Fan Zhang

Obstacle Detection Using Monocular Camera for Low Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(co-supervision with Prof. Paul Straznicky)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.15

Zhaofen Ren

Patient Mobility Monitoring through the Analysis of Bed Exit Centre of Pressure

(co-supervision with Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.15

Michael Rockwood

Reliable, Real-Time Acceleration Measurement

Toward Automated Monitoring of Driver Behavior

M.A.Sc.

Jan.15

Megan Holtzman

Robust Ambient Multi Sensor Signal Fusion Toward Clinical Data Analytics

(co-supervision with Dr. Frank Knoefel)

Winner of University Senate Medal for Academic Achievement at the PhD Level

Ph.D.

May 14

Stephanie Bennett

The Assessment of In-Bed Mobility with Pressure Sensitive Mats

(Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.14

Luke Russell

Measurement System and Monitoring of Gait Characteristics using an Open-Source Hardware and Software Approach

(co-supervision with with Dr. Alan Steele)

M.A.Sc.

Feb.13

Rania

Eldeeb

Variable Step-Size Adaptive Algorithms for Acoustic Echo Cancellation in Hands-Free Portable Devices

M.A.Sc.

Jan.13

Matthew

Taylor

Image Processing Algorithms for Patient Mobility Monitoring (Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Aug.12

Daphne

Townsend

Context-Aware Algorithms for Sleep Apnea Monitoring (co-supervision with Dr. Monique Frize, Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)  )

Ph.D.

Jan.12

Geoffrey Green

Biosensor-Based Alternatives for Food Safety Analysis (co-supervision with Dr. Adrian Chan)

Ph.D.

Jan.12

Payam Moradshadi

Cough Sound Discrimination in Noisy and Reverberant Environments using Microphone Arrays (Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.12

Saba Rahimi

Usage Monitoring of Electrical Devicesin a Smart Home (co-supervision with Dr. Adrian Chan)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.12

Hanieh Chatrzarrin

Feature Extraction for the Differentiation of Dry and Wet Cough Sounds (Medical Advisor: Dr. F. Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.11

Vilas Joshi

Architecture for Adaptive Remote Patient Monitoring

M.A.Sc.

Apr.11

Amaya Arcelus

Context-Aware Smart Home Monitoring Through The Analysis of Pressure Sequences

(co-supervisor: Dr. F. Knoefel)

Winner of University Senate Medal for Academic Achievement at the PhD Level

Ph.D.

Sep.10

Trevor Burton

Efficient Sub-band Structures for Acoustic Echo Cancellation in Non-stationary and Nonlinear

Winner of University Senate Medal for Academic Achievement and the PhD Level

Ph.D.

Sep.10

Anneliis Tosine

Remote Medical Monitoring Decision Support System and User Interface Usability

(co-supervision with Dr. Avi Parush, Psychology, Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.10

Brady Laska

Transform Domain Model-Based Wideband Speech Enhancement with Hearing Aid Applications

(co-supervision with Dr. Miodrag Bolic, uOttawa)

Winner of University Senate Medal for Academic Achievement at the PhD Level

Ph.D.

May 10

Nicholas Foubert

Posture Recognition and Postural Transition Detection Using Bed-Based Pressure Sensor Arrays (Medical Advisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Apr.10

Emad Hanna

Stereoscopic Imaging for Obstacle Detection Onboard Low-Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (co-supervision with Dr. P. Straznicky, Aerospace)

M.A.Sc.

Apr.10

Idana Veledar

Patient Bed Transfer Analysis Using Pressure Sensor Arrays

(co-supervision with Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 09

Kyle Mulligan

Monitoring the Propagation of Lung Sounds Using Electronic Stethoscope Arrays

(co-supervision with Dr. Andy Adler)

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 09

Rami Abu El Quran

Audio Signal Classification in
Reverberant and Noisy Environments

(co-supervision with Dr. Adrian Chan)

Ph.D.

May 09

Ming Ye Yuan

Using Thermal Imaging to Promote Independent Living (co-supervision with Dr. Jim Green)

M.A.Sc.

