Dr. Jonathan Ostrometzky
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Electrical Engineering
Columbia University
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: jio2106[at]Columbia.edu
Jonathan Ostrometzky received his B.Sc. degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, in 2009. He received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (through the Accelerated Master Program), and his Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He continued as a postdoctoral fellow at Tel-Aviv University until March 2018. Currently, Jonathan is a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University, under the supervision of Prof. Gil Zussman.
Research Interests
- Statistical Signal Processing and Estimation Theory
- Parameter Estimation from partial data
- Environmental Monitoring using commercial microwave communication networks
- Resilience of wireless networks and smart power grids to natural and man-made based vulnerabilities
Education
Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, Israel (2012-2017)
- Awarded in December 2017
- Dissertation title: “Statistical Signal Processing of Extreme Attenuation Measurements Taken by Commercial Microwave Links for Rain Monitoring”
- Advisor: Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (2009-2012)
- Through the Accelerated Master Program
- Thesis title: “Robust Precipitation Estimation From Commercial Wireless Microwave Links”
- Advisor: Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (2005-2009)
- Graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude)
Publications
Journal Publications
[1]
Eshel, A., Ostrometzky, J., Gat, S., Alpert, P., & Messer, H. (2019). Spatial Reconstruction of Rain Fields from Wireless Telecommunication Networks – Scenario Dependent Analyiss of IDW-Based Algorithms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (accepted for publication).
[2]
Ostrometzky, J., Bernstein, A., & Zussman, G. (2019). Irradiance Field Reconstruction From Partial Observability of Solar Radiation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (to appear).
[3]
Ostrometzky, J., & Messer, H. (2018). On the Information in Extreme Measurements for Parameter Estimation. arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08662 (submitted to the Journal of The Franklin Institute).
[4]
Ostrometzky, J., & Eshel, A. (2018). Empirical Study of the Quantization Induced Bias in Commercial Microwave Links’ Min/Max Attenuation Measurements for Rain Monitoring. Environments, 5(7), 80.
[5]
Eshel, A., Messer, H., Ostrometzky, J., Raich, R., Alpert, P., Laronne, J. B. (2017). On the Use of Measurements from a Commercial Microwave Link for Evaluation of Flash Floods in Arid Regions. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017- 963.
[6]
Ostrometzky, J., Raich R., Bao, L., Hansryd, J., & Messer H. (2018). The Wet-Antenna Effect – a Factor to be Considered in Future Communication Networks. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 66(1), 2018.
[7]
Ostrometzky, J., Messer H. (2018). Dynamic Determination of the Base-Line Level in Microwave Links for Rain Monitoring From Minimum Attenuation Values. IEEE Journal of selected topics in
applied earth observations and remote sensing, 11(1) (pp. 24-33).
applied earth observations and remote sensing, 11(1) (pp. 24-33).
[8]
Ostrometzky, J., Messer H. (2017). Comparison of Different Methodologies of Parameter Estimation from Extreme Values. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 24( 9), 1293-1297.
[9]
Berestizshevsky, K., Even, G., Fais, Y., Ostrometzky, J. (2017). SDNoC: Software Defined Network on a Chip. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 50, (pp. 138-153).
[10]
Ostrometzky, J., Cherkassky, D., Messer, H. (2015). Accumulated mixed precipitation estimation using measurements from multiple microwave links. Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2015.
[11]
Cherkassky, D., Ostrometzky, J., Messer, H. (2014). Precipitation classification using measurements from commercial microwave links. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, 52(5), 2350-2356.
Sensing, 52(5), 2350-2356.
Full Length Conference Proceedings
[1]
Ostrometzky, J., Eshel, A. (2017, August). Empirical Study of the Quantization Bias Effects in Commercial Microwave Links Min/Max Attenuation Measurements for Rain Monitoring. In 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST).
[2]
Ostrometzky, J., Eshel, A., Alpert, P., & Messer, H. (2017, March). Induced bias in attenuation measurements taken from commercial microwave links. In Proc. of IEEE 42nd International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2017 (pp. 3744-3748).
