My research interest is statistical signal processing, with emphasis on Bayesian analysis and Monte Carlo methods, for detection of signals and estimation of parameters in such application as wireless communication, sensor networks, system modeling, and biomedical signals. I have extensively worked on sequential Monte Carlo and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, and developed algorithms for wireless communication applications such as equalization, synchronization, channel estimation and data detection in fading channels. Recently, I have started working on developing signal processing algorithms for biomedical applications.

I have a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University, M.S.in Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida, and B.S.E.E. from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. I have worked in the University of Washington Bothell since 2009. I have coauthored the paper 'Particle Filtering' which has won the 2007 best paper of the year award of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.