Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
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`5658 Caminito Genio
`La Jolla, CA 92037
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`520-360-1860 (C)
`jrod2718@gmail.com
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`Overview
`Prof. Rodriguez has extensive experience in the field of electrical and computer engineering. His areas of
`expertise include image/video/signal processing and analysis, biomedical data analysis, communication
`systems, microprocessor systems, electric circuits, and related software development. At the University
`of Arizona, he is a faculty member in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the
`Signal and Image Laboratory (SaIL).
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`He served as Co-Director of Connection One, a National Science Foundation multi-university research
`center on communication circuits and systems. In addition to more than 150 publications in the field, he
`has been very active in professional activities as a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and
`Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society.
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`Prof. Rodriguez served as General Chair of the 2016 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and
`Interpretation (SSIAI). In addition, during 2005–2011 he served on the IEEE Signal Processing Society
`Technical Committee on Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing. He served as General
`Chair of the 2007 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), as well as General Chair of SSIAI 2014, General
`Chair of SSMSD 2003, General Chair of SSIAI 1998, and Vice Chair of SSIAI 2004, as well as positions on
`numerous other professional committees. From 1996 to 2000, Prof. Rodriguez was Associate Editor of the
`journal, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.
`Expertise
`Image processing & analysis (filtering, enhancement, segmentation, pattern recognition, restoration,
`super-resolution, JPEG, watermarking, inpainting, etc.)
`Video processing & analysis (filtering, enhancement, segmentation, pattern recognition, motion
`estimation, tracking, MPEG, watermarking, etc.)
`Signal processing & analysis (speech, audio, filtering, Fourier analysis, etc.)
`Biomedical data analysis
`Computational photography (deblurring, enhancement, high dynamic range imaging, super-resolution,
`etc.)
`Communication systems (cellular communication systems, signal conditioning, data compression, image
`& video communication, etc.)
`Microprocessor systems (architecture, interfacing, programming, GPUs, etc.)
`Electric circuits (analog and digital)
`Software analysis (C, C++, MATLAB, etc.)
`Education
`Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1990
`S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, June 1986
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`B.S., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1984
`Employment
`• 1990–present: The University of Arizona, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`o 1997–present, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with tenure
`o 2000–2003, 2005–2016: Director of ECE Graduate Studies
`o 2002–present: Faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Interdisciplinary
`Program
`o 2009–2014, Director of Image Analysis, Cancer Imaging Shared Services, Arizona Cancer Center
`o 2003–2008: Co-Director of Connection One, a National Science Foundation industry/university
`cooperative research center for communication circuits and systems
`o 1990–1997: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`• 1986–1990: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical
`Engineering
`• 1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical
`Engineering
`• 1982–1985 (summers): IBM Corp. (Austin, Texas) – hardware design and system programming
`• 1980–1981 (summers): Texas Instruments, Inc. (Austin, Texas) – software quality assurance
`Consulting
`Deposed 10 times. Testified in court 4 times.
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,508,751
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: April 2018 – present
`Client: Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc. (patent owner)
`Petitioners: AVer Information Inc. and iPEVO, Inc.
`San Diego IP Law Group LLP
`Technology: Document cameras and video processing
`Deposed Sept. 20, 2018
`In the Matter of Certain Digital Cable and Satellite Products, Set-Top Boxes, Gateways, and Components
`Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1049
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: July 2017 – Nov. 2017
`Client: ARRIS International plc; ARRIS Group, Inc.; ARRIS Technology, Inc.; ARRIS Enterprises LLC; ARRIS
`Solutions, Inc.; ARRIS Global Ltd. (formerly Pace Ltd.); Pace Americas, LLC; Pace Americas
`Holdings, Inc.; Pace USA LLC; and Pace Americas Investments, LLC (resp.)
`Complainant: Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc.
`Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.
