Kenneth E. Barner, Ph.D.

UD - Electrical And Computer Engineering

Professor and Chair
Department of Electrical And Computer Engineering
University of Delaware
307 Evans Hall
Newark, DE 19716

Phone: (302) 645-6937
FAX: (302) 645-4316
E-Mail: barner@udel.edu
Web Site: http://www.ece.udel.edu/~barner

Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1992
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1989
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1987

Research Interests:
My research interests fall primarily in the areas of signal/image processing and human computer interaction (HCI). Theoretical interests drive my signal and image processing work. Of particular interest are nonlinear methods, especially rank order, joint temporal/spatial and rank order, and fuzzy methods. Problems addressed in my signal and image processing work include EEG and ECG processing, image denoising, image enhancement and compression artifact removal, nonlinear multiresolution methods for edge detection, segmentation, and data representation, volume data smoothing, video compression and processing, as well as tomosynthesis and computerized tomography. Based on my work in this area, I served as the co-chair of the 2001 IEEE-EURASIP Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing (NSIP) workshop, am currently a member of the Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing Board, and currently serve as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, and the EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing (JASP). I am also co-editing, with Gonzalo Arce, the book Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing: Theory, Methods, and Applications, to be published by CRC Press.

My HCI research addresses primarily information access problems. Specifically, I am interested in utilizing signal processing algorithms to display information in alternative formats for general HCI problems as well as specific HCI issues encountered by individuals with disabilities. This work includes projects on tactile imaging, haptic representations of environments and data, low bandwidth transmission of video based sign language, and remote instrumentation access. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) have funded this work. Within this area, I am also serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.

RECENT PRESS

Achieving great things.

2010 DHSA Research Conference Coverage
May 5, 2010--More than 275 people from the health sciences research and education community turned out for the 2010 Delaware Health Sciences Alliance Conference on Tuesday, May 4, to share research and explore issues in health care.

UD and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital to partner on bone disorder study
April 15, 2010--In search of a new treatment for the debilitating disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a team of researchers from the University of Delaware and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is initiating a two-year study exploring the use of an FDA-approved vibration platform in children with OI.

Delaware Health Sciences Alliance awards two pilot projects
April 1, 2010--Two pilot projects funded by the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) under its second competition focus on identifying cutting-edge cancer therapies, and creating the bioinformatics framework that will facilitate translational research among the alliance members.

Transforming the Region's Healthcare
March, 2010--An article in the March edition of Select Greater Philadelphia's "Momentum" discusses how the DSHA is drawing on the collective resources of its partner members - including the health sciences campus to be developed by the University of Delaware at the former Chrysler site - to revolutionize healthcare research and education in the region.

National experts to speak at Delaware Health Sciences Alliance research conference
Tuesday, February 18, 2010--The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) will host its second annual research conference on May 4 at Christiana Care Health System's John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Christiana Hospital Campus.

UD health sciences dean to lead partnership programs
December 14, 2009--Kathy Matt, dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been appointed to leadership positions in two partnership programs that she sees as key to promoting health research and education in Delaware.

Older adults with cancer, caregivers focus of $600,000 research grant
Dec. 11, 2009--A team that includes two researchers from the University of Delaware's School of Nursing -- Paula Klemm, professor of nursing, and Veronica Rempusheski, the Jeanne K. Buxbaum Chair of Nursing Science -- has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 grant to conduct research aimed at supporting older adults affected by cancer and their caregivers in Delaware.

DHSA takes center stage at UD Trustees meeting
December 9, 2009--The University of Delaware's Board of Trustees got a firsthand look at the largest single property acquisition in the history of the institution during its semiannual meeting, held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the former Chrysler assembly plant on South College Avenue in Newark.

Christiana Care's Dr. Petrelli to share cancer success story at national surgeons' conference
November 11, 2009--Christiana Care's pioneering role in significantly reducing Delaware's cancer rate will be in the national spotlight at a prestigious medical conference.