Ratnasingham Tharmarasa - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

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- Multitarget Multisensor Tracking. 759-812. 2014
- Sensor Management for Large-Scale Multisensor-Multitarget Tracking. 447-520. 2012
- Sensor Data Fusion with Application to Multitarget Tracking. 499-531. 2010
conferences
- Radar Data Clustering and Bounding Box Estimation with Doppler Measurements. FUSION 2024 - 27th International Conference on Information Fusion. 1-8. 2024
- Detection Level and Target Level Road User Classification with Radar Point Cloud. 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS). 01-06. 2023
- Improved Radar Data Clustering Using Camera Data for Extended Target Tracking. 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS). 2023
- Ghost Track Detection in Multitarget Tracking using LSTM Network. 2023 26th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 1-8. 2023
- Sensor Fusion and Optimal Platform Trajectory Planning for Ground Target Localization with Terrain Uncertainty and Measurement Biases. 2022 25th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 1-8. 2022
- Video SAR Image Fusion Using the Effective Reflection Coefficient. 2021 CIE International Conference on Radar (Radar). 1200-1204. 2021
- Observability Analysis of Multipath Assisted Target Tracking with Unknown Reflection Surface. 2021 IEEE 24th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 1-8. 2021
- Operator Use of Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for Airborne Picture Compilation. Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. 3188-3193. 2020
- Anomaly Detection with Pattern of Life Extraction for GMTI Tracking. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Closed-Loop Multi-Satellite Scheduling Based on Hierarchical MDP. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Divers Tracking with Improved Gaussian Mixture Probability Hypothesis Density filter. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Mixed Open-and-Closed Loop Satellite Task Planning. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Posterior Cramér-Rao Lower Bounds for Extended Target Tracking with Gaussian Process PMHT. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Target Localization and Sensor Synchronization in the Presence of Data Association Uncertainty. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Time-Offset Estimation in Multisensor Tracking Systems. 2019 22th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 2019
- Ship Classification Using Deep Learning Techniques for Maritime Target Tracking. 2018 21st International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). 737-744. 2018
- Heavy-tailed sea clutter modeling for shore-based radar detection. 2018 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf18). 1504-1509. 2018
- Fusing Social Network Data with Hard Data. 2015 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION (FUSION). 652-658. 2015
- Bias Estimation for Practical Distributed Multiradar-Multitarget Tracking Systems. 2013 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION (FUSION). 1304-1311. 2013
- Performance comparison of a multiple-detection probabilistic data association filter with PCRLB. 2012 International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS). 18-23. 2012
- Antenna allocation for MIMO radars with collocated antennas. 15th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2012. 424-431. 2012
- Measurement level AIS/radar fusion for maritime surveillance. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2012
- Prediction, tracking, and retrodiction for path-constrained targets. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2012
- Simulation of large-scale multitarget tracking scenarios using GPUs. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2012
- The spline probability hypothesis density filter. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2012
- Track initialization for TOMHT using auxiliary CPHD filter. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings. 2012
- Widely-separated MIMO vs. multistatic radar for target localization. ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2461-2464. 2012
- A spline filter for multidimensional nonlinear state estimation. Fusion 2011 - 14th International Conference on Information Fusion. 2011
- Accurate murty's algorithm for multitarget top hypothesis extraction. Fusion 2011 - 14th International Conference on Information Fusion. 2011
- Multiple detection probabilistic data association filter for multistatic target tracking. Fusion 2011 - 14th International Conference on Information Fusion. 2011
- Online clutter estimation using a Gaussian kernel density estimator for target tracking. Fusion 2011 - 14th International Conference on Information Fusion. 2011
- Performance measures for multiple target tracking problems. Fusion 2011 - 14th International Conference on Information Fusion. 2011
- Automatic track initialization and maintenance in heavy clutter using integrated JPDA and ML-PDA algorithms. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2011
- Dynamic Sector Processing using 2D Assignment for Rotating Radars. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2011
- Improved multiframe association for tracking maneuvering targets. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 81370O-81370O. 2011
