Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
`Curriculum Vitae
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`520-360-1860 (M)
`jrod2718@gmail.com
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`Dreamlific Consulting
`1130 Wall St. #546
`La Jolla, CA 92037
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`Overview
`Prof. Rodriguez has extensive experience in the field of electrical & computer engineering. His areas of
`expertise include signal/image/video processing and analysis such as feature extraction, object
`recognition, data compression, biomedical data analysis, communication systems, microprocessor
`systems, electric circuits, and related hardware and software development.
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`At the University of Arizona, he is a faculty member in the Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and
`Director of the Signal and Image Laboratory (SaIL). Courses he has taught include Digital Image Processing,
`Digital Image Analysis, Digital Signal Processing, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Signals & Systems,
`and Circuit Analysis. He was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-
`HKN), given by students at The University of Arizona to one outstanding professor each year.
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`He served as Co-Director of Connection One, a National Science Foundation multi-university research
`center on communication circuits and systems. In addition to more than 150 publications in the field, he
`has been very active in professional activities as a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and
`Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE Signal Processing Society.
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`Prof. Rodriguez served as General Chair of the 2016 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and
`Interpretation (SSIAI). In addition, during 2005–2011 he served on the IEEE Signal Processing Society
`Technical Committee on Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing. He served as General
`Chair of the 2007 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), as well as General Chair of SSIAI 2014, General
`Chair of SSMSD 2003, General Chair of SSIAI 1998, and Vice Chair of SSIAI 2004, as well as positions on
`numerous other professional committees. From 1996 to 2000, Prof. Rodriguez was Associate Editor of the
`journal, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.
`Expertise
`Image processing & analysis (filtering, enhancement, segmentation, pattern recognition, restoration,
`super-resolution, JPEG, watermarking, inpainting, etc.)
`Video processing & analysis (filtering, enhancement, segmentation, pattern recognition, motion
`estimation, tracking, MPEG, watermarking, etc.)
`Signal processing & analysis (speech, audio, filtering, Fourier analysis, etc.)
`Biomedical data analysis
`Computational photography (deblurring, enhancement, high dynamic range imaging, super-resolution,
`etc.)
`Communication systems (signal conditioning, data compression, image & video communication, etc.)
`Microprocessor systems (interfacing, programming, etc.)
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`Electric circuits (analog and digital)
`Software analysis (C, C++, MATLAB, etc.)
`Education
`Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1990
`S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, June 1986
`B.S., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1984
`Employment
`• 1990–present: The University of Arizona
`o 1997–present, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, with tenure
`o 2023–present, Director of ECE Online Programs
`o 2017–present, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, with tenure
`o 2000–2003, 2005–2016: Director of ECE Graduate Studies
`o 2002–2017: Faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
`o 2009–2014, Director of Image Analysis, Cancer Imaging Shared Services, Arizona Cancer Center
`o 2003–2008: Co-Director of Connection One, a National Science Foundation industry/university
`cooperative research center for communication circuits and systems
`o 1990–1997: Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
`• 1986–1990: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical
`Engineering
`• 1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical
`Engineering
`• 1982–1985 (summers): IBM Corp. (Austin, Texas) – hardware design and system programming
`• 1980–1981 (summers): Texas Instruments, Inc. (Austin, Texas) – software quality assurance
`Recent Consulting
`Confidential Inter Partes Reviews
`Dates: March 2024 –
`Confidential U.S. Dist. Ct. Matter
`Dates: Sept. 2022 –
`Confidential U.S. Dist. Ct. Matter
`Dates: Aug. 2022 –
`Confidential Pre-Litigation Support
`Dates: July 2022 –
`Confidential U.S. Dist. Ct. Matter
`Dates: Dec. 2020 –
`Intellectual Tech LLC v. Zebra Technologies Corporation, Case No. 6:19-cv-00628-ADA
`Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division
`Dates: Oct. 2020 –
`Client: Intellectual Tech LLC (pl.)
`Counsel: Cole Schotz, P.C.
`Technology: RFID controller system
`Deposed Dec. 2020
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 6,959,293, Case IPR2023-00104
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Aug. 2022 – May 2023
`Client: LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. (pet.)
