Bio


Teresa H. Meng is the Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emerita, at Stanford University. Her research activities in the first 10 years focused on low-power circuit and system design, video signal processing, and wireless communications. In 1998, Prof. Meng took leave from Stanford and founded Atheros Communications, Inc., which developed semiconductor system solutions for wireless network communications products. After returning to Stanford in 2000 to continue her teaching and research, Prof. Meng turned her research interest to applying signal processing and IC design to bio-medical engineering. She collaborated with Prof. Krishna Shenoy on neural signal processing and neural prosthetic systems. She also directed a research group exploring wireless power transfer and implantable bio-medical devices. Prof. Meng retired from Stanford in 2013.

Academic Appointments


Honors & Awards


  • Alexander Graham Bell Medal, IEEE (2019)
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, ACM SIGMOBILE (2018)
  • Academician, Academia Sinica of Taiwan (2010)
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, UC Berkeley, EECS Department (2010)
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, National Taiwan University (2010)
  • Donald O. Peterson Solid-State Circuits Award, IEEE (2009)
  • Life-Time Achievement Award, DEMO (2009)
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (2007)
  • Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society (2004)
  • Bosch Faculty Scholar Award, Stanford University (2003)
  • 20/20 Vision Award, CIO Magazine (2002)
  • Innovator of the Year, MIT Sloan Business School (2002)
  • Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year, Red Herring (2001)
  • Fellow, IEEE (1998)
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1989)
  • Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (1989)
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society (1988)
  • Ely Jury Award, UC Berkeley (1988)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Director, Ambarella, Inc. (2018 - Present)
  • Director, Alliance Cultural Foundation International (2017 - Present)
  • Advisor, Atmosic Technologies (2016 - Present)
  • Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2010 - Present)
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (2007 - Present)
  • Trustee, Computer Science Museum (2006 - 2008)
  • Director of CS and Telecommunication Board, National Academies (2003 - 2009)
  • Founder and Director, Atheros Communications Inc (1999 - 2011)
  • Fellow, IEEE (1998 - Present)

Professional Education


  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, EECS (1988)
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, EECS (1985)
  • B.S., National Taiwan University, Electrical Engineering (1983)

All Publications


  • A freely-moving monkey treadmill model JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING Foster, J. D., Nuyujukian, P., Freifeld, O., Gao, H., Walker, R., Ryu, S. I., Meng, T. H., Murmann, B., Black, M. J., Shenoy, K. V. 2014; 11 (4)

    Abstract

    Objective. Motor neuroscience and brain-machine interface (BMI) design is based on examining how the brain controls voluntary movement, typically by recording neural activity and behavior from animal models. Recording technologies used with these animal models have traditionally limited the range of behaviors that can be studied, and thus the generality of science and engineering research. We aim to design a freely-moving animal model using neural and behavioral recording technologies that do not constrain movement. Approach. We have established a freely-moving rhesus monkey model employing technology that transmits neural activity from an intracortical array using a head-mounted device and records behavior through computer vision using markerless motion capture. We demonstrate the flexibility and utility of this new monkey model, including the first recordings from motor cortex while rhesus monkeys walk quadrupedally on a treadmill. Main results. Using this monkey model, we show that multi-unit threshold-crossing neural activity encodes the phase of walking and that the average firing rate of the threshold crossings covaries with the speed of individual steps. On a population level, we find that neural state-space trajectories of walking at different speeds have similar rotational dynamics in some dimensions that evolve at the step rate of walking, yet robustly separate by speed in other state-space dimensions. Significance. Freely-moving animal models may allow neuroscientists to examine a wider range of behaviors and can provide a flexible experimental paradigm for examining the neural mechanisms that underlie movement generation across behaviors and environments. For BMIs, freely-moving animal models have the potential to aid prosthetic design by examining how neural encoding changes with posture, environment and other real-world context changes. Understanding this new realm of behavior in more naturalistic settings is essential for overall progress of basic motor neuroscience and for the successful translation of BMIs to people with paralysis.

    View details for DOI 10.1088/1741-2560/11/4/046020

    View details for Web of Science ID 000340046500020

  • A mm-Sized Wirelessly Powered and Remotely Controlled Locomotive Implant IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Pivonka, D., Yakovlev, A., Poon, A. S., Meng, T. 2012; 6 (6): 523-532

    Abstract

    A wirelessly powered and controlled implantable device capable of locomotion in a fluid medium is presented. Two scalable low-power propulsion methods are described that achieve roughly an order of magnitude better performance than existing methods in terms of thrust conversion efficiency. The wireless prototype occupies 0.6 mm × 1 mm in 65 nm CMOS with an external 2 mm × 2 mm receive antenna. The IC consists of a matching network, a rectifier, a bandgap reference, a regulator, a demodulator, a digital controller, and high-current drivers that interface directly with the propulsion system. It receives 500 μW from a 2 W 1.86 GHz power signal at a distance of 5 cm. Asynchronous pulse-width modulation on the carrier allows for data rates from 2.5-25 Mbps with energy efficiency of 0.5 pJ/b at 10 Mbps. The received data configures the propulsion system drivers, which are capable of driving up to 2 mA at 0.2 V and can achieve speed of 0.53 cm/sec in a 0.06 T magnetic field.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2232665

    View details for Web of Science ID 000313907800002

  • CytoSPADE: high-performance analysis and visualization of high-dimensional cytometry data BIOINFORMATICS Linderman, M. D., Bjornson, Z., Simonds, E. F., Qiu, P., Bruggner, R. V., Sheode, K., Meng, T. H., Plevritis, S. K., Nolan, G. P. 2012; 28 (18): 2400-2401

    Abstract

    MOTIVATION: Recent advances in flow cytometry enable simultaneous single-cell measurement of 30+ surface and intracellular proteins. CytoSPADE is a high-performance implementation of an interface for the Spanning-tree Progression Analysis of Density-normalized Events algorithm for tree-based analysis and visualization of this high-dimensional cytometry data. AVAILABILITY: Source code and binaries are freely available at http://cytospade.org and via Bioconductor version 2.10 onwards for Linux, OSX and Windows. CytoSPADE is implemented in R, C++ and Java. CONTACT: michael.linderman@mssm.edu SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional documentation available at http://cytospade.org.

