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Hamid R. Rabiee |
Born in : 1962 , Tehran , Iran |
Objective
A senior position in research and development of interactive multimedia and
ITBased Systems. Specific areas of interest include: Digital Media Processing, Compression,
and Multimedia Networks, E-Commerce & E-Learning software solutions, Software
Engineering, Information Security, Design of Internet Appliances, and Wireless Multimedia
Communication Systems.
Education
PhD (1996):
Purdue University,
W. Lafayette, Indiana Electrical & Computer Engineering Thesis: Adaptive Multiresolution
Image & Video Compression and Pre/Post- Processing of Images & Video Streams
Advisors: R.L. Kashyap, J. Allebach, S. Gelfand, and J. Berger
EEE (1993): University of Southern California Professional Engineering
Degree, GPA: 4.0/4.0 Emphasis: Image Processing & Computer Vision (Software)
MSEE (1989): California State University at Long Beach Electrical
Engineering (with honors), GPA: 4.0/4.0 Emphasis: Signal Processing & Filter
Design
BSEE (1987): BSEE California State University at Long Beach Electrical
Engineering, GPA: 3.9/4.0 With Great Distinction
Experience
Sharif University of Technology (09/00 – now):
Department of Computer Engineering
As a faculty member: Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses and supervising
graduate student dissertations. As the Director and Founder of Advanced Information
and Communications Technology Center (AICTC), supervising research and
development projects on advanced ICT technologies & multimedia systems
(www.aictc.com) .
PortNet Multimedia (01/98 – now):
An Internet Solution Company As the President, we are developing multimedia,
e-business, and e-learning solutions for future interactive applications over the
Internet. We also offer web design, web hosting, server co-location, e-commerce
solutions, consulting on multimedia applications, software design, and networking.
Portland State University (12/96 – 01/01):
Department of Electrical Engineering As an Adjunct Associate Professor:
Teaching graduate courses on Digital Signal and Image Processing, Computer Networks,
Advanced DSP, Advancd Communication and supervising Ph.D. and Master students.
Oregon State University (12/96 – 01/00):
Department of Electrical Engineering As an Adjunct Associate Professor:
Teaching graduate courses on Digital Signal and Image Processing, Computer Networks,
Advanced DSP, Advancd Communication.
OGI (1998 – now):
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering As an Adjunct Professor:
Teaching graduate courses on Digital Image and Video Processing.
Intel Corporation (06/96 - 02/99):
Media & Interconnect Technology Lab As a Senior Software Engineer:
Designed the state of the art video algorithms for video compression/transmission
over Internet and internet based multimedia services.
AT&T Bell Labs (Lucent) (03/93 - 01/96):
Technology Planning, Broadband Interactive Multimedia Systems As a Member
of Technical Staff: Investigated Multimedia applications over ISDN-BRI, BISDN and
Internet. Designed error concealment algorithms for H.261/H.262 applications over
ATM. Investigated the use of MPEG-2 for Video Telephony (VT) applications. Investigated
the effects of BCH forward error correction in H.261-VT applications. Investigated
the effects of errors in VT applications. Evaluated Video Teleconferencing Technologies.
Investigated optimal choice of parameters for H.261, H.262 Video Compression. Designed
algorithms for Picture in Picture (PIP) in Multimedia applications. Developed pre/post-processing
algorithms for compressed video streams.
Purdue University (12/91 - 10/96):
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering As a Research Assistant:
Developed multiresolution algorithms for image and video compression. Developed
robust nonlinear filters for image processing applications.
Purdue University (09/93 - 09/96):
Department of Mathematics As a Teaching Assistant: Lectured college Linear
Algebra and Trigonometry courses. Collaborating with the faculty and staff to improve
the quality of instruction for undergraduate mathematics courses.
ICN Co. (08/90 - 08/91):
Algorithm Design & Implementation As a Design Engineer: Designed an
adaptive echo canceller using TMS320C25 DSP. Designed lattice structure filters
for real-time image restoration.
CSULB (09/88 - 12/89):
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Image Processing Lab.
