Upcoming Seminars
July 24, 2008
ITERATIVE COMPILATION BY EXPLORATION OF KERNEL DECOMPOSITION
Dr W. Jalby
University of Versailles Saint Quentin
Past Seminars
May 19, 2008
Recent Advances in Computation Photography
Jingyi Yu, Assistant Professor
Computer and Information Science Department University of Delaware
May 7, 2008
Gauss' Law: What does it NOT say?
H. Brian Sequeira
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
April 30, 2008
Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale
Nader Engheta
H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 15, 2008
Vacuum Technology Seminar
Varian Inc. Vacuum Technologies
March 7, 2008
Microfluidic Cell Arrays for High Throughput Signal Pathway Profiling and Drug Screening
Professor Sihong Wang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of New York
February 15,
Flow Control on the Micro-Scale
Dr. Benjamin Shapiro, Associate Professor
University of Maryland, Department of Aerospace Engineering
December 5, 2007
High Power Diode Lasers and Applications
Dr. Wei Gao, President and CTO
Axcel Photonics
November 30, 2007
Fascinating Rhythms:
Reverse Engineering Cortical Function from Changes in Brain Oscillations in Neurological and Psychiatric Disease
Leif Finkel, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Department of BioEngineering
November 26, 2007
Molecular Level Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of Biochemically Coupled Multicellular Systems
Michael Henson
University of Massachusetts Amherst
November 21, 2007
Nanostructures for Potential Signal Transduction Constructed via Molecular Self-Assembly
Dr. Darrin Pochen
University of Delaware, Materials Science and Engineering
November 19, 2007
Optimal Precoding for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Gaussian Channels with Arbitrary Inputs
Dr. Fernando Perez-Cruz
Universidad Carlos III & Princeton University (joint work with Miguel Rodrigues and Sergio Verdu)
November 12, 2007
Random Control Bounds for Block Coded Transmission over Fading MIMO
Multiple Access Channel
November 7, 2007
Metal/Semiconductor Nanocomposites
Professor Joshua Zide
University of Delaware
November 2, 2007
Engineering Cancer Therapies:
Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Metabolism
and Therapeutic Efficacy
Professor Neil Forbes
University of Massachusetts Amherst
October 31, 2007
Finite Difference Delay
Dr. Xiaobo Wang
University of Delaware
October 19, 2007
Scheduling of Optimal Medication Strategies for Early HIV Infection
Professor Antonios Armaou
Pennsylvania State University
October 17, 2007
Is There Life on the Moon?
Professor Brian Sequeira
Johns Hopkins APL
April 30, 2007
Distributed Processing over Adaptive Networks
Professor Ali H. Sayed
University California, Los Angeles
April 9, 2007
Thoughts on Innovation
Ray Sokola,
Chief Technology Officer Motorola Inc.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Packet Switching Comes of Age: From Research to Commercial Development
Dr. W. David Sincoskie
March 5, 2007
Wireless Sensor Networks
Professor Edward Coyle,
Purdue University
Wednesday February 14, 2007
Confessions of an Internet Timekeeper
Dr. David L. Mills
The University of Delaware, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring Distinguished Lecture Series
April 9, 2007
Thoughts on Innovation
Ray Sokola
Chief Technology Officer Motorola Inc.
Connected Home Solutions
Abstract
This talk will focus on experiences with innovation in the real world, addressing in particular the convergence of fixed and mobile systems. Using actual examples of innovation, I will trace history starting with the development of cellular technology, when I was a fresh graduate from the Electrical Engineering program at the University of Delaware, continuing through Telematics, set top boxes, current day cell phones and finally, a view of the potential future. As I have learned throughout my career, there is a lot more to innovation than just coming up with great ideas. Indeed, true innovation requires much that I wished I had known earlier in my career. I will share some of these lessons in my talk in the hope that they will benefit the audience, particularly students thinking about what they would like to do in their careers.
Biography
Ray Sokola is chief technology officer (CTO) for Motorola’s Connected Home Solutions business. In this position, Ray leads technology and innovation leadership, intellectual property creation and timely integration of new technologies that create new business opportunities.
A 25-year Motorolan, Ray previously held the position of corporate vice president and chief technology officer of the Integrated Electronics Systems Sector of Motorola.
Prior to that role, he was general manager of Motorola’s Telematics Group, which supplies the in-vehicle equipment for OnStar and other security and information services for drivers. In addition, he was general manager of the ceramic filter business, and spent his first 10 years at Motorola developing cellular mobile and handset technology. Ray holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware. A recipient of 16 patents, he was been awarded three Motorola Patent of the Year Awards and received Motorola’s Distinguished Innovator Award.
Distributed Processing over Adaptive Networks
April 30, 2007
Professor Ali H. Sayed
Chairman, Electrical Engineering Department,
University California,
Los Angeles, CA
Abstract
Distributed networks linking PCs, laptops, cell phones, sensors, and actuators will form the backbone of future data, communication, and control networks. Applications will range from sensor networks to precision agriculture, environment monitoring, disaster relief management, smart spaces, target localization, as well as medical applications. Collaborative signal processing has been advocated as a way to achieve the efficient fusion of information from such networks. Regardless of the cooperative technique adopted, it is an accepted fact that distributed processing needs to be adaptive. The property of adaptation is fundamental in order to (1) endow he network with real-time learning abilities, (2) implement robust schemes to spatiotemporal variations, and (3) limit local processing and communications. In designing adaptive networks, there are at least two main issues to consider. One issue relates to the topology of the interacting nodes and the other issue relates to the processing and communications constraints imposed on the nodes. The talk will illustrate designs that apply to three major ways of node collaboration (incremental, diffusion, and probabilistic diffusion).
Biography
Ali H. Sayed received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1992. He is Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering at UCLA where he directs the Adaptive Systems Laboratory (www.ee.ucla.edu/asl). He has published widely in the areas of adaptive filtering, estimation theory, and signal processing for communications with over 250 articles and 4 books. He is a Fellow of IEEE and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing during 2003-2005. He now serves as Editor-in-Chief of the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing. His research has received several recognitions including the 1996 IEEE D. G. Fink Prize, a 2002 Best Paper Award and a 2005 Young Author Best Paper award, both from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the 2003 Kuwait Prize, the 2005 Terman Award, and two Best Student Paper Awards at international meetings (1999,2001). He has served as a 2005 Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and is serving as General Chairman of ICASSP 2008.