Leslie M. Collins | Scholars@Duke

Leslie M. Collins
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Leslie M. Collins earned the BSEE degree from the University of Kentucky, and the MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1986 through 1990 she was a Senior Engineer at Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She joined Duke in 1995 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002 and to Professor in 2007. Her research interests include physics-based statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing, auditory prostheses and pattern recognition. She is a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies. Dr. Collins has been a member of the team formed to transition MURI-developed algorithms and hardware to the Army HSTAMIDS and GSTAMIDS landmine detection systems. She has been the principal investigator on research projects from ARO, NVESD, SERDP, ESTCP, NSF, and NIH. Dr. Collins was the PI on the DoD UXO Cleanup Project of the Year in 2000. As of 2015, Dr. Collins has graduated 15 PhD students.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2007
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2011
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Duke University Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2015

Contact Information

3461 CIEMAS, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90291, Durham, NC 27708-0291
lcollins@ee.duke.edu (919) 660-5260
Duke Applied Machine Learning Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1995
- M.Sc.Eng., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1986
- B.S.E., University of Kentucky at Lexington 1985
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2015 - 2018
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2000 - 2011
- Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2007 - 2011
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2002 - 2007
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2003 - 2005
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1996 - 2002
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1996 - 2000
- Assistant Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1995
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 21, 2018 Pratt School of Engineering
  
  Listening to Broken Hearts, Saving Lives
- OCT 4, 2016
  
  Smart Meters: Duke Engineers Seek Energy Insights by Reading a Building's Electrical Signatures
- AUG 31, 2016
  
  Pratt Researchers Are Using Deep Learning to Distinguish Solar Panels from Swimming Pools
Research
Selected Grants
- Deep Context-aware Discriminative Learning for Buried Threat Detection: single sensor processing and multi-sensor fusion awarded by Army Research Office 2017 - 2022
- Using Machine Learning to Mitigate Reverberation Effects in Cochlear Implants awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- Optimizing cochlear implant sound processor configurations via neural response properties to improve speech comprehension awarded by American Hearing Research Foundation 2018
- Information Aggregation for IED Identification with GPR, Video, and Electromagnetic Induction: Within Sensor Processing awarded by Army Research Office 2013 - 2018
- Data Extraction and Reporting Tool for Aspen Simulator Data awarded by 8 Rivers Capital, LLC 2017
- Advanced Algorithm Development for Handheld Landmine And Other Explosive Threats awarded by Army Research Office 2014 - 2017
- Dual Band Forward Looking GPR Processing for Landmine and IED Detection awarded by United States Army 2012 - 2017
- Towards Clinical Acceptability: Enhancing the P300-based Brain-Computer Interface awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2016
- Statistical Signal Processing for Remote Sensing of Targets: Proposal for Terrestrial Science Program awarded by Army Research Office 2009 - 2013
- Statistical Signal Processing for Robust Automated UXO Classification awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program 2010 - 2011
- Speech Processor Optimization for Cochlear Implants awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2011
- Terrestrial Remote Sensing Equipment Proposal awarded by Army Research Office 2010 - 2011
- Statistical Signal Processing For Landmine and Ordnance Detection and Discrimination awarded by Army Research Office 2006 - 2011
- Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing for UXO Discrimination for Next-Generation Sensor Data awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program 2005 - 2009
- Theme-based Redesign of the Duke ECE Undergraduate Curriculum at Duke University awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2008
- A Vertically-Integrated Application-Driven Undergraduate Signal Processing Laboratory awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2008
- Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling for Demining awarded by Army Research Office 2000 - 2008
- Adaptive Multi-Modality Inverse Scattering for Targets Embedded in General Stochastic Environments awarded by Army Research Office 2002 - 2007
- Modeling and Signal Processing for EMI Sensing of Landmines, In Support of AMD System (supplement) awarded by Office of Naval Research 2004 - 2006
- Signal Processing and Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination in Highly Contaminated Sites awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program 2002 - 2005
- Theme-based Redesign of the Duke ECE Curriculum awarded by National Science Foundation 2003 - 2005
- Multi-Sensor Physics-Based Classification of Unexploded Ordnance awarded by Army Research Office 2002 - 2005
- Duke University Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina 2002 - 2005
- Optimizing Noise-based Enhancement of Speech Recognition by Cochlear Implant Patients awarded by National Science Foundation 2000 - 2003
- Cat Auditory Nerve Response to Small Electrical Pulses awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2002
- Improved Landmine Detection and Identification: Combining Statistical Decision Making and Auditory-based Optimizat awarded by Army Research Office 1998 - 2001
- Statistical Signal Processing for Demining: Experimental Verification awarded by Army Research Office 1999 - 2000
- (97-0906) Psychophysical Measures in Cochlear Implant Subjects awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1999
- Preliminary Research to Investigate the Feasibility of a Novel Signal awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina 1998 - 1999
- (96-0397) Psychophysical Measures in Cochlear Implant Subjects awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1998
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Torrione, P, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Multivariate analysis, chemometrics, and machine learning in laser spectroscopy." In Laser Spectroscopy for Sensing: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications, 125-164. January 1, 2014. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Malof, JM, Bralich, J, Reichman, D, and Collins, LM. "Improving the histogram of oriented gradient feature for threat detection in ground penetrating radar by implementing it as a trainable convolutional neural network." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Reichman, D, and Collins, LM. "How do we choose the best model? The impact of cross-validation design on model evaluation for buried threat detection in ground penetrating radar." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "If training data appears to be mislabeled, should we relabel it? Improving supervised learning algorithms for threat detection in ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "How much shape information is enough, or too much? Designing imaging descriptors for threat detection in ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Huang, B, Knox, M, Bradbury, K, Collins, LM, and Newell, RG. "Non-intrusive load monitoring system performance over a range of low frequency sampling rates." December 12, 2017. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Collins, LM, and Bradbury, K. "A deep convolutional neural network, with pre-training, for solar photovoltaic array detection in aerial imagery." December 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Qian, S, Chelikani, S, Wang, P, Collins, LM, Bradbury, K, and Malof, JM. "Trading spatial resolution for improved accuracy when using detection algorithms on remote sensing imagery." December 1, 2017. Full Text
  - So, B, Nezin, C, Kaimal, V, Keene, S, Collins, L, Bradbury, K, and Malof, JM. "Estimating the electricity generation capacity of solar photovoltaic arrays using only color aerial imagery." December 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Kalika, D, Collins, LM, Throckmorton, CS, and Mainsah, BO. "Adaptive stimulus selection in ERP-based brain-computer interfaces by maximizing expected discrimination gain." November 27, 2017. Full Text
  - Camilo, JA, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "Three-dimensional features, based on beamforming at multiple depths, improves landmine detection with a forward-looking ground-penetrating radar." July 28, 2017. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "Some good practices for applying convolutional neural networks to buried threat detection in Ground Penetrating Radar." July 28, 2017. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "The effect of translational variance in training and testing images on supervised buried threat detection algorithms for ground penetrating radar." July 28, 2017. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Collins, LM, Reeves, G, and Throckmorton, CS. "A performance-based approach to designing the stimulus presentation paradigm for the P300-based BCI by exploiting coding theory." June 16, 2017. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Bradbury, K, Collins, LM, Newell, RG, Serrano, A, Wu, H, and Keene, S. "Image features for pixel-wise detection of solar photovoltaic arrays in aerial imagery using a random forest classifier." March 21, 2017. Full Text