As a Teaching Assistant: Supervised the development of an interactive software package
for image enhancement, restoration, and compression on personal computers. Designed
real time image processing algorithms for ITI-151 IP-system. Graded students’ homework
and exams for a course in Digital Control. Conducted recitations for courses in
Random Processes and Estimation Theory.
American Telecom (09/84 - 06/85):
As a Test Engineer: Performed test and analysis of digital FIR and IIR
filters. Evaluated the performance of communication boards and electronics components.
Courses & Projects
Communications Signal & Speech Processing :
Advanced Digital Communications, Advanced Signal Processing, Advanced Communication
Networks, Signal and Image Processing with TMS320C25, Internetworking with TCP/IP,
CMOS VLSI Design, Error Control Coding, Digital & Analog Filter Design, Digital
Estimation Theory, Speech Processing, Stochastic Processes, Linear and Nonlinear
Programming.
Image Processing & Computer Vision:
Multimedia Systems, Digital Video Compression Standards, Analog/Digital
Video, Advanced Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Medical
Imaging Systems, Advanced Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics.
Mathematics and Statistics:
Mathematical Statistics, Decision Theory & Bayesian Statistics, Applied
Mathematics, Real Analysis, and Statistical Wavelets in Regression.
Projects:
Designed a decision feedback equalizer for channel equalization. Comparative
study of TDMA and CDMA. Investigated the effect of BCH and RS error control codes
in channel coding. Designed FIR/IIR filters and tone generators on TMS320C25 DSP.
Designed a CMOS circuit layout for implementation of pipelined 2D-DCT. Designed
block based motion estimation algorithms. Designed a client/server system for multimedia
communications over Internet. Designed a speaker independent speech recognition
system in software. Designed a ML classifier for classifying different crops using
remotely sensed data. Designed adaptive LMS filters for noise cancellation. Used
GMRF models and local statistics for texture classification. Used classical/modern
spectral estimation techniques for parameter identification. Used Hough transform
and hierarchical algorithms for polyhedron object recognition. Designed an image
processing system in C (restoration/enhancement/compression). Designed a fully functional
vending machine using sequential logic. Designed various compensators in feedback
control systems.
Skills
Computer Programming: C, C++, JAVA, UML, USDP, .Net, J2EE, XML,
HTML, Assembly.
Operating Systems: IBM PC, Sun Sparc, HP, and Macintosh, under
Windows, DOS, and Unix.
CAD Tools: MATLAB, Mentor Graphics, Mathematica, SPICE.
Standards: JBIG, JPEG, H.261, H.263, MPEG, ISDN, ATM.
Honors, Awards & Activities
The Best Applied Researcher Award, Sharif University of Technology, 2002 General
Chairman, 1st Eurasian Conference on Advances in Information & Communication
Technology, October 2002.
IAL Video Codec Design Award for Indeo© 5.0, Intel Corp.
(1997)
Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue University (1995-1996)
AT&T Diversity
Award (1993-1994)
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on PAMI (1992-1995)
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, (1998 – Now)
E.I.T Certificate, State of
California (1989)
MSEE with Highest Honors (1989),
BSEE with Great Distinction (1987)
Distinguished Student of Mathematics Award (1984-1985)
Member of NSPE, IEEE, and
Golden Key National Honor Society
Inventions
Spatial Error Concealment for Image Processing (with H. Radha), Lucent Technologies
(AT&T Bell Labs), US Patent Number 6134352.
Device and method for centralized processing of picture-in-picture images (with
R. Coutinho, J. Dale, H. Radha), Lucent Technologies, US Patent Number 5,808,659.
Publications
Conference Papers
[1]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, A New Robust Nonlinear Filter for
Noise Smoothing and Edge Enhancement, IEEE 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and
Systems, Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 16-18,1993.
[2]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, Robust Nonlinear Filters for Noise Smoothing
and Edge Enhancement, IEEE 8th International Workshop on Image and Multidimensional
Signal Processing, France, Sept. 1993.
[3]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, GMLOS: A New Robust Nonlinear Filter for Image
Processing Applications, IEEE Twenty-Seventh Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove,
CA, Nov. 1-3, 1993.
[4]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, GMLOS and A Comparative Study of Nonlinear
Filters, IEEE ICASSP'94, Adelaide, Australia, April 19-23, 1994.
