Name: Peter Allen Stubberud Position: Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4026 Telephone: (702) 895-0869 (Office) (702) 895-4075 (Fax) E-Mail: Peter Allen Stubberud

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• EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (1990)
    Dissertation Title: Frequency Sampling Digital Filters
    Major Field: Control Systems
    Minor Field: VLSI System Design
    Minor Field: Circuits and Digital Signal Processing
    
  • M. S. Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (1987)
    Thesis Title: A Design Technique for Nonrecursive Digital Transport Processors.
    
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (1985)
    
• COURSES TAUGHT
  • Undergraduate Level
    • EEG 208 Circuits I (F95)
      Linear circuits. Transient and steady-state analysis. Basic circuit functions and designs. Operational amplifier principles and applications.
    • EEG 308 Electronic I (S96)
      Introduction to electronic devices circuits, and signal processing. Digital and analog circuits.
    • EEG 310 Systems and Signals (F91, F93, F94)
      Discrete and continuous-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant systems. Laplace, Fourier and z-transforms, sampling and filtering.
    • EEG 428 Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications (S92, S93, S94, S95,S97)
      Fourier transform theory, linear systems, probability and random analysis, amplitude and angle modulation and detection, digital communication and coding.
    • EEG 460(EEG 660) Introduction to VLSI System Design (F96)
      Introduction to the theory, design and implementation of digital VLSI systems including MOS transistor theory and integrated circuit fabrication technology, digital system design, layout and design rules and use of CAD tools.
    • EEG 450(EEG 650) Digital Signal Processing (F92)
      Discrete-time signals and systems, Fourier transform and frequency response, z-transform and system function, analog filter design, digital filter design, digital filter structures, discrete and fast Fourier transform.
    • EEG 450L(EEG 650L) Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (F92, S94, F95)
      Laboratory projects and exercises in digital signal processing including the design and implementation of FIR, IIR, and multirate systems.
  • Graduate Level
    • EEG 751 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (F91, F92, S94, F95, S97)
      Introduction to the theory and applications of digital signal processing. Discrete-time signals, linear systems and difference equations. Sampling and multirate systems. One sided and two sided z-transforms. Finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) systems. The discrete and fast Fourier transforms (FFT).
    • EEG 752 Digital Signal Processing II (S92, F94, F96)
      Theory and applications of digital filters. Structures for discrete time systems. Finite precision numerical effects in digital systems. Finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) digital filters designs including windowing techniques, optimization techniques, analog to discrete time transformation techniques and wave digital filters.
    • EEG 753 Multidimensional Digital Signal Processing (S93, S95)
      Theory and applications of multidimensional (M-D) digital signal processing. M-D signals and systems. M-D z-transform. M-D DFT and FFT. Design and implementation of M-D FIR and IIR filters. Applications to image processing such as image enhancement and restoration.
    • EEG 758 Adaptive Signal Processing with Neural Networks (F93,S96)
      Theory and application of adaptive signal processing with neural networks. Theory of adaptation and performance surfaces. Adaptive algorithms. Fundamental concepts and models of artificial neural systems. Single layer perception classifiers. Multi layer feed forward networks. Single layer feedback networks.
• GRADUATE STUDENT DIRECTION
  • Jerry Bruce, Ph.D. student in progress.
  • Tory Lawton, "An Optimization Technique for Designing Multiplierless Digital Filters," M.S. Thesis in progress.
  • Brett Steadman, "A/D Converters with a Large Spurious Free Dynamic Range," M.S. Thesis in progress.
  • Louis DesPrez, "VHDL design of transport processors," M.S. Thesis in progress.
  • Venugopal Kalluri, "Adaptive Restoration of Text Images containing Touching and Broken Characters," M.S. Thesis, August 1995.
  • Steven Dionisi, "Recursive Backpropagation Algorithm Applied to a Globally Recurrent Neural Network," M.S. Thesis, May 1995.
  • Joseph Guarrella, "The Design of a Robotic Vision System," M.S. project, December 1994.
  • Ramaswamy Sivaramakrishnan, "Frequency Sampling Filters for Multirate and Pipelined Implementations," M.S. Thesis, August 1994.
  • Ali Akrouf, "Application of Multirate Digital Signal Processing to ImageCompression," M.S. Thesis, August 1993.
  • Eddie Awad, "A New Optimization Approach to the Design of One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters," M.S. Thesis, May 1992.
• PUBLICATIONS
  • Papers
    • P. Stubberud, "An LMS Algorithm for Training Globally Recursive Neural Networks," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks.
    • P. Stubberud, "A Computationally Efficient Technique for Designing Frequency Sampling Filters," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System, Vol 44, No. 1, pp. 45-49. January 1997.
    • P. Stubberud, J. Kanai and V. Kalluri, "Improving OCR Accuracy using Adaptive Image Restoration" SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 379-387 January 1996.
    • P. Stubberud and S. Dionisi, "An LMS Gradient Descent Algorithm for Training Two Layer Globally Recursive Neural Networks," Eleventh International Conference on Systems Engineering, pp. 285-308, July 1996.
