Automated Information Processing
This research group is directed by Prof. Domingo Rodriguez and is concentrating on developing fundamental tools and techniques for acquisition, representation, and processing of distributed sensor array based signals associated with the monitoring and surveillance of wetlands as well as soil moisture estimation. During this first year the group has concentrated on the modeling and simulation of various submodules of active imaging systems and the theoretical assessment of the computer performance of these modeling and simulation efforts. In particular, the group has being studying synthetic aperture radar imaging systems the possibility of low cost hardware/software implementation of the computational signal processing aspects associated with such systems. The group has also being assessing high-level partitioning techniques for the hardware/software implementation of discrete signal transforms on distributed hardware architectures. The group has two MS graduate students fully supported by the WALSAIP project and it is providing infrastructure support to a Ph. D. candidate student.
   
Publications:  

A. Ramirez, D. Rodriguez, “Automated Hardware-in-the-Loop Modeling and Simulation in Active Sensor Imaging Using TI6713 DSP Units,” IEEE 49th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2006.

N. G. Santiago, D. T. Rover, D. Rodriguez, "A Statistical Approach for the Analysis of the Relation between Low-Level Performance Information, the Code, and the Environment," Journal of Information, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 503-518, May 2006.

A. H. Diaz-Perez, D. Rodriguez, "One Dimensional Cyclic Convolution Algorithms wiht Minimal Multiplicative Complexity," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 3, pp. 1008-1011, France, 2006.

N. G. Santiago, C. Aceros, D. Rodriguez, ”Performance Measures for Parameter Extraction of Sensor Array Point Targets using the Discrete Chirp Fourier Transform,” SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April 2006

R. Arce-Nazario, M. Jimenez and D. Rodriguez, “Functionally-aware Partitioning of Discrete Signal Transforms For Distributed Hardware Architectures,” IEEE 49th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2006.

R. Arce-Nazario, M. Jimenez and D. Rodriguez, “Effects of High-Level Discrete Signal Transforms Formulations on Partitioning for Multi-FPGA Architectures,” IEEE Field 14th Annual Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines, April 2006.

A. Ramirez, I. Rivera, D. Rodriguez, “SAR Image Processing Algorithms Based on the Ambiguity Function,” IEEE 48th International Midwest Symposium On Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 1430-1433, Ohio, US, 2005.

C. Aceros, D. Rodriguez, “Fast Discrete Chirp Fourier Transforms for Radar Signal Detection Systems Using Cluster Computer Implementations,” IEEE 48th International Midwest Symposium On Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 1047-1050, Ohio, US, 2005.

J. Villamizar-Morales, L. Bautista-Rozo, D. Rodriguez, "A Computational Signal Processing System for Correlated Digital Interferometry," IEEE 48th International Midwest Symposium On Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 1673-1676, Ohio, US, 2005.

R. Arce, M Jimenez, D. Rodriguez, “An Assessment on High-Level Partitioning Techniques for Implementing Discrete Signal Transforms on Distributed Hardware Architectures,” IEEE 48th International Midwest Symposium On Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 1438-1441, Ohio, US, 2005.