1. Highlights 1-1 2. Faculty and Staff 2-1 2.1 Facuay "..'."..'.'.'...'.'..'.-' """ 2.1 """ 2-5 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Adjunct Admi1istrative T~nical Scientists Department orvanizational ECE RepresentationFaculty Staff Admi1isb'8t1on Staff Chart in CoIege & Commltees , of Engiwering Commfttees, ,." , ."'" 2-6 """ 2-6 ."'.' 2-6 2-6 ".'" 2-7 2-8 3. Undergraduate Programs 3-1 3.1 Highlights , , ... 3-1 3.2 Enrollment """.'.""'. ". ~ ... ~ 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Degrees Instructional Undergraduate Freshman Senior Design Awafded Resealdl Labs Projeds Courses Opportunity Progr8n (FROP) " 3-6 ". 3-7 ...3-8 '" 3-8 4. Graduate Programs 4.1 COtne & Program cIopnent 4-1 ""'. 4-3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.64.5 New GRE MS Graduai8Ph.D. Students Matriculants Scxxes Students Teadq , F~ """ 4-3 ."'" -4-4 "'.'. 4-8 ""'" 4.s "" 4-10 4.7 4.8 4.9 Researd1 GrackJate ECE ColloquiumCourses Assistants ... , ..". 4-11 ".. 4-13 5. Research 5-1 5.1 Areasof Resean:h 5-1 5.2 Pubicatlons 5-2 5.3 Resean:hLabs 5-14 5.4 Centersand Interd~ary AdivIies , 5-17 5.5 New Grantsand Contracts 5-18 5.6 ContinuingGrants and Contrads 5-24 6. Outlook 6-1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Enroiknent Degrees TargetedReseard1 Faculty and Granted GrowthFunding Staff , 6-4 -. 6-5 --. 6-6 6-6 ~ This report providesa detaileddescription of the works and wireless cellular networks. Dr. Ari instructionaland researchactivities of the faculty; TrachteDberg received the Ph.D., in 2000, from the De- staff, and studentsof the Departmentof Electrical and partment of ComputerScience at the University of Illinois, Computer Engineering (ECE) at Boston University Urbana-Chantpaign. His researchinterests include error during the 1999-2000 academicyear. The instruc- correcting codes, cryptography, algorithms, approxima- tional activities reported are for the Fall 1999,Spring tions, computation, and visualization. Also joining the 2000, and Summer2000 semesters.Publications and ECE Department in Fall 2000, at the rank of Associate scholarlyactivities, as well as budgetinformation, are Professor with tenure, is Dr. JaDDSZKoDrad, who re- reportedfor the 2000 fiscal year (July 1, 1999to June ceived the Ph.D. from McGill University in 1989. He has 30, 2000). Key data for this year arealso comparedto served on the faculty of INRS-Telecommunicaions, previousyears to show progressand identify areasof Verdun, Quebec,Canada, from 1992 to 2000. His area of strength and weakness. Please refer to the research is image/video processing,steroscopic and 3-D Department'swebsite (http://bu.edu/ECE)for more imaging, and multimedia systenls. Dr. David Campbell, information on ECE's recentactivities. who was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering begining in Fall 2000, was also appointed Professor of Faculty Electrical and ComputerEngineering. Two new faculty, Dr. Ronald Knepper and Dt Theodore Morse, were appointed to the ECE Department at the rank of Professor, in September 1999. Dr. Ronald Knepper retired from the ffiM Microelectronics in Hopewell Junction, New York. where he held a number of positions, including Senior Manager of Advanced Silicon Technology Laboratory. His researchinterests include integratedcircuit design,microprocessor design, device design and modeling, and numerical device simulation (See sidebar on page 1-2). Dr. Tbeodoft Morse has been a Professor of Engineering at Brown University from 1968 until his retirementin 1999. He is a world renowned expert in optical fiber sensorsand op- tical fiber lasers. At Boston University, he has founded the Laboratory for Lightwave Technology(See sidebar). The Department has also added three new re- searchfaculty. Dr. Fei Luo and Dr. Valery Kozlov are neodon Morsejoined thefaculty of the 1:.iectricaland working with Professor Morse, while Dr. A.na Swan is ComputerEngineering Department, in September1999, working with Professors Selim OnlO and Bennett at the rank of Full Professol: ProfessorMorse received Goldbeig. the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineeringfiom Northwestern The Department has continued its vigorous ef- University in 1961. Hejoined thefaculty of BKJWnUni- forts to recruit new faculty in selectedstrategic areas. versity in 1963, becoming Professorof Engineering in From this extensive search,three new faculty members 1968 rmtil his moveto BU in 1999. At Brown University, will join the ECE Department for Fall 2000,at the rank of he founded and directed the Laboratory for Lightwave Assistant Professor. Dr. Enrico Bellotti received the Technology. He held visiting appointmentsat the Max Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineeringat Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, Woods Hole GeorgiaInstitute of Technology in 1999. His areaofre- Oceamgraphic Institute. University