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Internship School 2008
Welcome to the 2008 TEC Centre Internship School
The first year of the TEC Centre Internship Programme was run during
the 2006-2007 academic year. There were in total six students
involved in the programme (see:
here). The commencement of the
programme provided a foundation stone to its establishment and
created many new ideas toward its enhancement. This year the GAINE (GrAduate
INdustry Experience) Internship School will run two large integrated
projects where students are exposed to inter-disciplinary research
and are expected to participate as members of a team to achieve the
project objectives.
The main objective of the GAINE'08 Programme is to expand the
existing wireless sensor network testbed to include remote sites
such as Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at National
University of Ireland, Galway. This is the first step towards
establishing a unified national sensor network testbed. The full
technical programme description is available
here.
Teaching & Learning will constitute an important element of the
GAINE'08 programme. This year around 10 project specific and more
general courses will be delivered over 10 weeks. The courses will
focus on providing overview of concepts and technologies
encompassing the active research areas of the Department including
wireless sensor networks, augmented materials, MEMS and advanced
control. The provisional
course
programme provides the latest information on the available
courses.
Important Links:
In the Centre of Adaptive Wireless Systems (C-AWS) work is ongoing
on the creation of a wireless sensor network test bed
infrastructure. This work was in part a direct result of its
participation in the WiSen EmNets project as well as through the FP6
CRUISE Network of Excellence - both of which funded its development.
Through CRUISE, CIT has worked in collaboration with the DIKU at the
University of Copenhagen to develop the Re-Mote test bed framework (http://code.google.com/p/remote-testbed/).
Within CIT this test bed framework and corresponding architecture
has provided the facility to test and validate networking protocols,
as well as scalability and internetworking trials within the EmNetS
team and the sensor network research community at a National level.
In order to allow for the expansion of the test bed there are two
options available. The first of these options would be to centrally
expand the test bed infrastructure by deploying additional nodes
within CIT. However all other office spaces dedicated to research
are distributed across the institute outside of the secure area of
the TEC Centre, and hence expansion beyond their lab spaces is not
feasible. The second option is to create Irelands Test Bed
Infrastructure between various institutes and universities. The
benefits of this approach is that the test bed expansion can be
facilitated by co-operating academic institutions and can be scaled
in a manner that could not be achieved by academic institutes
operating by themselves.
In order to create Irelands Test Bed infrastructure, collaboration
between the TEC Centre/C-AWS in CIT and DERI in NUIG has being
proposed to test its feasibility. To implement its functionality it
is intended to use the Re-Mote framework. Technically each academic
institution needs to implement their version of the Re-Mote
framework and they must deploy the current version of the Mote
Control Server within their network.
In order to create a high level abstraction between both academic
institutions a new Re-Mote client needs to be developed. This new
client is going to be developed using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
Using GWT to develop the Re-Mote client will allow the client to be
accessed as a Web page, removing the need for an executable jar file
to be on the users system. Representing the client as a Web page
provides the facility to integrate the Google Map API into the
client so that users can graphically see CITs and NUIGs test bed
(potentially represented in 3D campus format) allowing
geographically distributed test beds to be integrated via the Web.