    View details for DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts425

    View details for PubMedID 22782546

  • HermesE: A 96-Channel Full Data Rate Direct Neural Interface in 0.13 mu m CMOS IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Gao, H., Walker, R. M., Nuyujukian, P., Makinwa, K. A., Shenoy, K. V., Murmann, B., Meng, T. H. 2012; 47 (4): 1043-1055
  • Adaptive Resolution ADC Array for an Implantable Neural Sensor IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS O'Driscoll, S., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2011; 5 (2): 120-130

    Abstract

    This paper describes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) array for an implantable neural sensor which digitizes neural signals sensed by a microelectrode array. The ADC array consists of 96 variable resolution ADC base cells. The resolution of each ADC cell in the array is varied according to neural data content of the signal from the corresponding electrode. The resolution adaptation algorithm is essentially to periodically recalibrate the required resolution and this is done without requiring any additional ADC cells. The adaptation implementation and results are described. The base ADC cell is implemented using a successive approximation charge redistribution architecture. The choice of architecture and circuit design are presented. The base ADC has been implemented in 0.13 μm CMOS as a 100 kS/s SAR ADC whose resolution can be varied from 3 to 8 bits with corresponding power consumption of 0.23 μW to 0.90 μW achieving an ENOB of 7.8 at the 8-bit setting. The energy per conversion step figure of merit is 48 fJ/step at the 8-bit setting. Resolution adaptation reduces power consumption by a factor of 2.3 for typical motor neuron signals while maintaining an effective 7.8-bit resolution across all channels.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2145418

    View details for Web of Science ID 000290534500004

  • HermesD: A High-Rate Long-Range Wireless Transmission System for Simultaneous Multichannel Neural Recording Applications IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Miranda, H., Gilja, V., Chestek, C. A., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2010; 4 (3): 181-191

    Abstract

    HermesD is a high-rate, low-power wireless transmission system to aid research in neural prosthetic systems for motor disabilities and basic motor neuroscience. It is the third generation of our "Hermes systems" aimed at recording and transmitting neural activity from brain-implanted electrode arrays. This system supports the simultaneous transmission of 32 channels of broadband data sampled at 30 ks/s, 12 b/sample, using frequency-shift keying modulation on a carrier frequency adjustable from 3.7 to 4.1 GHz, with a link range extending over 20 m. The channel rate is 24 Mb/s and the bit stream includes synchronization and error detection mechanisms. The power consumption, approximately 142 mW, is low enough to allow the system to operate continuously for 33 h, using two 3.6-V/1200-mAh Li-SOCl2 batteries. The transmitter was designed using off-the-shelf components and is assembled in a stack of three 28 mm ? 28-mm boards that fit in a 38 mm ? 38 mm ? 51-mm aluminum enclosure, a significant size reduction over the initial version of HermesD. A 7-dBi circularly polarized patch antenna is used as the transmitter antenna, while on the receiver side, a 13-dBi circular horn antenna is employed. The advantages of using circularly polarized waves are analyzed and confirmed by indoor measurements. The receiver is a stand-alone device composed of several submodules and is interfaced to a computer for data acquisition and processing. It is based on the superheterodyne architecture and includes automatic frequency control that keeps it optimally tuned to the transmitter frequency. The HermesD communications performance is shown through bit-error rate measurements and eye-diagram plots. The sensitivity of the receiver is -83 dBm for a bit-error probability of 10(-9). Experimental recordings from a rhesus monkey conducting multiple tasks show a signal quality comparable to commercial acquisition systems, both in the low-frequency (local field potentials) and upper-frequency bands (action potentials) of the neural signals. This system can be easily scaled up in terms of the number of channels and data rate to accommodate future generations of Hermes systems.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2044573

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283121300006

  • Optimal Frequency for Wireless Power Transmission Into Dispersive Tissue IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION Poon, A. S., O'Driscoll, S., Meng, T. H. 2010; 58 (5): 1739-1750
  • Translating Electromagnetic Torque into Controlled Motion for use in Medical Implants 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBC 10) Pivonka, D., Meng, T., Poon, A. IEEE. 2010: 6433–6436

    Abstract

    A new propulsion method for sub-millimeter implants is presented that achieves high power to thrust conversion efficiency with a simple implementation. Previous research has shown that electromagnetic forces are a promising micro-scale propulsion mechanism; however the actual implementation is challenging due to the inherent symmetry of these forces. The presented technique translates torque into controlled motion via asymmetries in resistance forces, such as fluid drag. For a 1-mm sized object using this technique, the initial analysis predicts that speeds of 1 cm/sec can be achieved with approximately 100 µW of power, which is about 10 times more efficient than existing methods. In addition to better performance, this method is easily controllable and has favorable scalability.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000287964006208

    View details for PubMedID 21096711

  • Adaptive Signal Acquisition and Wireless Power Transfer for an Implantable Prosthesis Processor International Symposium on Circuits and Systems Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems (ISCAS 2010) O'Driscoll, S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2010: 3589–3592
  • Towards Program Optimization through Automated Analysis of Numerical Precision 8th International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization Linderman, M. D., Ho, M., Dill, D. L., Meng, T. H., Nolan, G. P. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 2010: 230–37

    Abstract

    Reducing the arithmetic precision of a computation has real performance implications, including increased speed, decreased power consumption, and a smaller memory footprint. For some architectures, e.g., GPUs, there can be such a large performance difference that using reduced precision is effectively a requirement. The tradeoff is that the accuracy of the computation will be compromised. In this paper we describe a proof assistant and associated static analysis techniques for efficiently bounding numerical and precision-related errors. The programmer/compiler can use these bounds to numerically verify and optimize an application for different input and machine configurations. We present several case study applications that demonstrate the effectiveness of these techniques and the performance benefits that can be achieved with rigorous precision analysis.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000286903200026

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC5552069

  • A programmable pulse UWB transmitter with 34% energy efficiency for multichannel neuro-recording systems 32nd Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference CICC Miranda, H., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2010
  • A high-rate long-range wireless transmission system for multichannel neural recording applications IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2009) Miranda, H., Gilja, V., Chestek, C., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2009: 1265–1268
  • Locomotive Micro-Implant with Active Electromagnetic Propulsion Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Pivonka, D., Poon, A. S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2009: 6404–6407

    Abstract

    An active locomotive technique requiring only an external power source and a static magnetic field is presented, and its operation is analyzed and simulated. For a modest static MRI magnetic field of 1 T, the results show that a 1-mm cube achieves roughly 3 cm/sec of lateral motion using less than 20.4 microW of power. Current-carrying wires generate the forces, resulting in highly controllable motion. Existing solutions trade off size and power: passive solutions are small but impractical, and mechanical solutions are inefficient and large. The presented solution captures the advantages of both systems, and has much better scalability.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000280543605057

    View details for PubMedID 19964695

  • Adaptive Resolution ADC Array for Neural Implant Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society O'Driscoll, S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2009: 1053–1056

    Abstract

    This paper describes an ADC array for an implantable prosthetic processor which digitizes neural signals sensed by a microelectrode array. The ADC array consists of 96 variable resolution ADC base cells. The base ADC has been implemented in 0.13 microm CMOS as a 100kS/s SAR ADC whose resolution can be varied from 3 to 8-bits with corresponding power consumption of 0.23 microW to 0.90 microW achieving an ENOB of 7.8 at the 8-bit setting. The resolution of each ADC cell in the array is varied according to neural data content of the signal from the corresponding electrode. Resolution adaptation reduces power consumption by a factor of 2.3 whilst maintaining an effective 7.8-bit resolution across all channels.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000280543600268

    View details for PubMedID 19965135

  • Detecting neural-state transitions using hidden Markov models for motor cortical prostheses JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY Kemere, C., Santhanam, G., Yu, B. M., Afshar, A., Ryu, S. I., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. 2008; 100 (4): 2441-2452

