Experience
Assistant Professor (1995 - 2000);
Associate Professor (2000 - 2005);
Professor (2005 - )
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Teaching:
- Member of the 1998-1999 Georgia Tech CETL Teaching Fellows.
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ECE 2025 "Introduction to Signal Processing", fall 1999, spring 2003, fall 2003,
spring 2005, spring 2006.
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EE 2200 "Introduction to Discrete Systems", fall 1998.
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ECE 3075 "Random Signals", fall 2000, fall 2001, fall 2002.
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EE 3340 "Random Signals and Noise", fall 1995, winter 1996, fall 1996,
spring 1997.
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EE 4078 "Digital Signal Processing", spring 1996, winter 1997, spring 1999.
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EE 4170 "DSP Laboratory", winter 1997, spring 1997, summer 1997,
fall 1997, winter 1998.
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ECE 4270 "Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing", spring 2000.
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ECE 6500 "Fourier Techniques and Signal Analysis", fall 2007
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ECE 6542 "Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling", fall 2008
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EE 8342 "Theory and Applications of Higher-Order and Cyclic
statistics in Signal Processing", fall 1996.
- Research:
- Crest factor reduction for forward link CDMA signals
- Peak-to-average power ratio reduction for OFDM signals
- DSP based predistortion linearization of power amplifiers
for wireless applications
- Investigation of memory effects in nonlinear power amplifiers
- Communication channel estimation and equalization
- Development of tracking microscopy software for biology labs;
bio-signal analysis; point process modeling
- Genomic signal processing
- Blind deconvolution of seismic signals
- Administration:
- Service:
- Professional society service
- Chair, Georgia Tech - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Collaboration Working Committee, 2004-2006
- Georgia Tech College of Engineering Dean's Faculty
Advisory Council, 2003-present
- Georgia Tech Strategic Planning, member of
Core Contributors, 2009
- Georgia Tech College of Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 2005
- Georgia Tech School of ECE Strategic Planning Committee, 2007
- Georgia Tech College of Engineering Research Faculty Promotion Committee,
2005-2006
- Georgia Tech Executive Board Committee on Multi-Campus Faculty
Development, Governance, and Integration, 2005-2006
- Graduate student committees (qualifier, proposal,
defense): 86 as of 12/31/2006
- Women in science and engineering:
SWE and
FutureScape
Visiting professor,
Department of Signals and Systems,
Chalmers University of Technology,
Goteborg, Sweden, January - July 2001.
- Taught a PhD course "Theory and Applications of
Higher-Order and Cyclic statistics in Signal Processing",
Spring 2001.
Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo,
Japan, June-August, 1995
- Ultrasound measurements and signal analysis of tissue
nonlinear characteristics.
Research Assistant/Associate,
University of Virginia, 1989-1995
- Conducted research in statistical signal and image
processing.
- Experimented with magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy techniques at the Radiology Department,
University of Virginia Hospital.
- Developed interactive MRI-STEAM imaging user interface on
Siemens Magnetom
1.0 Tesla machine using FORTRAN and PARGEN.
- Helped with the organization of 1993
IEEE Workshop on Higher-order Statistics.
Teaching Assistant,
University of Virginia, 1992-1993
- Lab-instructor for Microelectronic Circuits (EE 204L).
- Grader and assistant for TV course on
EE 576 "Digital Signal Processing" (Outstanding GTA Award).