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Technische Universität Dortmund

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44221 Dortmund

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Campus Nord
Physikgebäude 1

Room P1-04-210

Career

• June 2001
  Abitur at the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Neheim-Hüsten
• July 2001 - September 2001
  Internship at the RWE net AG in Bochum
• October 2001 - March 2006
  Studies of Electrical Engineering at the University of Dortmund
  • November 2004 - March 2005 Student thesis: "Entwurf und Analyse von gewichteten Medianfiltern zur ProScan-Konversion"
  • November 2005 - March 2006 Diploma thesis at the Nokia Research Center Bochum: "Mapping Digital Baseband Algorithms on Scalable Vector Processors"
  • March 2006 Graduation with distinction
• Oktober 2003 - April 2005 
  Student assistant at the Circuits and Systems Lab
• April 2005 - Oktober 2005 
  Internship at the Nokia Research Center Bochum
• Since April 2006 
  Research associate at the Circuits and Systems Lab 

Publications

• Peter Westermann, Hartmut Schröder:
  Constraints on the SIMD Vectorization of Radix-2 and Mixed-Radix FFTs
  17th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2009), August 24-28 2009, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 1274-1278

• Peter Westermann, Hartmut Schröder:
  Modeling Scalable SIMD DSPs in LISA
  LNCS 5657: Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation, 9th International Workshop, SAMOS 2009, Samos, Greece, pp. 161-170
• Peter Westermann, Gerald Beier, Hamza Ait-Harma, Ludwig Schwoerer:
  Performance Analysis of Wireless Communication Algorithms on a Vector Signal Processor.
  Rev. Roum. Sci. Techn.– Électrotechn. et Énerg., 54, 3, Bucharest, Romania, 2009, pp. 291-300
• Peter Westermann, Gerald Beier, Hamza Ait-Harma, Ludwig Schwoerer:
  Developing FFTs for SC-FDMA on the Embedded Vector Processor.
  13th International OFDM Workshop (InOWo'08), August 27-28 2008, Hamburg, Germany
• Peter Westermann, Gerald Beier, Hamza Ait-Harma, Ludwig Schwoerer:
  Performance Analysis of W-CDMA Algorithms on a Vector DSP.
  4th European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications (ECCSC'08), July 10-11 2008, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania, pp. 307-311
• Peter Westermann, Ludwig Schwoerer, Andre Kaufmann:
  Applying Data Mapping Techniques to Vector DSPs.
  Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems, Special Issue on SAMOS'2007, Springer New York, April 5 2008, pp. 57-72, DOI 10.1007/s11265-008-0170-1
• Peter Westermann, Ludwig Schwoerer, Andre Kaufmann:
  Applying Data Mapping Techniques to Vector DSPs.
  Proceedings 2007 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation (IC-SAMOS 2007), July 16-19 2007, Samos, Greece, pp. 1-8
• Sebastian Lenke, Peter Westermann:
  Entwurf und Anwendungen gewichteter Medianfilter zur Interpolation von Bildern und Bildsequenzen.
  ITG/FKTG-Fachtagung Elektronische Medien, 11. Dortmunder Fernsehseminar, Poster-Session, September 26-28 2005, Dortmund, Germany, pp. 203-206

Student and Diploma Theses

Open theses: 

• Please ask for available theses at the CAS lab.

Current theses: 

• Algorithmen zur Konditionierung eines statistischen Multiplexers für den digitalen Broadcast (diploma thesis)
• Kamera-basierte Erkennung von Autokennzeichen (student thesis)

Finished theses:

• Entwurf eines mobilen Systems zur kamerabasierten Texterkennung (diploma thesis) in cooperation with Lehrstuhl für Rehabilitationstechnologie
• Abbildung der Kanalcodierung im UMTS Release 8 Uplink auf den Embedded Vector Processor (student thesis)
• Analyse von Algorithmen zur Code-Komprimierung für VLIW-Prozessoren (student thesis)
• Untersuchung von Algorithmen zur schnellen Lokalisation von Textregionen (student thesis)
• Implementierung eines LLVM-Backends für den Embedded Vector Processor I (student thesis)
• Implementierung eines LLVM-Backends für den Embedded Vector Processor II (student thesis)
• Evaluation von komplexen MAC-Einheiten als Basiskomponente für Vektor-Signalprozessoren (student thesis)
• Erkennung und Kompensation von Rotationsverzerrungen bei Szenetexten (student thesis)
• Bildklassifikation für die Szenetexterkennung (student thesis)
• Modellierung eines SIMD-DSPs mit konfigurierbarer Vektorlänge (diploma thesis)
• Classification of pulmonary vein variants in 3-D rotational X-ray angiographic images of the left atrium (diploma thesis)

Research Projects

• April 2006 - December 2006 
  • WIGWAM Vector - Hardware Abstraction Layer Project
  • Project partner Nokia
  • Design of a vectorizing compiler and integration into a HAL for vector DSPs
• June 2007 - April 2008 
  • Embedded Vector DSPs for Software Defined Radio Project
  • Project partner Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Evaluation of the Embedded Vector Processor (EVP) as a platform for SDR base stations
  • Mapping of UMTS HSPA an LTE algorithms on the EVP

Research Interests

• Scalability of SIMD-based signal processors for Software Defined Radio
• Software Defined Radio systems

Teachings

• Tutor of excercises Signals and Systems B
• Lecture Image Processing
• Lecture Digital Signal Processing
• Tutor of student experiment 203 Programming Logic Arrays
• Tutor of exercices in Basics on Information Processing
• Tutor of student experiment 202 Basics on Passive Filters
• Tutor of Matlab practical training course
• Tutor of student workshops