1. Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Adaptive Filters, Acoustic Signal Processing & Machine Learning

1. Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Adaptive Filters, Acoustic Signal Processing, Feedback and Noise Cancellation, Speaker and Headphone Designing, Hearing aid System Design, Speech Processing, Neural Networks and Applied Machine Learning

1. Marie-Curie Post-Doc fellowship at Aalborg University, Denmark.

2. Senior Member IEEE

3. Honored with a contract of recognition on behalf of President of India (4 different times) for a

4. technical presentation on-

5. The world is your oyster in All India Radio on 17.10.2014 at 8 PM, All India Radio, Cuttack.

6. A life filled with twittering voices in All India Radio on 07.2.2014 at 8 PM, AIR, Cuttack, India.

7. Ubiquitous mobile phones in All India Radio on 02.08.2013 at 8PM, All India Radio, Cuttack.

8. Cancellation of Acoustic Echo in Mobile Phones in All India Radio for National Science Magazine

9. Program on 28.11.2012 at 10 PM, National Channel AIR, Delhi.

11. Best paper award for the paper entitled-

12. A Unique Low Complexity Parameter Independent Adaptive Design for Echo Reduction in

13. Springer sponsored international conference ICACNI-2014, Kolkata, India.

15. A Novel Approach to Face Detection Using Support Vector Machine in Springer, Springer

16. sponsored international conference ICACNI-2013, Raipur, India.

18. First position in Ph.D. coursework examination in the academic year 2013-14 in BIT Mesra, India.

19. First position in M.Tech at NIT Hamirpur in Signal Processing and Control Branch from 2009-11.

Teaching

1. Present Designation:

2. Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Dept. of ECE at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai, India

4. Past employments:

5. BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India (an institute of eminence)- Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of EEE(Grade-I)

6. IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha (Govt. of Odisha)- Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of E&TC( AGP-6000)

Research

1. Marie-Curie Post Doc research fellow at Allborg University Denmark.

2. Post-Doc. research area - Interaction of (de)reverberation with other acoustic artefacts/algorithms.

3. Specific research topic-Design and analysis of an advanced adaptive feedback canceller with correlated probe signal for modern hearing aids.

4. Project name- DREAMS-ITN, EU (dreams-itn.eu)

6. Ph.D. Thesis - Design and analysis of a variable structure acoustic echo canceller based on adaptive multiple sub-filters.

8. M.Tech Thesis - Pseudo-fractional optimum order estimation for adaptive filter in acoustic echo

9. cancellation.

1. Senior Member-IEEE

1. Scholarly Service

3. Journal Activities

4. Associate Editor of Circuit, Systems and Signal Processing, Springer.

5. Guest editor, special issue on Adaptive and creative system design: applications to signal processing, International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering (IJSISE), Inderscience, U.K.

6. Technical Reviewer, Applied Acoustics (Elsevier)

7. Technical Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (IEEE)

8. Technical Reviewer, IEEE TASL (IEEE)

9. Technical Reviewer, IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IEEE)

10. Technical Reviewer, IET Signal processing (IET)

11. Technical Reviewer, Signal Processing (Elsevier)

12. Technical Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration (Elsevier)

13. Technical Reviewer, Digital Signal Processing (Elsevier)

14. Technical Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (IEEE)

15. Technical Reviewer, IEEE TASL (IEEE)

16. Technical Reviewer, IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IEEE)

17. Technical Reviewer, IET Signal processing (IET)

18. Technical Reviewer, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Elsevier)

19. Technical Reviewer, Radioengineering (Proceedings of Czech and Slovak Technical Universities)

21. Conference Activities

22. Organizing co-chair of IEEE sponsored International Conference on Energy, Systems and Information Processing (ICESIP-2019), 04 July-06 July, 2019 at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai.

23. Special session organizer and chair, Modern adaptive filtering algorithms and applications for biomedical signal processing designs in Springer sponsored INDIA-16, 8-9thJan-2016, Visakhapatnam, India.

24. Special session organizer and chair, Dynamic adaptive systems design and applications in advance signal, image and speech analysis in IEEE sponsored ECTI-CON-15, June 24-27th,2015, Hua-Hin, Thailand

25. Organizing chair of the first international workshop on Recent advances in adaptive systems and signal processing (RAASP-2014) in IEEE sponsored ICACCI-14, 24-27th Sept., 2014, Noida, India.

