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Signal Processing Group

Research

Modern hardware desing is largely based on integrated circuits. A growing part of these circuits are smaller micro circuits, designed for a certain application. Their more official name is ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits). Digital circuit design and computer technology are key areas and whoever manages these areas is likely to be employed in the area of high technology.

Post-graduate studies in this field concentrate on digital signal processing algorithms and their implementation methods. Algorith research works to derive new more efficient structures e.g. for radio receivers. VLSI, VHDL and ASIC offer a great chance to gather up and implement the complex algorithms of signal processing direcly as circuits on silicon.

The superiority of this area is based on combining theory and practice, which is rare in the world of science. The algorithms of digital signal processing can be implemented in a smooth way by means of different equipment solutions or specific implementations can be developed by strictly theoretical means.

In recent years the field of signal processing has changed rapidly and has become of interest to a very broad constituency among the high technology companies. This broader set of users, coupled with technological advances in computers have led to a significant expansion in this area.

Research Teams and Projects

Wireless Signal Processing Research Group

Prof. Risto Wichman

Personnel

  • Stefan Werner
  • Mei Yen Cheong
  • Michal Cierny
  • Mohammed Mobien
  • Taneli Riihonen
  • Karol Shober
  • Eduardo Zacarias

 

Projects and themes

Signal Processing in Telecommunications Research Group

 Prof. Timo I. Laakso

Personnel

Projects and themes

  • Data Selective Adaptive Filtering Algorithms
  • Analysis of Partial-Update Adaptive Filters
  • Linearly Constrained Adaptive Filters
  • Adaptive Multiple-Notch Filters
  • Synchronization in Communication Systems
  • Joint Transmit and Receive Filter Design
  • Adaptive Estimation and Equalization of Nonlinearities

Reconfigurability in Algorithm Implementation and Design

Prof. Jorma Skyttä

Personnel

  • M.Sc. Juha Forsten
  • M.Sc. Antti Hämäläinen
  • M.Sc. Kimmo Järvinen
  • M.Sc. Esa Korpela
  • Mr. Jaakko Kairus (part-time)
  • Mr. Sampo Ojala (part-time)

Projects and themes

  • Interactive Services and Technologies for Mixed Broadcasting, Navigation and Communication in the Mobile Society (BROCOM)
  • GO-SEC: Security Architecture for Future ServicesGO-LAP: Large Capacity Wireless Access Point

 

Finished Projects

  • GO-LAP: Large Capacity Wireless Access Point
  • Hardwase-based Testing for Calculation Methods
  • Hardware Architectures for Implementing Differentiated Services in the Internet (SIMA)