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Faculty
Peter Willett
Professor
Office: ITE Building 353
Phone: (860) 486-2195
Email: willett@engr.uconn.eduOpen Positions:
I am always looking for high-quality PhD students interested in detection, fusion and tracking problems.
Education:
- B.A.S., Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 1982
- M.E., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1983
- M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1984
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1986
Resume:
- 161 journal papers, 340 conference proceedings papers
- 9 book chapters, 1 book
- 4 patents
- 16 PhD students graduated
- $9 M total funding
Research Interests:
My major area of research has been detection theory, which leads to a reasonable expertise in the fields of statistical communication theory and statistical signal processing.Within detection theory my most recent thrust area has been decentralized detection which is known variously as distributed detection and data fusion, and involves the integration of groups of sensors (radar, sonar, etc.) into a high performance unit. Additionally, I have been involved in research in modelling of nongaussian noise processes, with applications to undersea observations and atmospheric observations.
I have also had activity in the detection and estimation of harmonic sets, which effectively means the identification of rotating machinery; in robust detection, which is the design of hypothesis tests when noise/signal conditions are only partially kn own, and (on a theoretical level) in optical signal processing.
Other research interests: statistical communication theory.
Honors:
- Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Program Chair:
- 1999 Fusion Conference, Sunnyvale CA
- 2003 Systems, Man & Cybernetics Conference, Washington DC
- 2012 Sensor Array and Multichannel Conference, Hoboken NJ
- General/Executive Chair:
- 2006 Fusion Conference, Florence Italy
- 2008 Fusion Conference, Cologne Germany
- 2011 Fusion Conference, Chicago IL
- IEEE AESS Board of Governors, 2004-2009, 2011-
- ISIF Board of Governors, 2010-
- Editor-in-chief, IEEE Transactions on AES, 2006-2011
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