`Technology: Video receiver and video processing
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,720,294
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2017 – Sept. 2017
`Client: Broadcom Corp. (patent owner)
`Petitioner: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
`Counsel: Swanson & Bratschun, LLC
`Technology: Video decoding
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,472,151
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: June 2017 – Sept. 2017
`Client: Broadcom Corp. (patent owner)
`Petitioner: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
`Counsel: Swanson & Bratschun, LLC
`Technology: Video decoding
`In the Matter of Certain Document Cameras and Software for Use Therewith, Inv. No. 337-TA-1045
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: May 2017 – Nov. 2017
`Client: Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc. (compl.)
`Respondents: iPEVO, Inc. AVer Information, Inc. and Lumens Integration, Inc.
`Counsel: San Diego IP Law Group LLP
`Technology: Document cameras and video processing
`Deposed Oct. 2017
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,032,919
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: May 2017 – Nov. 2017
`Client: ARRIS International plc, ARRIS Group, Inc., ARRIS Technology, Inc., ARRIS Enterprises, LLC,
`ARRIS Solutions, Inc., ARRIS Global Ltd. and ARRIS U.S. Holdings, Inc. (pet.)
`Patent owner: Sony Corporation
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson
`Technology: Video receiver and video processing
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 6,467,093
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: May 2017 – Nov. 2017
`Client: ARRIS International plc, ARRIS Group, Inc., ARRIS Technology, Inc., ARRIS Enterprises, LLC,
`ARRIS Solutions, Inc., ARRIS Global Ltd. and ARRIS U.S. Holdings, Inc. (pet.)
`Patent owner: Sony Corporation
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson
`Technology: Video receiver and video processing
`Sony Corporation v. ARRIS Global Ltd. and Pace Americas, LLC
`(formerly Sony Corporation v. Pace plc and Pace Americas, LLC)
`Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
`Dates: March 2017 – Nov. 2017
`Client: Pace plc and Pace Americas, LLC (bought by ARRIS Group) (def.)
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson
`Technology: Video communication and encryption
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,147,332
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: March 2017 – June 2017
`Client: Broadcom Corp. (patent owner)
`Petitioner: Sony Corporation
`Counsel: Swanson & Bratschun, LLC
`Technology: Video game systems
`Broadcom Corp. et al. v. Sony Corp. et al., Case No. 16-cv-1052-JVS-JCG
`Court: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana Division
`Dates: Feb. 2016 – June 2017
`Client: Broadcom Limited (pl.)
`Counsel: Thompson & Knight LLP
`Technology: Video processing systems, video game systems
`Reckitt Benckiser LLC v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, et al., Civil Action No. 15-2155
`(RMB)(JS)(Consolidated)
`Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
`Dates: March 2017 – May 2017
`Client: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (def.)
`Counsel: Budd Larner P.C.
`Technology: Image analysis of pharmaceutical tablets
`Deposed May 2017
`Testified at bench trial, May 2017
`eWatch v. Apple, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:13-cv-01061
`Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
`Dates: Nov. 2016 – Jan. 2017
`Client: ZTE (USA), Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`Technology: Cellular camera phones, image transmission over wireless network
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,085,123
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Mar. 2016 – Dec. 2016
`Client: Mazda Motor Corp. (pet.)
`Patent owner: Power Regeneration LLC
`Counsel: DLA Piper LLP
`Technology: Power supply circuits
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,558,472
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Jun. 2016 – Nov. 2016
`Client: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America,
`Telecommunications America, LLC (pet.)
`Patent owner: TiVo Inc.
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Technology: Video processing hardware and software
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`Inc., and Samsung
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`Inc., and Samsung
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`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 8,457,476
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Jun. 2016 – Nov. 2016
`Client: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America,
`Telecommunications America, LLC (pet.)
`Patent owner: TiVo Inc.
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Technology: Video processing hardware and software
`Saint Lawrence Communications LLC v. HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., Case No. 2:15-cv-00919
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
`Dates: Apr. 2016 – Nov. 2016
`Client: HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Cooley LLP
`Technology: Speech and audio compression
`In the Matter of Certain Computing or Graphics Systems, Components Thereof, and Vehicles Containing
`Same, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-984
`Court: U.S. International Trade Commission
`Dates: Feb. 2016 – Nov. 2016
`Client: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, BMW of North America, LLC, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC,
`Renesas Electronics Corporation, and Renesas Electronics America Inc. (resp.)
