Graduate Calendar 2009-2010

Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering

Carleton University
Minto Centre, Room 3090
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
Telephone: 613-520-5659
Fax: 613-520-3899
Web site: www.ociece.ca

The Institute

Director of the Institute: Jianping Yao

The Institute was established in 1983. By combining the programs and resources of the Departments of Electronics, Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University and the School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) at the University of Ottawa, OCIECE has become one of the largest electrical and computer engineering graduate studies/research groups in Canada. Programs leading to master's and Ph.D. degrees are available through the Institute in a wide range of fields of electrical and computer engineering.

Members of the Institute

The home department of each member is indicated by (DOE) for the Department of Electronics, Carleton University; (SCE) for the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University; (SITE) for the School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa.

The following codes identify the Research Fields:

CAD Computer-Aided Design for Electronic Circuits
CSE Computer and Software Engineering
CCN Computer Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
DWC Digital and Wireless Communications
ME Microwave and Electromagnetics
SSIP Signal, Speech and Image Processing
ICD Integrated Circuits and Devices
SMI Systems and Machine Intelligence
PS Photonic Systems
BE Biomedical Engineering

A. Aboulnasr, SSIP (SITE)

R. Achar, CAD, ME, ICD (DOE)

C. Adams, CSE, CCN, DWC (SITE)

A. Adler, SSIP, BE (SCE)

N.U. Ahmed, DWC, SSIP (SITE)

V. Aitken, SMI, SSIP (SCE)

S.A. Ajila, CSE, SMI (SCE)

J. Albert, PS, ME (DOE)

A. Al-Dhaher, CSE, SMI (SITE)

S. Ali, DWC, SSIP (SCE-Adjunct)

D. Amyot, CSE (SITE)

H. Anis, PS, BE (SITE)

A. Arya, CSE, CCN (SCE)

A. Banihashemi, DWC, SSIP (SCE)

C. Barrière, SMI (SITE-Adjunct)

P. Berini, PS, ME (SITE)

G. von Bochmann, CSE, CCN (SITE)

M. Bolic, SSIP, CSE (SITE)

M. Bouchard, SSIP, SMI, DWC (SITE)

A. Boukerche, CSE (SITE)

L. Briand, CSE (SCE-Adjunct)

A. Chan, BE, SSIP (SCE)

J.W. Chinneck, SMI, CSE (SCE)

J. Chouinard, DWC, SSIP, CCN (SITE-Adjunct)

D.C. Coll, CCN, SSIP (SCE)

A. Cuhadar, SSIP, BE (SCE)

C. D'Amours, DWC, SSIP (SITE)

F. Danilo-Lemoine, DWC (SCE-Adjunct)

R.M. Dansereau, SSIP, BE, DWC (SCE)

R. Dekemp, BE (SITE)

G.Y. Delisle, DWC (SITE - Adjunct)

H. Ding, SSIP (SITE - Adjunct)

E. Dubois, SSIP, SMI, DWC (SITE)

A. El Saddik, CCN, CSE, BE (SITE)

M.S. El-Tanany, DWC, SSIP, CCN (SCE)

M. Elhadef, SMI, CSE (SITE)

B. Esfandiari, SMI, CSE, CCN (SCE)

A. Fahim, CSE, ME (SITE)

D.D. Falconer, DWC (SCE)

F. Famili, SMI (SITE-Adjunct)

N. Fong, ICD (DOE-Adjunct)

R.G. Franks, CSE, CCN (SCE)

M. Frize, BE, SMI, SSIP (SITE and SCE)

E. Gad, CAD, ME (SITE)

P.A. Galko, DWC, PS (SITE)

R. Gauthier, DWC, ISD (DOE)

N.D. Georganas, CCN, CSE (SITE)

D.T. Gibbons, BE, SSIP, CSE (SITE)

C. Giguere, BE, SSIP (SITE)

R.A. Goubran, SSIP, BE, DWC (SCE)

J.R. Green, SMI, SSIP (SCE)

V. Groza, CSE, SMI, BE (SITE)

W. Gueajeb SMI (SITE)

P. Gunupudi, CAD (DOE)

R. Habash BE (SITE)

R.H.M. Hafez, BWC, CCN (SCE)

T. Hall PS (SITE)

R. Harrison, ME, ICD (DOE)

C. Huang, CCN, PS (SCE)

J. Huang, CCN (SCE - Adjunct)

D. Inkpen, SMI (SITE)

D. I.A. Ionescu, CCN, CSE (SITE)

N. Japkowicz, SMI (SITE)

P. Jay, SSIP (SITE - Adjunct)

C. Joslin, CSE, SMI (CSIT & SCE)

A. Karmouch, CCN, CSE, SMI (SITE)

J.P. Knight, SMI, CAD, DWC (DOE)

T. Kunz, CCN, CSE (SCE)

T.A. Kwasniewski, ICD, DWC (DOE)

Y. Labiche, CSE (SCE)

R. Laganière, SSIP, SMI (SITE)

D. Landheer, ICD (DOE - Adjunct)

J. Lang, CSE, SSIP, SMI (SITE)

W. Lee, CSE, SSIP, SMI (SITE)

T. Lethbridge, CSE (SITE)

R. Liscano, CSE, CCN, SMI (SITE)

P. Liu, SMI, BE, CCN (SCE)

S. Loyka, DWC, ME (SITE)

C.H. Lung, CSE, CCN (SCE)

