Shahram Shirani, Ph.D. , P.Eng. Senior Member of IEEE Associate Professor Research Background Selected Publications Courses Affiliations Contact Info Personal

Research

• Biomedical image processing
• Multimedia Computing Systems
• Multimedia Communication Networks
• Signal Compression for Multimedia Communications
• Multimedia Data Indexing and Retrieval
• Multimedia Hardware Architectures
• Multimedia Communication Standards
• Visual Communications
• Image and Video Processing
• VLSI Architectures for Real-Time Signal and Image Processing
• Ultrasonic Imaging

Background

· B.S., Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 1989.

· M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering (with honor), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1994.

· Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.

Selected Publications

• Publications page

Courses

• Digital Systems Design, COMP ENG 3DJ
• Image Processing, COMP ENG 4TN3
• Engineering Design, COE 4OI5
• Multimedia Communications, EE728
• Computer Organization, COE 3DR4
• Logic Design, COE 2DI4

Affiliations

• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• UBC Alumni Association
• Professional Engineers Ontario

Contact Info

address:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ITB A320 McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
phone:	Phone: (905)-525-9140 ext 27943 Fax: (905)-521-2922
e-mail:	shirani at mcmaster.ca

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