoor, A Combined Prediction System for Handoffsin Multi-Tier Wireless Networks, Nov 1998.


Sameer Azad, A Priority-Based Channel Borrowing Algorithm for Third-Generation Cellular Networks, Nov 1998.


King T. Ma, Congestion Controls for ABR Services in ATM Networks, November 1996.


Venugopal Mannem, Traffic Control in ATM Networks, December 1994.


Vikram Kapoor, An Adaptive Prediction Based Handoff Algorithm and its Simulation for Microcellular CDMA, November 1993.


Ranvir Singh, Performance Management of Packet-Switched Networks, July 1992.


Wen Li, Voice and Data Integrated Service Token Ring Network, December 1991.


Yung-Yuan Yang, Modelling and Performance Analysis of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), July 1989.


George Edwards, Modelling and Performance Analysis of Token Ring Network, November 1988.


M.S. Projects

 

Rakesh Nathwani, Comparison of Different Routing Protocols over Ad Hoc Networks, December 2003.


Subir A. Wagle, Space-Time Block Coding for MIMO Systems, November 2003.


Ashokkumar Jayakumar, Simulation and Analysis of IS-95 CDMA System and CDMA2000 Using SystemView and Matlab, April 2003.


Fady R. Isshak, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing for Broadband Wireless Applications, Nov 2001.


Gautam Kaushik, Generic Implementation of Internetworking Functional Tester, Computer Science and Engineering, September 1994.


B.S. Senior Design and REU Student Projects

 

J. O’Brien, 915 MHz Digital Transmitter/Receiver, April 2012.


C. P. Buitron, Wireless Sensor Networks, International Exchange Student, University of Oviedo, Spain, April 2011.


C. Baylis II, Software-Defined Radio, REU Project, Summer 2002.


E. Boritzki, Design and Simulation of Spread-Spectrum Systems, December 2001.


P. Murphy and R. Fritz, Design and Implementation of a Collision Avoidance System, December 1995.


J. Arias and J. Campanella, EVIC-A Remote Traffic Preemption System for the Tampa Bay Area, December 1994.


J. Davis, AM Broadcast Band Superheterodyne Receiver, July 1993.


K. Singletary, Five Band Equalizer, April 1993.


M. Hannon, Voice and Data Token Ring, December 1990.


U. Baror, Reservation CSMA/CD, December 1990.


T. Landry, Token Ring LAN Experiments, July 1988.



Digital Signal Processing


Books/Book Chapters

 

T. Rusch and R. Sankar, Blood Chemistry Measurement, Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, J. G. Webster and H. Eren (Co-Editors), 2nd Edition, CRC Press, pp. 68-1 - 68-19, Feb. 2014.


R. Sankar and T. Islam, Speaker Recognition for Biometric Systems, Book Chapter in “Biometrics: from Fiction to Practice”, Y. Du (Editor), Pan Stanford Publishing, pp. 87-115, 2013.


M. Lei, D. Song, Y. Yao, R. Sankar, E. Sheybani, and W. Qian, Medical Image Enhancement Using Fourier Descriptors and Hybrid Filters, Handbook of Medical Image Processing (2nd Edition), Isaac Bankman (Editor), Academic Press, pp. 57-67, 2008.


J. Lee and R. Sankar, Theoretical Derivation of Minimum Mean Square Error of RBF based Equalizer, L. Jiao et al. (Eds.): ICNC 2006, Part I, Advances in Natural Computation: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 4221), Springer-Verlag, Vol. 4221, pp. 293-302, 2006.


R. Sankar and J. Norstrom, DSP/FPGA Laboratory Manual, University of South Florida, 2005-2012.


T. Rusch and R. Sankar, Contributed to biomedical variables section: Blood Chemistry, in The Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, J. G. Webster (Editor), CRC Press, 1998.


S. Patravali and R. Sankar, Robust Speech Recognition by Noise Immunization Using Neural Network, in Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 3, C. H. Dagli (Editor), ASME Press, 1993.


Referred Journal Papers

 

N. Sapankevych and R. Sankar, Nonlinear Time Series Prediction Performance Using Constrained Motion Particle Swarm Optimization, Transactions on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 25-46, Oct. 2017.

P. C. Adithya, R. Sankar, W. A. Moreno, and S. Hart, Trends in Fetal Monitoring Through Phonocardiography: Challenges and Future Directions, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Elsevier, Vol. 33, pp. 289-305, Mar. 2017.