`Complainant: Advanced Silicon Technologies Inc.
`Counsel: DLA Piper LLP (for BMW), Foley & Lardner LLP (for Renesas)
`Technology: Memory controllers for data processing systems
`TiVo Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung
`Telecommunications America, LLC
`Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
`Dates: Dec. 2015 – Mar. 2016
`Client: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America,
`Telecommunications America, LLC (def.)
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson
`Technology: Video processing hardware and software
`Civolution B.V. v. Doremi Labs, Inc., No. 2:14-CV-00962-JAK-RZ
`Court: U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Western Division
`Dates: Dec. 2014 – Jan. 2016
`Client: Doremi Labs, Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
`Technology: Video watermarking to detect cinematic copies
`Deposed May 2015
`e-Watch, Inc. et al. v. LG Electronics et al., No. 2:13-cv-01064
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
`Dates: Feb. 2015 – Oct. 2015
`Client: LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Technology: Cellular camera phone, image transmission over wireless network
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`Inc., and Samsung
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`Invensys Systems, Inc. v. Emerson Electric Co. and Micro Motion Inc. USA, No. 6:12-cv-00799-LED
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
`Dates: Jan. 2014 – Apr. 2015
`Client: Invensys Systems, Inc. (pl. and counter-claim def.)
`Counsel: DLA Piper LLP
`Technology: Digital controllers for digital flow meters
`Deposed Nov. 2014
`Inter Partes Review of Patent No. 7,103,380
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Dates: Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2014
`Client: Apple Inc. (pet.)
`Patent owner: NetAirus Technologies LLC
`Counsel: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
`Technology: Wireless communication (cellular and Wi-Fi)
`NetAirus Technologies, LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 10-CV-03257-JAK
`Court: U.S. District Court, Central District of California
`Dates: June 2011 – Dec. 2014
`Client: Apple Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy LLP
`Technology: Wireless communication (cellular and Wi-Fi)
`Deposed Aug. 2013
`Testified and cross-examined at jury trial, Nov. 2013
`Jury verdict: no infringement by Apple; NetAirus patent claims are invalid
`Affirmed by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Dec. 2014
`Motorola Mobility, Inc. et al. v. TiVo Inc., No. 5:11-cv-00053-MHS-CMC
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division
`Dates: Sept. 2012 – June 2013
`Client: Motorola Mobility, Inc., General Instrument Corp., Time Warner Cable, Inc. and Time Warner
`Cable LLC (counter-claim def.)
`Counsel: DLA Piper LLP; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
`Technology: Video processing hardware and software
`Deposed April 2013
`MedioStream, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al., No. 5:11-CV-2525; transferred from Texas case
`MedioStream, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al., No. 2:08-CV-369-CE; merged from MedioStream,
`Inc. v. Acer America Corp. et al., No. 2:07-CV-376-CE
`Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, transferred from Eastern
`District of Texas, Marshall Division
`Dates: Aug. 2010 – March 2013
`Client: Apple Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy LLP
`Technology: Video compression, video format conversion, transcoding
`TASER International, Inc. Re-Issue Application
`Court: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`Dates: Feb. 2013
`Client: TASER International, Inc. (pet’r)
`Technology: Electric circuits for stun guns
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`TASER International, Inc. v. Stinger Systems, Inc.; James F. McNulty, Jr.; and Robert Gruder, No. 2:09-CV-
`00289-KJD-PAL
`Court: U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
`Dates: July 2011 – Sept. 2012
`Client: TASER International, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
`Technology: Electric circuits for stun guns
`LSI Corporation v. Vizio, Inc., No. SACV10-01602 AG AJW
`Court: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
`Dates: July 2011 – June 2012
`Client: LSI Corporation (pl.)
