Publications

PAPERS:

[J3] Bridget Benson, Ying Li, Brian Faunce, Kenneth Domond, Don Kimball, Curt Schurgers, and Ryan Kastner. "Design of a Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem." IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 2, issue 3, September 2010 (pdf)

[J2] Bridget Benson, Arash Arfaee, Choon Kim, Ryan Kastner and Rajesh Gupta. "Integrating Embedded Computing Systems into High School and Early Undergraduate Education." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Education, in press.

[J1] Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Shahnam Mirzaei and Ryan Kastner, "GUSTO: An Automatic Generation and Optimization Tool for Matrix Inversion Architectures", ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, Vol. 9, No. 4, March 2010. (pdf)

[C20] Ying Li, Bridget Benson, Lan Chen, and Ryan Kastner. "A New Hardware Design Scheme of Symbol Synchronization for an Underwater Acoustic Receiver." International Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, Jan 2011. (pdf)

[C19] Ying Li, Bridget Benson, Lan Chen, and Ryan Kastner. "Determining the Suitability of FPGAs for a Low-cost, Low-power, Underwater Acoustic Modem." International Conference on Remote Sensing, October 2010. (pdf)

[C18] Feng Tong, Shengyong Zhou, Bridget Benson, and Ryan Kastner. "R&D of a Dual mode Acoustic Modem Testbed for Shallow Water Channels." International Workshop on Underwater Networks (WUWNet), September 2010. (pdf)

[C17] Bridget Benson, Ying Li, Brian Faunce, Kenneth Domond, Don Kimball, Curt Schurgers, and Ryan Kastner. "Design of a Low-Cost, Underwater Acoustic Modem for Short-Range Sensor Networks." IEEE Oceans Conerence, May 2010. (pdf)

[C16] Feng Tong, Bridget Benson, Ying Li, and Ryan Kastner. "Channel Equilization Based on Data Reuse LMS Algorithm for Shallow Water Acoustic Communication." IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing, June 2010. (pdf)

[C15] Ying Li, Bridget Benson, Xing Zhang, and Ryan Kastner. "Hardware Implementation of Symbol Synchronization for Underwater FSK." IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing, June 2010. (pdf)

[C14] Junguk Cho, Bridget Benson, Sunsern Cheamanukul, and Ryan Kastner, "Increased Performance of an FPGA-Based Color Classification System." IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, May 2010. (pdf)

[C13] Junguk Cho, Bridget Benson, and Ryan Kastner. "Hardware Acceleration of Multi-view Face Detection." IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors. July 2009. (pdf)

[C12] Bridget Benson, Arash Arfaee, Choon Kim, Ryan Kastner, and Rajesh Gupta. "Integrating Embedded Computing Systems into High School and Early Undergraduate Education." International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education. July 2009 (pdf)

[C11] Ying Li, Bridget Benson, Ryan Kastner, Xing Zhang. "Bit Error Rate, Power, and Area Analysis of Multiple Implementations of Underwater FSK." Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA). July 2009 (pdf)

[C10] Junguk Cho, Bridget Benson, Shahnam Mirzaei, and Ryan Kastner. "Parallelized Architecture of Multiple Classifiers for Face Detection." IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors (ASAP). July 2009 (pdf)

[C9] Bridget Benson, Ali Irturk, Junguk Cho and Ryan Kastner, "Energy Benefits of Reconfigurable Hardware for Use in Underwater Sensor Nets", IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop (RAW), May 2009 (pdf)

[C8] Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Nikolay Laptev and Ryan Kastner, "Architectural Optimization of Decomposition Algorithms for Wireless Communication Systems", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 2009 (pdf)

[C7] Bridget Benson, Junguk Cho, Deborah Goshorn, and Ryan Kastner. "Field Programmable Gate Array Based Fish Detection Using Haar Classifiers ". American Academy of Underwater Sciences, March 2009 (pdf)

[C6] Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Arash Arfaee and Ryan Kastner, “Automatic Generation of Decomposition based Matrix Inversion Architectures”, IEEE International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT), December 2008 (pdf)

[C5] Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Nikolay Laptev and Ryan Kastner, "FPGA Acceleration of Mean Variance Framework for Optimal Asset Allocation", Workshop on High Performance Computational Finance , November 2008 (pdf)

