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Overview

Peter Willett is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research work spans multiple fields with a strong focus on computer science and engineering. Willett's work particularly concentrates on artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer networks and communications, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
  • Maritime Navigation and Safety
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms
  • Underwater Acoustics Research

Willett has contributed to publications in key venues, such as:

  • IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa)
  • IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Willett include:

  • Paolo Braca
  • Leonardo M. Millefiori
  • Maria Greco
  • Nicola Forti
  • Michael Rice

Recent papers authored by Peter Willett cover topics in vessel trajectory prediction, maritime mobility impacts due to COVID-19, sensor array and multichannel signal processing, satellite technologies for maritime surveillance, and epidemic evolution forecasting.

  • "Deep Learning Methods for Vessel Trajectory Prediction Based on Recurrent Neural Networks," 2021, published in CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa)
  • "COVID-19 impact on global maritime mobility," 2021, published in CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa)
  • "Twenty-Five Years of Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing: A review of progress to date and potential research directions," 2023, published in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
  • "Space-Based Global Maritime Surveillance. Part I: Satellite Technologies," 2021, published in IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
  • "Adaptive Bayesian Learning and Forecasting of Epidemic Evolution-Data Analysis of the COVID-19 Outbreak," 2020, published in IEEE Access

Best Publications

  • Multicarrier Communication Over Underwater Acoustic Channels With Nonuniform Doppler Shifts

    Baosheng Li;Shengli Zhou;M. Stojanovic;L. Freitag

  • Sparse channel estimation for multicarrier underwater acoustic communication: From subspace methods to compressed sensing

    Christian R. Berger;Shengli Zhou;James C. Preisig;Peter Willett

  • Censoring sensors: a low-communication-rate scheme for distributed detection

    C. Rago;P. Willett;Y. Bar-Shalom

  • Signal Processing for Passive Radar Using OFDM Waveforms

    C.R. Berger;B. Demissie;J. Heckenbach;P. Willett

  • MIMO-OFDM for High-Rate Underwater Acoustic Communications

    Baosheng Li;Jie Huang;Shengli Zhou;K. Ball

  • Near-optimal multiuser detection in synchronous CDMA using probabilistic data association

    J. Luo;K.R. Pattipati;P.K. Willett;F. Hasegawa

  • The good, bad and ugly: distributed detection of a known signal in dependent Gaussian noise

    P. Willett;P.F. Swaszek;R.S. Blum

  • Detection, Synchronization, and Doppler Scale Estimation with Multicarrier Waveforms in Underwater Acoustic Communication

    S. Mason;C.R. Berger;Shengli Zhou;P. Willett

  • PMHT: problems and some solutions

    P. Willett;Y. Ruan;R. Streit

  • Non-Uniform Doppler Compensation for Zero-Padded OFDM over Fast-Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels

    Baosheng Li;Shengli Zhou;M. Stojanovic;L. Freitag

  • On the optimality of the likelihood-ratio test for local sensor decision rules in the presence of nonideal channels

    Biao Chen;P.K. Willett

  • Deep Learning Methods for Vessel Trajectory Prediction based on Recurrent Neural Networks.

    Samuele Capobianco;Leonardo Maria Millefiori;Nicola Forti;Paolo Braca

  • Nonbinary LDPC Coding for Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Communications

    Jie Huang;Shengli Zhou;P. Willett

  • The MIMO Radar and Jammer Games

    Xiufeng Song;Peter Willett;Shengli Zhou;Peter B. Luh

  • Iterative sparse channel estimation and decoding for underwater MIMO-OFDM

    Jie Huang;Jianzhong Huang;Christian R. Berger;Shengli Zhou

  • A Scalable Algorithm for Tracking an Unknown Number of Targets Using Multiple Sensors

    Florian Meyer;Paolo Braca;Peter Willett;Franz Hlawatsch

  • Probability hypothesis density filter for multitarget multisensor tracking

    O. Erdinc;P. Willett;Y. Bar-Shalom

  • Progressive Inter-Carrier Interference Equalization for OFDM Transmission Over Time-Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels

    Jianzhong Huang;Shengli Zhou;Jie Huang;C. R. Berger

  • Neural network detection of grinding burn from acoustic emission

    Zhen Wang;Peter Willett;Paulo R. DeAguiar;John Webster

  • The Bin-Occupancy Filter and Its Connection to the PHD Filters

    O. Erdinc;P. Willett;Y. Bar-Shalom

  • A note on "book review tracking and data fusion: A handbook of algorithms" [Authors' reply]

    Y. Bar-Shalom;P. Willett

  • What is a tutorial

    William P. Walsh;Peter Willett;Teresa Pace

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaakov Bar-Shalom
Yaakov Bar-Shalom University of Connecticut
Shengli Zhou
Shengli Zhou University of Connecticut
Krishna R. Pattipati
Krishna R. Pattipati University of Connecticut
Paolo Braca
Paolo Braca North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Karl Granstrom
Karl Granstrom Chalmers University of Technology
Lee Freitag
Lee Freitag Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Biao Chen
Biao Chen Syracuse University
Francesco Palmieri
Francesco Palmieri University of Salerno
Thiagalingam Kirubarajan
Thiagalingam Kirubarajan McMaster University
Bahram Javidi
Bahram Javidi University of Connecticut

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