From leach at egr.uri.edu  Tue Aug  4 15:50:05 2009
From: leach at egr.uri.edu (Meredith Leach)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:50:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [grads] Monday, August 10th - Holiday
Message-ID: <4094.131.128.51.96.1249415405.squirrel@webmail.egr.uri.edu>


Hi All:

The office will be closed on Monday, August 10th for the state holiday.

Wanted to let you all know.

Thanks,
Meredith



Meredith A. Leach
Fiscal Clerk and Administrative Assistant
to the Graduate Director
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Rhode Island
4 East Alumni Avenue
Room A-118 Kelley Annex
Kingston, RI 02881-2019
Tel: (401) 874-2506
Fax: (401) 782-6422
Email:leach at ele.uri.edu
      leach at egr.uri.edu

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget
what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". -Maya
Angelou


From fischer at ele.uri.edu  Wed Aug  5 16:06:04 2009
From: fischer at ele.uri.edu (Godi Fischer)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:06:04 -0400
Subject: [grads] Fwd: Engineering Scholarship Email
Message-ID: <20090805160604.12647iy1he25gzsc@webmail.ele.uri.edu>



-- 
Godi Fischer
Graduate Program Director
Dept. of El., Comp. & Biomed. Engineering
4 East Alumni Ave.
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
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From diceccoj at ele.uri.edu  Fri Aug  7 09:16:04 2009
From: diceccoj at ele.uri.edu (John DiCecco)
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:16:04 -0400
Subject: [grads] Summer meeting of the ASA
Message-ID: <20090807091604.77453bnld2oiygb8@webmail.ele.uri.edu>

Greetings Everyone,

The summer technical meeting of the Narragansett Chapter of the  
Acoustical Society of America will be Tuesday, September 8th at the  
Bay Campus (Coastal Institute Building).  See attached flyer for  
details.

-students and faculty-

The Narragansett Chapter of the ASA is very interested in establishing  
a student branch of the ASA at URI.  Please contact me if you are  
interested in spearheading the movement to form a student branch.


John


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Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Program           Phone: 401-874-2505
University of Rhode Island               Fax: 401-782-6422
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From boud at ele.uri.edu  Thu Aug 13 17:18:21 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:18:21 -0400
Subject: [grads] PHY560
In-Reply-To: <4A8411C9@webmail03>
References: <4A8411C9@webmail03>
Message-ID: <4A84831D.5020904@ele.uri.edu>

PHY560 Methods in soft condensed matter physics

Schedule: Wednesday, 5:30 pm -7:40pm
Location: East Hall, Room 305
Instructor: Yana Reshetnyak, Physics Department;
E-mail: reshetnyak at mail.uri.edu

Credits: 3

General description:
The main goal of the course is to review main principles of experimental 
methods used in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine. 
The course is complementary to PHY381 and 382 and designed for student 
at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Course Content:
General introduction into photophysics
Fluorescence spectroscopy (absorption, emission, lifetime, polarization, 
FRET)
Circular dichroism
Infrared spectroscopy
Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy
Introduction in NMR spectroscopy
Medical Imaging (X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, PET, fluorescence)
Optical microscopy
Atomic force microscopy
Near filed, Scanning tunneling, Electron microscopies
Surface preparation and characterization techniques of ion bombardment
Low Energy Electron Diffraction.
Surface plasmon resonance
Single molecule mechanics and fluorescence
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Thermodynamics (calorimetry)
Modeling and simulation
Introduction to biotechnology
Course structure:
The lectures will be presented during 1.5 hours followed by student?s 
presentations and/or
laboratory visits: Spectroscopy lab, Surface and sensor partnership lab, 
INBRE facility labs,
Medical physics lab in Rhode Island Hospital.
Textbook:
The course will be based on the selected chapters (from various text 
books), some material could
be found on-line on the educational web site of the American Biophysical 
Society:
http://www.biophysics.org/education/topics.htm#techniques
Grading:
One 20 min presentation on selected topic (50%)
Final exam (50%)

