Multimedia and Information Engineering, Preliminary Version - Softcover

Orsak, Geoffrey C.; Munson, David C., Jr.; Yoder, Mark A.; Athale, Ravindra; Douglas, Scott C.; Munson, David C.; Treichler, John R.; Wood, Sally L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013035483X ISBN 13: 9780130354839

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This book focuses on the math and science fundamentals of the information revolution and shows readers how engineers create and design the technology around them. Applications are drawn from a wide array of modern devices and systems seen today. Chapter topics include the world of modern engineering, creating digital music, designing digital instruments, making digital images, math you can see, digitizing the world, networks and the Internet, compressing information, correcting digital errors, keeping data private, digital processing of signals, communication channels, the wireless world, bandwidth, designing networks, and hardware for digital storage and imaging. For individuals trying to realize the relevance of technology in the 21st century and related career opportunities.

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About the Author

Geoffrey C. Orsak received the B.S.E.E., M.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University, Houston, TX in 1985, 1986, and 1990, respectively.

He is currently Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University, where he is also Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. In addition, he is Director of The Infinity Project, a partnership between SMU, Texas Instruments, leading national universities, and high schools aimed at bringing advanced technology and engineering education to the high school classroom. Prior to coming to SMU, he was Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, where he also served as Presidential Fellow. His research interests are in the area of wireless communications, information theory, and statistical signal processing. In addition to this work, he has also been active in the use of high technology for novel forms of pedagogy. In 1995, together with Professor Delores M. Etter of the University of Colorado at Boulder, he cofounded SPEC–The Signal Processing Education Consortium, a geographically distributed consortium of faculty whose aim is to advance DSP education at the undergraduate level. He has been a past recipient of the NSF Research Initiation Award 1991-1994 and is a member of Eta Kappa Nu.

During 1998-1999, Dr. Orsak served as a member of the Defense Science Study Group, a program "that introduces outstanding young scientists and engineers to challenges facing national security," which is sponsored by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Ravi Athale received the B.Sc. degree in 1972 from University of Bombay and the M.Sc degree in 1974 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, both in physics. He received the Ph.D. degree in 1980 in electrical engineering from University of California, San Diego.

From 1981 to 1985 he worked as a Research Physicist at US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. His areas of research were optical signal and image processing systems. From 1985 to 1990 he was a Senior Principal Staff Member at BDM Corporation, McLean, VA, where he headed a group in Optical Computing. His research there concerned optical interconnects and multistage switching networks and optical neural network implementations. Since 1990 he has been an Associate Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. His research at GMU has been in the areas of fiber optic signal processing and the analysis of fundamental limitations in optical interconnection networks. At George Mason University, he was a joint developer of a freshman introductory course for electrical engineering students, which focused on information technology aspects of EE. He is currently developing a new course on the principles of information technology, which is aimed at non-science/engineering major students and is a part of the information technology minor at George Mason University.

Dr. Athale has been awarded several patents in optical processing and computing. He is a cofounder of HoloSpex™, Inc. and a co-inventor of HoloSpex™ glasses, the first consumer product that is based on far-field holograms. He was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America in 1989.

Scott C. Douglas received the B.S. degree (with distinction), and the M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1988, 1989, and 1992, respectively.

From 1992 to 1998 he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Since August 1998, he has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. His research activities include adaptive filtering, active noise control, blind deconvolution and source separation, and VLSI/hardware implementations of digital signal processing systems.

Dr. Douglas received the Hughes Masters Fellowship Award in 1988 and the NSF Graduate Fellowship Award in 1989. He was a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 1995. He is the author or coauthor of four book chapters and more than 80 articles in journals and conference proceedings. He also served as a section editor for The Digital Signal Processing Handbook (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998).

David C. Munson, Jr. was born in Red Oak, IA, in 1952. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering (with distinction) from the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, in 1975, and the M.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 1977, 1977, and 1979, respectively.

Since 1979, he has been with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Research Professor with the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and a Research Professor with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. His research interests are in the general area of signal and image processing with current work focused on radar imaging, tomography, interferometry, interpolation, time-frequency analysis, and digital filtering.

Dr. Munson is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi. In 1990, he received the Outstanding Professor Award from the Alpha Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu. In 1995, he received the Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society and an Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering, University of Delaware. In 1998, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois. He was named an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer and he received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000.

John R. Treichler was born in Velasco, TX, on September 22, 1947. He received the B.A. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University, Houston, TX, in 1970 and the Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1977.

From 1970 to 1974 he served as a line officer aboard destroyers in the U.S. Navy. From 1977 to 1983 he was with ARGOSystems, Inc. (now a subsidiary of Boeing). He served as a lecturer at Stanford between 1975 and 1983, teaching digital and adaptive signal processing, and spent the 1983-1984 academic year as an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. In 1984 he cofounded Applied Signal Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, with three collegues. He is currently the company's Chief Technology Officer and also serves on the company's board of directors. The company designs and builds advanced signal processing equipment that is used by the United States government and its allies. His research interests are in the area of digital and adaptive signal processing, particularly as applied to solving problems in communications systems.

Dr. Treichler was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 1991. In 1999 he received an IEEE Third Millenium Medal and was recently presented with a Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for the year 2000.

Sally L. Wood received the B.S.E.E. degree from Columbia University in 1969 and the M.S.E.E. Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1975 and 1978, respectively. While engaged in her Ph.D. research she also completed a minor in physiological psychology.

