Michael Ting

Email: mting .a.t. umich .d.o.t. edu

Research interests

My doctoral research was in detection, estimation, and image reconstruction. Specifically, I worked on signal processing algorithms for magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM). For a good introduction to the field of MRFM, refer to the U. of Washington MRFM group page.

Publications

Detection and estimation

M. Ting and A. O. Hero, Detection of an electron spin in a MRFM cantilever experiment, In Proc. of the IEEE Workshop on Stat. Sig. Proc. (SSP), 2003, pp. 633-6.
C. Hory, M. Ting, and A. Hero, Frequency estimation derived from a dynamical system analysis, In Proc. of SSP 2003, pp. 198-201.
A. O. Hero, M. Ting, and J. A. Fessler, Two state Markov modelling and detection of single electron spin signals, In Proc. of the XII European Sig. Proc. Conf. (EUSIPCO), 2004.
M. Ting, A. O. Hero, D. Rugar, C.-Y. Yip, and J. A. Fessler, Near optimal signal detection for finite state Markov signals with application to magnetic resonance force microscopy, IEEE Trans. of Sig. Proc., 54, pp. 2049-2062, 2006.
M. Ting and A. O. Hero, Detection of a random walk signal in the regime of low signal to noise ratio and long observation time, In Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Sig. Proc. (ICASSP), 2006. Student paper finalist.

Sparse image reconstruction

M. Ting, R. Raich, and A. O. Hero III, Sparse image reconstruction using a sparse prior, In Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Proc. (ICIP), 2006, pp. 1261-1264.

Electrophysiology

K. Lemola, M. Ting, et al., Effects of two different catheter ablation techniques on spectral characteristics of atrial fibrillation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), 48, pp. 340-348, 2006.

Invited talks

A. O. Hero, R. Raich, and M. Ting, Finding dust in space: localizing atoms from noisy projections, Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy: Routes to Three-Dimensional Imaging of Single Molecules, Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, NY, June 2006.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan, 2006.
- Thesis committee: A. O. Hero III (advisor), J. A. Fessler, V. Solo (UNSW), D. C. Noll, D. Rugar (IBM Almaden Research Center).
- Thesis: Signal processing for magnetic resonance force microscopy (pdf).
M.S.E., Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan, 2003.
B.A.Sc. (hon.), Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2001.

Files

Files of working documents etc. can be obtained with the use of a password.