    Abstract

    Neural prosthetic interfaces use neural activity related to the planning and perimovement epochs of arm reaching to afford brain-directed control of external devices. Previous research has primarily centered on accurately decoding movement intention from either plan or perimovement activity, but has assumed that temporal boundaries between these epochs are known to the decoding system. In this work, we develop a technique to automatically differentiate between baseline, plan, and perimovement epochs of neural activity. Specifically, we use a generative model of neural activity to capture how neural activity varies between these three epochs. Our approach is based on a hidden Markov model (HMM), in which the latent variable (state) corresponds to the epoch of neural activity, coupled with a state-dependent Poisson firing model. Using an HMM, we demonstrate that the time of transition from baseline to plan epochs, a transition in neural activity that is not accompanied by any external behavior changes, can be detected using a threshold on the a posteriori HMM state probabilities. Following detection of the plan epoch, we show that the intended target of a center-out movement can be detected about as accurately as that by a maximum-likelihood estimator using a window of known plan activity. In addition, we demonstrate that our HMM can detect transitions in neural activity corresponding to targets not found in training data. Thus the HMM technique for automatically detecting transitions between epochs of neural activity enables prosthetic interfaces that can operate autonomously.

    View details for DOI 10.1152/jn.00924.2007

    View details for Web of Science ID 000259967000063

    View details for PubMedID 18614757

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  • Merge: A programming model for heterogeneous multi-core systems 13th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems Linderman, M. D., Collins, J. D., Wang, H., Meng, T. H. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2008: 287–96
  • Signal processing challenges for neural prostheses IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE Linderman, M. D., Santhanam, G., Kemere, C. T., Gilja, V., O'Driscoll, S., Yu, B. M., Afshar, A., Ryu, S. I., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2008; 25 (1): 18-28
  • Reconfigurable Computing for Learning Bayesian Networks 16th ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Asadi, N. B., Meng, T. H., Wong, W. H. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2008: 203–211
  • HermesB: A continuous neural recording system for freely behaving primates IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Santhanam, G., Linderman, M. D., Gija, V., Afshar, A., Ryu, S. I., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. 2007; 54 (11): 2037-2050

    Abstract

    Chronically implanted electrode arrays have enabled a broad range of advances in basic electrophysiology and neural prosthetics. Those successes motivate new experiments, particularly, the development of prototype implantable prosthetic processors for continuous use in freely behaving subjects, both monkeys and humans. However, traditional experimental techniques require the subject to be restrained, limiting both the types and duration of experiments. In this paper, we present a dual-channel, battery-powered neural recording system with an integrated three-axis accelerometer for use with chronically implanted electrode arrays in freely behaving primates. The recording system called HermesB, is self-contained, autonomous, programmable, and capable of recording broadband neural (sampled at 30 kS/s) and acceleration data to a removable compact flash card for up to 48 h. We have collected long-duration data sets with HermesB from an adult macaque monkey which provide insight into time scales and free behaviors inaccessible under traditional experiments. Variations in action potential shape and root-mean square (RMS) noise are observed across a range of time scales. The peak-to-peak voltage of action potentials varied by up to 30% over a 24-h period including step changes in waveform amplitude (up to 25%) coincident with high acceleration movements of the head. These initial results suggest that spike-sorting algorithms can no longer assume stable neural signals and will need to transition to adaptive signal processing methodologies to maximize performance. During physically active periods (defined by head-mounted accelerometer), significantly reduced 5-25-Hz local field potential (LFP) power and increased firing rate variability were observed. Using a threshold fit to LFP power, 93% of 403 5-min recording blocks were correctly classified as active or inactive, potentially providing an efficient tool for identifying different behavioral contexts in prosthetic applications. These results demonstrate the utility of the HermesB system and motivate using this type of system to advance neural prosthetics and electrophysiological experiments.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TBME.2007.895753

    View details for Web of Science ID 000250449200014

    View details for PubMedID 18018699

  • Mixture of trajectory models for neural decoding of goal-directed movements JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY Yu, B. M., Kemere, C., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S. I., Meng, T. H., Sahani, M., Shenoy, K. V. 2007; 97 (5): 3763-3780

    Abstract

    Probabilistic decoding techniques have been used successfully to infer time-evolving physical state, such as arm trajectory or the path of a foraging rat, from neural data. A vital element of such decoders is the trajectory model, expressing knowledge about the statistical regularities of the movements. Unfortunately, trajectory models that both 1) accurately describe the movement statistics and 2) admit decoders with relatively low computational demands can be hard to construct. Simple models are computationally inexpensive, but often inaccurate. More complex models may gain accuracy, but at the expense of higher computational cost, hindering their use for real-time decoding. Here, we present a new general approach to defining trajectory models that simultaneously meets both requirements. The core idea is to combine simple trajectory models, each accurate within a limited regime of movement, in a probabilistic mixture of trajectory models (MTM). We demonstrate the utility of the approach by using an MTM decoder to infer goal-directed reaching movements to multiple discrete goals from multi-electrode neural data recorded in monkey motor and premotor cortex. Compared with decoders using simpler trajectory models, the MTM decoder reduced the decoding error by 38 (48) percent in two monkeys using 98 (99) units, without a necessary increase in running time. When available, prior information about the identity of the upcoming reach goal can be incorporated in a principled way, further reducing the decoding error by 20 (11) percent. Taken together, these advances should allow prosthetic cursors or limbs to be moved more accurately toward intended reach goals.

    View details for DOI 10.1152/jn.00482.2006

    View details for Web of Science ID 000247933500055

    View details for PubMedID 17329627

  • Core capacity region of energy-limited, delay-tolerant wireless networks IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. 2007; 6 (5): 1844-1853
  • Bits-per-Joule capacity of energy-limited wireless networks IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. 2007; 6 (3): 857-865
  • Optimal operating frequency in wireless power transmission for implantable devices 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Poon, A. S., O'Driscoll, S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2007: 5674–5679

    Abstract

    This paper examines short-range wireless powering for implantable devices and shows that existing analysis techniques are not adequate to conclude the characteristics of power transfer efficiency over a wide frequency range. It shows, theoretically and experimentally, that the optimal frequency for power transmission in biological media can be in the GHz-range while existing solutions exclusively focus on the MHz-range. This implies that the size of the receive coil can be reduced by 10(4) times which enables the realization of fully integrated implantable devices.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000253467004156

    View details for PubMedID 18003300

  • Computing the optimal amount of constellation distortion in OFDM systems IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007) Aggarwal, A., Stauffer, E. R., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2007: 2918–2923
  • Minimizing the peak-to-average power ratio of OFDM signals using convex optimization IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING Aggarwal, A., Meng, T. H. 2006; 54 (8): 3099-3110
  • Neural recording stability of chronic electrode arrays in freely behaving primates. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Linderman, M. D., Gilja, V., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. 2006; 1: 4387-4391

    Abstract

    Chronically implanted electrode arrays have enabled a broad range of advances, particularly in the field of neural prosthetics. Those successes motivate development of prototype implantable prosthetic processors for long duration, continuous use in freely behaving subjects. However, traditional experimental protocols have provided limited information regarding the stability of the electrode arrays and their neural recordings. In this paper we present preliminary results derived from long duration neural recordings in a freely behaving primate which show variations in action potential shape and RMS noise across a range of time scales. These preliminary results suggest that spike sorting algorithms can no longer assume stable neural signals and will need to transition to adaptive signal processing methodologies to maximize performance.