    • P. Stubberud, "2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters and 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling with Fourfold Symmetry," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 365-369, May 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, "Fixed Point Roundoff Noise in Frequency Sampling Filters," The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 332B, No. 3, pp. 337-360, December 1995.
    • P. Stubberud and R. Sivaramakrishnan, "Frequency Sampling Filters for Multirate Applications," IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, pp. 507-510, November 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, J. Kanai and V. Kalluri, "Adaptive Image Restoration of Text Images That Contain Touching or Broken Characters," Third International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, pp. 778 - 781, August 1995.
    • P. Stubberud and S. Dionisi , "Adaptive Image Restoration using a Two Layer Globally Recurrent Neural Network Trained by a Recursive LMS Algorithm," COMCON's Fifth International Conference in Communications and Control with emphasis on Telecommunications / Signal Processing in the Multimedia Era, pp. 319-330, July 1995.
    • J. Kanai and P. Stubberud, "Upsampling Document Images," COMCON's Fifth International Conference in Communications and Control with emphasis on Telecommunications / Signal Processing in the Multimedia Era, pp. 114-123, July 1995.
    • P. Stubberud and A. Stubberud, "Approximation and Identification of Document Image Defect Models," COMCON's Fifth International Conference in Communications and Control with emphasis on Telecommunications / Signal Processing in the Multimedia Era, pp. 634-639, July 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, "The Design and Implementation of Multiplierless Nonrecursive Linear Phase Discrete Time Filters," Computers and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 465-481, 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, " The Design of 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters and 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters with Fourfold Symmetry," Systems Science Journal, vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 63-68, 1995.
    • P. Stubberud and T. Verma, "Adaptive Noise Cancellation Using the Motorola DSP 56000," 1995 International Conference on Simulation in Engineering Education, pp. 187-192, January 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, V. Kalluri and J. Kanai, "Adaptive Character Image Enhancement to Improve OCR Accuracy," Tenth International Conference on Systems and Engineering, pp. 1193 - 1200, August 1994.
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "A Frequency Sampling Design Method Which Accounts for Finite Word Length Effects," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 189-193, January 1994.
    • P. Stubberud and J. Guarrella, "Concurrent Engineering in Engineering Education," 1994 International Conference on Simulation in Engineering Education, pp. 161-165, January 1994.
    • P. Stubberud, E Awad, J. W. Adams and C. T. Leondes, "An Optimization Approach to the Design of Frequency Sampling Filters," Journal of Optimization Theory and Application, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp 253-272, November 1993.
    • P. Stubberud, "The Design of 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters and 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters with Fourfold Symmetry," Ninth International Conference on Systems Engineering, pp. 76-80, July 1993.
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "An Optimization Approach to the Design of Frequency Sampling Filters with Finite Word Length Architectures" The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 330, No. 3, pp. 579-604, June 1993.
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "The Design of Frequency Sampling Filters by the Method of Lagrange Multipliers," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 40, no.1, pp. 51-54, January 1993.
    • P. Stubberud, "Designing FIR Digital Transport Processors Using Simple Spectral Transformations," IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, pp. 189-192, June 1989.
  • Books
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "The Design of Frequency Sampling Filters," Chapter in Control and Dynamic Systems Advances in Digital Signal Processing, vol. 68, pp. 163-196.
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "A Discrete Time Nonrecursive Linear Phase Transport Processor Design Technique," Chapter in Control and Dynamic Systems Advances in Digital Signal Processing, vol. 68, pp. 255-278.
    • P. Stubberud and C. T. Leondes, "Fixed Point Roundoff Effects in Frequency Sampling Filters," Chapter in Control and Dynamic Systems Advances in Digital Signal Processing, vol. 75, pp.211-258.
    • P. Stubberud, "A Design Technique for 2-D Linear Phase Frequency Sampling Filters with Fourfold Symmetry," Chapter in Control and Dynamic Systems Multidimensional Systems, Signal Processing Algorithms and Application Techniques, vol. 77, pp. 117-147.
  • Other
    • P. Stubberud, J. Kanai and V. Kalluri, "Adaptive Restoration of Text Images Containing Touching or Broken Characters,"UNLV Information Science Research Institute 1995 Annual Report, pp. 61 - 97, 1995.
    • P. Stubberud, Frequency Sampling Digital Filters, University of California Los Angeles, Ph. D. dissertation, October 1990.
    • P. Stubberud, A Design Technique for Nonrecursive Digital Transport Processors, University of California Los Angeles, Master's thesis, June 1987.
• EMPLOYMENT
  • University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Assistant Professor August 1991 - July 1997
    Associate Professor July 1997 - Present
    Job Description - Teaching graduate and undergraduate electrical engineering classes. Direct graduate research in electrical engineering.
    
