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* Xerox Research Program
 
* Xerox Research Program
 
== Information for prospective graduate students ==
 
== Information for prospective graduate students ==
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* [[CNSIP prospective students funding| Please read if you are looking for funding]]
* [[Current RA openings]]
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* [[CNSIP prospective students RAs available| Current RA openings for prospective graduate students]]
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== Information for current graduate students ==
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* [[CNSIP plan of study|Please read before making your plan of study]]
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* [[CNSIP current students funding|If you are looking for funding]]
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* [[CNSIP current students RAs available| Current RA openings for prospective graduate students]]
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== Internal Resources ==
 
== Internal Resources ==
 
* CNSIP lounge (MSEE364) wiki calendar
 
* CNSIP lounge (MSEE364) wiki calendar

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Communication, Networking, Image and Signal Processing at Purdue University

A Rich History

Purdue University has a rich and long history in communications and signal processing. For example, did you know the the following facts?

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  • Reginald Fessenden, former head of Purdue's Electrical Engineering Department, became the first person to broadcast speech and music by radio on December 24, 1906;
  • The first commercial broadcast station in Indiana was constructed by Purdue Professor Achatz and D. L. Curtner in 1920;
  • In 1929, Roscoe George started working on an all-electronic television. The TV was completed in 1932, and was one of the first electronic TV receivers ever built. The actual TV is currently on display in Prof. Delp's VIPER lab. Click here for more details.
  • Purdue's first television station, W9XG, began broadcasting on December 31, 1931. Click here for more details.
  • Purdue awarded the first PhD in digital image processing in 1959.
  • The first MARS rover used image compression technology developed at Purdue by Prof. Delp.
  • Much off the early work in spred spectrum communication was done at Purdue by George Cooper and his students.
  • Technologies developed at Purdue can be found in both the hardware and software of the vast majority of HP inkjet printers sold today, as well as many LaserJet products.

People

Laboratories

Research Projects

Information for prospective graduate students

Information for current graduate students

Internal Resources

  • CNSIP lounge (MSEE364) wiki calendar

Alumni Liaison

BSEE 2004, current Ph.D. student researching signal and image processing.

Landis Huffman