IEEE Spectrum 1993 - Abstracts

IEEE Spectrum 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
Adaptive fuzzy systems: by reorganizing themselves internally as appropriate, these fuzzy control systems can function within a changing external world. (Advanced Technology/Controls)(includes glossary of terms)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEarl Cox
Aerospace and military. (Technology 1993)(peace batters defense industry, Third World emerges as nuclear threat, European aerospace, international space program predicted; includes related article on how peace is transforming aerospace and military industries) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDave Dooling
'A' for effort: undergraduates in CMU project, singly or in pairs, transferred academic know-how about software technology to industry. (Carnegie Mellon University) (Careers/Education)(includes related article on AWEsom's Casey Jones)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLawrence J. Curran
A higher level of synthesis: as logic synthesis tools develop, they are helping the engineer conceptualize IC designs and not just implement them. (Systems/Design Tools)(includes glossary of terms and related articles on special-purpose synthesis systems and hardware description languages)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJeffrey R. Fox
A rule-based analytic interface. (Vanguard Software Corp.'s HyperCalc 2.0 mathematics software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoland Mercier
Beware of the cosmetic engineer. (engineers who design for appearance more than substance) (Speakout) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMorgan Johns
Blue lasers on the horizon. (includes related article on blue light-emitting diodes)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert L. Gunshor, Nobuo Otsuka, Arto V. Nurmikko
Cleaning up: electronics manufacturers are rethinking their processes to remove toxic threats to workers' health and the environment. (Special Report/Manufacturing) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTekla S. Perry
Competitive intelligence. (Japan and the game of technology)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAtsuro Kokubo
Computers and epidemiology. (includes related articles on the Michelangelo effect and no virus detector being perfect)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJeffrey O. Kephart, Steve R. White, David M. Chess
Consumer electronics. (Technology 1993)(includes related article on demand for easy-to-use products) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRonald K. Jurgen
Data communications. (Technology 1993)(ATM Forum, image processing, Internet, low-orbit satellites) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRay Sarch
Estimating the cost of power quality. (Tutorial)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJane M. Clemmensen
Expert opinion: boundaries between communications technologies are blurring. (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBennett Z. Kobb
Expert opinion: imaging and robotics are changing the face of surgery. (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames F. Martin
Expert opinion: mechatronics on the move. (Technology 1993)(the development of industrial electronics) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesFumio Harashima
Expert opinion: new ideas will fuel real advances. (Technology 1993)(engineers expect more from systems) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTom Lyon
Expert opinion: preparing for the nomadic age. (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTsugio Makimoto
Expert opinion: software productivity under the microscope. (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCapers Jones
Expert opinion: so many architectures, so much fanfare: what's a user to believe? (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesHelen M. Wood
Expert opinion: the key to better measurements is software. (Technology 1993) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohan Schoukens, Marc Vanden Bossche, Rik Pintelon
Expert opinion: warming trend with turbulence in the lower layers. (Technology 1993)(asynchronous transfer mode switches and industry developments) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVinton G. Cerf
Facsimile's false starts: the development of the 150-year-old concept underwent many twists and cost millions of dollars before soaring to success. (Perspective)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJonathan Coopersmith
Friendly EM field analysis. (Software Review) (Integrated Engineering Software Inc.'s Electro electromagnetic field analysis software)(Software Reviews) (Evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKenneth R. Foster
Graphical analysis in Windows. (Software Review) (Interactive Data Language for Windows, from Research Systems Inc.) (Evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn L. Schmalzel
Industrial electronics. (Technology 1993)(computerized numerical control, programmable logic controllers, edge detection, X-rays for quality control diagnosis) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGadi Kaplan
Interactive, object-oriented Xmath. (Software Review) (Integrated Systems Inc.'s mathematical software package)(Software Reviews) (Evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark S. Mirotznik
Medical electronics. (Technology 1993)(implantable defibrillators, laser sculpt, biosensors and FDA delays) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoan Stephenson
