Prof. Sergey Y. Yurish

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Novel Curricula in Smart Sensors Systems Design
in the Frame of Human Resources and Mobility
Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) Action

• Prof. Sergey Y. Yurish
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
  UPC-Barcelona, Spain

EWME 2008, Budapest, Hungary, 30 May 2008
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Contents

• Introduction
• Course Highlights and Contents
• Methodology and Features
• Prerequisite and Readings
• Online course and tutorial
• Courses for academia and industry in 2007 and
  2008
• Future courses
• Summary

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Introduction

• Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) is one out of 3 actions
  devoted to the promotion and recognition of
  scientific excellence and created with the aim to
  increase the visibility and attractiveness of
  European research
• It strongly focused on both research and
  teaching activities (at least 50 of project
  time for teaching activities)
• Teaching activities should be connected with new
  research results obtained during the project

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Course Highlights

• Describes a systematic approach towards design of
  low-cost, high-performance smart sensors systems,
  digital and intelligent sensors
• Base on the novel measuring methods and
  techniques to built smart sensors systems
• Uses innovative teaching methods
• Updated on annual basis
• Benefits both academia (graduate and
  post-graduate students) and industry (engineers
  and researchers)

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Smart Sensors Systems Design

• Smart and Quasi-Digital Sensors Sate-of-the-Art
• Data Acquisition Methods for Sensor Systems
• Classical Frequency-to-Digital Conversion Methods
• Advanced and Self-Adopted Conversion Methods
• Digital Sensors and Program-Oriented Conversion
  Methods
• Smart Sensor Systems
• Virtual Instruments

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Smart Sensors Systems Design (cont.)

• Sensor Buses, Protocols and Networks
• Sensor Interface Chips and Frequency-to-Digital
  Conversion ICs
• Digital Sensors and Smart Sensors System Design
• Smart Transducer Interface IEEE 1451 Standard and
  Frequency Output Sensors
• Direct Sensor-to-Microcontroller Interface

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Methodology and Features

• Lectures, lab activities, project based learning
  (PBL), seminars, training-through-research using
  a special equipment, e-learning
• Focused on both technological and
  stuctural-algorithmic methods for performance
  improvements
• Laboratory and PBL activities based on ICs
  UFDC-1, UFDC-1M-16, UFDC-2 and USTI which were
  developed during the SMARTSES project. It can be
  used in CMOS MEMS and SoC designs

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Prerequisite and Readings

• Basic knowledge of electrical circuits,
  microcontrollers and measurements
• Readings

1. Kirianaki N.V., Yurish S.Y., Shpak N.O.,
Deynega V.P., Data Acquisition and Signal
Processing for Smart Sensors, John Wiley Sons,
Chichester, UK, 2002 2. Smart Sensors and
MEMS, ed. by S.Y. Yurish and M.T. Gomes, Springer
Verlag, 2005 3. Sensors Web Portal
(www.sensorsportal.com)
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IFSA Sensors Web Portal
http//www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/Education.htm
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IEEE Sensors Council Web Site
http//www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/sensors/tutorials.htm
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Visitors Statistics
Since December 2006 to April 2008 both online
courses were attended approximately by 10 000
visitors
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Courses for Industry and Academia in 2007

• A short course in University of Applied Science,
  (Furtwangen, Germany)
• 5-day advanced engineering course for industry in
  Fundació UPC, (Barcelona, Spain)
• IFSA or/and Fundació UPC certificates

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Courses for Industry and Academia in 2008

• Short courses in
• University of Brescia (Italy)
• University of Catania (Italy)
• Technical University of Catalonia (UPC-Barcelona,
  Spain)
• Main topics from the course have been integrated
  and given in the frame of Sensors and Signal
  Conditioning course (UPC-Barcelona)

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The Future

• An advanced engineering course for industry on
  annual basis (Barcelona, Spain)
• Courses in University of Waterloo (ON, Canada)
  and Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Portugal)
• Sensors and Signal Conditioning course on annual
  basis (UPC-Barcelona) including lectures,
  laboratory activities and project (PBL)
• PhD thesis supervising
• Course or short seminar can be given on request
  in any European university and company

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Summary

• The course is based on new research results
  obtained during the SMARTSES project in emerging
  field of smart sensors systems design, digital
  and intelligent sensors with self-adaptation and
  self-identification possibilities highly
  relevant to European research interests
• The developed course has received a high
  appreciation from industry and students (based on
  off-line and on-line questionnaires prepared by
  EC and Fundació UPC
• Due to positive feedback from industry the
  Fundació UPC has decided to propose this course
  annually in order to improve industry and
  university collaboration in education.

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Acknowledgment

• These teaching activities were supported by EC
  Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) grant in the frame of
  project MEXT-CT-2005-023991 SMARTSES

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Thank you for your attention.
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