2007 ECE Affiliates Conference Agenda


ECE achieves high marks with successful 2007 Corporate Affiliates Day

Global Partnerships in Research and Education


Thursday, September 13
Duncan Hall, Rice University

Registration (Deadline: August 31)

Agenda (download pdf)
8:00-8:50am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am

ECE Affiliates Program Update (pdf)
Ashutosh Sabharwal, Assistant Professor of ECE
Chair, ECE Affiliates Program
Director, Center for Multimedia Communication
9:15am

Technology and Globalization (pdf)
Behnaam Aazhang, J.S. Abercrombie Professor
Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9:30am

NanoJapan: Connecting US Undergraduates with the
Best of Japanese Science & Research
(pdf)
Junichiro Kono, Associate Professor of ECE
10:00am

Break
10:30am

Towards Future High-Performance Nanoscale Integrated Systems
Yehia Massoud, Associate Professor of ECE and CS
11:00am

Issues in VLSI Circuit Simulation and Model Reduction
A.C. Antoulas, Professor of ECE
11:30am

ECE Affiliates Luncheon (Sponsored by ViaSat)
at the Jones Graduate School/McNair Hall Commons
General Lunch Open to All Registered Attendees
1:00pm
Demo floor Featuring ECE Student Research and
Award-Winning Research Projects

2:30pm

Wireless Systems Research:
International Collaboration with Finland
(
pdf)
Joseph Cavallaro, Professor of ECE and CS
3:00pm
Imaging by Compressive Sensing:
A 1-Pixel Camera and Beyond
(pdf)
Kevin Kelly, Assistant Professor of ECE

3:30pm
Recent Advances of Trace Gas Sensors based on Infrared
Semiconductor Lasers: Global Opportunities and Challenges
(pdf)
Frank K. Tittel, J.S. Abercrombie Professor

4:00pm

India Awakes - Opportunities for US High Technology Enterprise - Webcast
Dr. Arogyaswami Paulraj
Professor, Stanford University
CTO & Co-founder, Beceem Communications
(Business Week profile of Dr. Paulraj)


Reception immediately following in Martel Hall

Computer Science Affiliates Meeting, September 12, 2007

Career Services Career Fair, September 13-14, 2007

 
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