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Past Researchers

                  PhD Students                    Post Doctoral Researchers                    Masters Students


Visiting Professors


Name
 
Current location and designationContact information

Jean Luc Dugelay
 
Professor, Multimedia Communications department,
Eurecom, France
dugelay@eurecom.fr

Peter Kabal
 
Professor, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
peter.kabal@mcgill.ca
Tor Ramstad Signal processing group,
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
ramstad@iet.ntnu.no

 


PhD Students
       
Alphabetical listing by last names:  A  C  D  E  G  H  J  K  L  M  N  P  R  S  T  U  V  W  Y  Z

NameThesis TitleGraduation YearCurrent location
and designation
Contact Information
Ashish AggarwalTowards weighted mean-squared error optimality of scalable audio coding2002CEO, Snap Networks, USA and India
Alphan Altinok Computational analysis of biological images: A study of microtubule dynamic behavior2006Research Staff, Caltech, USAalphanaltinok@gmail.com 
R. AravindFinite-state vector quantization for image data compression1988Professor, EE, IIT Madras, Indiaaravind@ee.iitm.ac.in
Wai-Yip Chan
Product code vector quantization methods with application to high fidelity audio coding1991Professor, ECE, Queens University, Canadageoffrey.chan@queensu.ca
Juin-Hwey (Raymond) ChenLow bit-rate predictive coding of speech waveforms based on vector quantization 1987Broadcom Corporation,  Irvine, USArchen@broadcom.com
De-Yuan ChengEfficient nearest neighbor search for non-structured euclidean codes and application to vector quantization1986Faculty, Shenzen University, Hong Kongcdy%szu@hkucnt.hku.hk
Vladimir CupermanEfficient waveform coding of speech using vector quantization 1983Professor, ECE, Simon Fraser University, Canada and UCSBvladimir@ece.ucsb.edu
Amitava Das
Multimode spectral coding of speech at low bit rates1996Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA
Grant DavidsonAlgorithms and processor architectures for low-rate speech coding1987Technical Manager, Dolby Labs, San Francisco, USAgad@dolby.com
Cagri Etemoglu
Matching pursuits sinusoidal speech coding2001Business Development Manager, Turk Telecom, Turkey
Shrinivas Gadkari
Joint source-channel coding for mobile and broadcast applications1997Sr. DSP Engineer, Tensilica Technologies, Pune, Indiagadkari@hotmail.com
Oded GottesmanHigh quality enhanced waveform interpolative coding of speech at low bit-rate2000Compandent Inc, Santa Barbara, USAoded@compandent.com
Liang GuHigh performance automatic speech recognition via enhanced front-end analysis and acoustic modeling2001IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown, USAliang@ece.ucsb.edu
Smita GuptaInterframe processing and coding of image sequences1993VTel Corp., USAsmita_gupta@vtel.com
Jingning Han Estimation-Theoretic Approaches In Video Compression And Networking2012 Google Inc., Mountain View, CA hanjingning@gmail.com
Yo-Sung Ho
Hierarchical multistage interpolative VQ for image compression1989Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Koreahoyo@gist.ac.kr
Jaewoo Jung
The role of spectral entropy in signal analysis with applications to voice, still images, and video2006Samsung Advanced Insititute of Technology, South Koreajaewoo@ece.ucsb.edu
Hosam Khalil
Robust predictive vector quantizer design for speech and video coding2001Digital Media Division, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA hosamk@microsoft.com
Prashant KoulgiZero-error coding for compression and computation with distributed sources2002Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Indiaprashant_koulgi@yahoo.co.in
Chunyan Li
Analysis-by-synthesis multimode harmonic speech coding at low bit rate 2000Manager, Legend Silicon/Multimedia Communications, USAchunyan@cisco.com
Vinay Melkote
Optimal delayed decisions in encoding and decoding of audio signals and general sources2010Researcher, Dolby Labs, USAmelkotevinay@gmail.com