Provisional Timetable
Course
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Instructor(s)
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Wireless Sensor Networks
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Dr. Dirk Pesch
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Wed, 14th May 2008
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10am-1pm
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Google-Web Toolkit (GWT)
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Dr. Donna Griffin
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Thu, 15th May 2008
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10am-1pm (Theory), 2pm-4pm (Tutorials)
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Programming of the Wireless Sensor Networks
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Mr. Rostislav Spinar
Mr. Panneer Muthukumaran
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Mon, 19th May 2008
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10am-1pm (Theory), 2pm-4pm (Tutorials)
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Global Sensor Networks (GSN)
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Mr. Antonio Aguilar
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Wed, 21st May 2008
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10am-1pm (Theory), 2pm-4pm (Tutorials)
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Ambient Intelligence & Augmented Materials
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Dr. Kieran Delaney
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Mon, 26th May 2008
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10am-1pm
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Indoor Localization Systems |
Mr. Widyawan |
Wed, 28th May 2008
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10am-1pm
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Systems Integration
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Dr. John Barrett
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Tue, 3rd Jun 2008
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10am-1pm
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Ultra Wideband Radio and RADAR Technology
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Mr. Pawel Rulikowski
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Wed, 18th Jun 2008
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10am-1pm
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Introduction to Micro Systems
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Dr. Martin Hill
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Mon, 16th Jun 2008
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10am-1pm
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Constrained Optimal Control
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Dr. Marcin Cychowski
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Mon, 23rd Jun 2008
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10am-1pm
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COURSES OVERVIEW
Dr. Dirk Pesch
Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, CIT
Abstract
The objective of this course is to present a broad
overview of concepts, technologies and algorithms
encompassing wireless sensor networks with a particular
emphasis on CAWS/TEC research activities and successes in
this area.
Bio Dirk Pesh
I received a Dipl.-Ing. Degree from Aachen University of
Technology, Germany in 1993 and a PhD from the University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1999, both in Electrical
and Electronic Engineering. From 1993 to 1995, I was with
Nokia Mobile Phones in Bochum, Germany, and for a while in
Camberley, England, working in the area of wireless
communication protocol software development and wireless
system standardisation. From 1996 to 1999, I was a research
fellow in the Mobile Communication Group at the University
of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, where I worked on
distributed radio resource management concepts and
micro-cellular wireless network optimisation.
In 1999, I moved to Cork Institute of Technology, Cork,
taking up a position of lecturer in electronic engineering
with a special focus on computer and communication
engineering. In 200 I co-founder of the Centre for Adaptive
Wireless Systems with John Barrett and Fergus O’Reilly and
am currently leading the centres research activities in the
area of analysis, design, and optimisation of wireless
networks and protocols, and IP-based mobile services for
next generation mobile networks. I have published some 40
scientific papers, I am or have been involved in the
organisation of national and international conference,
including membership of the steering committee of the Irish
Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC), the IT&T Conference,
MUCS 2004, and I have been or am on the programme committee
of a number of international conferences in the area of
wireless networks such as HetNets 2003, IEEE/IFIP MWCN 2004,
IEEE ISWCS 2004, IEEE GlobeCom 2005. I am also a senior
editor of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News
Magazine and regularly review articles for major
international conferences and journals.
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Dates:
Wed, 14th May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Google-Web Toolkit (GWT)
Dr. Donna Griffin
TEC Centre, CIT
Abstract
The aim of this project module is to equip student
with the basics of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) through a
formal taught element. The foundation of the module will
present the rationale for the use of GWT which essentially
makes it easier to write high performance AJAX applications.
GWT moves the development life cycle of Web based
applications into the type safe language of Java while
retaining the capability to access JavaScript and third
party libraries. People interested in attending this course
should have a basic understanding of the Java programming
language and Web based technologies such as HTML (although
not 100% necessary). Following the course participants will
have a better understanding on how to program Ajax
applications simply, server side developers will have a
better understanding on how to implement GWT-RPC and Web
designers will have a more comprehensive knowledge of what
GWT means to them.
The project module includes the following objectives:
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Basic overview of GWT
architecture, functionality and limitations
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Provide the know how to
setting up a project using GWT and the Eclipse
Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
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Working with Widgets
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Installing a new module
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Handling events
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Building JavaScript Native
Interface
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Web services and GWT
An active based learning approach is adopted within this
module by presenting the theory and practice of GWT in a
coherent fashion.