She joined the faculty of Santa Clara University in 1985 and is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department. At Santa Clara University she has developed and taught courses in signal and image processing at both the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition, she has developed and taught 4 freshman-level laboratory-based introductory electrical engineering course and a sophomore-level signal processing architecture course. Over the past 10 years she has developed interactive tutorials with dynamic visual presentation of basic concepts to supplement undergraduate engineering courses. This work has been supported by both industry donations and federal funding agencies. Prior to joining Santa Clara University, she had 12 years of experience in industry working on design and development of medical imaging and visualization systems, optical character recognition systems, and assistive devices for the disabled.

Prof. Wood received the Special Recognition Award from Santa Clara University in 1994 and the Research Award from the School of Engineering in 1995. Her current research interests include multiple source image analysis and nonlinear signal processing.

Mark A. Yoder was born in Ames, Iowa on December 24th, 1956. He received the B.S. degree in 1980 and the Ph.D. degree in 1984, both in electrical engineering, from Purdue University.

He is currently Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Since 1988 he has been teaching engineering at Rose-Hulman. His research interests include investigating ways to use technology to teach engineering more effectively. He pioneered, at Rose, the use of Computer Algebra Systems (such as Maple and Mathematics) in teaching electrical engineering. He also helped introduce the teaching of digital signal processing (DSP) early in the curriculum. He is the co-author of the book DSP First: A Multimedia Approach with Jim McClellan and Ron Schafer, published by Prentice-Hall in 1998. Dr. Yoder has also coauthored the book Electrical Engineering Applications with the TI-89, with David R. Voltmer, published by Texas Instruments in 1999.

Dr. Yoder is serving as General Co-Chair of the 2000 IEEE Digital Signal Processing in Education Workshop. He is a member of the IEEE Education Society Administrative Committee and a member and vice-chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Committee on Education. He has served as an Executive Board Director for the ERM division of ASEE and a program co-chair for the 1996 Frontiers in Engineering conference. He is a two time winner of the Helen Plants award for the best non-traditional workshop at FIE.

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The Infinity Project is an innovative nationwide program sponsored by the Southern Methodist University School of Engineering and Texas Instruments and designed by leading college engineering professors, in cooperation with education experts. The Project introduces state-of-the-art engineering and advanced technology covering a wide variety of topics relevant to Internet technologies, entertainment, medicine, and communications. In a world in which engineering and technology have become an integral part of our lives, The Infinity Project reaches out to students and affords them the opportunity to understand the relevance of technology in the 21st century and realize the career opportunities ahead of them.

The Infinity Project offers a complete turn-key solution for effectively and easily implementing engineering and technology in standard curricula today: innovative curricular content, comprehensive teacher training, high-tech lab equipment, an outstanding supplements package and online Web support. CURRICULUM

The curriculum is covered in a year-long class. The team of curriculum designers and advisors includes leaders in engineering research and education drawn from academia, industry, and government. This group contains five past Presidents of major technical societies, two Presidents and past Presidents of universities, one of the Department of Defense's leaders in technology, science, and engineering, and two engineering Department Chairs. STUDENT PREREQUISITES

The Infinity Project engineering curriculum has been designed for students who have completed mathematics through a second course in algebra (Algebra II), and who have had a least one laboratory science course. These prerequisites will allow students to see firsthand the applications of math and science to engineering and technology early enough in their studies to allow them to pursue more advanced courses, and to begin to consider future careers in technology. The class focuses on the math and science fundamentals of the information revolution and teaches students how engineers create and design the technology around them. Applications are drawn from a wide array of modern devices and systems seen today. PRELIMINARY COPY

This preliminary copy of Multimedia And Information Engineering covers the required curriculum for the program. The final edition is now in development and will be available soon. The material in this preliminary version has been used in schools countrywide. PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES

* Notes and facts in the margins emphasize important points and interesting facts
* VAB computer-based designs and experiments are boxed throughout the text with icons in the margins for easy location
* Hundreds of 4-color illustrations
* Interesting applications boxed
* End of chapter exercises
* Challenging assignments

We have attempted to utilize many hands-on experiments to demonstrate the basic concepts described in the textbook. Each experiment is based on the VABTM graphical software interface and utilizes the DSP hardware in the Infinity Technology Kit. Nearly all of the experiments and designs include video, audio, or graphics that are fun for both students and teachers. SUPPLEMENTS

The Infinity Project supplements offer comprehensive additional resources and classroom support. The supplements are available through the Infinity Project:

* Instructor's manual including sample syllabi
* PowerPoint lecture notes for each chapter
* Laboratory Manual
* Lab Exercise Handouts
* Test Item File
* Infinity Technology Kit

Please contact The Infinity Project at ipmail@infinity-project.org for more details, or visit The Infinity Project Web site. WEB SITE

The Infinity Project Web site infinity-project provides ongoing classroom support and resources:

* Curriculum Updates
* Links to Interesting Web Sites
* VAB Experiments and Updates
* Student and Faculty VAB Worksheet Submissions
* Discussion Groups
* Training Materials
* Installation and Support of the Infinity Technology Kit
INFINITY TECHNOLOGY KIT

The Infinity Technology Kit is a multimedia hardware and software system for converting standard PCs into easy-to-use modern engineering design environments with a wide array of sophisticated capabilities. These capabilities bring to life the engineering concepts taught in The Infinity Project's engineering curriculum. The pre-designed lab experiments that come with the software allow students to see firsthand the full range of engineering experiences of envisioning, designing, and testing modern technology. The technology used in the Infinity Technology Kit is based upon Texas Instruments' advanced Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips and a new and innovative graphical programming environment, called Visual Application Builder, designed and developed by one of The Infinity Project's partners, Hyperception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 013035483X
• ISBN 13: 9780130354839
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 712