Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay: Current Activities & Strengths

1. EE Department, I.I.T Bombay Current Activities Strengths Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2. The Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay • One of the most active in the institute. • The largest in terms of student strength • (approximately 320 undergraduates and • 300 postgraduates) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

3. Five main specializations at the post graduate level: • Communications and Signal Processing • Control & Computing • Electronic Systems • Micro Electronics • Power Electronics and Power Systems. • Most faculty members in the dept belong to more than one specialization • - cross disciplinary activity being one of the main strengths of the dept. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

4. S. Chaudhuri U. B. Desai B.K. Dey S. Dutta Roy V. M. Gadre A. Karandikar G. Kumar D. Manjunath S.Merchant H. Narayanan P.C. Pandey P. Rao G. P.Saraph V. Sharma R. K. Shevgaonkar Communications & Signal Processing Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

5. Research Areas • Signal processing - Biomedical signal and image processing - Speech and Audio Processing - DSP (Algorithms + HW implementation) • Computer vision • Media processing • Wireless communication • Antennas and Microwaves • Communication networks • Artificial neural networks Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

6. Communication Laboratories • Antennas and Microwaves • Fiber Optics • Communication Electronics • Information Networks • SPANN • Telematics • TI-DSP Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

7. Funding in Comm. & SP Funding Over Last 10 years has been around Rs 51 mil (5.1 crores) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

8. Projects from Industry Antennas and Microwaves: DRDO, AICTE, ARDB, BRNS, Hitachi Metals, Aero-Marine, Kleinzaid, ECIL Fibre Optics: MHRD, AICTE, DOE Information Networks: DST, MHRD, Tata Infotech, Analog Devices, GE, Verifone, TI, Cirrus Logic, Switchon SPANN: Cirrus Logic, Texas Instruments, Tata Infotech, CE, Analog Devices, SASKEN, Aquila TI-DSP: TI, NRB, AICTE Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

9. Laboratory Facilities Antennas and Microwaves: Vector Network Analyzer, Microwave generator, Microwave power meter and frequency counter, Antenna pattern measurement system Fibre Optics:Digital Optical Communication kit, Single and Multimode fibre experimental setup, Optical Time domain reflectometer SPANN: 30-strong heterogeneous cluster,laser range camera, thermal camera, Bluetooth kit Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

10. Control & Computing Intended to represent theory + computational algorithms within EE The seed is the present networks + control faculty Judging by present interests of faculty would be more than half the size of the EE faculty soon. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

11. Activities and Interests of Control & Computing Group • Design of control laws for guidance, active vibration control • Optimal control for satellite orientation and control. • Simulations of large order interconnected dynamics for • various studies such as sensor locations, fault and condition • monitoring, flutter and stability evaluation etc. • Computational aspects of Large scale system dynamics • (eg. eigenvalue and eigenvector computation of large • (million state variables) electrical networks • Partitioning techniques for large system problems : • optimization, simulation, sensitivity studies. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

12. Electronic Systems Intended to represent System design methodologies and Hardware implementation within EE The seed is the present instrumentation faculty Judging by present interests of faculty would be more than half the size of the EE faculty soon. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

13. Electronic Systems : Current R&D Areas • Speech analysis synthesis,enhancement and encoding•Speech processing for adverse listening conditions•Digital measurements and instrumentation• Biomedical instrumentation and signal processing•Instrumentation for ultrasonic hyperthermia•Fluid flow measurement using ultrasonic techniques. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

14. M.S.AgarwalV.AgarwalA.N.ChandorkarM.C.ChandorkarK.ChatterjeeB.G.FernandesS.A.KhapardeM.S.AgarwalV.AgarwalA.N.ChandorkarM.C.ChandorkarK.ChatterjeeB.G.FernandesS.A.Khaparde A.M.Kulkarni S.V.Kulkarni H.Narayanan S.A.Soman Power Electronics & Power Systems Group Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

15. Selected Ongoing Projects • EMI studies • Induction heating converter design • 150 kVA DSP-controlled harmonic compensator for induction furnaces • System studies for India’s first thyristor-based • 400 kV transmission line compensator • DSP hardware and real-time software for power electronics • High frequency power supply • Sensorless motor control methods Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

