SaIL: Rodriguez

Prof. Jeffrey J. Rodríguez

Director, Signal and Image Laboratory

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721 U.S.A.

Tel: 520-621-8732, Fax: 520-621-8076,
jrod <at> ece <dot> arizona <dot> edu

Research Interests

Digital signal and image processing and analysis, with applications in biomedicine, telecommunications, etc. Example projects include automated texture analysis for tissue classification, segmentation of 3-D medical images, digital watermarking, hardware development and software design for real-time digital flow cytometry, and wavelet-based color image denoising.

Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1990
S.M. (M.S.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, June 1986
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin, Electrical Engineering, May 1984

Employment

1997-present: The University of Arizona, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 2002-present: Faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Program
- 2000-2003, 2005-present: ECE Director of Graduate Studies
- 2003-2008: Co-Director of Connection One (an NSF industry/university cooperative research center)
1990-1997: The University of Arizona, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1986-1990: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical Engineering
1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Assistant in Dept. of Electrical Engineering
1982-1985 (summers): IBM Corp. (Austin, Texas)
1980-1981 (summers): Texas Instruments, Inc., (Austin, Texas)

Teaching Experience

Digital Image Analysis
Digital Image Processing
Digital Signal Processing
Signals and Systems
Electric Circuits

Honors, Awards, and Memberships

IEEE/HKN Outstanding Teaching Award, 1992
Andersen Consulting Outstanding Faculty Award, 1992
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Signal Processing Society
Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering honor society)
Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)
Phi Kappa Phi (honor society)
Sigma Xi (honor society)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1985-1988

University Service Activities

Dept. of ECE Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of the Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 2000-2003, 2005-present
Dept. of ECE Executive Committee, 2001-2003, 2005-present
Dept. of ECE Graduate Recruiting and Awards Committee, 2001-2003, 2005-present
Search Committee for the Dean of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, 2003-2004
Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, 2003-2004
Chair, College of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee, 2001-2003
Co-Chair, Dept. of ECE Student/Faculty Interaction Committee, 2001-2002
Dept. of ECE Undergraduate Mentoring Committee, 2001-2002
College of Engineering Advisory Committee, 1998-2002
Faculty co-advisor for Eta Kappa Nu chapter (electrical engineering honor society), 1994-2002
Chair, Dept. of ECE Instructional Equipment and Software Planning Committee, 1998-2001
Faculty co-advisor for Dept. of ECE Graduate Student Activities Committee (GSAC), 1995-2000
Dept. of ECE Teaching Load Committee, Fall 2000
Dept. of ECE Annual Performance Review Committee, Fall 2000
Dept. of ECE Graduate Studies Committee, Fall 1997
Search Committee for Head of Dept. of ECE, 1996-1997
Dept. of ECE Computer Policy Committee, 1994-1997
Dept. of ECE Student Recruiting Committee, 1995-1996
Small Grants Peer Review Panel, U.A. Office of Vice President for Research, April 1993
Dept. of ECE Subcommittee on Computer Programming Curriculum, 1992
Dept. of ECE Seminar Series Committee, 1991-1992

Professional Service Activities

General Chair, 2007 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
IEEE Signal Processing Society Image and Multidimensional (IMDSP) Technical Committee, 2005-present
Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
Vice Chair, 2004 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Program Committee, 2004 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Special Editor, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 2003-2004
General Chair, 2003 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
Program Committee, 2003 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Program Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Program Committee, 2002 Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Organizing Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Symp. on Circuits and Systems
Program Committee, 2002 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
Program Committee, 2001 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Organizing Committee, 2001 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 1996-2000
Vice Chair, 2000 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Program Committee, 2000 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
Program Committee, 2000 Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition
Organizing Committee, 2000 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
Publications Chair, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
Organizing Committee, 1999 Southwest Symp. on Mixed-Signal Design
Program Committee, 1999 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Area Program Chair, 1999 IEEE-CS Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
General Chair, 1998 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Program Committee, 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Program Committee, Area Coordinator, 1997 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing
Organizing Committee, 1997 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
National Science Foundation Reviewer for BIR Division, Sept. 1996
Program Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl Conf. on Image Processing
Program Chair, 1996 IEEE Southwest Symp. on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Organizing Committee, 1996 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
Program Committee, 1995 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital Image Processing XVIII
Organizing Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
Program Committee, 1995 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
Session chair, 1994 SPIE Intl. Symp. on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation: Applications of Digital Image Processing XVII
Program Committee, 1994 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
National Science Foundation Review Panelist for DUE Division, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1993
Program Committee, 1993 IEEE Intl. Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf.
Technical reviewer for IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal of Electronic Imaging, Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, Pattern Recognition, IEEE Computer, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Computers & Mathematics, Prentice Hall, and John Wiley & Sons

Keynote Presentation

"Texture Analysis for Automated Classification of Digital Images," Keynote Address, Seventh IASTED Intl. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 15, 2005.