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Research Directions in Research Directions in Electrical EngineeringElectrical Engineering

Joseph A. O’Sullivan

• Committee• Research Organization• Other Universities• Future

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Ad Hoc Committee on Electrical Ad Hoc Committee on Electrical Engineering at Washington UniversityEngineering at Washington University

• Appointed by Dean at end of SeptemberR. S. Indeck, J. A. O’Sullivan, J. C. Schotland, J. S. Turner

• Mission: Provide a vision for the future of Electrical Engineering at Washington University

• Meet regularly• Invited Dean to join committee in November• Today: Progress Report to EE Faculty

– Jody: Research directions– Chris: Specific Considerations for Washington

University• Goal: Present ideas, seek further input

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Departmental Missions

• Undergraduate Curriculum • Graduate Curriculum• Service Missions• Research

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Departmental Missions• Undergraduate Curriculum

– DSP First—Ga. Tech– Analog First—UIUC– Systems and Signals First—UC Berkeley– Information, Communication

• Graduate Curriculum– “Students are not useful until they know

electromagetics”– “Students need to know random processes before they

can contribute”– Students need <<insert here>> first

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A Strategy for Organizing a Department

• Undergraduate Curriculum • Graduate Curriculum• Service Missions• Research

Research FirstExcellence in all areas

J. A. O’Sullivan, Research First

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Research First Strategy

• Examine outstanding departmentsResearch organization

• Consider visions for future of EEPotential areas of growth

• Identify unique opportunities for Washington University

Unique current strengths, unique potential


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Potential Models: Other Universities• UC Berkeley• Stanford• Georgia Tech• Cal Tech• MIT• UIUC

• Harvard• Princeton• Yale• Penn• Duke• Northwestern• Rice• Johns Hopkins• Carnegie Mellon


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Other Universities: Some Lessons Learned

• Research Organization Strategy– Few Broad areas– Laboratory or Center Based– Several (> 5) areas– Focused Research Areas– Scientific problem based

• Organization depends on institution


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EE at Stanford

The Department is made up of five Laboratories: • Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) • Solid State and Photonics Laboratory (SSPL) • Information Systems Laboratory (ISL) • Integrated Circuits Laboratory (ICL) • Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory

(STARLab) The EE Department Executive Committee is made up of the

Directors of the five Laboratories together with the Chair, Vice Chair, Associate Chair, and Assistant Chair.


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Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL)

• Graphics • Computer Aided Design • Core System Software • VLSI and Architecture • Computer Systems Networking • Human Computer Interaction • Information management


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Solid State and Photonics Laboratory (SSPL)

• Surfaces and interfaces• Nanostructures and nanodevices• Photonics• Quantum noise and computing• Si, GaAs devices• Magnetics• Other


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Information Systems Laboratory

• ISL Research Groups– Convex Optimization Group– Multivariable Control, Simulation, Optimization and

Signal Processing for the Microlithographic Process– Signal Compression and Classification Group– Smart Antennas Research Group– Smart Image Sensor Group– Analog VLSI Systems Lab– Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Lab– Information Theory Group– Information Systems Networking Laboratory


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STARLab

• Space, Telecommunications and RadioscienceLaboratory (STARLab) Research Areas – Planetary Exploration– Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Physics– Radar and Radio Remote Sensing of the Environment– Telecommunications– Signal Processing Algorithms and Hardware


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• Communications• Computer-Aided Design for VLSI• Control, Robotics & Biosystems• Integrated Circuits• Networks• Optoelectronics & Electromagnetics• Power & Electronics Systems• Signal Processing• Solid-State Devices

•Artificial Intelligence•Computer Architecture and Engineering•Database Management Systems•Multimedia, Human Computer

Interaction and Computer Graphics•Operating Systems•Programming Systems•Scientific Computing and Numerical

Methods•Theory

CS Research AreasEE Research Areas


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EECS-related Research Centers and Laboratories

• Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC)• Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC)• Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)• Gigascale Silicon Research Center (GSRC)• Microfabrication Laboratory (Microlab)


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• Solid State Engineering • Optical Systems and Technology• Networks, Communication and Control • Signal Processing• Parallel and Distributed Computing• VLSI Design and CAD


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• Electrosciences– Electrodynamics and Wave Interactions with Complex Media– Microelectronics Systems and VLSI– Microstructures Research– Electronic and Photonic Materials

• Information Sciences and Systems – Telecommunications and Networks– Neural Networks -- Theory, Applications, and Implementations– Communication Theory, Signal Processing, and Computational

Learning Theory– Imaging Sciences and Systems– Embedded, Hierarchical Hybrid Control Systems

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• Computer Engineering• Electronic Materials and Devices• Information Sciences and Systems• Optics and Optical Electronics


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• Microelectronics and Photonics• Computer Engineering• Signal Processing, Control, and

Communications


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Electronic Circuits and Systems

–systems and control–signal and image processing–communications

Electronic Materials and Devices

–solid-state, nanoelectronicand optoelectronic materials and devices


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• AI / Natural Language• C--• File System Performance• HUBE / machsuif• MORPH• Networking• Theory of Computation• Ubiquitous Information• VINO• VLSI• WWW Caching


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CS & EEArtificial IntelligenceCompilation/ArchitectureGraphicsInternetNetworksSystemsOperating Systems and Performance Analysis (Vino Group)Programming LanguagesTheory of Computation

Engineering SciencesBioengineeringCommunicationsEnvironmental Sciences and EngineeringFluidsMaterials ScienceMulti-MediaRoboticsSolid MechanicsVLSI Systems

Applied PhysicsComputational PhysicsCondensed MatterMaterials ScienceNanostructures (VN)Nanostructures (RW)PhotonicsSoft Condensed MatterX-Ray


