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IEEE
Sensors Council NEWSLETTER |
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Issue Number 7
July
2008
Sensors Council News
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Call for Nominations for the SC Awards, Deadline August 15, 2008
Recently the Sensors Council established
SC Awards.
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Nomination form for Technical Achievement (doc
pdf)
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Nomination form for
Meritorious Service Award (doc,
pdf)
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Nomination form for IEEE Sensors Journal best published paper Award for
year 2008 (doc,
pdf)
- Nomination form for
Presidents Award (doc
pdf)
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The
2007 awards were given during the Banquet of
the 2007 IEEE SENSORS Conference
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IEEE SENSORS 2007 Atlanta, Georgia.
Call for Papers
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation
and Measurement Special Issue on Biometric Instrumentation and
Measurement
- Submission period is February 15- March 1, 2009.
- Questions should be directed to Dr. Fabio Scotti (fabio.scotti@unimi.it)
- More information can be found
in the original document (doc
pdf)
- IEEE Systems Journal -Special Issue
on Biometrics Systems
- Submission deadline is January 15, 2009.
- Questions should be directed to Prof. Vincenzo Piuri (vincenzo.piuri@unimi.it)
- More information can be found in the original document (doc
pdf)
Sensor Technology
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Wide Bandgap Semiconductor
Surface Acoustic Wave UV Sensors
Prof. Michael S. Shur, Prof. Daumantas Ciplys, and
Mr. Venkata S. Chivukula |
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Surface acoustic wave (SAW) UV
sensors based on wide bandgap semiconductors such as GaN and related
III-V nitride semiconductors have been investigated for development
of SAW visible-blind and solar-blind UV sensors. The RF output from
nitride based SAW UV sensors allows for remote wireless operation,
which is an important advantage over more conventional nitride UV
sensors based on p-n junction, p-i-n, Schottky diode, and
metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM). Our group was first to report GaN-based
and AlGaN-based SAW oscillators for UV detection [1, 2]. We proposed
using such oscillators for solar-blind [3] and visible-blind [4]
remote UV sensor applications...(more) |
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Prof. Gert Cauwenberghs
Gert Cauwenberghs |
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Prof. Gert
Cauwenberghs (GC) and his group of graduate students have performed
research on the design, implementation, and experimental
characterization of analog and digital VLSI microsystems for
adaptive neural computation and sensory information processing, from
neuromorphic systems engineering and kernel-based learning machines
to micropower implantable neural interfaces, acoustic microarrays,
adaptive optics and biometric identification. Examples of previous
work by GC’s group include a sub-microwatt analog signal processor
for speaker verification [Chakrabartty et al, 2007], and a 300mW
mixed-signal VLSI processor for a MEMS/VLSI integrated microphone
that adaptively separates speech signals based on Independent
Component Analysis [Celik et al, 2006]. ....(more) |
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My research over the past 12 years has developed through three main
phases. In the early part of my career, I studied biologically
inspired sensors and sensory computation systems, primarily in the
form of vision sensors. Typically, these systems were implemented
with Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) technology and were used to
extract information about the environment and to guide the
“attention” of other computation systems. In the middle part of my
career, I studied how these systems can be hosted onto robots. At
that point I also started to model spinal neural circuits in
silicon, and develop robots to study legged locomotion.....(more) |
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Do you know an IEEE
colleague who has made outstanding contributions to the electrical and
electronics engineering profession? If so, consider nominating him or her
as an IEEE Fellow. The deadline for receipt of complete IEEE Fellow
nominations for the Class of 2010 is 01 March 2009.
At the time the nomination is submitted, a nominee must be an IEEE Senior
Member whose membership is current and who has completed five years of
service in any grade of membership. Note: IEEE affiliate membership does
not apply. The nominee can come from any field, including academia,
government and industry....(more) |
Sensor Conferences
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IEEE SENSORS 2007:
The 6th IEEE Conference on Sensors, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 28 - 31, 2007
- IEEE SENSORS 2008:
The 7th IEEE
Conference on Sensors, Lecce, Italy, Oct. 26 - 29, 2008
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Sensor Net / Networking / Ad Hoc Wireless / Systems /
Security Conferences, Journals, and Deadlines
by A. D. Wood, UVA
New Books on Sensors
-Chemical Sensors: An Introduction for
Scientists and Engineers (Hardcover) by
Peter Gründler
(Author),
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 21, 2007).