Bio Donna Griffin
Donna Griffin graduated with a BSc. in Software
Development and Computer Networking and a Masters in
Engineering (by research) from Cork Institute of Technology
(CIT), Ireland in 2002 and 2004 respectively. In 2007 she
completed her PhD in the area of telecommunications with an
emphasis on service provisioning for Next Generation mobile
networks. At present she is a Post Doctorate researcher in
the Technologies for Embedded Computing Centre (TEC-Centre)
in Cork Institute of Technology. Her current position is a
mixture of applied and fundamental research activities, with
her fundamental research interests lying in the area of
middleware and model driven engineering techniques with a
special emphasis on wireless sensor network management.
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Dates:
Thu, 15th May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
2pm - 4pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Programming of the Wireless Sensor Networks
Mr. Rostislav Spinar & Mr. Panneer Muthukumaran
Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, CIT
Abstract
This session focuses on embedded systems and
wireless sensor networks. The objective is to give an
overall introduction to embedded systems and programming
tools, various hardware and TinyOS. This course includes a
theoretical overview and practical experiments. This course
will enable the student to start programming with the TinyOS
on both Telos and Micaz hardware platform. Also it assumes
the student has sufficient knowledge in programming in C or
C++ language in a PC.
Bio Rostislav Spinar
Rosta Spinar graduated with a Masters in Engineering (MEng)
in the field of Measurement and Instrumentation from the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical
University, Prague in 2004. Upon completion of his MEng
degree he has being pursuing a PhD degree in the field of
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in the Centre for Adaptive
Wireless Systems (C-AWS) at Cork Institute of Technology,
Ireland. In parallel with his research studies he is also
working as a Research Engineer in C-AWS where he is
currently responsible for the deployment and development of
the C-AWS WSN test bed and is also involved in the design
activities for a protocol stack for WSN. Apart from these
activities, he is also involved in the development of a
Wi-Fi tag for localization purposes.
Bio Panneer Muthukumaran
I graduated Bachelor of engineering in computer science and
engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. I worked
for iWave Systems Technologies Private Limited, Bangalore,
India, as senior software engineer in developing embedded
systems and networking protocols software till 2004. Then I
worked for MiSPO Co. Ltd, Kawasaki, Japan as an Engineer. I
was involved in developing networking protocol stacks and
device drivers for NORTi, a Real Time Operating System. At
present I am doing my Masters of Engineering (Research) in
Electronics. My research area is in developing protocol
stack for wireless sensor networks. Besides this I also
involved in working with TEC-Centre for some wireless
projects.
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Dates:
Mon, 19th May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
2pm - 4pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Global Sensor Networks (GSN)
Mr. Antonio Aguilar
Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUIG
Abstract
The availability of cheap and smart wireless
sensing devices provides unprecedented possibilities to
monitor the physical world. On the technical side these
devices introduce several original research problems, many
of them related to the integration of the rampant technology
proposals. Global Sensor Network (GSN) is a middleware
platform which provides a scalable infrastructure for
integrating heterogeneous sensor network technologies using
a small set of powerful abstractions. GSN supports the
integration and discovery of sensor networks and sensor
data, provides distributed querying, fltering, and
combination of sensor data, and supports the dynamic
adaption of the system confguration during operation through
a declarative XML-based language. The objective of this
session is to present an overview of GSN with a particular
emphasis on how to develop applications with it.
Bio Antonio Aguilar
I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electronic
Engineering from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology,
Ireland in 2003 and a master's in Microelectronics with
specialisation in System-on-Chip Design from the Royal
Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden in 2005. I worked as a
research assistant at the department of Medical Physics and
Bioengineering at the University College Hospital Galway
developing RFID and wireless systems for tracking and
monitoring patients. Before that, I worked 3 years as a
software engineer developing embedded systems at Silicon in
Software System (S3), Galway, Ireland. I am currently
pursuing a Ph.D at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute
(DERI) and a part-time lecturer in medical informatics at
the Department of Medical Education and Medical Informatics
at the National University of Ireland, Galway. I am a member
of the Semantic Reality Research Group at DERI and an active
developer of GSN. My research interests are in the
application of semantic web technologies and the deployment
of large-scale infrastructures to support wireless sensor
network applications.
