Alexander A. (Sandy) Sawchuk

Leonard M. Silverman Chair Professor, Department Chair of Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: Signal and Image Processing: Analog, Digital, and Everything In-Between

I summarize my career in signal, image and information processing research, and applications of these principles in various systems over the years. My work has involved both analog and digital computing using optical, photonic and electronic techniques. It includes imaging system modeling; image restoration and enhancement; optical digital computing, interconnections, networks, and data storage systems; digital holography; 3D, stereo, and panoramic image acquisition, interaction and display; multimedia systems; wireless health and body area networks; multimodal sensing and machine learning. I will also review the history of signal and image processing work at USC and the remarkable advancement and evolution of the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering in recent years.