Electrical Engineering Signal Processing

Kenneth M. Sullivan

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805-***-**** ********@*****.*** http://vision.ece.ucsb.edu/~sullivak

Work Experience

Mayachitra, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (2005-Present)

Research Sta Member

As principal investigator (PI), lead several image and video analysis projects (SBIR/STTR, BAA grant, and

subcontract).

On current DARPA video image retrieval and analysis tool project (VIRAT), designed and implemented

large-scale video descriptor indexing database from ground-up. This is sole system chosen, by performance,

from competing rst phase approaches to carry forward into the second phase of the project.

Developed end-to-end image content-based search system including GUI, optimized search algorithms,

large-scale storage, and database interface.

Delivered fully functional software systems on Mac, Linux, and Windows platforms.

Additional responsibilities include seeking funding opportunities, writing proposals, performing basic research,

implementing prototypes, brie ng sponsors, and staying current with recent developments in relevant elds.

Project research focuses on machine vision, image processing, and high-dimensional indexing. Speci c project

goals include content-based search, object classi cation, activity recognition, and anomaly detection for image

and video data collected from a variety of sources including surveillance cameras, satellites, and UAVs, and

indexing for large databases of multimedia descriptors.

University of California, Santa Barbara (2001-2005)

Graduate Student Researcher

Researched digital image steganography (hiding data in images) under Profs. Manjunath, Madhow, and

Chandrasekaran.

University of California, Santa Barbara (2001, 2005)

Teaching Assistant

Conducted laboratory and discussion classes in upper-division classes: Digital Signal Processing, Analog

Communications, and Network Synthesis. Supervised and assisted students with labs and homework.

Tiernan Communications Inc., San Diego, CA (1998-2000)

Hardware/Software Engineer

Designed hardware and software for new MPEG-2 integrated receiver and decoder (IRD) cheaper and with

more features then previous models.

Implemented hardware design for QPSK demodulator.

Maintained hardware and software for MPEG-2 encoders, modulators, demodulators and decoders. Projects

involved verifying product requirements with marketing, writing high level design, designing the circuit board

schematic, PCB layout, writing control rmware in C, designing FPGA logic, testing and debugging the IRD,

and coordinating with production for quality testing.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering 2005 University of California, Santa Barbara

Thesis: Image Steganalysis: Hunting and Escaping . Dissertation topic is steganalysis, the detection of data

hidden in images, a eld marrying elements of image analysis and communications.

Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering 2002 University of California, Santa Barbara

Focus on image and signal processing, and communications (emphasis on source and channel coding).

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Economics 1998 University of California, San

Diego

Coursework included general electrical engineering knowledge with a focus on signal processing, communications,

and networks.

Skills

Pro cient in C, C++, Objective-C, Cocoa, MATLAB

Familiarity with SQL, Python, OCaml, SOAP, L TEXA

Daily Use: Linux (various distributions), Mac, and Windows.

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