Signal Processing

Signal processing is the challenge of extracting useful information from signals

, such as the signal received by a radar dish, despite significant corruption of
the signal by noise and other interfering signals. The streaming of video to mo
bile phones would be impossible without sophisticated signal processing algorith
ms at every step of the way, from compressing the video right through to its cor
rect reception and decoding despite many different users competing for the same
small share of radio spectrum made available to the telecommunications companies
.
There is a deep theoretical side to control and signal processing which is appl
icable to any system, whether it be mechanical, electrical, biological or even a
financial market. This theory provides a systematic approach to the design of con
trol and signal processing algorithms for real-world problems, and brings additi
onal insight to the challenge of discovering how biological networks perform con
trol and signal processing tasks such as catching a ball and recognising differe
nt sounds in a noisy environment.
Real-world applications that CSPL members are interested in include distributio
n networks, environmental monitoring, biomedical devices and automotive control.