- Performance evaluations of multipath multitarget tracking using PCRLB. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 813714-813714. 2011
- Application of the smooth variable structure filter to a multi-target tracking problem. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2011
- Profile-Free Launch Point estimation for ballistic targets using passive sensors. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings. 1-12. 2011
- A new co-located MIMO radar system for multi-target tracking and localization. 2010 13th International Conference on Information Fusion. 1-8. 2010
- An assignment based algorithm for multiple target localization problems using widely-separated MIMO radars. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2010
- Integrated clutter estimation and target tracking using JIPDA/MHT tracker. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2010
- Multipath-assisted multitarget tracking with reflection point uncertainty. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2010
- Spline filter for target tracking. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2010
- Two-level automatic multiple target joint tracking and classification. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2010
- Probabilistic data association in high clutter environments. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 76980L-76980L. 2010
- Multitarget track before detect with MIMO radars. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings. 2010
- Tracking multiple unresolved targets using MIMO radars. IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings. 2010
- Distributed tracking with probability hypothesis density filters using efficient measurement encoding. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 74450h-74450h-12. 2009
- Integrated clutter estimation and target tracking using Poisson point process. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 74450x-74450x-12. 2009
- Interacting multiple model forward filtering and backward smoothing for maneuvering target tracking. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 744503-744503-10. 2009
- MIMO vs. multistatic radars for target localization. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 744502-744502-12. 2009
- Rao-Blackwellised approximate conditional mean probability hypothesis density filtering. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 74450j-74450j-11. 2009
- SMC-PHD-based multi-target tracking with reduced peak extraction. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 74450f-74450f-12. 2009
- Joint path planning and sensor subset selection for multistatic sensor networks. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications. 1-8. 2009
- Multisensor-multitarget tracking testbed. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications. 1-6. 2009
- Passive multitarget tracking using transmitters of opportunity. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications. 1-8. 2009
- Improved target tracking using kinematic measurements and target orientation information. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 733604-733604-12. 2009
- Multiframe Assignment Tracker for MSTWG Data. FUSION: 2009 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION, VOLS 1-4. 1837-+. 2009
- Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density smoothing with multistatic sonar. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2008
- Joint path planning and sensor subset selection for multistatic sensor networks. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2008
- Passive tracking with sensors of opportunity using passive coherent location. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. F9691-F9691. 2008
- Tracking and classification using aspect-dependent RCS and kinematic data. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2008
- Tracking with poorly localized sensors in multistatic sensor networks. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2008
- <title>Collaborative sensor management for decentralized asynchronous sensor networks</title>. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2007
- <title>Tracking dim targets using integrated clutter estimation</title>. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2007
- Issues in resource management with applications to real-world problems. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 62351o-62351o-55. 2006
- Multitarget-multisensor management for decentralized sensor networks. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2006
- Dynamic sensor management for distributed tracking. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2005
- <title>PCRLB-based multisensor array management for multitarget tracking</title>. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 270-281. 2004
- <title>Large-scale optimal sensor array management for target tracking</title>. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 559-570. 2003
journal articles
- Multipath-Assisted Multitarget Tracking With Better Track Formation. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 60:3021-3037. 2024
- Extended target tracking under multitarget tracking framework for convex polytope shapes. Signal Processing. 217:109321-109321. 2024