S. V. Perumal and R. Sankar, Gait and Tremor Assessment for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Using Wearable Sensors, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Express, Special Issue on Emerging Technologies for Medical Diagnostics, KICS/Elsevier, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 168-174, Dec. 2016.

S. K. Jain, R. Sankar, S. Kim, S. Cho, and I. Ra, Mobility Pattern Classification for a Bed Activity Monitoring System, International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH), Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 183-192, June 2015.

V. Narayan Raju, I. Ra, R. Sankar, A P300 Based BCI Classification Algorithm Using Least Square Support Vector Machine, International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications (IJSEIA), Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 247-254, May 2015.

C. S. Dofitas Jr., R. A. Cabacas, R. Sankar, and I. Ra, Social Relations and Context Information Utilization in Emergency Situations, International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (IJMUE), Vol. 9, No. 2, February 2014.

K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, A New Single Trial P300 Classification Method, International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), IGI-Global, Vol. 3, No.2, Oct-Dec 2012.


K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, P300 Based Single Trial Independent Component Analysis on EEG Signal, D. D. Schmorrow et al. (Eds.): Augmented Cognition, HCII 2009, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Springer-Verlag, Vol. 5638, pp. 404-410, 2009.


N. Sapankevych and R. Sankar, Time Series Prediction Using Support Vector Machines: A Survey, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 24-38, May 2009.


J. Lee, R. Sankar, and J. Hwang, Reduced RBF Centers Based Multi-user Detection in DS-CDMA Systems, M. S. Szczuka et al. (Eds.): ICHIT 2006, Revised Selected Papers in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNAI 4413), Springer, Vol. 4413, pp. 249-257, 2007.


R. Sankar, Transrectal Ultrasound Imaging for the Detection and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer, Hospital Imaging and Radiology Europe(HIRE), Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 36-38, Winter 2007, (Invited Paper).


Y. Zhang, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, Boundary Delineation in Transrectal Ultrasound Image for Prostate Cancer, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 1591-1599, November 2007.


W. Qian, D. Song, M. Lei, R. Sankar, and E. Eikman, Computer Aided Mass Detection based on Ipsilateral Multi-view Mammograms, Academic Radiology, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 530-538, May 2007.


H. Vajaria, T. Islam, P. Mohanty, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, and R. Kasturi, Evaluation and Analysis of a Face and Voice Outdoor Multi-biometric System, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 28, No. 12, pp. 1572-1580, September 2007.


J. Lee and R. Sankar, Theoretical Derivation of Minimum Mean Square Error of RBF based Equalizer, Signal Processing, Vol. 87, No. 7, pp. 1613-1625, July 2007.


J. Lee and R. Sankar, Theoretical Derivation of Minimum Mean Square Error of RBF based Equalizer,

L. Jiao et al. (Eds.): ICNC 2006, Part I, Advances in Natural Computation: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 4221), Springer-Verlag, Vol. 4221, pp. 293-302, 2006.


H. Su, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, A Knowledge-Based Lung Nodule Detection System for Helical CT Images, International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications (IJCIA), Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 371-387, September 2006.


W. Qian, R. Sankar, X. Song, X. Sun and R. Clark, Standardization for Image Characteristics in Telemammography Using Genetic and Nonlinear Algorithms, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 183-196, April 2005.


L. Zhang, W. Qian, and R. Sankar, Advances in Micro-calcification Clusters Detection in Mammography, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 515-528, November 2002.


T. Rusch, R. Sankar, and J. Scharf, Signal Processing Methods for Pulse Oximetry, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 143-159, March 1996.


J. Natour and R. Sankar, Automatic Computer Analysis of Transients in EEG, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 407-422, November 1992.


S. D. Morgera and R. Sankar, Digital Signal Processing for Precision Wide Swath Bathymetry, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. OE-9, No. 2 pp. 73-84, April 1984. (Invited Paper).


R. Sankar and S. D. Morgera, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of a Backscattered Signal for a Precision Ocean Bottom Mapping System, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp.92-95, 1984.


Referred Conference Papers

 

S. Appakaya and R. Sankar, Classification of Parkinson’s Disease Using Pitch Synchronous Analysis, IEEE 40th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, HI, July 17-21, 2018.

V. A. B. K. Vadali, S. Pandey, P. C. Adithya, and R. Sankar, Fetal Phonocardiogram Decomposition Framework, IEEE SoutheastCon, St. Petersburg, FL, April 19-22, 2018.