  - Bralich, J, Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "Improving convolutional neural networks for buried target detection in ground penetrating radar using transfer learning via pre-training." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Camilo, JA, Crosskey, M, Morton, K, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "An improved frequency domain feature with partial least-squares dimensionality reduction for classifying buried threats in forwardlooking ground-penetrating radar data." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Knox, M, Rundel, C, and Collins, L. "Sensor fusion for buried explosive threat detection for handheld data." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Reichman, D, and Collins, LM. "Discriminative dictionary learning to learn effective features for detecting buried threats in ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "Improvements to the histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) prescreener for buried threat detection in ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "Learning improved pooling regions for the histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) feature for buried threat detection in ground penetrating radar." January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Malof, JM, and Collins, LM. "Leveraging seed dictionaries to improve dictionary learning." August 3, 2016. Full Text
  - Czarnek, N, Morton, K, Collins, L, Newell, R, and Bradbury, K. "Performance comparison framework for energy disaggregation systems." March 17, 2016. Full Text
  - Camilo, JA, Malof, JM, and Collins, LM. "A feature learning approach for classifying buried threats in forward looking ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Colwell, KA, and Collins, LM. "Attribute-driven transfer learning for detecting novel buried threats with ground-penetrating radar." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Czarnek, NM, Clark, K, Peters, KB, Collins, LM, and Mazurowski, MA. "Radiogenomics of glioblastoma: A pilot multi-institutional study to investigate a relationship between tumor shape features and tumor molecular subtype." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Collins, LM, Bradbury, K, and Newell, RG. "A deep convolutional neural network and a random forest classifier for solar photovoltaic array detection in aerial imagery." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, and Collins, LM. "Using queuing models to aid design and guide research effort for multimodality buried target detection systems." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Mazurowski, MA, Czarnek, NM, Collins, LM, Peters, KB, and Clark, K. "Predicting outcomes in glioblastoma patients using computerized analysis of tumor shape - Preliminary data." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Malof, JM, and Collins, LM. "Algorithm development for deeply buried threat detection in GPR data." January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Camilo, JA, Malof, JM, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Clutter and target discrimination in forward-looking ground penetrating radar using sparse structured basis pursuits." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Colwell, KA, Torrione, PA, Morton, KD, and Collins, LM. "Improving buried threat detection in ground-penetrating radar with transfer learning and metadata analysis." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Kalika, D, Knox, MT, Collins, LM, Torrione, PA, and Morton, KD. "Leveraging robust principal component analysis to detect buried explosive threats in handheld ground-penetrating radar data." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Hou, R, Collins, LM, Bradbury, K, and Newell, R. "Automatic solar photovoltaic panel detection in satellite imagery." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A queuing model for designing multi-modality buried target detection systems: Preliminary results." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Morton, KD, Malof, JM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Target signature localization in GPR data by jointly estimating and matching templates." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Sakaguchi, RT, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Recognizing subsurface target responses in ground penetrating radar data using convolutional neural networks." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Kalika, D, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Hyperbolic and PLSDA filter algorithms to detect buried threats in GPR data." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Knox, M, Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Target detection and identification using synthetic aperture acoustics." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Knox, M, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "A novel algorithm for buried target detection evaluated on a collection of seismo-acoustic data." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Fusion of forward looking infrared and ground penetrating radar for improved stopping distances in landmine detection." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A robust Bayesian approach to target detection applied to explosive threat detection in handheld ground penetrating radar data." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Target localization and signature extraction in GPR data using expectation-maximization and principal component analysis." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Sakaguchi, RT, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Physics-based deformations of ground penetrating radar signals to improve the detection of buried explosives." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Experiment design for measuring the probability of detection in remote sensing: How many objects and how many passes." January 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A novel framework for processing forward looking infrared imagery with application to buried threat detection." 2013. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Multiple instance hidden markov models for GPR-based landmine detection." 2013. Full Text
  - Sakaguchi, RT, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Application of image categorization methods for buried threat detection in GPR data." 2013. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Colwell, KA, Jr, WRS, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Jr, KDM. "Sparse model inversion and processing of spatial frequency-domain electromagnetic induction sensor array data for improved landmine discrimination." 2013. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Morton, KD, Gottfried, JL, and Collins, LM. "A new approach to elemental inference in LIBS: A statistical model for spectral analysis." January 1, 2013.
  - Wang, P, Torrione, P, Collins, L, and Morton, K. "Rapid tracking for autonomous driving with monocular video." January 1, 2013. Full Text
  - Collins, L. "Chemometrics and machine learning for spectral analysis." January 1, 2012.
  - Collins, L. "Chemometrics and machine learning for spectral analysis." 2012.
  - Malof, JM, Jr, MKD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Processing forward-looking data for anomaly detection: single-look, multi-look, and spatial classification." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Manandhar, A, Jr, MKD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Multiple Instance Learning for Landmine Detection using GPR." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Manandhar, A, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Multiple instance learning for landmine detection using ground penetrating radar." January 1, 2012. Full Text
  - Morton, K, Ratto, C, Malof, J, Gunter, M, Collins, L, and Torrione, P. "Change-based threat detection in urban environments with a forward-looking camera." January 1, 2012. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, MKD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A Bayesian Method for Discriminative Context-Dependent Fusion of GPR-Based Detection Algorithms." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, MKD, McMichael, IT, Burns, BP, Clark, WW, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Integration of LIDAR with the NIITEK GPR for Improved Performance on Rough Terrain." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sakaguchi, RT, Jr, MKD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Keypoint Based Image Processing for Landmine Detection in GPR Data." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantum, SL, Colwell, KA, Jr, MKD, Jr, SWR, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Feature Extraction and Processing of Spatial Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic Induction Sensor Data for Improved Landmine Discrimination." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantum, SL, Jr, MKD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Investigation of the Effects of Operator Technique on Handheld Sensor Data for Landmine Detection." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Torrione, P, Jr, KDM, Sakaguchi, R, and Collins, LM. "Computer vision techniques for target detection in ground penetrating radar data." 2012. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Morton, K, Sakaguchi, R, and Collins, LM. "Histogram of gradient features for buried threat detection in ground penetrating radar data." IEEE, 2012.
