Carlos Davila
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Contact Information
cd@lyle.smu.eduEducation
B.S.E.E., University of Texas, Austin, 1981; M.S.E.E., University of Texas, Austin, 1983; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1988
Research Concentrations
Signal processing; Electrophysiology; Medical device technology; Also interested in ultrasound and modeling of biological neuronal systems
Research Accomplishments and Activities
Author of several papers for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, including "On the Modified Yule-Walker Equations" and "Efficient, High Performance, Subspace Tracking for Time Domain Data"; Co-author of "Subspace Averaging of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials" for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2000; U.S. patent application for signal compression invention
Research Philosophy
Inquisitiveness is the single most important characteristic for researchers. In my view, the key to understanding, critical analysis, and innovation is the ability to ask the right questions.