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Home >> About MPL >> MPL Directory >> William Hodgkiss  
 


William Hodgkiss
Professor/Assoc. Director
PL, Bldg. 106, 153
534-1798
Spiess Hall, 460
534-7792



Degrees:
B.S. 1972, Bucknell University, Electrical Engineering
M.S. 1973, Duke University, Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. 1975, Duke University, Electrical Engineering

Research Interest:
Adaptive digital signal processing and time series analysis with applications to adaptive array processing problems.
Time-evolving spatial structure and statistical characterization of ambient ocean noise.
Propagation of acoustic energy through the water column and its interaction with the surface and bottom.
Matched-field processing and full-field inversions for water column and seafloor geoacoustic parameters.
Acoustic communications.
Tropospheric electromagnetic propagation and environmental parameter inversions.
Wireless sensor networks.
Software defined radio.

Professional Experience:
1975-1977, Engineer, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
1977-1978, Asst. Prof., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1978-1984, Asst. Prof., Graduate Dept. of SIO
1984-1991, Assoc. Prof., Graduate Dept. of SIO
1991-present, Professor, Graduate Dept. of SIO
1998-present, Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1980-1998, Applied Ocean Science Curricular Group Coordinator, Graduate Dept. of SIO
1989-1990, Assistant Director, MPL
1990-1993, Associate Director, MPL
1993-1998, Deputy Director, MPL
1998-2002, Deputy Director- Scientific Affairs, SIO Associate Vice Chancellor - Marine Sciences
2002-present, Deputy Director, MPL
2004-present, Associate Director, San Diego Division of Calit2

Professional Societies:
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Acoustical Society of America (Fellow)

Publications:
H.C. Song, P. Roux, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, T. Akal, and M. Stevenson, “Multiple-input/multiple-output coherent time reversal communications in shallow water,” IEEE J. Oceanic Engr. 31(1): 170-178 (2006).

P. Gerstoft, C-F. Huang, and W. S. Hodgkiss, “Estimation of transmission loss in the presence of geoacoustic inversion uncertainty,” IEEE J. Oceanic. Engr. 31(2): 299-307 (2006).

C. Yardim, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Estimation of radio refractivity from Radar clutter using Bayesian Monte Carlo analysis, “ IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. 54(4): 1318-1327 (2006).

C-F. Huang, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Uncertainty analysis in matched-field geoacoustic inversions,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119(1): 197-207 (2006).

H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, M. Stevenson, and T. Akal, “Improvement of time-reversal communications using adaptive channel equalizers,” IEEE J. Oceanig Engr. 31(2): 487-496 (2006).

K.G. Sabra, P. Roux, H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, and W.A. Kuperman, “Experimental demonstration of iterative time-reversed reverberation focusing in a rough waveguide. Application to target detection,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(3): 1305-1314 (2006).

H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, W.J. Higley, K. Raghukumar, T. Akal, and M. Stevenson, “Spatial diversity in passive time reversal communications,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(4): 2067-2076 (2006).

C-F. Huang, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Validation of statistical estimation of transmission loss in the presence of geoacoustic inversion uncertainty,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(4): 1932-1941 (2006).

C. Yardim, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Statistical maritime radar duct estimation using hybrid genetic algorithm - Markov chain Monte Carlo method, “ Radio Sci. 42, RS3014, DOI:10.1029/2006RS003561 (2007).

H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, T. Akal, and M. Stevenson, “Multiuser communications using passive time reversal,” J. Oceanic Engr. 32(4): 915-926, DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2007.904311 (2007).

Y-H. Goh, P. Gerstoft, W.S. Hodgkiss, and C-F. Huang, “Statistical estimation of transmission loss from geoacoustic inversion using a towed array,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(5): 2571-2579, DOI: 10.1121/1.2782915 (2007).

H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, K.G. Sabra, T. Akal, and M. Stevenson, “Passive reverberation nulling for target enhancement,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(6): 3296-3303, DOI: 10.1121/1.2799508 (2007).

C. Yardim, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Tracking refractivity from clutter using Kalman and particle filters, “IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. 56: 1058-1066, DOI:10.1109/TAP.2008.919205 (2008).

A. Song, M. Badiey, H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, M.B. Porter, and the KauaiEx Group, “Impact of ocean variability on coherent underwater acoustic communications during the auai experiment (KauaiEx),” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123(2): 856-865, DOI: 10.1121/1.2828055 (2008).

P. Gerstoft, W.S. Hodgkiss, M. Siderius, C-F. Huang, and C.H. Harrison, “Passive fathometer processing,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123(3): 1297-1305, DOI: 10.1121/1.2831930 (2008).

C-F. Huang, P. Gerstoft, and W.S. Hodgkiss, “Effect of ocean sound speed uncertainty on matched-field geoacoustic inversion,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123(6): EL162-EL168, DOI:10.1121/1.2908406 (2008).

K. Raghukumar, B.D. Cornuelle, W.S. Hodgkiss, and W.A. Kuperman, “Pressure sensitivity kernels applied to time-reversal acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124(1): 98-112, DOI: 10.1121/1.2924130 (2008).

J.F. Sifferlen, H.C. Song, W.S. Hodgkiss, W.A. Kuperman, and M. Stevenson, “An iterative equalization and decoding approach for underwater acoustic communication,” IEEE J. Oceanic Engr. (in press, 2008).

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