L. MacEachern, ICD, DWC, PS (DOE)

S.A. Mahmoud, DWC, CCN, SSIP (SCE)

S. Majumdar, CSE, CCN (SCE)

D. Makrakis, CCN, DWC (SITE)

Y. Mao, DWC (SITE)
A. Marble, BME, SMI, SSIP (SCE)

I. Marsland, DWC (SCE)

R. Mason, ICD (DOE)

A. Matrawy, CCN, CSE (SCE)

S. Matwin, SMI (SITE)

D. McNamara, ME (SITE)

A. Miri, CCN, CSE, DWC (SITE)

H.T. Mouftah, DWC, CCN (SITE )

L. Moura, CSE, CCN (SITE)

M.S. Nakhla, CAD, ME, ICD (DOE)

A. Nayak, CSE, CCN (SITE)

Y. Ono, SSIP (SCE)

B. Pagurek, CSE, CCN (SCE)

P. Payeur, SMI, SSIP (SITE)

T. Pearce, CSE (SCE)

D.C. Petriu, CSE, CCN (SCE)

E.M. Petriu, SMI, CAD, BE (SITE)

L. Peyton, CSE, SMI (SITE)

C. Plett, ICD, DWC, ME (DOE)

B. Raahemi, CCN, SMI (Management)

J. Rogers, DWC, ME, ICD (DOE)

S. Roux, PS, ME (SITE-Adjunct)

L. Roy, ME, ICD, PS (DOE)

H.M. Schwartz, SMI, SSIP (SCE)

M. Shams, ICD, BE, CAD (DOE)

S. Shirmohammadi, CCN, CSE (SITE)

T.J. Smy, ME, ICD (DOE)

A. Steele, PS (DOE)

M. St-Hilaire, CCN, DWC (SCE)

I. Stojmenovic, CCN, DWC (SITE)

B.A. Syrett, ME, PS (DOE)

S. Szpakowicz, SMI (SITE)

V. Szwarc, ICD, SSIP (DOE - Adjunct)

N. Tait, ICD, PS, ME (DOE)

J. Talim, CCN (SCE)

S. Taney, CSE, PS, BE (SCE)

N.G. Tarr, ICD (DOE)

T.T. Tran, CSE (SITE)

M. Turcotte, BE, SMI (SITE)

I. Uzunov, ME (SITE-Adjunct)

G. Wainer, CSE, BE, SMI (SCE)

S. Wang, ICD, CAD (DOE-Adjunct)

A.D. Whitehead, CSE (CSIT & SCE)

J.S. Wight, ME, DWC (DOE)
Y.Wu, DWC, SSIP, CCN (SCE-Adjunct)

C.M. Woodside, CSE (SCE)

M. Yagoub, ME, CAD (SITE)

O.W. Yang, CCN, DWC, PS (SITE)

H. Yanikomeroglu, DWC, CCN (SCE)

J. Yao, PS, ME, DWC (SITE)

Q. Ye, ME (DOE - Adjunct)

T.Yeap, DWC, ICD, PS (SITE)

G. Yee, CSE (SITE)

A. Yongaçoglu, DWC, SSIP (SITE)

F.R. Yu, CCN, DWC (SCE)

Q.J. Zhang, CAD, ME, ICD (DOE)

J. Zhao, SSIP, CCN, DWC (SITE)

Master's Degree

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission to a master's program is a bachelor's degree with at least high honours standing in electrical engineering or a related discipline.

Program Requirements

The requirements for course work are specified in terms of credits: one credit = one hour/week for one term. Subject to the approval of the departmental chair, a student may take up to half of the course credits in the program in other disciplines (e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics). Master's programs with a thesis earn the Master of Applied Science degree, while other master's programs earn the Master of Engineering degree.

Master's Degree by Thesis

Eighteen course credits plus thesis

Master's Degree by Course Work

Twenty-seven course credits plus a project (nominally six credits)

Cooperative Master's Degree by Thesis

Eighteen course credits plus a thesis

Cooperative Master's Degree by Course Work

Twenty-four course credits plus two projects (each conducted in one work term)

Participation in the cooperative master's program is subject to acceptance by a suitable sponsoring organization.

Doctor of Philosophy

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission into the Ph.D. program is a master's degree with thesis in electrical engineering or a related discipline.

Program Requirements

The requirements for course work are specified in terms of credits: one credit = one hour/week for one term. Subject to the approval of the advisory committee, a student may take up to half of the course credits in the program in other disciplines (e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics).

• A minimum of nine course credits
• A comprehensive examination involving written and oral examinations and a written thesis proposal, to take place before the end of the fourth term of registration
• A thesis which must be defended at an oral examination

Graduate Courses

In all programs, the student may choose graduate courses from either university with the approval of the adviser or advisory committee. Course descriptions may be found in the departmental section of the calendar. All courses are of one term duration. Only a selection of courses listed is given in a particular academic year. The following codes identify the department offering the course.

Carleton University

• ELEC Department of Electronics
• SYSC Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

University of Ottawa

• EACJ Department of Electrical Engineering

The CSI designation refers to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. The ELG designation refers to the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ottawa.

Course List by Research Area

Biomedical Engineering

Computer Aided Design for Electronic Circuits

Computer and Software Engineering

Computer Communications, Distributed Systems, and Multimedia

Digital and Optical Communications

Integrated Circuits and Devices

Microwaves and Electromagnetics

 Photonic Systems    

Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Systems and Machine Intelligence