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Last modified: June 26, 2008  
University of Florida

Dr. Jose PrincipeJOSE C. PRINCIPE
BellSouth Professor

 

Education:

Agregado, University of Aveiro, 1985
PhD, EE, University of Florida, 1979
MS, EE, University of Florida, 1974
BS, EE, University of Porto, 1972

Contact Information:

Email: principe@cnel.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-2662
Office: 451 New Engineering Building
Homepage:  www.cnel.ufl.edu/principe/principe.html

Program Affiliation:

Area:  Signals & Systems
Lab:   Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory

Fields of Interest:

  • Adaptive non-Gaussian signal processing
  • Nonlinear dynamical systems
  • Information-theoretic learning
  • Applications to pattern recognition and DSP systems
  • Information technology in education

Employment:

2002 - Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1995 - BellSouth Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1993 - Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
1987 - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida

Refereed Journals in the Last 3 Years:

2008
Xu J., Bakardjian H., Cichocki A., and Principe J., “A New Nonlinear Similarity Measure for Multichannel Signals”, Neural Networks (invited paper), Volume 21, Issues 2-3, March-April 2008, Pages 222-231.

Park I., Paiva A., DeMarse T., Principe J., “An efficient algorithm for continuous time cross correlogram of spike trains”, J. of Neuroscience Methods, Volume 168, Issue 2, 15 March 2008, Pages 514-523.

Principe J. Sanchez J., Harris J., Fortes J., Nishida T., Bashirullah, “BMIs: The Need for Beyond State-of-the-Art Technology and Signal Processing”, IEEE SP Magazine, vol 25, #1, pp 29-40.

Liu W., Pokarel P., Principe J., “The Kernel LMS Algorithm”, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, Volume 56, Issue 2, Feb. 2008, Page(s):543 - 554.

2007
Han S., Rao S., Erdogmus D., Principe J., “A minimum error entropy algorithm with self adjusting stepsize (MEE-SAS)”, Signal Processing 87, 2733-2745.

Ozturk M., Principe J., “An Associative Memory Readout for ESN and LSM for Dynamical Pattern Recognition” Neural Networks, Special Issue on Echo State Machines, Volume 20, Issue 3, 377-390.

Ozturk M., Xu D., and Principe J., “Analysis and Design of Echo State Networks for Function Approximation” Neural Computation, 19,#1, 111-138.

Li R., Liu W., Principe J., “A unifying criterion for blind source separation based on correntropy”, accepted in Signal Processing, Special Issue on ICA, vol 87 , #8, 1872-1881.

Cho J., Paiva A., Kim J-P., Sanchez J., Principe J., “Dynamic Learning of a SOM For Low Bandwidth Signal Reconstruction”, Neural Networks, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2007, Pages 274- 284.

Hu J., Gao J., and Principe J., “Analysis of biomedical signals by the Lempel-Ziv complexity: the effect of finite data size”, IEEE Trans. Biomedical Eng. vol 53 #12 (Pt 2):2606-9.

R. Jenssen, J. C. Principe, D. Erdogmus and T. Eltoft,"The Laplacian Classifier," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol 55, #7, 3262-3271.

Liu W., Pokharel P., Principe J., “Correntropy: Properties and Applications in Non Gaussian Signal Processing”, accepted in IEEE Trans. Sig. Proc., vol 55; # 11, pages 5286-5298.

Kenneth E. Hild II, Deniz Erdogmus, Jose C. Principe, "An Analysis of Entropy Estimators for Blind Source Separation," Signal Processing, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 182-194.

Cho J., Principe P., Erdogmus D. and Motter M., "Quasi-Sliding Mode Control Strategy Based on Multiple-Linear Models," Neuro- Computing Volume 70, Issues 4-6, January 2007, Pages 960-974.

2006
Cho J., Principe P., Erdogmus D. and Motter M., "Quasi-Sliding Mode Control Strategy Based on Multiple-Linear Models," Neuro- Computing Volume 70, Issues 4-6, January 2007, Pages 960-974.

Jenssen R., Erdogmus D., Hild II K., Principe J., and Eltoft T., "Information Cut for Clustering using a Gradient Descent Approach," Pattern Recognition , 40, pp 796-806.

D. Erdogmus, R. Jenssen, Y. N. Rao and J. C. Principe, "Gaussianization: An Efficient Multivariate Density Estimation Technique for Statistical Signal Processing," Journal of VLSI Signal Processing, 45, pp. 67-83, 2006 (Invited Paper).

Barros A., Principe J., Takeuchic Y., Ohnishic N., “Using non-linear even functions for error minimization in adaptive filters”, Neurocomputing 70 (2006) 9–13.

Jenssen R., Principe J., Erdogmus D. and Eltoft T., "The Cauchy- Schwartz Divergence and Parzen Windowing: Connections to Graph Theory and Mercer Kernels," Journal of the Franklin Institute, 343, pp 614-629

Kim P., Sanchez J., Rao Y., Erdogmus D., Carmena J., Lebedev M., Nicolelis M., and Principe J.“A comparison of optimal MIMO linear and nonlinear models for brain-machine interfaces”, J. of Neural Engineering, Vol. 3, pp. 145-161, 2006.

