Ali Akansu

Ali Akansu is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT. His academic career spans multiple decades, with significant contributions to signal processing, financial engineering, and multimedia communications. He has led or co-led four major NSF-funded projects, including the Center for Digital Video & Media Research and the Laboratory for Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication. His research focuses on topics such as eigenanalysis for financial portfolios, machine learning in network analysis, and multimodal affective state assessment using EEG and fNIRS.

Key research areas include financial signal processing, portfolio optimization, eigensubspace applications, and data hiding techniques. Notable projects involve FPGA-based real-time risk analysis systems and GPU implementations for eigenportfolio analysis. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed articles, with impactful work in journals like Journal of Investment Strategies and Brain Sciences.

His recent work combines machine learning with signal processing to address challenges in network traffic forecasting and financial market dynamics. He has also contributed to biomedical signal processing through studies on affective state assessment using neuroimaging techniques. Awards and recognitions include a h-index of 27 and over 2,694 citations.

• Grants:
  • National Science Foundation (1991-1993, 1997-2002): Real-Time Color Video Workstation, Multimedia Signal Processing Lab, and Digital Video Research Center
• Labs/Teams: Leadership in NJIT's Laboratory for Multimedia Signal Processing and Financial Signal Processing groups