Prof. Dr. Nidhal Carla Bouaynaya
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Rowan University, United States
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
Rowan University
Nidhal Bouaynaya received the BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA), France, in 2002, the MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2002, the Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Signal and Image Processing from ENSEA, France, in 2003, the MS degree in Mathematics and the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago, in 2007. From 2007-2013, she was an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. In Fall 2013, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Her research interests are in signal, image and video processing, genomic signal processing and mathematical biology. She received the Best Student Paper Award in SPIE Visual Communication and Image Processing 2006. She is a member of the IEEE.
EDUCATIONPh.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2007
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Multimedia Communication Lab
Advisor: Dan Schonfeld
M.S. Mathematics, 2007
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Mathematics
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2003
Diplome d'Etude Approfondie (DEA) in Signal and Image Processing
ENSEA & Universite de Cergy Pontoise
Illinois Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2002
Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Signal, Image and Video Processing; Genomic and Proteomic Signal Processing and Communications; Bioinformatics; Dynamical Systems; Mathematical and Stochastic Modelling of Signals and Systems; Mathematical Morphology; Biomedical Image Processing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & PRESS RELEASES
• Ph.D. student Dimah Dera is chosen to be a 2019 STEM Innovator to Watch honoree.
She will be recognized on the evening of May 7 at the STEM Awards Reception on the rooftop of Bell Works, Trenton.
• Ph.D. student Dimah Dera received the 2017 Rowan University Graduate Research Excellence Award.
• Ph.D. student Dimah Dera received the 2017 iREDEFINE Professional Development Award: iREDEFINE ECE
iREDEFINE ECE is a project, supported by the National Science Foundation, designed to help select graduate students nationwide to best prepare for an academic career.
• Ph.D. student Dimah Dera received the SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship (2016 - 2019). See the press release:
2016 ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowship Winners Announced
14 Students Awarded SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowships
• M.S. student Abraham Oyewole received the 2016 Advanced Institute for Transportation Education Graduate Scholarship. See press release:
University Transportation Research center Annual report
• Multiple M.S. and Ph.D research assistant positions are available for the 2016-2017 academic year. Please email a CV if interested.
• National Science Foundation Award EECS-1903466 (2019 - 2021) ShiRAS: Towards Safe and Reliable Autonomy in Sensor-Driven Systems 
• US Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Award (2018-2021). GAANN Flyer
• The 2017 Rowan University Research Achievement Award
• National Science Foundation Award I-Corps-1811323 (2017 - 2019) I-Corps: Coordinates and Volumetrics in MRI Imaging
• National Science Foundation Award DUE-1610911 (2016 - 2019) Engaging in Stem Education With Big Data Analytics and Technologies: A Rowan-Cove Initiative
• National Science Foundation Award CCF-1527822 (2015 - 2019) Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations of Constrained Particle Filtering
• National Science Foundation Award ACI-1429467 (2014 - 2017) Acquisition of a High Performance Computer to Integrate Data Intensive Research and Education: Bringing HPC to South Jersey
• United States Department of Agriculture Award (2016-2017).
• National Institutes of Health Award (R01GM096191: 2010-2015)
• Runner-up Best Paper Award at the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2015)
• Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS 2013)
• UALR Faculty Excellence Award in Research, 2013
• University of Illinois Fellowship, 2006-2007
• University of Illinois Provost Award for Research, 2006
• Best Student Paper Award at SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, 2006
• Vice-Chairwoman of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, Chicago Chapter, 2006-2007
• Gold Medal in Expo Poster session for UIC College of Engineering Advisory Board Meeting, 2005
• Runner-up Best Student Paper Award at SPIE Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing III, 2005