-Terahertz Spectroscopy:
Principles and Applications (Optical Science and Engineering Series)
(Hardcover) by
Susan L. Dexheimer
(Editor), Publisher: CRC
(December 22, 2007).
-Terahertz
Science And Technology For Military And Security Applications (Selected
Topics in Electronics and Systems) (Selected Topics in Electronics and
Systems) (Hardcover)
by
Dwight L. Woolard
(Editor),
James O. Jensen (Editor),
R. Jennifer Hwu (Editor),
Michael S. Shur (Editor),
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (September 27, 2007).
-Terahertz Sensing Technology: Emerging Scientific Applications & Novel
Device Concepts (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, Vol. 32)
(Hardcover) by
Dwight L. Woolard (Editor),
William R. Loerop (Editor),
Michael Shur (Editor), Publisher: World Scientific
Publishing Company (June 2004).
-Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects
(NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)
(Paperback)
by
R.E. Miles
(Editor),
X.-C. Zhang (Editor),
H. Eisele (Editor),
A. Krotkus (Editor),
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 20, 2007).
-Transducers and
Arrays for Underwater Sound (Underwater Acoustics) (Underwater Acoustics)
(Hardcover) by
Charles H. Sherman
(Author),
John L. Butler
(Author), Publisher:
Springer; 1st ed. 2007. Corr. 2nd printing edition (February 15, 2007)
.-Piezoelectric Transducers and
Applications (Hardcover) by
Antonio Arnau
(Editor),
Antonio Arnau Vives
(Author), Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 25, 2007).
-High-Operating-Temperature Infrared Photodetectors (SPIE Press Monograph
Vol. PM169) (Press Monograph) (Paperback) by
Jozef Piotrowski
(Author),
Antoni Rogalski
(Author), Publisher: SPIE
Publications (March 28, 2007).
-Detection of Low-Level Optical
Signals: Photodetectors, Focal Plane Arrays and Systems (Solid-State Science
and Technology Library) (Hardcover)
by
M.A. Trishenkov
(Author), Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 15, 1997).
-Mid-infrared Semiconductor
Optoelectronics (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) (Hardcover) by
Anthony Krier
(Editor), Publisher:
Springer; 1 edition (May 23, 2006).
-Physics of Semiconductor Devices
(Hardcover) by
Simon M. Sze
(Author),
Kwok K. Ng
(Author), Publisher:
Wiley-Interscience; 3 edition (October 27, 2006).
-Fabless Semiconductor
Implementation (Hardcover) by
Rakesh Kumar
(Author), Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (March 26, 2008).
-The Materials Science of
Semiconductors (Kindle Edition) by
Angus Rockett,
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 30, 2007).
-Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics of Semiconductors (Springer Series
in Solid-State Sciences) (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
(Hardcover)
by
Hartmut Haug
(Author),
Antti-Pekka Jauho
(Author), Publisher: Springer; 2nd rev. ed. edition (December 12, 2007).
-Fiber Optic
Sensors, Second Edition (Optical Science and Engineering Series) (Hardcover)
by
Shizhuo Yin
(Editor),
Paul B. Ruffin
(Editor),
Francis T.S. Yu
(Editor), Publisher: CRC;
2 edition (March 27, 2008).
-Analysis of Biological Networks
(Kindle Edition) by
Björn H. Junker,
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (March 31, 2008).
-MEMS: A Practical Guide to Design, Analysis, and Applications (Hardcover)
by
Jan G. Korvink
(Editor),
Oliver Paul
(Editor), Publisher: William Andrew Publishing (November 14, 2005).
-Foundations of MEMS (Illinois Ece Series) (Paperback) by
Chang Liu
(Author), Publisher: Prentice Hall; US Ed edition (September 5, 2005.
-Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design (Hardcover) by
David Binkley
(Author), Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (August 25, 2008).
-Smart CMOS Image Sensors and Applications (Optical Science and Engineering)
(Hardcover)
by
Jun Ohta (Author),
Publisher: CRC (September 19, 2007). |
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