of California at San searchis semiconductormaterials and device design and Diego. and NortheasternUniversit)! He was a Fulbright simulation. Dr. David Starobinski received die Ph.D. Fe/low in German)! Dr. Morse is a world re1KJWnedex- from the Electrical Engineering Department at the pert on optical fiber sensorsand optical fiber lasers. At Technion, Israel Institute of Technologyin 1999. Over Boston UniversitJ' he hasfounded. and is c~ntly the die courseof the past year, he was a post-doctoralfellow Director of, the Laboratory for Lightwave 1echnology. at the Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience De- 11IeDOD. Air Force and N~ and the NSFfund his on- partment, University of California-Berkele)' His re- going resealCh. searchinterests include high-speedcommunication net- ~R6P"".~'-' I , Ronald Knepper joined the facuJ~ in September 1999, at the rank of Full Professor: Professor Knepper leCeived Mark HorDlStdnwas promoted to Full Pmfessor in 1999. I the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Professor Horenstein received the Ph.D. fmm the Massa- Mellon University in 1969. From 1969 until his chusetts Institrlle of1echnology, in 1978, and has been a I retWmentIn 1999,he workedwith IBMMicIOelectronics faculty member in the ECE Department at Boston Univer- in Hopewell Jwx:tion, New ~rk. While at IBM; he held sity since 1979. His leSealrh intefeSts include appliea a number of positions, including Pmject Manager of electromagnetics, electrostatics, and micro-electrome- Exploratory Devices, Project Manager of Advanced chanical systems (MEMS). He is an active member of the Device Technology, Senior Manager of 1echnology Electrostatics Society of America. currently serving as its Modeling, and Senior 1echnicalStaff Member.In 1994, President. Currently. he is a senior member of the IEEE. he was an IBM VISiting Scholar at the Center for DI: Horenstein has been a major player in designing the IntegratedSystems at StanfoldUniversity. Dr. Knepper~ ECE undergraduate cwriculron and has made nUn2e1OW' resean:h interests include integrated circuit design, contributions to engineering education. He is the author microprocessordesign. device design and modeling,ana of a popular textbook, Microelectronic Cin:uits a~ processand device simulation. Holding 14 patents, he .!.ika. mw in its second edition. and two other books on engineering design, Env~rine: Desim - A DatI ia..lbl; I has made many contributions to the early ciICuit developmentand modelingof the MOSFET techmlogy Life 2f Four EnPineers and Desim ConceDts for ~ lKm- During the 1990-98period. he senoedas Associate I Overthe courseoftenyears,fiom 1983to 1993,he served as editor of the Solid-State ElectlOnicsJournal. He Chair for the wldelgraduateprogram. In 1996, Pmfes- received a number of awams, including two IBM sor Horenstein.received the Boston University College oJ Outstanding Technical Achievement awards for EngineeringFaculty SenficeAwmd. In 1999, the College "conceptionand definition of cilCuit techniquesfor high of Engineeringappointed him asAssociate Deanfor Re- oerformance arrays" and "semiconductor device searchaIwJ Graduate Programs. modeling and design." Additionally; he was elected Fellow of the IEEE in January 2000. William Clem Karl waspromoted to AssociatePmfessor and granted tenurein /999. Professor Karl receivedthe Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. in /99/. from the MassachusettsInstitute of 1echnology(MIT) and continued as a ResearchScientist with the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems through /994. In /995. hejoined the faculty of Boston University as anAssistant Professor in the ECE Department.being appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Departmentby /996. His researchinterests include multidimentional and multiscale signal and image pKJCessing.with a particular focus on medical applications of image plOCessing. Since /995. he has been a LeCtuier at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and 1echnology. At BU. DI: Karlfoundea the Multidimensional Signal PlOCessingResearch Laboratory. funded by NIB; AFOSR J MURI. andARO. During /984-85. he served as Associate Editor of Control Systems Newslettel; and since 1996 he has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE 1ransac- lions on Image Processing. and temains a Senior Member of the IEEE. PlOfessor Karl received the 1999-2000 ECE Teaching Award. I ~~~l-. Furthermore, the appointmentof Professor Tho- mas Toffoli will changefrom ResearchAssociate Profes- sor to Associate Professor,tenme track. For the 2000-01 schoolyear, he will becomeactive in teachingin the areaof computer engineering. Two ECE faculty members,Dr. William Clem Karl and Dr. AleuDder V; SergieDko,were promoted this year to Associate Professor and awarded tenure (See sidebarson page 1-2, 1-3). Likewise,Dr. Mark HoRDStem and Dr. Truong NguyeDwere