Project Title: Biologically-Inspired separation of audio signals via sparse representations
Field: Digital Signal Processing
Level: Master’s or Ph.D.
Contact: Dr. Ramin Pichevar

Description: The Advanced Audio Systems group at the Communication Research Centre (CRC) and the Audio and Speech Group at the University of Sherbrooke (UdeS) are looking for a graduate student (master's or Ph.D.) in the context of a joint research project entitled “Anthropomorphic Coding of Multimedia Signals via Object Recognition”. The selected candidate will explore new methods of sound source separation based on sparse representations of signals. The student will register at the University of Sherbrooke, but will do most of his/her research at CRC (Ottawa, Canada). Therefore, the student must be able to obtain the enhanced reliability status from the Government of Canada. The research student will be co-supervised by Roch Lefebvre (professor, UdeS) and Ramin Pichevar (research scientist at CRC and adjunct professor at UdeS).

Requirements:
- Good knowledge of French for master's applicants. For Ph.D. candidates, fluency in either French or English is sufficient.
- Good understanding of digital signal processing fundamentals.
- Some familiarity with audio coding is an asset
- Availability to start in 2010.

Interested candidates should submit their CV to:

Dr. Ramin Pichevar
Research scientist at CRC
Adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Eng., UdeS

Ramin.Pishehvar@crc.gc.ca

or

Dr. Roch Lefebvre
Professor in the Department of Electrical En. , UdeS

Roch.Lefebvre@usherbrooke.ca

Project Title: Application of Photonic Bandgap (PBG) technology in microwave and Millimetre wave
Field: Applied Electromagnetics
Level: M.Sc. or Ph.D.
Contact: Dr. Jafar Shaker

Description: Photonic Bandgap (PBG) has been the subject of intense research in the past few years. PBG technology has thus far been utilized widely in optical applications. In the core of this project lies the development of the theoretical basis and novel practical schemes for the application of PBG concepts in the construction of EBG-based (Electromagnetic Bandgap) antenna and microwave systems. This project is funded by NSERC and is to be carried out in collaboration with Carleton University.

Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of applied electromagnetics and antenna theory
- Knowledge of periodic structures in electromagnetics
- Familiarity with commercial softwares such as: MATLAB and HFSS

Interested candidates should submit their CV to:

Dr. Jafar Shaker, Research scientist at CRC
jafar.shaker@crc.gc.ca