Advances in Communications, Signal Processing, and VLSI

This book comprises the peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing and VLSI (IC2SV) 2019. It explores the recent advances in the fields of signal and image processing, wireless and mobile communications, embedded systems, VLSI, microwave, and antennas. The contents provide insights into present technological challenges and discusses the emerging applications of different imaging techniques and communications systems. Given the range of topics covered, this book can be useful for students as well as researchers interested in the area of communications, signal processing, and VLSI technologies.

Presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing and VLSI (IC2SV) 2019 Covers latest research and applications of signal and image processing Discusses recent advances in communications systems and integrated circuits

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Dr. T. Laxminidhi is currently working as a Professor at the National Institute of Technology, (Surathkal) Karnataka India. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in his specific areas of interests, which include analog and mixed signal IC design and signal processing. He has published several reputed international journal papers and international conference papers. He received his B.Tech degree from Mangalore University and ME degrees in Industrial Electronics from NIT Karnataka. He obtained his PhD from IIT Madras.

Dr. Jyoti Singhai is currently a Professor at the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal. She obtained her B.E. (Electronics), M.Tech (Digital Communication) and PhD from MANIT Bhopal. Her major areas of research interests include Image and video processing, wireless communication and routing protocols. She has published 50 papers in respected international journals. She received the DST BOYSCAST Fellowship in 2010, MP Young Scientist award and AICTE Career Award to Young Teachers.

Dr. P. Sreehari Rao Patri is currently working as an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in his specific areas of interests, which include analog and mixed signal IC design, power management integrated circuit design and communications . He has published 19 international journal papers and 18 international conference papers. He received his B.Tech degree from Nagarjuna University and ME degrees in communication systems from IIT Roorkee. He obtained his PhD from NIT Warangal. Dr. V. V. Mani is currently working as an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India. She has over 15 years of teaching and research experience in her specific areas of interest, which include signal processing for communication and smart antenna design. She has published 20 international journal papers and 20 international conference papers. She received her BE and ME degrees in electronics and communications engineering from Andhra University in Vishakhapatnam and earned her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.

Inhalt
Gibbs-Shannon Entropy and Related Measures: Tsallis Entropy.- Recognition of Natural and Computer-Generated Images Using Convolutional Neural Network.- Design of Compact 2 X 2 MIMO Diversity Antenna for X-band Applications.- Performance Analysis of activation functions on Convolutional Neural Networks using Cloud GPU.- A Pareto Optimal Approach for Contrast Adjustment in Gray Level Images using Improved Differential Search Algorithm.