Mark A Neifeld
- Part-Time Faculty
- Professor Emeritus
- (520) 621-6102
- Meinel Optical Sciences, Rm. 437
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- neifeld@ece.arizona.edu
Biography
Mark A. Neifeld received the B.S.E.E. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1991 respectively. During the 1985-86 academic year he was also a member of the technical staff in the TRW systems engineering and analysis laboratory in Redondo Beach, California. Following completion of his dissertation at Caltech, he accepted a one year post doctoral position at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, California where he studied the application of parallel image processing techniques to problems in target recognition and in August 1991 he joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. Professor Neifeld is also a member of the faculty of the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona and has co-authored more than 50 conference and journal papers in the areas of optical storage, parallel coding and signal processing, optoelectronic device simulation and CAD, computer generated holography, character recognition, neural networks, and optical processing systems and his thesis work focused on the use of parallel access optical memories for image pattern recognition. He presently directs the Optical Computing and Processing Laboratory within the ECE Department at the University of Arizona and serves as a Topical Editor for Applied Optics.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
- Caltech
- M.S. Electrical Engineering
- Caltech
- B.S. Electrical Engineering
- Georgia Tech
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona-College of Optical Sciences (Joint Appointment with ECE) (2002 - Ongoing)
- The University of Arizona-Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002 - Ongoing)
- The University of Arizona-Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1996 - 2002)
- The University of Arizona-Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1991 - 1996)
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1990 - 1991)
Awards
- Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics – SPIE
- Spring 2013
- Recognized as 37th most published author in the history of Applied Optics.
- Spring 2012
- Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service
- Spring 2012
Interests
Research
Computational Imaging and Spectroscopy, Compressive Sensing, Optical Devices and Systems, Optical Communications and Application of Information Theory
Teaching
Optical Devices and Systems, Signal Processing and Communications, Neural Networks and Compressive Sensing
Courses
2016-17 Courses
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Dissertation
ECE 920 (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
ECE 920 (Fall 2016) -
Research
ECE 900 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Thesis
ECE 910 (Summer I 2016) -
Dissertation
ECE 920 (Spring 2016) -
Thesis
ECE 910 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Garrido-Balsells, J. M., Jurado-Navas, A., Paris, J. F., Castillo-V\'azquez, M., Puerta-Notario, A., Al Hajjar, H., Fracasso, B., Heggarty, K., Garc\'\ia-Zambrana, A., Boluda-Ruiz, R., & others, . (2014). General analytical expressions for the bit error rate of atmospheric optical communication systems: erratum. Optics letters, 39(20), 5896--5896.
- Huang, H., Cao, Y., Xie, G., Ren, Y., Yan, Y., Bao, C., Ahmed, N., Neifeld, M. A., Dolinar, S. J., & Willner, A. E. (2014). Crosstalk mitigation in a free-space orbital angular momentum multiplexed communication link using 4$\times$ 4 MIMO equalization. Optics letters, 39(15), 4360--4363.
- Mahalanobis, A., & Neifeld, M. (2014). Optimizing measurements for feature-specific compressive sensing. Applied optics, 53(26), 6108--6118.
- Ren, Y., Xie, G., Huang, H., Ahmed, N., Yan, Y., Li, L., Bao, C., Lavery, M. P., Tur, M., Neifeld, M. A., & others, . (2014). Adaptive-optics-based simultaneous pre-and post-turbulence compensation of multiple orbital-angular-momentum beams in a bidirectional free-space optical link. Optica, 1(6), 376--382.
- Ren, Y., Xie, G., Huang, H., Bao, C., Yan, Y., Ahmed, N., Lavery, M. P., Erkmen, B. I., Dolinar, S., Tur, M., & others, . (2014). Adaptive optics compensation of multiple orbital angular momentum beams propagating through emulated atmospheric turbulence. Optics letters, 39(10), 2845--2848.
- Ashok, A., Huang, L., & Neifeld, M. A. (2013). Information optimal compressive sensing: static measurement design. JOSA A, 30(5), 831--853.