S. Appakaya and R. Sankar, Effectiveness of Speech Analysis in Classification of Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Study on Parkinson’s Disease, IEEE SoutheastCon, St. Petersburg, FL, April 19-22, 2018.

P. C. Adithya, S. R. Pandey, R. Sankar, S. Hart, and W. A. Moreno, Cluster Analysis Framework for Novel Acoustic Catheter Stethoscope, IEEE-NIH 2017 Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Point-of-Care Technologies (HI-POCT), Bethesda, MD, November 6-8, 2017, pp. 22-25.

P. C. Adithya, S. R. Pandey, R. Sankar, W. A. Moreno, S. Hart, and I. Ra, Bio Acoustic Signal Feature Extraction and Pattern Recognition Framework to Extract Multiple Vital Bio Signals, International Conference on Software and Smart Convergence (ICSSC), Vladivostok, Russia, June 27-July 1, 2017.

T. Chakravarthy, I. Ra, and R. Sankar, Combinational Watermarking for Medical Images, International Conference on Software and Smart Convergence (ICSSC), Vladivostok, Russia, June 27-July 1, 2017.

P. C. Adithya, R. Sankar, W. A. Moreno, and S. Hart, A Novel Acoustic Catheter Stethoscope Based Acquisition and Signal Processing Framework to Extract Multiple Vital Bio Signals, IEEE 39th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Jeju Island, Korea, July 11-15, 2017, pp. 1336-1339.

P. C. Adithya, A. Alaql, R. Tzekov, R. Sankar, and W. A. Moreno, Model Based Photopic Electroretinogram Source Separation: A Multiresolution Analysis Approach, IEEE Tenth International Conference on Devices, Circuits, and Systems (ICCDCS), Cozumel, Mexico, June 5-7, 2017, pp. 21-24.

S. V. Perumal and R. Sankar, Gait Monitoring System for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Using Wearable Sensors, IEEE-NIH 2016 Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Point-of-Care Technologies (HI-POCT), Cancun, Mexico, November 9-11, 2016, pp. 21-24.

S. K. Jain, R. Sankar, S. Kim, S. Cho, and I. Ra, Mobility Pattern Classification for a Bed Activity Monitoring System, 3rd International Conference on Smart Media and Applications (SMA), Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dec. 10-13, 2014.

V. Narayan Raju, R. Sankar, and I. Ra, A P300-Based BCI Classification Algorithm Using Machine Learning Approach, 3rd International Conference on Smart Media and Applications (SMA), Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dec. 10-13, 2014.

M. Ambadkar, F. Leonelli, and R. Sankar, Signal Processing Techniques for Atrial Fibrillation Source Detection, IEEE 33rd Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2014, pp. 2821-2824.

N. Sapankevych and R. Sankar, Constrained Motion Particle Swarm Optimization and Support Vector Regression for Non-Linear Time Series Regression and Prediction Applications, 12th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Workshop on Big Data and Data Analytics Applications, Miami, FL, Dec 4-7, 2013, pp. 473-477.

S. V. Perumal and R. Sankar, Home Monitoring System for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease using Wireless Sensors, 2015 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, USA, October 7-10, 2015.

P. Adithya, R. Sankar, W. Moreno, M. Cain, S. Hart, M. Simoes, and C. A. Reyes, Fetal Monitoring through Phonocardiography, IEEE 33rd Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2014, (Late Breaking Research Poster).


C. S. Dofitas Jr., R. A. Cabacas, R. Sankar, and I. Ra, Social Relations and Context Information Utilization in Emergency Situations, 2nd International Conference on Smart Media and Applications (SMA), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Oct. 14-17, 2013.


W. D. Phillips and R. Sankar, Improved Transient Weather Reporting Using People Centric Sensing, First Workshop on People Centric Sensing and Communications in the 10th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, Jan 11-13, 2013, pp. 913-918.


S. Cho, B. Moon, and R. Sankar, NiBeMS: A Non-Invasive Bed Monitoring System Using Multiple Sensors, Asia-Pacific Conference on Fundamental Problems of Opto- and Microelectronics (APCOM 2012), August 21-24, 2012, Dalian, China. (Invited Paper).

V. Narayan Raju, K. Li, R. Sankar, Advances and Challenges in Signal Analysis for Single-Trial P300 Based Brain Computer Interface, Asia-Pacific Conference on Fundamental Problems of Opto- and Microelectronics (APCOM 2012), August 21-24, 2012, Dalian, China. (Invited Paper).

