[net.nlang.greek] Metaptychiaka sto CMU

timos@INGRES (Timos Sellis) (12/12/85)

Sxoleio		: Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU)
Dept		: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Dieuthynsi	: Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Parakatw kaluptoume tis sunthikes metaptyxiakwn spoudwn se Electrical kai
Computer Engineering se pente perioxes:

I. Computer Aided Design (CAD)
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Main professors:

S.W.Director: Nonlinear Programming, Numerical Analysis, Circuit Simulation, 
	Process and Device Simulation, Silicon Compilation etc. 
	Dept Head me megaln epirron, poly sunergasimos. Ta teleutaia xronia
	exei olo kai ligwtero xrono gia foitites.

A.J.Strojwas: Statistical IC Process Simulation, Process and Device modeling,
	Process diagnostics, Real Time Process control.

D. Sewiorek: AI, Distributed Computing, Fault Tolerant Computing.

B. Thomas: Design Automation, Synthesis Tools, Expert Systems.

II. Optical signal and image processing
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D. P. Casasent (to afentiko) kai V. Kumar: asxolountai pio poly me ereuna gia 
	to strato alla i ereuva dev eivai aporiti. Prosfata pnran $1.000.000 
	gia ereuna.

III. Magnetics
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M. H. Kryder (to pio plousio afevtiko), F. B. Humphrey, S. H. Charap, 
	J. O. Artman klp: poly megalo group. To megalitero group tis Amerikis 
	se pavepistimio pou kavei ereuva pavw se magnetics media, magnetics 
	recording, optical media recording klp. Exouv polla lefta kai poly 
	kala facilities gia ereuva.

IV. Robotics
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A. Sanderson, C. Neuman, B. Krogh klp: merikoi apo tous professores exoun lefta	
	evw alloi oxi. To group sxetizetai me to Robotics Institute tou 
	pavepistimiou pou eivai eva multi-disciplinary researh institute 
	arketa gvwsto.

V. Solid State Electonics, Semiconductors
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A. G. Milnes, D. W. Greve, T. Schlesinger: o prwtos einai diasimos alla ftwxos,
	o defteros averxomevos me kapia lefta o tritos molis prosliftike. O 
	Greve asxoloitai me silicon evw oi alloi dio me III-V group
	semiconductors.

Facilities sto ECE:

	Pragmatikn afthonia upologistwn (5 11-785 me berkeley unix 4.2, 24 
	microvaxes II, pampolles mikres mnxanes (Suns, HP9836s, Tectronix, Pro
	350s) kathws kai diafora clusters se diafora merei tou campus apo IBM 
	PCs kai Apple machines, laser printers etc. Sxedon kathe metaptuxiakos 
	foititis exei proswpiko terminal sto grafeio tou. Steni sunergasia me 
	to CS department me emfasi se VLSI CAD pojects, Distributed Computing, 
	Artificial Inteligence etc.

	To magnetics group kai to solid state electronics group diathetoun
	eva erketa megalo clean room class 100 stis non critical areas kai 
	class 10 stis critical opws photolithography etc. Sto clean room uparxei
	evas Ion Implanter , Oxidation kai Annealing furnaces , LPCVD , 
        Sputtering system , Ion beam deposition system , Evaporator , Alignment	and exposure machine able to align 1 micron features , SEM , plasma 
	cleaning system . Sto mellon prokeitai vartei plasma deposition and 
	etching system.

	To III-V semicinductor group exei mia MBE machine kai eva 
	cathodoluminecense setup. Sto solid state group uparxei episis eva 
	measurements lab poly kala efodiasmeno me HP machines kai desk 
	computers.
	
	To magnetics group eivai episis polu kala efodiasmevo me 
	characterization kai testing facilities.

Assistanships:
	Sto CMU uparxoun POLLA LEFTA. Den iksera kanena metaptuxiaco foititi
	sto ECE xwris kapoio eidos assistanship kai tuition waiver. An sas
	dextoun, einai sxedon sigouro oti tha parete kai lefta (~700/mina)
	en eidi R.A. Metaptyxiaka T.A.s den einai poly sunithismena.

Tuition: 
	Panakrivo, 9500+/year. Kostos zwis ~5000/year aneta.

Status:
	To ECE exei poly stenes kai prosodofores sxeseis me tin viomixania.
	Antistoixa theoreitai prwtoporo se polles perioxes, metaksy twn opoiwn
	kai CAD/CAM, robotics, magnetics etc.

Synthikes : 

	Proptyxiaka: Den to sunistw, dedomenou oti to ECE rixnei to baros tou
	kuriws se metaptyxiaki ereuna. Episis logw tou sxetika mikrou tou
	megethous den prosferei kali poikilia mathimatwn.

	Metaptyxiaka: ~150 metaptyxiakoi foitites se diafora pedia (CAD/CAM,
	robotics, fiber optics,device physics etc). Ola sxedon ginontai me 
	thesis kai me ereuna. Master se eva xrovo, Ph.D se 4-5 xpovia. Na eiste 
	proetoimasmenoi gia POLY (sxedon full time) douleia se upologisti. 

Pittsburgh : Sxetika ftino kai poly filokseno. 1 Bedroom 300-400. Barus 
	xeimwnas kai ugro kalokairi. Wraia foititiki sunikoia anamesa sto CMU 
	kai sto University of Pittsburgh. Aksiosnmeiwti kai filokseni elliniki
	paroikia deuteris kai tritns genias. Autokinito an kai xrisimo den 
	einai aparaitito.

Pio poles plirofories : Costas Spanos    (617) 568 5025
                        Miltos Hatalis   (412) 578 6616