  - Wang, PK, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Jr, MKD. "Rapid Position Estimation and Tracking for Autonomous Driving." 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jr, KDM, Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Signal processing for the detection of explosive residues on varying substrates using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy." 2011. Full Text
  - Jr, KDM, Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Classification of acoustic gunshot signatures using a nonparametric Bayesian signal model." 2011. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Multiple instance learning framework for landmine detection using ground penetrating radar." 2011. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A hidden Markov context model for GPR-based landmine detection incorporating stick-breaking priors." 2011. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Physics-based features for identifying contextual factors affecting landmine detection with ground-penetrating radar." 2011. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Contextual learning in ground-penetrating radar data using Dirichlet process priors." 2011. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A comparison of principal components and endmember-based contextual learning for hyperspectral anomaly classification." 2011. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Frequency-domain electromagnetic induction sensor data feature extraction and processing for improved landmine detection." 2011. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Morton, K, Ratto, C, Gunter, M, and Collins, L. "Change detection for detecting potential threats in forward-looking video and downward-looking ground-penetrating radar data." 2011. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Jr, KM, and Collins, LM. "The Viterbi algorithm as an approach for incorporating spatial information into air/ground interface inference in GPR data." 2011. Full Text
  - Wang, PK, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Exploiting spectral content for image segmentation in GPR data." 2011. Full Text
  - Jr, KDM, Torrione, P, and Collins, LM. "Dirichlet process based context learning for mine detection in hyperspectral imagery." 2010. Full Text
  - Jr, KDM, Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Nonparametric Bayesian time-series modeling and clustering of time-domain ground penetrating radar landmine responses." 2010. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Fusion of ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction sensors for landmine detection and discrimination." 2010. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Information-based sensor management for the intelligent tasking of ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction sensors in landmine detection pre-screening." 2010. Full Text
  - Ratto, C, Torrione, P, Morton, K, and Collins, L. "Context-dependent landmine detection with ground-penetrating radar using a hidden Markov context model." 2010. Full Text
  - Ratto, C, Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Estimation of soil permittivity through autoregressive modeling of time-domain ground-penetrating radar data." 2010. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Phenomenolgical model inversion with fisher information metrics for unexploded ordnance detection." 2010. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Identifying channel-specific impairments in cochlear implant patients via partial least squares discriminant analysis of speech-token confusion matrices." 2010. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Sparse model representations of target signatures for improved landmine detection using frequency-domain electromagnetic induction sensors." 2010. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Spatial latency reduction in GPR processing using stochastic sampling." 2010. Full Text
  - Bradbury, K, Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Realtime gaussian markov random field based ground tracking for ground penetrating radar data." 2009. Full Text
  - Jr, KDM, and Collins, L. "Bayesian detection of acoustic muzzle blasts." 2009. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Sensor management using a new framework for observation modeling." 2009. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Context-dependent feature selection for landmine detection with ground-penetrating radar." 2009. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Jr, KM, Lunsford, C, and Collins, L. "A graphical user interface for real-time spectroscopy: Software architecture for data collection, feature extraction, model development, and real-time testing." 2009. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Ratto, C, and Collins, LM. "Multiple instance and context dependent learning in hyperspectral data." 2009. Full Text
  - Ybarra, GA, Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, Massoud, HZ, Board, JA, Brooke, M, Jokerst, NM, Choudhury, RR, Gustafson, MR, Willett, RM, and Coonley, K. "Integrating sensing and information processing in an electrical and computer engineering undergraduate curriculum." 2009. Full Text
  - Erdogan, ES, Ozev, S, and Collins, LM. "Online SNR detection for dynamic power management in wireless ad-hoc networks." 2008. Full Text
  - Fails, EB, Torrione, PA, Jr, WRS, and Collins, LM. "Performance comparison of frequency domain quadrupole and dipole electromagnetic induction sensors in a landmine detection application." 2008. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, Torrione, PA, Scott, WR, and Collins, LM. "Information-based sensor management for landmine detection using electromagnetic induction, ground-penetrating radar, and seismic sensors." 2008.
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Analysis of an information-based sensor manager applicable to landmine detection." 2008. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Sensor management for landmine detection using correlated sensor observations." 2008. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, Morton, KD, Torrione, PA, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Comparison of a distance-based likelihood ratio test and k-nearest neighbor classification methods." 2008. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Matching pursuits decomposition for discrimination of unexploded ordnance: Isolated and overlapping signatures." 2008. Full Text
  - Stohl, JS, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Investigating the influence of pulse rate and duration on pitch perception in cochlear implants." 2008.
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Statistical models for landmine detection in ground penetrating radar: Applications to synthetic data generation and pre-screening." 2008. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Application of Markov random fields to landmine discrimination in ground penetrating radar data." 2008. Full Text
  - Fails, EB, Torrione, PA, Jr, WRS, and Collins, LM. "Performance of a four parameter model for modeling landmine signatures in frequency domain wideband electromagnetic induction detection systems." 2007. Full Text
  - Huettel, L, Coonley, K, Gustafson, M, Kim, J, Ybarra, G, and Collins, L. "Experiment, explore, design: A sensor-based introductory ECE laboratory." January 1, 2007.
  - Huettel, L, Coonley, K, Gustafson, M, Kim, J, Ybarra, G, and Collins, L. "Experiment, explore, design: A sensor-based introductory ECE laboratory." 2007.
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Managing landmine detection sensors: Results from application to AMDS data." 2007. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Sensor management for static target detection with non-binary sensor observations and observation uncertainty." 2007. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Identifying impaired cochlear implant channels via speech-token confusion matrix analysis." 2007. Full Text
  - Tang, L, Torrione, PA, Eldeniz, C, and Collins, LM. "Ground bounce tracking for landmine detection using a sequential Monte Carlo method." 2007. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, and Collins, L. "Image segmentation techniques for improved processing of landmine responses in ground penetrating radar data." 2007. Full Text
  - Brown, A, Ybarra, G, Massoud, H, Board, J, Holmes, J, Coonley, K, Collins, L, Huettel, L, Gustafson, M, and Cummer, S. "Redesign of the core curriculum at Duke University." January 1, 2006.
  - Brown, A, Ybarra, G, Massoud, H, Board, J, Holmes, J, Coonley, K, Collins, L, Huettel, L, Gustafson, M, and Cummer, S. "Redesign of the core curriculum at Duke University." 2006.
  - Huettel, L, Brown, A, Collins, L, Coonley, K, Gustafson, M, Kim, J, and Ybarra, G. "A novel introductory course for teaching the fundamentals of electrical and computer engineering." January 1, 2006.
  - Huettel, L, Brown, A, Collins, L, Coonley, K, Gustafson, M, Kim, J, and Ybarra, G. "A novel introductory course for teaching the fundamentals of electrical and computer engineering." 2006.
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "The effects of uncertainty and uncertainty modeling on information-based sensor manager performance." 2006. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Information-theoretic sensor management for multimodal sensing." 2006. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Sensor management with uncertain performance characteristics." 2006.
