Education (in chronological order)
B.A. Physiology, Southern
Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, December 1998. Ph.D. Electrical Engineering,
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, May 1985 M.S. Solid State Science,
The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. B.S. Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Teaching and Research Experience
Subjects Taught:
Computer Architecture Digital Hardware Design Digital Signal Analysis Artificial Intelligence
Courses Taught:
ECE327: Sequential Circuit Design. ECE345: Electronics ECE 421: Introduction to Hardware Descriptive Languages (VHDL) ECE427: Structure of Digital Computers/Parallel Processing ECE428: Digital Hardware Design ECE465: Instrumentation ECE492: Independent Study for the undergraduate ECE495A: Electrical Engineering Design ECE529: Analog-to-Digital Conversion (Digital Signal Processing Design) ECE580: Seminar ECE592: Independent Study for Master degree students ECE601: Independent Study for Ph.D Students
Research Experience:
ASICs, FPGAs Hardware Design and their applications in Biological Systems Microprocessor-Based Systems Bioengineering, and Medical Ultrasound diagnosis and testing Voice Recognition Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence -
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Theses and Dissertations Supervised to Completion (last two
years)
"Cepstral Domain Talker Stress Compensation for Speech Recognition",
Master's Thesis by N. Dutta, 1995 "Ultrasonic Digital Characterization of Human Liver Tissues," Ph.D.
Dissertation by M. Zattari, 1994. "Text-Dependent Speaker Identification, "Master's Thesis by I. Shahin ,
1994. "An FPGA-Based High Speed Pipelined Floating-Point Adder," Master's Thesis
by A. Labaziewicz , 1994. "A customized system for Pitch Period Detection, "Master's Thesis by S.
Ahmad, 1994. "A Robust Algorithm for Speech Recognition Under Stressful Conditions,"
Master's Thesis by A. Ghaffar, 1994. "Pitch Detection Using Maximum Liklihood Princple "Master's Thesis by A.
Adamjee, 1994. "Resemblance Function Pitch Estimation "Master's Thesis by P.
Svoboda,1995. "Modeling and Simulation of Fast Fourier Transform Using VHDL, " Master's
Thesis by M. Usmani, 1995. "A Boltzman Machine Based Auto Test Generation System "Master's Thesis by
Q. Wang, 1995. "Design and Implementation of an Expandable Hopfield Neural Network Using
VHDL Behavior and Structural Modeling "Master's Thesis by J. Moore, 1995. "Implementation of a Digital Neural Network With on-line Training Using
FPGAs," "Master's Thesis by M. Ye, 1995. "A Multipless Digital Neural Network Using FPGAs "Master's Thesis by L.
Su, 1995.
I am currently supervising on two Ph.D and Five Master students.
Technical Reports
Botros, N., "Artificial Intelligence in Air Force Automatic Test Equipment
", A technical report to Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR),
August 1995. Botros, N.,"Automatic Voice Recognition Under Stressful Conditions ", A
Technical report to Navy Office of Research, , August 1993.
Publications
Published Refereed Journal Papers
Botros, N, Svoboda, M. Shultz "Automatic Estimation of Speech Pitch
Period" to be published in International Journal of Modeling and Simulation,
1996. Botros N., Alquesi Y. "A Floating-Point FFT Processor Using Field
Programmable Gate Arrays" to be published in the International Journal of
Computers and Their Applications, 1996. Zattari D., Botros N., Dunn F., "A Simulation Algorithm for Ultrasound
Liver Backscattered Signals" accepted for publication in the Journal of
Ultrasonics, 1995. Botros, N. and S. Prenmmath, "Speech Recognition Using Dynamic Neural
Networks," accepted for publication in International Journal of
Microcomputer Applications, 1995. Botros, N. and Abdul-Aziz, M., "Hardware Implementation of an Artificial
Neural Network Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)," IEEE
Transaction on Industrial Electronics, vol. 41, no. 6, December 1994, pp.
665-667. Zatari, D., Botros, N. and Dunn, F., "In Vivo Liver Differentiation By
Ultrasound Using Artificial Neural Network, " Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, vol. 96, no. 1, July 1994, pp. 376-381. Botros, N., and Teh, C., "Automatic Speech Recognition Using Hidden Markov
Model," International Journal of Microcomputer Applications, vol. 13, no. 1,
1994, pp. 9-12. Botros, N., "A PC-Based System for Tissue Characterization Using
Artificial Neural Networks," IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and
Measurement, , vol. 41, no. 5, 1992, pp. 633-638. Botros, N., Salhab, S., Ragala, R., "A Microprocessor-Based Pattern
Recognition Algorithm for Simulated-Liver Tissue Classification,"
International Journal Of Microcomputer Application, vol. 10, no. 1, 1991,
pp. 5-9. Botros, N., and Deiri, Z. "Isolated-Word Recognition Using Traditional and
Neural Network Approaches," International Journal Of Microcomputer
Application, vol. 9, no. 2, 1990, pp. 48-51.