[C4] Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Shahnam Mirzaei and Ryan Kastner, "An FPGA Design Space Exploration Tool for Matrix Inversion Architectures", IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors (SASP), June 2008 (pdf)

[C3] Bridget Benson, Ali Irturk, Jung Uk Cho and Ryan Kastner, “Survey of Hardware Platforms for an Energy Efficient Implementation of Matching Pursuits Algorithm for Shallow Water Networks”, International Workshop on Underwater Networks (WUWNet), September 2008 (pdf)

[C2] Bridget Benson, Frank Spada, Derek Manov, Grace Chang and Ryan Kastner, "Real Time Telemetry Options for Ocean Observing Systems", European Telemetry Conference, April 2008 (pdf)

[C1] Bridget Benson, Grace Chang, Derek Manov, Brian Graham and Ryan Kastner, "Design of a Low-cost Acoustic Modem for Moored Oceanographic Applications", International Workshop on Underwater Networks (WUWNet), September 2006 (pdf)

POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS:

[P16] Bridget Benson. “Underwater Communication.” Invited Speaker for Animal Tlatoque Summer Day Camp, University of California Santa Barbara, July 15, 2010.

[P15] Bridget Benson, Ying Li, Brian Faunce, Kenneth Domond, Don Kimball, Curt Schurgers, and Ryan Kastner. "A Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem for Short-Range, Low-Data Rate Sensing Applications." Demonstration of Prototype Low-Cost Acoustic Modem. ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks, November 2009.

[P14] Bridget Benson. “Underwater Communication.” Invited Speaker for UCSD COSMOS Embedded Systems Cluster. July 2009.

[P13] Bridget Benson. "Real Time Technologies for Underwater Sensor Networks." Invited speaker for NSF Advance Lecture Series. California Polytechnic State University Pomona. May 2009.

[P12] Bridget Benson, Ying Li, Ryan Kastner. Adaptively Sampled Underwater Node. Poster Presentation. Jacob's School of Engineering Research Expo. University of California San Diego. February 2009.

[P11] Frank Spada, Derek Manov, Grace Chang, Bridget Benson, and Ryan Kastner, "Real-time Telemetry Technologies for Moored Oceanographic Applications", Poster Presentation. Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2008.

[P10] T. Fu, D. Doonan, C. Utley, B. Benson, R. Kastner, R. A. Iltis, and H. Lee "AquaModem Field Tests in Moorea ", Poster Presentation. Jacob’s School of Engineering Research Expo. University of California San Diego. Poster Presentation. February 2008.

[P9] Bridget Benson. "Communicating Underwater" Guest Speaker for Brighter Horizons: Careers in Math and Science. American Association of University Women (AAUW). Pierce College January 2008.

[P8] Sally MacIntyre, Jon Fram, Arron Layns and Bridget Benson. Linkages between the Wind, Internal Wave Field and Turbulence in Stratified Lakes. International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics. December 2007

[P7] Bridget Benson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student and Faculty Luncheon and Poster Session. University of California Santa Barbara. Poster Presentation. November 2007

[P6] Bridget Benson. Graduate Student Panelist. College of Engineering Graduate Student Fair. University of California Santa Barbara. November 2007

[P5] T. Fu, D. Doonan, C. Utley, B. Benson, R. Kastner, R. A. Iltis, and H. Lee "AquaModem Field Tests in Moorea ", Poster Presentation. Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks September 2007.

[P4] Bridget Benson, Arron Layns, Sally MacIntyre “Determining the Mechanisms of Mixing in the Benthic Boundary Layer.” Poster Presentation. Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Annual Conference, Feb 2007.

[P3] Bridget Benson. Demonstration of Prototype Mooring Modem. ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks, September 2006.

[P2] Bridget Benson. "A Summer at NSWCCD and My Current Underwater World Projects." Speaker for Friends of the Society Event. Our World Underwater Scholarship Society Annual Meeting. April 2006.

[P1] Bridget Benson. Graduate Student Panelist for W.E.B. Du Bois Event. Educational Opportunity Program University of California Santa Barbara. February 2006.