Communications and Signal Processing (CaSP) Group

The CaSP group focuses on the development and application of advanced signal processing techniques. Application areas include physical layer wireless communications, video, audio and acoustics, control systems and biomedical devices. Specific research topics we work on include cognitive radio, multichannel systems, wireless channel modelling, audio coding, spatial audio, blind source separation, audio quality estimation, signal enhancement, target tracking, nonlinear system identification and image processing.

People

Academic Staff

• Dr Pawel Dmochowski (Cognitive radio, MIMO systems, synchronisation)
• Dr Marcus Frean (Learning systems)
• Dr Christopher Hollitt (Control systems, image processing)
• Prof Bastiaan Kleijn (Signal processing & info. theory for audio & video)
• John Lewis (Image processing)
• Dr Mansoor Shafi (Cognitive radio, MIMO comms, info. theory)
• Dr Paul Teal (Signal processing for audio, biomedical & comms)

Graduate Students

• Ramoni Adeogun MIMO Channel Estimation and Prediction
• Craig Anderson Multi-Channel Audio Enhancement
• Mohammad Ayat Modelling the Generation of the Cochlear Microphonic
• Praveen Choppala Bayesian Target Tracking for Sonar
• Ahmed Sheik Deeb Saccade Generation for Active Vision
• Muhammad Ghifary Face Recognition
• Mona Hakami Quality Estimation
• Wenyu Jin Multi-Zone Audio
• Asim Masood Noninvasive Detection of the Cochlear Microphonic
• Seyed Reza Mir Alavi Distributed Blind Source Separation
• Jawad Mirza Codebook Design for Limited Feedback MIMO Systems
• Tim Sherry Blind Source Separation
• Sudhir Singh Convex Optimisation Techniques in Communication Systems
• Refik Ustok Interference Alignment in Cognitive Radio Systems

Visitors

• Prof Walter Kellermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg von Haast Fellow (2012-2014)

Research

Publications

• CaSP Publications on a year-by-year basis
• Additional Material to Accompany Some Papers

Research Scholarships / Studentships

Numerous research topics are available to new graduate students. These include areas such as signal processing for sensor networks, cognitive radio systems, learning theory, and audio and video processing. More information can be found on our webpage on available research topics. If you are interested to study at CaSP you should also look at application information for prospective students, which provides you with more general information.

Current Research Projects

• Limited Feedback in MIMO Communications
• Forward Looking Sonar
• Noninvasive Acquisition of the Cochlear Microphonic
• Acoustic Study of Little Spotted Kiwi

Meetings and Talks

• Weekly meetings

Connections

Collaborators

• Callaghan Innovation, Information and Communication Technologies
• Delft University of Technology, Signal & Information Processing Lab
• Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing
• University of Canterbury, Communications Research Group
• University of Auckland, Audiology
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, Multimedia and Signal Processing Group

Past Visitors

• Xiaoming Li, Beijing University of Technology (2011/08-2012/08)
• Jorge Martinez, Delft University of Technology (2012/02-2012/04)
• Petko Petkov, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology (2012/01-2012/06)
• Jason McEwen, UCL (2011/08-2011/09)
• Yusuke Hioka, NTT (2010/12-2011/07)
• Gustav Henter, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology (2011/01-2011/06)
• Peter Kabal, McGill (2010/10-2010/12)
• Scott Douglas, SMU (2008/08)