Benjamin Belzer
Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact Information
Benjamin Belzer
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University
P.O. Box 642752
Pullman, WA, 99164-2752
belzer@eecs.wsu.edu
Research Interests
Digital communications: equalization and channel coding for two- and three-dimensional magnetic recording channels and multi-dimensional intersymbol interference channels, machine learning for turbo equalization, machine learning for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) wireless channels, communications over doubly-dispersive wireless channels, underwater acoustic communications, wireless networks on chip, turbo coded modulation, joint source/channel coding, image and video communication.
I am a member of the Systems Engineering Research Group at WSU's School of EECS. The Systems Group research areas include Control, Communications, and Signal Processing. A one page flyer summarizing the accomplishments of Systems Group faculty and graduate students is here:
Open Research and/or Teaching Assistant Position starting Fall 2024
I am currently seeking one Ph.D. student to conduct research
on application of machine learning techniques to
iterative "turbo" equalization and channel coding for
two- and three-dimensional magnetic disk recording,
starting in Fall 2024. Additional research areas of interest are machine learning techniques for NOMA wireless channels and for doubly-dispersive wireless channels. The selected student will be funded as a teaching
assistant and/or research assistant
for the next three years, providing that he/she maintains
excellent academic performance and high research productivity
while at WSU. In addition to applying to WSU's Graduate School through
the normal process, interested students should email me a CV
summarizing their academic and research accomplishments to date. Please note that GRE scores are not required by EECS for Fall 2024 applicants.
I am primarily interested in students who will have earned
an M.S. degree and who will have one or more published or
accepted conference and/or journal papers by the time they arrive at WSU; however, truly
outstanding students who hold the B.S. degree in EE or related fields will
also be considered.