    View details for PubMedID 17946626

  • An autonomous, broadband, multi-channel neural recording system for freely behaving primates 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Linderman, M. D., Gilja, V., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. IEEE. 2006: 3780–3783
  • Multiday electrophysiological recordings from freely behaving primates. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Gilja, V., Linderman, M. D., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. 2006; 1: 5643-5646

    Abstract

    Continuous multiday broadband neural data provide a means for observing effects at fine timescales over long periods. In this paper we present analyses on such data sets to demonstrate neural correlates for physically active and inactive time periods, as defined by the response of a head-mounted accelerometer. During active periods, we found that 5-25 Hz local field potential (LFP) power was significantly reduced, firing rate variability increased, and firing rates have greater temporal correlation. Using a single threshold fit to LFP power, 93% of the 403 5 minute blocks tested were correctly classified as active or inactive (as labeled by thresholding each block's maximal accelerometer magnitude). These initial results motivate the use of such data sets for testing neural prosthetics systems and for finding the neural correlates of natural behaviors.

    View details for PubMedID 17947159

  • A low power merge cell processor for real-time spike sorting in implantable neural prostheses IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems Linderman, M. D., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2006: 4106–4109
  • Neural rklecording stability of chronic electrode arrays in freely behaving primates 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Linderman, M. D., Gilja, V., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. IEEE. 2006: 3784–3788
  • An autonomous, broadband, multi-channel neural recording system for freely behaving primates. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Linderman, M. D., Gilja, V., Santhanam, G., Afshar, A., Ryu, S., Meng, T. H., Shenoy, K. V. 2006; 1: 1212-1215

    Abstract

    Successful laboratory proof-of-concept experiments with neural prosthetic systems motivate continued algorithm and hardware development. For these efforts to move beyond traditional fixed laboratory setups, new tools are needed to enable broadband, multi-channel, long duration neural recording from freely behaving primates. In this paper we present a dual-channel, battery powered, neural recording system with integrated 3-axis accelerometer for use with chronically implanted electrode arrays. The recording system, called HermesB, is self-contained, autonomous, programmable and capable of recording broadband neural and head acceleration data to a removable compact flash card for up to 48 hours.

    View details for PubMedID 17946450

  • Increasing the performance of cortically-controlled prostheses. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Shenoy, K. V., Santhanam, G., Ryu, S. I., Afshar, A., Yu, B. M., Gilja, V., Linderman, M. D., Kalmar, R. S., Cunningham, J. P., Kemere, C. T., Batista, A. P., Churchland, M. M., Meng, T. H. 2006: 6652-6656

    Abstract

    Neural prostheses have received considerable attention due to their potential to dramatically improve the quality of life of severely disabled patients. Cortically-controlled prostheses are able to translate neural activity from cerebral cortex into control signals for guiding computer cursors or prosthetic limbs. Non-invasive and invasive electrode techniques can be used to measure neural activity, with the latter promising considerably higher levels of performance and therefore functionality to patients. We review here some of our recent experimental and computational work aimed at establishing a principled design methodology to increase electrode-based cortical prosthesis performance to near theoretical limits. Studies discussed include translating unprecedentedly brief periods of "plan" activity into high information rate (6.5 bits/s)control signals, improving decode algorithms and optimizing visual target locations for further performance increases, and recording from chronically implanted arrays in freely behaving monkeys to characterize neuron stability. Taken together, these results should substantially increase the clinical viability of cortical prostheses.

    View details for PubMedID 17959477

  • Optimal Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction in MIMO-OFDM Systems IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006) Aggarwal, A., Stauffer, E. R., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2006: 3094–3099
  • An 802.11g WLAN SoC IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2005) Mehta, S. S., Weber, D., Terrovitis, M., Onodera, K., Mack, M. P., Kaczynski, B. J., Samavati, H., Jen, S. H., Si, W. W., Lee, M., Singh, K., Mendis, S., Husted, P. J., Zhang, N., McFarland, B., Su, D. K., Meng, T. H., Wooley, B. A. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 2005: 2483–91
  • Power feasibility of implantable digital spike sorting circuits for neural prosthetic systems IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING Zumsteg, Z. S., Kemere, C., O'Driscoll, S., Santhanam, G., Ahmed, R. E., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2005; 13 (3): 272-279

    Abstract

    A new class of neural prosthetic systems aims to assist disabled patients by translating cortical neural activity into control signals for prosthetic devices. Based on the success of proof-of-concept systems in the laboratory, there is now considerable interest in increasing system performance and creating implantable electronics for use in clinical systems. A critical question that impacts system performance and the overall architecture of these systems is whether it is possible to identify the neural source of each action potential (spike sorting) in real-time and with low power. Low power is essential both for power supply considerations and heat dissipation in the brain. In this paper we report that state-of-the-art spike sorting algorithms are not only feasible using modern complementary metal oxide semiconductor very large scale integration processes, but may represent the best option for extracting large amounts of data in implantable neural prosthetic interfaces.

    View details for DOI 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.854307

    View details for Web of Science ID 000231969500004

    View details for PubMedID 16200751

  • Iterative power control for imperfect successive interference cancellation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Agrawal, A., Andrews, J. G., Cioffi, J. M., Meng, T. 2005; 4 (3): 878-884
  • A convex interior-point method for optimal OFDM PAR reduction IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2005) Aggarwal, A., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2005: 1985–1990
  • Optimal estimation of feed-forward-controlled linear systems 30th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Kemere, C., Meng, T. IEEE. 2005: 353–356
  • Adaptive ADC design for neuro-prosthetic interfaces: Base ADC cell European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design O'Driscoll, S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2005: 301–304
  • Model-based neural decoding of reaching movements: A maximum likelihood approach IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Kemere, C., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2004; 51 (6): 925-932

    Abstract

    A new paradigm for decoding reaching movements from the signals of an ensemble of individual neurons is presented. This new method not only provides a novel theoretical basis for the task, but also results in a significant decrease in the error of reconstructed hand trajectories. By using a model of movement as a foundation for the decoding system, we show that the number of neurons required for reconstruction of the trajectories of point-to-point reaching movements in two dimensions can be halved. Additionally, using the presented framework, other forms of neural information, specifically neural "plan" activity, can be integrated into the trajectory decoding process. The decoding paradigm presented is tested in simulation using a database of experimentally gathered center-out reaches and corresponding neural data generated from synthetic models.