David MillerAn information-theoretic framework for optimization with application in source coding and pattern recognition 1995Professor, EE, Pennsylvania State University, USAdjmiller@engr.psu.edu
Jayant Nayak
Problems in compression, transmission and storage of correlated Sources 2005Research Staff Member, Mayachitra Inc., Santa Barbara, USAjnayak@gmail.com
Erdal Paksoy
Variable rate speech coding with phonetic classification1994System Architect, Texas Instruments, USApaksoy@ti.com
Sharadh Ramaswamy
Fusion coding, search and retrieval of correlated data2008Research Staff Member, Mayachitra Inc., Santa Barbara, USArsharadh@gmail.com
Bhaskar RamamurthiVector quantization of images based on a composite source model 1985Professor, EE, IIT Madras, Indiabhaskar@ee.iitm.ac.in
Ajit RaoDesign of pattern recognition systems using deterministic annealing: applications in speech recognition, regression and data compression 1998Texas Instruments, Bangalore, Indiaajitr@ti.com
Shankar RegunathanEstimation-theoretic framework for scalability and packet loss resilience in predictive video coding 2001Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USAotto334@gmail.com
Sang-Uk RyuSource modeling approaches to enhanced
decoding in lossy audio compression and
communication
2006Sr. Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, USAsuryu@qualcomm.com
Mehmet Emre Sargin
Probabilistic graphical models for motion analysis and object tracking2010Google Inc., Mountain View, USAmsargin@ece.ucsb.edu
Ankur SaxenaDistributed coding of spatio-temporally correlated sources2008Sr. Standard Engr., Samsung Telecom, Dallas, USAankur81saxena@gmail.com
Jochen Christian  SchmidtAdvances in end-to-end distortion estimation for error-resilient video networking2009Apple Inc., Cupertino, USAcschmidt1977@gmail.com
Eyal ShlomotHybird coding of speech at low bit-rate1998Consultant, Comango Technologies, LLC, Los Angeles, USA eyal.shlomot@mindspeed.com
Yair ShohamHierarchical vector quantization with application to speech waveform coding1985Senior Manager, Alcatel Lucent, New York area, USAys@research.att.com
Ertem Tuncel
Scalable source coding bounds: Analysis, computation, and applications2002Associate Professor, UC Riverside, USAertem@ee.ucr.edu
Anil Ubale
Multiband CELP coding of wideband speech signals1998Senior Staff Engineer, Aliph, San Francisco, USAanilubale@yahoo.com
Jacques Vaisey
Variable blocksize image coding using quadtree segmentation1989Last associated with Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Shihua Wang
Phonetic segmentation techniques for speech coding1990President, Sonus Art, Inc., San Francisco, USAshihua@berkeley.atmel.com
Siu-Wai Wu Compression of image and video Signals, with constrained bit-stream syntax1993Engineering Director, Motorola, San Diego, USAswu@gi.com
Jey-Hsin Yao
Low delay speech coding1992Member Technical Staff, Fujitsu Labs of America, San Jose, USAjyao@fla.fujitsu.com
Hua YangEnd-to-end estimation and optimization techniques for error-resilient video coding and networking 2005Thomson Corporate Research, Princeton, USAHua.Yang2@technicolor.com
Mei YongLow rate vector excitation coding of speech1989Aware Inc., Bedford, USA
Kenneth Zeger
Source and channel coding with vector quantization1990Professor, UC San Diego, USAzeger@ucsd.edu
Rui ZhangEnd-to-end rate distortion analysis and optimization for robust video transmission over lossy networks2001Technical Leader, Cisco Systems, San Jose, USAruizhang@cisco.com
 


Post Doctoral Researchers

Alphabetical listing by last names:  A  C  D  E  G  H   K  L  M   R  S W  Y  Z


Name
 
Current location and designationContact information
Alphan Altinok Research Staff, Caltech, USAalphanaltinok@gmail.com 
R. Aravind
Professor, EE, IIT Madras, India
 
aravind@ee.iitm.ac.in

Huijuan Cui
 
  
Juan Carlos De Martin
Associate Professor of Information Engineering,
Politecnico of Torino, Italy.
 
