Chi-Hao Cheng, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
• B.S. Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 1991

Research Interests

• RF receiver modeling/design
• Optical communication system/component
• Real-time digital signal processing

Research Bio

Dr. Chi-Hao Cheng is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

He teaches courses in electrical engineering, directs undergraduate student projects, and supervises graduate student theses. He developed undergraduate/graduate courses in digital signal processing, digital image processing, elements of robotics, real-time digital signal processing, and advanced digital signal processing.

Dr. Cheng's primary research interests lie in signal processing algorithm development and its applications in different areas including wideband receiver and optical communications systems. Since joining Miami he has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles and co-authored two books with late Dr. James Tsui.

He has received external grants and support from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Mathworks, Texas Instruments, Xilinx, etc.

Prior to joining the faculty of Miami University in 2004, Dr. Cheng spent 5 years working in the optical communications industry and developed cutting-edge optical communication devices including chromatic dispersion compensator, wavelength interleaver, and dynamic gain equalizer.

His industry work led to three issued U.S. patents and four pending U.S. patents.

Experience

Professor, Miami University, 2015

• Associate Professor, Miami University 2010 –2015
• Assistant Professor, Miami University 2004 –2010
• Senior Research Engineer, Defiant Photonics, Plano, TX 
• Research Engineer, Senior Research Engineer, Chorum Technologies, Richardson, TX
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT at Austin

Granted US Patents

• Gan Zhou; Kuang-Yi Wu, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Adjustable Chromatic Dispersion Compensation,” US Patent 6,559,992, May 6, 2003.
• Tiejun Xia; Chi-Hao Cheng; ShuXin Li; Jian-Yu Liu; and Kuang-Yi Wu, “Bandwidth Variable Wavelength Router and Method of Operation,” US Patent 6,515,786, February 4, 2003.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, Jian-Yu Liu, Kuang-Yi Wu, and Charles Wong, “Dispersion Compensation for Optical Systems,” US Patent 6,396,609, May 28, 2002.

