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Dr. Sergiy A. Vorobyov
Professor
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Research
- Research
Interests: Optimization and Linear
Algebra Methods in Signal Processing, Communications, and Machine
Learning; Statistical and Array Signal Processing; Sparse Signal
Processing; Estimation and Detection Theory; Sampling Theory; Large-Scale,
Cooperative and Cognitive Systems
- My
Published and Unpublished Research Works / Software
- My Google Scholar Page
- Research
Group
- Research Projects
NEWS!
- September 6, 2024: Dr. Endrit Dosti has graduated with Doctoral Degree.
The Doctoral Thesis is "Generalized
Accelerated Optimization Framework for Big Data Processing". His
opponent was and Prof.
Jean-Christophe Pesquet. Congratulations to Endrit!
- October 16, 2023: Dr. Majdoddin Esfandiari has graduated with Doctoral
Degree. The Doctoral Thesis is "Advances
and New Applications of Spectral Analysis". His opponents were Prof. A. Lee
Swindlehurst and Prof.
Umberto Spagnolini. Congratulations
to Majdoddin!
- June 21, 2023: Dr. Farshad G. Veshki has graduated with Doctoral
Degree. Distinction and Annual Award have
been recommended by the opponents Prof. Adrian Basarab
and Prof. Sergio A. Cruces.
The Doctoral Thesis is "Methods for Convolutional Sparse Coding
and Coupled Feature Learning with Applications to Image Fusion". Congratulations
to Farshad!
- June 2023: Our paper H. Zheng, C. Zhou, S.A. Vorobyov, and Z. Shi , "Tensorized neural
layer decomposition for 2D DOA estimation," in Proc.
48th IEEE Int. Conf.
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, IEEE ICASSP'23, Rhodes Island, Greece, June 4–9, 2023 is Top 3% of all
papers accepted at IEEE ICASSP 2023
- January
2019: Dr. Mihai Iulian Florea has
been awarded the Aalto Dissertation Annual Award
of 2019 (1 out of total 7) for his Doctoral Thesis "Constructing
Accelerated Algorithms for Large-Scale Optimization: Framework,
Algorithms, and Applications". Congratulations
to Iulian!
- January
2019: Dr. Yongzhe Li has been awarded the Aalto Dissertation Annual Award
of 2019 (1 out of total 7) for his Doctoral Thesis "Advances and New
Opportunities in MIMO Radar: Theoretical Analysis and Algorithms".
Congratulations to Yongzhe!
- November 2018:
Markus Yli-Niemi has
graduated with Master
Degree. The thesis is "Computationally
Efficient Algorithms for Radar Signal Design in Spectrally Busy
Environment". Congratulations to
Markus!
- October 23,
2018: Dr. Mihai Iulian Florea has graduated with
Doctoral Degree. Distinction and Annual Award have been
recommended by the opponents Prof. Yurii Nesterov
and Prof. Jean-Christophe Pesquet.
The Doctoral Thesis is "Constructing
Accelerated Algorithms for Large-Scale Optimization: Framework,
Algorithms, and Applications". Congratulations
to Iulian!
- October 18, 2018: Dr. Yongzhe Li has graduated with
Doctoral Degree. Distinction has been recommended by the
opponents Prof.
Fulvio Gini and Prof.
Christ Richmond. The Doctoral Thesis is "Advances and
New Opportunities in MIMO Radar: Theoretical Analysis and Algorithms".
Congratulations to Yongzhe!
- September
2018: Farshad V. Veshki has graduated with Master Degree. The thesis is "Supervised Coupled
Dictionary Learning for Multi-Focus Image Fusion". Congratulations to Farshad!
- August 30,
2018: Dr. Karthik Upadhya has graduated with Doctoral
Degree. The Doctoral Thesis is "Channel
Estimation in Large-Scale Multi-Antenna Systems for 5G and Beyond: Novel
Pilot Structures and Algorithms". His opponents were Prof. Erik G. Larsson and Prof. A. Lee
Swindlehurst. Congratulations
to Karthik!
- Professor Sergiy A. Vorobyov
is named an IEEE Fellow active from January 2018. He is being
recognized for ‘contributions to optimization in robust signal
processing’. See Aalto news here.
- From December 2016 to May
2017 Mr. Karthik Upadhya and in Feb.-Mar. 2017 prof. Sergiy Vorobyov are
visiting the research group of prof. Robert Heath at the University of
Texas, Austin. Keep an eye to our future joint works.
- December 15, 2015: Matthew W. Morency has won the 1st Price Best Student Paper Award in the 6th IEEE Int. Workshop Computational Advances in
Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, CAMSAP'2015 for the paper M.W.
Morency and S.A. Vorobyov, "An algebraic approach
to rank-constrained beamforming". Congratulations to Matthew!
- December 2015:
Matthew W. Morency has graduated with Master Degree. The thesis is "Algebraic and
Adaptive MIMO Radar". Congratulations
to Matthew!
