Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel

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ECE Researcher to Help Archaelogists from the US National Park Service

Fernand Cohen, Professor in the ECE department, and Co-PIs Ko Nishino, Ali Shokoufandeh (CS), Patrice Jeppson (Media Art) and Glen J. Muschio (Media Art) were recently awarded an NSF grant totaling $737,737 for a three year project titled, "The 3D Colonial Philadelphia Project-Digital Restoration of Thin-Shell Objects for Historical and Archeological Research and Interpretation." The objective of the project is to develop novel computer vision research technology that can assist in the reconstruction of ceramic artifacts recovered from within an excavation context which, often times are fragmentary and with missing pieces. Before meaningful history interpretation can proceed, vessels need to be reconstructed and identified as to their shape (hollow or flat form) and their function (pitcher, cup, bowl, etc.). This application of computer vision in archaeology will be unique as an enabling technology for timely analysis, interpretation, and presentation of this history evidence. The proposed project is also deemed of great value and need by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.

Wireless Laboratory Receives a Donation from Aeroflex, Inc.

Aeroflex, Inc. recently donated approximately $800,000 in specialized wireless communications protocol conformance testing and software defined radio equipment to the Drexel Wireless Systems Laboratory (DWSL) directed by Professor Kapil Dandekar in the ECE department. The donation was initiated by Drexel alum of the Class of 1983, and Aeroflex VP and General Manager, Robert Vogel (pictured at the right with Dean Guceri at the 2007 Engineer of the Year Banquet). The Aeroflex equipment, coupled with the anechoic chamber testing facility and other capital equipment in DWSL, will enable many new and exciting research projects and educational opportunities. The Aeroflex equipment also provides unique capabilities to Drexel which will allow it to become a research and educational leader in the area of wireless communication system development and testing.

New Financial Engineering Courses

New York Stock ExchangeThe Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is pleased to announce a new year-long Special Topics series of courses in Financial Engineering.  This series of courses is designed to: prepare students to be competitive applicants for jobs in the financial sector; help students apply math and programming skills to a new, quickly growing area; and give students the skills to make more informed decisions in their personal management of money and investments.  The first course in the series will be offered this Fall Quarter and will cover time-value of money, portfolio management and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.

In the Winter and Spring terms, we will cover derivative securities, option pricing, betting strategies, auctions, financial time-series analysis, heavy-tailed distributions and parameter estimation.

The first course will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:50 during the coming Fall Quarter.  The prerequisites for the course are ENGR 361: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and ECE 203: Programming for Engineers.  If you did not take these courses but believe that you have studied the same material in other courses, please ask for permission to enroll of the instructor, Dr. Steven Weber, at sweber@ece.drexel.edu.

All courses in this sequence can be counted towards fulfillment of core or technical elective requirements.

Register for the Fall term course, ECES 490, under the CRN 15151.

Direct questions to the course instructor, Dr. Steven Weber, at sweber@ece.drexel.edu.
(Photo: Jaap Steinvoorte )