Parthapratim De

Education : 1. Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1999. Grade Point Average - 4.0/4.0. [Equivalent to 10 on a scale of 10]. Graduate Research Assistant 2. Iowa State University, Iowa, USA : Graduate Student and Graduate Research Assistant,. GPA:4.0/4.0. 3. Master of Tech., Dept. of Electrical Engg, Indian Inst. Tech., Kanpur. GPA: 9.5/10. 4. Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Marks: 83%, 1st class honours, Rank: 3 out of 40. 5. Class XII: West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Examination. Marks: 85.4%. 6. Class X: ICSE Board. Marks: 89.8% Areas of Interest: Digital Signal processing; Adaptive signal processing applications to wireless communication systems (Channel Estimation, Multi-user detection) in CDMA systems. Blind equalization. MIMO and MIMO-OFDM systems. Blind channel Estimation. Terrestrial transmission, Cognitive Radios, spectrum sensing for cognitive radios. Publications: 1. P. De and H. Fan, A modified normalized lattice filter for fast sampling, presented at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Munich, Germany, Apr. 1997. 2. P. De and H. Fan, A delta least squares lattice algorithm for fast sampling, presented at IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Seattle, USA, May 1998. 3. P. De and H. Fan, Stable lattice filters and their continuous-time limits, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Feb. '99, vol. 46, no. 02, pp. 149-164.

4. P. De and H. Fan, A delta least squares lattice algorithm for fast sampling, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Sept.'99, vol. 47, no. 09, pp. 2396-2407. 5. H. Fan and P. De, High speed adaptive signal processing using the delta operator, Digital Signal Processing Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-34, Jan. 2001. 6. P. De, J. Bao and T. Poon, A Calculation-efficient Algorithm for Decision Feedback Equalizers, presented at IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Los Angeles, USA, June 1999. 7. P. De, J. Bao and T. Poon, A Calculation-efficient Algorithm for Decision Feedback Equalizers, IEEE Transactions Consumer Electronics, August '99, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 526-532. 8. P. De, J. Bao and T. Poon, Subspace Based Decision Feedback Equalization, presented at IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, Denver, USA, August 1999. 9. P. De, Subspace based Multi-user Detector algorithms, presented at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, USA, September 2000. 10. P. De, Low Complexity Data Detection Using Fast Fourier Transform Decomposition of Channel Correlation Matrix, presented at IEEE Globecom , San Antonio, USA, Nov. 2001. 11. P. De, Fast Joint Detector and Comparison with Single User Detection, presented at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Orlando, USA, Oct. 2003. 12. P. De and Y. C. Liang, Blind sensing algorithms for cognitive radio, presented at IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Long Beach, USA, Jan. 07. 13. P. De and B. Shah, Robust QR decomposition based blind equalizers, presented at IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Long Beach, USA, Jan. 07. [ B. Shah was a masters student in Indian Inst. of Technology, Roorkee, India ]. 14. P. De and E. Manuel, A novel fast algorithm for multiuser detection in long code CDMA system, presented at for IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Long Beach, USA, Jan. 07. [ E, Manuel was a masters student in Indian Inst. of Technology, Roorkee, India ].

15. P. De, New methods for blind sensing of bandlimited signals in cognitive radio, presented at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, April 07. 16. P. De, Combined linear prediction and subspace based blind equalizers, presented at IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), New Orleans, USA, May 07.

17. P. De and Y. C. Liang, Blind spectrum sensing algorithms for cognitive radio networks, appeared in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 57, no. 5, Sept. 2008, pp. 2834-2843.

18. P. De , T. Chang and C. Y. Chi Linear Prediction Based Semiblind Channel Estimation for Multiuser OFDM with insufficient guard interval, appeared in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 12, December 2009, pp. 5728-5737.

19. P. De, Robust QR decomposition based blind equalizers, submitted to IEEE Transactions . 20. P. De, New methods for blind sensing of bandlimited signals in cognitive radio, manuscript under preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions . (journal version of accepted conference paper). 21. P. De, A novel fast algorithm for multiuser detection in long code CDMA system, manuscript under preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions. . (journal version of accepted conference paper). 22. Work in progress on blind channel estimation in linearly precoded MIMO-OFDM system.

PATENTS GRANTED :

Details of patents can be found on the US patent web-site www.uspto.gov by searching IN/Parthapratim.

1. US Patent no. 6,526,093 :"Method and apparatus for equalizing a digital signal received via multiple transmission paths", granted Feb. 25, '03. (Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs USA). 2. US Patent no. 6,563,812 : "Method and apparatus for detecting multiple signals in a CDMA network", granted May 13, '03.

3. US Patent no. 6,608,859 : "Fast joint detection base station", granted August 19, '03. 4. US Patent no. 6,625,203: "Fast joint detection," granted Sep. 23, '03. 5. US Patent no. 6, 879,578 : "Single user detection user equipment," granted Apr. 12, 05. 6. US Patent no. 6,885,654 : Low complexity data detection using fast fourier transform of channel correlation matrix, granted Apr. 26, 05. 7. US Patent no. 6, 904, 036 : Single user detection base station, granted June 7, 05. 8 US patent no. 7, 054, 300 : Single user detection circuit, granted May 30 06. 9. US patent no. 7,070, 290 - granted July 4 06. 10. US patent no. 7,106, 719 - granted Sep 12 06. 11. US patent no. 7,110, 383 - granted Sep 19 06. 06. 06. 06. 06. 06. 06. 06. 06.