Yana Reshetnyak wrote:
> Dear Faye and Arijit,
> 
> Each Fall I teach PHY560, which is overvew of various mathods (see attached 
> syllabus) (the class is once a week, Wednesday at evening 5:30 pm). And each 
> year I have couple great students from the Engineering. I'll appreciate if you 
> can send syllabus of the course to your undergrad and grad students, they are 
> very welcome to take this course.
> 
> Thanks
> With best regards,
> Yana
> 
> Yana Reshetnyak, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Physics
> University of Rhode Island
> East Hall 223, 2 Lippitt Road
> Kingston, RI  02881-0817
> Phone: (401) 874-2060 (office)
>        (401) 874-2944, -4210 -4821 (lab)
> Fax:   (401) 874-2380
> 
> E-mail: reshetnyak at mail.uri.edu
>         yana.reshetnyak at yale.edu
> http://www.biophys.phys.uri.edu/



From toolan at ele.uri.edu  Fri Aug 14 10:29:03 2009
From: toolan at ele.uri.edu (Tim Toolan)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:29:03 -0400
Subject: [grads] ELE server maintenance
Message-ID: <20090814102903.8208235o7t2ggkof@webmail.ele.uri.edu>

DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

The department file server will be moved to new hardware.

DATE:

August 15, 2009

TIME:

7:00 AM

DURATION OF MAINTENANCE:

8 hours

TECHNICIAN:

Tim Toolan

AFFECTED USERS:

All ELE UNIX systems.  Email will not be affected.



I will be performing maintenance on the department fileserver on  
Saturday, August 15.

This will not affect email.



From besio at ele.uri.edu  Fri Aug 14 12:47:30 2009
From: besio at ele.uri.edu (Walt)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:47:30 -0400
Subject: [grads] ELE 594 Physiological Modeling,and Control in the fall
Message-ID: <4A859522.7020907@ele.uri.edu>

Dear All,

I trust your summer is going great. I will be offering ELE 594 
Physiological Modeling
and Control in the fall. The course will be held on T TR 9:30am to 
10:45am. I intend to change it from the previous
offering and go over more modeling techniques rather than the controls. 
We will cover more physiological models than in the past. We will also 
use neuronal modeling applications (such as Neurocal and Neuron) as well 
as a finite modeling application (possibly Multiphysics) to create 
geometries and couple them to the neurons. I will also adjust the 
material to what the
students interests are for their research. I encourage both graduates 
and undergrads to take it. ELE594 will become BME461, a required course 
in our new BME curriculum. Feel free to contact me with any concerns.

Enjoy the rest of your summer and I hope to see you in ELE 594.

Walt

-- 
Assistant Professor 
Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Rhode Island
4 East Alumni Ave.
Kelley Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
O 401-874-4738
F 401-782-6422
http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/besio/


From boud at ele.uri.edu  Fri Aug 14 14:05:15 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:05:15 -0400
Subject: [grads] Student Employment Job Fairs
Message-ID: <4A85A75B.4020204@ele.uri.edu>

Hi,

The Enrollment Services Office, (Student Employment Division), is 
sponsoring the annual URI Student Employment Job Fair, to be held on

Thursday, September 10th, 2009
in the Memorial Union Ballroom, from 10:00AM-2:00PM.

To find out more information about opportunities for part-time 
employment at URI, go to ES web site. Workstudy jobs are posted at
http://www.uri.edu/es/students/finance/workstudyjobs.html

Also, URI Career Services has information on part-time jobs. 
http://career.uri.edu/

For example,

September 16, 2009, Wednesday 	
Career Services Welcome Party
Time: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Location: Tent in front of Roosevelt Hall
Come and meet friendly student services advisors. Ask about help with 
part-time jobs, RhodyNet, internships, graduate school, choosing your 
major, personal counseling, senior year planning and more. Free food & 
handouts. Food courtesy of Walgreens Corporation.


http://career.uri.edu/webcalendar/nc09162009.htm
http://career.uri.edu/webcalendar/nc102009s.htm

regards,
Prof. BB

From boud at ele.uri.edu  Mon Aug 17 14:41:46 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:41:46 -0400
Subject: [grads] free sleeper sofa
Message-ID: <4A89A46A.4080809@ele.uri.edu>

Hi,

If you're interested in a blue sleeper sofa (queen size), please let me 
know. I have access to a truck for the next 24 hours, so I can even 
deliver it to your apt. Please let me know of your interest ASAP!