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Dates:
Wed, 21st May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
2pm - 4pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Indoor Localization Systems
Mr. Widyawan
Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, CIT
Abstract
The goal of this course is to present an overview
of techniques, concepts and algorithms for indoor
localisation, navigation and tracing of people and asset
with wireless LAN, wireless sensor networks and inertial
sensors.The course includes practical demonstrations and
experiments with systems and techniques developed and
implemented at CAWS.
Bio Widyawan
Mr. Widyawan received his bachelor degree in Electrical
Engineering, Gadjah Mada University Indonesia. He received
his MSc degree in Medical Informatics from Erasmus
University, the Netherland. In April 2005, he joined the
Adaptive Wireless Systems Group in the Department of
Electronic Engineering at Cork Institute of Technology, to
commence PhD research project in the area of Indoor
Localization. The research objective is to investigate
RF-based indoor localization based on WLAN and Wireless
Sensor Network. He is currently working in data fusion and
self-calibration localization algorithm.
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Dates:
Wed, 28th May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Ambient Intelligence and Augmented Materials
Dr. Kieran Delaney
TEC Centre, CIT
Abstract
Part 1: Ambient Intelligence
The future of information technology systems will be driven
by the vision of Ambient Intelligence. In this vision,
Ambient Intelligence will surround us with proactive
interfaces supported by computing and networking technology
platforms that are everywhere; for instance, its systems
would be embedded into everyday objects such as furniture,
clothes, vehicles, roads and even in decorative materials
like paint, wallpaper, etc. They would be unobtrusive, often
invisible. They will provide a seamless environment of
computing, advanced networking technology and specific
interfaces. The systems will be aware of the specific
characteristics of human presence and personalities, and
will take care of needs. It will be capable of responding
intelligently to spoken or gestured indications of desire,
and could engage in intelligent dialogue. Interacting with
ambient intelligence would be relaxing and enjoyable for the
citizen, and not involve steep learning curves. Developing
such systems requires a convergence of technology innovation
at all levels; this extends from sensors through hardware
and software to intuitive user interfaces. The scope of this
is such that the entire focus of pan-European information
systems technology research will focus upon its development
in the next 10-year period. This presentation will cover the
definition and history of Ambient Intelligence, currently
active programs, the multidisciplinary approach, and
guidelines for future research and development. In addition,
we will address applications issues, including requirements
and challenges for the research community.
Part 2: Augmented Materials
The goal of pervasive computing systems and ambient
intelligence (AmI) provides a driver to technology
development that is likely to result in a vast integration
of information systems into everyday objects. The current
techniques for implementing such integration processes view
the development of the system and object elements as very
much separate; there is a significant inference load placed
upon the systems to accommodate and augment the established
affordances of the target object(s). This does not conflict
with the ultimate vision of AmI, but it does limit the
ability of systems platforms to migrate quickly and
effectively across numerous varieties of object (in effect,
creating a bespoke technology solution for a particular
object). To begin the process of addressing this challenge,
this presentation describes the proposed development of
augmented materials. These are materials with fully embedded
distributed information systems, designed to measure all
relevant properties, and provide a full knowledge
representation of the material; in effect, the material
would “know” itself, and its current status. The basic
premise is not new; many systems techniques have proposed
and implemented versions of this idea. Advances in materials
technology, system miniaturisation, and context-aware
software have been harnessed to begin to prove the
possibility of integrating systems directly into the fabric
of artefacts (e.g. smart paper, etc). Where augmented
materials would differ from current approaches is in its
focus on integrating networks of element into materials and
employing the actual material and object fabrication
processes to programme them.