[3]
Ostrometzky, J., Raich, R., Eshel, A., & Messer, H. (2016, March). Calibration of the attenuation-rain rate power-law parameters using measurements from commercial microwave networks. In Proc. of IEEE 41st International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2016 (pp. 3736-3740).
[4]
Ostrometzky, J., & Messer, H. (2014, June). Accumulated rainfall estimation using maximum attenuation of microwave radio signal. In Proc. of IEEE 8th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), 2014 (pp. 193-196).
[5]
Cherkassky, D., Ostrometzky, J., & Messer, H. (2012, March). The Use of Linear Feature Projection for Precipitation Classification Using Measurements from Commercial Microwave Links. In LVA/ICA (pp. 511-519).
Presentations and Invited Talks
- Statistical Signal Processing Approach for Rain Monitoring Using Commercial Microwave Links,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colorado, May 25th, 2018. - Statistical Signal Processing of Extreme Attenuation Measurements Taken by Commercial
Microwave Links for Rain Monitoring, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia
University, seminar, October 13th , 2017. - Rain Estimation from Standard Received Signal Level Measurements Taken from Commercial
Microwave Links, Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU), ETH Zürich, seminar, May 2nd,
2017. - Review of Commercial Wireless Communication Microwave Links as a Virtual Sensor Network
for Precipitation Mapping, Student Conference on Research in Environmental, Earth and
Planetary Sciences, EPScon 2017, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, February 9th,
2017. - Commercial Wireless Communication Microwave Links as a Virtual Sensor Network for
Precipitation Monitoring – A Real Life IoT Application, IEEE Symposium on Signal Processing
and Information Technology (ISSPIT), Limassol, December 12th -14th, 2016, Tutorial, also given
as a seminar at Tel-Aviv University, November 23rd, 2016. - Accumulated Rainfall Estimation Using Measurements from Commercial Microwave Links,
Radar Symposium, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, January 25th, 2016. - Estimation of Rain from Minimum and Maximum Attenuation Levels, “CELLular ENvironment
MONitoring” (CELLENMON) Workshop, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, December 31st, 2015. - Mixed precipitation estimation using multiple microwave links, “CELLular ENvironment
MONitoring” (CELLENMON) Workshop, The Open University, Ra’anana, April 4th, 2013. - KIT Winter School, “Remote Sensing of Precipitation Using Microwave Links: Techniques and
Applications”, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), workshop
coordinator, February 27th until March 2nd, 2012.
Awards
- Marie Curie (MSCA) Individual Fellowship Seal of Excellence (2017)
- IEEE Signal Processing Society Travel Grant, ICASSP (2016)
- Rector’s “Top 100” list of outstanding lecturers (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Dean’s honorable mention of outstanding performance in teaching (2013, 2016)
- Full scholarship based on high academic achievements (2009-2015)
Patents
- Ostrometzky Jonathan, Messer-Yaron Hagit, RELATING RAIN INTENSITY AND DYNAMIC RANGE IN
COMMERCIAL MICROWAVE LINKS, US provisional patent application no. 62/544,953.
Professional Activities
Outreach
- Part of the joint NYU and Columbia University team that designed the 5G COVET after winning the Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge for harnessing 5G speed and bandwidth to enrich curricula in under-resourced middle schools (see https://www.5gedtechchallenge.com/)
- Part of Columbia University COSMOS outreach activities (see https://datascience.columbia.edu/passing-the-torch-of-knowledge-in-wireless-technology)
Teaching
- Lecturer of electrical engineering undergraduate courses: “Digital Electronic Circuits”, 0512-
3413, Tel-Aviv University; 0595-3514, Tel-Aviv University international program (2013-2017) - Teaching Assistant at Tel-Aviv University in various courses (2009-2013)
- Supervisor of a number of 4 th year undergraduate electrical engineering students’ final
projects
Consulting
- Scientific Consultant for Climacell inc., as a developer of algorithms for fusion of multimodal
rainfall measurements (July – December 2016)