- October 2014: Yongzhe Li has
graduated with Master Degree. The thesis is "Ambiguity Function
of the Transmit Beamspace-Based MIMO Radar". Congratulations to Yongzhe!
- June 22, 2014:
Prof. Vorobyov has delivered a tutorial "Tradeoffs
in MIMO radar" in the 8th IEEE Sensor Array
and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM’2014
Awards and Honours
- 2023 paper "Tensorized neural
layer decomposition for 2D DOA estimation" is Top
3% of all papers accepted at IEEE ICASSP 2023
- 2018
elevated to IEEE Fellow
- 2015
1st Price Best Student Paper Award by Mr. Matthew W. Morency in the 6th IEEE CAMSAP'2015
- 2012 NSERC
Discovery Accelerator Award, Canada
- 2011 Carl
Zeiss Award, Germany
- 2007 Alberta
Ingenuity New Faculty Award, Alberta, Canada
- 2004 IEEE
Signal Processing Society's Best Paper Award for the paper co-authored by S.A. Vorobyov, A.B. Gershman, and Z.-Q. Luo that was published in Feb. 2003 issue of IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing
- 1999 German
Academic Exchange Service DAAD
Young Scientist Fellowship, Germany
- 1996-1999 Outstanding
Young Scientist (Cabinet of Ministers) Fellowship, Ukraine
- 1996-1997 Young
Scientist Award (Ph.D. student), # PSU071075, Soros Foundation
(ISSEP)
- 1995-1996 Young
Scientist Award (Ph.D. student), # PSU061018, Soros Foundation
(ISSEP)
- 1989 Rank 3 in
universities' Physics Contest, Ukraine
- 1988 Rank 1 in
regional Geometry and Drawing Contest, Ukraine
Teaching
- ELEC-E5424
[Grad] (Aalto): Convex Optimization (ELEC-E5424 since 2022; it was
ELEC-E5422 & E5423 Parts I & II from 2017 to 2021; ELEC-E5420 from
2014 to 2016; and S-88.4400 in 2913); Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall
2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016,
Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
- ELEC-E5431
[Grad] (Aalto): Large Scale Data Analysis; Winter 2023, Winter
2022, Winter 2021, Winter 2020, Winter 2019, Winter 2017, Winter 2016
- ELEC-C5310
[Undergrad] (Aalto): Introduction to Estimation, Detection and Learning;
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Winter 2022, Winter 2021, Winter 2020
- ECE740 [Grad]
(UofA): Convex Optimization; Winter 2012,
Winter 2011, Summer 2011 (Ilmenau)
- EE338
[Undergrad] (UofA): Discrete Time Signals and
Systems; Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
- EE231
[Undergrad] (UofA): Numerical Analysis for
Electrical and Computer Engineers; Winter 2012, Winter 2011, Winter
2010, Winter 2009, Winter 2008
- EE485
[Undergrad] (UofA): Digital Communications;
Winter 2009, Winter 2008, Winter 2007
- ECE740 [Grad]
(UofA): Statistical and Adaptive Signal
Processing; Winter 2010, Winter 2009, Winter 2008
Professional Societies
and Service
- Membership:
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IEEE Fellow since
2018
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IEEE Senior Member
2006-2017
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IEEE Member 2002-2005
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EURASIP Member
since 2005
- Technical
Committee Member: Signal
Processing for Multisensor Systems (SPMuS), EURASIP
(2017 - present)
- Technical
Committee Member: Sensor
Array and Multi-Channel Signal Processing (SAM) Technical Committee, IEEE Signal Processing
Society (2007 - 2012)
- Technical
Committee Member: Signal
Processing for Communication and Networking (SPCOM) Technical Committee,
IEEE Signal Processing
Society (2010 - 2016)
- General
Co-Char: 31st European
Signal Processing
Conference (EUSIPCO) 2023, Helsinki
- Technical
Program Co-Chair: IEEE CAMSAP
2023, IEEE
SAM 2018, IEEE CAMSAP 2011, Asilomar
2011
- Tutorial Chair: ISWCS 2013
- Senior Area
Editor for IEEE
Signal Processing Letters (2016 - 2020)
- Associate
Editor for IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing (2006 - 2010)
- Associate
Editor for IEEE
Signal Processing Letters (2007 - 2009)
- Guest Editor:
Special Issue on Tensor Decomposition for Signal Processing and Machine
Learning of IEEE
Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2020-2021
- Guest Editor: Special Issue
on `Advances in DOA Estimation and Source Localization' of International Journal of
Antennas and Propagation, 2017
- Leading Guest
Editor: Special Issue on Optimization Techniques in Wireless
Communications of EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2009
- Reviewing for
Journals: IEEE Transactions on
Signal Processing, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing,
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Neurocomputing,
EURASIP Journal on Signal Processing, Journal on Applied Signal
Processing, Digital Signal Processing, IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Communications, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE
Communications Letters, EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Journal of the Acoustic
Society of America, etc.