  • Hughes Aircraft Corporation - Radar Systems Group
    Member of the Technical Staff I June 1989 - January 1991
    Member of the Technical Staff II January 1991 - August 1991
    Job Description - Applied digital signal processing algorithms to radar subsystems. Designed hardware implementations of digital signal processing and adaptive filtering algorithms and developed architectures of VLSI chips for these implementations.
    
  • Western Digital
    Member of the Technical Staff June 1988 - June 1989
    Job Description - CMOS standard cell design. Designed CMOS standard cells and performed ground bounce analysis for standard cell VLSI chips.
    
  • Rockwell International - Defense Electronics Operations
    Member of the Technical Staff I June 1987 - October 1987 Job Description - Custom GaAs integrated circuit design.
    
  • Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation - Aeronutronic Division
    Member of the Technical Staff June 1986 - September 1986
    Job Description - Wrote software and performed analysis of data for missile systems group.
    
  • Rockwell International - Defense Electronics Operations
    Member of the Technical Staff June 1985 - September 1985
    Job Description - Aided in custom GaAs integrated circuit design.
    
  • Rockwell International - Semiconductor Products Division - Process Development
    Summer Hire II June 1984 - September 1984
    Job Description - Responsible for design and layout of CMOS double level metal processintegrity chip.
    
  • Rockwell International - Electronic Devices Division - Device Technology
    Summer Hire I June 1983 - September 1983
    Job Description - Worked closely with engineers in device technology making laboratory measurements and writing associated laboratory reports.
    
• HONORS AND AWARDS
  • 1994 UNLV College of Engineering Distinguished Teacher Award
  • Selected as the department's outstanding faculty member by Mr. Tony Verma, the top ranked student from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (Attended the 11th Annual UNLV Alumni Recognition Luncheon March 30, 1993.)
• PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • Faculty Advisor for UNLV Student IEEE chapter
  • Member of the IEEE