Biography

Abdul A. S. Awwal

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 1989
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1986
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1984 First Class (Honors)

Phone: 925-423-8780
E-mail: awwal1@llnl.gov

Research Interests

Digital/optical signal/image processing, pattern recognition, adaptive optics, optical computing algorithm and architectures, neural networks and intelligent sensors.

Selected Publications

Textbooks

Karim, M. A., and Awwal, A. A. S., Optical Computing: An Introduction, John Wiley, New York, NY, 1992.

Edited Books

Adaptive Optics for Vision Science: Principles, Practices and Applications, J. Porter, H. Queener, J. Lin, K. Thorn, and A. Awwal, Eds., John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006.

Book Chapters

Awwal, A. A. S., and Olivier, S., "Design and Testing of a Liquid Crystal Adaptive Optics Phoropter," in Adaptive Optics for Vision Science: Principles, Practices and Applications, 477–509, John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006.

Awwal, A. A. S., and Arif, M., 2005, "Information Processing and Micro-Optical Systems: Free-Space Optical Computing," Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Five-Volume Set, II, 247–256, B. D. Guenther, Ed., Elsevier Physics.

Journals

Awwal, Abdul A. S., Rice, Kenneth L., and Taha, Tarek M., 2008, "Fast implementation of matched-filter-based automatic alignment image processing," Optics & Laser Technology.

Billah, A. R. B., Wang, B., and Awwal, A. A. S., 2007, "Topology based placement of multicast capable nodes for supporting efficient multicast communication in WDM optical networks," Photonic Network Communications, 14(1), 35–47.

Awwal, A. A. S., McClay, W. A., Ferguson, W. S., Candy, J. V., Salmon, T., and Wegner, P., 2006, "Detection and Tracking of the Back-Reflection of KDP Images in the presence or absence of a Phase mask," Applied Optics, 45, 3038–3048.

Candy, J. V., McClay, W. A., Awwal, A. A. S., and Ferguson, S. W., 2005, "Optimal position estimation for the automatic alignment of a high-energy laser," Journal of Optical Society of America A, 22, 1348–1356.

Gudmundsson, K. S., and Awwal, A. A. S., 2003, "Sub-imaging technique to improve POF search capability," Applied Optics, 42, 4709–4717.

Karim, M. A., and Awwal, A. A. S., 1996, "Electro-optic Displays for optical information processing," Proceedings of the IEEE, 814–827 (invited paper).

Cherri, A. K., Awwal, A. A. S., Karim, M. A., and Moon, D. L., 1991, "Restoration of Moving Binary Images Degraded Owing to Phosphor Persistence," Applied Optics, 30, 3734–3739.

Awwal, A. A. S., Karim, M. A., and Jahan, S. R., 1990, "Improved Correlation Discrimination Using an Amplitude-modulated Phase-only Filter," Applied Optics, 29, 233–236.

Awwal, A. A. S., and Ahmed, J. U., 2001, "Refractive system for generation of high power diffraction-free laser beams," Optics and Laser Technology, 33, 97–102.

Guo, P., Awwal, A. A. S., and Chen, C. L. P., 1999, "Dynamics of a Coupled Double-Cavity Optical Interference Filter," Journal of Modern Optics, 46, 167–174.

Arif, M., Hossain, M. M., Awwal, A. A. S., and Islam, M. N., 1998, "Refracting System for Annular Gaussian-to-Bessel Beam transformation," Applied Optics, 37, 649–652.

Conference Proceedings

Awwal, A. A. S., Ferguson, S. W., and Law, C., 2007, "Uncertainty Detection for NIF Normal Pointing Images," in Optics and Photonics for Information Processing I, edited by Abdul A. S. Awwal, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, Bahram Javidi, Proc. SPIE 6695, 66950R (Sep. 20, 2007).

Wilhelmsen, K., Awwal, A., Ferguson, W., Horowitz, B., Miller Kamm, V., and Reynolds, C., 2007, "Automatic Alignment System For The National Ignition Facility," 486–490, Proceedings of 2007 International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems (ICALEPCS07), October 15–19, Knoxville, TN.

Michel, H. E., Awwal, A. A. S. and Rancour, D., 2006, "Artificial Neural Networks Using Complex Numbers and Phase Encoded Weights—Electronic and Optical Implementations," Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2006, 1213–1218, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Awwal, A. A. S., 2006, "Multi-object feature detection and error correction for NIF automatic optical alignment," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VIII, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 6310, SPIE Bellingham, WA, 63100Q.

Awwal, A. A. S., Ferguson, S. W., and Shull, P. B., 2006, "Best angle to orient two intersecting lines," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VIII, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 6310, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 63100S.

Awwal, A. A. S., Law, C., Candy, J. V., McClay, W., Ferguson, W., and Burkhart, S. C., 2005, "Commissioning of the off-normal processor for NIF alignment images under varying imaging conditions," in Proceedings of the Sixth Tri-laboratory Engineering Conference, 16, Monterey, CA.

Candy, J. V., Awwal, A. A. S., McClay, W., and Burkhart, S. C., 2005, "Detection of off-normal images for NIF automatic alignment," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VII, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 5907, 59070B-1–59070B-12.

Awwal, A. A. S., 2005, "Hough transform based corner detection for laser beam positioning," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VII, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 5907, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 59070I.

Mohammad, T., Rahman, M., Awwal, A. A. S., and Gudmundsson, K., 2004, "Optical pattern recognition of three dimensional images using composite binary phase-only filters," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VI, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 5556, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 146–157.

Awwal, A. A. S., Candy, J. V., Haynam, C. A., WIdmayer, C. C., Bliss, E. S., and Burkhart, S. C., 2004, "Accurate Position sensing of defocused beams using simulated beam templates," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VI, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 5556, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 233–242.

Awwal, A. A. S., 2004, "Automatic identification of templates in matched filtering," in Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VI, K. Iftekharuddin and A. A. S. Awwal, Eds., Proc. of SPIE 5556, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 102–109.

Patents

5,257,387   Imer-product array processor for retrieval of stored images represented by bipolar binary (+1,–1) pixels using partial input trinary pixels represented by (+1,–1)
7,195,354   Adaptive ophthalmologic system

Professional Memberships

Fellow, SPIE
Senior Member, IEEE
Founding Chair of three international SPIE conferences
Conference Chair, Optics and Photonics for Information Processing II (August 2008)
Conference Chair (with K. Iftekharuddin) for SPIE conference on Photonic devices and algorithm for Computing I–VIII, 1999–2006
Conference Chair for SPIE's International ITCOM Conference on Optical Active and Passive Components for WDM Communications (2001, 2002, and 2003)
Chair for 2007 Optics and Photonic for information Processing, San Diego, 2007
Guest Editor, Optical Engineering (May 2004, Special Issue on Active and Passive Components for WDM Communications)
Guest Editor, Applied Optics (Aug. 10, 2003, Special issue on Pattern Recognition)
Guest Editor, Optical Engineering (Nov. 2001, Special Issue on Optical devices and Systems for Computing)
Guest Editor, Optics and Laser Technology (September 2000, Special Issue on Devices and Algorithm for Optical Computing)
External evaluator for P&T for several universities

Honors and Awards

R&D 100, Autonomous Alignment Process for Laser Fusion Systems (AAPLF), 2008
R&D 100, MEMs-based Adaptive Optics Phoropter, 2003

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