Bio Kieran Delaney
Kieran Delaney received B.E. (Elec.) and PhD. degrees from
University College Cork, Ireland in 1992 and 1997,
respectively. In his doctoral work, he developed
characterisation techniques and predictive models for
Integral Capacitors and Resistors in ceramic substrates. He
joined the NMRC in 1996 as a Research Scientist, where his
responsibilities included evaluating novel interconnection
technologies. During an eight-year career at NMRC, Dr.
Delaney founded the Ambient Electronics Systems (AES) Team,
and acquired 3.5 million euro in funding; this includes
eight European projects and four large nationally funded
projects. He used this funding to build the team to 20
researchers and postgraduates. The team’s core activity is
developing distributed wireless sensor network toolkits as a
solution to providing hardware platforms for ambient
intelligence (AmI). He has managed many National and
European project collaborations; these projects ranged from
evaluating novel high density interconnect materials,
through the development of miniaturised wireless systems, to
demonstration of novel distributed sensor systems. To date,
he has participated on a number of Programme Committees,
including the ACM International Conference on Computing
Frontiers (CF’05), and the IEEE Conference on Pervasive
Computing (Percom 2004). He has recently taken up an
appointment as Research Co-ordinator for the Department of
Electronic Engineering in Cork Institute of Technology
(CIT). His responsibilities include co-ordinating the
development of strategic research within the Department, in
particular as it relates to the implementation of novel
research directions in the areas of ambient intelligence,
distributed wireless sensor networks, innovative control
systems, distributed robotics, and autonomic systems
research.
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Dates:
Mon, 26th May 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
Download (Part I)
Download (Part II)
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Systems Integration
Dr. John Barrett
Smart Systems Integration Group (SSIG), CIT
Abstract
A modern integrated circuit is the most technologically
advanced and most complicated product ever manufactured.
Yet, it is absolutely useless. It is useless because it
breaks easily and can be destroyed by exposure to the
environment or human contact and therefore must be given
very tough protection from the outside world. It is useless
because it cannot do anything useful at all unless someone
connects power to it and, even when power is connected to
it, it cannot communicate to the outside world without lots
of other electrical components and lots and lots of wires
connected to it. Even after all that, many integrated
circuits are so inefficient that they would melt themselves
unless we kept them from overheating with very complicated
cooling systems!
This short course will examine what has to be done with an
integrated circuit after it emerges from the factory and
will, in particular, address packaging, interconnection,
circuit boards and cooling. Playstation 3 will be used as an
example electronic system.
Bio John Barrett
Dr. John Barrett is a lecturer in the Electronic
Engineering Department at Cork Institute of Technology,
where his research interests lie in electronic systems
miniaturisation, particularly wireless systems. Until 1999,
he was Assistant Director of the Irish National
Microelectronics Research Centre, with particular
responsibility for the Systems Integration Group, which
comprised 30 researchers working on the design and
performance evaluation of component and systems packaging
and interconnection. In 1999, he moved to Cork Institute of
Technology as a lecturer in electronics. He was a co-founder
of the Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems and leads the
research activity in wireless device miniaturisation and
ultra wideband (UWB) technology. He has made over 90
publications and presentations in topics related to his
field. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
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Dates:
Tue, 3rd June 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Ultra Wideband Radio and RADAR Technology
Mr. Pawel Rulikowski
Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, CIT
Abstract
Ultra Wideband (UWB) communication is a radio
technique that beginnings can be traced back to a dawn of
human intended radio emissions. The technology has been
neglected over the years because of lack of full
understanding governing phenomena and technical
capabilities. UWB drawn huge attention of international
scientific and industry community relatively recently that
resulted in explosion of the publications and real
applications. This tutorial will try to familiarize audience
with the basics of this new, exciting technology.
Theoretical aspects will be illustrated with practical
examples together with hands on experience of true UWB
systems for communication and RADAR applications.
Bio Pawel Rulikowski
Pawel Rulikowski received his B.Sc. Degree in
Maritime Radioelectronics from Gdynia Maritime University,
Poland in 2002 in the area of a microwave hardware design.