26. Special session organizer and chair, Emerging trends in advance signal, image and speech processing (ETSIS-2014) in Springer sponsored FICTA-14, 14-15th Nov., 2014, Bhubaneswar, India.

27. Special session organizer and chair, Multimedia communication and signal processing (MCSP-2014)in IEEE sponsored MEDCOM-14, 7 -8th Nov., 2014, Noida, India.

28. Special session organizer and chair, Adaptive filter application in communication, computing and signal processing in Springer sponsored ICACNI-14, 24-26th June, 2014, Kolkata, India.

29. Special session organizer and chair, Adaptive and innovative system design for signal, image and speech processing in IEEE sponsored SPIN-14, 20-21st Feb., 2014, Noida, India.

30. Session Chair of regular session on Signal/Image Processing and special session on Complex Informatics in IEEE TENCON-2014, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 23rdand Oct. 24th2014 respectively.

32. Seasonal Schools and Tutorials

33. Coordinator of One Week Short Term Course on Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms and Applications, 11 May-15 May, 2019 at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai.

34. Coordinator of One Week Short Term Course on MATLAB and LabVIEW for Engineering Applications, 17 Dec 21 Dec, 2018 at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai.

35. Organizing member of National workshop on signal processing and applications in power, communication and control, 26-29th June, 2013, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

36. Organizing member of Workshop on image and signal processing applications using Xilinx system generator, 19-20th June, 2014, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

37. Organizing committee member of Workshop on image and signal processing applications using Xilinx system generator, 19-20th June, 2014, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

38. Presented an invited talk on Optimization in Acoustic Signal Processing in SRM Kattankulathur, Chennai for workshop on Machine Learning for Intelligent Speech and Image Processing (MLSIP-2018) from Sept 28-29, 2018.

1. Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Adaptive Filter Design, Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing, Signals & Systems, Signals Systems & Communication

1. 1. Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, An optimized structure filtered-x least mean square algorithm for acoustic noise suppression in wireless networks, Recent advances in wireless sensor and ad-hoc networks, pp. 191-206, 2015, Springer international publishing, Switzerland.(ISBN 978-81-322-2129-6)

2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2129-6_10

4. 2. Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, Pseudo-fractional tap-length learning based applied soft computing for structure adaptation of LMS in high noise environment, Soft computing techniques in engineering and technology, pp. 115-129, 2014, Springer international publishing, Switzerland.

5. (ISBN 978-3-319-04693-8)

6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04693-8_8

1. ResearcherID: N-4725-2016

2. ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0011-0069

3. SCOPUS Author ID: 37049070900

4. ( Last Updated 12.03.2020)

6. Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers [SCI Indexed]

8. 1. Sanjana Sankar, Srikanth Burra, Asutosh Kar*, and M.N.S. Swamy, “Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Cancellation with Kernelized Adaptive Filters", Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, 2020.

9. (Accepted for publication)

11. 2. Asutosh Kar*, Ankita Anand, and M.N.S. Swamy, “Automatic Tap-length Adjustment of Adaptive Filter for Feedback Attenuation in Hearing Aids”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 158, pp. 1-6.

13. 3. S. Shoba, R. Rajavel, Asutosh Kar*, B. Majhi, “Monaural Speech Separation using GA-DNN based algorithm”, vol. 160, pp. 1-11, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, 2020.

15. 4. Hannah P., S. Dhanalakshmi, R. Kumar, and Asutosh Kar*, “Variable Tap-Length Non-Parametric Variable Step-Size NLMS Adaptive Filtering Algorithm for Acoustic Echo Cancellation”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 159, pp 1-9, 2019.

17. 5. Asutosh Kar*, Ankita Anand, Jan Ostergaard, S.H. Jensen, and M.N.S. Swamy, “Mean Square Performance Evaluation in Frequency Domain for an Improved Adaptive Feedback Cancellation in Hearing Aids”, Signal Processing, Elsevier, vol. 157, pp. 45-61, 2019.

19. 6. Asutosh Kar* , Ankita Anand, Jan Ostergaard, S.H. Jensen, and M.N.S. Swamy, “Sound Quality Enhancement in Hearing aids in Presence of Multiple Inputs”, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, Springer, vol. 38, no. 8, pp 3591–3615, 2019.