`Counsel: O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`Technology: Image processing for face detection
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 9,324,004, Case IPR2021-01332
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2022
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Deposed April 27, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01081 & IPR2021-01304)
`Deposed Sept. 7, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01081, IPR2021-01304 & IPR2021-01333)
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,478,036, Case IPR2021-01304
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2022
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Deposed April 27, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01081 & IPR2021-01332)
`Deposed Sept. 7, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01081, IPR2021-01332 & IPR2021-01333)
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,881,529, Case IPR2021-01081
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2022
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Deposed April 27, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01304 & IPR2021-01332)
`Confidential U.S. Dist. Ct. Matter
`Dates: June 2021 – March 2022
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 9,031,278, Case IPR2021-01389
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2021
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,520,897, Case IPR2021-01388
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2021
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,326,038, Case IPR2021-01387
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2021
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,899,252, Case IPR2021-01333
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2021
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`Deposed Sept. 7, 2022 (incl. IPR2021-01081, IPR2021-01304 & IPR2021-01332)
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,463,030, Case IPR2021-01080
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – June 2021
`Client: Bank of America, N.A. (def.)
`Counsel: Winston & Strawn, LLP
`Patent Owner: NantWorks, LLC.
`Technology: Image processing; object recognition; bank check processing; grocery store checkout
`In the Matter of Certain Video Processing Devices, Components Thereof, and Digital Smart Televisions
`Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1222
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – June 2021
`Client: LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. (resp.)
`Counsel: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
`Complainant: DivX, LLC
`Technology: Video streaming
`Deposed May 2021
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`In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices, Including Computers, Tablet Computers, and Components
`and Modules Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1208
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: Sept. 2020 – March 2021
`Client: Nokia Technologies Oy and Nokia Corporation (compl.)
`Counsel: McKool Smith
`Respondents: Lenovo, Inc. and other Lenovo companies
`Technology: Video coding
`Deposed March 2021
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,064,768, Case IPR2021-00435
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Jan. 2021
`Client: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Pictos Technologies Inc.
`Technology: Image processing; image filtering
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,064,768, Case IPR2021-00434
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Jan. 2021
`Client: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Pictos Technologies Inc.
`Technology: Image processing; image filtering
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,199,821
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Oct. 2020 – Jan. 2021
`Client: Apple Inc. (pet.)
`Counsel: Erise IP
`Patent Owner: Maxell, Ltd.
`Technology: Image processing for electronic camera; white balance
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 6,349,154, Case IPR2020-00479
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2019 – Jan. 2021
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Uniloc 2017 LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`Ex Parte Reexamination of Patent No. 8,339,493
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`Dates: Nov. 2020 – Dec. 2020
`Client: Apple Inc. (pet.)
`Counsel: Erise IP
`Patent Owner: Maxell, Ltd.
`Technology: Image processing for electronic camera; image resolution
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,012,960, Case IPR2020-00757
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2019 – Aug. 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Uniloc 2017 LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 9,769,477, Case IPR2019-01035
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: April 2019 – Aug. 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`Deposed Feb. 2020
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. RE46,777, Case IPR2019-01037
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: April 2019 – Aug. 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,386,046, Case IPR2019-01033
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: April 2019 – Aug. 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,339,493, Case IPR2020-00597
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Feb. 2020 – July 2020
`Client: Apple Inc. (pet.)
`Counsel: Erise IP
`Patent Owner: Maxell, Ltd.
`Technology: Image processing for electronic camera; resolution
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 6,329,934, Case IPR2020-00448
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2019 – July 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Uniloc 2017 LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 6,329,934, Case IPR2020-00447
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2019 – March 2020
`Client: Google LLC (pet.)
`Counsel: Paul Hastings LLP
`Patent Owner: Uniloc 2017 LLC
`Technology: Image and video data compression systems
`In the Matter of Certain Infotainment Systems, Components Thereof, and Automobiles Containing the
`Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1119
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: Oct. 2018 – June 2019
`Client: Broadcom, Limited (compl.)
`Counsel: Steptoe & Johnson LLP
`Respondents: Toyota Motor Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Denso Ten Limited, Renesas
`Electronics Corporation, Japan Radio Co., Ltd., et al.
`Technology: Graphics/image/video processing for automobile infotainment systems
`Deposed April 2019
`Testified and cross-examined at trial, June 4 & 7, 2019
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,508,751, Case IPR2017-02108
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: April 2018 – May 2019
`Client: Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc. (patent owner)
`Counsel: San Diego IP Law Group LLP
`Petitioners: AVer Information Inc. and iPEVO, Inc.