regards,
Prof. BB

From boud at ele.uri.edu  Wed Aug 19 12:53:23 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:53:23 -0400
Subject: [grads] ELE 432 canceled - Fall 2009
Message-ID: <4A8C2E03.408@ele.uri.edu>

Hi,

No students have registered for Fall 2009 course

ELE 432 - Electrical Engineering Materials,

so it will be canceled. If staffing levels permit, the department will 
try to offer the course in Spring 2010.

regards,
Prof. Boudreaux-Bartels

From fischer at ele.uri.edu  Thu Aug 20 12:26:32 2009
From: fischer at ele.uri.edu (Godi Fischer)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:26:32 -0400
Subject: [grads] Fwd: Change to graduate application fee info
	on	Biome/Computer/Elec Engineering website
Message-ID: <20090820122632.94171atpou7tutdk@webmail.ele.uri.edu>



-- 
Godi Fischer
Graduate Program Director
Dept. of El., Comp. & Biomed. Engineering
4 East Alumni Ave.
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
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From boud at ele.uri.edu  Thu Aug 20 14:06:00 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:06:00 -0400
Subject: [grads] Student Web Developers/Interns positions
In-Reply-To: <20090820123236.16478vtf6teywu5g@webmail.ele.uri.edu>
References: <007501ca21a6$3f026610$bd073230$@uri.edu>
	<20090820123236.16478vtf6teywu5g@webmail.ele.uri.edu>
Message-ID: <4A8D9088.5040504@ele.uri.edu>

Student Web Developers or Interns Wanted
University Computing Systems
University of Rhode Island

Office Hours: M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Some evening and weekend hours 
as permitted.

Work Location: 210 Flagg Road (Surge Building), Kingston, RI 02881

Work hours: 20 hours per week

Start Time: Fall 2009

JOB DESCRIPTION
Selected applicants will be involved in content authoring, web design 
and/or development-related projects. Specific tasks include:
* Assist in coding secure scripts (both client-side and server-side) and 
creating database-driven web projects, using standard technologies such 
as PHP and MySQL.
* Develop content and graphics using software tools such as Dreamweaver 
CS, Photoshop and CSS technology.
* Assist in documenting features, technical specifications for 
applications and projects.
* Assist in troubleshooting codes and compatibility issues among 
different browsers and platforms.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The position(s) can also be used to fulfill internship requirements for 
prospective candidates. Mentorship from professional staff and senior 
student developer(s) to juniors is also a great part of this internship. 
The chosen candidate will develop live Web applications for his/her 
portfolios.

DESIRED SKILLS
* Experience with XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web editing 
software (such as Dreamweaver) and graphic editing software (such as 
Photoshop).
* Basic programming skills using a scripting language (such as PHP or 
ASP, JSP and etc).
* Knowledge of SQL and database design and how they interact with Web 
pages is also necessary as well as a strong aptitude for troubleshooting.
* Good writing skills and motivation to learn new skills and technology.
* Good working ethics.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY COMPUTING SYSTEMS (UCS)
UCS offers a wide range of applications and supports the University?s 
major computing systems and provides services intrinsic to running a 
comprehensive and robust university network. For further information, 
please visit UCS on the Web at http://www.uri.edu/its/about_ITS/ucs.html.

TO APPLY
If interested, please send your resume to:
Lisa Chen
Manager, Internet Technology
University of Rhode Island Computing Systems
Email: webmaster at uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4638.

sun at ele.uri.edu wrote:
> 
> Please see attached announcement for two intern
> positions with URI Internet Technology group.
> 
> Quoting Lisa Chen <lchen at mail.uri.edu>:
> 
>> Hi Dr. Sun,
>>
>> Could you please post the attached Student Web Developers/Interns 
>> positions
>> to your students? There are two vacant positions and they both  start 
>> this
>> fall. Thanks, --Lisa
>>
>> ------------------------------------------
>> Lisa Chen, Mgr, Internet Technology
>> University of Computing Systems
>> University of Rhode Island
>> 210 Flagg Road
>> Kingston, RI 02881
>> Phone: (401) 874-4638
>> Email: lchen at uri.edu, webmaster at uri.edu
>>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ying Sun, Professor
> Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
> University of Rhode Island      Phone: 401-874-2515
> 4 East Alumni Avenue            Fax: 401-782-6422
> Kingston, RI 02881, USA         E-mail: sun at ele.uri.edu
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> biomed mailing list
> biomed at ele.uri.edu
> http://webmail.ele.uri.edu/mailman/listinfo/biomed

