Status as of May 24, 2012

See: http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec499/ for past projects and other course information

CENG/ELEC/SENG 499: Term 4A: May - August 2012

Students are strongly encouraged to select a project originating from the Industry or external organizations. An extensive directory of local industry can be found under: http://www.viatec.ca/BusinessDirectory.aspx.

Project and team selection must be finalized BEFORE the end the first week of classes of each term. Normal team size is 3 - 5 students. Use UVic electronic board: https://moodle.uvic.ca/login/index.php to search for partners or for other communications.

Projects Available

1. Pre-Approved Projects proposed and supervised by ECE or CSc faculty
2. Project Proposed by external organizations/persons

Pre-Approved Projects proposed and supervised by ECE or CSc faculty

(Note: Some projects have not been updated recently. Please contact supervisor for the updates.)

Supervisor: Michael Adams, mdadams@ece.uvic.ca (May 7, 2012)

I am willing to supervise projects in any of the following areas:

• digital signal processing,
• digital geometry processing,
• multimedia systems,
• data compression,
• computer graphics,
• geometric modelling, and
• software development in the C++ or C programming language.

Students are encouraged to propose their own projects. Some examples of possible projects can be found at:

http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/courses/ece499/

Supervisor: Pan Agathoklis, pan@ece.uvic.ca (May 2009)

• PA1 Performance Analysis of MPEG Video Encoders
• PA2 Image compression
• PA3 Developing a web tool for image registration

Supervisor: Amirali Baniasadi, amirali@ece.uvic.ca (May 24, 2012)

• AB1 Potentials of Instruction Reuse in High Performance Processors
• AB2 Mobile App for a RESTful web service

Supervisor: Ashoka Bhat, bhat@ece.uvic.ca (Dec. 2002)

• AB1 To design and build a zero-voltage-transition step-up dc-to-dc converter
• AB2 To design and build a zero-voltage-switching dc-to-dc converter
• AB3 To design and build a dc-to-dc converter for charging electric vehicle batteries
• AB4 Other Projects

Supervisor: Jens Bornemann, j.bornemann@ieee.org

• JB1 Contact Supervisor
• JB2 Contact Supervisor

Supervisor: Colin Bradley, cbr@me.uvic.ca (Apr. 2010)

• CB1 Development and Integration of an Imaging System with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• CB2 Development and Testing of a Real Time Control Computer for an Adaptive Optics System

Supervisor: Alexandra Branzan Albu, aalbu@ece.uvic.ca (Nov. 2008)

I am interested in supervising projects involving human motion analysis from video sequences. The database for such projects is already in place.

• AA1 Design of interactive image processing software for the K-12 curriculum
• AA2 Contact Supervisor

Supervisor: Lin Cai, lincai@ece.uvic.ca (May 2009)

I am willing to supervise any project related to wireless networking. The projects will be conducted in groups of 2-4 persons. Prerequisites include basic knowledge of computer networks. For details please contact me.

• LC1 roadband home network for triple play services
• LC2 Building a Software-Defined Radio

Supervisor: Jim Collins, j.s.collins@ieee.org (May 7, 2012)

• JC1 A Basic Visual Guidance Sensor Subsystem For Racing Autonomous Robots

Supervisor: Thomas Darcie, tdarcie@ece.uvic.ca (Jan. 2010)

• TD1 USB Light Pen (Ted Darcie and Barmak Heshmat)

Supervisor: Nikitas Dimopoulos, nikitas@ece.uvic.ca

• ND1 Towards the design of the smallest computer system possible
• ND2 Using RFIDs (or other technologies) to catalog and track the works of art in Maltwood

Supervisor: Xiaodai Dong, xdong@ece.uvic.ca (on Leave until May 15, 2012)

• XD1 Ultra-wideband (UWB) Communication Systems Transceiver Design.
• XD2 Real Time Wireless ECG

Supervisor: Peter Driessen, peter@ece.uvic.ca (May. 2011)

I am willing to supervise projects related to Sound Recording, Audio Signal Processing, Computer Music, Amateur Radio, Software Defined Radio, Example projects can be found at http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~peter/499/499index.html

Supervisor: Fayez Gebali, fayez@ece.uvic.ca

• FG1 Design of HCORDIC Processor
• FG2 Synthesis of HCORDIC Processor
• FG3 Wireless Sensor Networks
• FGKLMM1 (Co-Supervisors: Kin F. Li and Michael McGuire) Design of a Smart Bus Stop
• FGKLMM2 (Co-Supervisors: Kin F. Li and Michael McGuire) Smart Campus Design and Development

