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EE Department, I.I.T Bombay Communication Group Activities & Strengths. The Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay. One of the most active in the institute. The largest in terms of student strength (approximately 320 undergraduates and 300 postgraduates).
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EE Department, I.I.T Bombay Communication Group Activities & Strengths Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
The Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay • One of the most active in the institute. • The largest in terms of student strength • (approximately 320 undergraduates and • 300 postgraduates) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Five main specializations at the post graduate level: • Communications and Signal Processing • Control & Computing • Electronic Systems • Micro Electronics • Power Electronics and Power Systems. • Most faculty members in the dept belong to more than one specialization • - cross disciplinary activity being one of the main strengths of the dept. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
S. Chaudhuri U. B. Desai B. K. Dey S. Dutta Roy V. M. Gadre A. Karandikar G. Kumar D. Manjunath S. N. Merchant H. Narayanan P. C. Pandey P. Rao G. P. Saraph V. Sharma R. K. Shevgaonkar Communications & Signal Processing Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Research Areas • Signal processing - Biomedical signal and image processing - Speech and Audio Processing - DSP (Algorithms + HW implementation) • Computer vision • Communication networks • Optical communication • Wireless communication • RF, microwaves and antennas • Information theory and coding Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Communication Research Labs • Antennas and Microwaves • Communication & RF Electronics • Fiber Optics • Information Networks • SPANN • TI - DSP • Speech Processing • Vision & Image Processing Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Laboratory Facilities Antennas and Microwaves: Vector Network Analyzer, Microwave generator, Microwave power meter and frequency counter, Antenna pattern measurement system Fibre Optics: Digital Optical Communication kit, Single and Multimode fibre experimental setup, Optical Time domain reflectometer SPANN: 30-strong heterogeneous cluster,laser range camera, thermal camera, Bluetooth kit Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Industrial Partnerships • TCS • TCS sponsors 20 Masters students every year • in VLSI/Embedded Systems area • Intel • Has funded equipment in the Intel Lab for • VLSI activity • Has funded Network Processor Activity in • the Communication Lab • TI • Has funded the TI DSP lab Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Funding in Comm. & SP Funding Over Last 10 years has been around Rs 51 mil (5.1 crores) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Projects from Industry Antennas and Microwaves: DRDO, AICTE, ARDB, BRNS, Hitachi Metals, Aero-Marine, Kleinzaid, ECIL Fibre Optics: MHRD, AICTE, DOE Information Networks: DST, MHRD, Tata Infotech, Analog Devices, GE, Verifone, TI, Cirrus Logic, Switchon SPANN: Cirrus Logic, Texas Instruments, Tata Infotech, CE, Analog Devices, SASKEN, Aquila TI-DSP: TI, NRB, AICTE Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Future • Strengthen the PhD programme • Have a strong visitor programme • Have a strong student and faculty exchange program • Encourage entrepreneurship • Have more collaborations with industry and government organizations Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
PhD programme: • Presently (35 resident,45 external) • Raise to (130 resident,80 external) • Admission requirement • - should be outstanding, basic degree in science. • (willing to scout all over the country • -talent hunting is fun!) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
PhD students • Treat them well • Good work space - we have it now! • Exposure to the world • Exchange programmes with other universities, • industries all over the world • A strong visitor programme (researchers from • all over the world staying with us, weeks to • several months) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
A strong visitor programme • 15 visitors at any given time • Ph.D. students of Senior research • other universitiesworkers • Academics Practitioners from • industry/R&D • organizations • Rule = Excellence + Interaction with our faculty Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Entrepreneurship • The curriculum would encourage technological • entrepreneurship • Design projects taken to product level completion • Dual Degree, M.Tech, B.Tech projects can aim • towards entrepreneurial goals. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Antennas & Microwaves Lab Testing of Antenna and Microwave components with Network Analyzer Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Communication & RF Electronics Lab Testing of Wireless link at 2.45 GHz with Spectrum Analyzer Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Fibre Optics Lab Laser coupling light into an optical fiber Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
SPANN Lab Sensor Networks Research at SPANN Lab Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
TI-DSP Lab Experiments on TMC320C6XXX DSP Processors at TI-DSP Lab Indian Institute of Technology Bombay