Engineering Electrical

Kittipat Kampa

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Gainesville, FL, 32601 USA

Phone: 352-***-****

E-mail: ********@*****.***

Research interests :

Machine learning and pattern recognition, graphical models (especially for Bayesian

networks), information-theoretic segmentation of complex 3D data, remote sensing

applications (especially for laser ranging), 3D data filtering, vegetation filtering,

surface reconstruction algorithms.

Collaborations :

1. Adaptive Signal Processing Laboratory (ASPL)

2. Geosensing Engineering and Mapping (GEM) Center

Education :

University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005 Present)

University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

MS Electrical and Computer Engineering (2003 2005)

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

BS Electrical Engineering (1996 2001)

Graduate Courses :

Engineering : digital signal processing, pattern recognition, digital image processing

and computer vision, digital filter design, remote sensing, state variable control

theory, multivariable control, database engineering, video coding (sit-in), machine

learning (sit-in).

Mathematics : nonlinear optimization (sit-in), numerical linear algebra (sit-in), fractal

geometry (sit-in).

Teaching Experiences :

1. MATLAB tutor for Electrical and Computer Engineering students (Fall 2005).

2. Guest lecturer on a graduate course CGN 6905 / EEL5934 Airborne Sensors and

Instrumentation (Remote Sensing) on a special topic: Pattern Recognition in

Remote Sensing Application (Spring 2005).

3. Teaching assistant on an undergraduate course Introduction to Microprocessor

(2001)

4. Assistant tutor for High School Mathematics Olympiad (1996)

Honors and Awards :

1. Distinguished Alumni Award from Chulalongkorn University (2003)

2. Receive an invitation to join the National Geographic Exhibition in Thailand

(2002)

3. My invention was broadcast and published to public eyes by several TV

shows. (2001)

4. Awarded a grant for the second prize in Thailand Innovation Award (2001)

5. The Prince of Thailand research scholarship from Engineering Institute of

Thailand (2000)

6. The highest score in Physics in National Examination (1996)

7. Silver Medal Award in Thailand Mathematics Olympiad (1996)

8. Member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) honor society

Work Experiences :

- Research Assistant: Under Dr. Kenneth C. Slatton, ASPL & GEM, UF

(October 2003 present).

- Currently working on 3D-point segmentation and graphical model for

surface reconstruction algorithm.

- REALM survey suite data training (April 30 May 3, 2005)

- Interdisciplinary research: Integrated-circuit Design and Applications Research

Laboratory (IDAR) and Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA)

- Internship in Intronics Co,Ltd,. Bangkok. Thailand (March 2000 June 2000)

- I was working on embedded system design.

Class Projects :

- EM algorithm for Soda-can brand classification.

- Land Mine Detection: Comparison of classification methods and feature reduction

methods (Baysian classification, neural network, PCA, Wavelet, Adaboost).

- Counting ball-like objects: Edge detection and Morphological operations.

- Texture classification using VQ-LBG with Bayesian Classification

- LIDAR 2.5D-point segmentation : Multiscale-Morphological filtering approach

Selected internal report :

- Tutorial: Introduction to Information Theory for Pattern Recognition

Publications :

Refereed Journal Article

1. K. Kampa and K. Clint Slatton, Information-Theoretic Hierarchical

Segmentation of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data, IEEE Transactions in

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in preparation.

Refereed Conference Papers (* = invited)

1. * K. Clint Slatton, H. Lee, K. Kampa, H. Jhee, "Segmentation of ALSM Point

Data and the Prediction of Subcanopy Sunlight Distribution," Proc. IEEE

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),

(accepted), invited, Jul., 2005.

2. K. Kampa and K. C. Slatton, "An Adaptive Multiscale Filter for Segmenting

Vegetation in ALSM Data," Proc. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote

Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), vol. 6, Sep. 2004, pp. 3837 - 3840.

Nonrefereed Articles

1. K.C. Slatton, K. Kampa, and H. Lee, Estimating Leaf Area Index in Forests

Using Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall

Meet. Suppl., Abstract H13C-0445, Dec., 2004.

2. K.C. Slatton, H. Lee, K. Kampa, K. Nagarajan, V. Aggarwal, Estimation of

Optimal Transportation Paths and Optical Gaps in Forested Terrain, 24th

Army Science Conference, November 29 - December 2, 2004.

Review papers :

1. Helped review papers for The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Image

Processing (ICIP 2005).

2. Helped review papers for The 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2004).

Computer Skills :

Operating systems : MS-DOS, Window 9X/2000/XP, Linux (Fedora Core3)

Software/Simulation tools : MATLAB, Mathematica, Surfer, Realm

Survey Suite and POSPac (ALSM data processing), SQL Server 2000.

Programmings : Pascal, C, Visual Basic.

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