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Tech Tune-Up:
Innovative and Disruptive Technologies
University of Minnesota
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
June 2-4, 2008
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Summary |
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is hosting the Tech Tune-Up: Innovative and Disruptive Technologies course at the University of Minnesota on June 2-4, 2008.
This year Tech Tune-Up will expose professionals to breakthroughs and innovations coupled with insights and commentaries from internationally renowned researchers and practitioners. It will hone the competitive edge of participants and help them stay ahead of market and technology changes in today's competitive environment.
Lectures and panels will be given by experts from industry and the
University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, Medical School and Carlson School of Management. Topics that will be covered during the 3-day course include:
- Nanoelectronics
- Metamaterials
- Nanoimaging
- Quantum dots
- Organic electronics
- Low power design
- Renewable energy and energy storage
- Optical communications
- Next generation wireless networks
- Wireless sensor networks
- Data mining and machine learning
- RFID
- Energy harvesting
- Bioinformatics
- Informative brain decoding
- Implantable and wearable medical sensors
- Storage: materials, hardware, signal processing and management
- Biosensing
- MRI
- Ultrasound
- Wireless and network security
- CAD
- How to start and grow a technology company
- Multicore design and programming
- Software development
- Critical infrastructure security and protection
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Venue |
Tech Tune-Up will be held at:
Nearest parking ramps: (parking at the Washington Ramp included in the registration)
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| Registration |
| Individual |
2-5 per
company |
6 or more
per company |
Daily
fee |
| $1,495 ea. |
$1,295 ea. |
$1,095 ea. |
$600 |
Registration includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch,
snacks and coffee during the three days of the course.
Attending the 3-day course will count as two
continuing education credits.
Click here to register for the course.
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| Schedule |
Monday, 2 June, 2008
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7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:10 |
(3-180) Welcome and
Orientation |
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8:10 - 9:00 |
(3-180) Trends in
Bioinformatics (George Karypis) |
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9:05 - 9:55 |
(3-111) Magnetic Nanoparticles
and Magnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (J
P Wang)
(3-180)
Trachea and Heart Sound Analysis (Keshab Parhi) |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 - 11:05 |
(3-180) Recent Advances in Biosensing (Sang-Hyun Oh) |
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11:05 - 12:00 |
(3-180) Synthetic Biology (Marc
Riedel) |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch
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1:00 - 1:50 |
(3-180) Informative Brain
Decoding (Apostolos Georgopoulos) |
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1:50 - 2:45 |
(3-180) Wearable and
Implantable Sensors (Ahmed Tewfik) |
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2:45 - 3:00 |
Break |
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3:00 - 3:50 |
(3-180) Advances in Ultrasound
Imaging (Emad Ebbini) |
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3:50 - 4:35 |
(3-180) Advances in MRI (Bruce
Hammer) |
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Tuesday, 3 June, 2008
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7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:10 |
(3-180) Welcome and
Orientation |
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8:10 - 9:00 |
(3-111) Advances in Image
Processing (Guillermo Sapiro)
(3-180)
Low Power Digital CMOS Circuits (Chris Kim) |
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9:05 - 9:55 |
(3-111) Advances in Machine
Learning (Arindam
Banerjee)
(3-180)
RF Circuit Design (Ramesh Harjani) |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 - 11:05 |
(3-180) Optical Networks (Eytan
Modiano)
(3-111)
Computing with Magnets and Noise (David Lilja) |
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11:10 - 12:00 |
(3-180) Future Wireless
Technologies (Nihar Jindal)
(3-111)
Systems and Control Approaches to Nano-interrogation (Murti
Salapaka) |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 1:50 |
(3-180)
Signal Processing
Opportunities in Storage Electronics (Jon Coker) |
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1:55 - 2:45 |
(3-180) Magnetic Recording to
5 Terabit/in2 (Randall Victora) |
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2:45 - 3:00 |
Break |
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3:00 - 3:50 |
(3-180) Trends in Storage
System Design (Cory Devor)
(3-111)
Dynamics and Control of Newtonian and Viscoelastic Fluids: a System-Theoretic
Perspective (Mihailo Jovanovic) |
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3:55 - 4:35 |
(3-180) Legal Aspects of
Start-ups (Jeffrey Robbins) |
Wednesday, 4 June, 2008
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7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:10 |
(3-180) Welcome and
Orientation |
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8:10 - 9:00 |
(3-111) Energy Harvesting (William
Robbins)
(3-180) Innovation by Design: A Start-Up Model for the 21st
Century (Gary
Smaby) |
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9:05 - 9:55 |
(3-111) Diffraction Optics (James
Leger)
(3-180)
Trends in Security (Yongdae Kim) |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 - 11:05 |
(3-180) Metamaterials for RF
design (Anand Gopinath) |
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11:05 - 12:00 |
(3-180)
Trends in RFID (Robert
Sainati) |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 1:50 |
(3-180)
Formation and Integration of Nanomaterials and Devices Across
Scales and Material Boundaries (Heiko Jacobs)
(3-111) Critical Infrastructure Security and Protection (Massoud Amin) |
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1:55 - 2:45 |
(3-180) Advances in Carbon Nanotube
Technology (Tianhong Cui)
(3-111)
Renewable Energy (Ned Mohan and Bruce Wollenberg) |
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2:45 - 3:00 |
Break |
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3:00 - 3:50 |
(3-180) Quantum Dots (Steve
Campbell)
(3-111) Programming Languages (Eric VanWyk) |
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3:55 - 4:35 |
(3-180) Nanowires Fabrication
(Beth Stadler)
(3-111) Model Based Software Development (Mats Heimdahl) |
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| Why You Should Register! |
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This year's short course is specifically targeted towards continuing education for industry professionals. If you are interested in learning more, and you recognize that the only constant in the world of technology is change, Tech Tune-Up is just right for you! AND, you can earn two continuing education credits too!
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| Contact |
Phone: (612) 625-2855 (Josette Barsness)
Fax: 612-625-4583
Email: techtuneup |
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