S. Cho, W. Phillips, R. Sankar, and B. Moon, A State Preserving Approach to Recognizing Human Behavior using Wireless Infrared and Vibration Sensors, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.


R. Mukherjee, T. Islam, and R. Sankar, Text Dependent Speaker Recognition Using Shifted MFCC, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.


A. Marquez, R. Sankar, and W. Moreno, Algorithms for Hiding Data in Speech Signals, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.


R. S. Vaizurs, R. Sankar, and F. Leonelli, Atrial Fibrillation Source Identification, IEEE 33rd Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, MA, August 30 – September 3, 2011.


V. Narayan Raju, K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, Advances and Challenges in Signal Analysis for single Trial P300-BCI, HCI International 2011, July 9-14, 2011, Orlando, FL. (Invited Paper in Augmented Cognition). (Invited Paper).


S. Cho, R. Sankar and I. Ra, An Individual-based Approach to Classify Human Behavioral Patterns Related to Sleeping, Asia-Pacific Conference on Fundamental Problems of Opto- and Microelectronics (APCOM 2011), July 4-8, 2011, Moscow and Samara, Russia. (Invited Paper).


K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, Single Trial Independent Component Analysis for the P300 BCI System, The Fourth International BCI Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA, May 31-June 4, 2010. (Invited Paper).


K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, Single Trial Independent Component Analysis for P300 BCI System, IEEE 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2009), Minneapolis, MN, Sep 2-6, 2009


K. Li, R. Sankar, Y. Arbel, and E. Donchin, P300 Based Single Trial Independent Component Analysis on EEG Signal, The 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International), San Diego, CA, July 19-24, 2009, (abstract refereed).


S. Mangayyagari, T. Islam, and R. Sankar, Enhanced Speaker Recognition Based on Intra-Modal Fusion and Accent Modeling, The 19th IEEE International Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, FL, December 8-11, 2008.


T. Islam, S. Mangayyagari, and R. Sankar, Enhanced Speaker Recognition Based on Score Level Fusion of AHS and HMM, IEEE SoutheastCon, Richmond, VA, March 2007, pp. 14-19.


N. Schettini and R. Sankar, Selected Applications of LPLE in Speech Processing, IEEE SoutheastCon, Richmond, VA, March 2007, pp. 524-527.


S. Mangayyagari, and R. Sankar, Pitch Conversion Based on Pitch Mark Mapping, IEEE SoutheastCon, Richmond, VA, March 2007, pp. 8-13.


J. Lee and R. Sankar, Theoretical Derivation of Minimum Mean Square Error of RBF based Equalizer, Second International Conf. on Natural Computation (ICNC'06) and the Third International Conf. on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'06), Xi'an, China, September 2006.


H. Vajaria, T. Islam, P. Mohanty, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, and R. Kasturi, Audio Segmentation and Speaker Localization in Meeting Videos, The 18th IEEE International Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Hong Kong, August 20-24, 2006, Vol. 2, pp. 1150-1153. (15.3% acceptance rate; received the best student paper award)


H. Vajaria, T. Islam, P. Mohanty, R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, and R. Sankar, An Outdoor Biometric System: Evaluation of Normalization and Fusion Schemes for Face and Voice, SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, FL, April 2006, Vol. 6202.


Y. Zhang, W. Qian, and R. Sankar, Prostate Boundary Detection in Transrectal Ultrasound Images, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Philadelphia, PA, May 2005, vol. V, pp. 617-620.


R. Sankar, H. Arslan, H.Celebi, and Y. Zhang, Integrated DSP/FPGA Laboratory for Software-Defined Radio, 10th Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies, Tampa, FL, March 2005. (abstract refereed).


G. Ivkovic and R. Sankar, An Algorithm for Image Quality Assessment, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Montreal, Canada, May 2004, vol. III, pp. 713-716.


H. Su, W. Qian, R. Sankar, and X. Sun, A New Knowledge-Based Lung Nodule Detection System, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Montreal, Canada, May 2004, vol. V, pp. 445-448.


A. Abu-Hajar and R. Sankar, Region of Interest Coding Using Partial-SPIHT, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Montreal, Canada, May 2004, vol. III, pp. 657-660.


E. Sheybani, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, Unique Clinic to Lab Connectivity for Telemammography, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC), Las Vegas, NV, April 2004.


E. Sheybani, R. Sankar, and W. Qian, Integrated ATM Network and DSPAlgorithms for Telemammography, IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMED), Innsbruck, Austria, February 2004.