Mixing 3-V and 5-V ICs: until a full complement of 3-V ICs is available, many systems will have to operate with at least two power supplies. (integrated circuits) (Applications/Circuit Design)(includes glossary of terms)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn (American clergyman) Williams
Mixing signals & voltages on chip. (rapid development of personal communications and the integration of 3-Volt and 5-Volt digital circuitry on a single chip)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLauren Brust, Mean-Sea Tsay
Molding light into solitons: pulses whose shape and spectrum endure over vast distances in optical fibers may simplify transoceanic communications systems. (Advanced Technology/Communications)Engineering and manufacturing industriesHermann A. Haus
Neural networks at work. (for pattern recognition in image, speech and forecasting technology) (includes glossary and related article on how neural networks work)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDan Hammerstrom
New peripherals increase options. (focus report: engineering workstations and PCs) (Buyers Guide)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn King
No furled antenna can foil Galileo. (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's space probe)(Faults & Failures)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGeorge F. Watson
Of workstations & supercomputers. (includes related article on the University of California at San Diego's Microscopy and Imaging Resource Supercomputer Center) (focus report: engineering workstations and PCs) (Buyers Guide)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark Furtney, George Taylor
Parting shots. (Donald Christiansen's farewell as IEEE Spectrum Editor and Publisher)(Spectral lines: February 1993, Volume 30, Number 2)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDonald Christiansen
Personal wireless. (the trends in personal wireless communication) (includes glossary) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBennett Z. Kobb
Plotting made easy. (Software Review) (EasyPlot 2.0 software for analysis of scientific data, from Spiral Software)(Software reviews) (Evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesErik Cheever
Putting data on a diet. (techniques for data compression can ease problems with storage and transmission of data) (Tutorial)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJeffrey Weiss, Doug Schremp
Richard W. Hamming. (inventor of the error-correcting codes for computers) (Interview)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTekla S. Perry
Software copyrights: searching for the golden nugget. (Legal Aspects) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoel Miller
Solid state. (Technology 1993)(breaking the 200 MHz barrier, multimedia, notebook computers and DRAMs) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKevin Self
Storing power for critical loads. (using superconducting magnetic energy storage) (Power/Applications)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCarel DeWinkel, Jeffrey D. Lamoree
Targeting ASICs and FPGAs. (application-specific integrated circuits, field-programmable gate arrays)(circuit design) (Systems/Design Tools)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGopal Gupta
Test and measurement. (Technology 1993)(PC instruments more powerful, virtual instruments, VXI-bus, and open systems consortia) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMorris Grossman
The cellular phone scare. (cancer-risk debate) (includes glossary) (Special Report/Communications)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark Fischetti
The law on reverse engineering. (Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn G. Rauch
The performance rating.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert W. Lucky
The technology framework: lack of standards and the huge bandwidth appetite of full-motion multimedia are very present obstacles but won't be for long. (Special Report/Multimedia)(includes list of multimedia reference materials)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBernard Cole
To probe further. (focus report: engineering workstations and PCs) (Buyers Guide)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Transportation. (Technology 1993)(includes related article on the worldwide reliance on electric transportation) (Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDave Dooling
Two ways to catch a wave: digital oscilloscopes can compete with the best analog types, abetted by a-d converters that run at 4 gigasamples per second. (Instrumentation/Applications)(includes glossary of terms and related article on the high-speed cathode-ray tubes found in analog oscilloscopes)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKen Rush, Teri Lucero-Hall
Unfettered research. (technology research)(Reflections) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert W. Lucky
VHDL - panacea or hype? (very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description language) (includes glossary and related articles on the future of VHDL and the IEEE 1164 specification) (Perspective/Design)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Carroll
Wiretapping and cryptography. (Speakout) (Column)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDorothy E. Denning
Workstation metrics. (focus report: engineering workstations and PCs) (Buyers Guide)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoshua Mogal
World Trade Center blast triggers design debates.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn F. King
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