Referred Journal Papers in Progress
Published Review Papers
Botros, N., " Neural Nets for Speech Recognition-Advantages and
Limitations," Overview Paper, "ELECTRO International Conference, April,
1991, NYC, New York, pp. 476-481
Conference Proceedings with Full-Paper Review
Botros N, Svoboda, M. Shultz "Automatic Estimation of Speech Pitch Period"
Proceedings of the International Conference on Simulation and Modeling,
Pittsburgh, PA April 27-29, 1995, pp. Botros N. and Zattari D., Microcomputer-Based In-Vivo Liver
Differentiation Using Artificial Neural Networks" Proceedings of the
IEEE-International Conference on Computer Applications in Medicine,
Indianapolis, Indiana, March 14-16, 1995, pp. 23-27. Botros, N., and Zattari, D., "Microcomputer-Based In-Vivo Liver
Differentiation Using Artificial Neural Networks" Proceedings of the
IEEE-Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, San Diego,
California , October 27-31, 1993, pp. 303. Botros, N., "Speech recognition Using Hidden Markov Models and Artificial
Neural Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE-Conference on Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, San Diego, California , October 27-31, 1993, pp. 243. Botros, N., Siddiqqui, H., and Deiri, Z., "Automatic Speech Recognition
Using Hidden Markov Models and Artificial Neural Networks," Proceedings of
the IEEE- International Conference on Neural Networks, San Francisco, CA,
March 1993, pp. 1770-1775. Botros, N., and Abdul-Aziz, M., "Hardware Implementation of an Artificial
Neural Network," Proceedings of the IEEE-International Conference on Neural
Networks, San Francisco, CA, March 1993, pp. 1252-1257. Botros, N., and Zakhem, W., "FFT Processor Using Field Programmable Gate
Arrays," Proceedings of the Fifth Annual IEEE International ASIC Conference,
Rochester, New York, September, 1992, pp. 115-118. Botros, N., and Premnath, S, "Speech Processing Using Dynamic Neural
Networks," Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial
Neural Networks, Baltimore, MD, June 7-11, 1992, pp. 737-742. Botros, N., and Tee, H., "Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Using
Artificial Neural Network," Proceedings of the IEEE-Conference on
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Orlando, Florida, October 31-November
3, 1991, pp. 165-166. Botros, N. and Teh, C., "Automatic Speech Recognition Using Hidden Markov
Model", Proceedings of the Fifth Oklahoma Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Norman, Oklahoma, November 20-22, 1991, pp. 172-178. Botros, N. and Tee, H., "A PC-Based Simulated Liver Tissue Classification
Using Artificial Neural Net Classifier," Poster, International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks, Seattle, Washington, July 8-12, 1991, vol.
11, pp. A-912. Deiri, Z., and Botros, N. "LPC-Based Neural Network for Automatic Speech
Recognition," Proceedings of the IEEE-Conference on Engineering in Medicine
and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 1-4, 1990, pp. 1429-1430. Botros, N., and Salhab, S., "Tissue Characterization Using Bayes
Classifier," Proceedings of the IEEE-Conference on Engineering in Medicine
and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 1-4, 1990, pp. 335-336. Botros, N., and Xu, K., " A 50 MHz Microcomputer-Based Data Acquisition
and Analysis System for Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization," Proceedings of
the IEEE-Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement Technology,
Washington, DC., April 25-27, 1989, pp. 179-183.
Conference Proceedings
Botros, N., "A PC-Based System for Soft Tissue Classification,"
Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems,
Durham, NC., June 14-17, 1992, pp. 92-99. Botros, N. and Tee, H., " Simulated Liver Tissue Characterization Using
Back- Propagation Classifier," Proceedings of the Modeling and Simulation
Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 3-4, 1991, pp.
97-104. Teh, C., Premnath, S., and Botros, N., "Phonetic Speech Recognition",
Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St.
Louis, Missouri, November 10-13, 1991, pp. 967-972. Botros, N. and Tee, H., "Microprocessor-Based Tissue Classification Using
Artificial Neural Net Classifier," Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium
on Circuits and Systems, Monterey, California, May 14-17, 1991, pp. 80-82. Botros, N., Salhab, S., and Ragala, R., "Microcomputer-based Analysis of
Ultrasound Signals", Proceedings of the Modeling and Simulation Conference,
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 3-4, 1990, pp. 503-506.
Publications With Undergraduates
Gebhardt, J., Mehta, J., Griffin, V., and Botros, N., "Design and
Implementation of a 4-Bit Simple Computer Using Discrete MSI/SSI
Components," Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Argonne Symposium for
Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, November 5
and 6, 1993, pp. 159 Gebhardt, J., Higgins, J., Botros, N. "Analog Neural Network for Optical
Pattern Recognition, " Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Argonne Symposium
for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, November
5 and 6, 1993, pp. 154. Blohm, T., Szpak, A., Williams, M., and Botros, N., "Speech Recognition
Using an Artificial Neural Network," Proceedings of the Fourth Annual
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,
Illinois, November 5 and 6, 1993, pp. 155. Jayasekara, L., Daruger, M. Adamjee, R. and Botros, N., "Artificial Neural
Network-Based Speech Recognition System, " Proceedings of the Third Annual
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,
Illinois, November 8 and 9, 1992, pp. 102. O'Connor, D., Gibbons, P., Labaziewicz, A. and Botros, N., "Object
Detection and Acquisition Using Infrared Sensors," Proceedings of the Second
Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne, Illinois, November 8 and 9, 1991, pp. 56. Von Jouanne, A., Fligor, p., and Botros, N.," Development of a Liver
Phantom Pattern Recognition Algorithm", Proceedings of the First Annual
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,
Illinois November 2-3, 1990, pp.72.
Service Activities
Keynote Speaker, IEEE-Illinois Valley Section September 5, 1991. Session Chairman and Organizer of national and international conferences
on Artificial Intelligence Chairman and coordinator of the Computer Engineering Committee, Department
of Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University.
Reviewer
IEEE-Transaction on Circuits and Systems IEEE-Transaction on Engineering in Medicine and Biology IEEE-Transaction on Software Engineering Journal of Ultasonic Imaging International Journal on Microcomputer Applications Several national and International Conferences
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