Vijayakumar Bhagavatula
Professor – ECE
Carnegie Mellon, 1982 –
| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| Department | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Office | B205 Hamerschlag Hall |
| Telephone | (412)-268-3026 |
| Fax | (412)-268-6345 |
| kumar@ece.cmu.edu | |
| Website | http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~kumar/ |
| Assistant | Marilyn Patete |
Research Interests
Pattern Recognition for Biomerics
One way of matching live biometric signatures (e.g., face images, iris images) with stored templates is to correlate the two. Professor Kumar and his students are developing several spatial frequency-domain methods to perform these correlations in the presence of significant appearance variability (e.g., due to illumination changes, expression differences, etc.) in the biometric signatures. These correlation filters have performed very well in the recent Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) and Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) conducted by US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Coding & Signal Processing for Data Storage
As we attempt to increase the densities of data storage systems, bits and tracks come much closer, causing increased intersymbol interference and noise. Advanced coding and signal-processing methods are being developed to provide reliable (i.e., low bit error rate) detection of the digital data stored on various media. Professor Kumar's research considers timing recovery methods and the equalization and detection of data recorded on high-density magnetic tape recording systems, holographic data storage systems and optical storage systems. His group is also investigating the use of low density parity check (LDPC) codes for data storage systems.
In the News
- Schlesinger and Bhagavatula Present Invited Talks at Optical Data Storage Meeting
- Dotting the eyes on terror
- Bhagavatula Elected Fellow of IAPR
- Correlation pattern recognition for biometrics
- Airport security becomes high-tech
- "Correlation Pattern Recognition" Textbook Published
- Two Best Student Paper Awards Presented to ECE Graduate Student
- ECE Student Receives Best Student Paper at ISOM/ODS
- Bhagavatula Named Acting Department Head of ECE
- Bhagavatula Presents Dowd Seminar Dec. 10
- All Eyes on Facial Recognition
- International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Assocation Awards
Research Area
Signals/Controls
Keywords
Coding and signal processing for data storage, biometrics, pattern recognition
Education
PhD, 1980
Electrical Engineering
CMU
MTech, 1977
Electrical Engineering
IITK
BTech, 1975
Electrical Engineering
IITK