Unnikrishna Pillai
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Two Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201

Tel: (718) 260-3732
Fax: (718) 260-3906/-3136
Email:pillai@poly.edu
Webpage:http://eeweb.poly.edu/pillai
Personal Info
Date of Birth: May 6, 1955
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Ph.D., Systems Engineering, September 1985
    Major Field: Array Signal Processing and Spectrum Estimation
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
    M. Tech., Electrical Engineering, August 1982
    Major Field: Digital Communication Theory
  • Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India
    B. Tech., Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, May 1977.
Current Research Interests
Data Recovery
Joint Transmitter-Receiver Design in Clutter and Noise
Adaptive Array Processing for Mobile Communications
Blind Identification and Deblurring of Blurred Images
Spectrum Estimation and System Identification
Stable and Rational Approximation of Nonrational Systems
Professional Experience
Sept. 1995 - Present Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, New York.
(Currently on half-time leave of absence).
Sept. 1998 - July 1999
(also August 2001) 		Head, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.
Sept.1989 - Aug. 1995 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.
Sept. 1985 - Aug. 1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Jan. 1978 - July 1980 Deputy Engineer, Radar Division, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL),
Bangalore, India.
Publications
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, "Array Signal Processing", New York: Springer - Verlag, March 1989.
Unnikrishna Pillai and Theodore I. Shim, "Spectrum Estimation and System Identification", New York: Springer - Verlag, June 1993.
Athanasios Papoulis and S. Unnikrishna Pillai, "Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes",
New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., Fourth Edition, November 2001.
• See http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/electrical/papoulis/ for lecture notes.
• Translated into Chinese by Xi'an Jiaotong University Press, August 2004; Translated into Greek.
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Ke Yong Li, and Braham Himed, "Space Based Radar": Theory and Applications, McGraw Hill Inc., NY, 2008
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Ke Yong Li, and Ivan Selesnick, Braham Himed, "Waveform Diversity: Theory and Applications", McGraw Hill Inc., NY, 2011
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Xiaokang Chen, "Engineering Probability", Amazon Digital Services, Inc., NY, 2012
S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Vinay Murthy, "401(k) and the curse of volatility", Amazon Digital Services, Inc., NY, 2012
Areas of Research
Space Time Adaptive Processing
Blind Identification
Spectrum Estimation
Image Reconstruction
Detection and Estimation Theory
Network Synthesis
Digital Signal Processing
Statistical Communication Theory
Graduate Level Teaching
Probability Theory Stochastic Processes
Linear Systems
Detection and Estimation Theory
Array Signal Processing and Spectrum Estimation
System Identification
Digital Signal Processing II
Information Theory
Sensor Based Robotics - Kinematics
Principles of Image Reconstruction
Undergraduate Level Teaching
Signals, Systems and Transforms
Principles of Communication Systems
Ph.D. Students
Youngjik Lee, completed on October 1988.
Byung Ho Kwon, completed on January 1989.
Theodore I. Shim, completed on March 1992.
Won Cheol Lee, completed on May 1994.
Younglok Kim, completed on December 1997.
Hyun Seok Oh, completed on August 1999.
Joseph Boccuzzi, completed on December 2004.
Seunghun Cha, completed on January 2008.