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Amir Asif
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Associate
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Education:
I
received my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. My
thesis advisor was Professor Jose M. F. Moura.
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.
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 York University Wide Teaching Award
(Full-Time Senior Faculty Category) in 2007 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
Professional Activities:
I am the Chair of the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (2007 – date),
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) and FSE Chairs and Directors Committee (2007
– 08), 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
My other professional
commitments include serving as the Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters (2001 – 2004), Member Professional Engineers Ontario
(PEO) (2004 – date), and Senior Member IEEE
(2003 – date).
Students
working with me:
Foroohar
Foroozan (Ph.D.)
Arash Mohammadi (Ph.D.)
Neha Durwas (M.S.)
Mohammad Sajjadieh
(M.S.)
Mohammad El-Diasty, (Ph.D. in Earth and Space Sciences, Principal
Advisor:
John P. van Nostrand, (Ph.D. in Chemistry, Principal Advisor: K. W. M. Siu)
Former Students:
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, working at IBM, Toronto, Canada)
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.
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