OVERVIEW
The first ECE Graduate Student Symposium held on 10 & 11 May 2012, at the Faculty of Engineering witnessed high quality 152 oral and 38 poster presentations by students of ECE department. The highlight was the keynote speech by Prof Krishna Saraswat, Rickey/Nielsen Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University.
The main objective of the Symposium is to further enhance the quality of graduate seminar as well as providing a platform for undergraduates, graduates students and faculty to exchange the latest research findings and ideas. The symposium also provides a unique networking opportunity for students and faculty from NUS with leading industry experts in the field.
The Symposium focus on research works and progress under 7 department research areas:
- Communication & Networks
- Control, Intelligent Systems & Robotics
- Integrated Circuits & Embedded Systems Circuits
- Microelectronic Technologies & Devices
- Microwave & RF
- Power & Energy Systems and
- Signal Processing & New Media.
The proceedings is now available and can be accessed from the navigation menu. Also the best paper awards have been announced.
Best Paper Award
After rounds of evaluations and interviews with the short-listed finalists, the judges have chosen the following winners for their outstanding research contribution and effective communication/presentation skills.
| S/No. | Category | Position | Names |
| 1 | Overall Winner (Signal Processing & New Media) Sponsored by ECE Department |
Overall Winner | Wang Lei |
| 2 | Communications & Networks Track Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society |
- | Nguyen Duy Hieu |
| 3 | Power & Energy Systems Track Sponsored by IEEE Power & Energy Society |
1st | Ma Fajun |
| 2nd | Parikshit Yadav | ||
| 4 | Microelectronic Technologies & Devices Track Sponsored by IEEE Reliability/CPMT/ED Singapore Chapter |
1st | Moe Kevin |
| 2nd | Wang Nan | ||
| 3rd | Liu Xinming | ||
| 5 | Control, Intelligent Systems & Robotics Track Sponsored by ECE Department |
1st | Yang Yue |
| 2nd | Shim Vui Ann | ||
| 6 | Integrated Circuits & Embedded Systems Track Sponsored by ECE Department |
- | Zhang Xiaoyang |
| 7 | Microwave and RF Track Sponsored by ECE Department |
1st | Yasaman Kiasat Dolat Abadi |
| 2nd | Lu Xiaoming | ||
| 3rd | Hu Feng |
The prize giving ceremony will take place during our 5th ECE Graduate Tea Session on Monday, 27th August 2012, from 11.00am to 12.00noon.