
Jason Filos PhD, MEng, DIC
Communications and Signal Processing Group
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6230
www.commsp.ee.ic.ac.uk/~jf203
Email: jason.filos@imperial.ac.uk
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Jason Filos
Room: 809,
Communications and Signal Processing Group,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Imperial College,
South Kensington Campus,
London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Dept, Tel: +44-207-594-6230
Dept, Fax: +44-207-594-6234
Email: jason.filos (at) imperial.ac.uk
Group URL: http://www.ee.imperial.ac.uk/sap
Note, since 2014 I am with Qualcomm (San Diego, CA), working as a Research Engineer in 3D Audio/MPEG-H.
Email: jfilos (at) qualcomm.comGroup URL: https://www.qualcomm.com/scene-based-audio
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Sparse Signal Processing & Machine Learning
- Compressive Sensing
- Bayesian Statistics & Inference
- Deep Learning
- Acoustic Signal Processing
- 3D Audio, Geometric Acoustics/Inference
- Spherical harmonic domain processing
- Blind System Identification
- Optimization
- Non-linear Optimization Methods
ACADEMIC CAREER & EDUCATION
- 07/2012 - 09/2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sparse Signal Processing,
MOD University Defence Research Centre (UDRC) project:
Bayesian Compressed Sensing, Tracking, and Classification. - 10/2011 - 01/2012
Research Assistant in Acoustic Signal Processing,
European Commission Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) FP7 project:
Self-Confirguring ENvironment-aware Intelligent aCoustic sensing (SCENIC). - 11/2008 - 06/2012
PhD in Digital Signal Processing,
Communications and Signal Processing Group, Imperial College London,
Supervised by Dr Patrick A Naylor. - 10/2007 - 10/2008
Postgraduate Research in MRI,
Imaging Sciences Department, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London,
Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) for thesis "Parallel Transmission MRI,"
Supervised by Professor Jo Hajnal and Dr David Larkman. - 09/2003 - 09/2007
MEng in Information System Engineering,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London,
MEng for thesis "Time Domain Alignment for Non-Stationary Signals" (1st Class Hons),
Supervised by Dr Patrick A Naylor.
TEACHING
- 02/2010 - 07/2010
Tower Hamlets College,
Lecturer, Programming in Visual Basic, Access to Computing. - 11/2008 - present
Imperial College London,
Teaching Assistant (EEE3/ISE3 and MSc) Real-Time DSP Course. - 11/2008 - 07/2009
Imperial College London,
Laboratory Demonstrator (EEE1/ISE1).
PUBLICATIONS
Journals:[J3] X. Gao, X. Li, J. Filos and W. Dai, "A Sequential Bayesian Algorithm for DOA Tracking in Time-Varying Environments," Chinese Journal of Electronics, Jan. 2015.
[J2] P. Annibale, J. Filos, P. A. Naylor and R. Rabenstein, "TDOA-based Speed Of Sound Estimation for Air Temperature and Geometric Inference," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech, Lang. Process., Sep. 2012.
[J1] F. Antonacci, J. Filos, M. R. P. Thomas, E. A. P. Habets, A. Sarti, P. A. Naylor and S. Tubaro, "Inference of Room Geometry from Acoustic Impulse Responses," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech, Lang. Process., Jul. 2012.
