Author Information

Josah W. Smith, Ph.D.

josiah.radar@gmail.com, GitHub, LinkedIn

PSA: I no longer have access to my university email address (josiah.smith@utdallas.edu or jws160130@utdallas.edu) so please contact me at josiah.radar@gmail.com.

🔭 I am currently working on several research publications in deep learning, computer vision, radar signal processing, and imaging.
📫 How to reach me josiah.radar@gmail.com
📄 Know about my experiences at my LinkedIn
⚡ Fun fact I love music, hiking, camping, and have lived around the world.
I completed my PhD from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2022

PhD Dissertation

Novel Hybrid-Learning Algorithms for Improved Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems (arXiv)

Papers

Deep Learning-Based Multiband Signal Fusion for 3-D SAR Super-Resolution (arXiv, DOI)
Efficient CNN-based Super Resolution Algorithms for mmWave Mobile Radar Imaging (arXiv, DOI)
A Vision Transformer Approach for Efficient Near-Field Irregular SAR Super-Resolution (arXiv, DOI)
Efficient 3-D Near-Field MIMO-SAR Imaging for Irregular Scanning Geometries (arXiv, DOI)
An FCNN-Based Super-Resolution mmWave Radar Framework for Contactless Musical Instrument Interface (arXiv, DOI)
Improved Static Hand Gesture Classification on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks using Novel Sterile Training Technique (arXiv, DOI)
Near-Field MIMO-ISAR Millimeter-Wave Imaging (arXiv, DOI)

Organization of GitHub Repositories

(Notable repositories are highlighted in italics)

Simulating Radar and SAR Data
- (V1) SAR Simulation (code)
- (V2) FMCW MIMO-SAR Simulation and Image Reconstruction Toolbox (code)
- (V3) THz and Sub-THz Imaging Toolbox (code)
Data-Driven Radar Image Enhancement (Computer Vision for Radar)
- (V1) SAR CNN Enhancement (code)
- (V2) Improved SAR CNN Enhancement (code)
- (V2.1) Improved SAR CNN Enhancement-v2 (code)
MATLAB User Interfaces for Controlling SAR Scanners
- Dual Radar (Also Applicable for Single Radar)
  
  Dual Radar GUI (code)
- SAR User Interface
  
  RSAR GUI (code)
  
  MATLAB SAR Scanner API (code)
- Texas Instruments mmWave Studio
  
  TI mmWave Studio MATLAB GUI (code)
Embedded Synchronization Software for SAR Scanner Controllers
- (V1) TI Radar HW Trigger using ESP32 (code)
- (V2) Dual Radar Synchronizer (code)
Documentation and Introduction to Radar and SAR Principles
- Introduction to Near-Field SAR in MATLAB (code)
- Introduction to MIMO-FMCW Radar (doc)
Projects
- FCNN Audio Denoising (code)
- Deep Learning-Enhanced BLE Ranging (code)
- SVM-MUSIC Algorithm for DoA Estimation (code)
- FIR and IIR Filtering for Audio Denoising (code)
- Nyquist Sampling and Sunspots (code)
WISLAB-Specific
- WISLAB-Helps
Code for Papers
- Efficient 3-D Near-Field MIMO-SAR Imaging for Irregular Scanning Geometries (arXiv, DOI, code)
- An FCNN-Based Super-Resolution mmWave Radar Framework for Contactless Musical Instrument Interface (arXiv, DOI, code)

BibTeX Citations

Deep Learning-Based Multiband Signal Fusion for 3-D SAR Super-Resolution (arXiv, DOI)

@article{smith2023deep,
    title        = {Deep Learning-Based Multiband Signal Fusion for {3-D} {SAR} Super-Resolution},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2023,
    month        = apr,
    journal      = {IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.},
    pages        = {1--17}
}

Novel Hybrid-Learning Algorithms for Improved Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems (arXiv)

@phdthesis{smith2022novel,
    title        = {Novel Hybrid-Learning Algorithms for Improved Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems},
    author       = {Smith, J. W.},
    year         = 2022,
    month        = apr,
    address      = {Richardson, Texas, USA},
    note         = {Available at \url{https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15341}},
    school       = {Dept. Elect. Comput. Eng., Univ. Texas Dallas},
    type         = {PhD dissertation}
}

Efficient CNN-based Super Resolution Algorithms for mmWave Mobile Radar Imaging (arXiv, DOI)

@article{smith2022efficient,
    title        = {Efficient {3-D} Near-Field {MIMO-SAR} Imaging for Irregular Scanning Geometries},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2022,
    month        = jan,
    journal      = {IEEE Access},
    volume       = 10,
    pages        = {10283--10294}
}

A Vision Transformer Approach for Efficient Near-Field Irregular SAR Super-Resolution (arXiv, DOI)

@inproceedings{smith2022vision,
    title        = {A Vision Transformer Approach for Efficient Near-Field {SAR} Super-Resolution under Array Perturbation},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Alimam, Y. and Vedula, G. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2022,
    month        = apr,
    booktitle    = {Proc. IEEE Tex. Symp. Wirel. Microw. Circuits Syst. (WMCS)},
    address      = {Waco, TX, USA},
    pages        = {1--6}
}

Efficient 3-D Near-Field MIMO-SAR Imaging for Irregular Scanning Geometries (arXiv, DOI)

@inproceedings{vasileiou2022efficient,
    title        = {Efficient {CNN}-Based Super Resolution Algorithms for {mmWave} Mobile Radar Imaging},
    author       = {Vasileiou, C. and Smith, J. W. and Thiagarajan, S. and Nigh, M. and Makris, Y. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2022,
    month        = oct,
    booktitle    = {Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Image Process. (ICIP)},
    address      = {Bourdeaux, France},
    pages        = {3803--3807}
}

Improved Static Hand Gesture Classification on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks using Novel Sterile Training Technique (arXiv, DOI)

@article{smith2021improved,
    title        = {Improved Static Hand Gesture Classification on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Using Novel Sterile Training Technique},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Thiagarajan, S. and Willis, R. and Makris, Y. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2021,
    month        = jan,
    journal      = {IEEE Access},
    volume       = 9,
    pages        = {10893--10902}
}

An FCNN-Based Super-Resolution mmWave Radar Framework for Contactless Musical Instrument Interface (arXiv, DOI)

@article{smith2021fcnn,
    title        = {An {FCNN}-Based Super-Resolution {mmWave} Radar Framework for Contactless Musical Instrument Interface},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Furxhi, O. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2021,
    month        = may,
    journal      = {IEEE Trans. Multimedia},
    volume       = 24,
    pages        = {2315--2328}
}

Near-Field MIMO-ISAR Millimeter-Wave Imaging (arXiv, DOI)

@inproceedings{smith2020near,
    title        = {Near-Field {MIMO-ISAR} Millimeter-Wave Imaging},
    author       = {Smith, J. W. and Yanik, M. E. and Torlak, M.},
    year         = 2020,
    month        = sep,
    booktitle    = {Proc. IEEE Radar Conf. (RadarConf)},
    address      = {Florance, Italy},
    pages        = {1--6}
}