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  • Performance of multicarrier CDMA with successive interference cancellation in a multipath fading channel IEEE 7th Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 2004: 811–22
  • Model-based decoding of reaching movements for prosthetic systems. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Kemere, C., Santhanam, G., Yu, B. M., Ryu, S., Meng, T., Shenoy, K. V. 2004; 6: 4524-4528

    Abstract

    Model-based decoding of neural activity for neuroprosthetic systems has been shown, in simulation, to provide significant gain over traditional linear filter approaches. We tested the model-based decoding approach with real neural and behavioral data and found a 18% reduction in trajectory reconstruction error compared with a linear filter. This corresponds to a 40% reduction in the number of neurons required for equivalent performance. The model-based approach further permits the combination of target-tuned plan activity with movement activity. The addition of plan activity reduced reconstruction error by 23% relative to the linear filter, corresponding to 55% reduction in the number of neurons required. Taken together, these results indicate that a decoding algorithm employing a prior model of reaching kinematics can substantially improve trajectory estimates, thereby improving prosthetic system performance.

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  • Power feasibility of implantable digital spike-sorting circuits for neural prosthetic systems 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Zumsteg, Z. S., Ahmed, R. E., Santhanam, G., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2004: 4237–4240
  • Model-based decoding of reaching movements for prosthetic systems 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Kemere, C., Santhanam, G., Yu, B. M., Ryu, S., Meng, T., Shenoy, K. V. IEEE. 2004: 4524–4528

    Abstract

    Model-based decoding of neural activity for neuroprosthetic systems has been shown, in simulation, to provide significant gain over traditional linear filter approaches. We tested the model-based decoding approach with real neural and behavioral data and found a 18% reduction in trajectory reconstruction error compared with a linear filter. This corresponds to a 40% reduction in the number of neurons required for equivalent performance. The model-based approach further permits the combination of target-tuned plan activity with movement activity. The addition of plan activity reduced reconstruction error by 23% relative to the linear filter, corresponding to 55% reduction in the number of neurons required. Taken together, these results indicate that a decoding algorithm employing a prior model of reaching kinematics can substantially improve trajectory estimates, thereby improving prosthetic system performance.

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  • Power feasibility of implantable digital spike-sorting circuits for neural prosthetic systems. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Zumsteg, Z. S., Ahmed, R. E., Santhanam, G., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. 2004; 6: 4237-4240

    Abstract

    A new class of neural prosthetic systems aims to assist disabled patients by translating cortical neural activity into control signals for prosthetic devices. Based on the success of proof-of-concept systems in the laboratory, there is now considerable interest in increasing system performance and creating implantable electronics for use in clinical systems. A critical question that impacts system performance and the overall architecture of these systems is whether it is possible to identify the neural source of each action potential (spike sorting) in real-time and with low power. Low power is essential both for power supply considerations and heat dissipation in the brain. In this paper we report that several state-of-the-art spike sorting algorithms implemented in modern CMOS VLSI processes are expected to be power realistic.

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  • Globally optimal tradeoff curves for OFDM par reduction IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems Design and Implementation Aggarwal, A., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2004: 12–17
  • Design and implementation of an All-CMOS 802.11a wireless LAN chipset IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE Meng, T. H., McFarland, B., Su, D., Thomson, J. 2003; 41 (8): 160-168
  • Optimum power control for successive interference cancellation with imperfect channel estimation (vol 2, pg 375, 2003) IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. 2003; 2 (3): 601-601
  • Optimum power control for successive interference cancellation with imperfect channel estimation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. 2003; 2 (2): 375-383
  • Robust neural decoding of reaching movements for prosthetic systems 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society Kemere, C., Sahani, M., Meng, T. IEEE. 2003: 2079–2082
  • Minimizing the peak-to-average power ratio of OFDM signals via convex optimization IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 03) Aggarwal, A., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2003: 2385–2389
  • Successive interference cancellation in a low-earth orbit satellite system INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. 2003; 21 (1): 65-77

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  • Capacity and performance gains through temporal and spatial oversampling 57th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Koymen, O. H., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2003: 2653–2657
  • Growth of wireless ad hoc networks IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 03) Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2003: 2819–2823
  • Vertex data compression through vector quantization IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS Chou, P. H., Meng, T. H. 2002; 8 (4): 373-382
  • Performance of multicarrier CDMA with successive interference cancellation with estimation error in a multipath fading channel IEEE 7th Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 150–154
  • Power control for successive interference cancellation with imperfect cancellation IEEE International Conference on Communications Agrawal, A., Andrews, J., Cioffi, J., Meng, T. IEEE. 2002: 356–360
  • A simple iterative power control scheme for successive interference cancellation IEEE 7th Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Andrews, J., Agrawal, A., Meng, T., Cioffi, J. IEEE. 2002: 761–765
  • Core capacity of wireless ad hoc networks 5th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 247–251
  • Decoding of plan and peri-movement neural signals in prosthetic systems IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SIPS 02) Kemere, C. T., Santhanam, G., Yu, B. M., Shenoy, K. V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 276–283
  • Computation of core capacity of wireless ad hoc networks 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 1543–1547
  • Core capacity region of energy-limited wireless ad hoc networks IEEE Information Theory Workshop Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 207–207
  • Temporal and spatial oversampling in direct sequence CDMA systems: A linear algebra approach IEEE Information Theory Workshop Koymen, O. H., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 206–206
  • Bits-per-Joule capacity of energy-limited wireless ad hoc networks IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 02) Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2002: 16–20
  • Minimizing power consumption in direct sequence spread spectrum correlators by resampling IF samples - Part I: Performance analysis IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS Namgoong, W., Meng, T. H. 2001; 48 (5): 450-459
  • Minimizing power consumption in direct sequence spread spectrum correlators by resampling IF samples - Part II: Implementation issues IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS Namgoong, W., Meng, T. H. 2001; 48 (5): 460-470
  • Direct-conversion RF receiver design IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS Namgoong, W., Meng, T. H. 2001; 49 (3): 518-529
  • Transmit power and other-cell interference reduction via successive interference cancellation with imperfect channel estimation IEEE International Conference on Communications Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2001: 1940–1944
  • Wireless LAN revolution: from silicon to systems IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium Meng, T. H., McFarland, B. IEEE. 2001: 3–6
  • Multiple access interference cancellation in fading multipath channels: Progress and limitations 53rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. K. IEEE. 2001: 1804–1808
  • Multiple access interference cancellation in fading multipath channels: Progress and limitations 53rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2001: 614–618
  • Oversampling in a forced-asynchronous CDMA system IEEE International Conference on Communications Koymen, O. H., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2001: 1890–1894
  • Throughput characteristics of a minimum energy wireless network IEEE International Conference on Communications Koymen, O. H., Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2001: 2568–2572
  • Fast vertex transformation for 3D rendering through predictive vector quantization Data Compression Conference (DCC 2001) Chou, P. H., Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 2001: 491–491
  • Extending spectral modeling synthesis with transient modeling synthesis COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL Verma, T. S., Meng, T. H. 2000; 24 (2): 47-59
  • An all-digital low-power IF GPS synchronizer IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Namgoong, W., Reader, S., Meng, T. H. 2000; 35 (6): 856-864
  • Partitioning analog and digital processing in mixed-signal systems JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL IMAGE AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY Reader, S., Namgoong, W., Meng, T. 2000; 24 (1): 59-65
  • Position based CDMA with multiuser detection (P-CDMA/MUD) for wireless ad hoc networks IEEE 6th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2000: 336–340
  • A 6Kbps to 85Kbps scalable audio coder IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Verma, T. S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2000: 877–880
  • GPS receiver design for portable applications IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Namgoong, W., Meng, T. IEEE. 2000: 3706–3709
  • Amplitude and phase estimation considerations for asynchronous CDMA with successive interference cancellation 52nd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2000) Andrews, J. G., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2000: 1211–1215
  • Efficient transmission of triangle meshes to graphics processors IEEE Annual Workshop on Signal Processing Systems: Design and Implementation Chou, P. H., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2000: 275–284
  • Reduced-periodicity subspace-based blind adaptive decorrelating and MMSE detectors for multirate CDMA IEEE 6th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 2000: 555–559
  • Minimum energy mobile wireless networks IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. 1999; 17 (8): 1333-1344
  • An experimental study of temperature effect on modal parameters of the Alamosa Canyon Bridge EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Sohn, H., Dzwonczyk, M., Straser, E. G., Kiremidjian, A. S., Law, K. H., Meng, T. 1999; 28 (8): 879-897
  • Low-power parallel video compression architecture for a single-chip digital CMOS camera JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL IMAGE AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY Hsieh, J. Y., Meng, T. H. 1999; 21 (3): 195-207
  • POSET timing and its application to the synthesis and verification of gate-level timed circuits IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Myers, C. J., Rokicki, T. G., Meng, T. H. 1999; 18 (6): 769-786
  • The Cramer-Rao bound for position and amplitude estimation of multiple pulses in Gaussian noise IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. 1999; 46 (4): 448-456
  • A low power GPS receiver architecture IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 99) Lee, H. W., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1999: 153–157
  • How good is your predictor? Expanding confidence intervals to define probability densities on adaptive parameters IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 99) Dzwonczyk, M., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1999: 1233–1236
  • Low-power DV encoder architecture for digital CMOS camcorder IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 99) Hsieh, J. Y., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1999: 1977–1980
  • Sinusoidal modeling using frame-based perceptually weighted matching pursuits IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 99) Verma, T. S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1999: 981–984
  • Error-resilient pyramid vector quantization for image compression IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING Hung, A. C., Tsern, E. K., Meng, T. H. 1998; 7 (10): 1373-1386

