Curriculum Vitae of Eric M. Dowling, Ph.D.



Eric M. Dowling, Ph.D.  serves as an Expert Witness for Depositions, Hearings and Trials in the Areas of Electrical Engineering, Computer Architecture, and Computer Software.  He also performs product research, infringement analysis, and patent invalidity analysis in these areas.

Eric M. Dowling, Ph.D..

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1989. 
  • M.S.E.E., University of Florida, 1986.
  • B.S.E.E., University of Florida, 1984.

Honors and Awards

  •  US Army Research Office Fellowship, University of Florida, 1986-1989.
  • Florida Army National Guard Officer’s Association Scholarship, 1988.
  •  B.S.E.E. with High Honors, University of Florida, 1984.
  • Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Phi         Kappa Phi academic honorary societies.

Core Areas of Expertise

  • Mobile Computing and Wireless Internet based Systems
  • Networks, Internet, Internet Telephony and Distributed Systems Software and Protocols     
  • Hardware and Software Systems, OS, Drivers, Busses
  • Microprocessor Systems, Computer Systems and Microsystems Architecture      
  • Adaptive Receivers, Wireless and Wireline Modems/Protocols  (Cellular, xDSL, GPS)      
  • VLSI Systems Architecture
  • Speech and Video Compression/Coding
  • DSP System Design and Implementation with TI, Analog Devices, and Motorola DSPs

Intellectual Property

  • Registered Patent Agent, member of USPTO Bar, instated February 1999.

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor - (E.E.) with Tenure, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Fall 1995 to 2001.

  • Assistant Professor - (E.E.) Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Fall 1989 to 1995.

  • Consultant -Patent Infringement, Noninfringement, and Validity Analysis, Product Research and Litigation Support, 1995 to present.

  • Consultant - DGI Technologies Inc. - DSP Microprocessor based Real Time T1 Network Echo Canceller February 1997 to October 1998.

  • Consultant - Micron Technology Inc. - design of processors and embedded DRAM systems, 1997-1998.

  • Consultant - Pinpoint communications Inc. - Radio direction finding for RF identification - Jan-Aug, 1997.

  • Consultant - DTex Inc. - Design of algorithms, DSP processing board, and DSP56L811 DSP software to implement an advanced ultra-sensitive metal detector, February 1997 to present.

  •  R&D Consultant - Raytheon / E-Systems - Design of Digital Signal Processing Software for a Military Mobile Telecommunications Switch, 1996.

  • Consultant - INET Corp. - Design of Equalizers for T-Carrier Wireline Transmission Systems, April 1995 - February 1997

  •  Consultant - US Naval Undersea Warfare Center - Adaptive Sonar Signal Processing Software, 1994.

  • Consultant - Ultimate Technologies Inc. - Research and Design of Active Noise Control Systems - January 1993 - pres.

  • Consultant - Alcatel Network Systems - Microprocessor Systems Design - On Site Training - September 1995 to present.

  • Consultant - Nortel  - Digital Signal Processing  - On Site Training - 1993.

  • Consultant - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Design of algorithms for Biomedical Signal Processing - 1992-1993.

  • Consultant - Electrospace Systems Inc. – Design of DSP algorithms for noise cancellation 1991.

  • Consultant - Athena Group, Inc.  - NSF SBIR Contracting, DSP Software  - 1985-1989.

  • Signal Officer - US Army Signal Corps, Multichannel Systems Platoon Leader, Battalion Radio Officer, Corps Area Signal Company Commander (Captain) 1982-1988.

  •  Research Fellow - (E.E.) US Army Research Office Fellowship, Univ. of Florida, 1986-1989.

  • General Electric Mobile Communications  - Design Engineer, Summer 1984.

Patents and Pending U.S. Patent Applications:

1.        U.S. Patent 6,522,875, -Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems,-  February 18, 2003.

2.        U.S. Patent 6,522,688, -PCM codec and modem for 56K bi-directional transmission,- February 18, 2003.

3.        U.S. Patent 6,487,654, -Virtual shadow registers and virtual register windows,” November 26, 2002.

4.        U.S. Patent 6,370,640, -Virtual shadow registers and virtual register windows,- April 9, 2002.

5.        U.S. Patent 6,363,475, -Apparatus and method for program level parallelism in a VLIW processor,- March 26, 2002.

