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About Professor

Dr. H. K. Kwan

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Windsor.

Education & Professional Memberships 

B.Sc.(Hons)(London), M.Phil.(CUHK), D.I.C., Ph.D.(London), F.I.E.T., C.Eng., P.Eng.

Research Expertise

  • Digital filters (including FIR, IIR, allpass, and lattice digital filters; sparse digital filters; AR and ARMA lattice modeling; variable frequency filters, and variable fractional delay filters; multirate digital filters; digital filterbanks; adaptive filters, and sigmoid adaptive filters; chaotic digital filters; intelligent digital filters, fuzzy filters; canonic, multiplierless, systolic, and high-speed digital filters).

  • Neural networks (including deep and shadow neural networks, recurrent associative memory; fuzzy neural networks; deep learning and machine learning algorithms; multiplierless and systolic neural networks).

  • Time-frequency analysis (including real-valued and complex-valued discrete Gabor transforms, parallel realization; numerical and graphical representations, and wavelet analysis of genome sequences).

  • Optimization algorithms (including evolutionary, gradient, convex, and multi-objective optimization algorithms).

Teaching

  • Intelligent Computing (ELEC4370)

  • Computational Intelligence (ELEC8330)

  • Multimedia Systems (ELEC4390)

  • Special Topics: Multimedia Systems (ELEC8900-49)

  • Special Topics: Design Optimization (ELEC8900-66)

Brief Biography

H. K. Kwan received his D.I.C. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing) in 1981 from the Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Supervisor: Professor A. G. Constantinides). His previous experience includes working as a design engineer in the electronics (quartz crystals, electronic devices) and the computer (core memory systems) industry in Hong Kong during 1977-78; and serving as a faculty member (Lecturer) in the Department of Electronic Engineering in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University during 1981, and then in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in The University of Hong Kong since 1981. He subsequently joined the University of Windsor as an Associate Professor and holds the rank of Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering since 1989.

He has published extensively on digital filters, neural networks & fuzzy neural networks, discrete Gabor transform, and design optimization in refereed journals and conference proceedings. The innovations described in his research papers have benefited (and/or been utilized by) industry in developing various inventions in digital filters, multiplerless and systolic neural networks, and fuzzy neural networks. 

He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses which include the subject areas of Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Multimedia Signal Processing and Applications; Intelligent Computing, Computational Intelligence; Analogue and Digital Communications, Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas; Data Communication, Computer Networks; Electric Circuits, Analogue and Digital Electronics, FPGAs; Global Optimization Algorithms and Design Applications, Numerical Methods, and Computer Programming. His recent teaching courses include Multimedia Systems, Intelligent Computing, Computational Intelligence, and Design Optimization.

He has served in a variety of capacities including chair and member in various undergraduate, graduate, administrative, faculty, and university committees; advisor, appraiser, assessor, reviewer, external examiner, and editorial board member of various academic and professional tasks; chair, organizer, and member of technical program committees and sessions in various international, national, and regional conferences, symposia, and workshops; and the past-chair, chair, chair-elect, secretary, secretary-elect, and member of the Digital Signal Processing Technical Committee and the Neural Systems and Applications Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.

Dr. Kwan has been a recipient of research grants from sources including NSERC, Auto21, and Micronet; a recipient of research professorship, research excellence, research fellowship, and outstanding paper awards; a licensed Professional Engineer (Ontario), a Chartered Electrical Engineer (UK), and was elected in 1996 a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK).