[UCI-CalIT2] Seminar Feb 18 - Signal Processing

Stuart A ROSS STUROSS@uci.edu
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:57:17 -0800


California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing

Distinguished Speaker

	H. Vincent Poor
      George Van Ness Lothrop Professor
	Princeton University

February 18, 2004
Wednesday
McDonnell-Douglas Engineering Auditorium
5:00 PM


	SIGNAL PROCESSING IN COMMUNICATIONS: ISSUES AND TRENDS


Abstract:

Rapidly escalating demands for higher capacity and advanced services in
communication networks are forecast for the foreseeable future.
Advanced signal processing is one of the primary enablers that will
allow these demands to be met, especially in the shared channels that
are increasingly used in wireless and broadband networks.  This talk
will discuss some of the primary challenges arising in this context, and
the principal areas of research that are addressing these challenges.
In particular, using the framework of multiuser detection,  issues and
recent developments in four key areas will be discussed: turbo
processing,
multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) systems, cross-layer design, and
quantum communications.


Speaker's Biography:

H. Vincent Poor (Ph.D., Princeton 1977) is the George Van Ness Lothrop
Professor in Engineering at Princeton University. Prior to joining the
Princeton faculty in 1990, he was on the faculty of the University of
Illinois from 1977.  His primary research interests are in the area of
statistical signal processing, particularly as applied to wireless
communication networks.  Among his publications in this area is the
recent book, Wireless Communication Systems: Advanced Techniques for
Signal Reception (Prentice-Hall, 2004).
Dr. Poor is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and is
a Fellow of the IEEE and other organizations. He is currently on
sabbatical leave as a Guggenheim Fellow, dividing his time among
Imperial College, Stanford and Harvard.