Prof. Moeness G. Amin Profile

Prof. Moeness G. Amin

Director at Villanova Univ

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Publications (122)

Proceedings Article | 19 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Performance comparison of dual-function systems embedding phase-modulated signals in FH radar

Indu Priya Eedara, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 11423, 114230U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558264

KEYWORDS: Phase shift keying, Radar, Modulation, Telecommunications, Embedded systems, Phase modulation, Data communications, Doppler effect, Antennas, Associative arrays, Spectrum analysis

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Proceedings Article | 18 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Exploitation of motion capture data for improved synthetic micro-doppler signature generation with adversarial learning

Sevgi Z. Gurbuz, Baris Erol, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 11395, 113950C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560118

KEYWORDS: Radar, Kinematics, Data modeling, Data acquisition, Sensors, Motion models, Doppler effect, Neural networks, Gait analysis

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Proceedings Article | 18 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Automatic arm gesture recognition using information gleaned from maximum instantaneous Doppler frequencies

Zhengxin Zeng, Moeness Amin, Tao Shan

Proceedings Volume 11408, 114080B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558304

KEYWORDS: Doppler effect, Radar, Principal component analysis, Gesture recognition, Time-frequency analysis, Feature extraction

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2020 Presentation

Planar sparse array design for transmit beamforming (Conference Presentation)

Syed Ali Hamza, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 11408, 1140806 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2557923

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Receivers, Transmitters, Radar, Target detection, Signal processing, Interference (communication), Passive remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2020 Presentation

A method for optimum sparse array beamforming design (Conference Presentation)

Syed Ali Hamza, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 11395, 1139503 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561526

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Target detection, Interference (communication), Antennas, Switching, Detection and tracking algorithms, Monte Carlo methods

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Proceedings Article | 23 April 2020 Presentation + Paper

An algorithm for automatic respiratory state classifications using tracheal sound analysis

Indu Priya Eedara, Moeness Amin, Jeffrey Joseph

Proceedings Volume 11395, 113950F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561489

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Feature extraction, Acoustics, Electronic filtering, Statistical analysis, Chest, Data modeling, Heart, Signal processing, Filtering (signal processing)

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Proceedings Article | 23 April 2020 Presentation + Paper

Micro-Doppler classification of activities of daily living incorporating human ethogram

Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 11408, 1140808 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558322

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Radar, Gait analysis, Doppler effect, Psychology, Motion models, Time-frequency analysis, Data modeling, Signal processing, Principal component analysis

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Proceedings Article | 21 April 2020 Presentation + Paper

A novel 3-D radar imaging method based on sparse optimization

Jixiang Fu, Moeness Amin, Mengdao Xing

Proceedings Volume 11395, 1139505 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561611

KEYWORDS: 3D image processing, Radar imaging, 3D acquisition, Radar, Image quality, Image processing, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 21 June 2019 Presentation + Paper

Radar for indoor surveillance: state of art and perspectives

G. Gennarelli, F. Soldovieri, M. Amin

Proceedings Volume 11059, 1105903 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527660

KEYWORDS: Radar, Surveillance, Radar imaging, Signal processing, Doppler effect, Data processing, Target detection, Tomography, Electromagnetism, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2019 Paper

Two dimensional sparse array design for wideband signals

Moeness Amin, Syed Hamza

Proceedings Volume 10989, 109890J (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519879

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Antennas, Signal to noise ratio, Phased arrays, Interference (communication), Signal processing, Data processing, Switching, Receivers

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2019 Paper

Performance trade-off analysis of co-design of radar and phase modulated communication signals in frequency hopping MIMO systems

Moeness Amin, Indu Priya Eedara

Proceedings Volume 10989, 109890K (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519880

KEYWORDS: Radar, Phase shift keying, Modulation, Telecommunications, Antennas, Doppler effect, Embedded systems, Data communications, Receivers, Phase modulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2019 Paper

RF sensing for continuous monitoring of human activities for home consumer applications

Moeness Amin, Arun Ravisankar, Ronny Guendel

Proceedings Volume 10989, 1098907 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519984

KEYWORDS: Radar, Radon transform, Image filtering, Sensors, Doppler effect, Control systems, Cameras, Medical imaging, Motion detection, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Paper

Realization of radar-based fall detection using spectrograms

Moeness Amin, Baris Erol, Mark Francisco, Arun Ravisankar

Proceedings Volume 10658, 106580B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309817

KEYWORDS: Radar, Doppler effect

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2018 Presentation + Paper

Data-driven cepstral and neural learning of features for robust micro-Doppler classification

Sevgi Gurbuz, Baris Erol, Moeness Amin, Mehmet Seyfioglu

Proceedings Volume 10633, 106330J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304396

KEYWORDS: Radar, Automatic target recognition, Doppler effect, Target recognition, Continuous wave operation, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2017 Paper

Defect classification in sparsity-based structural health monitoring

Fauzia Ahmad, Andrew Golato, Sridhar Santhanam, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 10211, 102110A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262925

