November 6, 2008         Send your news items to eecsnews@eecs.northwestern.edu

 
At Wilkinson lab's
inaugural event, the
pizza moved too fast.
 -- anonymous
   

We are pleased to welcome Julie Flowers, who is joining us as Program Assistant II for the CES and CAA Divisions. Julie has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Tennessee and a Masters in education from Loyola University Chicago. Recently a visiting assistant professor of political science at Loyola University Chicago, Julie continues to teach courses at Loyola and at DePaul universities. Julie also enjoys hiking, biking, and general outdoor activities. She is a political junkie who enjoys a good book, movie or discussion. We wish Julie much success in her new role assisting the department in the transition from CUFS to PeopleSoft.

The Wilkinson Lab held an open house recently to show off its newly renovated multi-purpose, reconfigurable facilities. In addition to serving as a computer area, the renovated lab can be used for TA hours, small group meetings, review sessions, gathering place for EECS students, and small group work areas. Comfortable chairs, bright warm colors, and picture windows with an Eastern exposure make it a very welcoming and comfortable place to spend time. The Lab will always be open for general use, even when a block of computers is being used by a class. The Wilkinson Lab is located in Tech M336.

FRIDAY 11/7 - Prof. Nikos Sidiropoulos, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
"Multicast beamforming and admission control for UMTS-LTE and 802.16e"
4:00 PM, Tech L324
Abstract

WEDNESDAY 11/12, 4:00 PM - MEET THE FACULTY presents Douglas Downey, "Autonomous Web-scale Information Extraction"
4:00 PM in the Ford ITW Auditorium
Abstract

THURSDAY 11/13 - TSB: Technology & Social Behavor Lecture Series: Michael Tanenhaus, University of Rochester
"Eye Movements and Spoken Language Comprehension: From Speech Perception to Interactive Conversation"
4:00 PM, Frances Searle 1-421
Abstract

WEDNESDAY 11/19 - MEET THE FACULTY presents Nicole Immorlica, "Marriage, Honesty, and Stability" at 4:00 PM in Ford ITW Auditorium
Abstract

WEDNESDAY 12/3 - DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES presents Manijeh Razeghi,"Quantum Sensing Through Nano-Photonics: Inspiration from Nature"
at 4:00 PM in the Ford ITW Auditorium
Abstract/Bio

Fabian E. Bustamante has been made Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest computing society.

Prem Kumar will be a plenary speaker at Photonics 2008 to be held at the Habitat World Convention Center, New Delhi, India, during December 14-17. He will speak on "Quantum Information Processing in Optical Fibers." While at the conference, he will also present a short course entitled: Quantum Information -- Photonic Technologies and Applications. See the attached announcement that appeared in this month's IEEE/LEOS Newsletter.

Ke Meng -- Prospectus
Date/Time/Location: Friday November 7, 2008 / 10:00 a.m. / Tech L324 -
Title: "Power Modeling and Management for Adaptive Multi-core Processors"
Committee: Russell Joseph (Advisor)

Grace Nijm -- PhD Final Exam
Date/Time/Location: Wednesday December 3, 2008 / 2:00 PM / Tech L324
Title: "Signal Processing of Gating Signals for Cardiac MRI and Computational Modeling of Magetohydrodynamic Blood Flow Potentials"
Committee: Alan Sahakian (Chair), Dr. Steven Swiryn, Thrasyvoulos Pappas (EECS), Andrew Larson (EECS)

Serhan Uslubas -- MS Final Exam
Date/Time/Location: Thursday December 4, 2008 / 10:00 AM / Tech M-164
Title: "Macroblock Based Resolution Adaptive Video Encoding"
Committee: Aggelos Katsaggelos (Chair), Thrasyvoulos Pappas (EECS), Sotirious Tsaftaris (EECS)

11/6/2008 - PEAK6 trading firm in Chicago holding InfoSession Tuesday, November 11, 5PM in Norris
11/6/2008 - Cardiomedix - EE or CS students part-time / flextime
10/29/2008 - Bengal Capital LLC is seeking computer scientists and engineers
10/28/2008 - Undergraduate/Masters Degree Research on a Biped Robot
Details about these postings are here.

Check out the AfterCollege Job Resource to access alumni contacts and relevant job and
internship opportunities exclusive to EECS.