Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, May 1989. Emphasis in signal and image processing, biomedical imaging, and digital image reconstruction. Dissertation title:
"Maximally Sparse Constrained Optimization for Signal Processing Applications." Major advisor: Richard M. Leahy.
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Dec. 1982. Emphasis in digital signal processing and speech encoding and recognition. Thesis title: "An Algorithm for Feature
Change Detection in Speech Using Cepstral Coefficients." Thesis advisor: Douglas M. Chabries.
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Aug. 1978. Magna Cum Laude. Computer option.
Awards
Hughes Aircraft Ph.D. Fellowship, Brigham Young University's President's and Alvina S. Barrett scholarships.
Society Memberships
Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies, IEEE.
Employment
Brigham Young University, Provo Utah, 1999 to present, Associate Professor; 1990 to 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Instructor of graduate and undergraduate courses in digital signal processing, digital image processing, signals and systems, introductory circuits, and linear systems theory. Current primary research emphasis is signal processing for radio astronomy, including interference mitigation, focal plane array feeds for large radio telescopes, and low frequency self calibration algorithms. Other research activities include signal processing for MIMO wireless communications systems and statistically optimal methods for image restoration and reconstruction. Co director of the BYU Radio Astronomy, RFI Mitigation Research Laboratory.
Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton California, Oct. 1982 to Dec. 1989 Staff Engineer, Signal and Sonar Processing. Anti-Submarine Warfare Division. Responsibilities include theoretical analysis,
system engineering, and signal processing algorithm design for military sonar systems. Research and development projects included
neural networks for sonar target classification, and adaptive beamformer cancellation of mainlobe jammers. Major project involvement included: 1) Signal Processing and acoustic array analysis for the ADCAP Mark 48 torpedo system. 2) System engineer responsible for design of all signal processing on an advanced low frequency helicopter-born dipping sonar system.
This included design of adaptive beamforming arrays, an advanced sonar receiver, and sophisticated transmit waveforms. 3) System engineering and signal processing design and analysis for towed array sonar systems.
Eyring Research Institute, Provo Utah, Apr. 1978 to Oct. 1982. Digital Systems Engineer. Responsibilities included system and logic design of custom military and commercial computer hardware.
Project leader for several large hardware design projects including a ballistic missile flight computer simulation system.
Eyring Research Institute, Provo Utah, Feb. 1976 to Apr. 1978. Digital Electronics Technician. Responsibilities included construction, maintenance, and repair of custom minicomputer systems and interfaces.
Dr. Jeffs teaches a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of signals and systems, and electronic circuits. At the graduate
level his regular lectures include Advanced Digital Signal Processing (ECEn 680), Stochastic Processes (ECEn 580), Digital Image Processing (ECEn 688),
and Advanced Image Processing (ECEn 619). Undergraduate offerings include Software Radio Senior Project (ECEn 490), Introduction to Digital Signal
Processing (ECEn 487), Real-time DSP laboratory (ECEn 487 Lab), Signals and Systems (ECEn 380), Introduction to Circuits (ECEn 212), and Electronic
Circuits and Devices (ECEn 313).
The following list itemizes some of the curriculum innovations and new courses introduced by Dr. Jeffs.
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ECEN 490, Software Radio Senior Project. In this lab course teams of upper division students (four per team) design a complete operational
DSP-based digital communications receiver in a competitive environment. The 924 MHz QPSK receiver is implemented in real-time DSP code on a
Texas Instruments TMS320C6701 floating point evaluation board. Students must design and build the antenna, radio frequency front-end circuits, and
develop code for the digital demodulation. Teams compete based on lowest transmit power required for a specified bit error rate at a fixed distance.
Winning teams receive a significant cash award from corporate sponsors.
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ECEn 487, Discrete-Time Signal Processing lecture and Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory. The lecture course was revised and
moved to the undergraduate level by Dr. Jeffs. This permitted much more advanced offerings at the graduate level. The associated real-time DSP lab
uses the TMS320C6701 floating point signal processor evaluation module. Students develop code for filters, a spectrum analyzer, acoustic direction
finder, and adaptive noise canceller.
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ECEn 212 lab, Circuits Laboratory. This course is based on a semester-long major project where the students design and build a complete stereo
audio amplifier and speaker system, and in the process apply all of the major circuits principles taught in class.
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ECEn 380 Signals and systems. Dr. Jeffs led the effort in 1991 to have this course on linear systems and transforms expanded and moved from the
graduate level to be taught at the Junior level. The current course syllabus was developed and first taught by Dr. Jeffs.
