Director

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Dr. Jafar Saniie, IEEE Life Fellow
Director and Founder of ECASP Research Laboratory
Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Filmer Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jafar Saniie received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1974. He received his M.S. degree in biomedical engineering in 1977 from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1981 from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. In 1981 Dr. Saniie joined the Department of Applied Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland, to conduct research in photothermal and photoacoustic imaging. Since 1983 he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology where he is the currently ECE Chair, Filmer Endowned Chair Professor, and and Director of the Embedded Computing and Signal Processing (ECASP) Research Laboratory.

Saniie’s research interests and activities are in ultrasonic signal and image processing, statistical pattern recognition, neural networks, data compression, estimation and detection, smart sensors, machine vision, and embedded digital and computing systems. In particular, he has performed extensive work in the areas of frequency diverse ultrasonic target detection techniques, order statistics, embedded signal processing architectures and system-on-chip design for ultrasonic imaging applications. Over the years, his research has been funded by NSF, ONR, DoD, EPRI, University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory.

Saniie has supervised 37 PhD and 28 MS dissertations to completion. He has over 420 publications in technical journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, and technical reports. He has been the research advisor to students who received Bendix Award (1986), the IEEE Region 4 Best Paper Award (1986), IEEE Ultrasonics Best Student Paper Award (2006, 2013), and ECE Best PhD Paper Competition (2007 and 2008). He received the 2007 University Excellence in Teaching Award, and received the 2006 ECE Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence and Contributions to Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs.

Saniie’s recent professional activities include serving as the Vice President of Ultrasonics (2014-2017), He has served as the IEEE UFFC Ultrasonics Awards Chair since 2018. IEEE UFFC Society, General Chair for the 2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Publication Chair for the 2013 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (1994 - present), and Lead Guest Editor of three specials issues in ultrasonic imaging and system-on-chip design. He has been recognized as an IEEE Life Fellow for contributions to Ultrasonic Signal Processing in Detection, Estimation, and Imaging. He has received numerous recognitions for his service to the IEEE Ultrasonics Society.

Thesis and Dissertation
  • Ultrasonic Signal Processing: System Identification and Parameter Estimation of Reverberant and Inhomogeneous Targets
    Ph.D Dissertation, Purdue University, August 1981 - PDF
  • System Identification of Ventilation Inhomogeneity by Multibreath Washout
    Master's Thesis, Case Western Reserve University, August 1977 - PDF

Research Associate & Program Coordinator

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Dr. Won-Jae Yi (Connect via Linkedin)
Research Project Coordinator of ECASP Research Laboratory
Assistant Teaching Professor of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Won-Jae Yi received his B.S. in Computer Engineering (2010), M.S. in Computer Engineering (2012) and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (2017), all from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech). He continued his contribution to ECASP Research Laboratory as a Research Associate and Program Coordinator since 2017. In 2018, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Tech as an Adjunct Instructor. Since Fall 2022, he is an Assistant Teaching Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Tech.

At Illinois Tech, he has more than 10 years of experience in research in the field of computer hardware/software engineering, artificial intelligence and edge computing, cyber physical system, data security, Internet of Things, information processing and data fusion for IoT based embedded systems.

In Spring 2023, Won-Jae Yi received the 2023 Bauer Family Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. (LINK)

Publications
  1. IoT-Enabled Smart Bike Helmet with an AI-Driven Collision Avoidance System
    J. Solus, M. Rakotondraibe, X. Yu, W.-J. Yi, M. Gromov, J. Saniie
    2023 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  2. Application of Machine Learning and Image Recognition for Driver Attention Monitoring
    M. Tailor, J. Ali, X. Yu, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2023 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  3. Design Flow and Implementation of an AI-Enabled Smart Guidance System for Art Galleries
    A. Belloso Esteban, M. Silvestre Delgado, X. Yu, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2022 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  4. Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People using Computer Vision
    A. Leyte Fraga, X. Yu, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2022 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  5. Soccer Player Recognition using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision
    C.-A. Diop, B. Pelloux, X. Yu, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2022 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  6. Internet of Things Smart Farming Architecture for Agricultural Automation
    A. Sanchez-Mompo, H. Barbier, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2021 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  7. Design Flow and Implementation of an IoT Smart Power Socket
    C. Mateo, F. Almagro, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2021 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  8. Near-Ultrasonic Communications for IoT Applications using Android Smartphone
    Y. Hornych, J. Canada Toledo, B. Wang, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2020 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  9. Design Flow of Wireless Body Sensor Network for Human Activity Classification using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network
    S. Gupta, B. Wang, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2020 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  10. IoT Framework for 3D Body Posture Visualization
    D. Arnold, X. Li, Y. Lin, Z. Wang, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2020 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  11. Design Flow of Wearable Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Workout Tracking System
    J. Toledo, D. Arnold, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2019 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  12. Home Surveillance System using Computer Vision and Convolutional Neural Network
    X. Zhang, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2019 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  13. Design Flow of Neural Network Application for IoT based Fall Detection System
    W.-J. Yi, B. Wang, B. Fernandes dos Santos, E. Fonseca Carvalho, J. Saniie
    2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  14. Communication and Computation Architectures for Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2017 - LINK

  15. Computer Vision and Text Recognition for Assisting Visually Impaired People using Android Smartphone
    H. Jiang, T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2017 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  16. Patient Centered Real-Time Mobile Health Monitoring System
    W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks - LINK

  17. Security Assessment for Personal Health Data Management System
    P. Wu, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2016 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  18. Managing Quality of Service in Wireless Body Area Networks using CoAP
    E. Monsef, M. Gonzalez, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2016 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  19. 6LoWPAN-enabled Fall Detection and Health Monitoring System with Android Smartphone
    W.-J. Yi, O. Sarkar, T. Gonnot, E. Monsef, J. Saniie
    2016 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  20. Home Automation Device Protocol (HADP): A Protocol Standard for Unified Device Interactions
    T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, E. Monsef, J. Saniie
    Advances in Internet of Things - LINK

  21. Robust Framework for 6LoWPAN-based Body Sensor Network Interfacing with Smartphone
    T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, E. Monsef, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  22. Design Flow of Wearable Heart Monitoring and Fall Detection System using Wireless Intelligent Personal Communication Node
    W.-J. Yi, O. Sarkar, S. Mathavan, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  23. Sensor Network for Extended Health Monitoring of Hospital Patients
    T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, E. Monsef, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Point-Of-Care Technologies Conference - LINK

  24. An Application-Agnostic Quality of Service Framework For Wireless Body Area Networks
    E. Monsef, T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Point-Of-Care Technologies Conference - LINK

  25. Wearable Sensor Data Fusion for Remote Health Assessment and Fall Detection
    W.-J. Yi, O. Sarkar, S. Mathavan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  26. Design Flow of a Wearable System for Body Posture Assessment and Fall Detection with Android Smartphone
    W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference - LINK

  27. Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring using System-on-Chip with Android Smartphone
    W.-J. Yi, S. Gilliland, J. Saniie
    IEEE SENSORS 2013 - LINK

  28. System Architecture and Design Flow of Smart Mobile Sensing Systems
    W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    Journal of Sensor Technology - LINK

  29. Mobile Ultrasonic Signal Processing System using Android Smartphone
    W.-J. Yi, S. Gilliland, J. Saniie
    IEEE 56th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems - LINK

  30. Smart Mobile System for Body Sensor Network
    W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  31. System Architecture of Intelligent Personal Communication Node for Body Sensor Network
    W.-J. Yi, S. Niu, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - LINK

  32. Mobile Sensor Data Collector using Android Smartphone
    W.-J. Yi, W. Jia, J. Saniie
    IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium in Circuits and Systems - LINK