Principal Publications

Journal Articles

• Jayson Rook and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Unsupervised Techniques for Identifying the Mode of a Multi-Functional Radar with Varying Pulse Sequences,” IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, vol. E106-D, no. 11, pp.-, Nov. 2023.
• Jayson Rook and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Semi-Supervised Techniques for Detecting Previously Unseen Radar Behaviors,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 70368-70376, 2023
• Tyler McGrew, Viktoriia Sysoeva, Chi-Hao Cheng, Chad Miller, James Scofield, and Mark J Scott, “Condition Monitoring of DC-Link Capacitors using Time-Frequency Analysis and Machine Learning Classification of Conducted EMI,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 12606-12618, Oct. 2022.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “A Sub-Nyquist Uniform Linear Array Receiver Design,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 114359-114366, 2021.
• Tanner McWhorter, Marcin Morys, Stacie Severyn, Sean Stevens, Louis Chan, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Machine Learning Aided Electronic Warfare System,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 94691-94699, 2021.
• Jason Pennington and Chi-Hao Cheng, “A Comparison of Modified Periodogram and Blackman-Tucky Methods for Wideband Receiver Applications,” IEICE Electronics Express, 2021 vol.18 no. 4 pp. 20200453, Feb. 2021.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, Gregory Dye, and Jason Pennington, “Sub-Nyquist Receiver Using Sampling Frequency and Instant Offsets,” IET’s The Journal of Engineering, vol. 2021, no. 1, pp. 1-5, Feb. 2021.
• Adam Eaton, Karthik Vishwanath, Chi-Hao Cheng, E. Paige Lloyd, and Kurt Hugenberg, “A Lock-in Technique for Extraction of Pulse Rates and Associated Confidence Levels from Video,” Applied Optics. vol. 57, no. 16, pp. 4360-4367, Jun. 2018.
• Annatoma Arif, Tuo Li, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Blurred Fingerprint Image Enhancement: Algorithm Analysis and Performance Evaluation,” Signal, Image and Video Processing, vol. 12, no.4, pp. 767–774, May 2018.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, Lihyeh L. Liou, James. B. Tsui and David M. Lin, “Chirp Signal Detection Using FFT Peak Frequency Difference,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 1449-1453, Jun. 2016.
• Vincent Mancuso, Peter Buxa, Chi-Hao Cheng, David Lin, Lihyeh Liou, Matt Longbrake, and Thomas Pemberton, “A Real-Time Imbalance Compensator for Wideband Receiver Applications,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 743 –750, Aug. 2015.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “Wideband Receiver with I/Q Channels for Multiple Nyquist Zone Coverage,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 421-428, Apr. 2015.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “Wideband Receiver Design Using Frequency- Dependent Magnitude / Phase Mismatch,” IEICE Electronics Express, vol. 11, no. 15, Aug. 10, 2014.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, L. Liou, David Lin, James Tsui, Heng-Ming Tai, “Wideband In-phase/Quadrature Imbalance Compensation Using Finite Impulse Response Filter,” IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 797-804, Aug. 2014.
• Xiaoqi Han and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Nonlinear Filter Based Decision Feedback Equalizer for Optical Communication Systems,” Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 8712-8719, Apr. 7, 2014.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and Shasha Tang, “Michelson interferometer based interleaver design using classic IIR filter decomposition,” Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 25, pp. 31330-31335, Dec. 16, 2013.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, David M. Lin, Lihyeh L. Liou, and James B. Tsui, “Electronic warfare receiver with multiple FFT Frame Sizes,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol.48, no.4, pp.3318-3330, Oct. 2012.
• Jie Pan and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Nonlinear Electrical Predistortion and Equalization for the Coherent Optical Communication System,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol.29, no.18, pp. 2785-2789, Sep.15, 2011.
• Jie Pan and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Wiener-Hammerstein Model Based Electrical Equalizer for Optical Communication Systems,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol.29, no.16, pp.2454-2459, Aug.15, 2011.
• Jie Pan and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Nonlinear Electrical Compensation for the Coherent Optical OFDM System,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 215-221, Jan.15, 2011.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and Shuping Wang, “Performance Comparison of Michelson Interferometer Based Interleaver Designs,” Optical Engineering, Paper Number 125003, Volume 48, Issue 12, Dec. 2009.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and Shuping Wang, “Imperfect antireflection coating effect reduction schemes for birefringent interleaver and optical communication systems,” Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 40, Issue 8, pp. 1072-1077, Nov. 2008.
• Shuping Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Yangqing Lu, and Charles Wong, “Dynamic channel blocker/equalizer with high blocking extinction ratio,” Optical Engineering, Paper Number 025003, Volume 47, Issue 2, Feb. 2008.
• Shuping Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Yangqing Lu, and Charles Wong, “The imperfect antireflection coating effect on birefringent interleaver and optical communication systems,” Optical Engineering, Paper Number 095005 Volume 46, Issue 9, Sep. 2007.
• Chi-Hao Cheng,” Signal processing for optical communication,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 88-96, Jan. 2006.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “Asymmetrical Interleaver Structure Based on the Modified Michelson Interferometer,” Optical Engineering, Paper Number 115003, Volume 44, Issue 11, Nov. 2005.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and Tiejun J. Xia, “A Novel Bandwidth and Center Wavelength Tunable Interleaver,” Optical Engineering, Paper Number 085002, Volume 44, Issue 8, Aug. 2005.