    Abstract

    Pyramid vector quantization (PVQ) uses the lattice points of a pyramidal shape in multidimensional space as the quantizer codebook. It is a fixed-rate quantization technique that can be used for the compression of Laplacian-like sources arising from transform and subband image coding, where its performance approaches the optimal entropy-coded scalar quantizer without the necessity of variable length codes. In this paper, we investigate the use of PVQ for compressed image transmission over noisy channels, where the fixed-rate quantization reduces the susceptibility to bit-error corruption. We propose a new method of deriving the indices of the lattice points of the multidimensional pyramid and describe how these techniques can also improve the channel noise immunity of general symmetric lattice quantizers. Our new indexing scheme improves channel robustness by up to 3 dB over previous indexing methods, and can be performed with similar computational cost. The final fixed-rate coding algorithm surpasses the performance of typical Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) implementations and exhibits much greater error resilience.

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  • Low-power signal processing system design for wireless applications IEEE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Meng, T. H., Hung, A. C., Tsern, E. K., Gordon, B. M. 1998; 5 (3): 20-31
  • Low-power wireless video systems IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE Meng, T. H. 1998; 36 (6): 130-136
  • Checking combinational equivalence of speed-independent circuits FORMAL METHODS IN SYSTEM DESIGN Beerel, P. A., Burch, J. R., Meng, T. H. 1998; 13 (1): 37-85
  • Covering conditions and algorithms for the synthesis of speed-independent circuits IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Beerel, P. A., Myers, C. J., Meng, T. H. 1998; 17 (3): 205-219
  • A scalable entropy code Data Compression Conference Verma, T., Meng, T. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1998: 581–581
  • Low-power MPEG-2 encoder architecture for digital CMOS camera IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 98) Hsieh, J. Y., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1998: C301–C304
  • Power consumption of parallel spread spectrum correlator architectures International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design Namgoong, W., Meng, T. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1998: 133–135
  • An analysis/synthesis tool for transient signals that allows a flexible sines+transients+noise model for audio IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 98) Verma, T. S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1998: 3573–3576
  • A modular, wireless network platform for monitoring structures 16th International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC) - Model Updating and Correlation Straser, E. G., Kiremidjian, A. S., Meng, T. H., Redlefsen, L. SOC EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS INC. 1998: 450–456
  • Adaptive modeling of environmental effects in modal parameters for damage detection in civil structures Conference on Smart Structures and Materials - Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways Sohn, H., Dzwonczyk, M., Straser, E. G., Law, K. H., Meng, T., Kiremidjian, A. S. SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1998: 127–138
  • Minimum energy mobile wireless networks IEEE International Conference on Communications Rodoplu, V., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1998: 1633–1639
  • Multidimensional rotations for robust quantization of image data IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING Hung, A. C., Meng, T. H. 1998; 7 (1): 1-12

    Abstract

    Laplacian and generalized Gaussian data arise in the transform and subband coding of images. This paper describes a method of rotating independent, identically distributed (i.i.d.) Laplacian-like data in multiple dimensions to significantly improve the overload characteristics for quantization. The rotation is motivated by the geometry of the Laplacian probability distribution, and can be achieved with only additions and subtractions using a Walsh-Hadamard transform. Its theoretical and simulated results for scalar, lattice, and polar quantization are presented in this paper, followed by a direct application to image compression. We show that rotating the image data before quantization not only improves compression performance, but also increases robustness to the channel noise and deep fades often encountered in wireless communication.