Y. Shen, R. Sankar, W. Qian, X. Sun, and D. Song, Fuzzy Image Segmentation for Lung Nodule Detection, Proc. SPIE, Applications and Science of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Evolutionary Computation VI, San Diego, CA, August 2003, pp. 232-239.


S. Sobolewski, A. Abu-Hajar, and R. Sankar, Quality Assessment for JPEG 2000 Compressed Images, 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI), Orlando, FL, July 2003, pp. 235-240. (abstract refereed).


S. Sobolewski, A. Abu-Hajar, and R. Sankar, Frequency Domain-based Image Quality Assessment Algorithm for JPEG 2000 Compressed Images, IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMED), Salzburg, Austria, June 2003, pp. 99-104.


A. Abu-Hajar and R. Sankar, Enhanced Partial-SPIHT for Lossless and Lossy Image Compression, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Hong Kong, April 2003, Vol. III, pp. 253-256.


Y. Shen, R. Sankar, W. Qian, X. Sun, and D. Song, Comparative Evaluation of Fuzzy Image Segmentation Algorithms for Lung Nodule Detection, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Hong Kong, April 2003. (abstract).


A. Abu-Hajar and R. Sankar, Lossless Compression for X-ray Mammogram Images, IS&T/SPIE 15th Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging (Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems II), Santa Clara, CA, January 2003.


A. Abu-Hajar and R. Sankar, Integer-to-Integer Wavelet Transform for Region of Interest Image Coding, Joint 10th Digital Signal Processing and 2nd Signal Processing Education Workshops, Atlanta, GA, September 2002.


E. Sheybani and R. Sankar, Integrated Network Architecture and Signal Processing for Telemammography, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Orlando, FL, May 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 3848-3851.


A. Abu-Hajar and R. Sankar, Wavelet Based Lossless Image Compression Using Partial SPIHT and Bit Plane Based Arithmetic Coding, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Orlando, FL, May 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 3497-3500.


X. Song, W. Qian, and R. Sankar, Standardization for Image Characteristics in Telemammography, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Orlando, FL, May 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 4194. (abstract).


X. Sun, W. Qian, R. Sankar, and R. Clark, System Oriented Optimization of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) for Mass Detection on Digital Mammogram, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, April 2002. (abstract refereed).


L. Zhang, W. Qian, R. Sankar et al., A New False Positive Reduction Method for MCCs Detection in Digital Mammography, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Salt Lake City, UT, May 2001.


E. Sheybani and R. Sankar, Novel Clinic-to-Lab Connectivity Architecture for Telemammography, SPIE's International Symposium on Medical Imaging 2001, San Diego, CA, February 2001, pp. 4323-4324. (abstract refereed).


W. Qian, E. Sheybani, R. Sankar et al., Adaptive CAD Modules for Telemammography, Fifth International Workshop on Digital Mammography (IWDM), Toronto, Canada, June 2000. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and N. Sethi, Noisy Speech Recognition System for Car Cellular Phones, IEEE 50th International Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC - Fall), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1999.


R. Sankar and D. Doheny, Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithms for Aerospace Applications Using Ring Laser Gyro, 1st Annual Partners in Education and Research Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL, October 1998. (abstract refereed).


S. Nagarajan and R. Sankar, Efficient Implementation of Linear Predictive Coding Algorithms, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, April 1998, pp. 69-72.


E. Sheybani and R. Sankar, Multiresolution Decomposition Techniques for Robust Signal Processing, IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, April 1998, pp. 20-23.


N. Sethi and R. Sankar, Robust Speech Recognition Techniques Using a Radial Basis Function Neural Network for Mobile Applications, IEEE Southeastcon, Blacksburg, VA, April 1997, pp. 87-91.


H. Ruan and R. Sankar, Applying Neural Network to Robust Keyword Spotting in Speech Recognition Application, International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN), Perth, Australia, November 1995, pp. 2882-2886.


T. Rusch, J. Scharf, and R. Sankar, Alternate Pulse Oximetry Algorithms for SpO2 Computation, 16th Annual International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Baltimore, MD, November 1994, Vol. 2, pp. 848-849.


S. Varada and R. Sankar, Hardware Strategies for End Point Detection, IEEE Southcon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 1995, pp. 163-167, and the Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology - ICSPAT, Dallas, TX, October 1994). (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar and S. Patravali, Noise Immunization Using Neural Net for Speech Recognition, IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Adelaide, Australia, April 1994, Vol. II, pp. 685-688.