director@nexa.polito.it

Ioannis Dologlou
 
Institute of language and speech processing,
Athens, Greece
ydol@ilsp.athena

Engin Erzing
 
Associate Professor, College of Engineering,
Koc University
eerzin@ku.edu.tr

Carmen Garcia-Mateo
 
Signal processing and communications department,
Campus Universitario, Vigo, Spain
 

Cecile Huet
 
European Commission, Brussels, France cecile.huet@cec.edu.int

Kozuhito Koishida
 
  
Arun Kumar Professor, IIT - Delhi
Delhi, India
arunkm@care.iitd.ernet.in

Riccardo Leonardi
 
  

Jan Linden
 
Vice President Engineering,
Global IP Solutions
 

David McClaren
 
  

Emmanuel Ravelli
 
Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany ravelli.emmanuel@gmail.com

Ankur Saxena
 
Sr. Standard Engr., Samsung Telecom, Dallas, USA ankur81s@gmail.com

Andrew Sekey
 
  

Masahiro
Serizawa
 
Senior Manager, Central Labs at NEC, Japan 

Tian Wang
 
  

Eyal Yair
 
Director of Software & Projects Managements,
“Elbit Systems” Land System C4I, IT and Intelligence Division,
Israel
 

Xuedong Yang
 
Professor, University of Regina, Saskatchewan
Canada
yang@cs.uregina.ca

Ram Zamir
 

Professor, Tel Aviv University, Israel

zamir@eng.tau.ac.il

Masters Students

Alphabetical listing by last names:  B  C  D  F  G  I   K  L  M  N  R  S W  Y  Z


Name
 
Current location and Designation

Morris Beatty
 

 

Ilan BerciApplication Architect (Consultant) DnD/IBM Canada
Ottawa, Canada Area

David Chase
 
 

Craig Demel
 
Linux software Engineer at Luidia,
San Francisco, USA

Stephen Flamm
 
Director, Product management at Voxify
San Francisco, USA
Also, Founder/President at Exuber Software

Daryl Fortney
 
Senior Software developer at 3SI security systems Inc,
Macon, Georgia

Sharlene Gee
 
 

Masa Iwadare
 
 

Tetsui Kawashima
 
 

Yoonie Kim
 
 

Pradeep Koulgi

Cognex Corp.


Hitoshi Koyama
 
 

Chrish Kuiper
 
Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems,
San Jose, USA

Wendy Kurko
 
 

Jiong Luo
 
 

Victor Manzella
 
 

Xavier Michael
 
 

Ning Mo
 
Cisco Systems, Santa Barbara, CA

Vasudev Nayak
 
 

Aidong Ning
 
 

Masayuki Nishiguchi
 
 

Ling Niu
 

Senior Engineer at D2 Technologies,
Seattle, USA


Jagadeesan Ramanathan
 
SAD at iNautix Technologies, India

Sangeeta Ramkrishnan
 
Cisco, San Jose, USA
Vishal Sharma
Principal Consultant & Technologist at Metanoia, Inc,
San Francisco, USA
 

K. Srinivasan
 
 

Terry Stanhope
 
 
Shantanu Tarafdar
Member of Technical staff at Streach Inc.,
San Francisco, USA
 

Anne Thomas
 
 

Jian (Jackson) Tong
 
 

Ivar Verivik
 
PocketScience Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA

Eric Whitaker
 
 

Mitsu Yano
 
 
Yubo Yang
Independent Investment management Professional,
Santa Barbara, USA
 

Yi Zhao
 
 


Others


Name
 
Current location and Designation

Jaspreet Singh
 

R & D Labs, Samsung, Dallas, Tx, USA


Peng Wu
 
Vision Research Lab, UCSB, CA, USA