[5]. H. R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and H. Radha, Multiresolution Image Compression
with BSP Trees and Multi-Level Block Truncation Coding, IEEE 2nd International Conf.
on Image Processing, Washington D.C., Oct. 1995.
[6]. S. R. Safavian, H.R. Rabiee, and M. Fardanesh, Adaptive Multiresolution Image
Coding with Projection Pursuit Neural Networks, presented in IEEE 29th Asilomar
Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1995.
[7]. H. R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and S.R. Safavian, Multiresolution segmentation
Based Image Coding With Hierarchical Data Structures, IEEE ICASSP'96, Atlanta, GA,
May 1996.
[8]. H. R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and S.R. Safavian, Adaptive multiresolution image
coding with matching and basis pursuits, IEEE 3rd International Conf. on Image Processing,
ICIP'96, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 16-19, 1996.
[9]. H. R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and H. Radha, Error concealment of encoded still
image and video streams with multidirectional recursive nonlinear filters, IEEE
3rd International Conf. On Image Processing, ICIP’96, Lausanne, Switzerland, September
16-19, 1996.
[10]. S. R. Safavian, H.R. Rabiee, M. Fardanesh, and R.L. Kashyap, Low Bit Rate
Image Coding with Orthogonal Projection Pursuit Neural Networks, IEEE ICNN’97, Houston,
TX, June 1997.
[11]. M. Saeed, H.R. Rabiee, W.C. Karl, and T. Nguyen, Bayesian Restoration of Noisy
Images with the EM Algorithm, IEEE 4th International Conf. on Image Processing,
ICIP’97, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 26-29, 1997.
[12]. H. R. Rabiee, R. L. Kashyap, S. R. Safavian, and M. Saeed, Low Bit Rate Image
Coding with Shift Orthogonal Wavelet Bases, IEEE 4th International Conf. on Image
Processing, ICIP’97, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 26-29, 1997.
[13]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, Image De-Blocking with Wavelet-Based Multiresolution
Analysis and OS Filters, IEEE 4th International Conf. on Image Processing, ICIP’97,
Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 26-29, 1997.
[14]. H. R. Rabiee, S.R. Safavian, T. Gardos, and A. Mirani, Low Bit-Rate Subband
Image Coding with Matching Pursuit, SPIE Visual Communication and Image Processing’98,
Volume 3309, San Jose, CA, January 1998.
[15]. M. Saeed, W. Karl, T. Nguyen, and H. Rabiee, A New Multiresolution Algorithm
for Image Segmentation, IEEE ICASSP’98, Seattle, WA, May 1998.
[16]. H. R. Rabiee, R. L. Kashyap, S. R. Safavian, Adaptive Image Representation
with Segmented Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, IEEE ICIP’98, Chicago, IL, Oct. 4-7,
1998.
[17]. H. R. Rabiee, S. R. Safavian, R. L. Kashyap, M. Saeed, Scalable Subband Image
Coding with Segmented Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, IEEE ICIP’98, Chicago, IL, Oct.
4-7, 1998.
[18]. M. Saeed, H.R. Rabiee, Efficient Image Database Retrieval Using Wavelet Packets
and Principal Component Analysis, SPIE Conference, Denver, CO, July 18-22, 1999.
[19]. M. Ahmadi, M. Sayyadian, H. Rabiee, Coalition Formation for Task Allocation
via Genetic Algorithms, First Eurasian Conference on Advances in Information and
Communication Technology, Oct. 29-31, 2002, Tehran, Iran.
[20]. M. Shafiei, H. Rabiee, A New On-Line Signature Verification Algorithm Using
Variable Length Segmentation and Hidden Markov Models, ICDAR’03, IEEE Computer Society
& IAPR, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 3-6, 2003.
[21]. M. Amiri, H. Rabiee, F. Behazin, M. Khansari, A New Wavelet Domain Block Matching
Algorithm for Real-Time Object Tracking, IEEE ICIP'03, Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 14-17,
2003.
[22]. M. Amiri, H. Rabiee, F. Behazin, An Algorithm for Object Detection in Wavelet
Domain, MVIP , Tehran, Iran, 2003.