KEYWORDS: Structural health monitoring, Waveguides, Wave plates, Associative arrays, Inspection, Signal attenuation, Wave propagation, Aluminum, Ultrasonography, Transducers, Reflectivity, Finite element methods

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2017 Paper

Performance analysis of sparsity-based interpolation for DOA estimation with non-uniform arrays

Fauzia Ahmad, Elie Bou Daher, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 10211, 102110F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263337

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Error analysis, Communication engineering, Smoothing, Sensors, Neodymium, Mendelevium, Monte Carlo methods, Electrochemical etching, Radar

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SPIE Journal Paper | 20 July 2016 Open Access

Multimodal sparse reconstruction in guided wave imaging of defects in plates

Andrew Golato, Sridhar Santhanam, Fauzia Ahmad, Moeness Amin

JEI, Vol. 25, Issue 04, 043013, (July 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JEI.25.4.043013

KEYWORDS: Transducers, Transmitters, Receivers, Waveguides, Wave propagation, Associative arrays, Structural health monitoring, Reflectivity, Wave plates, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2016 Paper

Efficient sidelobe ASK based dual-function radar-communications

Aboulnasr Hassanien, Moeness Amin, Yimin Zhang, Fauzia Ahmad

Proceedings Volume 9829, 98290K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227252

KEYWORDS: Amplitude shift keying, Signal to noise ratio, Radar, Telecommunications, Receivers, Binary data, Computer engineering, Phase shift keying, Signal detection, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2016 Paper

Computationally efficient beampattern synthesis for dual-function radar-communications

Aboulnasr Hassanien, Moeness Amin, Yimin Zhang

Proceedings Volume 9829, 98290L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227333

KEYWORDS: Radar, Modulation, Optical simulations, Receivers, Convex optimization, Antennas, Atrial fibrillation, Phase shift keying, Optimization (mathematics), Amplitude shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2016 Paper

Radar fall detectors: a comparison

Boualem Boashash, Fauzia Ahmad, Baris Erol, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9829, 982918 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224984

KEYWORDS: Radar, Sensors, Injuries, Feature extraction, Speech recognition, Doppler effect, Wavelets, Stationary wavelet transform, Imaging systems, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2016 Paper

Radar fall detection using principal component analysis

Fauzia Ahmad, Branka Jokanovic, Moeness Amin, Boualem Boashash

Proceedings Volume 9829, 982919 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225106

KEYWORDS: Radar, Principal component analysis, Doppler effect, Feature extraction, Signal detection, Target detection, Defense and security, Image processing, Motion models, Injuries

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2016 Paper

Structure-aware Bayesian compressive sensing for frequency-hopping spectrum estimation

Yimin Zhang, Shengheng Liu, Tao Shan, Si Qin, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9857, 98570N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228339

KEYWORDS: Compressed sensing, Telecommunications, Time-frequency analysis, Signal processing, Binary data, Compressed sensing, Time-frequency analysis, Telecommunications, Atrial fibrillation, Doppler effect, Fourier transforms, Statistical analysis, Radar

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2016 Paper

Sparsity-based extrapolation for direction-of-arrival estimation using co-prime arrays

Fauzia Ahmad, Elie BouDaher, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9857, 98570M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225454

KEYWORDS: Radar, Smoothing, Communication engineering, Sensors, Array processing, Medical imaging, Wireless communications, Motion measurement, Compressed sensing, Analytics

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2016 Paper

Sparsity based defect imaging in pipes using guided waves

Andrew Golato, Fauzia Ahmad, Sridhar Santhanam, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9857, 98570K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223161

KEYWORDS: Inspection, Structural health monitoring, Ultrasonics, Transducers, Waveguides, Wave propagation, Monte Carlo methods, Scattering, Associative arrays, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2016 Paper

Robust nonstationary jammer mitigation for GPS receivers with instantaneous frequency error tolerance

Yimin Zhang, Ben Wang, Moeness Amin, Si Qin

Proceedings Volume 9857, 98570G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225835

KEYWORDS: Fermium, Frequency modulation, Global Positioning System, Time-frequency analysis, Iterated function systems, Receivers, Global Positioning System, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Receivers, Tolerancing, Time-frequency analysis, Error analysis, Atrial fibrillation, Reconstruction algorithms

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

High-resolution frequency estimation using generalized coprime sampling

Yimin Zhang, Si Qin, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9497, 94970K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178341

KEYWORDS: Statistical analysis, Thallium, Monte Carlo methods, Signal to noise ratio, Neodymium, Silicon, Super resolution, Surveillance, Sensors, Measurement devices

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

Parsimonious sidelobe control for transmit beamforming using multidimensional arrays

Aboulnasr Hassanien, Yimin Zhang, Moeness Amin, Fauzia Ahmad

Proceedings Volume 9497, 94970W (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178339

KEYWORDS: Radar, Antennas, Optimization (mathematics), Beam controllers, Convex optimization, Chemical elements, Target detection, Diode pumped solid state lasers, Matrices, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