6.        U.S. Patent 6,282,638, -Virtual shadow registers and virtual register windows,- August 28, 2001.

7.        U.S. Patent 6,226,738, -Split embedded-DRAM processor, - May 2, 2001.

8.        U.S. Patent 6,170,051, -Apparatus and method for program level parallelism in a VLIW processor,- January 2, 2001.

9.        U.S. Patent 6,163,863, -Processor with programmable addressing modes,- December 19, 2000.

10.     U.S. Patent 6,157,988, -Method and apparatus for high performance branching in pipelined microsystems,” December 5, 2000.

11.     U.S. Patent 6,128,728, -Virtual shadow registers and virtual register windows,” October 3, 2000.

12.     U.S. Patent 6,026,478, -Split embedded-DRAM processor, - February 15, 2000.

      ·              Twenty-three pending U.S. patent applications, titles are not disclosed, seven allowed, pending issuance

        ·         Ten pending applications relate to Mobile Internet, telephony, Internet hardware/software

        ·         Six pending applications relate to CDMA wireless, smart antennas, and GPS based systems

        ·         Four pending applications relate to digital signal processing chip architectures

        ·         Three pending applications relate to signal processing for modems and DSL

Commercial/Educational Software:

1.        F.J. Taylor, E.M. Dowling and G. Logothetis, "Monarch Signal Processing Software," The Athena Group Inc., (Royalties Agreement) 1989.

2.        E.M. Dowling, "TMS320C25 Code Generator Module, Monarch Signal Processing Software," The Athena Group Inc., (Royalties Agreement) 1989.

Research Grants and Contracts:

1.        E.M. Dowling, and D.A. Linebarger, "Signal Processing Algorithms for High Speed Wireline Transmission," THECB, Advanced Research Program, 2 yrs., 1 January 1998 to 31 August 2000, $184,140.

2.        E.M. Dowling and Larry Vavroch, "Image Processing Algorithms for Focal Plane Arrays," Texas Instruments, Inc. January 1996, $88,000.

3.        R.D. DeGroat, E.M. Dowling, and D.A. Linebarger "Telecommunications DSP Research" Raytheon E-Systems Inc., Jan. 1996, $25,000.

4.        R.D. DeGroat, E.M. Dowling, and D.A. Linebarger "Telecommunications DSP Research" Nortel Inc., April. 1996, $25,000.

5.        R.D. DeGroat, E.M. Dowling, and D.A. Linebarger "Telecommunications DSP Research" Texas Instruments Inc., July. 1996, $25,000.

6.        E.M. Dowling, D.A. Linebarger and R.D. DeGroat, "Fast Converging Blind Subspace Equalizers and Adaptive Signal Processing for Telecommunications," THECB, Advanced Research Program, 2 yrs., 1 January 1996-31 August 1998, $132,000.

7.        E.M. Dowling, D.A. Linebarger and R.D. DeGroat, "Signal to Noise Ratio Estimation for Communications Applications" Electrospace Systems Inc., Oct. 1995, $30,000.

8.        E. M. Dowling, "Industrial Research Agreement," Henessy Consulting, September 1995, $13,000.

9.        E.M. Dowling,  D.A. Linebarger and R.D. DeGroat, "Speech Compression Algorithms,"  Electrospace Systems Inc., February 1995, $5,000.

10.     R.D. DeGroat, E.M. Dowling and D.A. Linebarger, "Spherical Subspace Methods for Efficient High Performance Adaptive Signal Processing,"  Texas Advanced Technology Program, October 1993, $189,700.

11.     R.D. DeGroat, E.M. Dowling and D.A. Linebarger, "Real-Time Implementations of Spherical Subspace Updating for Sonar Applications," Naval Undersea Warfare Center, (BAA), July 1993, $53,000.

12.     D.A. Linebarger, E.M. Dowling and R.D. DeGroat, "Adaptive Signal Processing in Digital Telephony," Bell Northern Research Inc., March 1993, $25,000 (second funding).

13.     E.M. Dowling, R.D. DeGroat and R.M. Roark, "Adaptive Subspace Algorithms with Biomedical and Array Processing Applications,"  National Science Foundation,  June 1992, $54,000.

14.     D.A. Linebarger, E.M. Dowling and R.D. DeGroat, "Adaptive Signal Processing in Digital Telephony," Bell Northern Research Inc., May 1992, $30,000.