Conferences:
[C12] J. Filos, E. Karseras, S. Yan and W. Dai, "Tracking Dynamic Sparse Signals with Hierarchical Kalman Filters: A Case Study," International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Santorini, Greece, July 1 - 3, 2013. [pdf]
[C11] X. Gao, J. Filos and W. Dai, "DOA Tracking via Simultaneous Angle-Source Update (SASU)," Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD), London, UK, September 25 - 27, 2012. [pdf]
[C10] A. Canclini, F. Antonacci, J. Filos, A. Sarti and P. A. Naylor, "Exact Localization of Planar Acoustic Reflectors in Three-Dimensional Geometries," International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control (IWAENC), Aachen, Germany, September 4 - 6, 2012. [pdf]
[C9] J. Filos, A. Canclini, F. Antonacci, A. Sarti and P. A. Naylor, "Localization of Planar Acoustic Reflectors from the Combination of Linear Estimates," Proc. European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO), Bucharest, Romania, August 27-31, 2012. [pdf]
[C8] P. Annibale, J. Filos, P. A. Naylor and R. Rabenstein, "Geometric Inference of the Room Geometry Under Temperature Variations," 5th International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), Rome, Italy, May 2-4, 2012. [pdf]
[C7] P. Annibale, F. Antonacci, P. Bestagini, A. Brutti, A. Canclini, L. Cristoforetti, E.A.P. Habets, J. Filos, W. Kellermann, K. Kowalczyk, A. Lombard, E. Mabande, D. Markovic, P.A. Naylor, M. Omologo, R. Rabenstein, A. Sarti, P. Svaizer and M.R.P. Thomas, "The SCENIC Project: Space-Time Audio Processing for Environment-Aware Acoustic Sensing and Rendering," the Proc. of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) 131st Convention, New York, USA, October 20-23, 2011. [pdf]
[C6] A. Canclini, F. Antonacci, M. R. P. Thomas, J. Filos, A. Sarti, P. A. Naylor and S. Tubaro, "Exact Localization of Acoustic Reflectors from Quadratic Constraints," Proc. Workshop on App. of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoust. (WASPAA), New Paltz, New York, USA, October 16-19, 2011. [pdf]
[C5] J. Filos, A. Canclini, M. R. P. Thomas, F. Antonacci, A. Sarti and P. A. Naylor, "Robust Inference of Room Geometry from Acoustic Impulse Responses," Proc. European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO), Barcelona, Spain, August 29 - September 2, 2011. [pdf]
[C4] J. Filos, E. A. P. Habets and P. A. Naylor, "A two-step approach to blindly infer room geometries," International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control (IWAENC), Tel Aviv, Israel, August 30 - September 2, 2010. [pdf]
[C3] S. J. Malik, D. J. Larkman, J. Filos, J. V. Hajnal, "Correction of B0 Induced Slice Profile Distortion Using Parallel Transmit," 17th Annual ISMRM Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 18-24, 2009. [pdf]
[C2] J. V. Hajnal, S. J. Malik, D. J. Larkman, J. Filos, E. J. Hughes, D. P. O'Regan, I. Graesslin, P. Vernickel, K. Nehrke, U. Katscher, P. Boernert, "Initial comparison of a multi-channel transmit clinical scanner with a conventional scanner," 25th Annual ESMRMB Congress, Valencia, Spain, October 2-4, 2008. [link]
[C1] J. Filos, S. J. Malik, C. Randall, M. Cooper, D. Herlihy, D. J. Larkman, J. V. Hajnal, "A Parallel Transmit System for Single Channel Scanners," 17th Annual NMR Symposium, Sheffield, UK, March 31, 2008.
Reports/Theses:
[T3] J. Filos, "Inferring Room Geometries," PhD Thesis, Communications and Signal Processing Group, Imperial College London, UK, 2012.
[T2] J. Filos, "Parallel Transmission MRI," Diploma of Imperial College Thesis, Imaging Sciences Department, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, UK, 2008.
[T1] J. Filos, "Time Domain Alignment for Non-Stationary Signals," MEng Thesis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2007.
Invited Talks/Presentations:
[P1] J. Filos, "Parallel Transmission MRI," CSC Postgraduate Students Seminar Series, Clinical Research Building, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, CRB Seminar Room (3rd flr Rm 3029), Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN UK, 2008.
REVIEWING
Referee for International Journals:IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
IEEE Signal Processing Letters
Referee for International Conferences:
PIMRC, ICASSP, WASPAA, EUSIPCO, SSPD, IJCNN
European Commission Expert:
- Evaluation of Proposals submitted to FET-Open FP7-ICT-2011-C.
- Evaluation of Proposals submitted to FET Objective ICT-2011 9.10 "Fundamentals of Collective Adaptive Systems (FOCAS)."
- Evaluation of Proposals submitted to Call 6 of CIP ICT PSP Objective 1.3 "Open Innovation for Internet-enabled services and next generation access (NGA) services in 'smart' cities."
- Evaluation of Proposals submitted to Call 7, Objective ICT-2011.1.5 "Networked Media and Search Systems."