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Mahesh Krishna Banavar

Mahesh Banavar

Mahesh Banavar

Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng

Email: mbanavar@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315/268-3883
Office: 139 CAMP Building
Mailbox: CU Box 5720
Website: webspace.clarkson.edu/~mbanavar

Department(s): Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
School(s): Coulter School of Engineering, Institute for STEM Education
  • Biography
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  • Patents
Education
Electrical Engineering Ph.D. - 2010
Arizona State University
Electrical Engineering M.S - 2007
Arizona State University
Telecommunications Engineering B.E. - 2005
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Courses Taught
Digital Signal Processing
Systems and Signal Processing
Detection and Estimation Theory
Adaptive Signal Processing
Signal Processing and Applications
Digital Control
Biography

I am an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University. I received the BE degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India in 2005, the MS degree and the PhD degree, both in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2007 and 2010, respectively. My research area is Signal Processing and Communications, and I am specifically working on Wireless Communications and Sensor Networks. I am a member of MENSA and the Eta Kappa Nu honor society.

I am also the director of the CoSiNe Lab at Clarkson University.

Teaching Interests

Digital Signal Processing, digital and wireless communications, statistical and adaptive signal processing, signals and systems

Research Interests

Signal processing, communications, machine learning, and applications including cybersecurity, behavioral biometrics, and continuous authentication

 

Awards

Clarkson University Outstanding Advisor Award, 2019

Outstanding Teaching Award - Clarkson University HKN - 2015-2016

Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (awarded by the Graduate and Professional Students
Association, Arizona State University): Nominated thrice; won for the year 2008-2009.

Patents

M.K. Banavar, K. Mack, “Localization using wireless signals,” United States Patent 10,117,051, October 30, 2018. 

Maximum Likelihood Localization in the Presence of Channel Uncertainties, U.S. Patent Grant
No. US9507011B2, Publication 2016-11-29 (X. Zhang, C. Tepedelenlioglu, M.K. Banavar, A. Spanias,
applicants).

Energy-Efficient Distributed Estimation using Nonlinear Amplifiers, U.S. Patent Grant No. US9461676B2, Publication 2016-10-04, (R. Santucci, C. Tepedelenlioglu, A. Spanias, M.K. Banavar, applicants).

Publications

B. Ayotte, M. Banavar, D. Hou and S. Schuckers, "Fast Free-text Authentication via Instance-based Keystroke Dynamics," in IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (T-BIOM), 2020. 

D.M. Barry, H. Kanematsu, N. Ogawa, K. Nakahira, M. Banavar, S. Rivera, “STEM activities for exploring Mars using innovative e-learning,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 159, pp. 1126-1134, 2019.

X. Zhang, C. Tepedelenlioglu, M.K. Banavar, A. Spanias, G. Muniraju, “Location Estimation and Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks in the Presence of Fading,” Physical Communications (PHYCOM), vol. 32, pp. 62-74, February 2019. 

J. Sun, T. Yang, K.V. Mack, M.K. Banavar, “UNLOC: Optimal unfolding localization from noisy distance data,” Sampling Theory in Signal and Image Processing, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 183-195, 2018.

Schools at Clarkson

  • Graduate School
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • David D. Reh School of Business
  • Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences
  • Institute for a Sustainable Environment
  • Early College Program: The Clarkson School
  • Institute for STEM Education
  • Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

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