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Professor Peter Gough

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Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email: peter.gough@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

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Fields of Research

  • Acoustics: air and underwater, SONAR
  • Applied electromagnetics, antennas, RADAR
  • Signal processing, image processing

Researcher Summary

Research interests include:
-Sonar and underwater imaging by sound
-The acoustics of wood and wood products
-Synthetic aperture radar and sonar processing
-Image and Signal Processing (including adaptive filtering)
-Optical communications
-Optical engineering

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Engineering and Technology: Communications; Electrical Engineering; Instrumentation & Control; Signal and Image Processing

Resources

  • Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Eccleston KW., Smith KJI. and Gough PT. (2011) A compact class-F/class-C Doherty amplifier. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 53(7): 1606-1610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mop.26035. (Journal Articles)
  • Bainbridge-Smith A., Bones PJ., Butler A., Green R., Gough PT., Hann CE., Hayes MP., Millane RP., Mukundan R. and Watts R.. (2010) Computational Image Processing at the University of Canterbury. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough P. and Hayes M.. (2010) Target and image statistics for a short-range Synthetic Aperture Sonar. In Proceedings: 181-186. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Callow HJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2009) Motion compensation improvements for widebeam multiple receiver SAS systems. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 34(3): 262-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2009.2014659. (Journal Articles)
  • Callow HJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2009) Motion-compensation improvement for widebeam, multiple-receiver SAS systems. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 34(3): 262-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2009.2014659. (Journal Articles)
  • Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2009) Synthetic aperture sonar: A review of current status. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 34(3): 207-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2009.2020853. (Journal Articles)
  • Smith KJI., Eccleston KW., Gough PT. and Mann SI. (2009) A theoretical basis for Doherty amplifier bias control based on drain current characteristics. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 51(9): 2152-2156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mop.24565. (Journal Articles)
  • Chen XQ., Gaynor P., King R., Chase JG., Bones P., Gough P. and Duke R.. (2008) A Project-Based Mechatronics Program to Reinforce Mechatronic Thinking - A Restructuring Experience from University of Canterbury. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough P. and Hayes M. (2008) Towards an understanding of how a synthetic aperture sonar images buried targets. Paris, France: Acoustics'08 (incorporating ECUA and Euronoise), 29 Jun-4 Jul 2008. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT. and Hayes M.. (2008) Ten key papers in synthetic aperture sonar. In Acoustics 08 Paris: 5305-5308. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Hayes MP. and Gough P. (2008) A volumetric interferometric synthetic aperture sonar reconstruction algorithm. Paris, France: Acoustics'08 (incorporating ECUA and Euronoise), 29 Jun-4 Jul 2008. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hayes MP. and Gough PT.. (2008) Interferometric synthetic aperture processing: a comparison of sonar and radar. In Acoustics 08 Paris: 6303-6308. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Noonchester MA., Hayes MP. and Gough PT.. (2007) Seafloor Roughness Measurement With Forward and Backscattering. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon 2007): 159-164. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Barclay PJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2006) Bathymetric results from a multi-frequency InSAS sea-trial. Singapore: Oceans'06 Asia-Pacific IEEE, 16-19 May 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT., Hayes MP. and Noonchester MA.. (2006) Towards the imaging of targets buried beneath the seafloor using a two band, interferometric synthetic aperture sonar. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics 2: 835-840. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Hayes MP., Barclay PJ. and Gough PT.. (2006) Test results from a multiple-baseline interferometric synthetic aperture sonar. In Proceedings of the Eight European Conference on Underwater Acoustics. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Hunter AJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2006) Fast Fourier-domain modelling for a SAS simulator with application to time-variant targets, aspect-dependent occlusions, and Doppler effects. Singapore: Oceans'06 Asia-Pacific IEEE, 16-19 May 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Callow HJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT.. (2003) Autofocus of stripmap SAS data using the range variant SPGA algorithm. In Proceedings of OCEANS 2003: 2422-2426. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Fortune SA., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2003) Speckle reduction of synthetic aperture sonar images. Paris, France: Proceedings of the World Congress on Ultrasonics, CDROM, 1 Sep 2003. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Fortune SA., Hayes MP. and Gough PT.. (2003) Contrast optimisation of coherent images. In Proceedings of OCEANS 2003: 2622-2628. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Hayes MP., Callow HJ. and Gough PT.. (2003) Stripmap phase gradient autofocus. In Proceedings of OCEANS 2003: 2414-2421. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Hunter AJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2003) Simulation of multiple-receiver, broadband interferometric SAS imagery. San Diego, CA, USA: Oceans 2003 Marine Technology and Ocean Science Conference, 22 Sep 2003. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hunter AJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT.. (2003) A comparison of fast factorised back-projection and wavenumber algorithms for SAS reconstruction. In Proceedings of the WCU 2003 Conference: 527-530. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Barclay PJ., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2002) Multi-channel data acquisition for a free-towed synthetic aperture sonar. Dunedin, New Zealand: Proceeedings of the Ninth Electronics New Zealand Conference, ENZCON2002, 1 Nov 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hunter AJ., Gough PT. and Hayes MP. (2002) Using faceted environmental model to simulate shallow water SAS imagery. La Spezia, Italy: Impact of Littoral Environmental Variability on Acoustic Predictions and Sonar Performance, 16 Sep 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hunter AJ., Gough PT. and Hayes MP. (2002) Using faceted environmental model to simulate shallow water SAS imagery. In Pace NG; Jensen FB (Ed.), Impact of Littoral Environmental Variability on Acoustic Predictions and Sonar Performance: 481-488. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer. (Chapters)
  • Pilbrow EN., Gough PT. and Hayes MP. (2002) Dual transponder precision navigation system for synthetic aperture sonar. Dunedin, New Zealand: Proceedings of the Ninth Electronics New Zealand Conference, ENZCON2002, 14 Nov 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Pilbrow EN., Gough PT. and Hayes MP. (2002) Long baseline precision navigation system for synthetic aperture sonar. Brisbane, Australia: 11th Australasian Remote Sensing an Photogrammetry Association Conference, 2 Sep 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Pilbrow EN., Hayes MP. and Gough PT. (2002) Inertial navigation system for a synthetic aperture sonar. Dunedin, New Zealand: ENZCON2002, Proceedings of the Ninth New Zealand Electronics Conference, 1 Nov 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Callow HJ., Gough P. and Hayes M. (2001) Noncoherent autofocus of single receiver broad-band synthetic aperture sonar imagery. Honolulu, HI, USA: IEEE OCEANS2001, 1 Nov 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Fortune SA., Gough PT. and Hayes M. (2001) Statistical autofocus of bathymetric multiple-frequency synthetic aperture sonar images using image contrast optimisation. Honolulu, HI, USA: IEEE OCEANS2001, 1 Nov 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough P., Callow H. and Hayes M. (2001) Autofocus of multi-band, shallow-water, synthetic aperture sonar imagery using shear-averaging. Sydney, Australia: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Scanning the Present and Resolving the Future, 9 Jul 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Callow H., Gough PT. and Hayes M.. (2000) Not quite 20,000 leagues under the sea; sonar autofocus in a shallow water reverberant environment. In : 304-309. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Fortune SA., Gough P. and Hayes MP.. (2000) A statistical method for autofocus of synthetic aperture sonar. In : 56-61. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough PT. and Beukman CP. (2000) Turning ideas into profits: getting the mix of universities, science parks and industry right. Shenyang, People' Republic of China: Proceedings of the 4th Annual East Asian Science Parks Conference, 1 Sep 2000. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT., Callow HJ. and Hayes MP. (2000) Strip-map path correction using phase matching autofocus. Lyon, France: 5th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, 10 Jul 2000. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT., Hayes MP. and Wilkinson DR. (2000) An efficient image reconstruction algorithm for a multiple hydrophone array synthetic aperture sonar. Lyon, France: 5th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, 10 Jul 2000. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Millane RP. and Gough PT.. (2000) Processing synthetic aperture sonar data from novel hydrophone arrays. In http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.409262. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Wilkinson DR., Gough PT. and Hayes MP.. (2000) Point spread variant acoustic imaging techniques using synthetic aperture sonar. In : 310-315. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough PT. and Hayes MP. (1999) A low-cost, light-weight, synthetic aperture sonar. Panama City, USA: Invited Paper for the Technical Cooperation Program, Maritime Systems Group, Panel TP-13., 1 Mar 1999. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hayes M. and Gough PT.. (1999) Imaging with a multiple-hydrophone synthetic aperture sonar. In : 163-168. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough PT. and Hawkins DW. (1998) A short history of synthetic aperture sonar. Seattle, WA, USA: Proceedings of the IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sens. Symp., Paper BB1002. (Invited paper), 1 Jul 1998. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT. and Lane R. (1998) Global autofocussing techniques for acoustic imaging. Seattle, WA, USA: 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 20 Jun 1998. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT. and Lane RG. (1998) Autofocussing SAR and SAS images using a conjugate-gradient search algorithm. Seattle, WA, USA: Proceedings of the IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sens. Symp., Paper BB10.02, 1 Jul 1998. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hunt BR., Overman TL. and Gough PT. (1998) Image reconstruction from pairs of Fourier-transform magnitude. Optics Lett 23(14): 1123-1125. (Journal Articles)
  • Blaikie RJ., Taylor DP. and Gough PT. (1997) Multilevel differential polarisation shift keying. IEEE Transactions on Communications 45(1): 95-103. (Journal Articles)
  • Gough PT. and Hawkins DW. (1997) Imaging algorithms for a synthetic aperture sonar: minimising the effects of aperture errors and aperture undersampling. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 22(1): 27-39. (Journal Articles)
  • Hawkins DW. and Gough PT. (1997) Efficient SAS image reconstruction algorithms. State College, PA, USA: 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 1 May 1997. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Gough PT. and Hayes MP.. (1994) Quo Vadis: wither goest thou. In : 2950-2951. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Gough PT. and Hayes MP.. (1989) The acoustic stability of the water in Loch Linnhe. In : 347-350. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Affiliations

  • IEEE (Professional Organisation): Senior Member (SMIEEE)
  • Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) (Professional Organisation): Fellow (FIPENZ)

Research Groups

  • Acoustic Research Group (ARG)
  • Computational Imaging Group (CIG)
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