In October 2002, he joined the Adaptive Wireless Systems
Group in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Cork
Institute of Technology, to commence PhD research project in
the area of Ultra-Wideband communication for sensor
networks. The objective of this research is to investigate
hardware aspects of the application of the UWB technology in
the distributed sensor networks with especially with
emphasis toward low power consuming UWB transceiver for low
data rate applications. He is currently working as research
assistant in Centre of Adaptive Wireless Systems where he is
involved in UWB hardware design.
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Dates:
Wed, 18th June 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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Introduction to Microsystems
Dr. Martin Hill
Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, CIT
Abstract
The course will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to
Microsystems
Description
of the design, fabrication and application of microsystems.
The current and emerging business markets for microsystem
technology
- Component Specification
and Design
Selection
and specification of suitable components and technologies
for real-world applications. Layout of ICs and MEMS
components.
IC
fabrication processes and industry. Bulk and surface
micromachined microsystems fabrication options.
Electrical,
thermal and mechanical modeling and design of
microtechnology components and sensors. Combined sensor and
interface modeling.
Packaging
and interconnect of Microsystems components. Application
driven package requirements.
Case studies
in communication systems, mechanical, biomedical, structural
and bio-engineering.
Bio Martin Hill
Martin Hill received a B.E. in electrical
engineering from University College Cork in 1987 and an
M.Eng.Sc in photovoltaics from the National Microelectronics
Research Centre (NMRC) in University College Cork in 1989.
He has held a number of posts in private and public research
organisations and was Senior Research Scientist in NMRC,
leading MEMS research, prior to taking a lecturing post in
Cork Institute of Technology in 2002. He was awarded his
Ph.D. for a thesis on “Micromachined CMOS compatible tunable
capacitors” in June 2007. He has published over 50 papers in
peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He serves on the
steering committee of the Micromechanics Europe workshop
series and is a regular reviewer with the Journal of
Micromechanics and Microengineering. His research interests
are in the field of MEMS device design and the integration
of MEMS in real-world applications.
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Dates:
Mon, 16th June 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
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Constrained Optimal Control
Dr. Marcin Cychowski
TEC Centre, CIT
Abstract
Constraints are present in every practical control
application or system due to the inherent resource
limitations, operational or safety concerns as well as
limits arising from various economic objectives. An
automated vehicle, for example, may need to be moved from
one position to another as fast as possible while avoiding
certain collision courses. On the other hand, it may be
desired to maximise the output of some chemical process
while keeping reactor temperatures or pressures below their
critical level. The objective of this course is to introduce
the general framework of optimal control of linear
constrained systems. In particular, we discuss model
predictive control (MPC), a control strategy that was
originally developed to meet the demanding control
specifications of power plants and petroleum refineries.
Nowadays, MPC can now be found in a wide variety of
application areas including chemicals, food processing,
metallurgy, pulp and paper, automotive and aerospace. The
widespread acceptance of the MPC paradigm in industry is
primarily due to the ease with which system constraints can
be explicitly incorporated into the control problem
formulation enabling the development of “tactical”
controllers which are aware of the inherent system
limitations.
Bio Marcin Cychowski
Marcin Cychowski received his honours MSc degree in
Electrical Engineering from Wroclaw University of
Technology, Poland, and a PhD degree in Electronic
Engineering from Cork Institute of Technology in 2001 and
2006, respectively. He is the author and co-author of about
10 journal and conference publications in the field of
optimal control of constrained uncertain systems and
high-performance motion control systems. Marcin Cychowski is
and has been serving as a reviewer for International Journal
of Control and IEE Proceedings Control Theory and
Applications. He is a member of IEEE, IET and an honorary
member of International Society for Advanced Research (InternationalSAR).
His current research interests include model predictive and
optimal control, control issues in MEMS devices and
numerical optimization.
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Dates:
Mon, 23rd June 2008
Time:
10am - 1pm
Location:
B283
Course Notes:
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