SUNDARESH RAM
Address:
841, East Drachman Street,
University Gardens Apt.,
Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Ph: 1 (520) – 977 – 7605
Webpage: www.ece.arizona.edu/~ram1
Email: ram@email.arizona.edu
INTERESTS
Digital Signal & Image Processing, Image & Video Analysis, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine
Learning, Statistical Signal Processing.
EDUCATION
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
 Enrolled: Jan. 2008 – July 2010 (Expected)
 Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey J. Rodríguez
 Current GPA: 3.2 / 4.0
B.E., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Anna University, Chennai, India
 Enrolled: Aug. 2003 – May 2007
 GPA: 86.5%, Rank: 22nd Univ. Rank
WORK
EXPERIENCE
The VIP Research Lab, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona – Image Processing
Graduate Student Worker
Jan. 2010 – Present
Maintenance of group web page, download satellite remote sensing data from various NASA centers and
design code to detect and classify the vegetation, arid lands in the hyper-spectral image data.
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, India – Signal Processing
Internship
Jan. 2007 – Oct. 2007
Developed a system to identify and classify underwater acoustics and ambient noise. Identified and
classified different type of underwater signals from ambient noise including natural and man-made, using
spectral analysis.
Cirrus Logic Software Ltd., Pune, India – Audio Processing
Summer Internship
May 2006 – Sept. 2006
Incorporated the wavelet transform in audio compression. Increased the encoding speed by substituting the
detailed psychoacoustic analysis with a wavelet-coefficient-based statistical analysis.
SKILLS
Assembly Languages
High-Level Languages
Software
Tools
Operating Systems
JOURNAL
PUBLICATIONS
Analog Devices Blackfin BF533 ADSP, TI TMS320C50/20.
C, C++, Open GL, Open CV.
MATLAB, LabVIEW, Verilog, Mathematica, Visual DSP++, ISIS-3, VHDL,
Code Composer Studio.
MS Word, LaTeX, Adobe Premiere.
MS Windows, UNIX, SQL.
1. “3D Spot Detection and Segmentation in Fluorescent in-situ Hybridization Images,” Sundaresh
Ram, Jeffrey J. Rodríguez, Giovanni Bosco, Cytometry Part A, (submitted).
2. “Detection of 3D Nuclear Cells in Fluorescent in-situ Hybridization Images,” Sundaresh Ram,
Jeffrey J. Rodríguez, Giovanni Bosco, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (in
preparation).
3. “Active Mask Segmentation of Fluorescence Microscope Images,” Sundaresh Ram, Jeffrey J.
Rodríguez, Giovanni Bosco, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,
(in preparation).
CONFERENCE
PUBLICATIONS
1. “Segmentation and Classification of 3-D Spots in FISH Images,” “Sundaresh Ram”, “Jeffrey J.
Rodriguez”, “Giovanni Bosco”, “IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation,”
May 23-25, 2010, TX, Austin.
2. “Multiple 3-D Objects Detection and Recognition Using Independent Component Analysis,”
“Ajay.S.Nath”, “Sundaresh Ram”, “Balaji.V”, “K.Balachandar”, “Proc. Of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Signal
Processing, Communications and Networking (ICSCN),” Jan. 4-6, 2008, pp.384-391.
3. “Removing a Camera Shake From a Single Photograph,” “Sundaresh Ram”, “S.Jayendran”, “Proc.
of IEEE Indian Conference INDICON,” Sept. 6-8, 2007, pp.528-533.
PROJECTS
Non-Rigid Object Tracking
Apr. 2010 – Present
Investigating the kernel based object tracking in video for improvements, using spatial motion continuity and
spatial color coherence cues.
Texture Segmentation and Recognition
Sept. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Texture recognition and segmentation using fusion of Gabor filters, gray level co-occurrence probabilities
and wavelets.
Modeling Scene Spatial Illumination
Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2009
Learned statistical models for scene spatial illumination, detection of moving shadow regions in a scene
background of outdoor images.
Motion Estimation for Video Compression
Aug. 2008 – Dec. 2008
Implemented different block matching algorithms for motion estimation for video compression applications.
3-D Object Detection and Recognition
June 2007 – Nov. 2007
Detected and recognized multiple 3D objects in an image using PCA and ICA analysis in a neural network
framework.
Bit-Plane Watermarking
Apr. 2007 – May 2007
Embedded information into the bit planes of images to prevent image tampering.
ACADEMIC
EXPERIENCE
Electrical and Computer Engineering – The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Signal and Image Lab (SaIL).
Molecular and Cellular Biology – The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Bosco Lab.
Graduate Research Assistantship
Jan. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Developed novel algorithms for automatic detection and segmentation of fluorescent spots in fluorescence
in-situ hybridization (FISH) images for use in study of cytogenetic abnormalities.
Lunar and Planetary Lab – The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Planetary and Image Research Lab (PIRL).
Graduate Research Assistantship
Aug. 2008 – Dec. 2009
Developed algorithms for producing digital terrain models of moon using photometric stereo and multi-image
shape from shading.
Radiology – The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Experimental Ultrasound and Neural Imaging Lab (EUNIL).
Graduate Research Assistantship
Jan. 2008 – June 2008
Developed image reconstruction algorithms using FFT methods for photo acoustic imaging.
HONORS AND
AWARDS
2009 Awarded Graduate Tuition & Research Scholarship, The University of Arizona.
2008 Awarded Graduate Tuition & Research Scholarship, The University of Arizona.
2005 Had the privilege to represent the college in a seminar/panel session, “The lure of IT at what cost?”
conducted by The Hindu Education Plus.
2003 Won Britannia general quiz, south zone, India.
2000 Was awarded Certificate of Credit in Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards
conducted by The Australian Mathematics Trust.
GRADUATE
COURSEWORK
Advanced Digital Signal Processing
Computer-Aided Logic Design
Advanced Medical Imaging
Radar Signal Processing
Statistical Modeling and Inference
Computer Graphics
WORKSHOPS,
COURSES
ATTENDED
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National Workshop on Applications of Digital Signal Processing (Sept. 2007): DSP and its
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applications in embedded systems, digital signal processing in wireless communications.
Three days tutorial on Signal Processing (Aug. 2007): Analysis of ambulatory ECG, support vector
Random Processes
Digital Image Processing
Data Compression
Stochastic Processes
Digital Image Analysis
Principles of Image Science
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machines, kernel methods, robot vision, human computer interfaces, motion film restoration,
telepresence, video analysis.
National Workshop on Advanced Digital Signal Processing (Oct. 2006): power spectrum estimation,
adaptive filters, signal modeling and multirate digital signal processing.
Certification Course on Blackfin processor ADSP-BF533 at Analog Devices India (ADI)-IIT Madras
DSP Learning Center (June 2006): Blackfin BF533 ADSP architecture, instruction set, assembly
language coding, modules-speech coding, cross compiling, echo cancellation, adaptive equalization, still
image compression, baseband communication, code optimization, image restoration, optical character
recognition.
Two Days tutorial on DSP Applications using MATLAB (Sept. 2005): edge detection, face
recognition, LMS algorithm, and DPCM using artificial neural networks.
Two Days tutorial on Soft Computing using MATLAB (May 2005): artificial neural networks, fuzzy
logic, and genetic algorithm.
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Certification Course in Advanced Mathematics (Sept. 2004 – March 2005): transform techniques,
wavelet analysis, discrete mathematics, finite-element methods.
SYNERGISTIC
ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
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Uncertainty Quantification Group, Dept. of Mathematics
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Jan. 2009 – Present
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Computer Vision Group, Dept. of Computer Science
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Jan. 2009 – Present
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Bayesian Study Group, Dept. of Mathematics
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Jan. 2009 – Present
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Chairman of IEEE Student Chapter
Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Jan. 2006 – June 2007
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Student member of Maths club, VEC
Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, India.
Jan. 2005 – June 2007
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Student Member of IEEE
June 2004 – Present
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Member of IEEE Signal Processing Society
Jan. 2008 – Present
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Member of IEEE Communications Society
Jan. 2009 – Present
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Reviewer for ICASSP, 2009, 2010.
Reviewer for ICIP, 2010.
Reviewer for Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computer.