Dr. Anthony Choi

Dr. Anthony Choi received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He is presently a Professor and Director of Machine Intelligence & Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Mercer University, Macon, GA. He was awarded an ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship to work at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division on Mine Counter Measures using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. He has served on various boards including the executive board for Georgia Space Grant Consortium. He is also active in consulting. He is an owner/partner in several start-up companies.

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida
• B.S., Electrical Engineering-Computer Engineering Option, George Washington University

Specialization

Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Professional Interests

Dr. Choi’s primary research interest is Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Big Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Unmanned Systems, Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Acoustic Localization. He has been conducting projects from NASA, Air Force and Office of Naval Research in machine learning, unmanned systems, data analytics, neural networks, smart devices, and artificial intelligence.

Recent Publications

• Kim K., Kim, S. and Choi, A., “Ultrasonic Sound Guide System with Eyeglass Device for the Visually Impaired,” Sensors, 2022. (SCIE index; impact factor 3,031)
• Park, Y., Choi, A., and Kim, K., “Single-Channel Multiple-Receiver Sound Source Localization System with Homomorphic Deconvolution and Linear Regression,” Sensors, 2021. (SCIE indexed; impact factor 3,031)
• Park, Y., Choi, A., and Kim, K., “Parametric Estimations Based on Homomorphic Deconvolution for Time of Flight in Sound Source Localization System,” Sensors, 2020. (SCIE indexed; impact factor 3.031)
• Qui, H., Wang, X. Choi, A., Zhao, W., “Simulation of Ph-Regulated Electrokinetic Ion Transport in Nanopores with Polyelectrolyte Brushes,” IEEE International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 18), Honolulu, HI, July 17-21, 2018.
• Qui, H., Wang, X. Choi, A., Xie, F., Zhao, W., “Ionic Conduction in Biological Nanopores Created by Ultrashort, High-Intensity Pulses,” IEEE International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 18), Honolulu, HI, July 17-21, 2018.
• Qui, H., Wang, X. Choi, A., Zhao, W., “Comparative Study of Pore Formation Energy by High Intensity, Nonosecond Electrical Pulse,” IEEE International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 18), Honolulu, HI, July 17-21, 2018.
• Wang, X., Olariu, S., Qiu, H., Xie, F., Choi, A., and Zhao, W., “A Theoretical Analysis on the Reliability of Multigenerational IoT,” IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), Rochester, Michigan, May 3-5, 2018.
• Kwak, M., Koohang, A., Floyd, K., and Choi, A., “An Educational Adventure Game for Teaching Information Literacy and Student Engagement,” HICSS 51 The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, January 3-6, 2018. (No. 1 in Academic Citations).
• Park, Y., Choi, A., and Kim, K., “Monaural Sound Localization Based on Reflective Structure and Homomorphic Deconvolution,” Sensors, 2017. (SCIE indexed; impact factor 3.031)
• Talmage, C., Hollifield, S., Casper, D., Brooks, J., Holland, J., Nylund, C., Choi, A., and Kwak, M., “Tesla’s Revenge: A 2D Educational Adventure Game for Information Literacy and Student Engagement,” Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, St. Augustine, FL, March 18-19, 2016.
• Nicolai, A. and Choi, A., “Facial Emotion Recognition using Fuzzy Systems,” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Conference, Hong Kong, October 9-12, 2015.
• Weems, A., Harding, M., and Choi, A., “Classification of the ECG Signal using Artificial Neural Network,” Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, Eds. Juang, Jengnan and Huang, Yi-Cheng, Springer, New York, 2015.
• Taylor, B. and Choi, A., “Fuzzy Ant Colony Algorithm for Terrain Following Optimization,” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Conference, San Diego, CA, October 5-8, 2014.
• Grayson, M., Kwak, M., and Choi, A., “Automated Platform for Aggregation and Topical Sentiment Analysis of News Articles, Blogs, and Other Online Publications,” International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 1-4, 2014.
• Taylor, B., Kim, M., and Choi, A., “Automated Stock Trading Algorithm using Neural Networks,” Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, Eds. Juang, Jengnan and Huang, Yi-Cheng, Springer, New York, 2014.
• Choi, A., “Use of Facebook Group Feature to Promote Student Collaboration,” ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Cookeville, Tennessee, March 10-12, 2013.
• Evans, T. and Choi, A., “Analysis of USDA Food Classifications using Neural Network Classifier,” Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, Eds. Juang, Jengnan and Huang, Yi-Cheng, Vol. 234, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 259-266, Print.
• Kim, K. and Choi, A., “Binaural Sound Localizer for Azimuthal Movement Detection Based on the Diffraction,” Sensors, 2012. (SCIE indexed; impact factor 2.060)
• Bennett, A., Johnson, B., Kwak, M., and Choi, A., “Automated Evaluation of Fetal Cardiotocograms using Neural Network,” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 14-17, 2012.
• Adams, R. and Choi, A., “Using Neural Networks to Predict Cardiac Arrhythmias,” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 14-17, 2012.
• Burnham, N., Herring, J., and Choi, A., “Beatles Music Classification Using Neural Networks,” International Journal on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (IJITES), 2012.
• Ekong, D., Choi, A., and Rascoe, B., “Robotics Workshop for Middle School STEM Teachers,” ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Charleston, SC, April 10-12, 2011.
• Choi, A., Svetlicic, I. and Kim, K., “Emotion Based Subsumption Architecture for Autonomous Mobile Robots,” International Conference on Manufacturing and Engineering System (ICMES), Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan, December 16-18, 2010.

Contact Dr. Anthony Choi

478.301.2953
choi_ta@mercer.edu
Office: Engineering Building 223E