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ECEn 316, Signals and Systems Laboratory. This companion to ECEn 380 included op-amp and DSP-based experiments to study principles of both analog and digital linear systems.
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ECEn 687, Advanced Digital Signal Processing. Includes topics of statistically optimal signal processing, array processing, adaptive filtering, parametric spectral analysis, etc.
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ECEn 619, Advanced Digital Image Processing. Includes in depth study of iterative and regularized methods for image restoration and medical image reconstruction. The ill-posed inverse problem is analyzed.
Professional Activities
Dr. Jeffs is active in IEEE professional programs related to digital signal processing and digital image processing. He is a founding member of the Utah Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Societies. He regularly participates and contributes at the related international conferences and workshops, including the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), URSI Conferences in the area of radio Astronomy, Square Kilometer Array (SKA) workshops, and the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers. Specific professional activities include:
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July 2007 - present, Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Selected Topics in Signal Processing. With four other guest editors, responsibilities include: a) proposing the “Special issue on Signal Processing for Astronomical and Space Research Applications,” to the JSTSP board, b) creating and distributing the call for papers, c) promoting the special issue by individual contact with members of the target community, d) soliciting and assigning reviewers for papers, e) assessing reviews to make final editorial acceptance decisions for papers, and f) coordinating with JSTSP staff for final production.
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1996 - 2001, Vice General Chair for IEEE ICASSP 2001. Local arrangements chair. This premier signal processing conference will be held in Salt Lake City, May 2001 and will have over 2,000 participants. The executive committee, including me and three other faculty from BYU and Utah, will be responsible for all technical, financial, publications, and facilities arrangements.
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1996 - 1998, Executive Committee member for IEEE DSP Workshop 98. Local arrangements chair and technical committee member. This workshop was held at Bryce Canyon National Park, Aug. 9-12, 1998 and had approximately 250 attendees. A significant amount of time was spent in 1998 in detailed planning, making contractual arrangements with the hotel and caterers, and in hosting the event.
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1998 - 2001, Chair of the Utah Chapter for the IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Societies. Previous assignments include Vice Chair, and Secretary/Treasurer.
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1998, Member of the Technical Committee for IEEE ICIP-98 and ICIP-99. Duties included reviewing 12 papers for the conference to determine acceptance or rejection.
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Chaired technical conference sessions for the 1998 Asilomar Conference on Signals and Systems, 1998 IEEE DSP Workshop, and ICASSP - 96. At Asilomar '98 organized a special session on “Blind Image Restoration and Image Processing Applications.”
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Critically reviewed over 130 technical papers for publication acceptance or rejection. A frequent technical reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Radio Science, Journal of Electronic Imaging, SPIE Optical Engineering. Have also performed reviews for IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Proceedings of the IEEE, several publishers of technical text books, ICIP-98, ICIP-99, and 1998 IEEE DSP Workshop.
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1999 and 2005, National Science Foundation review panelist on multiple occasions. Critically reviewed more than 70 NSF proposals for grant funding.
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2003, elevated to Senior Member, IEEE.
University Administrative Activities
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2006 - present, member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate committee. Responsibilities include admissions decisions, graduate exam development and administration, policy advisement, and graduate student advisement prior to being assigned a thesis advisor.
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2001 - present, member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rank and Status Committee. This committee is responsible to review and make recommendations on faculty applications for tenure status and promotions.
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1999 - 2002 (3 year appointment), member of the University Internal Review Committee. This committee is charged with performing detailed graduate and undergraduate academic reviews of each department in the University on a seven year cycle. These internal reviews are used to guide University assessment and planning, and to encourage continuous improvement of departments and institutional excellence.
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1999-2000, ABET accreditation coordinator for the department. duties include planning and implementing policies to comply with ABET requirements for outcomes and objectives assessment.
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1993 -1997, Chair of the University Forum Committee. Responsible to solicit and review nominations for University Forum speakers. Speakers of international renown are invited to address the entire University community in the Marriott Center four times a semester. Speakers are selected based on scholarly record, academic contributions, and respect and standing in national and international communities.
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1995 - 1999, member of the Department Undergraduate Committee. Responsible for curriculum improvement and oversight, accreditation, and student academic standards implementation, and student academic advising.
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1994 - 1999, member of the Analog Laboratory Committee. Responsible for instrument acquisition, laboratory policy, laboratory curriculum improvement.
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1994 - 1995, Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Supervised a major renovation of the undergraduate curriculum which included changing over 50% of the course offerings.
