Ito-Home.My research interests are in the areas of parallel processing, realtime systems, computer communications, image and signal processing. While these areas may seem diverse, they lead to interesting multifaceted projects. One current project, for example, is the use of parallel processing to perform realtime detection and classification of discrete objects in multispectral imagery. There are interesting issues in the design of the algorithms and architectures for this system. Another project in the realtime area is the development of better and easier to use methods for requirements specification and system implementation using programmable logic controllers. This work has application in many industrial plants and factories. A current project in the computer communications area involves study of the effects of network transmission errors on video streams, particularly ATM networks, and the development of methods for reducing the observable effects of errors. Still another current project in computer communications is in the emerging area of multimedia synchronization involving different types of sources and sites. There are many design and implementation issues here partly due the uncertainties in network operation, in the quality of service required by users, the end-to end and local synchronization requirements and the costs involved in such systems. Other projects in parallel processing, computer architecture, computer communications, multimedia systems, realtime systems, signal/image processing and pattern recognition are available for interested students.