University of New Orleans, Department of Electrical Engineering 

New Orleans, LA 70148

Phone 504-280-1280 • E-mail hchen2@uno.edu

 Huimin Chen Associate professor

Education

 

Ph.D. May 2002  ESPLab, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Ph.D. Dissertation: Performance Evaluation of Multitarget Tracking Algorithms

M.E. 1998 and B.E.1996 Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, China

RESeaRCH interests

 

Estimation Theory, Target Tracking, Data Fusion, Weak Signal Detection, Statistical Inference, Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning

Professional experience

 

Jan. 2003 ─ July 2009 Assistant Professor  the University of New Orleans      New Orleans, LA

July 2002 ─ Dec. 2002  Carnegie Mellon University                                     Pittsburgh, PA

Visiting Researcher at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, also affiliated with Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

Signal Processing and Detection for Single Electron Spin Microscopy (SESM)

TeachING

 

ENEE6570 Engineering Optimization Techniques, Spring 2010
ENEE6538 Advanced Signal Detection, Fall 2006
ENEE6533 Advanced Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, Fall 2005, Spring 2009
ENEE6530 Linear System Theory, Fall 2004, Fall 2007
ENEE6096 Information Theory and Learning Algorithms, Spring 2004
ENEE6098 Information Theory and Learning Algorithms, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
ENEE6001 Graduate Seminar, Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
ENEE4554 Analog and Digital Filter Design, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2008
ENEE3574 Communication Lab, Fall 2009
ENEE3547 Digital Integrated Circuit Design, Spring 2010
ENEE3543 Electronics II, Spring 2008
ENEE3535 Communication System Design, Fall 2009
ENEE3530 Continuous and Discrete Systems, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2008
ENEE3518 Electrical Engineering Lab, Spring 2006, Spring 2007
ENEE2551 Circuits II, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009
ENEE2510 Circuits Lab, Spring 2006, Spring 2007
ENEE2500 Basic Electrical Circuits, Spring 2003

publications

 

Journal Papers

 

Estimation, Target Tracking and Data Fusion

1.  Y. Bar-Shalom, and H. Chen, “Removal of Out-of-Sequence Measurements from Tracks”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 45(2), Apr. 2009, pp. 612-619.

2. Y. Bar-Shalom, and H. Chen, “Covariance Reconstruction for Track Fusion with Legacy Track Sources”, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, 3(2), Dec. 2008, pp. 107-117.

3. A. Sinha, H. Chen, D. G. Danu, T. Kirubarajan, and M. Farooq, “Estimation and Decision Fusion: A Survey”, Neurocomputing, Vol. 71, Issues 13-15, Aug. 2008, pp. 2650-2656.

4. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Tracking of Spawning Targets with Multiple Finite Resolution Sensors”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 44(1), Jan. 2008, pp.2-14.

5. Y. Bar-Shalom, and H. Chen, “Track-to-Track Association for Tracks with Features and Attributes”, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, 2(1), June 2007, pp. 49-59.

6. Y. Bar-Shalom, and H. Chen, “Multisensor Track-to-Track Association for Tracks with Dependent Errors”, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, 1(1), July 2006, pp. 1-12.

7. Y. Bar-Shalom, and H. Chen, “IMM Estimator with Out-of-Sequence Measurements”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 41(1), Jan. 2005, pp. 90-98.

8. H. Chen, X.-R. Li, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “On Joint Track Initiation and Parameter Estimation under Measurement Origin Uncertainty”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 40(2), April 2004, pp. 675-694.

9. Y. Bar-Shalom, H. Chen, and M. Mallick, “One-Step Solution for the Multistep Out-of-Sequence-Measurement Problem in Tracking”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 40(1), Jan. 2004, pp. 27-37.

10. H. Chen, Y. Bar-Shalom, K. R. Pattipati, and T. Kirubarajan, “MDL Approach for Multiple Low Observable Track Initiation”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 39(3), July 2003, pp. 862-882.

11. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Performance Limits of Track-to-Track Fusion vs. Centralized Estimation: Theory and Application”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 39(2), Apr. 2003, pp. 386-400.

12. T. Kirubarajan, H. Chen, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Parameter Estimation and the CRLB with Uncertain Origin Measurements”, Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 3(4), Dec. 2001, pp. 387-410.

Source Localization and Speaker Tracking

13. I. Potamitis, H. Chen, and G. Tremoulis, “Tracking of Multiple Speakers with Multiple Microphone Arrays”, IEEE Trans. Speech and Audio Processing, 12(5), Sept. 2004, 520-529.

 

Flow Control and Network Pricing

14. Huimin Chen, Xin Lu, Pu Wang, and Yanda Li, “Using Game Theoretic Approaches for Resource Allocation in Information Network”, Journal of China Institute of Communications, Vol 20, No 8, August 1999, pp. 63-68, in Chinese.

