TDSI: Professor Leonard Ferrari

Education
1974-80	Ph.D.E.E. University of California, Irvine. Research related to spatially varying digital filters. Developed efficient recursive algorithms for the implementation of some classes of one- and two-dimensional filters. Dissertation title: "Recursive Binary Valued Image Filters."
1964-67	M.S.E.E. Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1959-63	B.S.E.E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Recent Employment
2003-present	Associate Provost/Dean Research and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
2000-2003	Vice Provost for Special Initiatives, Executive Director, Institute for Information Technology and American Electric Power Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1995-2000	Professor and Department Head The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 340 Whittemore Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061
1997-2001	Electrical Engineering Department Advisor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
1994	University of California, Irvine: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Engineering, Univ. of California, Irvine
1993-1995	University of California, Irvine: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Information and Computer Science; and Radiological Sciences
1994-1997	Kings College, London: Professor of Medical Science and Engineering (joint/visiting)
1990-1993	University of California, Irvine: Professor & Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1987-1990	University of California, Irvine: Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Radiological Sciences
1985-1987	University of California, Irvine: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Research

Dr. Ferrari's research is in the areas of signal and image processing, medical imaging systems, computer graphics and multi-media systems. His most recent research is in the area of spline computations for computer graphics and data compression, where he has produced extremely efficient computational procedures. He recently created the 2-5-2 spline, a mathematical basis function suitable for all spline applications that has superior properties and computational advantages over the conventional B-splines. Dr. Ferrari and his colleagues are using the new spline algorithms and concepts in the development of low power circuits for high quality computer graphics and data compression in multimedia systems. Dr. Ferrari has more than 100 research article in these areas and has spent twenty-one years in academic faculty positions in addition to more than ten years in industrial research and development positions. He was Vice Provost for Special Initiatives and Executive Director of the Institute for Information Technology at Virginia Tech. He recently joined the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California as Associate Provost/Dean of Research. He received the IEEE Fellow Award for contributions to research and education in signal and image processing.

Professional Services

Member, State of Virginia, CIT Information Technology Steering Council
Member, New River Valley Economic Development Council, Virginia
Director, Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC): Created by the State of Virginia as a University/Industry Partnership

Publications (over 100 including) :

L. A. Ferrari, P. V. Sankar and M. J. Silbermann, "Efficient Algorithms for the Implementations of General B-Splines," Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, CVGIP, Vol. 56, No. 1, January, pp. 102-105, 1994

P. V. Sankar, M. J. Silbermann, and L. A. Ferrari, "Curve and Surface Generation and Refinement based on a High Speed Derivative Algorithm," Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, CVGIP, Vol. 56, No. 1, January, pp. 94-101, 1994

K. F. Ustuner, L. A. Ferrari, "Discrete Splines and Spline Filters," IEEE Trans on Circuits and Systems - II Analog and Digital signal Processing, Vol. 39, No. 7, July 1992, pp 417-422

S. Y. Wang, L. Ferrari, M. J. Silbermann, "High Speed Computation of Spline functions and Applications," International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, Vol. 7, pp.1-15, 1996

L. Ferrari, Jae Park, A. Healey, S. Leeman, "Interpolation Using a Fast Spline Transform (FST)," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing,August 1999

T. Pitt, L. Ferrari, A. Healey, R. A. Reynolds, K. Humphries, "Splatting and Splines in 3D Medical Ultrasound Imaging," Proceedings of the 21^st International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging, Laguna Beach, CA, March 28-30, 1994, pp. 349-355

L. Ferrari, J. Park, "An Efficient Spline Basis for Multi-Dimensional Applications: Image-Interpolation," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Hong Kong, June 9-12, 1997, Vol. . 1, pp. 747-760

J. Park and L. Ferrari, "The (2-5-2) Spline Function," Proceedings of the St. Malo Conferences on Curves and Surfaces, July 1999.