  - Tantum, SL, Wang, Y-Q, and Collins, LM. "Statistical and adaptive signal processing for UXO discrimination for next-generation sensor data." 2006.
  - Torrione, P, Remus, J, and Collins, L. "Comparison of pattern recognition approaches for multi-sensor detection and discrimination of anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines." 2006. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Ground response tracking for improved landmine detection in ground penetrating radar data." 2006. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Collins, L, Clodfelter, F, Lulich, D, Patrikar, A, Howard, P, Weaver, R, and Rosen, E. "Constrained filter optimization for subsurface landmine detection." 2006. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, Brown, AS, Ybarra, GA, Holmes, JS, Board, JA, Cummer, SA, Gustafson, MR, Kim, J, and Massoud, HZ. "Theme-based redesign of the duke university ECE curriculum: The first steps." 2005.
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "A vertically-integrated application-driven signal processing laboratory." 2005.
  - Kolba, MP, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Information-based sensor management for landmine detection using multimodal sensors." 2005. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Expediting the identification of impaired cochlear implant acoustic model channels through confusion matrix analysis." 2005. Full Text
  - Schultz, GM, Zachery, KN, and Collins, LM. "Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection." 2005.
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Uxo discrimination using blind source separation." 2005.
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Application and extension of texture feature coding methods to anti-tank landmine detection." 2005.
  - Torrione, PA, Throckmorton, CS, Collins, L, Clodfelter, F, Frasier, S, Starnes, I, Bishop, S, Gugino, P, Howard, P, Weaver, R, and Rosen, E. "Application of matched subspace detectors to target detection and identification in ground penetrating radar data." 2005. Full Text
  - Wang, C, and Collins, L. "Feature selection for physics model based object discrimination." 2005. Full Text
  - Whitecotton, B, McManus, T, Kuhn, S, Dalichaouch, Y, Carin, L, Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Analysis of wideband EMI field data." 2005. Full Text
  - Yu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Multi-modal Iterative Adaptive Processing (MIAP) performance in the discrimination mode for landmine detection." 2005. Full Text
  - Zachery, KN, Schultz, GM, and Collins, LM. "Force Protection Demining System (FPDS) detection subsystem." 2005. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Vowel and consonant confusion in noise by cochlear implant subjects: Predicting performance using signal processing techniques." September 27, 2004.
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Theoretical prediction of dynamic range and intensity discrimination for electrical noise-modulated pulse-train stimuli." September 27, 2004.
  - Borgonovi, GM, Holslin, DT, Collins, LM, and Tantum, SL. "Data analysis for classification of UXO filler using pulsed neutron techniques." 2004. Full Text
  - Huettel, L, Brown, A, Gustafson, M, Massoud, H, Ybarra, G, and Collins, L. "Work in progress: Theme-based redesign of an electrical and computer engineering curriculum." 2004.
  - Huettel, LG, Baier, JM, and Collins, LM. "Man versus machine: Robust regional processing of EMI data." 2004. Full Text
  - Lang, DA, Duston, BM, Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Three dimensional features to improve detection using ground penetrating radar." 2004. Full Text
  - Marr, B, Torrione, P, Miller, J, and Collins, L. "Parameterized likelihood ratio method for EMI unexploded ordnance detection." 2004. Full Text
  - Remus, J, and Collins, LM. "Predicting vowel and consonant confusions using signal processing techniques." 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Vowel and consonant confusion in noise by cochlear implant subjects: Predicting performance using signal processing techniques." 2004.
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Signal processing for improved explosives detection using quadrupole resonance." 2004. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, Gader, P, Lee, W-H, and Wilson, JN. "The efficacy of human observation for discrimination and feature identification of targets measured by the NIITEK ground penetrating radar." 2004. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Application of texture feature classification methods to landmine / clutter discrimination in off-lane GPR data." 2004.
  - Torrione, PA, Throckmorton, CS, Collins, L, Clodfelter, F, Frasier, S, Starnes, I, Bishop, S, Gugino, P, Howard, P, Weaver, R, and Rosen, E. "Feature-based processing of pre-screener generated alarms for performance improvements in target identification using the niitek ground-penetrating radar system." 2004. Full Text
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Theoretical prediction of dynamic range and intensity discrimination for electrical noise-modulated pulse-train stimuli." 2004.
  - Xu, YF, and Collins, LM. "Dynamic range and intensity discrimination with high-rate pulse-train carriers: predictions from a stochastic model and comparison with performance for noise-modulated pulse-train stimuli." 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yu, Y, Torrione, P, and Collins, LM. "Landmine discrimination via Bayesian adaptive multi-modal processing: Results for handheld and vehicular sensors." 2004. Full Text
  - Huettel, LG, Riggs, LS, and Collins, LM. "Region processing of EMI data for landmine detection." 2003. Full Text
  - Liao, Y, Nolte, LW, and Collins, L. "Optimal Multisensor Decision Fusion of Mine Detection Algorithms." 2003. Full Text
  - Nelson, B, Schofield, D, and Collins, L. "A comparison of neural networks and sub-space detectors for the discrimination of low-metal content landmines." 2003. Full Text
  - Schofield, D, Hu, W, and Collins, L. "Separation of overlapping signatures in EMI data." 2003. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Collins, LM, Khadr, N, and Barrow, BJ. "Correcting GPS Measurement Errors Induced by System Motion over Uneven Terrain." 2003. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, Collins, L, Clodfelter, F, Frasier, S, and Starnes, I. "Application of the LMS Algorithm to Anomaly Detection Using the Wichmann/Niitek Ground Penetrating Radar." 2003. Full Text
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, L. "Stochastic resonance in the electrically stimulated auditory nerve: Predictions using a stochastic model of neural responsiveness." 2003. Full Text
  - Yu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Adaptive Multi-Modality Processing for the Discrimination of Landmines." 2003. Full Text
  - Zhang, Y, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Physics model based unexploded ordnance discrimination using wideband EMI data." 2003. Full Text
  - Zhang, Y, Collins, LM, and Carin, L. "Model-Based Statistical Signal Processing for UXO Discrimination: Performance Results from the JPG-V Demonstration." 2003. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, Simpson, WA, and Tantum, SL. "Sensor fusion of EMI and GPR data for improved landmine detection." 2002. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Torrione, P, Munshi, V, Throckmorton, CS, Zhu, Q, Clodfelter, F, and Frasier, S. "Algorithms for landmine detection using the NIITEK ground penetrating radar." 2002. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Zhang, Y, and Carin, L. "Model-based statistical sensor fusion for unexploded ordnance detection." 2002.
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical analysis of the effects of auditory impairment on intensity discrimination." 2002.
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "Model-based predictions of intensity discrimination for normal- and impaired-hearing listeners." January 1, 2002.
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Landmine detection with nuclear quadrupole resonance." 2002.