R. Sankar and S. Patravali, Robust Speech Recognition by Noise Immunization Using Neural Network, Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE), St. Louis, MO, November 1993.


V. K. Sundaresan, S. Nichani, N. Ranganathan, and R. Sankar, A VLSI Hardware Accelerator for Dynamic Time Warping, 11th IAPR International Conf. on Pattern Recognition, The Hague, The Netherlands, August/September 1992, Vol. IV, pp. 27-30.


R. Sankar and N. Demir, Spectral Estimation and Sinusoidal Noise Cancellation using Structural Signal Processing, IEEE Southeastcon, Williamsburg, VA, April 1991, pp. 218-220. (abstract refereed).


R. Sankar, Implementation of an Experimental Speaker-Independent Discrete Utterance Recognition System, IEEE International Conf. on Signal Processing, Beijing, China, October 1990, pp.445-448.


R. Sankar and J. Goldstein, Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Epileptiform Transients in EEG, 21st IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Tallahassee, FL, March 1989, pp. 404-409.


R. Sankar, A Pitch Extraction Algorithm for Voice Recognition Applications, 20th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Charlotte, NC, March 1988, pp. 384 387.


R. Sankar, Experimental Evaluation of Structural Features for a Speaker Independent Voice Recognition System, 20th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Charlotte, NC, March 1988, pp. 378 382.


R. Sankar, Parameter Estimation using Structural Signal Representation, IEEE Southeastcon, Tampa, FL, April 1987, pp. 606 608.


R. Sankar and J. Goldstein, Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition Approach to Transient Detection and Classification of EEG for the Diagnosis of Epilepsy, IEEE Southeastcon, Tampa, FL, April 1987, pp. 405 408.


R. Sankar, Improvements in Image Enhancement Using Fuzzy Set, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), New Orleans, LA, June 1986, pp. 502 515.


L. M. Roytman, L. D. Coraor and R. Sankar, Structural Signal Representation and Its Use in Speaker Independent Recognition, IEEE International conf. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Bombay, India, January 1984, pp.574 576.


R. Sankar, Parameter Estimation Approach to Carrier/clock Synchronization, 25th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Houghton, MI, August 1982, (abstract).


R. Sankar and S. D. Morgera, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of a Backscattered Signal for a Precision Ocean Bottom Mapping System, IASTED International Symposium on Applied Modeling and Simulation (AMS '82), Paris, France, July 1982.


Technical Reports

 

R. Sankar, Development of a Bed Mobility Monitoring and Assessment System: A Feasibility Study, Final Report, Fulbright US Scholar Program, August 2016.


R. Sankar and F. Leonelli, Atrial Fibrillation Source Identification through Signal Analysis, Final Report, College of Engineering Interdisciplinary Scholarship Program, September 2011.


R. Sankar, Integrated e-Book and Courseware Development, Innovative Teaching Grants Program –Executive Summary, USF Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence, June 2009.


R. Sankar, W. Qian, and J. –H. Lee, Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence in Telemedicine (ICE-T) –E-Mammography, (Final Report), University of South Florida Research Council, December 2006, (15 pages).


R. Sankar, Y. Zhang, and S. Mangayyagari, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Single-Layer Perceptron (SLP) Training Algorithms, (Final Report), Raytheon, Inc., Jul-Sep 2006.


R. Sankar, Y. Zhang, and S. Mangayyagari, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Single-Layer Perceptron (SLP) Training Algorithms, Interim Report 2, Raytheon, Inc., August 2006, (41 pages).


R. Sankar, Y. Zhang, and S. Mangayyagari, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Single-Layer Perceptron (SLP) Training Algorithms, Interim Report 1, Raytheon, Inc., July 2006, (7 pages).


D. Morel, R. Sankar, T. Weller, and D. Killenger, Vehicle Multi-Occupant Detection and Counting, (Final Report), STS International, Inc., July 2005.


R. Sankar, H. Arslan, H. Celebi and Y. Zhang, DSP/FPGA Laboratory for Software Defined Radio, (Final Report), University of South Florida, May 2005.


R. Sankar, W. Qian, and J. Lee, ICE-T (E-mammography), Interim Report, University of South Florida Research Council, April 2005, (5 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Interim Report - Phase II, STS International, Inc., January 2005, (42 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Final Report - Phase I, STS International, Inc., May 2004, (100 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Executive Summary, STS International, Inc., April 2004, (17 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Interim Report 4, STS International, Inc., January 2004, (23 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Interim Report 3, STS International, Inc., December 2003, (74 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Interim Report 2, STS International, Inc., November 2003, (16 pages).