Supervisor: Daniel German, dmg@cs.uvic.ca (Nov. 2009)

• DG1 Undergraduate Capstone Open Source Projects

Supervisor: Bruce Gooch, brucegooch@gmail.com (Dec. 2006)

• BG1 Bikes to USB game control devices

Supervisor: Reuven Gordon, rgordon@engr.uvic.ca (November 29, 2010)

Interested in supervising projects related to optics and photonics. Example past projects I have supervised: "IR laser pointer mouse", "Solar energy concentrators". Potential future projects: "Ultrafast optical autocorrelator for measuring femtosecond pulses", "High speed, low noise data acquisition of optical signal". Contact Dr. Gordon early in the term for further details.

Supervisor: Aaron Gulliver, agullive@ece.uvic.ca

• AG1 Contact Supervisor
• AG2 Contact Supervisor

Supervisor: Paul Kraeutner, pkraeutner@shaw.ca (Nov. 2009)

• PK1 Iphone/Itouch Depth Sounder (Hardware and Iphone App)
• PK2 Synthetic Aperture Sonar Demonstration System
• PK3 Parametric Sound Source
• PK4 Schlieren Imaging of Acoustic Phenomenon

Supervisor: Harry Kwok, hlkwok@ece.uvic.ca (Dec. 2002)

• HK1 Analysis and design of novel semiconductor devices and circuits

Supervisor: Kin F. Li, kinli@uvic.ca (May 2012)

• KFL1 Web Mining
• KFL2 Hardware Implementation of Database Operations
• KFL3 Environmentally Friendly Garden Protection System
• KFL4 3D Motion Capture using Wii Remote Controller in e-Learning Systems (Contact Supervisor)
• KFL5 Game Creator using Kinect
• ECE1 Computer Controlled Foosball Table
• ECE2 Robot Pet
• FGKLMM1 (Co-Supervisors: Fayez Gebali and Michael McGuire) Design of a Smart Bus Stop
• FGKLMM2 (Co-Supervisors: Fayez Gebali and Michael McGuire) Smart Campus Design and Development

Supervisor: W.S. Lu, wslu@ece.uvic.ca (Dec. 2002)

• WSL1 Application of Wavelet Signal Processing (I): Compression of Speech, Music, and ECG Signals
• WSL2 Application of Wavelet Signal Processing (II): Compression and Noise Removal for Still Images
• WSL3 Application of Wavelet Signal Processing (III): Compression of Video Signals

Supervisor: Eric Manning, emanning@engr.uvic.ca (Apr. 2010)

• PDEM1 (Co-Supervisor: P.F. Driessen) Radio Contest Robot

Supervisor: Michael McGuire, mmcguire@ece.uvic.ca (Nov. 2007)

• MM01 Mobile Gaming or Multimedia Presentation
• MM02 Automatic Stereo Equalization
• MM03 Other Projects
• MM04 First Year Robotics Platform
• FGKLMM1 (Co-Supervisors: Fayez Gebali and Kin F. Li) Design of a Smart Bus Stop
• FGKLMM2 (Co-Supervisors: Fayez Gebali and Kin F. Li) Smart Campus Design and Development

Supervisor: Subhasis Nandi, snandi@ece.uvic.ca (Apr. 2010)

• SNA1 Projects in Power Electronics area
• SNA2 Projects in Power Systems area

Supervisor: Stephen Neville, sneville@ece.uvic.ca (Dec. 2002)

• SN1 Functional and Performance Analysis of SNORT Intrusion Detection System

Supervisor: J. Pan, CSc, Pan@UVic.CA

I am willing to supervise student projects in the area of computer networks and distributed systems. Students are encouraged to propose their own projects, and some of the possible projects are listed below and constantly updated at http://www.cs.uvic.ca/~pan/usra

• JP1 Multimedia Streaming over Multipath Networks
• JP2 Scalable Distributed Network Measurement
• JPKW1 (Co-Supervisor: K. Wu) Cooperative Internet Access

Supervisor: Chris Papadopoulos, papadop@ece.uvic.ca

• CP 1 Contact Supervisor
• CP 2 Contact Supervisor

Supervisor: Daler Rakhmatov, daler@ece.uvic.ca (Dec. 2003)

• DR1 Web tool for estimation of energy efficiency of embedded systems

Supervisor: Mihai Sima, msima@ece.uvic.ca (Jan. 2010)

• MS1 FPGA-based solutions for Discrete Fourier/Cosine/Wavelet Transform
• MS2 Voice Dialer on a low-end digital signal processor
• MS3 Magnetic field measurement by means of Hall sensors
• MS4 DICE-1
• MS5 DICE-2

Supervisor: Poman P.M. So, pso@ece.uvic.ca (November 16, 2010)

• PS1 Graphical User Interface for Computational Electromagnetics
• PS2 Modeling Framework for Computational Electromagnetics
• PS3 Massively Parallel Computational Electromagnetics Algorithms on GPU
• PS4 Electronic Stethoscope Interface for eHealth and Telemedicine

Supervisor: Issa Traoré, itraore@ece.uvic.ca (Apr. 2005)

Various projects related to design and implementation of computer and network solutions such as intrusion detection systems (IDS), identity fraud detectors, biometrics technologies etc.

For more details see: http://www.isot.ece.uvic.ca

• IT1 Contact Supervisor
• IT2 Contact Supervisor

Supervisor: George Tzanetakis, gtzan@cs.uvic.ca (Nov. 2008)

• GTZ1 Speech responsive robot using microphone array and prosodic analysis
• GTZ2 Sound Spatialization System using Novel Controllers
• GTZ3 Distributed sound processing using "physical" delay lines

Supervisor: Jens Weber, jens@uvic.ca (Dec. 2011)

• JW1 An Augmented Reality-based Personal Drug Safety App
• JW2 A FitBit App to Motivate Healthy Living
• JW3 Other projects

Supervisor: K. Wu, CSc, wkui@CSC.UVic.CA

• JPKW1 (Co-Supervisor: J. Pan) Cooperative Internet Access

Supervisor: Hong-Chuan Yang, hyang@ece.uvic.ca (Nov. 2008)

I am willing to supervise other projects related to wireless and mobile communications. The following suggested topics involve the simulation study of core techniques for next generation cellular systems -3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE). The projects will be conducted in groups of 2-4 persons. Prerequisites include ELEC 456. Contact me for details.

• HY1 User scheduling strategies for OFDMA systems
• HY2 Practical multiuser MIMO transmission strategies

Supervisor: Adam Zielinski, adam@ece.uvic.ca (Apr. 2010)

I am willing to supervise any project related to novel applications of electronics, sensors and acoustics. Of particular interest are projects with potential commercial value. For such projects students might need to sign a nondisclosure agreement. The projects will be conducted in groups of 2-4 persons. Prerequisites include good marks (min. B+) in ELEC 330 and ELEC 380 courses. The first step required in the project will be search of the literature, patents and commercial availability to assure that the idea is new and promising.

• AZ1 Applause Meter using Laser Projector
• AZ2 Acoustic Altimeter for Small Aircraft
• AZ3 Acoustic Array
• AZ4 Low Rate Communication System
• AZ5 Miniature Network Analyzer
• AZ6 Rescue Ears Project to Find People Lost at Sea

Project Proposed by external organizations/persons

Interested students should identify and approach suitable faculty supervisor from ECE or CSc Departments. If a project is selected, the group must send a progress email or meeting with the sponsor every two weeks.

Sponsor: Tim Pelton - Department of Curriculum and Instruction - tpelton@uvic.ca (Nov. 2008)

I am willing to support a student team in the development of one of the following projects by providing some funds for essential resources. I will expect to participate in the development process in the roles of customer, design consultant and evaluator and to be allotted and equal opportunity and share with project participants in any benefits or rights derived from the project.

• TP1 Flexible user configurable game controller to take signals from external devices
• TP2 Inexpensive modular monitoring unit (IMMU)
• TP3 Personal event recorder
• TP4 Driving habit recorder
• TP5 Intelligent fuzzy thermostat for managing residential heatpumps for improved heating and cooling efficiency.

External supervisor / Sponsor: Frann MacLean - Managing Director, Arista Equestrian - frann.aristaequestrian@shawbiz.ca (Dec. 2011)
Faculty supervisor: Jens Weber, Department of Computer Science, jens@uvic.ca

• AE1 Developing a Web 2.0 based eBusiness Site for Arista Equestrian Clothing