DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER
Week of January 15 - 19, 2001

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CHAIRMAN'S COLUMN

I would like to remind everyone that as part of the Northwestern community's observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, classes will not be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15.

We are all invited to attend the campus-wide observance at 11:00 in the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., and performances by theater professor and storyteller Rives Collins and soprano Cynthia Haymon. A live broadcast will also be shown in the Ryan Family Auditorium here in Tech. Other events will be held throughout the week.

-Prith Banerjee
Chairman

SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Teaching Series
DATE: Wednesday, January 17, 2001
TIME: 12:00 noon
PLACE: Tech L324
TITLE: Synergies that Result in Effective Teaching
SPEAKER: Allen Taflove, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor, ECE Department

EXAMINATIONS

Wednesday, January 17, 2001: Ph.D. Final Examination - 9:00 a.m.
Room L324
Xiaohui Shen
"Data Management, Storage and Access Optimizations in High Performance Distributed Environment"
Committee Members: A. Choudhary (chairman), P. Banerjee, V. Taylor, and L. Henschen

TRAVEL

Prith Banerjee traveled to Sunnyvale, CA, January 11-12, to visit Quicklogic Corporation and Xilinx Corporation.

CSRL NEWS

MS SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION

Because some of our graduate and undergraduate students missed the distribution times in November and December, the software will be distributed this week, January 15-19, at 10-11am and 2-3pm in room L440. Please bring your ID or we cannot serve you. The software consists of five shrink-wrapped boxes whose aggregate weight and dimensions are: about 7 pounds, and measuring 8"W, 10"H, 11.5"D.

-Pred Bundalo
Computing Facilities Manager

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