`Counsel: Thompson & Knight LLP
`Technology: Digital video coding (MPEG) hardware & software
`TASER International, Inc. v. Stinger Systems, Inc., No. CV07-0042-PHX-MHM/JHT; also Motion for
`Contempt against Karbon Arms LLC and Robert Gruder
`Court: U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
`Dates: Aug. 2007 – Jan. 2012
`Client: TASER International, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
`Technology: Electric circuits for stun guns
`Testified and cross-examined at Markman hearing, May 2008
`Deposed Nov. 2011
`Testified and cross-examined at contempt hearing, Dec. 2011
`SanDisk Corp. v. LSI Corp. et al., No. C-09-02727-WHA
`Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
`Dates: Nov. 2009 – March 2010
`Client: LSI Corp. (pl.)
`Counsel: Thompson & Knight LLP
`Technology: MPEG video and audio data compression
`Trover Group, Inc., and Security Center, Inc. v. Diebold, Incorporated, No. 2:06-cv-00445-TJW
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
`Dates: Oct. 2008 – April 2009
`Client: Diebold, Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Thompson & Knight LLP
`Technology: Image and video compression, storage, and retrieval in video security/surveillance
`systems
`In Re: Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation, No. 07-ML-01816 FGK (FFMx) (Ronald A. Katz
`Technology Licensing, LP v. American Airlines et al., No. CV 07-2196 RGK (FFMx))
`Court: U.S. District Court, Central District of California
`Dates: Feb. 2008 – May 2008
`Client: National Railroad Passenger Corp. (d/b/a Amtrak) (def.)
`Counsel: Steptoe & Johnson LLP
`Technology: Telephone interface using voice prompts to collect data from caller
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`TASER International, Inc. v. Thomas G. Watkins III and Jane Doe Watkins, husband and wife, No. CV2005-
`002509
`Court: Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County
`Dates: May 2006 – Spring 2007
`Client: TASER International, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
`Technology: Electric circuits for stun guns
`Vision BioSystems (USA) Trading, Inc. v. Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., No. 03-CV-10391-GAO; Ventana
`Medical Systems, Inc. v. Vision BioSystems, Inc., No. 05-CV-10614-GAO
`Court: U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
`Dates: Sept. 2005 – May 2007
`Client: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
`Technology: Instrumentation for automated immunostaining
`Forgent Networks, Inc. v. Echostar Technologies Corp. et al., No. 2-05CV-318-LED, transferred to No.
`6:06-CV-208-LED
`Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, transferred to Tyler Division
`Dates: May 2006 – May 2007
`Client: Digeo, Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
`Joint Counsel: Morrison Foerster; Dewey Ballantine LLP; Jones Day
`Technology: Video processing systems
`Deposed March 2007
`Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. v. Biogenex Laboratories, Inc., No. CIV 03-92 TUC RCC
`Court: U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
`Dates: Aug. 2004 – May 2007
`Client: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
`Technology: Instrumentation for automated immunostaining
`Deposed June 2005
`Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. v. DakoCytomation California, Inc., No. CIV 04-1522-GMS
`Court: U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
`Dates: Sept. 2005
`Client: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (pl.)
`Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
`Technology: Instrumentation for automated immunostaining
`Kyocera International, Inc. v. Nokia, Inc., No. 04-CV-1992W-JFS
`Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
`Dates: July 2005 – Aug. 2005
`Client: Nokia, Inc. (def.)
`Counsel: Jones Day
`Technology: Cellular camera phone communications
`Active Recognition Technologies, Inc.
`Dates: Oct. 2003
`Technology: Image processing for automated license plate recognition
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`Aerotech Laboratories, Inc.
`Dates: April 2000
`Technology: Image processing for automated recognition of fungal spores
`Honors, Awards, and Memberships
`Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Signal Processing Society
`Best Poster Award. Douglas W. Todd, Rohit C. Philip, Maki Niihori, Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, and Abraham Jacob,
`“High-Throughput Behavioral Zebrafish Assay for Drug Development Targeting Hearing Loss”, AOS
`149th Annual Meeting, American Otological Society, May 20-21, 2016, Chicago, IL.
`Best Paper Award. Abhinav K. Jha, Matthew A. Kupinski, Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, Renu M. Stephen, and Alison
`T. Stopeck, “Evaluating Segmentation Algorithms for Diffusion-Weighted MR Images: A Task-Based
`Approach,” in Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, David J.