15. Huimin Chen, Pu Wang, and Yanda Li, “A Connection Admission Control Scheme Based on Game Theoretic Model in ATM Networks”, Journal of Electronics (China), Vol 20, No 5, October 1998, pp. 648-654, in Chinese.


Modeling Network Traffic and DNA Sequences

16. Xin Lu, Zhirong Sun, Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “Characterizing Self-Similarity in Bacteria DNA Sequences”, Physical Review E, September 1998, pp. 3578-3584.

17. Huimin Chen, Hong Cai, and Yanda Li, “Multifractal Traffic Modeling and Its Parameter Estimation”, Acta Electronica Sinica, Vol 27, No 4, April 1999, pp. 19-23, in Chinese.

18. Huimin Chen, Hong Cai, and Yanda Li, “Self-Similar Traffic: Hurst Parameter Estimation Based on Multiresolution Sampling and Wavelet Analysis”, Acta Electronica Sinica, Vol 7, July 1998, pp. 88-93, in Chinese.

19. Hong Cai, Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “A Review of New Traffic Modeling Method for Communication Networks: Self-Similar Traffic”, Journal of China Institute of Communications, Vol 17, No 11, November 1997, pp. 51-60, in Chinese.

20. Xin Lu, Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “Long-Range Correlation Properties in Bacteria DNA Sequence”, Journal of Tsinghua University Science and Technology, Vol 39, No 7, July 1999, pp. 98-102, in Chinese.


Machine Learning and Data Mining

21. H. Chen, H. L. Bart, and S. Huang, “Integrated Feature Selection and Clustering for Taxonomic Problems within Fish Species Complexes”, Journal of Multimedia, 3(3), July 2008, pp. 10-17.

22. Liangjie Zhang, Yanda Li, and Huimin Chen, “A New Global Optimizing Algorithm for Fuzzy Neural Networks”, International Journal of Electronics, Vol 80, No 3, March 1996, pp. 393-404.

 

Book Chapters

1. H. Chen, G. Chen, D. Shen, E. Blasch, K. Pham, “Orbital Evasive Target Tracking and Sensor Management”, in Dynamics of Information Systems: Theory and Applications, Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 2009.

2. H. Chen, G. Chen, E. Blasch, T. Schuck, “Robust Track Association and Fusion with Extended Feature Matching” in Optimization and Cooperative Control Strategies, Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 2008.

3.H. Chen, “Greedy Methods in Plume Detection, Localization and Tracking”, in Advances in Greedy Algorithms, I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna,  Austria, Oct. 2008.

4.M. Yang, J. Ru, H. Chen, A. Bashi, X. R. Li and N. S. V. Rao, “Predicting Internet End-to-End Delay: A Statistical Study”, in Annual Review of Communications, Vol. 58, 2005.

5. Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “Intelligent Flow Control Under Game Theoretic Framework”, in Telecommunications Optimization: Heuristic and Adaptive Techniques, David W. Corne, George D. Smith, and Martin J. Oats (Eds), Wiley, 2000.

 

Conference Papers

1. Y. Chen, E. Blasch, H. Chen, T. Qian, and G. Chen, “Experimental Feature-Based SAR ATR Performance Evaluation under Different Operating Conditions”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, Orlando, FL, Apr. 2008.

2. H. Chen, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Track Association and Fusion with Heterogeneous Local Trackers”, Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007.

3. H. Chen, H. L. Bart, and S. Huang, “Integrated Feature Selection and Clustering from Multiple Views for a Taxonomic Problem”, Int. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Chania, Crete, Greece, Oct. 2007.

4. Z. Duan, and H. Chen, “Can Reinforcement Learning Always Provide the Best Policy?”, Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, Madison, WI, Aug. 2007.

5. H. Chen, and X. R. Li, “On Sensing Capacity of Sensor Networks for Localizing Sparse Plumes”, Proc. of Int. Colloquium on Information Fusion, Xi'an, China, Aug. 2007.

6. T. Nguyen, X. R. Li, V. P. Jilkov, and H. Chen, “Airborne Plume Localization and Tracking”, Proc. of Int. Colloquium on Information Fusion, Xi'an, China, Aug. 2007.

7. H. Chen, “Plume Localization Using Fuzzy Hidden Markov Model: An Efficient Decoding Method”, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems, London, UK, July 2007.

8. H. Chen, and X. R. Li, “On Track Fusion with Communication Constraints”, Proc. of 10th International Conference on Information Fusion, Quebec, Canada, July 2007.

9. M. Yang, H. Chen, S. Bandarupalli, and X. R. Li, “A Surveillance Testbed with Networked Sensors for Integrated Target Inference”, Proc. of IEEE TridentCom 2007, Orlando, FL, May 2007.

