Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 1998
  • M.S., Duke University 1996
  • B.S.E.E., Tufts University 1994
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1999 - 2010
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Information Aggregation for IED Identification with GPR, Video, and Electromagnetic Induction: Within Sensor Processing awarded by Army Research Office 2013 - 2018
  • 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
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Knox, M, Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Target detection and identification using synthetic aperture acoustics." January 1, 2014.  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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Tantum, SL, Wang, Y-Q, and Collins, LM. "Statistical and adaptive signal processing for UXO discrimination for next-generation sensor data." 2006.
    • Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Uxo discrimination using blind source separation." 2005.
    • Borgonovi, GM, Holslin, DT, Collins, LM, and Tantum, SL. "Data analysis for classification of UXO filler using pulsed neutron techniques." 2004.  Full Text
    • Tan, Y, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Signal processing for improved explosives detection using quadrupole resonance." 2004.  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
    • Collins, LM, Huettel, LG, Simpson, WA, and Tantum, SL. "Sensor fusion of EMI and GPR data for improved landmine detection." 2002.  Full Text
    • 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.
    • Chiang, P-J, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Signal processing of ground penetrating radar data for subsurface object detection." 2001.  Full Text
    • Collins, L, Gao, P, and Tantum, S. "Model-based statistical signal processing using electromagnetic induction data for landmine detection and classification." 2001.
    • Tan, Y, Tantum, S, and Collins, L. "Enhanced signal and auditory processing for landmine detection using EMI sensors." 2001.  Full Text
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.

  • Journal Articles

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Tan, Y, Huettel, LG, Tantum, SL, and Collins, LM. "Enhanced auditory displays for improved landmine detection using EMI sensors." Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications 4, no. 3 (July 2003): 263-284. (Academic Article)
    • 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
    • Tantum, SL, Nolte, LW, Krolik, JL, and Harmanci, K. "The performance of matched-field track-before-detect methods using shallow-water Pacific data." J Acoust Soc Am 112, no. 1 (July 2002): 119-127.  Link to Item
    • 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
    • Tantum, SL, and Nolte, LW. "On array design for matched-field processing." J Acoust Soc Am 107, no. 4 (April 2000): 2101-2111.  Link to Item
    • Rasimas, JG, Tantum, SL, and Nolte, LW. "Bayesian signal detection for multiple aspect targets with an uncertain look angle." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 3710, no. I (1999): 718-726.
    • Tantum, SL, and Nolte, LW. "Effects of signal-to-noise ratio mismatch on Bayesian matched-field source localization performance." ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings 5 (1999): 2777-2780.
    • Tantum, SL, and Nolte, LW. "Tracking and localizing a moving source in an uncertain shallow water environment." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 103, no. 1 (1998): 362-373.  Full Text
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ECE 110L9: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab 2018
  • ECE 110L: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2018
  • ECE 495: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2018
  • ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering 2018
  • EGR 190L: Special Topics in Engineering with Lab Component 2018
  • MATH 190L: Special Topics in Mathematics 2018
  • ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2016
  • ECE 681: Pattern Classification and Recognition Technology 2016
  • ECE 891: Internship 2016

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