DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE 560 012, INDIA

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Phone: (080) 2293 2276, 2293 2278, 2360 0563

e-mail: chairman@ece.iisc.ernet.in

Please tick the degree applied for (M.Tech) Research) / Ph.D.

Name of the Candidate:

Appl.No.

Date of Interview:

Session: Forenoon/Afternoon

Choose TWO areas of basic mathematics from the following:

Calculus and Differential Equations

Matrix Analysis and Linear Algebra

Fourier, Laplace, and z-Transforms

Probability Theory and Random Processes

Discrete Mathematics (combinatorics, graphs).

NOTE: Immediately after the interview, you have an option to change the priority order of
the departments that you had indicated in your application form. Please inquire with the
interview committee or office staff on the procedure.

Signature of the candidate:

Preferences for Areas of Research (June 2016)

Indicate your first and second preferences from the following areas.
Mark 1 and 2 for the areas and underline the sub-topics of interest within each area.
A.

Communication and Networks:

B.

Signal Processing:

C.

Compressive sampling theory and sparse signal processing, MIMO signal processing.
Source localisation and tracking indoor positioning.
Signal processing for MIMO wireless communication systems, wireless sensor networks including SP
algorithms and testing of PIR-based WSN.
Image processing in brains and machines.
Image and video processing - perceptual quality assessment and its applications in enhancement,
recognition, compression and communication.

Microelectronics:

D.

Embedded vision system, embedded learning systems, near-threshold circuits, and energy harvesting
circuits.
Nanotransistors with Si, III-V, 2D materials (Graphene, TMD), spintronics, novel memory, CMOS
sensors,semiconductor optoelectronics, ultra-low power devices.
Semiconductor optoelectronic devices, 2D valleytronics, photodetectors and IR detectors.

RF & Microwave :

E.

Computational electromagnetics and solutions to Maxwells equations: boundary element method,

finite difference time domain method, finite element method; high speed interconnect simulation; RF in
automotives.
Antenna array analysis and design, ultrawideband systems for imaging applications
RF Circuits: wireless power transfers; RF energy harvesting circuits.
Huge power RF electronics, integration.
RF MEMS for millimetre wave applications, design and fabrication.

Photonics:

F.

Information theory, network coding theory, information theoretic security, error control coding, coded
modulation, cooperative communications and network coding, coding for distributed storage, coding for
storage media (HDD, flash, CDs, DVDs), index coding for wireless networks.
Wireless communication, OFDM/OFDMA, CDMA MIMO, 4G/5G cellular systems, wireless sensor
networks, cooperative communications.
Visible light wireless communication, space-time coding, low complexity MIMO/multiuser detection,
cognitive radio, media-based modulation, index modulation.
Communication networks: stochastic modeling, performance analysis, optimisation & control problems
arising in wireline and wireless networks (wireless access networks, ad hoc wireless networks, and
wireless sensor networks).
Network management, multiple access protocols, multimedia communication protocols and ubiquitous
networking, optical networks.
Machine learning, decision making and optimisation.

Fibre optic communications, photonic integrated circuits, micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems

(MOEMS).
Nano-photonics, Bio-photonics.
Semiconductor optoelectronics, photonics with 2D materials, light-matter interaction, excitons.
WDM optical networks, quantum photonics.
Nano-photonics for spectroscopic sensing / imaging, integrated optics, nonlinear optics and optical
microscopy.

Cyber-Physical Systems:

Hybrid system, co-design, distributed control, large scale IoT (Intemet of Things) test beds, distributed
computing architectures, control, computation, and communication algorithms for such systems.

Signature of the candidate: