Research Groups

Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics

Hearing and Balance Centre

Human Factors Research Unit

Signal Processing and Control

South of England Cochlear Implant Centre

 

Courses

Undergraduate

MSc and Diploma

Short Courses

 

Scholarships

Conferences

Staff

Researchers

Seminars

Vacancies

 

Special Interest

SOUND WAVES - teaching material

 

ISVR Consulting (logo)

 

 

Professor Paul White

Professor in Statistical Signal Processing, Signal Processing and Control Group


Paul White graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1985 with a degree in Mathematics and in 1992 obtained his PhD in the ISVR studying the application of adaptive filters to infrared sensor systems. In 1988 he became a lecturer in ISVR, the lectureship being sponsored by the then Admiralty Research Establishment (later to become DSTL Farnborough). He was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer in 1998 and became a Professor in 2004. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM) and serves on the Executive Team of the Signal Processing PN in the IEE.


Areas of Speciality and Interest

Paul White has special interests in

  • Sonar signal processing, including array processing and transient signal analysis
  • Bio-acoustics
  • Underwater acoustics
  • Time-Frequency and Time-Scale methods
  • Non-linear systems
  • Biomedical signal processing, including analysis of heart sounds and ECG data
  • Image processing: image segmentation, de-blurring, matting and Cetacean photo ID
  • Noise reduction in images and speech
  • Condition monitoring



Projects

Sperm whale tracking

 

Snapping Sounds in the English Channel

Ultrasonics And Underwater Acoustics
3-D Chirp Profiler
Covelia
Speech Enhancement

 

 

Beaked whale references


Publications

For a list of recent publications click here



Email: prw@isvr.soton.ac.uk

Database Updated by: Paul White on 8 August 2008