From mthorne@uci.edu Wed Nov 20 22:10:01 2002 From: mthorne@uci.edu (Marisa Thorne) Date: Wed Nov 20 22:10:01 2002 Subject: [CPC-Info] Upcoming CPC Talk Message-ID: <020601c290ca$e2bc9b00$91aec380@ece.uci.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0203_01C29087.D4563780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable TALK Center for Pervasive Communications Presents "Wearable Computing: Past, Present, and Future" Presentation by Cal-(IT)2 Scholar Alex Lightman Abstract Wearable computing has been an active research topic for over a decade. = What have we learned? What are open research topics? Where are wearable = computers theoretically most useful and able to offer capabilities not = inherent in other platforms? What are the potential applications of = wearable computing and wireless communications? Biography Alex Lightman is the cofounder -- with wearable computers pioneer Prof. = Thad Starner and MIT Media Lab Asia founder Prof. Alex Pentland -- of = Charmed Technology, the sole provider of open architecture wearable = computers. He is the author of Brave New Unwired World (the first book = on 4G). He has been featured in over 1,000 articles and TV news reports = on the future of computers. Tuesday November 26, 5:00PM Engineering Tower, Room 331 ------=_NextPart_000_0203_01C29087.D4563780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

TALK

Center for Pervasive=20 Communications

Presents

"Wearable Computing: Past, Present, and = Future"

Presentation = by

Cal-(IT)2 = Scholar

Alex = Lightman

 

Abstract

Wearable computing has = been an=20 active research topic for over a decade. What have we learned? What are = open=20 research topics? Where are wearable computers theoretically most useful = and able=20 to offer capabilities not inherent in other platforms? What are the = potential=20 applications of wearable computing and wireless=20 communications?

Biography

Alex Lightman is the cofounder -- with wearable = computers=20 pioneer Prof. Thad Starner and MIT Media Lab Asia founder Prof. Alex = Pentland --=20 of Charmed Technology, the sole provider of open architecture wearable=20 computers. He is the author of Brave New Unwired World (the first book = on 4G).=20 He has been featured in over 1,000 articles and TV news reports on the = future of=20 computers.

Tuesday = November 26,=20 5:00PM

Engineering Tower, Room=20 331

 

------=_NextPart_000_0203_01C29087.D4563780-- From mthorne@uci.edu Sun Nov 24 15:04:03 2002 From: mthorne@uci.edu (Marisa Thorne) Date: Sun Nov 24 15:04:03 2002 Subject: [CPC-Info] CPC talk Message-ID: <00ab01c29260$5f9aee60$91aec380@ece.uci.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A8_01C2921D.514CF4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable TALK CAL-(IT)2 Center for Pervasive Communications Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UCI Present "Coding with Euclidean-space signals: past, present and outlook" Presentation by Distinguished Speaker Dr. Gottfried Ungerboeck Broadcom Corporation Monday, December 9th, 2002 11:00 am -12:00 pm Engineering Tower room 331 Abstract In the time period until about 1975, coding research concentrated on = "error control codes" with Hamming distance as a criterion for code = design. The significance of signal codes with large Euclidean distance = became only clear in connection with voiceband modems employing = higher-order modulations. This lead to the development of trellis coded = modulation, multilevel coding, and dense lattices in higher dimensions, = whose most significant aspects will be described. These Euclidean-space = coding schemes reached a mature state at the end of the 1980's. The = advent of "turbo coding" in 1993 marked the beginning of new wave of = coding research in iterative soft-in soft-out decoding of various types = of concatenated codes. The analysis of these capacity-approaching = schemes has in the meanwhile reached an advanced state, however, with = further results still emerging. The basics of iterative decoding and = some analysis techniques will be presented. New work in iterative = equalization and decoding will be mentioned. During the past few years, = MIMO channels and space-time coding became a hot topic. Some of the = fundamentals of this new area will be explained. Given so much progress = in signal-space coding during many years, and the difficult economic = environment, we will probably not jump to a next big topic soon. A phase = of consolidations appears to be more likely, to establish which of the = wealth of new ideas are most useful. Biography Gottfried Ungerboeck received a Dipl.Ing. degree from the Technical = University in Vienna in 1964 and a Ph.D. degree from the Swiss Federal = Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1970, both in Electrical = Engineering. In 1967, he joined the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory in Rueschlikon, = Switzerland, as a research staff member. His initial work dealt with = digital speech processing and switching systems. Later he turned to = communication and information theory. He invented trellis-coded = modulation. He originated digital signal-processor architectures and = engaged in their applications. His applied work dealt with voiceband = modems, satellite transmission, magnetic recording, LAN transceivers, = cable modems, etc. He has managed signal-processing activities at the = IBM Zurich Research Laboratory since 1978. In 1998, he joined Broadcom = Corporation in Irvine, CA, as a technical director dealing with "last = mile" technologies. He has been an IBM Fellow since 1984, an IEEE Fellow since 1985, and a = Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering (USA) since = 1994. He has served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on = Communications for 14 years. He received the 1984 IEEE Information = Theory Group Prize Paper Award, an honorary doctoral degree from the = Technical University of Vienna (1993), the 1994 IEEE Richard W. Hamming = Medal, the 1994 Eduard Rhein Basic Science Award (jointly with A. J. = Viterbi), the 1996 Marconi International Fellowship Award, the 1997 = Australia Prize, a Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation = from the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1998, and most recently the = IEEE Third Millennium Medal. ------=_NextPart_000_00A8_01C2921D.514CF4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

