Electrical and Computer Engineering

Clark N. Taylor is an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University.  He received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2004.  He has published over 30 papers in the fields of digital video processing for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), vision-based navigation, video communication, and digital systems design.  Prof. Taylor is also an associate editor for the "IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology" and has served on the technical program committee for several conferences and workshops.  He was awarded a Young Investigator Award from AFOSR for vision-aided navigation for MAVs, and was selected as an Air Force summer faculty fellow in 2007 and 2009.

Or, for a complete CV, click here.

I am currently teaching ECEn 320 (Advanced Digital Design).  Please use Blackboard to access information concerning this class.

Previous Classes

ECEn 631, Robotic Vision.

ECEn 522R, Geometry of Camera Imaging.

ECEn 490, Senior Design Project (we have designed and flown autonomous aircraft for the past 4 years)

ECEn 224, Introduction to Digital Design.

ECEn 124, Introduction to Computing Systems.

My current research interests are video processing for Miniature Aerial Vehicles (MAVs).  Specifically, I am researching systems for geo-referencing imagery collected by a MAV and using vision to navigate when GPS is not available.

I am associated with the Multiple AGent Intelligent Coordination and Control (MAGICC) Lab (founded by Randy Beard and Tim McLain.)

My work is funded by the AFOSR and through an SBIR in conjunction with Toyon Corporation.

For a complete list of my publications, please see my CV.

Previous Students

Benjamin Heiner, MS 2009.

Andres Rodriguez, MS 2009.

Evan Andersen, MS 2008.

Justin Bradley, MS 2007.

Current Research Students

Rajnikant Sharma, PhD.

Bryce Ready, PhD.

Stephen Quebe, undergraduate.

Bryce Pincock, undergraduate.