Log on
Apply | Contact Us | Give a Gift | VU Home | Site Index | Text only
Selected Publications

Book Chapter

  • L. He, S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Sparse Multi-Frequency Waveform Design for Wideband Imaging,” in V. Amuso, S. Blunt, E. Mokole, R. Schneible and M. Wicks (Eds.), Applications and Methods of Waveform Diversity, SciTech Publishing, 2010.

    Journal Papers

  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Matched-Illumination Waveform Design for a Multistatic Through-the-Wall Radar System,” IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Under review, 2009.
  •  H. Estephan, M. G. Amin, K. M. Yemelyanov, “Optimal Waveform Design for Improved Indoor Target Detection in Sensing Through-the-Wall Applications,” IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Under review, 2009.
  •  P. Setlur, M. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Dual Frequency Doppler Radars for Indoor Range Estimation: Cramér-Rao Bound Analysis,” IET Signal Processing, Accepted for publication.
  •  Y-S. Yoon, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “MVDR Beamforming for Imaging Robustness of Targets Behind Unknown Walls,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Accepted for publication.
  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. Zemany, “Through-the-Wall Target Localization using Dual-Frequency CW Radars,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 45, no. 4, Oct. 2009.
  • Y-S. Yoon, M. G. Amin, “Spatial Filtering for Wall-Clutter Mitigation in Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47, no. 9, September 2009.
  • C. Debes, M. G. Amin, A. M. Zoubir, “Target Detection in Single- and Multiple-View Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47, no. 5, May 2009.
  • Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Time-Frequency Analysis for the Localization of Multiple Moving Targets Using Dual-Frequency Radars,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 15, pp. 777-780, 2008.
  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Multi-Location Wideband Synthetic aperture imaging for urban sensing applications,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 345, no. 6, September 2008.
  • M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Wideband Synthetic Aperture Beamforming for Through-the-Wall Imaging,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 25, no. 4, July 2008.
  • Y-S. Yoon, M. G. Amin, “High-Resolution Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging using Beamspace MUSIC,” IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 56, no. 6, June 2008.
  • F. Ahmad, Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, “Three-dimensional wideband beamforming for imaging through a single wall,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, April 2008.
  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, G. Mandapati, “Autofocusing of Through-the-Wall Radar Imagery under Unknown Wall Characteristics,” IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., vol. 16, no. 7, July 2007.
  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Noncoherent Approach to Through-the-wall Radar Localization,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42, No. 4, Oct. 2006.
  • G. Wang and M. Amin, “Imaging through unknown walls using different standoff distances,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 4015-4025, Oct. 2006.
  • G. Wang, M. G. Amin, and Y. Zhang, "A new approach for target locations in the presence of wall ambiguity," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 301-315, Jan. 2006.
  • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, “Synthetic Aperture Beamformer for imaging through a dielectric wall,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 271-283, Jan. 2005.
  • F. Ahmad, G. J. Frazer, S. A. Kassam, M. G. Amin, “Design and implementation of near-field, wideband synthetic aperture beamformers,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 206-220, Jan. 2004.
  • Conference Papers