`Technology: Document cameras and video processing
`Deposed Sept. 2018
`Honors, Awards, and Memberships
`Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Signal Processing Society
`Best Poster Award. Douglas W. Todd, Rohit C. Philip, Maki Niihori, Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, and Abraham Jacob,
`“High-Throughput Behavioral Zebrafish Assay for Drug Development Targeting Hearing Loss”, AOS
`149th Annual Meeting, American Otological Society, May 20-21, 2016, Chicago, IL.
`Best Paper Award. Abhinav K. Jha, Matthew A. Kupinski, Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, Renu M. Stephen, and Alison
`T. Stopeck, “Evaluating Segmentation Algorithms for Diffusion-Weighted MR Images: A Task-Based
`Approach,” in Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, David J.
`Manning and Craig K. Abbey, Eds., Proc. of SPIE, vol. 7627, pp. 76270L-1 to 76270L-8. Presented at
`SPIE Medical Imaging 2010, San Diego, CA, Feb. 13–18, 2010.
`IEEE/HKN Outstanding Teaching Award, 1992
`Andersen Consulting Outstanding Faculty Award, 1992
`Honor societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi
`National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1985–1988
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`Teaching Experience
`Courses taught in the Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the College of Optical Sciences:
`• Digital Image Analysis (ECE/OPTI 532)
`• Digital Image Processing (ECE/OPTI 533)
`• Digital Signal Processing (ECE 429/529)
`• Advanced Digital Signal Processing (ECE 528)
`• Signals and Systems (ECE 340)
`• Electric Circuits (ECE 320A)
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`University Service Activities
`• Dept. of ECE Executive Committee, 2023–present
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 2023–present
`• Dept. of ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2022–present
`• Dept. of ECE Bylaws Committee, 2021–2022
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Recruiting and Awards Committee, 2001–2003, 2005–2018, 2022
`• University Fellows Program, Phys/Math/CS/Engr Award Selection Panel, Spring 2021
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 1997, 2000-2004, 2005-2016, 2019-2021
`• Director of ECE Graduate Studies, 2000–2003, 2005–2016
`• Dept. of ECE Executive Committee, 2001–2003, 2005–2016
`• Dept. of ECE Annual Performance Review Committee, Spring 2015
`• Dept. of ECE Committee on Committees, 2013-2016
`• Chair, Dept. of ECE Faculty Search Committee, 2013
`• BME Faculty Search Committee, 2008
`• Search Committee for the Dean of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, 2003–
`2004
`• Chair, College of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee, 2001–2003
`• Co-Chair, Dept. of ECE Student/Faculty Interaction Committee, 2001–2002
`• Dept. of ECE Undergraduate Mentoring Committee, 2001–2002
`• College of Engineering Advisory Committee, 1998–2002
`• Faculty co-advisor for Eta Kappa Nu chapter (electrical engineering honor society), 1994–2002
`• Chair, Dept. of ECE Instructional Equipment and Software Planning Committee, 1998–2001
`• Faculty Co-Advisor, Dept. of ECE Graduate Student Activities Committee (GSAC), 1995–2000
`• Dept. of ECE Teaching Load Committee, Fall 2000
`• Dept. of ECE Annual Performance Review Committee, Fall 2000
`• Search Committee for Head of Dept. of ECE, 1996–1997
`• Dept. of ECE Computer Policy Committee, 1994–1997
`• Dept. of ECE Student Recruiting Committee, 1995–1996
`• Small Grants Peer Review Panel, U.A. Office of Vice President for Research, April 1993
`• Dept. of ECE Subcommittee on Computer Programming Curriculum, 1992
`• Dept. of ECE Seminar Series Committee, 1991–1992
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`Professional Service Activities
`Treasurer, 2026 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Treasurer, 2024 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Chair, Steering Committee, IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation, 2007–present
`Panelist, 40th Anniversary Panel Session, 2022 IEEE Intl. Performance Computing and Communication
`Conference
`Panelist, NSF Panel, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CISE/CCF), 2020
`Treasurer, 2020 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Treasurer, 2018 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Technical Program Committee, 2018 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Session Chair, 2016 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Technical Program Committee, 2016 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`General Chair, 2016 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Technical Program Committee, 2014 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`General Chair, 2014 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2013 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Finance Chair, 2012 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2012 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2012 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Finance Chair, 2010 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 2010 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Reviewer, 2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Awards Subcommittee, IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on Image, Video, and
`Multidimensional Signal Processing (IVMSP), 2008–2010
`Program Committee, 2009 IASTED Intl. Conf. on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications
`(SPPRA)
`IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal
