{"276731":{"#nid":"276731","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Seminar (ECE 2002A\/ECE 8002A)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Steven W.\u0026nbsp;McLaughlin\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u2019s Title and Affiliation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EProfessor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E School of ECE Update\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe overarching vision of the School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology is to lead in the creation and development of intellectual and human capital in electrical and computer engineering and their applications, in order to foster the technological, economic, and social enrichment of the State of Georgia, the nation, and the world. Our goals in support of this vision are to\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ebe recognized as one of the very best programs of electrical and computer engineering education, research, and its transfer to the community at large;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ebe recognized as a place that encourages excellence and diversity in thought and endeavor;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eprovide degree and continuing education programs that produce graduates who are well-prepared to enter and assume leadership roles in the profession;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eprovide research and intellectual resources to address problems facing the industry and the nation, while advancing the boundaries of disciplinary and multidisciplinary research and its applications.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is in this context that ECE works to advance Georgia Tech\u0027s strategic mission to define the technological research university of the 21st century. This talk will explore how our world-class faculty and staff, gifted students, and educational and research programs enable us to achieve these goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. McLaughlin received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northwestern University in 1985, the M.S.E. degree from Princeton University in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1992. He has held positions at AT\u0026amp;T Bell Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., and Booz, Allen and Hamilton.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1992-1996 he was on the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He joined the School of ECE at Georgia Tech in September 1996 where he is now the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. He holds 30 U.S. patents and has several pending, and he has published more than 230 papers in journals and conferences in the general area of communications and information theory. He is the co-founder of Whisper Communications, a physical layer security company established in 2010 to commercialize technology developed in his research group.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESchool of ECE Update \u003C\/em\u003Ewith Steve W. 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