- December 10-11, 2002 - Research and Industrial Collaboration
Conference (RICC)
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- The third annual RICC consisted of lectures and workshops
relating to CenSSIS' role in the field of sensing and imaging. It served
as an excellent opportunity to learn about research progress and direction,
education highlights, and industrial liaison/technology transfer that
that had occured over the past year in the CenSSIS research community.
Participants were able to meet with students, researchers and industry
participants. Subsurface sensing and imaging "problem seminars" on medical-biological
imaging and civil-environmental imaging were offered on the second day
of the conference.
- November 22, 2002 - Computational Methods to Model
Wave Phenomena: General Overview, Finite Differences, and Visualization,
Session II
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Presenter: Prof. Carey Rappaport -
Abstract & Presentation
- November 2-4, 2002- NSF ERC Annual Meeting
- Washington, DC
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research
Center (ERC) Annual Meeting is an opportunity for senior ERC staff to
converse with their counterparts from other ERCs. The meeting consists
of seminars and discussion focused on issues relevant to the operation
of an ERC.
November 1, 2002 - Computational Methods to Model
Wave Phenomena: General Overview, Finite Differences, and Visualization,
Session I- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Presenter: Prof. Carey Rappaport -
Abstract & Presentation
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- October 18-21, 2002 - Year
Three Planning Retreat, Lake George, NY
- The Sagamore, Lake George, NY
- The CenSSIS Board of Directors, Management Team, and
administrative officers participated in the October retreat, which focused
on a review of existing CenSSIS supported projects, and strategic plans
for the upcoming year.
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- October 3, 2002 - CenSSIS
Forum
- 11:45am, Snell Engineering Bldg., Room 108;
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Learn about the newest CenSSIS research efforts
in subsurface sensing and imaging.Details...
September 24-26, 2002 -
High Performance Embedded Computing- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Agenda and Presentations
- September 23-26, 2002 - Sensors
EXPO Boston
- Boston, MA
CenSSIS Director Michael B. Silevitch spoke on subsurface sensing and
imaging on September 25th. Sensors
EXPO Boston
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- August 13, 2002 - Multi-Spectral Polarized Light
Imaging for Demarcation of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Margins
- Wellman Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA
- More than a million new cases of non-melanoma skin
cancers are diagnosed every year, therefore it is important to devleop
methods that will improve treatments of these tumors. Massachussetts
General Hospital has developed a multi-spectral imaging technique that
can rapidly image large surfaces of tumor affected fresh tissue. Polarized
light images provide valuable information about the superficial layers
of tissue and enable cancer localization even without staining. The
contrast of the tumor in the image can be further enhanced by topical
application of aqueous solutions of pheonthiazinium dyes. The results
of the experiments with freshly excised human tumor tissue indicate
that sufficient contrast can be achieved for reliable and quick differentiation
between tumor and surrounding tissue. The suggested technique is a
promising approach for accurate localization of tumor boundaries that
may facilitate tumor margin detection process, and allow tumor excision
without processing of frozen sections.
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- August 8, 2002 - Research Experiences for Teachers
(RET) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Field Trip
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole,
MA
- The Center for the Enhancement of Science and Mathematics
Education (CESAME) coordinated a field trip to WHOI for teachers who
participated in the RET program at Northeastern University in 2002.
Participants received a tour of the WHOI Deep Submergence Lab, and a
harbor tour. For more information on WHOI, visit their website at
http://www.whoi.edu/ .
- July 25, 2002 - Research Experiences for Teachers
(RET) Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH) Field Trip
- Boston, MA
- The Center for the Enhancement of Science and Mathematics
Education (CESAME) coordinated a trip for individuals who participated
in the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program at Northeastern
University in 2002. The teachers learned about proton-treatment cures
for cancer that are being developed at MGH. Dr. George Chen led the
discussion, explaining the pros and cons of the method, in which it
is possible to stop the proton beam once it hits the tumor, thus damaging
less of the surrounding tissue. For more information, visit the MGH
website at
http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/ProtonBeam/ .
- May 21-22, 2002 - National Science Foundation (NSF)
Site Visit 2nd Year Review, Northeastern University
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Conference Details
- May 8, 2002 - Red Team Meeting for Year Two National
Science Foundation Site Visit
- May 3, 2002 - Thirteenth Annual CDSP Research Workshop,
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
- Communications and Digital Processing Center for Research
and Graduate Studites -[website]
- May 1, 2002 - Introduction to Image Processing
Seminars: "Digital Image Processing", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Presenter: Prof. Lester Gerhardt
- Prof. Gerhardt presented two special topic seminars
related to image processing. These Seminars were made available to CenSSIS
students and members at various locations.
Details
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- April 17, 2002 - Introduction to Image Processing
Seminars: "Optical Image Processing", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Presenter: Prof. Lester Gerhardt
[See above for description.]
- March 3-5, 2002 - CenSSIS 3rd Year Project Proposals
Review and Selection, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
- January 29-30, 2002 - CenSSIS Research and Industrial
Collaboration Conference, Northeastern University
- Conference
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