Personalized fall detection and classification through walls and in heavy indoor clutter

Fauzia Ahmad, Moeness Amin, Branka Jokanovic

Proceedings Volume 9461, 94610H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177600

KEYWORDS: Radar, Doppler effect, Signal attenuation, Time-frequency analysis, Gait analysis, Detection and tracking algorithms, Radar signal processing, Antennas, System integration, Injuries

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

Capon-based single-snapshot DOA estimation in monostatic MIMO radar

Aboulnasr Hassanien, Moeness Amin, Yimin Zhang, Fauzia Ahmad

Proceedings Volume 9497, 94970G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179166

KEYWORDS: Radar, Phased arrays, Signal to noise ratio, Antennas, Receivers, Statistical analysis, Sensors, Control systems, Target detection, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

Micro-Doppler characteristics of elderly gait patterns with walking aids

Fauzia Ahmad, Moeness Amin, Yimin Zhang, Boualem Boashash

Proceedings Volume 9461, 94611A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178398

KEYWORDS: Gait analysis, Radar, Doppler effect, Time-frequency analysis, Fourier transforms, Aluminum, Human subjects, Antennas, Systems modeling, Sensing systems

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

High-resolution time-frequency distributions for fall detection

Yimin Zhang, Moeness Amin, Boualem Boashash

Proceedings Volume 9461, 94611B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180139

KEYWORDS: Time-frequency analysis, Radar, Doppler effect, Feature extraction, Electrocardiography, Image segmentation, Cameras, Light sources and illumination, Frequency modulation

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2015 Paper

Multimodal exploitation and sparse reconstruction for guided-wave structural health monitoring

Andrew Golato, Sridhar Santhanam, Fauzia Ahmad, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9484, 94840L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177472

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Associative arrays, Structural health monitoring, Transducers, Wave plates, Signal attenuation, Wave propagation, Aluminum, Composites, Monte Carlo methods

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2015 Paper

Sparsity-based moving target localization using multiple dual-frequency radars under phase errors

Fauzia Ahmad, Khodour Al Kadry, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9484, 948403 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177360

KEYWORDS: Radar, Error analysis, Signal to noise ratio, Distributed computing, Compressed sensing, Target detection, Sensing systems, Reconnaissance systems, Environmental sensing, Associative arrays

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2015 Paper

Sparsity-based DOA estimation of coherent and uncorrelated targets using transmit/receive co-prime arrays

Fauzia Ahmad, Elie BouDaher, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9484, 94840E (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177597

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Chemical elements, Active remote sensing, Receivers, Sensors, Reconstruction algorithms, Communication engineering, Detection and tracking algorithms, Signal to noise ratio, Radar

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2015 Paper

Time-frequency signature sparse reconstruction using chirp dictionary

Yen T. Nguyen, Moeness Amin, Mounir Ghogho, Des McLernon

Proceedings Volume 9484, 94840H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180140

KEYWORDS: Associative arrays, Time-frequency analysis, Chemical species, Radar, Fourier transforms, Reconstruction algorithms, Information operations, Doppler effect, Interference (communication), Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2015 Paper

Multifrequency and multimodal sparse reconstruction in Lamb wave based structural health monitoring

Andrew Golato, Sridhar Santhanam, Fauzia Ahmad, Moeness Amin

Proceedings Volume 9437, 94371U (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084822

KEYWORDS: Transducers, Associative arrays, Structural health monitoring, Wave propagation, Signal to noise ratio, Wave plates, Scattering, Signal attenuation, Reflectivity, Signal processing

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SPIE Journal Paper | 17 February 2015

Gaussian mixture modeling approach for stationary human identification in through-the-wall radar imagery

Vamsi Kilaru, Moeness Amin, Fauzia Ahmad, Pascale Sévigny, David D. DiFilippo

JEI, Vol. 24, Issue 01, 013028, (February 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JEI.24.1.013028

KEYWORDS: Radar, 3D image processing, 3D acquisition, Feature extraction, Detection and tracking algorithms, Expectation maximization algorithms, Antennas, 3D modeling, Synthetic aperture radar, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 29 May 2014 Paper

Textural feature selection for enhanced detection of stationary humans in through-the-wall radar imagery

F. Ahmad, A. Chaddad, M. Amin, P. Sevigny, D. DiFilippo

Proceedings Volume 9077, 90770F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049416

KEYWORDS: Feature extraction, Radar, Gadolinium, 3D image processing, Feature selection, Target detection, 3D acquisition, Radar imaging, Antennas, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 29 May 2014 Paper

Fall detection and classifications based on time-scale radar signal characteristics

Yimin Zhang, Ajay Gadde, Moeness Amin, Fauzia Ahmad

Proceedings Volume 9077, 907712 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050998

KEYWORDS: Radar, Wavelet transforms, Doppler effect, Mahalanobis distance, Continuous wavelet transforms, Wavelets, Signal detection, Feature extraction, Binary data, Sensors

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