Studies in this field are related to the transmission, creation, manipulation, and understanding of signals and systems.
Signal processing looks to take data from a wide variety of sources (speech, audio, images, video, radar, sensor networks) and transform it into useable pieces.
Communication systems are designed to transmit information while minimizing the corruptive effects of noise and interference.
Faculty
Area Chair: Joel Harley
Eric Schwartz
Instructional Professor Director, Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Biography
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Robotics, Embedded Systems, Controls, Autonomous mobile agents
Honors and Awards
HWCOE Faculty Adviser/Mentor of the Year, 2024
Faculty of the Year, awarded by students of the ECE Department (2022-2023)
MIL (Machine Intelligence Laboratory) team faculty advisor for five world champion robot teams:
RoboSub (2005, 2006, 2007)
RoboBoat (2013)
Maritime RobotX Challenge (2019)
UF IEEE & HKN Teacher of the Year, 2012
Student Involvement Award for Advisor of the Year, 2011
IEEE Southeast Region Outstanding Branch Counselor, 2010
Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree, UF, 2000-2005, 2012
Teacher of the Year, UF, 2002
Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering UF, 2002
Education
PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 1995
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1989
BSEE, University of Florida, 1984
BSME, University of Florida, 1984