Overview

Fall 2002 Schedule

Spring 2002 Schedule

Fall 2001 Schedule

Tips for Talk and Research

Date

Speaker

Title

Reading

Aug. 29, 2002

Dr. Gerry Tian

Introduction to the Seminar

 Syllabus

Sept. 5, 2002

Dr. Kieckhafer

X-by-wire 

N/A

Sept. 12, 2002

Dow 641, 4 pm

Prof. Dave Brady

Duke Univ.

Multiplex Optical Sensors

N/A

Sept. 19, 2002

Dr. Gerry Tian 

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications 

A: ''Low power radio: broad is the way," by Mitchell

B: "Impulse radio: how it works," by Win, Scholtz 

Sept. 26, 2002

Dr. S. A. Zekavat 

Scanning-Beam Smart Antenna Technology --- A Smart way to fulfill Future Wireless Communications Goals

N/A

Oct. 3, 2002

Yanchai Zhang 

Scintillation compensation for laser beam projection using two-deformable-mirror system with near feld phase retrieval algorithm

A: "Two-deformable-mirror concept for correcting scintillation effects in ...'' by Roggemann, Lee

Oct. 11, 2002

Friday, 2:00pm M&M, Rm. U115

Prof. Giannakis

U. Minnesota 

On the Role of Linear Precoding in Signal Processing for Wireless 

N/A 

Oct. 17, 2002

Jason Arbuckle 

Torque Estimation: The Future of Engine Controls

B: "Engine control using torque estimation," by Lee, et.al.

Oct. 24, 2002

Prof. George Corliss

Marquette Univ.

Validated Numerical Optimization

N/A

Oct. 31, 2002

Shoumin Liu 

Near-optimal soft decision feedback equalization for MIMO systems 

B: "Near-optimal multiuser detection in …" by Luo, et. al. 

Nov. 7, 2002

Seshasai Srinivasan 

Spectrum estimation using Interferometric techniques

A:  The EM algorithm

Nov. 14, 2002

Karen Webster

Belief Propagation Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes

N/A 

Nov 21, 2002

Lin Wu 

Nonlinear Predistortion of RF Power Amplifiers 

B: "Predistortion of nonlinear amplifiers using neural networks," Watkins et.al.

Nov. 28, 2002

Thanksgiving break

Dec. 5, 2002

Marie Cauquy

Non-imaging measurements for space situational awareness 

A. ''Satellite surface material composition from synthetic spectra,'' by Caudill, et. al.