TALK

CAL-(IT)2

Center for Pervasive Communications

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at = UCI

Present

"Coding with Euclidean-space signals: past, present = and=20 outlook"


Presentation by

Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Gottfried Ungerboeck

Broadcom Corporation

Monday, December 9th, 2002

11:00 am =9612:00 pm Engineering Tower room = 331

Abstract

In the time period until about 1975, coding research=20 concentrated on "error control codes" with Hamming distance as a = criterion for=20 code design. The significance of signal codes with large Euclidean = distance=20 became only clear in connection with voiceband modems employing = higher-order=20 modulations. This lead to the development of trellis coded modulation,=20 multilevel coding, and dense lattices in higher dimensions, whose most=20 significant aspects will be described. These Euclidean-space coding = schemes=20 reached a mature state at the end of the 1980's. The advent of "turbo = coding" in=20 1993 marked the beginning of new wave of coding research in iterative = soft-in=20 soft-out decoding of various types of concatenated codes. The analysis = of these=20 capacity-approaching schemes has in the meanwhile reached an advanced = state,=20 however, with further results still emerging. The basics of iterative = decoding=20 and some analysis techniques will be presented. New work in iterative=20 equalization and decoding will be mentioned. During the past few years, = MIMO=20 channels and space-time coding became a hot topic. Some of the = fundamentals of=20 this new area will be explained. Given so much progress in signal-space = coding=20 during many years, and the difficult economic environment, we will = probably not=20 jump to a next big topic soon. A phase of consolidations appears to be = more=20 likely, to establish which of the wealth of new ideas are most=20 useful.

Biography

Gottfried Ungerboeck received a Dipl.Ing. degree from = the=20 Technical University in Vienna in 1964 and a Ph.D. degree from the Swiss = Federal=20 Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1970, both in Electrical = Engineering.

In 1967, he joined the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory = in=20 Rueschlikon, Switzerland, as a research staff member. His initial work = dealt=20 with digital speech processing and switching systems. Later he turned to = communication and information theory. He invented trellis-coded = modulation. He=20 originated digital signal-processor architectures and engaged in their=20 applications. His applied work dealt with voiceband modems, satellite=20 transmission, magnetic recording, LAN transceivers, cable modems, etc. = He has=20 managed signal-processing activities at the IBM Zurich Research = Laboratory since=20 1978. In 1998, he joined Broadcom Corporation in Irvine, CA, as a = technical=20 director dealing with "last mile" technologies.

He has been an IBM Fellow since 1984, an IEEE Fellow = since=20 1985, and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering = (USA) since=20 1994. He has served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on=20 Communications for 14 years. He received the 1984 IEEE Information = Theory Group=20 Prize Paper Award, an honorary doctoral degree from the Technical = University of=20 Vienna (1993), the 1994 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, the 1994 Eduard = Rhein=20 Basic Science Award (jointly with A. J. Viterbi), the 1996 Marconi = International=20 Fellowship Award, the 1997 Australia Prize, a Golden Jubilee Award for=20 Technological Innovation from the IEEE Information Theory Society in = 1998, and=20 most recently the IEEE Third Millennium=20 Medal.

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