15.     D.A. Linebarger, E.M. Dowling and R.D. DeGroat, "A Microphone Array for Speech Acquisition," Texas Advanced Technology Program, October, 1991, $178,200.

16.     D.A. Linebarger, E.M. Dowling and R.D. DeGroat, minority supplement to "A Microphone Array for Speech Acquisition," Texas Advanced Technology Program, March 1992, $20,500.

17.     R.D. DeGroat, D.A. Linebarger, and E.M. Dowling, "Connected Speech Database and Supporting Hardware", June 1991, Texas Instruments, $8,960.

18.     E.M. Dowling,  R.D. DeGroat and D.A. Linebarger, "SPROClab DSP System for Adaptive Signal Processing Research and Teaching",  June 1991 , Star Semiconductor $13,500.

19.     E. M. Dowling, P. Balsara, E. Deckel, "A Hypercube Multiprocessor for Teaching and Research," Texas Permanent University Fund, May, 1991, $100,000.

20.     D.A. Linebarger, E.M. Dowling and R.D. DeGroat, "Spatial Filtering Techniques for Enhanced Speech Acquisition," Texas Instruments, March, 1991, $15,000.

21.     E. M. Dowling, "Adaptive Noise Cancellation," Electrospace, January, 1991, $5,000.

22.     E. M. Dowling, "A TMS34082 Based Hybrid Shared/Distributed Memory Multiprocessor for Real Time and Scientific Computing," Texas Instruments, January, 1990, $25,000.

Professional Societies

  • IEEE  Signal Processing  (Senior Member of IEEE)
  • IEEE Circuits and Systems (Chairman of Dallas Chapter, 1991-1998)
  • IEEE Dallas Section - Member of Board of Directors (1991-1998)

Referee for:

  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  •  IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Computer Magazine
  • EEE Transactions on Computers
  • IEE Proceedings on Radar, Sonar and Navigation
  • IEE Proceedings on Vision, Image and Signal Processing
  • FAC Automatica
  • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing
  • Microprocessors and Microsystems
  • Fiber and Integrated Optics
  • National Science Foundation
  • MacMillan Publishing Company
  • Prentice-Hall Publishing Company

Courses Taught / Developed:

  • EE6365 Adaptive Signal Processing
  • EE 6360 Digital Signal Processing
  •  STAT 6341 Numerical Linear Algebra / Statistical Computing
  • EE6302 Microprocessor Systems Design
  • EE4685 Microcomputer Based Senior Design Projects
  • EE4420 Microprocessor Systems Design
  • EE2301 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Circuits I)

 Short Courses Taught / Developed:

  • Modern Filter Design (NTU satellite broadcast)
  • Digital Signal Processing (Bell Northern Research Inc.).
  • Adaptive Signal Processing in Telecommunications (Inet Inc.)
  • Microprocessors Systems Design (Alcatel Network Systems Inc.)
  •  Digital Signal Processing of Modems and Equalizers (UTD Telecommunications Series)

 Dissertations and Theses Supervised:

  • -High Performance Adaptive Multiuser Detection,- Umesh Jani, M.S.E.E., August 1998
  • -Block Shanno Stochastic Equalizers for Wireless Equalization,- Zifei Wang, Ph.D., May 1998.
  • -Joint Blind Equalization, Carrier Recovery and Symbol Timing Recovery,-  Arun Visvanath, M.S.E.E., Decemeber 1997.  
  • "Conjugate Gradient Subspace Tracking and Systolic Subspace Tracking Arrays," Z. Fu, Ph.D., August, 1994.
  • "Nested Loop Algorithm Restructuring, Partitioning, and Mapping onto Arbitrary Parallel Architectures," B. Shridaran, August 1992
  • "Hardware Design and Implementation of a Memory Array Architecture for Image Processing",  A.           Vaidyanathan. M.S.E.E., December 1991.
  • "A Real-Time Electronically Steered Microphone Array", Y. Tong, M.S.E.E., Aug. 1991.
  • "A Hybrid Architecture for High Speed Parallel Numeric Computation", Z. Fu, M.S.E.E., Aug., 1991.
  •  "Study of Performance of Parallel Hessenburg and Jacobi Algorithms on the Hypercube", L. Aravamudhan, M.S.E.E., May 1991.

     



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