  - Tantum, SL, Wei, Y, Munshi, VS, and Collins, LM. "A comparison of algorithms for landmine detection and discrimination using ground penetrating radar." 2002. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "A parameter transformation for improved decay rate estimation." 2002. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "A parameter transformation and cramér-rao bounds for estimating decay rates from exponential signals." 2002.
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "The performance of matched subspace detectors and support vector machines for induction-based landmine detection." 2002. Full Text
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Threshold prediction for noise-modulated electrical stimuli using a stochastic auditory nerve model: Implications for cochlear implants." 2002.
  - Zhang, Y, Wang, C-M, and Collins, LM. "Adaptive time delay estimation method with signal selectivity." 2002.
  - Collins, L, Gao, P, and Tantum, S. "Model-based statistical signal processing using electromagnetic induction data for landmine detection and classification." December 1, 2001.
  - Chiang, P-J, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Signal processing of ground penetrating radar data for subsurface object detection." 2001. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, and Huettel, LG. "Single sensor processing and sensor fusion for GPR and EMI data." 2001. Full Text
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical study of information transmission in the auditory system using signal detection theory: Frequency discrimination by normal and impaired systems." 2001.
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Enhanced signal and auditory processing for landmine detection using EMI sensors." 2001. Full Text
  - Collins, L, Gao, P, Makowsky, L, Moulton, J, Reidy, D, and Weaver, D. "Improving detection of low-metallic content landmines using EMI data." 2000.
  - Collins, L, Tantum, S, Gao, P, Moulton, J, Makowsky, L, Reidy, D, and Weaver, D. "Improved detection of low-metallic content landmines using EMI data." Orlando, FL, USA. 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Collins, L, Tantum, S, Gao, P, Moulton, J, Makowsky, L, Reidy, D, and Weaver, D. "Improved detection of low-metallic content landmines using EMI data." 2000.
  - Gao, P, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Bayesian optimal classification of metallic objects: A comparison of time-domain and frequency-domain EMI performance." 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gao, P, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Bayesian optimal classification of metallic objects: a comparison of time-domain and frequency-domain EMI performance." 2000.
  - Gao, P, and Collins, L. "Time-domain metal detector and GPR data processing and fusion for landmine detection." Orlando, FL, USA. 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gao, P, and Collins, L. "Time-domain metal detector and GPR data processing and fusion for landmine detection." 2000.
  - Liu, F, Tantum, S, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Statistical signal processing for detection of buried landmines using quadrupole resonance." 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Liu, F, Tantum, S, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Statistical signal processing for detection of buried landmines using quadrupole resonance." 2000.
  - Tan, Y, Huettel, L, and Collins, L. "Predicting improved human auditory discrimination for landmine detection using EMI sensors." Orlando, FL, USA. 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tan, Y, Huettel, L, and Collins, L. "Predicting improved human auditory discrimination for landmine detection using EMI sensors." 2000.
  - Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Detection and classification of landmine-like targets in a non-Gaussian noise environment." Orlando, FL, USA. 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Physics-based statistical signal processing for improved landmine detection and classification via decay rate estimation." Orlando, FL, USA. 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Physics-based statistical signal processing for improved landmine detection and classification via decay rate estimation." 2000.
  - Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Detection and classification of landmine-like targets in a non-Gaussian noise environment." 2000.
  - Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Performance bounds for target identification using decay rates estimates from EMI measurements." 2000.
  - Zhang, Y, Li, J, Carin, L, and Collins, L. "Improved UXO detection via sensor fusion." 2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhang, Y, Li, J, Carin, L, and Collins, L. "Improved UXO detection via sensor fusion." 2000.
  - Gao, P, Collins, L, Geng, N, and Carin, L. "Classification of buried metal objects using wideband frequency-domain electromagnetic induction responses: a comparison of optimal and sub-optimal processors." 1999.
  - Gao, P, Collins, L, Moulton, J, Makowsky, L, Weaver, R, Keiswetter, D, and Won, IJ. "Enhanced detection of landmines using broadband EMI data." 1999.
  - Gao, P, Tantum, S, Collins, L, Weaver, D, Moulton, J, Makowsky, L, and Reidy, D. "Statistical signal processing techniques for the detection of low-metal landmines using EMI and GPR sensors (topic area: E.1)." 1999.
  - Gao, P, Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Single sensor processing and sensor fusion of GPR and EMI data for landmine detection." 1999.
  - Gresham, LC, and Collins, LM. "Comparison using signal detection theory of the ability of two computational auditory models to predict experimental data." 1999.
  - Gresham, LC, and Collins, LM. "Effect of a Poisson 'internal noise' process on theoretical acoustic signal detectability." 1999.
  - Tantum, S, Collins, L, Carin, L, Gorodnitsky, I, Hibbs, A, Walsh, D, Barrell, G, Gregory, D, Matthews, R, and Vierkotter, S. "Signal processing for NQR discrimination of buried landmines." 1999.
  - Throckmorton, S, Tan, Y, Gao, P, Gresham, L, and Collins, L. "Enhanced auditory processing for landmine detection using EMI sensors." 1999.
  - Collins, L, and Gao, P. "Hypothesis testing for landmine detection with EMI images." 1998.
  - Dogaru, T, Collins, LM, and Carin, L. "Time-domain sensing of targets buried under a rough air-ground interface." 1998. Full Text
  - Gao, P, and Collins, LM. "Improved signal processing approaches for land mine detection." 1998. Full Text
  - Geng, N, Garber, P, Collins, LM, Carin, L, Hansen, D, Keiswetter, DA, and Won, IJ. "Wideband electromagnetic induction for metal-target identification: Theory, measurement, and signal processing." 1998. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, George, V, Altshuler, TW, Nolte, LW, and Carlin, L. "Improved decision-theoretic approach to the optimum detection of mines." 1997.
  - Gelenbe, E, Koęak, T, and Collins, L. "Sensor fusion for mine detection with the RNN." January 1, 1997.
  - Subotic, NS, Collins, LM, Gorman, JD, and Thelen, BJ. "Multiresolution target detection in SAR imagery." 1995.
  - Subotic, NS, Collins, LM, Reiley, MF, and Gorman, JD. "A multiresolution generalized likelihood ratio detection approach to target screening in synthetic aperture radar data." Orlando, FL, USA. 1995.
