Dr. Antonio Ortega

Professor

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Biography

Antonio Ortega received his Telecommunications Engineering degree from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain in 1989 and earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, New York, NY in 1994. In 1994, he joined the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Southern California (USC) as a Professor. He has served as the Associate Chair and Director of the Signal Image Processing Institute at USC. As a Fellow of IEEE and a member of ACM APSIPA, he has been an active contributor to the engineering community, chairing the Image Multidimensional Signal Processing technical committee and participating on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He has held various editorial positions, including Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. Ortega's research interests include signal compression, representation, and communication analysis, with recent focus on distributed compression and graph signal processing. He has supervised over 40 PhD students and has published over 300 works in international conferences and journals, supported by notable agencies and companies such as NSF, NASA, and Google.

Research Interests

Experience

Dean’s Professor

1994-01-01 — Present

University of Southern California (USC) • Los Angeles, CA

Leading research and education in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awards

#2006

EURASIP Journal Advances Signal Processing Paper Award

2006-01-01
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Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2006-01-01

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Hard Science
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Resume/CV
  • Letters of Recommendation (not required for MS CS, but allowed)
Specialization Notes

GRE is NOT required for Master's applicants for 2025-2026.