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Associate Professor
Phone: 704-687-2722
Office: Smith 338
Email: sherlock@uncc.edu
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Signal and Image Processing |
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Fast Discrete Transform Theory |
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Wavelets and Filter Banks |
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Computational Fluid Dynamics |
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Ph.D. in Computer Engineering,
Imperial College, University of London,
1989 |
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M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University
of Cape Town, South Africa, 1983 |
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B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University
of Cape Town, 1979 |
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B.S. in Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, 1978 |
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Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dahlgren, VA, Contract Researcher, Summer
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 |
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University of Bath, England, Associate
Professor of Electrical Engineering (UK
equivalent rank), 1995-1997 |
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St. Louis University, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Associate Professor, 1994-1995 |
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St. Louis University, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Assistant Professor, 1990-1994 |
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De La Rue Printrak Limited, Basingstoke,
England, Senior Electrical Engineer, 1988-1990 |
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Imperial College, London, Department of
Computer Engineering, Research Assistant,
1987-1988 |
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Scientific Research and Development Branch
(SRDB), Home Office, London, Contract Engineer,
1986-1987 |
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University of Cape Town, South Africa,
Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, 1983-1984 |
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University of Cape Town, South Africa,
Department of Applied Mathematics, Teaching
Assistant, 1982 |
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SADF, Cape Town, South Africa, Electrical
Engineer, 1980-1982 |
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B.G. Sherlock, “Computer
Enhancement and Modeling of Fingerprint
Images,” Advances in Automatic Fingerprint
Recognition, ed. N. Ratha and R. Bolle,
Springer, ISBN 0-387-95593-3, pp. 87-112,
2004 (Book chapter) |
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B.W. Frazier, J. Roche, R.K. Tyson, Y.P.
Kakad and B.G. Sherlock, “Robust Control
of an Adaptive Optical System,” Journal
of Engineering Manufacture (Proceedings
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Part B), Vol. 218, pp. 353-358, 2004 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad,
“MATLAB Programs for Generating Orthonormal Wavelets,”
Advances in Multimedia, Video and Signal Processing Systems, World
Scientific and Engineering Society Press,ISBN 960-8052-72-6, pp.
204-208, 2002 (Book chapter) |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad, “Transform
Domain Technique for Windowing the DCT and
DST”, Journal of the Franklin Institute,
Vol. 339, pp. 111-120, 2002 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad,
“MATLAB Programs for Generating Orthonormal Wavelets,”
WSEAS Conference, Greece, 2002 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P.Kakad, “Windowed
Discrete Cosine and Sine Transforms for
Shifting Data”, Signal Processing,
Vol. 81, No. 7, 2001, pp. 1465-1478 |
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H.H. Mu, Y.P. Kakad and B.G. Sherlock,
“Design of control systems using neural
networks,” 17th Annual Conference
on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the
Future (CARS&FOF’2001), Durban,
South Africa, July 2001 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad, "Real
Time Rapid Update of Type-I DCT and DST
for Moving Window," 8th International
Conference on Advances in Communications
and Control (COMCON 8), Crete, Greece, 25
- 29 June 2001 |
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A. Jump and B.G. Sherlock, “Simplified
equations to generate wavelets of arbitrary
order of regularity,” Proceedings
of SPIE, Volume 4391, pp. 399-410, Orlando,
Florida, April 2001 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad, “Rapid
update of discrete Fourier transform for
real-time signal processing,” Proceedings
of SPIE, Volume 4379, pp.490-500, Orlando,
Florida, April 2001 |
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Y.P. Kakad and B.G. Sherlock,
“Rapid prototyping of update algorithm of discrete Fourier
transform for real-time signal processing,” Proceedings of SPIE,
Volume 4379, pp. 501-508, Orlando, Florida, April 2001 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P.Kakad, “Windowed
Discrete Cosine and Sine Transforms for
Shifting Data,” Signal Processing,
Vol. 81, No. 7, pp. 1465-1478, 2001 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad, "Real
Time Rapid Update of Type-I DCT and DST
for Moving Window," 8th International
Conference on Advances in Communications
and Control (COMCON 8), Crete, Greece, 25
- 29 June 2001 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P. Kakad, “Windowing
the Discrete Cosine Transform in the Transform
Domain,” Advances in Physics, Electronics
and Signal Processing Applications, World
Scientific and Engineering Society Press,
2000, ISBN 960-8052-17-3, pp. 320-324, 2000
(Book chapter) |
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H.H. Mu, Y.P. Kakad and B.G. Sherlock,
“Artificial neural network based controller
design for advanced aircraft,” 14th
International Conference on Systems Engineering
(ICSE 2000), Coventry, England, September
2000 |
