Sohail Dianat

Professor

Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

sadeee@rit.edu

585-475-7115

Office Location

GLE-3001

Office Mailing Address

09-3105

Sohail Dianat

Professor

Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Education

BS, Aria-Mehr University of Technology (Iran); MS, Ph.D., George Washington University

Bio

Dr. Sohail A. Dianat received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Arya-Mehr University of Technology in Tehran, Iran and his M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University. In September 1981, he joined the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering and Imaging Science. Dr. Dianat has taught an assortment of undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of digital signal/image processing and digital communication. Dr. Dianat received the 'best unclassified paper award' at the 1993 Annual IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM '93). His current research interests include digital signal/image processing and wireless communication.

He holds thirteen patents in the field of control for digital printing. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and a member of the IEEE Signal Processing & Communication Society. He is a Fellow of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering. He has served as associate editor for the IEEE Transaction on Image Processing. Dr. Dianat was the organizer and co-chairman of the Fifth IEEE Signal Processing Society's Workshop on Spectrum Estimation and Modeling held in Rochester, New York in October 1990. He has served as a technical program committee member for ICIP 2003. Dr. Dianat has served as chair for the track on Wireless Sensing, Localization, and Processing at the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium conferences held in Orlando, Florida from 2000-2012. He has served as Finance Chair of ICIP2013. He is currently serving as a technical committee member on Industry DSP Technology. He has numerous publications and patents in the fields of signal/image processing and digital communications.

For more about Dr. Dianat see his website.

sadeee@rit.edu

585-475-7115

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper

Peng, Honghong, Sohail Dianat, and Raghuveer Rao. "Multispectral Image Denoising with Optimized Vector Bilateral Filte." IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 23. 1 (2014): 267-273. Print.

Tsouri, Gill, et al. "Constrained-ICA Approach to Non-Obtrusive Pulse Rate Measurements." Journal of Biomedical Optics 17. (2012): 1-5. Print.

Provisional Patent

Dianat, Sohail and Gill Tsouri. "Estimating Cardiac Pulse Recovery from Multi-Channel Source Data via Constrained Source Separation." Patent 8,617,081 B2. 31 Dec. 2013.

Dianat, Sohail and Lalit Mestha. "Sensitivity Matrix Determination Via Chain Rule of Differentiation." Patent 8,564,830. 22 Oct. 2013.

Dianat, Sohail and Lalit Mestha. "Methods for Adaptive and Progressive Gradient-based Multi-resolution Color Image Segmentation and Systems Thereof." Patent 8,515,171. 20 Aug. 2013.

Published Conference Proceedings

Peng, H., Raghuveer Rao, and Sohail Dianat. "Optimized Vector Bilateral Filter for Multispectral Image Denoising." Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. Ed. Gurav Sharma. Orlando, FL: IEEE, 2012. Print.

Peng, H., R. Rao, and Sohail Dianat. "Nonnegative Matrix Factorization with Deterministic Annealing for Unsupervised Unmixing of Hyperspectral Imagery." Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Orlando, Florida, September 2012. Ed. Gurav Sharma. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Print.

Almradi, Ahmad and Sohail Dianat. "NDA SNR Estimation over MISO with STBC Channels for BPSK Modulated Signals using the EM Algorithm." Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT): Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 2012. Ed. IEEE. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2012. Print.

Almradi, Ahmad and Sohail Dianat. "'Cramer-Rao Lower Bounds of NDA SNR Estimation for BPSK Modulated Signals over MISO with STBC Channels." Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT): Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 2012. Ed. IEEE. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2012. Print.

Vantaram, S. R., et al. "Semi-Automatic 3-D Segmentation of Computed Tomographic Imagery by Iterative Gradient-Driven Volume Growing." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. Ed. IEEE. USA: IEEE, 2011. Web.

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

Kval, Survi. Image & Video Super Resolution Via Compressed Sensing. By SohaiL Dianat and L.K. Mestha. 5 Apr. 2012. CEIS University Technology Showcase, Rochester. Exhibit.

Currently Teaching

EEEE-414

Classical Control

3 Credits

This course introduces students to the study of linear continuous-time classical control systems, their behavior, design, and use in augmenting engineering system performance. The course is based on classical control methods using Laplace-transforms, block-diagrams, root-locus, and frequency-domain analysis. Topics include: Laplace-transform review; Bode plot review; system modeling for control; relationships of transfer-function poles and zeros to time-response behaviors; stability analysis; steady-state error, error constants, and error specification; feedback control properties; relationships between stability margins and transient behavior; lead, lag, and PID control; root-locus analysis and design; frequency-response design and Nyquist stability. A laboratory will provide students with hands-on analysis and design-build-test experience, and includes the use of computer-aided design software such as MATLAB.

EEEE-484

Communication Systems

3 Credits

Introduction to Communication Systems provides the basics of the formation, transmission and reception of information over communication channels. Spectral density and correlation descriptions for deterministic and stationary random signals. Amplitude and angle modulation methods (e.g. AM and FM) for continuous signals. Carrier detection and synchronization. Phase-locked loop and its application. Introduction to digital communication. Binary ASK, FSK and PSK. Noise effects. Optimum detection: matched filters, maximum-likelihood reception. Computer simulation.

EEEE-499

Co-op

0 Credits

One semester of paid work experience in electrical engineering.