  33. 3D Image Reconstruction and Human Body Tracking using Stereo Vision and Kinect Technology
    W. Jia, W.-J. Yi, J. Saniie, E. Oruklu
    2012 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  34. Mobile Android Sensor System for Real-Time Patient Monitoring and Healthcare Application
    Master's Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2012 - LINK

Research Collaborator

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Dr. Pramod Govindan (Connect via Linkedin)

Education
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Master in VLSI & Microelectronics, VLSI & Microelectronics
  • B. Tech in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, India

Research Interests
  • Ultrasonic Signal Processing
  • 3D Ultrasonic Signal Compression Algorithms
  • Hardware/Software Codesign

Publications
  1. 3D Compression Algorithms and System-on-Chip Design for Ultrasonic Imaging Applications
    Ph.D. Dissertation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2015 - LINK

  2. Performance Analysis of System-on-Chip Architectures for Ultrasonic Data Compression
    B. Wang, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2016 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  3. Architecture of the Reconfigurable Ultrasonic System-on-Chip Hardware Platform
    S. Gilliland, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    IET Circuits, Devices and Systems - LINK

  4. Hardware and Software Architectures for Computationally Efficient Three-dimensional Ultrasonic Data Compression
    P. Govindan, B. Wang, P. Ravi, J. Saniie
    IET Circuit and System - LINK

  5. Ultrasonic Chirplet Echo Parameter Estimation Using Time-Frequency Distributions
    P. Govindan, A. Kasaeifard, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  6. Reconfigurable and Programmable System-on-Chip Hardware Platform for Real-time Ultrasonic Testing Applications
    P. Govindan, B. Wang, P. Wu, I. Palkov, V. Vasudevan, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  7. Sparse Deconvolution of Ultrasound NDE Echoes Accounting for Pulse Variance
    R. Demirli, J. Lu, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  8. Reconfigurable Ultrasonic Testing System Development Using Programmable Analog Front-End and Reconfigurable System-on-Chip Hardware
    P. Govindan, V. Vasudevan, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    Circuits and Systems - LINK

  9. Processing Algorithms for Three-Dimensional Data Compression of Ultrasonic Radio Frequency Signals
    P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    IET Signal Processing - LINK

  10. Design and Evaluation of Reconfigurable Ultrasonic Testing System
    V. Vasudevan, B. Wang, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  11. Acceleration of Ultrasonic Data Compression Using OpenCL on GPU
    B. Wang, P. Govindan, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  12. Hardware-Software Co-design of 3D Data Compression for Real-time Ultrasonic Imaging Applications
    P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  13. Dynamically Reconfigurable Analog Front-End for Ultrasonic Imaging Applications
    V. Vasudevan, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  14. Sensor Network for Extended Health Monitoring of Hospital Patients
    T. Gonnot, W.-J. Yi, E. Monsef, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Point-Of-Care Technologies Conference - LINK

  15. Reconfigurable Analog Front-End System for Ultrasonic SoC Hardware
    V. Vasudevan, P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2014 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  16. 3D Ultrasonic Signal Compression Algorithms for High Signal Fidelity
    P. Govindan, T. Gonnot, S. Gilliland, J. Saniie
    IEEE 56th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems - LINK

  17. Performance Evaluation of FPGA based Embedded ARM Processor for Ultrasonic Imaging
    Winner of the Best Student Paper Competition (1st place)
    S. Gilliland, P. Govindan, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  18. Performance Evaluation of 3D Compression for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing Applications
    P. Govindan, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

  19. HW/SW Co-design for Reconfigurable Ultrasonic System-on-Chip Platform
    P. Govindan, S. Gilliland, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology - LINK

  20. Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Ultrasonic System-on-Chip Hardware Platform
    P. Govindan, S. Gilliland, A. Kasaeifard, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2013 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - LINK

  21. Reconfigurable Ultrasonic System-on-Chip Hardware (RUSH) Platform for Real-Time Ultrasonic Imaging Applications
    P. Govindan, S. Gilliland, T. Gonnot, J. Saniie
    2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium - LINK

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