Kurt's passions include signal processing, statistical inference, mathematics, extracting value from noisy data, and helping others succeed. He has a track record of combining theory and pragmatism to deliver on-time solutions and architectures that delight customers. Kurt has deep experience in digital communication theory, wireless and wireline communication systems, physical layer modeling, RF transmit and receive chains, algorithm development, and DSP implementation. He is inventor/co-inventor of 20+ patents.• Parameter estimation, signal classification, time series analysis, statistical learning• Optimal and adaptive filtering, equalization (echo/noise cancellation, whitened-MF, LE, DFE, MLSE)• Array processing, spectral analysis, error correction, digital acquisition & tracking loops• SC and OFDM systems (PSK and QAM), time-of-flight (ToF) systems• Floating and fixed-point modeling, data path implementation/optimization• Embedded systems architecture, FPGA and ASIC based platforms, HW/SW partitioning• Link budgets, RF and analog modeling, requirements definition• Python (Numpy, SciPy, Pandas), Matlab, C/C++, R, Verilog HDL
Listed skills include Signal Processing, Asic, Wireless, Rfid+, and 15 others.