10. H. Chen, D. Charalampidis, “Fast Basis Selection and Instantaneous Frequency Tracking for Audio Signal Analysis and Synthesis”, IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, LA, May 2007.

11. H. Chen, “Distributed File Sharing: Network Coding Meets Compressed Sensing”, First Int. Conf. on Communications and Networking in China, Beijing, China, Oct. 2006.

12. H. Chen, S. Huang, and H. L. Bart, “Taxonomy in Fish Species Complexes: A Role for Multimedia Information”, Int. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct. 2006.

13. H. Chen, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Track Fusion with Legacy Track Sources”, Proc. of 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, Florence, Italy, July 2006.

14. V. P. Jilkov, H. Chen, X. R. Li, and T. Nguyen, “Feature Association for Object Tracking”, Proc. of 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, Florence, Italy, July 2006.

15. W. Zhang, and H. Chen, “Comparison of Sensor Selection Methods for Markov Localization”, Proc. of 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, Florence, Italy, July 2006.1. Z. Zhao, H. Chen, G. Chen, C. Kwan, and X. R. Li, “Comparison of Several Ballistic Target Tracking Filters”, Proc. of American Control Conf., Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jun. 2006.

16. W. Zhang, and H. Chen, “A Dynamic Sensor Selection and Allocation Approach for Markov Localization”, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Apr. 2006.

17. Z. Zhao, H. Chen, G. Chen, C. Kwan, and X. R. Li, “IMM-LMMSE Filtering Algorithm for Ballistic Target Tracking with Unknown Ballistic Coefficient”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, Orlando, FL, Apr. 2006.

18. Y. Chen, H. L. Bart, S. Huang, and H. Chen, “A Computational Framework for Taxonomic Research: Diagnosing Body Shape within Fish Species Complexes”, Proc. of Int. Conf. on Data Mining, Houston, TX, Nov. 2005.

19. Y. Bar-Shalom and H. Chen, “Track-to-Track Association for Tracks with Features and Attributes”, Proc. 2005 SPIE Conf. Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, San Diego, CA, August 2005.

20. J. Ru, H. Chen, X. R. Li, and G. Chen, “A Range Rate Based Detection Technique for Tracking A Maneuvering Target,” Proc. 2005 SPIE Conf. Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, San Diego, CA, August 2005.

21. H. Chen, and X. R. Li, “Bayesian Model Selection for Multisensor Track-to-Track Association and Track Fusion,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, Bordeaux, France, July 2005.

22. Z. Zhao, H. Chen, and X. R. Li, “Semiparametric Model Selection with Applications to Regression,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, Bordeaux, France, July 2005.

23. H. Chen, and S. Huang, “A Comparative Study on Model Selection and Multiple Model Fusion”, International Conference on Information Fusion, Philadelphia, PA, July 2005.

24. S. Huang, H. Chen, and L.-J. Zhang, “Progressive Auction Based Resource Allocation in Service-Oriented Architecture”, IEEE Int. Conf. on Services Computing, Orlando, FL, July 2005.

25. M. Yang, J. Ru, X.R. Li, H. Chen, and A. Bashi, “Predicting Internet End-to-End Delay: A Multiple-Model Approach”, IEEE Global Internet 2005, Miami, FL, Mar. 2005.

26. H. Chen, K. Zhang, and X. R. Li, “Optimal Data Compression for Multisensor Target Tracking with Communication Constraints”, Proc. 43rd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Bahamas, Dec. 2004.

27. Y. Bar-Shalom and H. Chen, “Multisensor Track-to-Track Association for Tracks with Dependent Errors”, Proc. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Bahamas, Dec. 2004.

28. H. Chen, and Y. Ruan, “Joint Target Recognition and Tracking Using Class Specific Features”, Proc. IEEE 38-th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2004.

29. H. Chen and T. Kirubarajan, “A Convex Minimization Approach to Data Association with Prior Constraints”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, Orlando, USA, April 2004.

30. Y. Bar-Shalom and H. Chen, “IMM Estimator with Out-of-Sequence Measurements”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, Orlando, USA, April 2004.

31. M. Yang, X. R. Li, H. Chen, and N. S. V. Rao. “Predicting Internet End-to-End Delay: An Overview”, Proc. of 36th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on Systems Theory, March 2004.

32. H. Chen, and J. M.F. Moura, “Detection of Harmonic Signal with Phase Shift for Single Electron Spin Microscopy”, Proc. 6th International Conf. Information Fusion, Cairns, Australia, Jul. 2003.

33. A. S. Bashi, V. P. Jilkov, X. R. Li, H. Chen, “Distributed Implementations of Particle Filters”, Proc. 6th International Conf. Information Fusion, Cairns, Australia, Jul. 2003.