From boud at ele.uri.edu  Mon Aug 24 12:49:48 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:49:48 -0400
Subject: [grads] ELE 400, 601 & 602 offered only in Fall
Message-ID: <4A92C4AC.7040904@ele.uri.edu>

Dear Students,

During the upcoming academic year, the 1 credit courses

ELE 400 - Intro. to Professional Practice
            (Wed., 4:50-5:40pm)
ELE 601 & 602 - Graduate Seminar
            (Wed., 2-2:50 or 3-3:50pm)

are tentatively scheduled to be offered only in the Fall.

ELE 400 and 601/602 are required courses for BS or MS/PhD degrees, 
respectively. If you need one of these courses to graduate on or before 
August 2010, please register to take the course this fall.  It is 
actually preferable to take these courses early in the academic year, 
because ELE 400 helps undergraduate students prepare for job search or 
graduate school application process whereas ELE 601 helps introduce 
students to potential research areas.

Traditionally, these 1 credit courses have been offered in both Fall and 
Spring semesters. I hope that the reduction in frequency of course 
offerings does not cause you any major inconvenience; it is necessary 
due to budget cuts and unfilled faculty vacancies from retirements.

regards,
Prof. Boudreaux-Bartels

From swaszek at ele.uri.edu  Mon Aug 24 13:11:44 2009
From: swaszek at ele.uri.edu (Peter F Swaszek)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:11:44 -0400
Subject: [grads] ELE 585 this fall
Message-ID: <4A92C9D0.5020104@webmail.ele.uri.edu>

In case you haven't looked, I'll be offering Digital Image Processing 
this fall.

This is a lecture/lab introduction to image processing; every week will 
include
a hands on component using Matlab and its Image Processing Toolbox.

Class meets once per week, Friday moring 8-12, combining the lecture and 
lab.

The course will basically cover all of Gonzalez and Woods, 2008 (try 
amazon to
see the table of contents): basics, enhancement in both the spatial and 
frequency
domains, restoration, color, wavelets and compression, morphological 
processing,
segmentation, representation and recognition.

Assessment will consist of weekly lab exercises, an exam, and a project.

While the prereqs listed are ELE 501 and 509, you don't need to be a signals
and systems or stochastic processes expert; just have some basic 
understanding
of both areas.

PFSwaszek

From boud at ele.uri.edu  Fri Aug 28 12:05:46 2009
From: boud at ele.uri.edu (G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:05:46 -0400
Subject: [grads] Fall URI Honors Program - Demystifying India
Message-ID: <4A98005A.6040008@ele.uri.edu>

Demystifying INDIA

A Series of Public Programs presented by the URI Honors Program
September 15?December 8, 2009
Tuesday evenings, 7:30 p.m.    URI Chafee Auditorium
uri.edu/hc


Sept. 15 	India and the World Edward Luce, Washington Bureau Chief, 
Financial Times, and author of In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of 
Modern India.

Sept. 22 	Turbulent Romance: The Trials and Triumphs of Cultural 
Immersion    John Jeffcoat, director, Outsourced, and partner, 
Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Seattle, Wash.

Sept. 29 	Indian Modernity: Once Colonial, Now Global Dipesh 
Chakrabarty, L. A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History, 
University of Chicago. URI Diversity Week Keynote Lecture.

Oct. 6 	        What Would Gandhi Globalize? India?s Greatest Gift to 
the 21st Century Michael Nagler, professor emeritus and founder, Peace 
and Conflict Studies Program, UC Berkeley.

Oct. 13 	India: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Aseema Sinha, 
associate professor of political science, University of Wisconsin.

Oct. 20 	Women in Indian Society: Literary and Empirical Evidence Indira 
Parikh, director, FLAME, Pune, India; Minal Hajratwala, author of 
Leaving India.

Oct. 27 	Indian Entrepreneurs Abroad: Business and Social Ventures 
Gururaj ?Desh? Deshpande, engineer and co-founder of Sycamore Networks, 
Inc. The Anthony J.Risica Lecture Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Nov. 3 	       Doing Business in India, with India A panel discussion 
with Tobias Luehrig, head of strategy for KSPG, Stuttgart, Germany; John 
S. Struck, managing director, Wand Partners Inc., New York; Shivan S. 
Subramaniam, chairman and chief executive officer, FM Global, R.I. The 
Anthony J. Risica Lecture Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Nov. 10 	Reading from Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer 
prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, and 
Unaccustomed Earth.