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  • Wireless video systems IEEE-Computer-Society Workshop on VLSI 98 - System Level Design Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1998: 28–33
  • Self-regulated GPS navigation processor 1998 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems - Design and Implementation (SiPS'98) Lee, H. W., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1998: 327–336
  • Network protocols for wireless communication - Invited paper IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 98) Meng, T. H., Rodoplu, V. IEEE. 1998: C600–C603
  • Low-power GPS receiver design 1998 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems - Design and Implementation (SiPS'98) Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1998: 1–10
  • Partitioning analog and digital processing in a single-chip GPS receiver 1998 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems - Design and Implementation (SiPS'98) Reader, S., Namgoong, W., Meng, T. IEEE. 1998: 253–259
  • Listener differences in audio compression evaluations JOURNAL OF THE AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY PRECODA, K., Meng, T. H. 1997; 45 (9): 708-715
  • A 1-Gb/s, four-state, sliding block Viterbi decoder IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. 1997; 32 (6): 797-805
  • A low-power encoder for pyramid vector quantization of subband coefficients 1995 Workshop on VLSI Signal Processing Namgoong, W., Meng, T. H. SPRINGER. 1997: 9–23
  • A DCT-based adaptive metric learning model using asymptotic local information measure 7th IEEE Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing (NNSP 97) Satonaka, T., Baba, T., CHIKAMURA, T., Otsuki, T., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1997: 521–530
  • A low-power portable digital video-on-demand system 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 97) - Circuits and Systems in the Information Age Doan, T., WEI, B. W., Tsern, E. K., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1997: 1233–1236
  • Structural damage monitoring for civil structures International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring Kiremidjian, A. S., Straser, E. G., Meng, T., Law, K., Soon, H. TECHNOMIC PUBL CO INC. 1997: 371–382
  • Object recognition with luminance, rotation and location invariance International Conference on Image Processing Satonaka, T., Baba, T., Otsuki, T., CHIKAMURA, T., Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1997: 336–339
  • A high-efficiency variable-voltage CMOS dynamic dc-dc switching regulator 1997 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Namgoong, W., Yu, M. C., Meng, T. I E E E. 1997: 380–381
  • A wireless portable video-on-demand system 11th International Conference on VLSI Design Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1997: 4–9
  • A low power video-rate pyramid VQ decoder 1996 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Tsern, E. K., Meng, T. H. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 1996: 1789–94
  • Power-efficient metastability error reduction in CMOS flash A/D converters IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Portmann, C. L., Meng, T. H. 1996; 31 (8): 1132-1140
  • Design of a low power video decompression chip set for portable applications JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL IMAGE AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY Gordon, B. M., Tsern, E., Meng, T. H. 1996; 13 (2-3): 125-142
  • A low-power video-rate pyramid VQ decoder 1996 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Tsem, E. K., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1996: 162–163
  • Low-power video encoder/decoder using wavelet/TSVQ with conditional replenishment 1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 96) Namgoong, W., Chaddha, N., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1996: 3240–3243
  • The digital prolate spheroidal window 1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 96) Verma, T., Bilbao, S., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1996: 1351–1354
  • Symphony: A simulation backplane for parallel mixed-mode co-simulation of VLSI systems 33rd Design Automation Conference Todesco, A. R., Meng, T. H. ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 1996: 149–154
  • Special Issue on the 1995 ISSCC: Analog, Signal Processing, and Communications Circuits - Introduction IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS JEWETT, R. E., MURTHI, E. N., Meng, T. H. 1995; 30 (12): 1299-1301
  • A 1.2 mW video-rate 2-D color subband decoder International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Gordon, B. M., Meng, T. H. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 1995: 1510–16
  • A LOW-POWER HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYGON RENDERER FOR COMPUTER-GRAPHICS JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING Tan, W. C., Meng, T. H. 1995; 9 (3): 233-255
  • PORTABLE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE Meng, T. H., Gordon, B. M., Tsern, E. K., Hung, A. C. 1995; 83 (4): 659-680
  • Power-efficient metastability error reduction in CMOS flash A/D converters 1995 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Portmann, C. L., Meng, T. H. JAPAN SOCIETY APPLIED PHYSICS. 1995: 37–38
  • METASTABILITY IN CMOS LIBRARY ELEMENTS IN REDUCED SUPPLY AND TECHNOLOGY SCALED APPLICATIONS IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Portmann, C. L., Meng, T. H. 1995; 30 (1): 39-46
  • A 1.2MW VIDEO-RATE 2D COLOR SUBBAND DECODER 1995 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Gordon, B. M., Meng, T. H., Chaddha, N. I E E E. 1995: 290–291
  • Technology mapping of timed circuits 2nd Working Conference on Asynchronous Design Methodologies Myers, C. J., Beerel, P. A., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1995: 138–147
  • Scalable compression based on tree structured vector quantization of perceptually weighted block, lapped, and wavelet transforms IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Chaddha, N., Chou, P. A., Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1995: C89–C92
  • NORMALIZED DATA NONLINEARITIES FOR LMS ADAPTATION IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. 1994; 42 (6): 1352-1365
  • STOCHASTIC GRADIENT ADAPTATION UNDER GENERAL ERROR CRITERIA IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. 1994; 42 (6): 1335-1351
  • PHASE-II DOSE-RANGING TRIAL OF FOSCARNET SALVAGE THERAPY FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS IN AIDS PATIENTS INTOLERANT OF OR RESISTANT TO GANCICLOVIR (ACTG PROTOCOL 093) AIDS Jacobson, M. A., Wulfsohn, M., Feinberg, J. E., Davis, R., Power, M., Owens, S., Causey, D., HEATHCHIOZZI, M. E., Murphy, R. L., Cheung, T. W., Dieterich, D. T., Spector, S. A., McKinley, G. F., Parenti, D. M., Crumpacker, C., NISHIMOTO, B., Leedom, J. M., Kramer, F., Cohen, C., Loftus, J., KESSLER, H. A., Pottage, J. C., Benson, C. A., Phair, J. P., Gerits, P., Chusid, E., Sacks, H. S., Friedberg, D., CURRANKRIKORIAN, K., Valentine, F. T., Meng, T. C., Freeman, W. R., Meixner, L., Richman, D., ODONNELL, J. J., Kimbrell, C., Boggio, K., Larson, J., Whitmore, P. V., SIMON, G. L., LELACHEUR, S., Fife, K., Zwickl, B., RELUE, J., Steigbigel, R. T., Fuhrer, J., Donlon, W., BURK, R. A., PORTMORE, A. C., WEISSBACH, N. E., HOOTON, T. M., HOLZWORTH, P., Davison, S., Collier, A. C., Powderly, W. G., Klebert, M., Royal, M., Seyfried, W., SQUIRES, K. C., Weiss, W., BARBACCI, M., Becker, R. L., Jabs, D., Bartlett, J. G., Para, M. F., Jones, M., Neidig, J. L., Fass, R. J., VANDERHORST, C., Kylstra, J., Raasch, R., BLOODGOOD, K., Wolitz, R., Kirk, S., Rolfe, L., PATRONEREESE, J., Bartlett, J. A., WASKIN, H. A., Williams, D. K., SHIP, K. W., Kahl, P., ASSAYKEEN, T., Karol, C., MARTINMUNLEY, S., Sumner, P. 1994; 8 (4): 451-459
  • SPECIAL ISSUE - ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUIT-DESIGN FOR VLSI SIGNAL-PROCESSING JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING Meng, T. H., Malik, S. 1994; 7 (1-2): 5-6
  • ERROR RESILIENT PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZATION FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION 1994 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP-94) Hung, A. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1994: 583–587
  • LOW-POWER DESIGN OF WAVELET PROCESSORS Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing 94 Kang, Y., WEI, B. W., Meng, T. H. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1994: 1800–1806