21. 7. Asutosh Kar*, Trideba Padhi, Banshidhar Majhi, M.N.S. Swamy, "Analysing the impact of system dimension on the performance of a variable-tap-length adaptive algorithm", Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 150, pp. 207-215, 2019.

23. 8. Pankaj Goel, Mahesh Chandra, Ankita Anand, Asutosh Kar*, “An improved wavelet-based signal-denoising architecture with less hardware consumption”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 156, pp. 120-127, 2019.

25. 9. Vanamadi Ravi, Asutosh Kar*, AnkitaAnand, BanshidharMajhi, M.N.S. Swamy, "Analyzing the effects of pseudo-optimum tap-length for an MSF-based acoustic echo canceller", Applied Acoustics, vol. 150, pp. 198-206, 2019.

27. 10. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra, Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “A new adaptive control strategy for hybrid narrowband active noise control systems in a multi-noise environment”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol.146, pp. 355-367, 2019.

29. 11. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra and Asutosh Kar*, “A new hybrid active noise control system with convex combination of time and frequency domain filtered-X LMS algorithms”, Circuit Systems and Signal Processing, Springer, vol. 38, no7, pp. 3275-3294, 2018.

31. 12. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra and Asutosh Kar*, “Performance evaluation of hybrid active noise control systems with online secondary path modelling”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 133, 215-236, 2018.

33. 13. Ankita Anand, Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “An improved CLMS algorithm for feedback cancellation in hearing aids”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 129, pp. 417-426, Jan. 2018.

35. 14. Ankita Anand, Asutosh Kar, S. Bakshi* and M.N.S. Swamy, "Convex combinations of adaptive filters for feedback cancellation in hearing aids", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Springer,pp. 1-11, Sept. 2017.

37. 15. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra, Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “Design and analysis of improved hybrid active noise control system”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 127, pp. 260-267, Dec. 2017.

39. 16. Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “Tap-length optimization of adaptive filter in stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation”, Signal Processing, Elsevier, vol. 131, pp. 422-433, February 2017.

41. 17. Ankita Anand, Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “Design and analysis of a BLPC vocoder with probe noise for adaptive feedback cancellation”, Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, vol. 115, pp. 196-208, January 2017.

43. 18. Asutosh Kar* and M.N.S. Swamy, “Convergence and steady-state analysis of a tap-length optimization algorithm for linear adaptive filters”, AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 1114-1121, September 2016.

45. 19. Asutosh Kar* and Mahesh Chandra, “An improved variable structure adaptive filter design and analysis for acoustic echo cancellation”, Radioengineering, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 252-261, April 2015.

47. 20. Asutosh Kar* and Mahesh Chandra, “Performance evaluation of a new variable tap-length learning algorithm for automatic structure adaptation in linear adaptive filters”, AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 253-261, January 2015.

49. * Corresponding Author

1. Papers Presented in Internation Conferences

3. 1. Asutosh Kar, Ankita Anand, Bansidhar Majhi, “An Improved Variable-Step FXLMS for ActiveNoise Control in High-Noise Environment”, In Proc. IEEE TENCON-2019, Kochi Kerala, India, Oct-2019.

5. 2. Vanamadi Ravi, Asutosh Kar, Srikanth Burra, Ankita Anand, and Banshidhar Majhi, “Convergence Performance Evaluation of MSF-based LMS Adaptive Algorithm,” Proc. 16th IEEE ECTICON 2019, pp. 1-4, Pattaya, Thailand, June-2019.

7. 3. Asutosh Kar, Shilpi Varshney, Shreya Tyagi, Ankita Anand and Banshidhar Majhi, “Adaptive Channel Equalization using Variable Step-size Least Mean Fourth Algorithm,” Proc. 16th IEEE ECTICON 2019, pp. 1-4, Pattaya, Thailand, June-2019.

