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Amir
Asif (Personal Home Page)
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Associate Professor |
Education:
I received my
M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie
Mellon University.
Research Interests:
My research
interests are
in statistical signal processing with applications in image and video
processing, multimedia communications, bioinformatics, and physical
sciences.
Current focus is on time reversal and sensor networks. Click here for a
list of selected
publications.
To
get an overview of time reversal, click on the audio
of my seminar presentation given at
the Fields Institute on
August 25, 2008 as part of the Workshop
on
Quantitative
Cancer Modelling: Mathematical Models, Imaging and
Bioinformatics.
We have
excellent
opportunities for graduate students interested in statistical signal
processing
and multimedia communications. If you are interested in these areas,
please
feel free to contact me at this Email
Address.
Teaching:
I take teaching
very
seriously and believe in rigorous education that fosters critical
thinking,
facilitates the acquisition of life-long learning skills, and develops
problem
solving strategies in my students. I have the distinction of receiving
several
teaching awards including the FGS Teaching Excellence Award
from the
Faculty of Graduate Studies in 2009; the York University Wide
Teaching Award
(Full-Time Senior Faculty Category) in 2008 from York University; the FSE
Teaching
Excellence
Award (Senior Faculty Category) from the Faculty of
Science and Engineering in 2006 and in 2004; and the CSE Mildred
Baptist
Teaching Excellence Award from the Department of Computer Science
and
Engineering in 2006 and in 2003.
Click here to
see the list of courses taught by me
at York University
since 2002.
Professional
Activities:
I am the Chair
of the
Department of Computer
Science
and
Engineering (2007 – date), Vice-chair (elected member) of the
Senate
Sub-Committee on Academic Standard, Curriculum, and Pedagogy (ASCP)
(2009-12),
member of the Senate, York
University (2007 - date), member of several Faculty of Science and
Engineering (FSE) Committees including the FSE Executive and
Planning
Committee (2007 – date), FSE
Chairs and Directors Committee (2007 – 08), FSE Resource Committee,
School of Engineering Management and Planning Committee (EMPC), and
member of
several prominent Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Committees. My
earlier professional commitments included the Director of the Computer
Engineering
program at York University (2006 – 2007). Also, I am
involved in the department's undergraduate and graduate programs in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
My other
current
professional commitments include serving as the Associate Editor for IEEE
Signal
Processing Letters (2009 – date), Member, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
(2004
– date), and Senior Member IEEE
(2003
– date). Previously, I have served as the Associate Editor for IEEE
Signal
Processing Letters (2001 – 2004) and various other professional
categories including the organizing two IEEE international conferences.
Graduate Supervision:
I am a member
of the
Graduate Programs in: (i) Computer Science
and
Engineering (CSE), and; (ii) Earth, Space
Science, and
Engineering (ESSE). I am currently supervising the following graduate
students.
Arash Mohammadi
(Ph.D.)
Mohammad Sajjadieh (Ph.D.)
Neha Durwas (M.S.)
Mohammad El-Diasty,
(Ph.D.
in Earth and Space
Sciences, Principal Advisor: S. Pagiatakis)
John P. van Nostrand, (Ph.D. in Chemistry,
Principal
Advisor: K. W. M. Siu)
Former Students:
Foroohar Foroozan (Ph.D. 2010, Post-doc at UOIT)
Mohammad Sajjadieh (M.S., 2010, Continued with his PhD)
Haoyuan Wang (M.S. 2004,
working at Edulinx Canada Corp., ON,
Canada)
Qian (Amy) Bai
(M.S. 2005,
working at Tel Labs, Inc., CA, USA)
Frank Xu (M.S. 2005)
Hassan Masoon (NSERC/USRA 2006, Graduate
student at
University of Toronto)
Maria Kouras (NSERC/USRA 2004, working at Harcase Software, ON, Canada)
Carol (Bin) Song (NSERC/USRA 2003 and 2004)
Anuj Gandhi (NSERC/USRA 2004)
Oleg Belgorodski (NSERC/USRA 2003, working
at York Univ, ON, Canada)
Lorne Millerwood (NSERC/USRA 2003)
Aijuan Ye (B.Sc. 2003)
King Yuen Wong, (Ph.D. 2004, Principle Advisor: M. Spetsakis)
Click here to
view my official
home
page.
Last Updated:
March 15,
2009.