`Manning and Craig K. Abbey, Eds., Proc. of SPIE, vol. 7627, pp. 76270L-1 to 76270L-8. Presented at
`SPIE Medical Imaging 2010, San Diego, CA, Feb. 13–18, 2010.
`IEEE/HKN Outstanding Teaching Award, 1992
`Andersen Consulting Outstanding Faculty Award, 1992
`Honor societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi
`National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1985–1988
`Teaching Experience
`Digital Image Analysis
`Digital Image Processing
`Digital Signal Processing
`Advanced Digital Signal Processing
`Signals and Systems
`Electric Circuits
`University Service Activities
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Recruiting and Awards Committee, 2001–2003, 2005–present
`• Director of ECE Graduate Studies and Chair of the Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 2000–
`2003, 2005–2016
`• Dept. of ECE Executive Committee, 2001–2003, 2005–2016
`• Dept. of ECE Annual Performance Review Committee, Spring 2015
`• Dept. of ECE Committee on Committees, 2013-2016
`• Chair, Dept. of ECE Faculty Search Committee, 2013
`• BME Faculty Search Committee, 2008
`• Search Committee for the Dean of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, 2003–
`2004
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 2003–2004
`• Chair, College of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee, 2001–2003
`• Co-Chair, Dept. of ECE Student/Faculty Interaction Committee, 2001–2002
`• Dept. of ECE Undergraduate Mentoring Committee, 2001–2002
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`• College of Engineering Advisory Committee, 1998–2002
`• Faculty co-advisor for Eta Kappa Nu chapter(electrical engineering honor society), 1994–2002
`• Chair, Dept. of ECE Instructional Equipment and Software Planning Committee, 1998–2001
`• Faculty Co-Advisor, Dept. of ECE Graduate Student Activities Committee (GSAC), 1995–2000
`• Dept. of ECE Teaching Load Committee, Fall 2000
`• Dept. of ECE Annual Performance Review Committee, Fall 2000
`• Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, Fall 1997
`• Search Committee for Head of Dept. of ECE, 1996–1997
`• Dept. of ECE Computer Policy Committee, 1994–1997
`• Dept. of ECE Student Recruiting Committee, 1995–1996
`• Small Grants Peer Review Panel, U.A. Office of Vice President for Research, April 1993
`• Dept. of ECE Subcommittee on Computer Programming Curriculum, 1992
`• Dept. of ECE Seminar Series Committee, 1991–1992
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`Professional Service Activities
`Session Chair, 2016 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Technical Program Committee, 2016 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`General Chair, 2016 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Chair, Steering Committee, IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation, 2007–present
`Technical Program Committee, 2014 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`General Chair, 2014 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2013 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Finance Chair, 2012 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2012 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2012 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Finance Chair, 2010 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 2010 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Reviewer, 2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Awards Subcommittee, IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on Image, Video, and
`Multidimensional Signal Processing (IVMSP), 2008–2010
`Program Committee, 2009 IASTED Intl. Conf. on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications
`(SPPRA)
`IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal
`Processing (IVMSP), 2005–2011
`Reviewer, 2008 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2008 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Directions Board, 2007
`IEEE Signal Processing Conference Board, 2006–2008
`Reviewer, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Program, 2007
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`General Chair, 2007 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Reviewer, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Vice Chair, 2004 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 2004 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Special Editor, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 2003–2004
`General Chair, 2003 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Program Committee, 2003 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, 2002 Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Organizing Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Symp. on Circuits and Systems
`Reviewer, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Program Committee, 2001 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Organizing Committee, 2001 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 1996–2000
`Vice Chair, 2000 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Reviewer, 2000 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Program Committee, 2000 Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition
`Organizing Committee, 2000 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Publications Chair, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
`Organizing Committee, 1999 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
`Program Committee, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Area Program Chair, 1999 IEEE-CS Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
`General Chair, 1998 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Program Committee, 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Committee, Area Coordinator, 1997 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
`Organizing Committee, 1997 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
`National Science Foundation Reviewer for BIR Division, Sept. 1996
`Program Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl Conf. on Image Processing
`Program Chair, 1996 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
`Organizing Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Program Committee, 1995 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital
`Image Processing XVIII
`Organizing Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Program Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Session Chair, 1994 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital Image
`Processing XVII
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`Program Committee, 1994 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`National Science Foundation Review Panelist for DUE Division, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1993
`Program Committee, 1993 IEEE Intl. Phoenix Conf. on Computers and Communication
`Technical reviewer for numerous technical conferences, journals, and book publishers
`Completed Theses and Dissertations Supervised
`Ding Ding, Ph.D. Aug. 2017, Image Inpainting Based on Exemplars and Sparse Representation.