Sackellares C., Shiau D-S, Principe J., Yang M., Dance L., Suharitdamrong W., Chaovalitwongse W., Pardalos P., Iasemidis L., “Predictability Analysis for an Automated Seizure Prediction Algorithm”, Journal of Clinical Neurofisiologia: vol. 23(6), pp. 509-520, 2006

Santamaria I., Pokharel P., Principe J., “Generalized Correlation Function: Definition, Properties and Application to Blind Equalization”, IEEE Trans. Signal Proc. vol 54, no 6, pp 2187- 2186, June 2006

Sanchez, J., Mareci, T., Norman, W., Principe, J., Ditto, W,, and Carney, P., "Evolving into epilepsy: Multiscale electrophysiological analysis and imaging in an animal model," Experimental Neurology, vol. 198, issue 1, pp. 31-47, 2006.

Jeong K-H, Xu J-W, Erdogmus D., Principe J., “A New Classifier based on Information Theoretic Learning with Unlabeled Data”, Neural Networks, vol 18, # 5-6, pp 719-726.

Contracts and Grants:

  • US Navy, Probabilisitc Graphical Models for Image Co-Registration
  • National Institute of Health, An ultra-low power wireless neural recording implant based on a novel pulse representation,
  • National Science Foundation-PFI, Center for Innovative Brain Machine Interfaces
  • Lockeed Martin, Machine Learning and Information Theoretic Approaches to Automatic Target Recognition and Detection
  • National Science Foundation, Optimal Modeling in RKHS
  • National Science Foundation, A Spike-based Computer Architecture for Sensory Processing
  • National Science Foundation-DDDAS, Dynamic Data Driven Brain Machince Interfaces
  • National Institute of Health, Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention

Honors and Awards:

2007 - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society's Career Achievement Award
2007 - UF Research Fellowship
2006 - Gabor Award, International Neural Network Society
2005 - Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
2005 - laurea ad Honoris Causa in Ingegneria Elettronica. Universita degli Studi di Reggio Calabria Mediterranea
2005 - Career Service Award, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
2002 - University of Florida Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
2002 - University of Florida Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
2000 - IEEE Fellow
1999 - UF Research Professor Fellowship (three year award)
1999 - Best Presentation Award, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
1991 - Innovation and Creativity Award, Portuguese Electronic Industry Association, with P. Oliveira and B. Cunha
1991 - Who's Who in the South and Southeast

Patents:

  • UF Disclosure #12538 - Co-Adaptive Brain Machine Interfaces, (Sanchez, Principe, DiGiovanna), 2007
  • UF Disclosure #11813 - Biphasic Pulse Signal Coding, (Harris, Principe, Rogers), 2007.
  • UF disclosure #12306 - Robust Signal Detection Using Correntropy, (Principe and Liu), 2006
  • UF disclosure #12270 - System and Method for analyzing progress of labor and preterm labor, (Principe et al), Dec 2006.
  • UF disclosure #11926 - Close loop state dependent seizure prevention systems, (Sackellares et al), December 2006.
  • UF disclosure #12043 - "Obstretic Analgesia System"  with Euliano et al., 2006
  • UF disclosure #11422 - "Maternal-Fetal Monitoring System," with Euliano, Euliano, Marossero, 2005
  • UF disclosure #11972 - "Correntrpy Wiener Filer", with Pokharel, 2005
  • UF disclosure #11790 - "Enhanced Matched Filter based on Correntropy," 2005
  • UF disclosure #11829 - "Ultra Low Pwer, Analog, Wavelet Spike Detector," 2005
  • UF disclosure #11506 - "NanoCAMs," with Davis and Fortes, 2004
  • UF disclosure #11382 - "Amplifier with pulse coded output," with Harris, Chen, Wei, 2004
  • UF disclosure #11172 - "Blind equalizers using probability density matching and parzen windowing," with Lazaro, Santamaria and Erdogmus, 2004.
  • UF disclosure #11173 - "Error whitening methodology for linear parameter estimation in noise in-puts" with Rao and Erdogmus, 2004.
  • U.S. Patent #6,796,305 - "Venetilator Monitor System and Method of Using Same," Sep 28, 2004
  • U.S. Patent #6,420,927 - "Filter and Hold Circuits utilizing a charge/discharge current" with Tavares, Harris and Oliveira, July 16, 2002.
  • Attorney Docket #21011.0031 - Medical Ventilator and Method of Controlling Same, May 1999
  • U.S. Patent #5,301,135 - "Adaptive Filters Based on a Recursive Delay Line," with B. deVries, April 1994
  • Portugal and Europe - "Time-Marker, Device to Inscribe Numerals in Polygraphs," wtih P. Guedes de Oliveira and M. Cunha, 1985