Nov. 17 	Bollywood and the World Rachel Dwyer, professor of Indian 
cultures and cinema, School of Oriental and African Studies, University 
of London.

Nov. 19 (Thurs.) The Sacred Image and Daily Dress in Modern India Henry 
Glassie and Pravina Shukla, professors of folklore, Indiana University, 
Bloomington.

Dec. 1 	         Environmental Impacts of India?s Development: The Story 
of the Royal Bengal Tiger Anurag Danda, senior programme coordinator, 
Sunderbans Programme, World Wildlife Fund, India.

Dec. 8 	         Celebrating India through Dance: Divine Rhythms and 
Folk Expressions Presented by Neena Gulati and the Triveni Ensemble and 
others. Edwards Auditorium.

From sendag at ele.uri.edu  Mon Aug 31 17:43:14 2009
From: sendag at ele.uri.edu (Resit Sendag)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:43:14 -0400
Subject: [grads] New course: Fall 2009: ELE 648: Advanced Topics in
	Computer	Architecture
Message-ID: <20090831174314.19955kynuhkqsulu@webmail.ele.uri.edu>

Hi all,

ELE 648 is a new course offering for Fall 2009. Please check below for the
description. The classes will be at 5pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. However,
the time can be worked out based on students' schedules as long as a common
time can be agreed on. Please let me know by email if you are considering to
take this course and/or if you have any questions.

Thanks, -RS

Resit Sendag, Ph.D.
Associate Professor              Office: A219
Department of Electrical         Phone: (401) 874-9423
and Computer Engineering         Fax: (401) 782-6422
University of Rhode Island       E-mail: sendag at ele.uri.edu
http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/sendag
------------------------------

ELE 648: Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture
==================================================
Summary:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to advanced architectural
concepts, to give hands-on experience with modern computer architectures
and current research problems, and to improve students' oral and written
communication skills. The main focus in this course is on a semester-long
open-ended project. 'Open-ended' means that the final outcome of each
project may differ significantly from the proposed project, e.g., because
of insights obtained during project execution. The progress of each
student during project execution is far more important than the actual
outcome. The course will consist of two parts: the first part covers
general advanced computer architecture topics mostly based on recent research
  papers, and will guide students for choosing project topics; the second part
is discussion sessions on students' projects to ensure forward progress.

About Project:
Since processors are employed virtually everywhere, students have the chance
to pick their projects from a wide variety of topics, from all types of
embedded systems - medical, automobile, military, home electronics, wireless,
signal processing applications, etc., to advanced microprocessor topics -
enhancements to modern microprocessor/multi-core architectures, memory, disk
storage systems,interconnection networks, etc.,

Grading :
The final grade will be determined using the following approximate weights:
Discussion Sessions: 10%
Project: 70%
Written and oral presentations: 20%


Prerequisite:
ELE 548: Computer Architecture or equivalent or instructor's permission.
E-mail me if you have questions about the basic skills you need for  
this class.


Tentative List of Topics:
+ Instruction-level Parallel processors (ILP)
+ Advanced Techniques to exploit ILP
   - Speculative execution
   - Value and Address Prediction
   - Value Reuse
   - Precomputation
   - Prefetching Techniques
+ Thread-Level Parallelism
   - Simultaneous Multithreaded Architectures
   - Multithreaded architectures
   - Multiprocessor/multi-core architectures
+ Memory hierarchies
+ Exploring current Modern Processors
   - Intel Core2, i7, Pentium 4, Xeon, Itanium2 (VLIW)
   - AMD Athlon, Phenom, Opteron
   - IBM Power4, Power G5
   - IBM Cell
   - Intel Atom
+ Embedded Computing
+ Virtual Machines
+ I/O Systems

-- 
Resit Sendag, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor              Office: A219
Department of Electrical         Phone: (401) 874-9423
and Computer Engineering         Fax: (401) 782-6422
University of Rhode Island       E-mail: sendag at ele.uri.edu
http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/sendag