Conference Papers

• Tyler McGrew, Viktoriia Sysoeva, Chi-Hao Cheng, and Mark Scott, “Condition Monitoring of DC-Link Capacitors Using Hidden Markov Model Supported-Convolutional Neural Network,” 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), virtual.
• Adi Bhargava, Krishna Suresh, Justin Lee, Adam Rohrer, Arun Kamath, Anagh Mishra, Albaraa Tarabishi, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Juniper Robotics’ FTC Experience,” 2020 International Automatic Control Conference (CACS 2020), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.
• Kevin Kim, Shannon Cheng, Adam Rohrer, Nik Kohil, Arun Kamath, Krishna Suresh, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Philosophy of FIRST^®,” 2020 International Automatic Control Conference (CACS 2020), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 2020.
• Yizhou Liu, Kuang-Yi Wu, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Nonlinear Electrical Equalization for Multimode Fiber Systems,” The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT), Dec. 2018, Louisville, USA.
• Zhiqiang Wu,Bin Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Deng Cao, and Zhiping Zhang, “Software Defined Radio-based Mixed Signal Detection Laboratories for Enhancing Undergraduate Communication and Networking Curricula,” 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2018, Salt Lake City, USA.
• Deng Cao, Zhiqiang Wu, Bin Wang, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Undergraduate Research: Adaptation and Evaluation of Software-defined Radio-based Laboratories,” 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2018, Salt Lake City, USA.
• Tuo Li, Annatoma Arif, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “A Dual-Image Template Based Fingerprint Matching Method,” 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (CISP-BMEI 2017), Oct. 2017, Shanghai, China.
• Patrick Cutno and Chi-Hao Cheng, “A Software-Defined Radio Based Automatic Modulation Classifier,” 16th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS-2017), Apr. 2017, Chicago, USA.
• Patrick Cutno, Chi-Hao Cheng, Zhiqiang Wu, Bin Wang, and Deng Cao, “Software Defined Radio for Digital Signal Processing Related Courses,” 2016 ASEE Conference, Jun. 2016, New Orleans, USA.
• Zhiqiang Wu, Bin Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Deng Cao, and Ashraf Yaseen, “Software Defined Radio Laboratory Platform for Enhancing Undergraduate Communication and Networking Curricula,” 2016 ASEE Conference, Jun. 2016, New Orleans, USA.
• Deng Cao, Zhiqiang Wu, Bin Wang, and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Software Defined Radio Based Laboratories in Undergraduate Computer Networking Courses,” 2016 ASEE Conference, Jun. 2016, New Orleans, USA
• Chi-Hao Cheng, Jie Pan, and Xiaoqi Han, “Nonlinear Distortion Compensation for Optical Communications,” (invited paper) 2014 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Nov. 2014, Shanghai China.
• Zhiqiang Wu, Bin Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Deng Cao, and Ashraf Yaseen, “Software Defined Radio Laboratory Platform for Enhancing Undergraduate Communication and Networking Curricula,” 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, Jun. 2014, Indianapolis, USA.
• Jie Pan and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Sparse Volterra Model Based Coherent Optical-OFDM Channel Modeling and Compensation,” the 16th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, Jul. 2011, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• Robert Graessle and Chi-Hao Cheng “A Software-Defined Radio Based on the Unified SMSE Framework” the 10th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS-2011), Aug. 2011, New York City, USA.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and Shuping Wang, “Broadband Source Sliced by Cascaded Interleavers,” the 14th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2009), Jul. 2009, Hong Kong, China.
• Shuping Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, and Joe Yue, “Passive Wavelength Monitor Based on Birefringent Crystals,” the 14th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2009), Jul. 2009, Hong Kong, China.
• Shuping Wang, Chi-Hao Cheng, Yangqing Lu, “Liquid crystal-based dynamic channel blocker/equalizer for optical networks,” SPIE Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications, Aug. 2008.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “A Reconsideration of the Birefringent Interleaver,” The Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, Jan. 2007.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and David J. Goode, “Michelson Interferometer Based Interleaver Design Algorithm Based on IIR Filter Model,” The Proc. of SPIE Optics East, Oct. 2006.
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “Signal Processing for Optical Wavelength Interleaver Design,” The Proc. of Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference and Exhibition, Nov. 2005 (APOC 2005).
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “The Signal Processing Approach for the Birefringent Material Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Design,” The Proc. of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2005 (MWSCAS 2005).
• Chi-Hao Cheng, “IIR Filter Model for the Generalized Michelson Interferometer,” The Proc. of IEEE 2005 Summer Topicals, Jun. 2005.
• Mufit Ozden and Chi-Hao Cheng, “Optimizers with Learning Distributions in Simulation Models: An Application to All-pass Dispersion Compensator of Fiber Optics,” The Proc. of the Industrial Simulation Conference, Jun. 2005.

Book Section

• James Tsui and Chi-Hao Cheng, **Digital Techniques for Wideband Receivers*, 3rd Edition, SciTech Publishing: an imprint of IET. November 2015.
• Chi-Hao Cheng and James Tsui, An Introduction to Electronic Warfare - from the First Jamming to Machine Learning Techniques, River Publishers, September 2021.