School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Babak Araabi

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Associate Professor

Email: araabi [AT] ut.ac.ir

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Education

Ph.D.: Electrical Engineering--Signal & Image Processing, Texas A&M University, USA, Dec 2001.
M.Sc.: Electrical Engineering--Control Systems, University of Tehran, Iran, Feb 1996.
B.Sc.: Electrical Engineering--Electronics, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, Jul 1992.

Research Interests

Machine vision
geometry of computer vision
pattern recognition
System modelling, simulation and identification
Prediction
Predictive control
Learning and cooperation in multiagent systems
Biologically motivated algorithms
Fuzzy statistical modeling
Fuzzy control systems
Decision making under uncertainty
Real time implementation of signal/image processing algorithms

Courses

Pattern Recognition
Machine Vision
System Identification
Fuzzy Sets & Fuzzy Logic
Digital Image Processing
Digital Control Systems
Modern Control Systems
Probability & Statistics

Selected Publications

1) B. N. Araabi, S. Mastoureshgh, and M. Nili, "A Study on Expertise of Agents and Its Effect on Cooperative Q-learning," to appear in IEEE Transaction on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 2006.

2) A. Gholipour, C. Lucas, B. N. Araabi, M. Shafiee, and M. Mirmomeni, "Extracting the Main Patterns of Natural Time Series for Long-term Neurofuzzy Prediction," to appear in Neural Computing and Applications, 2006.

3) H. Mobahi, M. Nili, and B. N. Araabi, "Swarm Contours: A Fast Self-Organization Approach for Snake Initialization," to appear in Complexity, vol. 11, no. 6, Jul./Aug. 2006.

4) M. Mirmomeni, C. Lucas, M. Shafiee, and B. N. Araabi "Introducing a New Learning Method for fuzzy Descriptor Systems with the Aid of Spectral Analysis to Forecast Solar Activity," to appear in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 2006.

5) A. Poursaberi and B. N. Araabi, "Iris Recognition for Partially Occluded Images: Methodology and Sensitivity Analysis," to appear in EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, 2006.

6) A. Elahibakhsh, M. Nili, and B. N. Araabi, "A study on Effect of Exploration on Multiagent Reinforcement Learning in different Tasks," to appear in Computer Science and Engineering, 2006. [in Persian]

7) H. Mobahi, M. Nili, and B. N. Araabi, "A Biologically Inspired Method for Conceptual Imitation Using Reinforcement Learning," to appear in Applied Artificial Intelligence, vol. 21, no. 5, May 2007.

8) J. Sharifie, C. Lucas, and B. N. Araabi, "Locally Linear Neurofuzzy Modeling and Prediction of Geomagnetic Disturbances based on Solar Wind Conditions," Space Weather, vol. 4, no. 6, S06003, doi: 10.1029/2005SW000209, Jun. 2006.

9) H. Rouhani, M. Jalili, B. N. Araabi, W. Eppler, and C. Lucas, "Brain Emotional Learning Based Intelligent Controller Applied to Neurofuzzy Model of Micro Heat Exchanger," to appear in Expert Systems With Applications, vol. 32, no. 3, June 2007.

10) J. Sharifie, B. N. Araabi, and C. Lucas, "Multi-step prediction of Dst index using singular spectrum analysis and locally linear neurofuzzy modeling," to appear in Earth, Planets and Space, 2006.

11) R. Mohammadi, C. Lucas, and B. N. Araabi, "Intelligent Modeling and Control of Washing Machine Using Locally Linear Neuro-Fuzzy (LLNF) Modeling and Modified Brain Emotional Learning Based Intelligent Controller (BELBIC) ," to appear in Asian Journal of Control, 2006.

12) A. Harati, M. Nili, and B. N. Araabi, "Kowledge based multiagent credit assignment: A study on task type and critic information," to appear in Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing (AutoSoft), 2006.

13) A. Poursaberi and B. N. Araabi, "A Novel Iris Recognition System Using Morphological Edge Detector and Wavelet Phase Features," ICGST International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 9-15, Jun. 2005.

14) A. Gholipour, C. Lucas, B. N. Araabi, and M. Shafiee, "Solar activity forecast spectral analysis and neuro-fuzzy prediction," Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, vol. 67, pp. 595-603, Apr. 2005.

15) H. Rouhani, A. Fazlirad, B. N. Araabi, and C. Lucas, "Optimal design of a flexible transferring system in press automation using fuzzy clustering," Assembly Automation, vol. 25, no 1, pp. 53-58, Mar. 2005.

16) M. Jalili and B. N. Araabi, "The Schur stability via the Hurwitz stability analysis using a biquadratic transformation," Automatica, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 173-176, Jan. 2005.

17) S. Hatami, B. N. Araabi, and C. Lucas, "A new fuzzy morphology approach based on the fuzzy-valued generalized Dempster-Shafer theory," Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-14, 2004.

18) M. Jalili and B. N. Araabi, "Neural network based predictive control of a heat exchanger nonlinear process," Istanbul University Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1219-1226, Oct. 2004.

19) A. Gholipour, C. Lucas, and B. N. Araabi, "Black box modeling of magnetospheric dynamics to forecast geomagnetic activity," Space Weather, vol. 2, no. 7, S07001, doi:10.1029/2003SW000039, Jul. 2004.

20) C. Lucas, A. Abbaspour, A. Gholipour, B. N. Araabi, and M. Fatorehchi, "Enhancing the performance of neuro-fuzzy predictors by emotional learning algorithm," Informatica, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 165-174, Jun. 2003.

21) G. R. Hillman, B. Würsig, G. A. Gailey, N. Kehtarnavaz, A. Drobyshevsky, B. N. Araabi, H. D. Tagare, and D. W. Weller, "Computer-assisted photo-identification of individual marine vertebrates: A multi-species system," Aquatic Mammals, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 117-123, 2003.

22) B. N. Araabi, N. Kehtarnavaz, and C. Lucas, "Restrictions imposed by the fuzzy extension of relations and functions," Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, vol. 11, no. 1/2, pp. 9-22, Nov. 2001.

23) B. N. Araabi, N. Kehtarnavaz, T. McKinney, G. Hillman, and B. Würsig, "A string matching computer assisted system for dolphin photo identification," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1269-1279, Oct. 2000.

24) B. N. Araabi and N. Kehtarnavaz, "Hough array processing via fast multi scale clustering," Journal of Real time Imaging, special issue on the Hough transform, vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 129-141, Apr. 2000.

25) A. Kreho, N. Kehtarnavaz, B. N. Araabi, G. Hillman, B. Würsig, and D. Weller, "Assisting manual dolphin identification by computer extraction of dorsal ratio," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 830-838, Nov./Dec. 1999.

26) C. Lucas and B. N. Araabi, "Fuzzy generalization of the Dempster-Shafer theory: A fuzzy valued measure," IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 255-270, Jun. 1999.