- Multi-stage optimization framework of satellite scheduling for large areas of interest. Advances in Space Research. 73:2024-2039. 2024
- An Assignment Method for Multiple Extended Target Tracking With Azimuth Ambiguity Based on Pseudo Measurement Set. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. PP:1-20. 2024
- Camera-Assisted Radar Detection Clustering for Extended Target Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 73:1-17. 2024
- Adaptive Beam Scheduling for Cooperative Phased Array Radars With High-Precision Pencil-Beam. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 59:8475-8488. 2023
- RFS-Based Multiple Extended Target Tracking With Resolved Multipath Detections in Clutter. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24:10400-10409. 2023
- Consensus and complementary regularized non-negative matrix factorization for multi-view image clustering. Information Sciences. 623:524-538. 2023
- L-Shape model based vehicle tracking with joint kinematic and geometric estimation using Lidar. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 59:1-10. 2023
- Nonparametric Spatio-Temporal Joint Probabilistic Data Association Coupled Filter and Interfering Extended Target Tracking. IEEE Access. 11:108792-108803. 2023
- UAV Path Planning in Presence of Occlusions as Noisy Combinatorial Multi-Objective Optimisation. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation. 21. 2023
- UAV path planning in presence of occlusions as noisy combinatorial multi-objective optimisation. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation. 21:209-217. 2023
- Diver tracking in unknown structured clutter background using a force-based GM-PHD filter. Signal Processing. 200:108665-108665. 2022
- Reward Factor-Based Multiple Agile Satellites Scheduling With Energy and Memory Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 58:3090-3103. 2022
- A Bayesian Method for ViSAR Image Fusion Using Effective Reflection Coefficient. IEEE Sensors Journal. 22:9743-9753. 2022
- Effects of Measurement Uncertainties on Multitarget Tracking. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine. 25:37-45. 2022
- Ground Target Tracking Using an Airborne Angle-Only Sensor with Terrain Uncertainty and Sensor Biases. Sensors. 22:509-509. 2022
- Coherent Radar Target Detection With In-Band Cyclostationary Wireless Interference. IEEE Access. 10:11173-11190. 2022
- A dual approach to multi-dimensional assignment problems. Journal of Global Optimization. 81:691-716. 2021
- Extended Target Tracking With Multipath Detections, Terrain-Constrained Motion Model and Clutter. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 22:7056-7072. 2021
- Efficient Bias Estimation in Airborne Video Georegistration for Ground Target Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 57:3198-3208. 2021
- A Parallel Retrodiction Algorithm for Large-Scale Multitarget Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 57:5-21. 2021
- Underwater Target Tracking in Uncertain Multipath Ocean Environments. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:4899-4915. 2020
- Airborne Maritime Surveillance Using Magnetic Anomaly Detection Signature. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:3476-3490. 2020
- MILP Formulation for Aircraft Path Planning in Persistent Surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:3796-3811. 2020
- Geo-registration and Geo-location Using Two Airborne Video Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:2910-2921. 2020
- Simultaneous tracking of a maneuvering ship and its wake using Gaussian processes. Signal Processing. 172:107547-107547. 2020
- A Multidimensional TDOA Association Algorithm for Joint Multitarget Localization and Multisensor Synchronization. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:2083-2100. 2020
- Comprehensive Time-Offset Estimation for Multisensor Target Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 56:2351-2373. 2020
- 3-D tracking of air targets using a single 2-D radar. Signal Processing. 166:107241-107241. 2020
- A novel convex dual approach to three-dimensional assignment problem: theoretical analysis. Computational Optimization and Applications. 74:481-516. 2019
- Seamless Tracking of Apparent Point and Extended Targets Using Gaussian Process PMHT. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 67:4825-4838. 2019
- GP-PDA Filter for Extended Target Tracking With Measurement Origin Uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 55:1725-1742. 2019
- Multi-vehicle tracking with microscopic traffic flow model-based particle filtering. Automatica. 105:28-35. 2019
- Dynamic Vehicle Detection With Sparse Point Clouds Based on PE-CPD. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 20:1964-1977. 2019
- Ground Surface Filtering of 3D Point Clouds Based on Hybrid Regression Technique. IEEE Access. 7:23270-23284. 2019
- Multi-Vehicle Tracking Using Microscopic Traffic Models. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 20:149-161. 2019
- Comprehensive Track Segment Association for Improved Track Continuity. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 54:2463-2480. 2018
- Multiperiod Coverage Path Planning and Scheduling for Airborne Surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 54:2257-2273. 2018
