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11th Digital Signal Processing Workshop Plenary Talk Information
Monday, August 2, 2004; 1:30-2:30 PM Speaker: Alan V. Oppenheim, MIT Title: THINGS MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME (about doing research) Abstract: As we all know, doing creative research involves a lot more than solving well formulated problems. There are many styles for doing research both at an academic institution and in industry. This talk will share some personal thoughts that have been important to me in my research career and that I try to convey to my students about doing creative research. (one of my favorites is "when in doubt, go skiing"). The talk will also discuss some of the current projects underway in my research group at MIT.
Tuesday, August 3, 2004; 9-10 AM Speaker: Jim Truchard, President of National Instruments Title: DSP and Signal Processing: The Next Generation Abstract: DSP and signal processing is becoming more broadly used by engineers in all disciplines. It is also moving from the realm of Ph.D's to engineers and scientists at all levels. Even Freshmen courses are helping students appreciate the importance of DSP through real-world examples in their field of study. Real-world examples help make the learning process fun, especially if they relate to every day uses such as MP3 players, cell phones, and gadgets they are familiar with. Broad dissemination of DSP skills requires a new generation of tools. Visual confirmation and interactivity is critical in reinforcing basic concepts and developing system level intuition. Graphical tools offer many advantages because their block diagram approach is inherently a systems view and more easily grasped by the next generation engineers.
Tuesday, August 3, 2004; 1-2 PM Speaker: Gene Frantz, Texas Instruments Title: Personal and Portable Abstract: The digital world is going personal and portable. This becomes obvious when we think of the changing definitions of the two words. But, we need to think beyond the changing definitions to what are the implications of this evolution of technology. How will it change the world as we know it? There will be barriers that we must break through in order to fully take advantage of this new direction. All of this will be discussed in this talk.
Wednesday, August 4, 2004; 9-10 AM Speaker: Dr. Carey Schwartz, DARPA Title: A DARPA Perspective on Signal Processing: Past, Present, and Future
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