  - Gorman, JD, Subotic, NS, Thelen, BJ, and Collins, L. "Multiresolution detection of coherent radar targets." January 1, 1994. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Harmon, RS, Throckmorton, CS, Hark, RR, Gottfried, JL, Wörner, G, Harpp, K, and Collins, L. "Discriminating volcanic centers with handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)." Journal of Archaeological Science 98 (October 1, 2018): 112-127. Full Text
  - Ryan, DB, Colwell, KA, Throckmorton, CS, Collins, LM, Caves, K, and Sellers, EW. "Evaluating Brain-Computer Interface Performance in an ALS Population: Checkerboard and Color Paradigms." Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience 49, no. 2 (March 2018): 114-121. Full Text
  - Camilo, JA, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "A Large Comparison of Feature-Based Approaches for Buried Target Classification in Forward-Looking Ground-Penetrating Radar." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 56, no. 1 (January 2018): 547-558. Full Text
  - Harmon, RS, Hark, RR, Throckmorton, CS, Rankey, EC, Wise, MA, Somers, AM, and Collins, LM. "Geochemical Fingerprinting by Handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 41, no. 4 (December 2017): 563-584. Full Text
  - Sakaguchi, R, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A Comparison of Feature Representations for Explosive Threat Detection in Ground Penetrating Radar Data." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 55, no. 12 (December 2017): 6736-6745. Full Text
  - Kalika, D, Collins, L, Caves, K, and Throckmorton, C. "Fusion of P300 and eye-tracker data for spelling using BCI2000." Journal of Neural Engineering 14, no. 5 (October 1, 2017): 056010-056010. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Reeves, G, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Optimizing the stimulus presentation paradigm design for the P300-based brain-computer interface using performance prediction." Journal of Neural Engineering 14, no. 4 (August 2017): 046025-null. Full Text
  - Reichman, D, Collins, LM, and Malof, JM. "On Choosing Training and Testing Data for Supervised Algorithms in Ground-Penetrating Radar Data for Buried Threat Detection." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2017): 1-11. Full Text
  - Bradbury, K, Saboo, R, Johnson, TL, Malof, JM, Devarajan, A, Zhang, W, Collins, LM, and Newell, RG. "Distributed solar photovoltaic array location and extent dataset for remote sensing object identification." Scientific Data 3 (December 6, 2016). Full Text
  - Clements, JM, Sellers, EW, Ryan, DB, Caves, K, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Applying dynamic data collection to improve dry electrode system performance for a P300-based brain-computer interface." Journal of neural engineering 13, no. 6 (December 2016): 066018-. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Using the detectability index to predict P300 speller performance." Journal of Neural Engineering 13, no. 6 (December 2016): 066007-null. Full Text
  - Malof, JM, Bradbury, K, Collins, LM, and Newell, RG. "Automatic detection of solar photovoltaic arrays in high resolution aerial imagery." Applied Energy 183 (December 1, 2016): 229-240. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Malof, JM, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A Probabilistic Model for Designing Multimodality Landmine Detection Systems to Improve Rates of Advance." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 54, no. 9 (September 2016): 5258-5270. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, Sellers, EW, and Throckmorton, CS. "Moving Away From Error-Related Potentials to Achieve Spelling Correction in P300 Spellers." Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering : a Publication of the Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 23, no. 5 (September 2015): 737-743. Full Text
  - Czarnek, N, Morton, K, Collins, L, Tantum, S, and Throckmorton, C. "The impact of time on seizure prediction performance in the FSPEEG database." Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 48 (July 2015): 79-82. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, Mayew, WJ, Venkatachalam, M, and Collins, LM. "Financial fraud detection using vocal, linguistic and financial cues." Decision Support Systems 74 (June 2015): 78-87. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Multiple Instance Learning." International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 29, no. 03 (May 2015): 1551001-1551001. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Multiple-Instance Hidden Markov Model for GPR-Based Landmine Detection." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53, no. 4 (April 2015): 1737-1745. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Multiple-instance hidden markov model for GPR-based landmine detection." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53, no. 4 (April 1, 2015): 1737-1745. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Collins, LM, Colwell, KA, Sellers, EW, Ryan, DB, Caves, K, and Throckmorton, CS. "Increasing BCI communication rates with dynamic stopping towards more practical use: an ALS study." Journal of Neural Engineering 12, no. 1 (February 2015): 016013-null. Full Text
  - Knox, M, Torrione, P, Collins, L, and Morton, K. "Buried threat detection using a handheld ground penetrating radar system." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 9454 (January 1, 2015). Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Analysis of Linear Prediction for Soil Characterization in GPR Data for Countermine Applications." Sensing and Imaging 15, no. 1 (November 2014). Full Text
  - Colwell, K, Throckmorton, C, Collins, L, and Morton, K. "Projected accuracy metric for the P300 Speller." Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering : a Publication of the Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 22, no. 5 (September 2014): 921-925. Full Text
  - Manandhar, A, Torrione, PA, Collins, LM, and Morton, KD. "Multiple-Instance Hidden Markov Model for GPR-Based Landmine Detection (Accepted)." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (August 26, 2014). Full Text
  - Colwell, KA, Ryan, DB, Throckmorton, CS, Sellers, EW, and Collins, LM. "Channel selection methods for the P300 Speller." Journal of Neuroscience Methods 232 (July 2014): 6-15. Full Text
  - Mainsah, BO, Colwell, KA, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Utilizing a language model to improve online dynamic data collection in P300 spellers." IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 22, no. 4 (July 2014): 837-846. Full Text
  - Desmond, JM, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "The effects of reverberant self- and overlap-masking on speech recognition in cochlear implant listeners." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135, no. 6 (June 2014): EL304-EL310. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Morton, KD, Sakaguchi, R, and Collins, LM. "Histograms of Oriented Gradients for Landmine Detection in Ground-Penetrating Radar Data." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 52, no. 3 (March 2014): 1539-1550. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Bayesian context-dependent learning for anomaly classification in hyperspectral imagery." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 52, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 1969-1981. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Morton, KD, Sakaguchi, R, and Collins, LM. "Histograms of oriented gradients for landmine detection in ground-penetrating radar data." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 52, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 1539-1550. Full Text
  - Desmond, JM, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Using channel-specific statistical models to detect reverberation in cochlear implant stimuli." J Acoust Soc Am 134, no. 2 (August 2013): 1112-1120. Full Text Link to Item
  - Throckmorton, CS, Colwell, KA, Ryan, DB, Sellers, EW, and Collins, LM. "Bayesian approach to dynamically controlling data collection in P300 spellers." Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering : a Publication of the Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 21, no. 3 (May 2013): 508-517. Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Bayesian Context-Dependent Learning for Anomaly Classification in Hyperspectral Imagery." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2013). Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Jr, WRS, Jr, KDM, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Target classification and identification using sparse model representations of frequency-domain electromagnetic induction sensor data." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 51, no. 5 (2013): 2689-2706. Full Text
  - Duran, SI, Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Stream segregation on a single electrode as a function of pulse rate in cochlear implant listeners." J Acoust Soc Am 132, no. 6 (December 2012): 3849-3855. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedigama, A, Angelo, M, Torrione, P, Kim, T-H, Wolter, S, Lampert, W, Atewologun, A, Edirisoorya, M, Collins, L, Kuech, TF, Losurdo, M, Bruno, G, and Brown, A. "Hemin-functionalized InAs-based high sensitivity room temperature NO gas sensors." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, no. 1 (2012): 826-833. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Scott, WR, Morton, KD, Collins, LM, and Torrione, PA. "Target Classification and Identification Using Sparse Model Representations of Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic Induction Sensor Data." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2012). Full Text
  - Ratto, CR, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Exploiting Ground-Penetrating Radar Phenomenology in a Context-Dependent Framework for Landmine Detection and Discrimination." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49, no. 5 (May 2011): 1689-1700. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, Scott, WR, and Collins, LM. "A framework for information-based sensor management for the detection of static targets." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans 41, no. 1 (2011): 105-120. Full Text
  - Morton, KD, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Variational bayesian learning for mixture autoregressive models with uncertain-order." IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 59, no. 6 (2011): 2614-2627. Full Text
  - Alvey, DC, Morton, K, Harmon, RS, Gottfried, JL, Remus, JJ, Collins, LM, and Wise, MA. "Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy-based geochemical fingerprinting for the rapid analysis and discrimination of minerals: the example of garnet." Applied Optics 49, no. 13 (May 1, 2010): C168-C168. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Ratto, CR, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Context-dependent feature selection using unsupervised contexts applied to GPR-based landmine detection." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7664 (2010). Full Text
  - Ybarra, GA, Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, Coonley, KD, Massoud, HZ, Board, JA, Cummer, SA, Choudhury, RR, Gustafson, MR, Jokerst, NM, Brooke, MA, Willett, RM, Kim, J, and Absher, MS. "Integrated sensing and information processing theme-based redesign of the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum at Duke University." Advances in Engineering Education 2, no. 4 (2010).