Journal Papers
[23]. H. R. Rabiee and R. L. Kashyap, GMLOS: A New Robust Nonlinear Filter
Based on The Theory of Generalized Maximum Likelihood and Order Statistics, IEEE
Trans. on Image Processing, 1999.
[24]. S.R. Safavian, H.R. Rabiee, and M. Fardanesh, Projection and Pursuit Image
Compression, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, May 1998.
Technical Reports
[25]. H. R. Rabiee, A Guide to Practical Image Processing with PC, Lab.
Manual, Image Processing Lab, Californian State University at Long Beach, 1988.
[26]. H. R. Rabiee, Adaptive Echo Cancellation with TMS320C25 DSP, Tech. Report,
ICN Co., Pasadena, CA, 1991 (Proprietary).
[27]. H. R. Rabiee and H. Radha, Pre and Post-Processing Algorithms for Video Compression
Applications, Tech. Memo., AT&T Bell Labs, Indianapolis, Nov. 1993.
[28]. H. R. Rabiee and H. Radha, Cell Loss Recovery Using Recursive Nonlinear Filters,
Tech. Memo., AT&T Bell Labs, Indianapolis, Dec. 1994 (Proprietary).
[29]. H. R. Rabiee and H. Radha, Desktop Video Teleconferencing Over ISDN and Internet,
Tech. Memo., AT&T Bell Labs, Indianapolis, Dec. 1995.
[30]. F. Martins and H. Rabiee, Study of Video Codecs Based on Distortion Measures,
Tech. Report, Video & Audio Technology Lab, Intel Corp., Jan. 1998.
[31]. H. Rabiee, A New Multiresolution Video Codec With Advanced Features, Tech.
Report, Video & Audio Technology Lab, Intel Corp., Feb. 1998.
[32]. H. Rabiee, Sauleh Etamidi, amd M. Seydi, Sofware & Hardware Architecture
for SMJ National Network, Tech. Report, AICTC, Sharif University, October 2001.
[33]. H. Rabiee, M. Khansari, M. Lavasani, Farsi Linux Feasibility Study, Tech.
Report, AICTC, Sharif University, November 2001.
Manuscripts in Preparation
[34]. H.R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and S. R. Safavian, Multiresolution Image
Compression Part I: Segmentation Based Techniques, Journal paper, 2003.
[35]. H.R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and S.R. Safavian, Multiresolution Image Compression
Part II: Transformed Based Techniques; Wavelets & Filter Banks, Journal paper,
2003.
[36]. H.R. Rabiee and R.L. Kashyap, Image Compression With Asymmetric Filter Banks
and Fractal Coding, Journal paper, 2003.
[37]. H.R. Rabiee, R.L. Kashyap, and H. Radha, Video Browsing Via Decreasing Energy
Wavelet Coefficients, Journal Paper, 2003.
[38]. M. Saeed, H.R. Rabiee, W.C. Karl, and T. Nguyen, Multiresolution Segmentation
of MRI Brain Images, Journal paper, 2003.
[39]. H. Rabiee, F. Marvasti, Image and Video Standards, A New Book (In Farsi),
2003.
Executive Activities
Director of Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center of Sharif
University of Technology ( April 2001 – Now) Director of Image and Video Processing
Lab, Iran Telecommunication Research Center (July 2002 – Now) Director of National
Virtual University Project and National Payam-e-Noor Project (Feb. 2002 – Now) Member
of Technology and Research Committee of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
(Feb. 2002 – Now) Senior Advisor of Information Technology, National Library of
Iran, National Center for Statistics, Ministry of Finance, President’s Office (2001
– Now) General Chair of The First Eurasian Conference on Advances in Information
and Communication Technology, October 29-31, Tehran.
Collaborators
Prof. Eric Neuhold, Director of Integrated Publication and Information Systems
Institute (IPSI) of Fraunhofer, and Darmstadt University, Germany (http://www.darmstadt.de/)
Prof. A Min Tjoa, CE Department Head, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
Prof. H. Radha, Department of ECE, Michigan State University.
Dr. M. Saeed, Department of ECE, MIT. |
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