Digital Sensor Interfacing
Digital Sensor Interfacing
Dr. Steven Griffin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Memphis

ABSTRACT:
Many modern sensor systems eventually convert to digital standards. There are many implications for the sensor system as well as the host system. This includes entirely digital systems as well as systems with analog to digital conversion. There are interactions with sensor networking configurations as well. This includes communication issues as well as local storage, power consumption, and coordination. Higher level structural issues are of increasing concern, with ontological based systems being developed for coordination. The common denominator of concern is data overload. A number of structural and data processing techniques are being implemented to solve this – including compressive sensing.

Brief Bio:
Dr. Steven Griffin (Ph.D. Univ of Illinois) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, His recent interests are in projects developing visual sensors including cameras that can see through clothes and walls to detect objects like weapons, collaborating with Dr. Carl Halford, with definite implications for homeland security systems. Dr. Griffin is an active participant in the international annual IEEE Sensor Applications Symposium. He has worked in the microswitch division at Honeywell. He has been on the faculty of The University of Memphis faculty since 1980.

The Seminar is free and open to the public. A reception and social time with the speaker starts at 3:00 pm. For further information, please contact Dr. Rammohan Ragade at 502-852-0476.