- Ren, Y., Huang, H., Xie, G., Ahmed, N., Yan, Y., Erkmen, B. I., Chandrasekaran, N., Lavery, M. P., Steinhoff, N. K., Tur, M., & others, . (2013). Atmospheric turbulence effects on the performance of a free space optical link employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing. Optics letters, 38(20), 4062--4065.
- Neifeld, M. A., & Ashok, A. (2012). Visual Information Processing XXI. Proc. of SPIE Vol, 8399, 839901--1.
- Treeaporn, V., Ashok, A., & Neifeld, M. A. (2012). Space--time compressive imaging. Applied optics, 51(4), A67--A79.
- Uttam, S., Goodman, N. A., & Neifeld, M. A. (2012). Feature-Specific Difference Imaging. Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on, 21(2), 638--652.
Proceedings Publications
- Neifeld, M. A. (2014). Information Based Design for Compressive Imaging. In Frontiers in Optics, FM3E--1.
- Ren, Y., Xie, G., Huang, H., Li, L., Ahmed, N., Yan, Y., Lavery, M., Tur, M., Neifeld, M. A., Dolinar, S., & others, . (2014). 1-Tbit/s Orbital-Angular-Momentum Multiplexed FSO Link Through Emulated Turbulence With a Data-Carrying Beacon on a Separate Wavelength for Compensation. In Frontiers in Optics, FTh3B--7.
- Zhang, Y., Djordjevic, I. B., & Neifeld, M. A. (2014, Spring). Efficient quantum key distribution based on pulse-position modulation. In SPIE Security+ Defense, 92540C--92540C.
- Huang, H., Xie, G., Ren, Y., Yan, Y., Bao, C., Ahmed, N., Ziyadi, M., Chitgarha, M., Neifeld, M., & Dolinar, S. (2013). 4$\times$ 4 MIMO equalization to mitigate crosstalk degradation in a four-channel free-space orbital-angular-momentum-multiplexed system using heterodyne detection. In Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on, 1--3.
- Huang, J. L., Neifeld, M. A., & Ashok, A. (2013). Non-greedy adaptive compressive imaging: A face recognition example. In Signals, Systems and Computers, 2013 Asilomar Conference on, 762--764.
- Huang, J., Ashok, A., & Neifeld, M. (2013). Information Optimal Adaptive Measurement Design For Compressive Imaging. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, JTu4A--22.
- Makiwa, G., Naylor, D. A., Ferlet, M., Salji, C., Swinyard, B., Polehampton, E., Wiel, M. H., Zhang, S., Yuan, Y., Su, L., & others, . (2013). Determination of the beam profile for the Herschel-SPIRE Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer. In Propagation Through and Characterization of Distributed Volume Turbulence, JTu4A--1.
- Neifeld, M. A. (2013). Observations on Compressive Imaging and Some Applications. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, CW1C--1.
- Ren, Y., Huang, H., Xie, G., Bao, C., Li, L., Ahmed, N., Yan, Y., Willner, M., Lavery, M. P., Tur, M., & others, . (2013). Simultaneous pre-and post-turbulence compensation of multiple orbital-angular-momentum 100-Gbit/s data channels in a bidirectional link using a single adaptive-optics system. In Frontiers in Optics, FW6B--6.
- Ren, Y., Xie, G., Huang, H., Bao, C., Yan, Y., Ahmed, N., Lavery, M. P., Erkmen, B., Dolinar, S. J., Tur, M., & others, . (2013). Simultaneous turbulence compensation of multiple orbital-angular-momentum 100-Gbit/s data channels using a Gaussian probe beam for wavefront sensing. In Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on, 1--3.
- Salahieh, B., Ashok, A., & Neifeld, M. (2013). Compressive light field imaging using joint spatio-angular modulation. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, CM4C--6.
- Treeaporn, V., Ashok, A., & Neifeld, M. A. (2013). Compressive Stereo Cameras for Computing Disparity Maps. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, CM1C--4.
- Ashok, A., Neifeld, M. A., & Huang, J. (2012). Information optimal static measurement design for compressive imaging. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, CTu3B--3.
Others
- Haberfelde, T. E., & Neifeld, M. A. (2013). Beam combiner apparatus and method.
