Paul Salama, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Visual Communications Laboratory (VCL) School of Engineering and Technology, A Purdue University School 723 West Michigan St., SL 160 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Tel: +1 317 278 1682 +1 317 274 9726 (Office Coordinator) Fax: +1 317 274 4493 E-mail:

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1999
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1993

Research Interests

• Bio-Medical Image Processing/Analysis
• Image Segmentation
• Image Registration
• Image Enhancement
• Image Restoration
• Error Concealment for MPEG Encoded Video
• Error Concealment for Object Based MPEG-4 Video Coding
• Image and Video Compression
• Low Bitrate Video Coding
• Rate Scalable Image Compression
• Rate Scalable Video Compression
• Rate Scalable-Resolution Scalable Image Compression
• Sensor networks
• Error Resilient Transmission of Compressed Image and Video
• Adaptive Error Resilience Transmission of Compressed Video
• Multiple Description Scalable Coding for Error Resilient Video Transmission over Packet Networks
• Wyner-Ziv based Unequal Error Protection of Compressed Video
• Secure Transmission of Compressed Image and Video - Joint Compression and Encryption
• Sensor Fusion and Sensor networks
• BioMedical Signal Analysis
• Ill Posed Problems