`Processing (IVMSP), 2005–2011
`Reviewer, 2008 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2008 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Directions Board, 2007
`IEEE Signal Processing Conference Board, 2006–2008
`Reviewer, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Program, 2007
`General Chair, 2007 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Reviewer, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Vice Chair, 2004 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
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`Program Committee, 2004 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Special Editor, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 2003–2004
`General Chair, 2003 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Program Committee, 2003 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2002 Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Organizing Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Symp. on Circuits and Systems
`Reviewer, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Program Committee, 2001 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Organizing Committee, 2001 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 1996–2000
`Vice Chair, 2000 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2000 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Program Committee, 2000 Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition
`Organizing Committee, 2000 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Publications Chair, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Organizing Committee, 1999 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Program Committee, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Area Program Chair, 1999 IEEE-CS Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
`General Chair, 1998 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, Area Coordinator, 1997 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Organizing Committee, 1997 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
`National Science Foundation Reviewer for BIR Division, Sept. 1996
`Program Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Chair, 1996 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Organizing Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Program Committee, 1995 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital
`Image Processing XVIII
`Organizing Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Program Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Session Chair, 1994 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital Image
`Processing XVII
`Program Committee, 1994 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`National Science Foundation Review Panelist for DUE Division, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1993
`Program Committee, 1993 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Technical reviewer for numerous technical conferences, journals, and book publishers
`Completed Theses and Dissertations Supervised
`[1] Debottama Das, M.S., Aug. 2023, Application of Deep Learning in Thyroid Image Analysis.
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`[2] Mohammad S. Majdi, Ph.D., Aug. 2023, Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Machine Learning for Improved
`Data Interpretation and Decision Making under Uncertainty.
`[3] Rohit Chacko Philip, Ph.D., May 2020, Generalized Performance Measures for Evaluation of Object
`Detection.
`[4] Sree Ramya Surya Prabha Malladi, Ph.D., Aug. 2019, Superpixel Segmentation Systems: Design and
`Analysis.
`[5] Ramaprasad Kulkarni, Ph.D., May 2018, Image Segmentation and Analysis Methods and Their
`Evaluation on Synthesized Porous Media Data.
`[6] Ding Ding, Ph.D., Aug. 2017, Image Inpainting Based on Exemplars and Sparse Representation.
`[7] Sundaresh Ram, Ph.D., Aug. 2017, Sparse Representations and Nonlinear Image Processing for
`Inverse Imaging Solutions.
`[8] Xin Gao, M.S., Dec. 2016, Automatic Detection, Segmentation and Tracking of Vehicles in Wide-Area
`Aerial Imagery.
`[9] Mohammed Alfowzan, Ph.D., Dec. 2016, Solutions to Space-Time Inverse Problems.
`[10] Douglas W. Todd, M.S., Aug. 2016, Zebrafish Video Analysis System for High-Throughput Drug Assay.
`[11] José A. Rosado-Toro, Ph.D., May 2016, Right Ventricle Segmentation Using Cardiac Magnetic
`Resonance Images.
`[12] Basel Salahieh, Ph.D., Dec. 2015, Computational Imaging for Miniature Cameras.
`[13] Jianbo Shao, M.S., Aug. 2015, Analysis and Processing of Primary Cilia in Microscopy Images.
`[14] Vijai T. Jayadevan, M.S., Dec. 2013, Forecasting Solar Power Intermittency Using Ground-Based Sky
`Imaging.
`[15] Sundaresh Ram, M.S., Dec. 2010, 3-D Fluorescent Spot Segmentation in Confocal Microscopic
`Images.
`[16] Abhinav Kumar Jha, M.S., Aug. 2009, ADC Estimation in Diffusion-Weighted Images.
`[17] Rohit Chacko Philip, M.S., Dec. 2008, Seed Pruning for Multi-Resolution Segmentation of Vasculature
`in Immunohistochemical Images.
`[18] Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman, M.S., Dec. 2008, Automated Registration of Breath-Hold DCE-MRI
`Images of Human Volunteers in Cancer Clinical Trials.
`[19] Naren Vijayakumar, M.S., Dec. 2008, Multimodality Image Registration Using Gradient Information
`and Clustering.
`[20] Sunil Seepuri, M.S., Aug. 2008, An Integrated Tool for 3-D Segmentation of Internal Hemoglobin in
`TEM Images.
`[21] Santosh V. Chapaneri, M.S., Aug. 2008, Content-Adaptive Improved Error Concealment Methods for
`H.264/AVC Video Communication.
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