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Events ArchivePresentation on R & D at the e-centre, 8th September 2008The objectives were:1 Understand how to plan R & D in your business to access tax credits. 2 Understand how to use R & D tax 2009 Provisional tax payments. Entrepreneurship skills course (NEW)Sponsored by e-centre LtdOaklands Rd, Albany These 5 sessions of 1.5 hours each will cover the critical competencies that a business owner needs for success including; perseverance and initiative, persuasion and influence, networking and teambuilding, risk taking and decision making, vision and opportunity recognition. Designed for the start-up, pre start-up, or early stage business owner with limited time this compressed course will use interactive sessions facilitated by Dr Marco van Gelderen. 27 March 2008 The new R&D tax credit regime Sponsored by Auckland ICT Cluster 5:30-7:30pm, Simpson Grierson Offices To register interest email events@aucklandict.org.nz Barney Cumberland, a senior associate in Simpson Grierson's tax team, will provide an outline of the new R&D tax credit regime, which comes into effect on 1 April 2008. This will be your chance to get an overview of how this new regime may apply to your business, and to ask some questions. 27 March 2008 Innovative approaches to increasing computing and data throughput: High Performance GRID and Cluster Computing A Connect NZ Technology Briefing 8:00 - 10:00 am, e-centre, Oaklands Rd, Albany The Centre for Parallel Computing at Massey University and the New Zealand BeSTGRID (Broadband enabled Science and Technology GRID) project have established high performance computing and storage systems that are linked by high performance network links. This allows jobs that require a large number of processors (hundreds of processors) and storage (Terabytes of storage) to be quickly and efficiently processed. This series of three short presentations will show you what has already been implemented at Massey University and the potential to exploit this technology in your business or industry. Register at http://www.connectnewzealand.com/Event?Action=View&Event_id=367 20 March 2008 Art based learning for organisational development9:00-1:00 pm, DevonportTo register your interest email creativepathways@xtra.co.nz This open workshop will give you an insight into the power art processes have to address some of today’s pressing concerns in the workplace. Experience how art processes relate to; Team building, Communication, Innovation, Cultural transformation. First Cluster Networking Event of 2008 held in the e-centre"In every boy there is a potential champion race driver."North Shore based ICE AV, has taken this idea and turned it into a reality creating the opportunity for both children and adults to experience the full on adrenalin speed rush that the likes of Johnny Reid and others live by. Whilst the concept of simulation racing is not new, Kevin Andreassend has delivered a unique level of realism with the SimDeck Formula styled race cars. Not just content with building a shell of a vehicle, the SimDeck race cars are actual petrol driven, 500kg, 4m length open cockpit cars capable of on road speeds to cause notable risk if out of control. Beneath the body is a complex system of engineering that also delivers the full simulation capability with the virtual reality displayed on the ICE Digital Daytime lens life size lens screen displays. Read more …. The simulation is pretty unique; all up ICE AV are trying to replicate the entire race experience. Some of the aspects include our own pit lane girls, full driver uniforms, on car displays, G4 Force seats, sensor feed systems in the column, 900 watt of neighbourhood piercing sound, live data inputs that capture the actual road and tyre condition that is fed into the seat sensor motors, onboard real time driver cams, comprehensive audio communication and the realism of large life like virtual displayed race environments in well lit commercial environments. Kevin will share how his early childhood downhill cart experience during the early 60’s, has lead to him creating an innovative company that expects to be exporting the race experience during 2008. On display will also be two cars to enable visitors to gain a touch and feel experience of the SimDeck Grand prix. Connect NZ Technology Briefing will be here, at the e-centre on Microchips research and opportunities for New Zealand
The presentation by Rezaul Hasan will cover an introduction to the Centre for Research in Analog and VLSI Microsystems Design (CRAVE) including the role, mission and objectives. The present capabilities of the Centre and how industry can access these will be described. The research and design work done in IC design up to this point by CRAVE will be presented followed by a description of the process of Integrated Circuit design starting from concept to fabrication. A brief discussion on CMOS integrated circuit design will also be provided. Microchips design for radio receivers
The consumer radio receiver market worldwide runs into tens of millions or more and is an ideal application for microchip design due to the large quantities involved. Tom Moir will describe the current problems with ordinary frequency modulation (FM) band reception in moving vehicles when multipath propagation is present. A case study showing how a microchip design will solve the multipath problem will be shown illustrating the importance of the technology to the consumer electronics market. Microchips in wireless communication
