ZAKARIA AJMAL zack.ajmal@gmail.com 580 Stillhouse Ln Milton, GA 30004-7342 Phone: (770)475-3066 OBJECTIVE A position working in the areas of computer vision, image and video processing, or multimedia signal processing. EDUCATION Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Expected May 2008 Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering GPA 3.96/4.00 Thesis: Learning low-complexity face models for tracking and recognition Advisor: Dr. Russell Mersereau Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA June 1999 MS Electrical and Computer Engineering GPA 3.96/4.00 University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Nov 1993 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering GPA 3.86/4.00, Ranked 1st MAJOR COURSEWORK Computer Vision Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling Digital Image Processing Wavelets and Time-frequency Representations 3-D Graphics and Modeling Multiprocessor Architectures for DSP Adaptive Filtering Parallel Computer Architecture Pattern Recognition High Performance Parallel Computing Real-time Systems Personal and Mobile Communications WORK EXPERIENCE School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Graduate Teaching Assistant Sept 1998 - Dec 2003 * Developed and graded labs and homework and provided help to students in using Cadence and Synopsys software for the VLSI and Advanced Digital Design course. * Developed interactive Java applets for use by students in their Microelectronic Devices course. Microprocessor Research Labs, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA Summer Intern May 2001 – Aug 2001 * Developed an algorithm to learn a deformable face model from stereo sequences and then track the face in a monocular sequence using the face model. * Main contribution was the automatic learning of identity and facial expression subspaces of the face model. iDEN Technology, Motorola, Plantation, FL Summer Intern May 2000 - Aug 2000 * Developed a speech-driven lip-sync facial animation system for audiovisual communication in wireless phones. Wireless Research Lab, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ Member Technical Staff June 1999 - Aug 1999 * Did an optimized implementation of adaptive coded modulation scheme for a fixed wireless system on TMS320C62XX fixed point processor. * Developed a simulation for modulation and coding using space-time coding diversity techniques. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Graduate Research Assistant Sept 1997 - Sept 1998 * Designed a fabric defect detection system using wavelet and fuzzy logic image processing algorithms. * Programmed a real-time implementation in C and assembly on parallel processing TMS320C40 DSP platform. Advanced Engineering Research Organization, Haripur, Pakistan Design Engineer Dec 1993 - Aug 1997 * Worked on the design of a 4-channel frequency lock-in system involving digital demodulation of low-level signals. Developed algorithms for filtering and demodulation using MATLAB and implemented them in C and assembly for the TMS320C31 DSP board. Designed the analog front-end that included 16-bit A/D converters, direct digital synthesis oscillators and mixers for superheterodyning. * Supervised a team of three engineers coordinating their work and developing the system interfaces. * Developed a PC-based six-degree-of-freedom simulation system for aerospace vehicles including 3D graphics, perspective viewing, coordinate transformations and aerodynamic calculations. * Developed PC-based test stations for mixed signal systems using data acquisition boards, GPIB card, PC parallel/serial port interface and various laboratory instruments. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Z. Ajmal, J.-Y. Bouguet, and R.M. Mersereau, “Learning a face model for tracking and recognition,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2002, vol. 4, pp. 3612–3615. SKILLS Languages: C, C++, Java, VHDL, Verilog, Assembly for TMS320 DSPs and 80x86, Fortran. Software: MATLAB, Cadence, HSpice, Synopsys, Mathematica. Operating Systems: Unix (Solaris, Linux), Windows 95/NT, MS-DOS. Computer Platforms: PC, Sun SPARCstation. DSP Hardware: TMS320C31, multiprocessor TMS320C40, TMS320C62XX, DSP56002. DSP Software: Code Composer, TI and Motorola DSP simulators/debuggers/ C compilers/assemblers. Hardware Design: TMS320C31 DSP board, mixed signal systems. Parallel Computing: Parallel algorithms, MPI, pThreads. AWARDS * Dr. Durrani medal for the top-ranked student in Electronics and Communications Engineering in B.Sc. * Ranked 1/180 in the campus and 2/1000 in the university in B.Sc. (all departments). * Merit Certificates and Merit Scholarship throughout B.Sc. * President of Pakistan Scholarship during high school and B.Sc. MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES * Member of IEEE. * Member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Electrical Engineering Honor Society. * Senator, Student Government Association at Georgia Tech, 1998-2000. * Member, Joint Finance Committee, Student Government Association at Georgia Tech, 1999-2000. * President, Pakistan Students Association at Georgia Tech, 1999-2000.