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B.G. Sherlock and Y.P.Kakad, "Windowing
the Discrete Cosine Transform in the Transform
Domain," 4th World Multiconference
on Circuits, Systems, Communications and
Computers (CSCC’2000), Athens, Greece,
July 2000 |
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Hong Helena Mu, Y.P. Kakad
and B.G. Sherlock, “Application of Artificial Neural Networks in
the design of Control Systems,” 16th Annual Conference on
CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future
(CARS&FOF’2000), Trinidad, June 2000 |
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A.B. Jump and B.G. Sherlock, “Wavelets
of Arbitrary Order of Regularity”,
SPIE 14th Annual International Symposium
on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation,
and Controls (AeroSense 2000), Orlando,
Florida, April 2000 |
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Communications FAIT, Chair,
ongoing |
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ELET FAIT, Member, ongoing |
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College of Engineering Faculty Organization,
Secretary 1999-2002; Parliamentarian, ongoing |
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Engineering Technology Department Faculty
Search Committee (all ET disciplines), Member,
ongoing |
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Library Website Focus Group, Member, 2004 |
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University Faculty Research Grants Committee,
Chair, 2003 |
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Faculty Competitive Grants Committee,
Chair, 2002-2003 |
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College of Engineering Faculty Executive
Committee, Member, 2002 |
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Engineering Technology Department Tenured
Faculty Review Committee, Member, 2002 |
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Engineering Technology Department Chair
Search Committee, Member, 2001 |
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University Library Committee, Engineering
Technology Department Representative, 2001-2002 |
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College of Engineering Computing Facilities
Committee, Engineering Technology Department
Representative, 1999-2002 |
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Faculty Advisory Library Committee, Member,
1999-2002 |
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Engineering Technology Department Promotion
and Tenure Committee, Member, 1999 |
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Explore UNC Charlotte, Engineering Technology
Department Representative, 2004 |
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Judge, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Regional
Science Fair, 2004 |
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Advisor and committee member, Electrical
and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate,
2003 |
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Mentor for two ET junior faculty, 2003 |
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Peer evaluator for two ET junior faculty,
2003 |
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Attended Engineering Technology Articulation
Conference, 2003 |
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External examiner for four MS and one
PhD(Engineering) Theses, University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa, 2002-present |
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Dissertation committee member, 3 Ph.D.
electrical engineering students, UNC Charlotte,
2002-2004 |
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Reviewer: Electronics Letters, 2002-2004 |
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Proposal Evaluator: South African National
Research Foundation, 2002 |
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Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Information
Theory, 2002 |
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Reviewer: Computer Vision and Image Understanding,
2002 |
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Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, 1999, 2000, 2003 & 2004 |
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Reviewer: IEE Proceedings – Vision,
Image and Signal Processing, 1999-2004 |
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Book Review: Electronic Design, 4th Edition,
Roden & Carpenter, 2003 |
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PI, “Image
Capture for Wavelet-Based Target Recognition,” UNC Charlotte
Senior Faculty Research Grant ($3017), 2004 |
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International Travel Grant, University
of Stellenbosch, Department of Applied Mathematics
($2083), 2003 |
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PI, “Image Capture System,” UNC Charlotte College of Engineering Small
Grants Program ($2000), 2002 |
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PI, “Wavelet-Based
signal and Image Processing for Target Recognition,” U.S. Navy
Office of Naval Research ($176,946), 2001-2004 |
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PI, “Wavelet Image Processing for
Minefield Detection,” U.S. Navy Office
of Naval Research ($147,200), 1998-2001 |
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Tau Alpha Pi Teacher of the
Year Award, UNC Charlotte, 2001 |
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Tau Alpha Pi Teacher of the Year Award,
UNC Charlotte, 1999 |
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Certificate of Commendation, Parks College
of St. Louis University Student Government
Association, 1994 |
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Winner, ACM Scholastic Computer Programming
Competition, European Finals, 1986 |
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Winner, ACM Scholastic Computer Programming
Competition, European Finals, 1985 |
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BSEE degree awarded with First Class Honors
(top 5% of class) |
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