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The Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering
held its 7th Annual Industry Conference on May 16 - 17, 2001



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Wednesday, May 16
Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:30 Welcoming Remarks and Conference Overview
 

Prof. David Rutledge - Director, Lee Center, ppt 3.5MB, pdf 237KB, html 3KB

 

Prof. Pietro Perona - Director, Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering

8:50

Dr. Mita Desai - National Science Foundation, Engineering Research Centers Program Director

9:00

Dr. David Baltimore - President and Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology

   
9:05 Keynote Address - Dr. Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
   
10:00 Wireless Networks: From Protocols to Implementation
 

High Bandwidth Wireless Networks - Prof. Shuki Bruck, ppt 2.7MB, pdf 945KB, html 3KB

 

Wireless Transceivers - Prof. Ali Hajimiri, pdf 6.9MB

 

Multiple Antenna Systems for Wireless Communications - Prof. Babak Hassibi, pdf 531KB

   
11:10 Network Architecture and Control
 

Congestion Controls of Networks - Prof. Steven Low, ppt 258KB, pdf 295KB, html 3KB

 

Theory of Complex Networks - Prof. John Doyle, ppt 1.8MB, pdf 2.5MB, html, 3KB

1:30 pm Panel Presentations and Discussions - Applications of Sensor Networks in Industry
 

Dr. Michael Nova - Founder and CTO, Graviton Systems, pdf 342KB

 

Dr. William Kaiser - Founder and CTO, Sensoria, Inc.

 

Dr. Elana Ethridge - DARPA MTO

 

Dr. John Brock - Chief Technologist, TRW Space and Electronics

 

Bill Gross - Chairman and CEO, idealab!

   
2:30 Sensor Networks Applications
 

MEMS Sensors in Biomedical Applications - Prof. Yu-Chong Tai, ppt 12.6MB, pdf 1MB, html 3KB

 

Collaborative Robotics and Sensors - Dr. Alcherio Martinoli, ppt 17MB, pdf 1.5MB, html 3KB

   
3:20 Network Reliability and Representation
 

Network Communications Reliability - Prof. Robert J. McEliece, pdf 252KB

 

Information Representation for Network Systems - Prof. Michelle Effros, pdf 410KB

   
4:10 Business Applications
 

CNSE Spin-Off Companies and Technology Transfer - Dr. Dean Schonfeld

 

 

Thursday, May 17
Beckman Institute Auditorium
   
8:30 Directors' Welcome and Conference Re-Cap
 

Prof. David Rutledge, Director, Lee Center, ppt 3.7MB, pdf 237KB, html 3KB

 

Prof. Pietro Perona, Director, Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering

   
8:45 Keynote Address - Dr. Paul Jacobs, Executive Vice President, Qualcomm
   
9:45 Sensor Networks in Organizations and Biology
 

Organization and Evolution of Network Systems - Prof. Charles Plott, ppt 176KB, pdf 98KB, html 3KB

 

Attention and Awareness - Prof. Christof Koch, ppt 1.8MB, pdf 1.5MB, html 3KB

 

Neuroprostheses - Prof. Joel Burdick, , ppt 2.8MB, pdf 771KB, html 3KB

   
11:00 Optical Technology in Networks
 

Microsphere Lasers - Prof. Kerry J. Vahala, ppt 1.9MB, pdf 196KB, html 3KB

 

Holographic Systems - Prof. Demetri Psaltis, ppt 4.1MB, pdf 1.8MB, html 3KB

1:30 pm Panel Presentations and Discussions - Applications of Sensor Networks in Industry
 

Dr. Marvin Sackner, MD - CTO, VivoMetrics

 

Dr. Scott Bloom - VP Development, AirFiber, Inc.

 

Dr. Greg Heinzinger - CEO Wingcast

 

Dr. Sri Kumar - DARPA ITO

   
2:30 Learning and Representation in Networks
 

Machine Learning - Prof. Yaser Abu-Mostafa, pdf 229KB

 

Unsupervised Visual Learning - Prof. Pietro Perona, ppt 6.9MB, pdf 3MB, html 3KB

 

Reliability in Highly Interconnected Systems- Prof. Jason Hickey, ppt 694KB, pdf 297KB, html 3KB

   
3:40 Invited Presentations
 

Rod Powell, CEO, Invensys Controls

 

Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy, Asst. Director, CISE, National Science Foundation

 

Dr. Alex Morrow, IBM Fellow, IBM


For questions regarding this conference and future events please contact:

 

Bob Carroll
Managing Director, Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering
Mail Code 136-93
Tel: 626-395-8785
Fax: 626-795-4765
bcarroll@cnse.caltech.edu

 

Siddarth Dasgupta
Associate Director, Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering
Mail Code 136-93
Tel: 626-395-2809
Fax: 626-795-4765
sdg@cnse.caltech.edu


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