R. Kasturi, S. Sarkar, R. Sankar, H. Vajaria, P. Mohanty, and T. Islam, Biometric Technology Study Interim Report 1, STS International, Inc., October 2003, (35 pages).


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, ASIC Implementation of Adaptive Noise Cancellation in Space Based RLG Systems, (Final Report), Honeywell, Inc. and Florida High Tech Corridor Initiative External Matching Grant Program, USF, June 2003, (116 pages).


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, ASIC Implementation of Adaptive Noise Cancellation in Space Based RLG Systems, (Interim Report), Honeywell, Inc. and Florida High Tech Corridor Initiative External Matching Grant Program, USF, June 2002.


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, Implementation of Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithms for Aerospace Applications Using Ring Laser Gyro, (Final Report), FSGC/NASA, December 2000, (29 pages).


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, Implementation of Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithms for Aerospace Applications Using Ring Laser Gyro, (Interim Report), FSGC/NASA, November 1999, (9 pages).


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithms for Aerospace Applications Using Ring Laser Gyro, (Final Report), FSGC/NASA, November 1999, (108 pages).


D. Doheny and R. Sankar, Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithms for Aerospace Applications Using Ring Laser Gyro, (Interim Report), FSGC/NASA, October 1998, (6 pages).


T. L. Rusch, R. Sankar, and J. E. Scharf, The Development of a Portable Pulse Oximeter for the Detection of Critical Hypoxemic Events in Non-surgical Patients, Group Technologies Corp., December 1994.


R. Sankar, ASR ANN Research Project Report, (Final Report), Motorola, August 1991.


V.K. Jain, R. Sankar, M. Thompson, and S. Skrzypkowiak, Isolated Digit Recognition, (Final Report), Precision Software Inc., July 1990, (108 pages).


V.K. Jain, R. Sankar, M. Thompson and S. Skrzypkowiak, Isolated Digit Recognition, (Preliminary Report), Precision Software Inc., October 1989, (50 pages).


R. Sankar, Studies in Automatic Design of Systolic Structure, Internal Technical Report for Wafer Scale Integration (Task-V) under DARPA Microelectronics research project, Dec. 1988, (38 pages).


R. Sankar and L. M. Roytman, Speaker Independent Discrete Utterance Recognition Using Feature Extraction based on Structural Signal Representation, Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, May 1985.



Post-Doctoral Research

Dr. Seungho Cho, Kangnam University, Republic of South Korea.
A Non-Invasive Bed Monitoring System and Evaluation of Instrumented Bed Mobility Assessment in People with Stroke Using Multiple Sensors, Jan 2011 – Jul 2013.

Dr. Youngchul Kim, Kunsan National University, Republic of South Korea.
Information Technology for Healthcare and Management: Towards achieving mHealth, Jan 2012 – Jul 2013.


Ph.D. Dissertations

 

Prashanth C. Adithya, A Novel Framework to Determine Physiological Signals from Blood Flow Dynamics, March 2018, (Co-Major Professor: W. A. Moreno)

Nicholas I. Sapankevych, Constrained Motion Particle Swarm Optimization for Non-Linear Time Series Prediction, March 2015.

Kun Li, Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Single Trial Electroencephalography Signal Classification for Brain Computer Interface Applications, September 2010.


Ahmed F. Abu-Hajar, Wavelet-Based Region of Interest Coding for Medical Imaging, November 2002.


Ehsan O. Sheybani, ATMTN: A High-Speed Telemammography Network Architecture, May 2002.


M.S. Theses

 

Venkata Akshay Bhargav Krishna Vadali, A Comparative Study of Signal Processing Methods for Fetal Phonocardiography Analysis, July 2018.

Shyam V. Perumal, Gait and Tremor Monitoring System for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Using Wearable Sensors, April 2016.

Thrilok C. Chinna Narayana Swamy, Combinational Watermarking of Medical Images, March 2015.

Adhokshaja A. Budihal Prasad, Region of Interest Based Compression of Grayscale Images, February 2015.

Hasan Erokyar, Age and Gender Recognition for Speech Applications based on Support Vector Machines, October 2014.


Rishiraj Mukherjee, Speaker Recognition Using Shifted MFCC, March 2012


Raja Prasad S.C. Vaizurs, Atrial Fibrillation Signal Analysis, March 2011.


