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
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 postgraduate 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 stucturalalgorithmic 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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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
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Short courses in:
University of Brescia (Italy);
University of Catania (Italy);
Technical University of Catalonia (UPCBarcelona, Spain)
Main topics from the course have been
integrated and given in the frame of Sensors
and Signal Conditioning course (UPCBarcelona)
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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.
Questions ?
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