This book presents the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Signal and Data Processing (ICSDP) 2019. It examines and deliberates on the recent progresses in the areas of communication and signal processing. The book includes topics on the recent advances in the areas of wired and wireless communication, low complexity architecture of MIMO receivers, applications on wireless sensor networks and internet of things, signal processing, image processing and computer vision, VLSI embedded systems, cognitive networks, power electronics and automation, mechatronics based applications, systems and control, cognitive science and machine intelligence, information security and big data. The contents of this book will be useful for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in the area of communication, signal processing, and allied fields.
Dr. S. N. Merchant is currently a Professor (Emeritus Fellow) in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT, Mumbai. He obtained his BTech, MTech and PhD degrees from the department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Mumbai. His broad area of research interest are wireless communication, wireless sensor network, signal processing, multimedia communication and image processing. His noteworthy contribution has been in solving state of the art signal and image processing problems faced by the Indian Defense forces. He serves on the editorial board of two international journals: International Journal of Ultra-Wideband Communication & Systems and International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. He is a fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, IETE and is a recipient of 10th IETE Prof SVC Aiya Memorial Award for his contribution in the field of detection and tracking. He is also the recipient of the 9th IETE Prof SVC Aiya Memorial Award for “Excellence in Telecom Education”. He is the winner of 2013 VASVIK Award in the category of Electrical & Electronic Sciences and Technology.
Dr. Krishna Warhade is currently the Dean Research, Development, Innovation and Consultancy and Professor and Head of the Department, department of Information Technology at MIT College of Engineering and Dr. VishwanathKarad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India. He has obtained his BE (Electronics) and ME (Instrumentation) from Shri Guru GobindSinghji Institute of Engg. & Tech., Nanded, under Swami RamanandTeerthMarathwada University, Nanded. He obtained his PhD from IIT, Mumbai. His research interests include healthcare, video segmentation, wavelets, digital signal processing, digital Image processing, digital filter design and ICT in agriculture. He has worked on various collaborative projects with Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC), Blackberry and Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL).
Dr. DebashisAdhikari is currently the Professor and Dean, School of Electrical Engineering at MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune. He has obtained his BTech from the Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, University of Calcutta, ME and PhD from the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (DRDO) (DU), Pune. His broad area of research interest is wireless communication and antenna systems. He has vast experience on surface to air missile systems, troposcatter communication, SATCOM systems of the Indian Air Force. He has been actively involved in many modification projects on SAM systems of the IAF. He is a fellow of IETE and is a regular reviewer of many reputed international journals.
