Ali Akansu
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
223 ECE Building
About Me
Ali N. Akansu received the B.S. degree from the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, in 1980, the M.S. and Ph.D degrees from the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, in 1983 and 1987, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. Since 1987, he has been with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was the Vice President for Research and Development of IDT Corporation [NYSE:IDT], the founding President and CEO of PixWave, Inc., and Senior VP for Technology Development of TV.TV (IDT subsidiaries), 2000-2001. He has been the Area Coordinator of the Communications, Signal Processing and Microwaves Area of ECE Department since 2008. He served on the Governing Board of the Professional Staff Association at NJIT (2006-2008). Currently, he is serving as the Chairperson of NJIT Faculty Council.
Education
Ph.D.; Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Electrical Engineering; 1987
M.S.; Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Electrical Engineering; 1983
B.S.; Technical University of Istanbul; Electronics And Communications; 1980
M.S.; Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Electrical Engineering; 1983
B.S.; Technical University of Istanbul; Electronics And Communications; 1980
Awards & Honors
2015 Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award., IEEE
2008 IEEE Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2008 IEEE Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Website
Teaching Interests
Signals and transforms, financial engineering, FPGA & GPU computing.
Past Courses
ECE 232: CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II
ECE 291: ELECT ENGR LAB I
ECE 291: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I
ECE 321: RANDOM SIGNALS & NOISE
ECE 333: SIGNALS & SYSTEMS
ECE 640: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ECE 641: LAB FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE DSP
ECE 641: LABORATORY FOR DSP WITH FPGAS
ECE 698: ST:DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESS
ECE 698: ST:LAB FOR DPS WITH FPGAS
ECE 747: SIGNAL DECOMPSTN TECHNIQUES
ECE 291: ELECT ENGR LAB I
ECE 291: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I
ECE 321: RANDOM SIGNALS & NOISE
ECE 333: SIGNALS & SYSTEMS
ECE 640: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ECE 641: LAB FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE DSP
ECE 641: LABORATORY FOR DSP WITH FPGAS
ECE 698: ST:DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESS
ECE 698: ST:LAB FOR DPS WITH FPGAS
ECE 747: SIGNAL DECOMPSTN TECHNIQUES
Research Interests
Theory of signals and transforms, financial engineering, big data finance, and high performance digital signal processing (DSP) (FPGA & GPU computing).
Journal Article
Akansu, Ali, & Xiong, Anqi (2020). Eigenportfolios of US Equities for the Exponential Correlation Model. Journal of Investment Strategies, 55-77.
Sun, Yanjia, & Ayaz, Hasan, & Akansu, Ali (2020). Multimodal Affective State Assessment using fNIRS + EEG and Spontaneous Facial Expression. Brain Sciences, 10(2), 85.
Xiong, Anqi, & Akansu, Ali (2019). On Sparsity of Eigenportfolios to Reduce Transaction Cost. Journal of Capital Markets Studies, 3(1), 82-90.
Akansu, Ali, & Cicon, James, & Ferris, Stephen, & Sun , Yanjia (2017). Firm Performance in the Face of Fear: How CEO Moods Affect Firm Performance. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 18(4), 373-389.
Akansu, Ali (2017). The Flash Crash: A Review. Journal of Capital Markets Studies, 1(1), 89-100.
Sun, Yanjia, & Ayaz, Hasan, & Akansu, Ali (2020). Multimodal Affective State Assessment using fNIRS + EEG and Spontaneous Facial Expression. Brain Sciences, 10(2), 85.
Xiong, Anqi, & Akansu, Ali (2019). On Sparsity of Eigenportfolios to Reduce Transaction Cost. Journal of Capital Markets Studies, 3(1), 82-90.
Akansu, Ali, & Cicon, James, & Ferris, Stephen, & Sun , Yanjia (2017). Firm Performance in the Face of Fear: How CEO Moods Affect Firm Performance. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 18(4), 373-389.
Akansu, Ali (2017). The Flash Crash: A Review. Journal of Capital Markets Studies, 1(1), 89-100.
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Conference Proceeding
Design of Eigenportfolios for US Equities Using Exponential Correlation Model
IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2019
Performance Comparison of Minimum Variance, Market and Eigen Portfolios for US Equities
IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2019
Link-Level Interpretation of Eigenanalysis for Network Traffic Flows
Proc. IEEE 51st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2017
Performance Analysis of Eigenportfolios for AR(1) Process
Proc. IEEE 50th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2016
Symbol Alphabet Modifier for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Communications
Proc. IEEE 50th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2016
IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2019
Performance Comparison of Minimum Variance, Market and Eigen Portfolios for US Equities
IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2019
Link-Level Interpretation of Eigenanalysis for Network Traffic Flows
Proc. IEEE 51st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2017
Performance Analysis of Eigenportfolios for AR(1) Process
Proc. IEEE 50th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2016
Symbol Alphabet Modifier for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Communications
Proc. IEEE 50th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2016
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Chapter
Torun, Mustafa, & Yilmaz, Onur, & Akansu, Ali (2016). Explicit Kernel and Sparsity of Eigen Subspace for AR(1) Process, Wiley-IEEE Press. Wiley-IEEE Press
Book
Akansu, Ali, & Kulkarni, Sanjeev, & Malioutov, Malioutov (2016). Financial Signal Processing and Machine Learning. Wiley-IEEE Press
Akansu, Ali, & Torun, Mustafa (2015). A Primer for Financial Engineering: Financial Signal Processing and Electronic Trading. Elsevier
Akansu, Ali, & Torun, Mustafa (2015). A Primer for Financial Engineering: Financial Signal Processing and Electronic Trading. Elsevier
Other
High Frequency Trading and Signal Processing Models for the Microstructure of Financial Markets
IEEE ICASSP, May 2013
Manual for ECE 641 Laboratory for High Performance Digital Signal Processing, 3rd Ed.
In-house, August 2011
IEEE ICASSP, May 2013
Manual for ECE 641 Laboratory for High Performance Digital Signal Processing, 3rd Ed.
In-house, August 2011
Material Regarding New Courses/Curricula
Laboratory Manual for graduate course ECE 641 Laboratory for High Performance Digital Signal Processing
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013
Professional
IEEE ICASSP 2020
Special Session Co-Organizer and Session Chair (Virtual) - 2020
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
Lead Editor of the Special Issue on Financial Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Electronic Trading - 2016
IEEE ICASSP, Shanghai, China, March 20-25, 2016.
Special Session Organizer at IEEE ICASSP 2016 - 2016
Special Session Co-Organizer and Session Chair (Virtual) - 2020
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
Lead Editor of the Special Issue on Financial Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Electronic Trading - 2016
IEEE ICASSP, Shanghai, China, March 20-25, 2016.
Special Session Organizer at IEEE ICASSP 2016 - 2016