`Sundaresh Ram, Ph.D., Aug. 2017, Sparse Representations and Nonlinear Image Processing for Inverse
`Imaging Solutions.
`Xin Gao, M.S., Dec. 2016, Automatic Detection, Segmentation and Tracking of Vehicles in Wide-Area Aerial
`Imagery.
`Mohammed Alfowzan, Ph.D., Dec. 2016, Solutions to Space-Time Inverse Problems.
`Douglas W. Todd, M.S., Aug. 2016, Zebrafish Video Analysis System for High-Throughput Drug Assay.
`José A. Rosado-Toro, Ph.D., May 2016, Right Ventricle Segmentation Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
`Images.
`Basel Salahieh, Ph.D., Dec. 2015, Computational Imaging for Miniature Cameras.
`Jianbo Shao, M.S., Aug. 2015, Analysis and Processing of Primary Cilia in Microscopy Images.
`Vijai T. Jayadevan, M.S., Dec. 2013, Forecasting Solar Power Intermittency Using Ground-Based Sky
`Imaging.
`Sundaresh Ram, M.S., Dec. 2010, 3-D Fluorescent Spot Segmentation in Confocal Microscopic Images.
`Abhinav Kumar Jha, M.S., Aug. 2009, ADC Estimation in Diffusion-Weighted Images.
`Rohit Chacko Philip, M.S., Dec. 2008, Seed Pruning for Multi-Resolution Segmentation of Vasculature in
`Immunohistochemical Images.
`Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman, M.S., Dec. 2008, Automated Registration of Breath-Hold DCE-MRI Images
`of Human Volunteers in Cancer Clinical Trials.
`Naren Vijayakumar, M.S., Dec. 2008, Multimodality Image Registration Using Gradient Information and
`Clustering.
`Sunil Seepuri, M.S., Aug. 2008, An Integrated Tool for 3-D Segmentation of Internal Hemoglobin in TEM
`Images.
`Santosh V. Chapaneri, M.S., Aug. 2008, Content-Adaptive Improved Error Concealment Methods for
`H.264/AVC Video Communication.
`Narasimhan Rajagopalan, M.S., May 2008, An Integrated Technique for Segmentation and Volume
`Estimation in Spots in 3-D Human Cell Cultures Using Watersnakes.
`Mehul Patel, M.S., May 2008, Image Analysis Algorithms for Ovarian Cancer Detection Using Confocal
`Microendoscopy.
`Luca Caucci, M.S., May 2007, Point Detection and Hotelling Discriminant: An Application in Adaptive
`Optics.
`Mingkuan Liu, Ph.D., Dec. 2006, QoS Improvement Schemes for Real-Time Wireless VoIP.
`Natalia Gaviria Gomez, Ph.D., Aug. 2006, Genetic Algorithms for Optimization of Wireless Devices.
`Diljith M. Thodi, M.S., Aug. 2005, Techniques to Improve the Performance of Expansion-Embedding-Based
`Reversible Watermarking Algorithms.
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`Neema K. Shetty, M.S., Aug. 2005, Improving Image Fidelity of Equalized Spectrum Watermarking Scheme
`Using Perceptual Modeling.
`Nikhil S. Rajguru, M.S., Aug. 2005, A Level-Set Approach to 3-D Segmentation of Lesions from T1-Weighted
`Spin-Echo DCE-MR Images.
`Vivek Shankar, M.S., May 2005, Texture-Based Automated Lithological Classification Using Aeromagnetic
`Anomaly Images.
