James McNames

Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Portland State University
Senior Member, IEEE

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Mail:		 FAB 160-12
1900 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
M 1-2, W 3-4
503.725.5390
503.725.3807
mcnames@pdx.edu
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Post Office Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751

 

Research Interests

My current research is primarily focused on biomedical signal processing (BSP Laboratory) and semiconductor manufacturing (IC Design & Test Laboratory) . Generally I am interested in statistical signal processing, statistical estimation, classification, detection, nonparametric regression and time series analysis.

Current & Recent Classes

ECE 222
ECE 223
ECE 4/557
ECE 5/638
ECE 5/610		 Signals and Systems I
Signals and Systems II
Engineering Data Analysis & Modeling (Reports)
Statistical Signal Processing I (Reports)
Statistical Signal Processing II (Reports)

Previous Classes

ECE 171
ECE 221
ECE 201
ECE 202
ECE 203		 Introduction to Digital Circuits
Electric Circuits
Electric Circuits Laboratory Assignments
Signals and Systems I Laboratory Assignments
Signals and Systems II Laboratory Assignments

Research Lab Affiliations

Biomedical Signal Processing (BSP) Laboratory, Director
IC Design & Test (ICDT) Laboratory
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research (NEAR) Laboratory

Selected Publications (complete list)

  1. J. McNames, M. Aboy, "Statistical modeling of cardiovascular signals and parameter estimation based on the extended Kalman filter," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, accepted April 2007.
  2. S. Kim, J. McNames, "Tracking tremor frequency in spike trains using the extended Kalman smoother," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 53, No. 8, August 2006, pp. 1569-1577.
    (pdf)
  3. A. McCray, J. McNames, D. Abercrombie, "Locating disturbances in semiconductor manufacturing with stepwise regression," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 458-468, August 2005.
    (pdf)
  4. M. Aboy, J. McNames, T. Thong, C. R. Phillips, M. S. Ellenby, B. Goldstein, "A novel algorithm to estimate the pulse pressure variation index," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 2198-2203, December 2004.
    (pdf)
  5. T. Penzel, J. McNames, P. de Chazal, B. Raymond, A. Murray, G. Moody, "Systematic comparison of different algorithms for apnoea detection based on ECG recordings," Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 402-407, July 2002.
    (pdf)
  6. J. McNames, "Local averaging optimization for chaotic time series prediction," Neurocomputing, Vol. 48, No.1-4, pp. 279-297, October 2002.
    (pdf)
  7. J. McNames, "Fourier series analysis of epicyclic gearbox vibration," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 150-153, January 2002.
    (pdf)
  8. J. McNames, "A Fast Nearest Neighbor Algorithm Based on a Principal Axis Tree," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 964-976, September 2001.
    (pdf)
  9. J. McNames, J.A.K. Suykens, and J. Vandewalle, "Winning Entry of the K.U. Leuven Time Series Prediction Competition," International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 1485-1500, August 1999.
    (Online Journal, pdf)

Additional publications are listed on the BSP web site.

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