Fakhrul Alam will highlight the applications of chip design in wireless communications. ZigBee, WI-Fi, and Wi-MAX are making wireless communication systems ubiquitous. Rapid development in the area of electronics is one of the primary reasons for the tremendous expansion in wireless technologies. “Chips” are getting smaller, faster, cheaper and more energy efficient, enabling engineers to develop innovative solutions employing wireless technologies. Microchips in construction: Smart buildings become smarter
Kate Henderson will enumerate the areas where microchip technology is used in both the construction of buildings and in finished. During the construction phase of buildings there are a large number of workers on site and electronic ‘tagging’ of personnel and their equipment is now becoming commonplace. Microchips may be embedded in structural components. This allows tracking and security of the parts. Also once in place they allow the quantity surveyor to keep track of construction progress and generate scheduled payments to contractors. These telltales may also be used in conjunction with 3D goggles to enable prospective client to visualise the finished building. Smart buildings contain a high level of electronic microprocessor based control systems that operate a wide range of services such as lighting, heat, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), power, vertical transportation, fire and life safety, and security. Along with these automation systems, there are sophisticated telecommunications systems for voice, data, and video transmission. Traditionally, these systems have been an integral part of most buildings. However, recently these individual systems have become increasingly more intelligent and now can be also integrated to share information and communicate between themselves. When this happens, you truly have a smart building. Microchips in RFID
Warren Young will discuss how RFID can break new frontiers and be deployed into new places and harsh environments such as highly metallic environments. He will explain what is the role and potential for microchips to take RFID to new applications. Warren will present information on some of the difficult environments into which RFID is being taken. Biographies of Speakers
Dr S. M. Rezaul Hasan received his Ph.D.
in Electronics Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1985. From 1983 to 1986 he was a VLSI design engineer at Xerox Microelectronics Center in El Segundo, CA. where he worked in the design of CMOS VLSI microprocessors. In 1986 he moved to the Asia-Pacific region and served several institutions including Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (1986-1988), Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia (1990-1991) and Universiti Sains Malaysia, Perak, Malaysia (1992-2000). At University Sains Malaysia he held the position of Associate Professor and was the coordinator of the Analog & VLSI research laboratory. He spent the next four years (2000-2004) in the West Asia-Gulf region where he served as an Associate Professor of Microelectronics, Integrated Circuit Design & VLSI Design in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates where he received the National Bank of Sharjah Award for outstanding research publication in Integrated Circuit Design. Presently he is the Director of the Center for Research in Analog & VLSI Microsystems Design (CRAVE) at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Electronics & Computer Engineering teaching courses in Advanced Microelectronics and Integrated Circuit Design. He has published over 85 papers in international journals & conferences in the areas of Analog, Digital, RF & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design & VLSI Design. Dr. Hasan has also served as consultant for many electronics companies. His present areas of interest include Analog & RF Integrated Circuit & Microsystem Design, Semiconductor Device Physics, CMOS Microbioelectronics & Biological (gene-protein) Circuit Design. Dr. Hasan is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Dr Tom J. Moir has a BSc and Ph.D in control Kate Henderson is a lecturer in construction at the Institute of Technology and Engineering, Massey University, Auckland.
Dr Fakhrul Alam is a lecturer at the Institute of Technology and Engineering, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. He received BS in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from BUET, Bangladesh and MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, USA. During his stay at Virginia Tech he was with the Mobile & Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), which is very well known in the US academia and industry for excellence in research in the field of mobile & wireless communication. Dr. Alam has worked and collaborated with Lucent technologies USA, LG Electronics Korea and the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). His research interests include protocol development for heterogeneous real-time traffic over wireless network, resource allocation for multi-carrier multi-antenna wireless systems, adaptive signal processing for wireless communication systems and cognitive radio.
Dr Warren Young has 10 years experience in electrical and software engineering, systems engineering, engineering management and project management within New Zealand. This includes engineering products to industrial and military standards, for a variety of applications, on projects from $100k to $80M. Warren is presently Chief Technology Officer for Times-7 Limited, (based at the e-centre) specialising in the application of RFID to areas where RFID has struggled to work. |