`Saurabh Srivastava, M.S., Dec. 2004, Computer-Aided Identification of Ovarian Cancer in Confocal
`Microendoscope Images.
`Mary L. Cassabaum, Ph.D., Aug. 2004, Exploiting High Dimensional Data for Signal Characterization and
`Classification in Feature Space.
`Ranjini T. Rajeevan, M.S., Aug. 2004, Automated Segmentation of Lesions in Magnetic Resonance Images
`of the Brain.
`Chetankumar Krishnamurty, M.S., Aug. 2004, Automated Lesion Segmentation and Tracking in Echo-
`Planar Diffusion-Weighted Liver MRI.
`Siddharth Mathur, M.S., Dec. 2003, Variable-Length Vocal-Tract Modeling for Speech Synthesis.
`Victor Gajendran, M.S., Dec. 2003, Towards a Completely Automated Chromosome Counting System.
`Amarpreet S. Chawla, M.S. Aug. 2003, Analysis of Image Quality of Medical Imaging Displays.
`Sundararajan Sankaranarayanan, M.S., August 2003, Design and Analysis of an Improved Data Acquisition
`System for Digital Flow Cytometry.
`Bo Xia, M.S., May 2002, An Improved Digital System Design for Flow Cytometric Analysis.
`Phillip A. Mlsna, Ph.D., May 2001, Color Sets with Morphological and B-Spline Enhancements for Content-
`Based Image Retrieval.
`Te-shen Liang, Ph.D., May 2000, Methods for Improved Robustness of Image Watermarking Algorithms.
`Bruce A. Thomas, Ph.D., Dec. 1999, New Aspects of Digital Color Image Enhancement.
`David E. Hoyer, M.S., May 1996, Performance Analysis of Vector and Scalar Median Filtering.
`Qiang Zhang, M.S., May 1996, A Recursive Technique for 3–D Histogram Enhancement of Color Images.
`Te-shen “Dickson” Liang, M.S., Aug. 1995, Segmentation of MR Cranial Images Using Mathematical
`Morphology and Fuzzy Clustering.
`Mahesh Godavarti, M.S., Aug. 1995, Digital Signal Processing and Neural Networks in Flow Cytometry.
`Troy A. Berchem, M.S., May 1995, A Digital Reconstruction System for Real-Time Magnetic Resonance
`Imaging.
`Richard P. Mackey, M.S., May 1995, An Asynchronous, Single-Chip, LMS Based, Adaptive Echo Canceller.
`Jesse C. Ma, M.S., Dec. 1994, Segmentation of 3–D MR Images Using the Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm and a
`Neural Network.
`Nick A. Zilmer, M.S., May 1994, Analysis of the Use of Digital Signal Processing in Flow Cytometry.
`James L. Lee, M.S., Dec. 1993, Automated Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Brain.
`Phillip A. Mlsna, M.S., Dec. 1992, Color Image Enhancement by Three-Dimensional Histogram
`Modification.
`Christopher C. (Chuen-Chi) Yang, M.S., Dec. 1992, Effects of Coordinate Systems on Color Image
`Processing.
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`Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
`Note: “doi:” = “http://doi.org/”.
`[1] Ding Ding, Sundaresh Ram, and Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, “Image Inpainting Using Nonlocal Texture
`Matching and Nonlinear Filtering,” IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, submitted.
`[2] Mohammed Alfowzan and Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, “Online Algorithms for Dynamic SPECT Image
`Reconstruction,” IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, submitted.
`[3] Sree Ramya S. P. Malladi, Sundaresh Ram, and Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, “Evaluation of Under-
`Segmentation Metrics Used for Superpixel Segmentation Quality Assessment,” IEEE Trans. on Pattern
`Analysis and Machine Intelligence, submitted.
`[4] Ding Ding, Sundaresh Ram, and Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, “Perceptually Aware Image Inpainting,” Pattern
`Recognition Letters, submitted.
`[5] Sundaresh Ram and Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, “Robust Segmentation of Cell Nuclei in 3-D Microscopy
`Images,” IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, submitted.
`[6] Ding Ding, Sundaresh Ram,