Tokunbo Ogunfunmi

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi received the B.S. (first-class honors) degree from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Stanford, California, all in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Signal Processing Research Laboratory at Santa Clara University (SCU), Santa Clara, California. From 2010-2014, he served as the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development for the SCU School of Engineering. At SCU, he teaches a variety of courses in circuits, systems, and signal processing-related areas including a new course on autonomous vehicle systems. His current research interests include machine learning, deep learning, speech and multimedia (audio, video) compression, digital and adaptive signal processing and applications and nonlinear signal processing. He has published about 200 refereed journal articles and conference papers in these areas. Dr. Ogunfunmi served the IEEE as a Distinguished Lecturer from 2013-2014 for the CAS Society.