34. K. Zhang, X. R. Li, H. Chen, and M. Mallick, “Multi-sensor Multi-target Tracking with Out-of-Sequence Measurements", Proc. 6th International Conf. Information Fusion, Cairns, Australia, Jul. 2003.

35. H. Chen, K. R. Pattipati, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “General Data Association with Possibly Unresolved Measurements Using Linear Programming", Proc. Workshop on Multi-Object Tracking, CVPR'03, Madison, WI, USA, Jun. 2003.

36. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Tracking of Spawning Targets with Multiple Finite Resolution Sensors”, Proc. 5th International Conference on Information Fusion, Annapolis, Maryland, July 2002.

37. H. Chen, K. R. Pattipati, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Data Association with Possibly Unresolved Measurements Using Linear Programming”, ONR/GTRI Workshop on Target Tracking and Data Fusion, Newport, RI, June 2002.

38. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, Y. Bar-Shalom, and K. R. Pattipati, “An MDL Approach for Multiple Low Observable Track Initiation”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, April 2002.

39. Y. Bar-Shalom, M. Mallick, H. Chen, R. Washburn, “One-Step Solution for the General Out-of-Sequence-Measurement Problem in Tracking”, Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2002.

40. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Performance Limits of Track-to-Track Fusion vs. Centralized Estimation: Theory and Application”, Proc. 4th International Conference on Information Fusion, Montreal, Canada, August 2001.

41. H. Chen, T. Kirubarajan, and Y. Bar-Shalom, “Centralized vs. Distributed Tracking Algorithms for Air to Air Scenarios”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, Vol. 4048, Orlando, USA, April 2000.

42. Lifei Huang, Pu Wang, and Huimin Chen, “Optimal Routing Using Incentive Pricing Scheme in Noncooperative Communication Networks”, SCI’99/ISAS’99, Orlando, USA, July 1999.

43. Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “Optimal Auction Design for Resource Allocation”, Int. Conf. on Information Infrastructure, Beijing, China, May 1998.

44. Huimin Chen, Hong Cai, and Yanda Li, “The Multifractal Property of Bursty Traffic and Its Parameter Estimation Based on Wavelets”, Proc. of IEEE TENCON, Australia, November 1997.

45. Hong Cai, Huimin Chen, and Yanda Li, “Self-Similar Traffic: A New Model for Next Generation ATM Switch”, Proc. of IEEE ICIT, China, December 1996.

46. Liangjie Zhang, Yanda Li, Huimin Chen, “A Novel Global Training Algorithm and Its Convergence Theorem for Fuzzy Neural Networks”, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Neural Networks, November 1995.

Additional professional activities

 

• Publication chair for the 40th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory  (SSST), New Orleans, LA, Mar. 2008

• Local arrangement chair for the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007

• Proposal review for Israel Science Foundation (ISF) since 2007

 • Reviewer for IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing, and IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Systems since 2008

•  Reviewer for IEEE Trans. System, Man and Cybernetics, Part A, Information Fusion Journal and Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete & Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications & Algorithms, since 2007

• Reviewer for Int. Journal of Communication Systems, Information Fusion Journal, Int. Journal of Systems Science, Int. Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Communications in Information and Systems, EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, and ISIF Journal of Advances in Information Fusion since 2006.

• Reviewer for European Transactions on Telecommunications, Int. Journal of System Science and Applied Mathematics Letters, since 2005

• TPC member for First Int. Workshop on Broadband Wireless Services and Applications, IEEE Workshop on LANMAN,  2004

• Reviewer for IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image and Signal Processing and IEE Electronic Letters, Since 2004

• Reviewer for Automatica since 2003.

• Reviewer for IEEE Trans. System, Man and Cybernetics since 2002.

• Reviewer for IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems since 2001.

• Participated in the installation of computer clusters at McGowan Center, UPMC for parallel computing of functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI), Aug. 2002.

Extracurricular activities

 

Traveling, writing, start learning photography

Awards

 

• ASEE Summer Faculty Award, Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Dayton, OH, Summer 2007

• Faculty initiative for technology and teaching (FITT) award, Spring 2003, Univ. of New Orleans

• Department fellowship, Summer 1999 and Summer 2000, ECE Department, Univ. of Connecticut

• Research assistantship, 1998-2002, ECE Department, University of Connecticut

• Graduate with honor, 1998, Tsinghua University, P. R. China

• Excellent graduate thesis award, 1998, Tsinghua University, P. R. China

• Siemens scholarship for graduate students, 1997, Tsinghua University, P. R. China

• Annual outstanding student scholarships, 1992-1996, Tsinghua University, P. R. China

 

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