Jan. 09

Christophe Herry

Automated Detection of Anomalies in Clinical Thermal Infrared Images (co-supervisor: Prof. Monique Frize)

Ph.D.

Jan. 08

James Gordy

Robust Echo Cancellation in Harsh Environments

Ph.D.

Apr. 07

Lijing Ding

Non-Intrusive Speech Quality Assessment in VoIP

Ph.D.

Apr. 07

Christopher McClellan

Aspects of Nonlinear Dielectric Spectroscopy In The Noninvasive Determination of Glucose

(co-supervisor: Prof. Adrian Chan)

M.A.Sc.

Dec. 06

Megan Howell Jones

Autonomous Patient Monitoring with Pressure-Sensitive Arrays (co-supervisor: Dr. Frank Knoefel)

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 06

Brady Laska

Acoustic Echo Cancellation for Wideband VoIP

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 06

Patrick Beirne

Unsupervised Segmentation of Heart Sounds

(co-supervisor: Prof. Chan)

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 06

Aziz El-Solh

Speech Enhancement Techniques for Speaker Recognition (co-supervisor: Prof. Cuhadar)

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 06

Jacek Dmochowski

Combined Beamforming and Noise Cancelletion

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 05

David Lo

Talker Localization in Video Conferencing Systems

(co-supervisor: Prof. Dansereau)

Ph.D.

Jul. 05

Ning Ma

Speech Enhancement Algorithms Using Kalman Filtering and Masking Properties of Human Auditory Systems (co-supervisor: Prof. Bouchard)

Ph.D.

Jul. 05

Mohamed Tanabian

Speech Accent Identification and Speech Recognition using Speaker Accent Adaptation

M.Sc. (ISS)

May 05

Trevor Burton

Acoustic Echo Cancellation in the Presence of Microphone Arrays

M.A.Sc.

Dec. 04

Joseph Gammal

Speaker Recognition in the Presence of Reverberation

M.A.Sc.

Dec. 04

Anita McKee

Beamforming for Multisesnsor Stethoscopes

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 04

Hong Chen

Improvement of the Classification Accuracy in Smell Detection Using Electronic Noses (co-supervised by Dr. Tofy Mussivand, OHI)

M.A.Sc.

Sep. 04

Philippe Moquin

Beamforming using Scattering Conformal Microphone Arrays

M.A.Sc.

Mar. 04

Zhong Lin

Speech Quality Enhancement in High Background Noise Environments

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 03

Ayman Radwan

Non-Intrusive Speech Quality Evaluation in VoIP (co-sup. Prof. El-Hennawey)

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 03

Rami El-Quran

Audio Classification for Security Monitoring

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 03

Mina Labib

Smart Antenna Beamforming for CDMA

(co-sup. Prof. El-Tanany)

M.A.Sc.

Aug. 03

Shuman Jin

Multiple Packet Streams in Encrypted VoIP

(co-sup. Prof. R. Dansereau).

M.A.Sc.

May 03

Chengliang Li

Lip Feature Extraction and Audio-Video Synchronization (co-sup. Prof. R. Dansereau).

M.A.Sc.

May 03

Zhihong Qian

Conferencing in VoIP

(co-sup. Prof. El-Hennawey, Nortel Networks)

M.A.Sc.

Apr.03

Trevor Yensen

Hands-Free Terminals for VoIP (co-sup. Prof. Ioanis Lambadaris)

Ph.D.

Dec.02

Han Zhao

Talker Detection for Multimedia Conferencing (co-sup. Prof. John Knight)

M.A.Sc.

Dec.02

Suryani Chao

Scheduling in DSP Multiprocessor Systems (co-sup. Prof. John Chinneck)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.02

Lijing Ding

Speech Quality Evaluation in VoIP using the

E-Model (OGS-ST)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.02

Rosa Zheng

Spatial-Temporal Subband Beamforming for Near Field Adaptive Arrays (co-sup. Prof. El-Tanany)

Ph.D.

Aug.02

Feng Deng

Fast Fourier Transform Performance and Parallel Implementation (co-sup. Prof. El-Tanany) NSERC

M.A.Sc.