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• Bioengineering• Systems Area

– Communications, Control and Systems– Networking– Signal and Image Processing

• Computer Engineering– Computer Architecture– Computer Systems Laboratory

• Physical and Quantum Electronics – Laser Science – Nanoengineering Group– Photonics Research Group – Semiconductor Electronics Group

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• Computer Engineering• Controls• Electromagnetics• Signal Processing and Communications• Solid State Devices


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• The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems• IMPACT - Research into microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) • MONARCH - Research into microelectrofluidic systems (MEFS) • Parallel Scientific Computing - N-Body Problems• TUNE: Mathematical Models, Transformations, and System Support for Memory-

Friendly Programming (joint with Computer Science and UNC-CH) • Neural Network Based Compression• MU-FASHION - Multi-Resolution Data Fusion using Agent-Bearing Sensors in

Hierarchically-Organized Sensor Networks • System-on-a-Chip Design and Test• Automated Self-Configuring Surveillance Networks• Theory and Algorithms for Sensor Deployment and Data Fusion in Distributed Sensor

Networks• Real-Time Fault-Tolerant Network Protocols• SITAR - Scalable Intrusion-Tolerant Architecture for Distributed Services • Mathematics of Failures in Complex Systems • Laboratory for Intelligent and Nonlinear Control (LINC)


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• Adaptive Microsystems Laboratory• Computational Sensory-Motor Systems Lab• Control Systems Design Laboratory• Parallel Computing and Imaging Lab• Photonics and Optoelectronics Lab• Semiconductor Microstructures Lab• Sensory Communications and Microsystems

____________________________________• Center for Language and Speech Processing• Center for Imaging Science


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• Biotechnology• Computer-Aided Design and VLSI Manufacturing• Computer Architecture• Computer Systems and Security• Embedded and Real-Time Systems• Intelligent Systems• Magnetics and Optical Data Storage• Microelectromechanical Systems• Semiconductor Devices and Materials• Signal Processing, Multimedia and Sensor

Exploitation Systems • Wireless and Broadband Communications


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Caltech Electrical Engineering• Research Centers

– Lee Center for Advanced Networking– Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering– Institute for Quantum Information

• Research Activities– Circuits and VLSI– Communications– Control– Devices– Images and Vision– Information Theory– Learning, Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networks– MEMS and Micromachining– Networks and Wireless Communication– Electromagnetics, Optics, and Optoelectronics– RF, Microwave Circuits and Antennas– Robotics– Signal Processing


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• Computer Science• Control and Dynamic Systems• Electrical Engineering• Environmental Science and Engineering• Materials Science• Mechanical Engineering

• Aeronautics• Applied and Computational Mathematics• Applied Mechanics• Applied Physics• Bioengineering• Civil Engineering• Computation & Neural Systems

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MIT: Six Graduate Areas

• Systems, Communication, Control and Signal Processing

• Computer Science• Electronics, Computers and Systems• Energy and Electromagnetic Systems• Materials and Devices• Bioelectrical Engineering


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•Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI) •Center for Biomedical Engineering(CBE) •Center for International Studies (CIS) •Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) •Center for Space Research (CSR) •Edgerton Center•Laboratory for Computer Science(LCS) •Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) •Laboratory for Energy and the Environment•Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)

•Leaders for Manufacturing Program (LFM) •Lincoln Laboratory•Media Laboratory•Microsystems Technology Laboratories(MTL) •NanoStructures Laboratory•Operations Research Center (OR) •Plasma Science & Fusion Center (PSFC) •Research Laboratory of Electronics(RLE) •System Design and ManagementProgram (SDM) •Technology, Management and PolicyProgram (TPP)

MIT: Research Laboratories


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New Directions for EE: New Directions for EE: Plummer, etc.Plummer, etc.• Bioengineering (Biology and EE)• Photonics (including optics)• Materials (including nanotechnology)• Computational Math and Engineering• Continuing directions: Information Technology,

Communications, Computing, Sensing

Research TrendsResearch Trends• Multidisciplinary Research Driven by Scientific Questions• Increasing levels of complexity• Increasing speed to implementation• Rapid change• Increasing breadth


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Research FirstResearch First Approach: Approach: Multidisciplinary Research Driven by Scientific Questions

• Support multi-departmental multi-university research

• Importance of pursuing fundamental research• Increasing complexity

– Importance of systems view– Importance of computational issues (Math and CS)

• Breadth of Training


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Research First Strategy

• Identify 2, 3, or 4 research areas• Consolidate current strengths within areas• Build from strength

Research FirstPossible Research Areas


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Research First Possible Research Area:Imaging Science and Engineering

•Interdisciplinary field in which Washington University is a leader •Medical imaging. CT, MRI, Optical Imaging.

– Integrated CT-PET, micro- CT, micro-PET, micro-MR, and micro-optical imaging.–NIBIB.

•Remote sensing and military imaging. Infrared, radar, laser radar,multispectral and hyperspectral imaging sensors.

–Earth sensing, for environmental and military purposes. –Object recognition and parameter estimation. Merging with geographic information systems (topographic data, multiple sensor data, vegetation information).

•Industrial imaging. Computer vision in industrial settings, in manufacturing and robotic applications, and in security systems.

–Vision for automotive and transportation systems: optical cameras, radar sensors, infrared sensors, and laser radar sensors. –Object and face recognition. –Biometric systems: fingerprints, retinal scans, hand scans, face images, and ultimately DNA.


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Research First Possible Research Area:Information Sciences and Systems

• Imaging science and engineering• Communication theory and systems• Information theory (transmission, storage, coding,

compression, physical)• Signal processing• Control systems


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