Mark Coates

Professor
E-mail : mark.coates@mcgill.ca
Tel :  514-398-7137
Fax :  514-398-4470

McGill University
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
McConnell Engineering Building, Rm.759
3480 University Street,
Montreal, Québec, Canada H3A-2A7

 

Biography

1995:   B.E. (Computer Systems)       University of Adelaide , Australia

1999:   Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

1999-2001:   Postdoc/Lecturer, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Research Interests

Machine Learning and Signal Processing

  • Learning in networks and graphs

  • Robust learning algorithms

  • Sequential and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods

  • Distributed estimation, detection, and tracking

 

Applications

  • Breast cancer detection

  • Sensor networks

  • Quantitative finance

  • Communication networks