  • COLOR QUANTIZATION OF IMAGES BASED ON HUMAN VISION PERCEPTION 1994 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Chaddha, N., Tan, W. C., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1994: 89–92
  • A REAL-TIME SCALABLE COLOR QUANTIZER TRAINER ENCODER 28th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers Chaddha, N., Tan, W. C., Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1994: 203–207
  • A LOW POWER SUBBAND VIDEO DECODER ARCHITECTURE 1994 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Gordon, B. M., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1994: 409–412
  • STATISTICAL INVERSE DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION Conference on Digital Video Compression on Personal Computers: Algorithms and Technologies Hung, A. C., Meng, T. H. SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1994: 196–207
  • A PROGRAMMABLE PARALLEL HUFFMAN DECODER 1994 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP-94) WEI, B. W., Meng, T. H. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 1994: 668–671
  • VIDEO COMPRESSION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Annual Symposium on Wireless Personal Communications: Trends and Challenges Meng, T. H., Tsern, E. K., Hung, A. C., Hemami, S. S., Gordon, B. M. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS. 1994: 101–117
  • IMAGE CODING USING PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZATION OF SUBBAND COEFFICIENTS 1994 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Tsern, E. K., Meng, T. H. IEEE. 1994: 601–604
  • EFFICIENT VERIFICATION OF DETERMINATE SPEED-INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 1993 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design Beerel, P. A., Burch, J., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1993: 261–267
  • HYBRID SURVIVOR PATH ARCHITECTURES FOR VITERBI DECODERS 1993 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 93 ) Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1993: A433–A436
  • A 1GB/S, 4-STATE, SLIDING BLOCK VITERBI DECODER 1993 SYMP ON VLSI CIRCUITS Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS. 1993: 73–74
  • LOADING EFFECTS ON METASTABLE PARAMETERS OF CMOS LATCHES 1993 SYMP ON VLSI CIRCUITS Portmann, C. L., Meng, T. H. JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS. 1993: 21–22
  • FREQUENCY-DOMAIN POSITION ESTIMATION FOR LITHOGRAPHIC ALIGNMENT 1993 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 93 ) Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1993: C380–C383
  • PSYCHO-VISUAL BASED DISTORTION MEASURE FOR MONOCHROME IMAGE COMPRESSION Meeting on Visual Communications and Image Communication 93 Chaddha, N., Meng, T. H. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1993: 1680–1690
  • PSYCHO-VISUAL BASED DISTORTION MEASURES FOR MONOCHROME IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION 27th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers Chaddha, N., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1993: 841–845
  • A 140-MB/S, 32-STATE, RADIX-4 VITERBI DECODER IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. 1992; 27 (12): 1877-1885
  • ROBUST SUBPIXEL ALIGNMENT IN LITHOGRAPHY 36TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON ELECTRON, ION, AND PHOTON BEAMS Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. AMER INST PHYSICS. 1992: 2662–66
  • SEMIMODULARITY AND TESTABILITY OF SPEED-INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS INTEGRATION-THE VLSI JOURNAL Beerel, P. A., Meng, T. H. 1992; 13 (3): 301-322
  • SYNTHESIS OF TIMED ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUITS 1992 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONF ON COMPUTER DESIGN : VLSI IN COMPUTERS & PROCESSORS ( ICCD 92 ) Myers, C., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1992: 279–284
  • A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE VITERBI ALGORITHM STATE METRIC UPDATE FOR SHIFT REGISTER PROCESSES INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1992: E629–E632
  • EXACT EXPECTATION ANALYSIS OF THE LMS ADAPTIVE FILTER WITHOUT THE INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1992: D61–D64
  • A LOWER BOUND ON ALIGNMENT ACCURACY AND SUBPIXEL RESOLUTION IN LITHOGRAPHY 35TH INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON ELECTRON, ION, AND PHOTON BEAMS Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. AMER INST PHYSICS. 1991: 3601–5
  • ASYNCHRONOUS DESIGN FOR PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING Meng, T. H., Brodersen, R. W., Messerschmitt, D. G. 1991; 39 (4): 939-952
  • SEMI-MODULARITY AND SELF-DIAGNOSTIC ASYNCHRONOUS CONTROL-CIRCUITS 13TH CONF ON ADVANCED RESEARCH IN VLSI ( VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION ) Beerel, P. A., Meng, T. H. M I T PRESS. 1991: 103–117
  • A NONLINEAR ERROR ADAPTIVE NOTCH FILTER FOR SEPARATING 2 SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS 25TH ASILOMAR CONF ON SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1991: 673–677
  • AN OPTIMUM NLMS ALGORITHM - PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OVER LMS 1991 INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 91 ) Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1991: 2125–2128
  • LINEARIZED LEAST-SQUARES TRAINING OF MULTILAYER FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONF ON NEURAL NETWORKS ( IJCNN-91-SEATTLE ) Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1991: A307–A312
  • OPTIMUM ERROR QUANTIZATION FOR LMS ADAPTATION IEEE PACIFIC RIM CONF ON COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1991: 704–708
  • A ROBUST PARALLEL DFE USING EXTENDED LMS 1991 INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 91 ) Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1991: 1593–1596
  • TESTABILITY OF ASYNCHRONOUS TIMED CONTROL-CIRCUITS WITH DELAY ASSUMPTIONS 28TH CONF ON DESIGN AUTOMATION Beerel, P. A., Meng, T. H. I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS. 1991: 446–451
  • A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF EARLY ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA IN THE ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Bozzette, S. A., Sattler, F. R., Chiu, J., Wu, A. W., GLUCKSTEIN, D., Kemper, C., Bartok, A., Niosi, J., Abramson, I., Coffman, J., HUGHLETT, C., LOYA, R., CASSENS, B., AKIL, B., Meng, T. C., Boylen, C. T., Nielsen, D., Richman, D. D., Tilles, J. G., Leedom, J., McCutchan, J. A. 1990; 323 (21): 1451-1457
  • FITTING REAL DATA TO A PULSE POSITION JITTERED MODEL 1990 INTERNATIONAL MAGNETICS CONF ( 1990 INTERMAG ) Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 1990: 2143–45
  • A HARDWARE EFFICIENT PARALLEL VITERBI ALGORITHM 1990 INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 90 ) Black, P. J., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1990: 893–896
  • DESIGN OF EDGE-DETECTION TEMPLATES USING A NEURAL NETWORK INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONF ON NEURAL NETWORKS ( IJCNN-90 ) Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL. 1990: B331–B334
  • OPTIMUM ERROR NONLINEARITIES FOR LMS ADAPTATION 1990 INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 90 ) Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1990: 1421–1424
  • HIGH SAMPLING RATE ADAPTIVE DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZERS 1990 INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ( ICASSP 90 ) Gatherer, A., Meng, T. H. I E E E. 1990: 909–912
  • AUTOMATIC SYNTHESIS OF ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUITS FROM HIGH-LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Meng, T. H., Brodersen, R. W., Messerschmitt, D. G. 1989; 8 (11): 1185-1205
  • AN ADAPTIVE EDGE-DETECTION METHOD USING A MODIFIED SIGMOID-LMS ALGORITHM 23RD ASILOMAR CONF ON SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS Douglas, S. C., Meng, T. H. MAPLE PRESS. 1989: 252–256
  • ARBITRARILY HIGH SAMPLING RATE ADAPTIVE FILTERS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ACOUSTICS SPEECH AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Meng, T. H., Messerschmitt, D. G. 1987; 35 (4): 455-470
  • AN APPROACH TO PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSOR ASSEMBLERS AND SIMULATORS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS Meng, T. H., Messerschmitt, D. G. 1986; 34 (12): 1275-1277