CS122A
Fall Quarter, 2001

CS122A Class Presentations

You will be required to make a 10 minute oral presentation in class about an article related to computer
engineering. The following is the list of articles from IEEE Spectrum (or alternate link) that you can choose from.  One student per article.  There will normally be two presentations per class time.  By Thursday (10/4), you should have signed up for an article and a time slot.  Please send me e-mail as for which available article you want.  This page will be updated periodically for changing availability.  

 While your own presentation will be graded, the material covered in the presentation may show up only as extra credit questions on quizzes and exams.  If you don't like any of the articles, feel free to choose your own from Embedded System Programming,  IEEE Computers, IEEE Micro, IEEE Design & Test, or IEEE Intelligent Systems.  Please send it to me for approval at least one week before your presentation day.  The article should be at least 6 pages long.

You should try to cover the relevant and interesting points of the article.  In addition, you are expected to do a little research outside the article and add it to your presentation.  Questions from the audience will be encouraged.  You may want to use Powerpoint to make your slides.  You may either send it to me no later than 8AM on the day of the presentation or put it on a (virus free!!!) diskette.  Otherwise, you will be responsible for your own visual aid.  There may be between 10-15 slides per presentation, depending on your style.

You will probably have to be on campus, use a proxy service, or have your own subscription of IEEE journals for the link to work.  Every student has proxy (see http://sg.ucr.edu/proxy/), but if you can't get it to work, just go to a campus machine like the ones in the library.

Available article from IEEE Spectrum (or alternate link)

1. "Keeping Cars from Crashing", by W. Jones, Sep 2001, pp 40-45.
2. "Mindstorms, Not Just a Kid's Toy", by P. Wallich, Sep 2001, pp 52-57.
3. "Fiber Optics Without Fiber", by H. Willebrand et al, Aug 2001, pp 40-45.
4. "Packages Go Vertical", by H. Goldstein, Aug 2001, pp 46-51.
5. "MEMS in Space", by S. Cass, Jul 2001, pp 56-61.
6. "The Cable Modem Traffic Jam", by W. Ciciora, Jun 2001, pp 48-53.
7. "Metal Fuel Cells", by M. Riezenman, Jun 2001, pp 55-59.  
8. "The Digital Signal Processor Derby", by J. Eyre, Jun 2001, pp 62-68.
9. "Automation comes to Analog", by B. Martin, Jun 2001, pp 70-75.
10. "Rambus, Friend or Foe?", by J. Kumagai, May 2001, pp 42-47.
11. "Streamlining the Internet-Fiber Connection", by S. Dixit et al, Apr 2001, pp 52-57.
12. "By-Wire Cars Turn the Corner", by E. Bretz, Apr 2001,  pp 68-73.
13. "Making Chips to Probe Genes", by S. Moore, Mar 2001, pp 54-60.
14. "Building Networks on the Fly", by R. Pascoe, Mar 2001, pp 61-65.
15. "The Topsy Turvy World of Quantum Computing", by J. Mullins, Feb 2001, pp 42-49.
16. "Superconductor ICs: the 100-GHz Generation", D. Brock et al, Dec 2000, pp 40-46.
17. "Gene Sequencing's Industrial Revolution", J. Hodgson, Nov 2000, pp 36-42.
18. "Chip Detectives", J. Kumagai, Nov 2000, pp 43-49.
19. "Blue Tooth's Slow Dawn", R. Schneiderman, Nov 2000, pp 61-65.
20. "The PC Goes Ready-to-Wear", S. Ditlea, Oct 2000, pp 34-39.
21. "A Bright New Page in Portable Displays", G. Crawford, Oct 2000, pp 40-46.
22. "InP ICs Unleash the High-Frequency Spectrum", G. Raghavan et al, Oct 2000, pp 47-52
23. "Radio Interfaces Make the Difference in 3G Cellular Systems", M. Oliphant, Oct 2000, pp 53-58.
24. "Quantum Transistors: Toward Nanoelectronics", L. Geppert, Sep 2000, pp 46-51.
25. "The Cost of Quality In Internet-Style Networks", A. Dutta-Roy, Sep 2000, pp 57-62.
26. "Are Mobile Phone Safe?", K. Foster et al, Aug 2000, pp 23-28.
27. "The Dawn of Organic Electronics", S. Forrest et al, Aug 2000, pp 29-34.
28. "The Virtual Surgeon", D. Sorid et al, Jul 2000, pp 26-31.
29. "Microprocessors: the Off-Beat Generation", L. Geppert, Jul 2000, pp 44-49.