Srikanth Mangayyagari, Voice Recognition System Based on Intra-Modal Fusion and Accent Classification, Nov 2007.


Ying Zhang, Prostate Boundary Detection in Transrectal Ultrasound Images, July 2004, (co-major professor: W. Qian).


David A. Doheny, Real Time Digital Signal Processing Adaptive Filters for Correlated Noise Reduction in Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Systems, April 2004.


Jayanti Patel, Adaptive Digital Predistortion Linearizer for Power Amplifier in Military UHF Satellite, March 2004.


Goran Ivkovic, An Algorithm for Image Quality Assessment, July 2003.


Hongshun Su, Knowledge-Based Nodule Detection System on Helical CT Images: Preliminary Study, July 2003, (co-major professor: W. Qian).


Sylwester Sobolewski, A Simple Frequency Domain-Based Perceptual Image Quality Assessment for SPIHT and JPEG2000 Image Compression, April 2003.


Xiaoshan Song, Standardization for Image Characteristics in Telemammography, October 2002, (co-major professor: W. Qian)


An T. Le, Implementation of VBR Speech Codec for Adaptive VOIP Applications, August 2002.


Lin Zhang, A New FP Reduction Method for MCCs Detection in Digital Mammography, April 2001, (co-major professor: W. Qian)


Netoo S. Sethi, Evaluation of Noise Reduction Techniques and RBF Neural Network for Robust Speech Recognition in Mobile Applications, December 1996.


Shrenik P. Patravali, Robust Speech Recognition Using Neural Networks, August 1995.


Terry L. Rusch, Implementation and Design of a Portable Pulse Oximeter Using Spectral Analysis, November 1994.


V.K. Sundaresan, Software and Hardware Solutions for Dynamic Time Warping Algorithm, December 1991.


Michael E. Thompson, PC-Based Isolated Word Recognition System, July 1990.


Roberto F. Lorenzoni, Software Implementation of an LPC Based Isolated Word Recognition System, July 1989.


Jamie D. Natour, Automatic Detection and Classification of Epileptiform Transients in EEG, April 1988.


M.S. Projects

 

Nithin Dasyam, Delay Analysis of Intra-Cardiac Signals in Atrial Fibrillation, December 2014.

Tejaswini Ravulapalli, Information Technology for Healthcare and Management, December 2013.

Minal Ambadkar, Signal Processing Techniques for Atrial Fibrillation Source Detection, November 2012.


Shengdi Chen, The Classification of Speech Under Stress, December 2009.


John Norstrom, DSP Course Curriculum Development, April 2006.


Tanmoy Islam, Speech and Speaker Recognition as Human ID, August 2004.


Subir A. Wagle, Space-Time Block Coding for MIMO Systems, November 2003.


Laiq Azam, Web-Based Course Module for Digital Speech Signal Processing, July 2002.


Yue Shen, Comparison of Fuzzy Image Segmentation Algorithms for Lung Nodule Detection, May 2002, (co-major professor: W. Qian)


Hao Ruan, Applying Neural Network to Robust Keyword Spotting in Speech Recognition Application, April 1995.


B.S. Senior Design and REU Student Projects

 

D. Popa, B. Beauchamp, and V. Espinoza, Advanced White Cane, December 2014.


C. Hartstein, D. Marvel, and T. Morris, USF Convolution Reverberation Plug-in, April 2014.
[http://usfconvolutionreverb.weebly.com], (Co-Advisor: P. Wiley


O. Geffrard, P. Delaportas, and R. McMenamin, Digital Vocoder, December 2013. (Co-Advisor: I. Uysal)


N. Day and L. Hormaza, Acoustic Signal Identification and Direction Finding, April 2012.


J. Foust, Large Scale Optimization of Open Baffle Dipole Loudspeakers, April 2012.


S. Kowski, A.Patel, and A. Quecan, Robotic Turret Controlled by Digital Signal Processing (DSP) through Audio Multiplexing, December 2007. (Co-Advisor: P. Wiley)


F. Larco, Biometric Technology Study, REU Project, Jan-Dec 2005.


K. Graham, A Synthesized Flight Navigation Control System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using DSP, December 2005.


M. Matbouly, Technology Evaluation for Vchicle Multi-Occupant Detection and counting, REU Project, Jan-Jun 2005.


A. Christ, AM/FM Detection using TMS32010 Microprocessor, April 1993.