ELEC 470: Report Presentation Schedule, Spring 2004

The schedule for Special Topic Reports is as follows.

• Tuesday, April 20, 2004:

  Billy Crawford: Global Positioning System (GPS)

  Tom Goodman and Anthony Curtis: Digital compression techniques (e.g. mp3, mpeg, dvd, etc.)

  Kevin Turner: HDTV and digital TV broadcasting; standardization, implementation costs, advantages, comparison with analog TV.

• Thursday, April 22, 2004:

  Jim Ritter and Eric Ehrbar: Ultra-wide Band Communications (UWB)

  Ig An and Christian Ottesen: History of Electrical Communication

• Tuesday, April 27, 2004:

  Darwin Flores: Satellite communication

  Ahmad Hassan and Kathe Woodside: Highspeed Modems and DSL

• Thursday, April 29, 2004:

  Christian Stebbins: Early wireless communication, the Marconi wireless telegraph

  Sam Reier: Wireless communication with multiple antennas, beamforming

  Matt Sharp: Wireless MIMO, space-time codes

• Tuesday, May 4, 2004:

  Franklin Gibboney and Jordan Rice: Digital encryption (for security)

  Charlie Ryland and Robert Warner: Cassette tapes for audio recording

  Brian Strojny: Surround sound