About Us

Carlos Davila

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering

Contact Information

cd@lyle.smu.edu

Education

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.