16. Ongoing research activities • EMI / EMC issues • Object oriented power system analysis • Power system deregulation issues • Systems aspects of FACTS devices • Power electronic converters and control • Electric Power Quality • Real time simulation of power electronics and machines • Electronic ballasts and active rectifiers • High frequency power supplies • Electric machine design, analysis and modelling Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

17. Facilities • EMI spectrum analyser • PCs and Sun workstations with system simulation software • Finite Element Modelling software • Power electronic converter modules • DSP based control hardware and software for power • electronics • DSP hardware and software development tools • Laboratory instrumentation: Digital storage oscilloscopes, current probes, high voltage probes, data acquisition systems Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

18. P. R. Apte A. N. Chandorkar M. P. Desai S. Duttagupta R. Lal S. Mahapatra H. Narayanan M. B. Patil V. Ramgopal Rao D. K. Sharma J. Vasi Microelectronics & VLSI Group Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

19. Areas of R & D • Silicon CMOS physics and technology • MEMS • VLSI modelling and simulation • VLSI design • VLSI CAD tool development • Interaction between VLSI technology and design Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

20. Facilities • Class 1000 clean room • Excellent characterization facility • SEM; Photoluminescence • VLSI design workstations • Simulation workstations • Intel microelectronics lab • TCS VLSI design lab Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

21. Sponsored Projects • Over 40 projects since 1985 totaling Rs. 150 million • Projects cover all areas of Microelectronics & VLSI • Projects from major government agencies, and leading Indian & international companies Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

22. Industry Collaborations • Projects with Indian industry: TCS,BEL, ITI, SASKEN, TI, Cypress, ControlNet, etc • Projects with international industry: Intel, Motorola, GE, Siemens, National, NTT, Sun • Industry sponsorship of students • Continuing Education Programs for industry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

23. Our alumni have remembered us ! Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

24. Girish Gaitonde Lecture Hall Complex Donor Girish Gaitonde (`83 BTech, EE) From July 2004, this complex will host the EE dept office +all EE classes (total strength more than 700). Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

25. Wadhwani Electronics Laboratories Donor Ramesh Wadhwani (`69 BTech,EE) This was inaugurated in early 2000 and includes all undergraduate Electronic Labs, Design Project Labs and some research Labs. This occupies more than half the area of the 3rd floor of the EE dept building and has equipments ranging from work-horse type to highly sophisticated. Throughout the year, more than 800 students use these labs. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

26. Prof L.R.Gadre Wireless Complex Donor A.M.Gadre ('84 B.Tech,EE) Inauguration : Later this year. Will include within it the Antennas and uWaves Lab, SPANN lab and the DSP lab. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

27. Industrial Partnerships TCS TCS sponsors 20 Masters students every year in the VLSI/Embedded Systems area Has funded the TCS laboratory for VLSI activity Intel Has funded and continues to equip the Intel Laboratory for VLSI activity TI Has funded the TI DSP lab Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

28. Future • Strengthen the PhD programme • Have a strong visitor programme • Have a strong student and faculty exchange program • Encourage entrepreneurship • Have more collaborations with industry and government organizations Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

29. PhD programme: • Presently (35 resident,45 external) • Raise to (130 resident,80 external) • Admission requirement • - should be outstanding, basic degree in science. • (willing to scout all over the country • -talent hunting is fun!) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

30. PhD students • Treat them well • Good work space - we have it now! • Exposure to the world • Exchange programmes with other universities, • industries all over the world • A strong visitor programme (researchers from • all over the world staying with us, weeks to • several months) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

31. A strong visitor programme • 15 visitors at any given time • Phd students of Senior research • other universitiesworkers • Academics Practitioners from • industry/R&D • organizations • Rule - Excellence + interaction with our faculty Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

32. Entrepreneurship • The curriculum would encourage technological • entrepreneurship • Design projects taken to product level completion • Dual Degree,M.Tech,B.Tech projects can aim • towards entrepreneural goals. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

33. The Promise • We will cherish teaching and academic values • We will reach out • We will look far ahead • We will value silence also in the midst of clamour. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay