ELCE Graduate Students Get Together Information Session

							     ELCE Graduate Students
Get Together & Information Session

          Summer 2004
                         Agenda
 Opening remarks by Roland Yuen, President, ELCE/GSA
 Courses, financial and thesis info. by Alagan Anpalagan
 Graduate student perspectives by
                        Samsheer Sidhu, Year 1, MASc
                        Syed Quadri, Year 2, MASc

 ELCE/GSA plans for 2004/05 by Roland Yuen
 Student issues by Arunan Ramalingam, VP-Academic, ELCE/GSA
 Refreshments, social activities and more …



                             ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
•   Financial Support
•   Teaching Assistantships
•   Thesis and Oral Exam
•   Graduate Courses
•   PhD program
•   Move



                     ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
 Financial Support to Conduct Research

 Full-time research students (MASc, PhD)
 Sources of support: scholarships, awards,
  stipends and employment
   NSERC, OGS, OGSST, POA …
   RGS (Ryerson Graduate Scholarship)
   RGA (Ryerson Graduate Award)
   Research Assistantship
   Teaching Assistantship




                      ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
         Internal Scholarships

 RGS: Ryerson Graduate Scholarship (competitive,
  based on academic excellence, provided by SGS)
 RGA: Ryerson Graduate Award (merit-based,
  program-specific)

 POA Educational Foundation Scholarship
 Dennis Mock Graduate Student Scholarship
 Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate School Fellowships


                     ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
   Ryerson Graduate Scholarship

 Eligibility: Min CGPA of 3.67 or equivalent (A-) in the
  last one and two year(s) of study for continuing
  students and new students respectively
 Tenure:
    Full-time registration and attendance
    Max of 10 hours/week on employment (e.g. TAing)
    Paid to your tuition account in installments
 Renewal: contingent upon you,
    maintaining min CGPA of 3.67 (A-) with no grade below B- for
     MASc (and B for PhD students) and no INC, AND
    applying for OGS, NSERC scholarships

                           ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
       External Scholarships

 OGS deadline:               Friday, Oct. 15
 NSERC deadline:             Friday, Oct. 22
   NSERC information session 2nd week of September
 Graduate bursary program (need-based)
 POA Scholarship
 CITO, MMO …
     www.ryerson.ca/gradstudies/funding/

                     ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
    Scholarship Winners 2004/05
☺NSERC: James Gaston
☺OGS/OGSST:
  Year 2: Raha Abedi, Alexandru Lafkovici, Wen Zu
          Arun Nanthakumaran, Omar Falou
  Year 1: Ryan Caldwell, Litifa Noor, April Khademi,
          Danoush Hosseinzadeh
☺POA Scholarship: Usman Ahmed

          Congratulations to all the recipients!
                       ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
           Teaching Assistantships

 CUPE 3 collective agreement
    new term and definition: Graduate Assistant (GA)

 List of TAs for 2004/05
 Opportunities in Math, Physics and Computer
  Science department – check with them.
 TA workshops on September 9, 12-2 p.m.



                                    ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
              Progress Report

 Mandatory for every PhD/MASc student every term!
 Required for RGS renewal and other considerations
 Deadline for S/S report: Friday, Sep. 17

 Specify the anticipated thesis defense date if possible



                        ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
                    Oral Examination
Think of as a 5-week process …

-4 weeks: Notification of exam date and exam committee (EC)
-3 weeks: Submission of thesis/project copies to EC members
 0 week: Oral examination (20-minute oral presentation focusing
       mainly on research/project results and your contribution)
+1 week: Completion of corrections/revisions and submission of
         final thesis to SGS (Terry McAfee)
  Acceptance of your thesis/report will be based on quality of the written
       work, and the student's ability to defend the work in the oral
                                examination
       Oral exams are posted in /gradstudies/oralexams/

                                ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
    Key Deadlines re. Graduation

 Final date to clear all graduation requirements
      Friday, October 1, 2004
      Friday, February 28, 2005
      Friday, May 13, 2005
 You have to apply to graduate!
    November convocation: Friday, July 8, 2004 (Aug. 12,
     2004, with late fees)
    June convocation: Friday, January 21, 2005

                         ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
              Residency Requirement

                    MASc                     MEng                              PhD
                  MEng (F/T)                 (P/T)

Minimum          12 months           24 months                      24 months
residency        (3 academic         (6 academic                    (6 academic
requirement      terms)              terms)                         terms)

Maximum length 3 calendar            5 calendar                     6 calendar
of time to      years                years                          years
complete degree


                            ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
 SGS Thesis Guidelines
    gradstudies/policies/
SGS website as official handbook
    gradstudies/index.html




                      ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
          Graduate Courses
Fall classes start in the week of Sep. 13
  List of Fall courses
Winter courses start in the week of Jan. 10
  List of courses
Make sure you do the registration
Note the Add/Drop dates



                      ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
         Graduate Courses: Fall 2004
•   EE8103: Random Process                                                      L. Zhao
•   EE8604: Optimization Techniques                                             K. Raahemifiar

•   EE8105: Digital Signal Processing                                          M. Zeytinoglu
•   EE8107: Digital Communications                                             A. Anpalagan
•   EE8114: Optical Communication and Networks                                 X. Fernando
•   EE8202: Digital Image Processing                                           J. Alirezaie
•   EE8211: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks                               M. Jaseemuddin

•   EE8208: Computer Aided Synthesis & Design of Digital System
                                                              L. Kirischian
•   EE8502: Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits                   F. Yuan
•   EE8504: VLSI Design Automation and CAD Tools              R. Sedaghat


                                  ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
         Graduate Courses: Winter 2005
•   EE8108: Multimedia Processing and Communications                           L. Guan
•   EE8109: Wireless Communications                                            X. P. Zhang
•   EE8110: Coding Techniques for Digital Communications                       S. Krishnan
•   EE8603: Advanced Image Processing                                          D. Androutsos
•   EE8605: Network Security                                                   C. Yang

•   EE8205: Embedded Software Systems                                          G. Khan
•   EE8207: High Performance Computer System Design                            N. Mekhiel
•   EE8505: Digital Systems Testing                                            V. Geurkov
•   EE8604: Opto-electronics                                                   X. Gu

•   EE8406: Electric Motor Drives                                              R. Cheung
•   EE8407: Power Converter Systems                                            B. Wu
•   EE8409: Electro Magnetic Theory                                            A. Hussein


                                      ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
       New Admission - Fall 2004


 PhD (5 approved, 3 pending)
 MASc (36 confirmed)
 MEng (18 confirmed)

 8 international students
           Acceptance rate of 62 / 390 = 16%


                       ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
                PhD Program
 Areas: Signal Processing and Communications,
  Computer Systems Engineering and Power
  Engineering
 Admission Requirements: Master’s degree in
  relevant discipline, research potential, min grade
  of A- in graduate courses
 Degree Requirements:
   4 graduate courses
   qualifying exam (written and oral, thesis proposal)
   major research thesis resulting in original and
    significant contribution to knowledge in the discipline
 Duration: typically 3-4 years
                          ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
Centre for Computing and Engineering
          Resource Allocation Plan (tentative)

These labs will be moving later …
 LEDAR (EPH120) to              ENG327
 RML (EPH404) to                ENG426
 Emb. Systems (EPH147) to       ENG415
 OPRAL (EPH313) to              ENG423
 .. look for announcements and instructions in the
                      email ..

 EPH237: Computer Lab for all graduate students
 EPH233: Graduate Lounge (photocopier, mailbox etc.)

                         ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004
Centre for Computing and Engineering
             Moving …

Electromagnetics (EPH231) to ENG 325
SoC (EPH323) to                       ENG313, Aug. 30
CASPAL (EPH231B) to                   ENG340, Aug. 31
CVIP (EPH231A) to                     ENG340, Aug. 31
SAR (EPH232) to                       ENG460, Sep. 01



                        ELCE Graduate Students Info Session- Summer 2004