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Ed Coyle, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Center for Wireless Systems and Applications
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Abstract:
Wireless networks for communication and sensing have been deployed or are in the planning stages for many different applications. Examples include public-access Wi-Fi networks in Philadelphia and San Francisco, sensor networks for wireless telemedicine, and 4G networks that will either replace or complement cellular networks. To illustrate what is possible with these networks, the talk will begin with an overview of the eStadium project at Purdue University. This project involves faculty, administrators, staff, graduate students and undergraduates who work together to create a wireless system that enhances football fans' enjoyment and safety during home games in Purdue's Ross Ade Stadium.
For these applications to grow beyond curiosities and become commercially viable, many challenging problems in the design of wireless and sensor networks must be solved. The second half of the talk will thus focus on some research results in the area of wireless sensor networks. We will characterize the many design tradeoffs that exist in these networks among such characteristics as their spatio-temporal sampling rates, throughput, delays in gathering data, and performance in distributed detection/estimation tasks.
Biography:
Edward J. Coyle received the BS degree from the University of Delaware in 1978 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton in 1982. Since 1982 he has been in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He serves as a Co-Director of the Center for Wireless Systems and Applications and, for this year is a Kenan Trust Visiting Professor at Princeton.
Dr. Coyle's technical research interests include wireless sensor networks and digital signal processing. He was a co-recipient of the Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award from the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems and the 1986 Best Paper Award for Authors under 30 from the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Dr. Coyle is a Fellow of the IEEE and an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus of the University of Delaware.
Dr. Coyle's education research includes the integration of undergraduate education with the research activities of faculty and the creation of an "innovation continuum" in the engineering curriculum. He was a co-founder of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program. For his work with the EPICS Program, Professor Coyle was a co-recipient of the 2005 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education from the National Academy of Engineering.
Friday, March 2nd at 2 p.m.
Bossone 303
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