IAL: History

Imaging in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of Purdue University dates back to 1931 when Roscoe George and Howard J. Heim invented the first electronic television receiver which is now on exhibit at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, IL. From these beginnings, imaging has grown to become a major educational and research component of the ECE program. There are presently 14 ECE faculty conducting research related to imaging. At the graduate level, there are presently 13 courses in the imaging area that have either premanent status, or which are under development at this time. At the undergraduate level, we have a "capstone" Senior ECE course in digital signal processing which has a strong imaging component. University dates back to 1931 when Roscoe George and Howard J. Heim invented the first electronic television receiver which is now on exhibit at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, IL. From these beginnings, imaging has grown to become a major educational and research component of the ECE program. There are presently 14 ECE faculty conducting research related to imaging. At the graduate level, there are presently 13 courses in the imaging area that have either premanent status, or which are under development at this time. At the undergraduate level, we have a "capstone" Senior ECE course in digital signal processing which has a strong imaging component. The Laboratory for Image Analysis is not a physical laboratory. The IAL is a virtual laboratory made up of nine individual labs. The Laboratory for Image Analysis was established as a means to further the research in image processing within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as in other departments on the West Lafayette campus. The primary purpose for the IAL's existence is to provide support for the nine individual labs; as well as promote the sharing of image processing resources within ECE. A second purpose for the establishment of a virtual laboratory is to pose as a contact point for the nine individual labs for persons not conducting research within the school ECE.