- Multi-Vehicle Tracking With Road Maps and Car-Following Models. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 19:1375-1386. 2018
- Multipath Maximum Likelihood Probabilistic Multihypothesis Tracker for Low Observable Targets. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 54:502-510. 2018
- The Social Force PHD Filter for Tracking Pedestrians. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 53:2045-2059. 2017
- Multiple Detection-Aided Low-Observable Track Initialization Using ML-PDA. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 53:722-735. 2017
- Passive Coherent Location With Unknown Transmitter States. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 53:148-168. 2017
- Multisensor-multitarget bearing-only sensor registration. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 52:1654-1666. 2016
- Passive tracking in heavy clutter with sensor location uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 52:1536-1554. 2016
- A practical bias estimation algorithm for multisensor-multitarget tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 52:2-19. 2016
- Object Recognition and Identification Using ESM Data. 2016 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION (FUSION). 1155-1162. 2016
- Continuous 2-D assignment for multitarget tracking with rotating radars. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 51:2193-2204. 2015
- A Multiple-Detection Probability Hypothesis Density Filter. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 63:2007-2019. 2015
- Measurement level AIS/radar fusion. Signal Processing. 106:348-357. 2015
- Online clutter estimation using a Gaussian kernel density estimator for multitarget tracking. IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation. 9:1-9. 2015
- Multitarget Tracking with Doppler Ambiguity. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:2640-2656. 2014
- Prediction and retrodiction algorithms for path-constrained targets. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 50:2746-2761. 2014
- Widely Separated MIMO versus Multistatic Radars for Target Localization and Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:2179-2194. 2014
- A spline filter for multidimensional nonlinear state estimation. Signal Processing. 102:282-295. 2014
- Joint class identification and target classification using multiple HMMs. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 50:1269-1282. 2014
- Integrated track initialization and maintenance in heavy clutter using probabilistic data association. Signal Processing. 94:241-250. 2014
- Optimal Antenna Allocation in MIMO Radars with Collocated Antennas. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 50:542-558. 2014
- The Spline Probability Hypothesis Density Filter. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 61:6188-6203. 2013
- Multitarget Tracking with Doppler Ambiguity. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:2640-2656. 2013
- Widely Separated MIMO versus Multistatic Radars for Target Localization and Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:2179-2194. 2013
- A Multiple-Detection Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 7:461-471. 2013
- A Track Quality Based Metric for Evaluating Performance of Multitarget Filters. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:610-616. 2013
- Integrated Bayesian Clutter Estimation with JIPDA/MHT Trackers. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:395-414. 2013
- Modified Murty's Algorithm for Diverse Multitarget Top Hypothesis Extraction. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 49:602-610. 2013
- IMM Forward Filtering and Backward Smoothing for Maneuvering Target Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 48:2673-2678. 2012
- Multiple Unresolved Target Localization and Tracking using Colocated MIMO Radars. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 48:2498-2517. 2012
- Multitarget Passive Coherent Location with Transmitter-Origin and Target-Altitude Uncertainties. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 48:2530-2550. 2012
- PHD filter based track-before-detect for MIMO radars. Signal Processing. 92:667-678. 2012
- Integrated Clutter Estimation and Target Tracking using Poisson Point Processes. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 48:1210-1235. 2012
- Decentralized Sensor Selection for Large-Scale Multisensor-Multitarget Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 47:1307-1324. 2011
- Optimization-Based Dynamic Sensor Management for Distributed Multitarget Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. 39:534-546. 2009
- Multipath-assisted multitarget tracking using multiframe assignment. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 7445:74450z-74450z-11. 2009
- Large-Scale Optimal Sensor Array Management for Multitarget Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. 37:803-814. 2007
- PCRLB-based multisensor array management for multitarget tracking. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 43:539-555. 2007
other
- Feasibility of using transmitters of opportunity for precision multitarget tracking. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 744512-744512-11. 2009
- Resolving transmitter-of-opportunity origin uncertainty in passive coherent location systems. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 744506-744506-10. 2009
preprints