12. US patent no. 7,070, 384 - granted Sep 19 13. US patent no. 7,070, 385 - granted Sep 19 14. US patent no. 7,070, 386 - granted Sep 19 15. US patent no. 7,126, 933 - granted Oct. 24 16. US patent no. 7,126, 960 - granted Oct. 24 17. US patent no. 7,126, 961 - granted Oct. 24 18. US patent no. 7,126, 962 - granted Oct. 24

19. US patent no. 7,126, 978: Single user detection base station - granted Oct. 24 20. US patent no. 7,133,394 granted Nov. 7 06. 21. US patent no. 7, 133, 412 - granted Nov. 7 06.

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US patent no. 7,414,999 Method and apparatus for receiving plurality of data signals granted Aug. 19, 2008. US patent no. 7, 447, 255 Fast joint detection user equipment granted Nov. 4, 2008.

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24. 1 US patent filed on projection based interference cancellation method in WCDMA FDD mode. 25. Recent provisional US patent filed on sensing in cognitive radio based wireless communication systems. (Assigned to Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency of Science, Technology and Applied Research, Singapore).

WORK EXPERIENCE: 1. Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, Punjab, India July 09 present. Teaching course in Digital Electronic Circuits. Also taking laboratory classes and tutorials. Coordinator of all courses in Electrical Engg dept. Administrative duties. Setting up laboratories. 2. Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India June 08 July 09. Teaching courses in Digital Communications and Electrical Sciences (a course combining circuits, electronics including diodes, transistors and FETs and their circuits). Tutorials in Signals and Systems and Communication systems. Laboratories in Communication systems. Research and paper writing in MIMO-OFDM systems, blind channel estimation for linearly precoded systems. 3. Researcher , Dept. of Electrical Engg., Institute of Communications Engg., National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. July 07 - June 08. Research in blind channel estimation method for MIMO-OFDM system with reduced guard interval. Research in higher order statistic based blind beamforming for multiuser OFDM system. 4. Associate Professor, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. Aug 06 July 07.. Teaching Communication Systems I and Communication Systems II. Research and paper writing in blind equalization, and blind sensing for cognitive radio.

5. Visiting Scientist, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), (Agency of Science, Technology and Applied Research, Singapore). Jan 06 Aug. 06. Research in cognitive radio based wireless communication system. Spectrum sensing and IEEE 802.22 system. 6. Assistant Professor, Indian Inst. Tech., Roorkee, India Oct. 03 Dec. 05 [Confirmed; regular faculty]

Taught 7 different courses : 1.Communication Theory and Information Theory ( Masters course) (2 times), 2. Signal Processing ( 4th year undergraduate class of ~ 80 students), 3. Digital Signal Processing and Applications (Masters course Course includes details of Multirate Signal Processing and Adaptive Signal Processing) 2 times, 4. Communication Systems (Masters course), 5. Advanced Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory (Masters course) (2 times), 6. Communication Laboratory (Undergraduate course) (2 times), 7. Integrated Circuits Laboratory (Undergraduate Lab.) Supervised thesis of 3 Masters students. Completed June 05. Supervised undergraduate projects of 2 groups [ Each group has 3 students].--Completed May 05. Active in research. See publications and patents listed above. 7. Member of Technical Staff, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab.,(under Mitsubishi Electric ITA), Murray Hill, NJ, USA : 1998 - July 2000.

Worked on algorithm development and modem design for digital television systems. Worked on equalization in terrestrial digital television (DTV) transmission, and Forward Error Correction.

Developed novel structures and algorithms for reduced complexity equalizers (linear, decision feedback) equalizers for terrestrial digital television transmission. Developed new structures and algorithms for (subspace based) Multiuser Detection in CDMA channels. Familiar with Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Standards and SPW. Attended IEEE 802.16 (Broadband Fixed Wireless Access) Standard Meeting in Nov. 99. Please see above for patents, publications regarding this. ----------------------------8. Staff Engineer, InterDigital Communications Corporation, Melville, NY, USA : 2000 - 2002 Worked on Signal Processing and Wireless Communication System Algorithms.

Developed novel algorithms, performed simulations and performance analysis of 3G Wideband CDMA system (wireless communication system). Worked on Single User Detection (Equalization) and Fast Joint Detector (Multiuser Detection) algorithms. Developed novel structures and algorithms for Single User Detection, compared computational complexities of the different single user detectors, along with computer simulations. Algorithms and simulations for high data rate 2 Mbps service at downlink.

Developed novel Fast Joint Detector (Multiuser Detection) for WCDMA TDD system, using (block circulant approximations). Computer simulations and computational complexities, performance comparison. Worked on SPW blocks and simulations on WCDMA TDD test-bench, at chip rate sampling and over-sampling. Link level simulations, coded simulations with channel coding. Familiar with different aspects of WCDMA standards. Please see above for patents, publications etc. Reviewed papers for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, IEEE Trans. On Wireless Communications and IEEE Signal Processing Letters. Studied many post-graduate courses in Communication Systems, Mathematics and Signal Processing. (during Ph. D. study) --- Performed many course projects.

HONORS
B.C. Roy Centennial Scholarship Medal for academic excellence, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Awarded University of Cincinnati University Graduate Scholarship. Awarded University of Cincinnati Summer Research Fellowship. Was ranked 7th in West Bengal State (in India) Joint Entrance Engg. Exams. Marquis Whos Who in the World, 2010 Edition.