  - Stohl, JS, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Investigating the effects of stimulus duration and context on pitch perception by cochlear implant users." J Acoust Soc Am 126, no. 1 (July 2009): 318-326. Full Text Link to Item
  - Harmon, RS, Remus, J, McMillan, NJ, McManus, C, Collins, L, Gottfried, JL, DeLucia, FC, and Miziolek, AW. "LIBS analysis of geomaterials: Geochemical fingerprinting for the rapid analysis and discrimination of minerals." Applied Geochemistry 24, no. 6 (June 2009): 1125-1141. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, Zhu, Q, Torrione, PA, and Collins, LM. "Modeling position error probability density functions for statistical inversions using a Goff-Jordan rough surface model." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 23, no. 2 (2009): 155-167. Full Text
  - Morton, KD, Torrione, PA, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Mandarin Chinese tone identification in cochlear implants: predictions from acoustic models." Hear Res 244, no. 1-2 (October 2008): 66-76. Full Text Link to Item
  - Stohl, JS, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Assessing the pitch structure associated with multiple rates and places for cochlear implant users." J Acoust Soc Am 123, no. 2 (February 2008): 1043-1053. Full Text Link to Item
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Comparison of adaptive psychometric procedures motivated by the theory of optimal experiments: simulated and experimental results." J Acoust Soc Am 123, no. 1 (January 2008): 315-326. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantum, SL, Yu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Bayesian mitigation of sensor position errors to improve unexploded ordnance detection." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 5, no. 1 (2008): 103-107. Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Expediting the identification of impaired channels in cochlear implants via analysis of speech-based confusion matrices." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 54, no. 12 (December 2007): 2193-2204. Link to Item
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Predictions of psychophysical measurements for sinusoidal amplitude modulated (SAM) pulse-train stimuli from a stochastic model." Ieee Transactions on Bio Medical Engineering 54, no. 8 (August 2007): 1389-1398. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Information-based sensor management in the presence of uncertainty." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING 55, no. 6 (June 2007): 2731-2735. Full Text Link to Item
  - Throckmorton, CS, Selin Kucukoglu, M, Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "The effect of frequency estimation on speech recognition using an acoustic model of a cochlear implant." Hearing Research 228, no. 1-2 (June 2007): 230-231. (Letter) Full Text
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "A comparison of adaptive psychometric procedures based on the theory of optimal experiments and bayesian techniques: implications for cochlear implant testing." Percept Psychophys 69, no. 3 (April 2007): 311-323. Link to Item
  - Huettel, LG, Brown, AS, Coonley, KD, Gustafson, MR, Kim, J, Ybarra, GA, and Collins, LM. "Fundamentals of ECE: A rigorous, integrated introduction to electrical and computer engineering." IEEE Transactions on Education 50, no. 3 (2007): 174-181. Full Text
  - Kolba, MP, and Collins, LM. "Information-based sensor management in the presence of uncertainty." IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 55, no. 6 I (2007): 2731-2735. Full Text
  - Liao, Y, Nolte, LW, and Collins, LM. "Decision fusion of ground-penetrating radar and metal detector algorithms - A robust approach." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 45, no. 2 (2007): 398-409. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, Tantum, SL, Tan, Y, and Collins, LM. "Independent component analysis for UXO detection in highly cluttered environments." Journal of Applied Geophysics 61, no. 3-4 (2007): 304-317. Full Text
  - Torrione, P, and Collins, LM. "Texture features for antitank landmine detection using ground penetrating radar." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 45, no. 7 (2007): 2374-2382. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, Selin Kucukoglu, M, Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "Acoustic model investigation of a multiple carrier frequency algorithm for encoding fine frequency structure: implications for cochlear implants." Hear Res 218, no. 1-2 (August 2006): 30-42. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jiayu Song, , Qing Huo Liu, , Torrione, P, and Collins, L. "Two-dimensional and three-dimensional NUFFT migration method for landmine detection using ground-penetrating Radar." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44, no. 6 (June 2006): 1462-1469. Full Text
  - Torrione, PA, Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Performance of an adaptive feature-based processor for a wideband ground penetrating radar system." IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 42, no. 2 (2006): 644-658. Full Text
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Predicting dynamic range and intensity discrimination for electrical pulse-train stimuli using a stochastic auditory nerve model: the effects of stimulus noise." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 52, no. 6 (June 2005): 1040-1049. Full Text Link to Item
  - Remus, JJ, and Collins, LM. "The effects of noise on speech recognition in cochlear implant subjects: Predictions and analysis using acoustic models." Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing 2005, no. 18 (2005): 2979-2990. Full Text
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Kalman filtering for enhanced landmine detection using quadrupole resonance." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 43, no. 7 (2005): 1507-1516. Full Text
  - Zhu, Q, and Collins, LM. "Application of feature extraction methods for landmine detection using the wichmann/niitek ground-penetrating radar." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 43, no. 1 (2005): 81-85. Full Text
  - Zhu, Q, and Collins, LM. "Application of feature extraction methods for landmine detection using the Wichmann/Niitek ground-penetrating radar." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 43, no. 1 (January 2005): 81-85. Full Text Link to Item
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Predicting the threshold of pulse-train electrical stimuli using a stochastic auditory nerve model: the effects of stimulus noise." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 51, no. 4 (April 2004): 590-603. Full Text Link to Item
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "Predicting auditory tone-in-noise detection performance: the effects of neural variability." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 51, no. 2 (February 2004): 282-293. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ho, KC, Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, and Gader, PD. "Discrimination mode processing for EMI and GPR sensors for hand-held land mine detection." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42, no. 1 (2004): 249-263. Full Text
  - Hu, W, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "EMI-based classification of multiple closely spaced subsurface objects via independent component analysis." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42, no. 11 (2004): 2544-2554. Full Text