    • Y-S. Yoon, M. G. Amin, “Imaging of Behind the Wall Targets Using Wideband Beamforming with Compressive Sensing,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP2009), Cardiff, Wales (UK), August 2009.
    • Y. Zhang, X. Li, M. G. Amin, “Real-Time Acquisition and Tracking of Sniper Bullets Using Multi-Sensor Multi-Frequency Radar Techniques,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP2009), Cardiff, Wales (UK), August 2009.
    • C. Debes, A. M. Zoubir, M.G. Amin, “Optimal Decision Fusion in Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP2009), Cardiff, UK, August 2009.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Multistatic Matched-Illumination Waveform Design for detection and identification of indoor targets behind walls,” Proc. 17th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2009), Glasgow, Scotland, August 2009.
    • P. Setlur, M. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Optimal and Suboptimal Micro-Doppler Estimation Schemes using Carrier Diverse Doppler Radars,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP09), Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
    • C. Debes, J. Riedler, M. G. Amin, A. M. Zoubir, “Iterative Target Detection Approach for Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP09), Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
    • F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Optimal Waveform Design for Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Radar Sensor Technology XIII Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2009.
    • Y-S. Yoon, M. Amin, “Behind-the-wall target identification,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Radar Sensor Technology XIII Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2009.
    • P. Setlur, M. Amin, A. M. Zoubir, “Detection and classification of indoor objects using acoustic excitations,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VIII Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2009.
    • Y. Zhang, M. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Localization of vibrating targets using dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar and time-frequency analysis,” Proc. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, MA, July 2008.
    • C. Debes, M. G. Amin, A. M. Zoubir, “Target Detection in Multiple-Viewing Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, MA, July 2008.
    • Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Application of Time-Frequency Analysis and Kalman Filter to Range Estimation of Targets in Enclosed Structures,” Proc. IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2008.
    • F. Ahmad, “Multi-location Wideband Through-the-Wall Beamforming,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP08), Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.
    • Y. Zhang, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Narrowband Frequency-Hopping Radars for the Range Estimation of Moving and Vibrating Targets,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XII Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
    • Y-S. Yoon, M. Amin, “High resolution through-the-wall radar image based on beamspace eigenstructure subspace methods,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Radar Sensor Technology XII Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
    • S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, K. Yemelyanov “Target and Change Detection in Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensing of Urban Structures,” Proc. IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2008.
    • Y. Zhang, M. Amin, F. Ahmad, “A Novel Approach for Moving Multi-Target Localization Using Dual Frequency Radars and Time-Frequency Distributions,” Proc. 2007 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2007.
    • Y. Zhang, F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Application of Beamforming for Wall Detection and Localization,” Proc. 2007 North American Radio Science Meeting URSI - CNC/USNC, Ottawa, Canada, July 2007.
    • P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad “A Frequency Diverse Doppler Radar for Range-to-Motion Estimation in Urban Sensing Applications,” Proc. 2007 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 2007.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “High-resolution Imaging using Capon beamformers for Urban Sensing Applications,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP07), Honolulu, HI, April 2007.
    • P. Setlur, M. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Cramer-Rao Bounds for Range and Motion Parameter Estimations using Dual Frequency Radars,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP07), Honolulu, HI, April 2007.
    • F. Ahmad, M.G. Amin, “Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Experiments,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Applications for Public Security and Forensics (SAFE 2007), Washington, D.C., April 2007.
    • P. Setlur, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. D. Zemany “Experiments on Through-the-Wall Motion Detection and Ranging,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Performance of autofocusing schemes for single target and populated scenes behind unknown walls,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. D. Zemany, “Performance analysis of dual-frequency CW radars for motion detection and ranging in urban sensing applications,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
    • P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Urban target classifications using time-frequency micro-Doppler signatures,” Proc. International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA07), Sharjah, UAE, Feb. 2007.
    • M. Shoeb, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Source localization in view of urban sensing applications,” Proc. International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA07), Sharjah, UAE, Feb. 2007.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Analyses of Autofocusing Schemes for Indoor Imaging with Unknown Walls,” Proc. Fourth IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing (SAM2006), Waltham, MA, July 2006.
    • S. Aviyente, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Information Theoretic Measures for Through-the-Wall Surveillance,” Proc. Fourth IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing (SAM2006), Waltham, MA, July 2006.
    • M. Amin, P. Zemany, P. Setlur, F. Ahmad, “Moving Target Localization for Indoor Imaging using Dual Frequency CW Radars,” Proc. Fourth IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing (SAM2006), Waltham, MA, July 2006.
    • H. Estephan, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “An Interactive Software for Real-Time Simulation of Through-the-Wall Imaging Radar,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP06), Toulouse, France, May 2006.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “A Noncoherent Approach to Radar Localization through Unknown Walls,” Proc. IEEE Radar Conference, Verona, NY, April 2006.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, M. Shoeb, “Indoor wireless source localization based on area constraints,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Wireless Sensing and Processing Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
    • P. Setlur, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Analysis of Micro-Doppler signals using linear FM basis decomposition,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology X Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. Setlur, “Through-the-Wall Target Localization Using Dual-Frequency CW Radars,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
    • L. He, S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Sparse stepped-frequency waveform design for through-wall radar imaging,” Proc. International Waveform Diversity and Design conference, Lihue Hawaii, Jan. 2006.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, “A Beamforming Approach to Stepped-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Through-the-wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. First IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP05), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Dec. 13-15, 2005.
    • G. Wang and M. Amin, “A Novel Technique to Overcome Wall Ambiguities in Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Applications,” Proc. Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA05), Sydney, Australia, Aug. 2005.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “A Noncoherent Approach to Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging,” Proc. Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA05), Sydney, Australia, Aug. 2005.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “A Noncoherent Radar System Approach for Through-The-Wall Imaging,” Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies IV Conference, Vol. 5778, pp. 196-207, March-April 2005.
    • R. Dilsavor, W. Ailes, P. Rush, F. Ahmad, W. Keichel, G. Titi, M. Amin, “Experiments on wideband through the wall imaging,” (Invited Paper), Proc. SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XII Conference, Vol. 5808, pp. 196-209, March-April 2005.
    • F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, “Through-the-wall wideband synthetic aperture beamformer,” Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Vol. 3, pp. 3059-3062, June 2004.
    • F. Ahmad, G. Frazer, S. Kassam, and M. Amin, “A New Approach for Near-Field Wideband Synthetic Aperture Beamforming,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP03), Vol. 5, pp. 89-92, April 2003.