9. 4. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra and Asutosh Kar, “Adaptive proportionate normalized least mean squares channel equalizer for MIMO-OFDM systems”, Proc. 12th IEEE India International Conference INDICON, pp. 1-4, New Delhi, India, Dec-2015. LINK

11. 5. Shibalik Mahapatra and Asutosh Kar, “An improved sub-band sigmoid function based feedback active noise cancellation”, Proc. 12th IEEE India International Conference INDICON, pp. 1-6, New Delhi, India, Dec-2015LINK

13. 6. Ambika Prasad Chand, Abhishek Deb and Asutosh Kar, “A variable tap-length feedback minimum mean M-estimate adaptive sub-band filtering algorithm for improved ANC”, Proc. IEEE 12th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/ Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, pp. 1-5, Hua-Hin, Thailand, June-2015. LINK

15. 7. Trideba Padhi, Mahesh Chandra and Asutosh Kar, “An improved fast recursive least square based channel equalization algorithm for MIMO-OFDM systems”, Proc. IEEE 12th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/ Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, pp. 1-5, Hua-Hin, Thailand, June-2015. LINK

17. 8. Shibalik Mahapatra and Asutosh Kar, “A sigmoid function based feedback filtered-x-LMS algorithm with improved offline modeling”, Proc. IEEE 12th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/ Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, pp. 1-5, Hua-Hin, Thailand, June-2015. LINK

19. 9. Shibalik Mahapatra and Asutosh Kar, “An Advanced feedback filtered-x least mean square algorithm for wideband noise removal”, Proc. IEEE 12th international Conference on Electrical Engineering/ Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, pp. 1-5, Hua-Hin, Thailand, June-2015. LINK

21. 10. B. Mishra, Ashok Behuria P. Goel, Asutosh Kar, S. Mahapatra and M. Chandra, “An improved feedback filtered-x NLMS algorithm for noise cancellation”, Proc. Springer International Conference on Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications, pp. 329-338, Vizag, India, Jan-2016. LINK

23. 11. Monali Dhal, Monalisha Gosh, P. Goel, Asutosh Kar, S. Mahapatra and M. Chandra, “A new block least mean square algorithm for improved active noise cancellation”, Proc. Springer International Conference on Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications, pp. 317-328, Vizag, India, Jan-2016.LINK

25. 12. Ashok Behuria, B. P. Mishra, P. Goel, Asutosh Kar, S. Mahapatra and M. Chandra, “A novel variable step-size feedback filtered-x LMS algorithm for acoustic noise removal”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Informatics, pp. 166-171, Kochi, India, Aug-2015. LINK

27. 13. Monali Dhal, Monalisha Gosh, P. Goel, Asutosh Kar, S. Mahapatra and M. Chandra, “An unique adaptive noise canceller with advanced variable-step BLMS algorithm”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Informatics, pp. 178-183, Kochi, India, Aug-2015.LINK

29. 14. Akhand Pratap Singh, Mahesh Chandra and Asutosh Kar, “Performance comparison of adaptive algorithms for non-linear channel equalizer”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signal, Communication and Optimization, pp. 1-4, Visakhapatnam, India, Jan. 2015. LINK

31. 15. Abhishek Deb, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “Advanced linear adaptive filtering methods for active noise control: A technical survey”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, Coimbatore, pp. 1-5, India, Jan. 2015. LINK

33. 16. V. Das, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “A new cross correlation based double talk detection algorithm for nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation”, Proc. IEEE TENCON, pp. 1-6, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 22-25, 2014. LINK

35. 17. A. Deb, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “An efficient minimum mean M-estimate sub-band adaptive active noise cancellation algorithm”, Proc. IEEE TENCON, pp. 1-6, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 22-25, 2014. LINK

37. 18. Asutosh Kar, Pankaj Goel, Mahesh Chandra and V.K Gupta, “A low-cost, portable alternative for a digital lock-in amplifier using TMS320C5535 DSP”, Proc.IEEE TENCON, pp. 1-4, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 22-25, 2014. LINK

39. 19. Asutosh Kar, Pankaj Goel and Mahesh Chandra, “Efficient suppression of remnant non-linear echo caused due to harmonic distortions”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Informatics, Noida, India, pp. 880-884, Sept. 22-26, 2014. LINK

41. 20. Trideba Padhi, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “Family of adaptive algorithms based on second order Volterra filters for nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation: A technical survey”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Informatics, Noida, India, pp. 909-914, Sept. 22-26, 2014. LINK

43. 21. V. Das, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “A comparative study on advanced adaptive algorithms for double talk detection in echo cancellers”, Proc. Springer Sponsored International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing Theory and Applications, Bhubaneswar, India, pp. 297-305, Nov. 2014. LINK