  - Hu, W, and Collins, LM. "Classification of closely spaced subsurface objects using electromagnetic induction data and blind source separation algorithms." Radio Science 39, no. 4 (2004): RS4S07-1-RS4S07-13-. Full Text
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical analysis of normal- And impaired-hearing intensity discrimination." IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing 12, no. 3 (2004): 323-333. Full Text
  - Riggs, L, Chilaka, S, Collins, L, Lowe, L, and Weaver, R. "Discrimination experiments with the U.S. Army's standard metal detector." Radio Science 39, no. 4 (2004): RS4S06-1-RS4S06-18-. Full Text
  - Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Cramer-Rao lower bound for estimating quadrupole resonance signals in non-Gaussian noise." IEEE Signal Processing Letters 11, no. 5 (2004): 490-493. Full Text
  - Xu, Y, and Collins, LM. "Predicting the threshold of single-pulse electrical stimuli using a stochastic auditory nerve model: the effects of noise." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 50, no. 7 (July 2003): 825-835. Link to Item
  - Ferguson, WD, Collins, LM, and Smith, DW. "Psychophysical threshold variability in cochlear implant subjects." Hearing Research 180, no. 1-2 (June 2003): 101-113. Full Text
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical comparison of information transmission in the peripheral auditory system: Normal and impaired frequency discrimination." Speech Communication 39, no. 1-2 (2003): 5-21. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Performance bounds and a parameter transformation for decay rate estimation." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41, no. 10 PART I (2003): 2224-2231. Full Text
  - Zhang, Y, Collins, L, Yu, H, Baum, CE, and Carin, L. "Sensing of unexploded ordnance with magnetometer and induction data: Theory and signal processing." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41, no. 5 PART 1 (2003): 1005-1015. Full Text
  - Zhang, Y, Collins, LM, and Carin, L. "Unexploded ordnance detection using Bayesian physics-based data fusion." Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering 10, no. 3 (2003): 231-247.
  - Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "The effect of channel interactions on speech recognition in cochlear implant subjects: predictions from an acoustic model." J Acoust Soc Am 112, no. 1 (July 2002): 285-296. Link to Item
  - Collins, L, Ping Gao, , Schofield, D, Moulton, JP, Makowsky, LC, Reidy, DM, and Weaver, RC. "A statistical approach to landmine detection using broadband electromagnetic induction data." Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 40, no. 4 (April 2002): 950-962. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "A comparison of two loudness balancing tasks in cochlear implant subjects using bipolar stimulation." Ear Hear 22, no. 5 (October 2001): 439-448. Link to Item
  - Collins, LM, Zhang, Y, Li, J, Wang, H, Carin, L, Hart, SJ, Rose-Pehrsson, SL, Nelson, HH, and McDonald, JR. "A comparison of the performance of statistical and fuzzy algorithms for unexploded ordnance detection." IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 9, no. 1 (2001): 17-30. Full Text
  - Dogaru, T, Collins, L, and Carin, L. "Optimal time-domain detection of a deterministic target buried under a randomly rough interface." IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 49, no. 3 (2001): 313-326. Full Text
  - Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "A comparison of algorithms for subsurface target detection and identification using time-domain electromagnetic induction data." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39, no. 6 (2001): 1299-1306. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Investigating perceptual features of electrode stimulation via a multidimensional scaling paradigm." J Acoust Soc Am 108, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 2000): 2353-2365. Link to Item
  - Gao, P, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical performance analysis and simulation of time-domain EMI sensor data for land mine detection." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 38, no. 4 (July 2000): 2042-2055. Full Text Link to Item
  - Collins, LM, and Throckmorton, CS. "Investigating perceptual features of electrode stimulation via a multidimensional scaling paradigm." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 108, no. 5 I (2000): 2353-2365. Full Text
  - Gao, P, Collins, LM, Garber, PM, Geng, N, and Carin, L. "Classification of landmine-like metal targets using wideband electromagnetic induction." IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38 (2000): 1352-1361.
  - Gao, P, and Collins, LM. "Two-dimensional generalized likelihood ratio test for land mine and small unexploded ordnance detection." Signal Processing 80, no. 8 (2000): 1669-1686. Full Text
  - Gao, P, and Collins, LM. "A theoretical performance analysis and simulation of time-domain EMI sensor data for land mine detection." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38, no. 4 II (2000): 2042-2055. Full Text
  - Huettel, LG, and Collins, LM. "Using computational auditory models to predict simultaneous masking data: model comparison." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 46, no. 12 (December 1999): 1432-1440. Link to Item
  - Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Investigation of the effects of temporal and spatial interactions on speech-recognition skills in cochlear-implant subjects." J Acoust Soc Am 105, no. 2 Pt 1 (February 1999): 861-873. Link to Item
  - Collins, L, Gao, P, and Carin, L. "An improved bayesian decision theoretic approach for land mine detection." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 37, no. 2 I (1999): 811-819. Full Text
  - Gao, P, and Collins, L. "Comparison of optimal and suboptimal processors for classification of buried metal objects." IEEE Signal Processing Letters 6, no. 8 (1999): 216-218. Full Text
  - Pfingst, BE, Holloway, LA, Zwolan, TA, and Collins, LM. "Effects of stimulus level on electrode-place discrimination in human subjects with cochlear implants." Hearing Research 134, no. 1-2 (1999): 105-115. Full Text
  - Throckmorton, CS, and Collins, LM. "Investigation of the effects of temporal and spatial interactions on speech-recognition skills in cochlear-implant subjects." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 105, no. 2 I (1999): 861-873. Full Text
  - Gresham, LC, and Collins, LM. "Analysis of the performance of a model-based optimal auditory signal processor." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 103, no. 5 Pt 1 (May 1998): 2520-2529. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Zwolan, TA, and Wakefield, GH. "Comparison of electrode discrimination, pitch ranking, and pitch scaling data in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant subjects." J Acoust Soc Am 101, no. 1 (January 1997): 440-455. Link to Item
  - Zwolan, TA, Collins, LM, and Wakefield, GH. "Electrode discrimination and speech recognition in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant subjects." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102, no. 6 (1997): 3673-3685. Full Text
  - Collins, LM, Wakefield, GH, and Feinman, GR. "Temporal pattern discrimination and speech recognition under electrical simulation." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, no. 5 pt 1 (1994): 2731-. (Academic Article)
  - Collins, LM, Wakefield, GH, and Feinman, GR. "Temporal pattern discrimination and speech recognition under electrical stimulation." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, no. 5 I (1994): 2731-2737. Full Text
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