Jun.01

Michael Gawargy

Communication Services in Next Generation Networks

M.A.Sc.

Apr.01

Jeff Lariviere

Transform Domain Echo Cancellation and Noise Reduction (NSERC / OGS)

Ph.D.

Jul.00

Marios Parperis

Computer-Telephony Integration & Voice over IP: Delay Estimation (co-sup. Prof. Lambadaris) (OGS)

M.A.Sc.

Feb.00

Susan Xu

Effects of Delay Jitter and Clock Slippage on Network Echo Cancellation (OGS-ST)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.00

Ying Huang

Effects of Vocoder Distortion and Packet Loss on Network Echo Cancellation (OGS-ST)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.00

James Ryan

Microphone Arrays for Hands Free Telephony: Near‑Field Beamforming (NSERC – Senate Medal)

Ph.D.

Aug.99

Elias Nemer

Speech Analysis and Quality Enhancement using Higher Order Cumulants (co-sup. Prof. Mahmoud)

Ph.D.

Jul.99

Trevor Yensen

Structures and Interfaces for Voice Over IP Networks (co-sup. Prof. Lambadaris) (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Jan.98

Trevor Moat

Transform Domain Echo Cancellation

(TRIO/Nortel ISRP)

M.A.Sc.

Dec.97

Nong Li

AEC Adaptation Algorithms Evaluation

M.A.Sc.

Dec.97

Neil Birkett

Nonlinear Adaptive Filtering with Applications to Acoustic Echo Cancellation. (NSERC)

Ph.D.

Apr.97

Timothy Webster

Tracking Performance of Acoustic Echo Cancellers (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.95

Jeff Lariviere

Functional Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart-Valves Through Acoustic Analysis (co-sup.  Dr. Tofy Mussivant, Ottawa Heart Institute) (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Aug.95

Shivakumar Venkatrama

Adaptive Filter Structures for Equalization & Diversity Combining (co‑sup. Prof. Mahmoud)

M.A.Sc.

Jul. 94

Cathy Yuan

Dynamic Behavior of Acoustic Echo Cancelers

M.A.Sc.

Apr.94

Marc Morin

Architectural Evaluation of General Purpose Microprocessors

M.Eng.

Project

Aug.94

George

Yaremchuk

A Multiprocessor for DSP Algorithms Evaluation (co‑sup. Prof. Kwasnewski)

M.A.Sc.

Mar.93

Nicodem Tilya

Peak Detection in Ion Mobility Spectrometry

M.Eng.

Project

Mar.93

Nabeel Ghuzlaan

Design of a Video ATM Simulator

(co‑sup. Prof. Kaye)

M.A.Sc.

Mar.93

Michael Knappe

Acoustic Echo Cancellation: Performance and Structures (University Senate Medal) (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Sep.92

Bruce Oakley

Image Filtering on Slotted Ring Multiple DSP Systems (co‑sup. Prof. Coll) (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Aug.92

James Ryan

Subband Adaptive Filters for Noise Cancellation

M.A.Sc.

Apr.92

Ekka Chang

Optical Storage Systems in Modern Jukeboxes

M.Eng.

Project

Apr.92

Leon Lippoth

Neural Net. Based Detection of EEG Abnor- malities. (co‑sup. Prof. H. Hafez) (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Dec.91

Bruce Wallace

Parallel Filter Structures for Noise Cancellation (NSERC)

M.A.Sc.

Jul.91

Dan Sharon

Run‑Time Kernel for Multi‑Activity Systems Using Process Activity Lang. (sup. Prof. Kreiger)

M.A.Sc.

Apr.91

Oliver Zimmerman

The Design and Test of a Millimeter Resolution EEG Amplifier (co-sup. Prof. Van Der Puije)

M.Sc.

(ISS)

Sep.90

R. Jerome

Performance Analysis of Space‑Based Radar Tracking Techniques

M.A.Sc.

Aug.90

Gary Hutchinson

Multiprocessor Architectures for DSP Applications

M.Eng.

Project

Jan.90