45. 22. Sanjeev Singh, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “SVM based adaptive median filter design for face detection in noisy images”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks, Noida, India, pp. 695-698, Jan. 2014.LINK

47. 23. Abhishek Deb, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “A technical review on adaptive algorithms for acoustic echo cancellation”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, pp. 041-45, Chennai, India, Apr. 3-5, 2014.LINK

49. 24. Bodhipuspa Panda, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “Non-linear adaptive echo suppression algorithms: A technical survey”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, pp.076-80,Chennai, India,Apr.3-5,2014.LINK

51. 25. ShibalikMahapatra, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “Advanced adaptive mechanisms for active noise control: A technical comparison”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Medical Imaging, m-health and Emerging Communication Systems, pp. 370-375, Greater Noida, India, Nov. 7-8, 2014. LINK

53. 26. Ambika Chand, A. Deb, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “An Improved Filtered-x Least Mean Square Algorithm for Cancellation of Single-tone and Multi-tone Noise”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Medical Imaging, m-health and Emerging Communication Systems, pp. 358-363, Greater Noida, India, Nov.7-8, 2014. LINK

55. 27. Asutosh Kar, Ambika Prasad Chand and Mahesh Chandra, “An improved filtered-x least mean square algorithm for acoustic noise suppression”, Proc. second International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics, Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics, Kolkata, India, pp. 25-32, June 24-26, 2014. LINK

57. 28. Pranab Das, Abhishek Deb, Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “A unique low complexity parameter independent adaptive design for echo reduction”, Proc. second International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics, pp. 33-40, Kolkata, India, June 24-26, 2014.LINK

59. 29. Swastik Mohapatra, Asutosh Kar, Satyanarayan Dash, Sidhant Mohanty, Prasant Swain, “A novel approach to face detection using advanced support vector machine”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking, and Informatics, Intelligent Computing, Networking and Informatics, pp.573-578, Raipur, India, 2014.LINK

61. 30. Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “ Reduced complexity pseudo-fractional adaptive algorithm with variable tap-length selection”, 9thInternationalConferenceonQuality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, pp. 451-460, Noida, India, 2013.LINK

63. 31. Asutosh Kar, R.Nath and Alaka Barik, “An improved order estimation of MSF for stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation”, Proc.Springer Sponsored InconINDIA-2012,pp. 319-327, Visakhapatnam, India, Jan. 2012.LINK

65. 32. Aparna Mohanty and Asutosh Kar, “A novel approach for spatial domain authentication system design in telemedicine”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics, pp. 1-5, Coimbatore, India, Jan. 2012. LINK

67. 33. Asutosh Kar and Mahesh Chandra, “Dynamic length estimation based low complexity acoustic echo canceller”, Proc. IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology, pp. 339-343, Trichy, India, Dec. 2012. LINK

69. 34. Aparna Mohanty and Asutosh Kar, “An improved IWT based algorithm for transmission and security of telemedicine”, Proc. Springer Sponsored International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, pp. 173-181, Coimbatore, India, Dec-2012. LINK

71. 35. Asutosh Kar, R.Nath and Alaka Barik, “A VLMS based pseudo-fractional order estimation algorithm”, ACM International Conference on Communication, Computing and Security, pp.119-123, Rourkela, India, Feb.2011. LINK

1. [In this section Sponsored Research Projects (Worked/Working) are mentioned]:

3. 1. Title: Development of an advanced electronic device for privacy in conversation over mobile phones using active noise control techniques.

4. Duration: 2019-2022 (3 Years)

5. Sponsor- GMI Pvt. Ltd. SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri, Chennai-603103, and Ventech Solutions, Colombus, USA

6. Amount Funded- INR 29,88,000/ USD 41,800 approx.

8. 2. Title: Interaction of (de)reverberation with other acoustic artifacts/algorithms.

9. Duration: 2015-2017 (16 Months)

10. Sponsoring Agency: Marie-Curie Association, DREAMS-ITN, Europe

11. Place: Aalborg University Denmark (with Prof. Jan Ostergaard and Prof. Soren H. Jensen)

12. DREAMS-ITN Project Coordinator: Prof. Toon V. Waterscoot, KU-Leuven, Belgium