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After a long break, I could spare time to write something on my blog. Chancing the english course was one of the best things that I have ever done. Manchester class below was the most enthusiastic and lovely class that I have been in.  Of course, I met scourges, but I easily overwhelmed the issues by myself. During that time, I really learned a lot about how to live in th UK. The University of Southampton dream induced me to study hard, especially just after coming to Southampton. Currently, we are in the 7th week. 3 weeks more, then go back to awesome country(TURKEY) to have a rest with my family. At the 5th of October, master is going to start. Anyway, Ramadan Mubarak to Muslims. See you in another post…

 

      Thanks to Warinthorn Kiadtikornthaweeyot for the picture.

World-class research at the University of Southampton is getting a multi-million pound boost with the purchase of a new supercomputer, built using IBM iDataPlex server technology and capable of over 74 trillion calculations per second.

The new supercomputer, containing more than 8000 processors, will be used by leading-edge researchers across the University to make highly complex computations in fields ranging from cancer research to climate change. It will be the first IBM System iDataPlex in a UK university and one of the 100 most powerful supercomputers in the world (based on the June 2009 Top 500 list at www.top500.org).

“The University of Southampton is one of the UK’s leading research universities and one of the top 100 in the world. To ensure that we remain at the cutting-edge of research, we must invest in the best facilities for our research staff,” comments the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Philip Nelson.

“This significant investment will ensure that our researchers have computing facilities to rival the best in the world.”

The computer, which was custom-designed and will be built, rapidly implemented and configured for the University by UK high-performance computer and storage integrator OCF plc (www.ocf.co.uk), has a capability equivalent to around 4,000 standard office computers, running simultaneously.

It will greatly assist the University’s medical researchers. Geneticist Professor Andrew Collins comments: “We need extremely high levels of computing power in our work mapping the disease genes implicated in breast cancer and glaucoma. With the volume of genome data increasing hugely each year, its analysis requires the most highly-sophisticated facilities.”

One of the key engineering groups using the computer will be the University Technology Centre for Computational Engineering, where director Professor Andy Keane and colleagues will be using its power to improve the design of aero engines and aircraft.

Other major users will be researchers in the University’s Complex Systems Simulation Doctoral Training Centre, which carries out high-quality, sophisticated simulations in research areas such as climate, pharmaceuticals, bioscience, nanoscience, medical and chemical systems, transport, the environment, engineering and computing.

“Using these new facilities we will see simulation modelling used to drive the design of new drugs tested on simulated organisms, to shape our response to climate change, to redesign our transport systems, and even to explore the origins of life on earth. The quality of simulations such as these is becoming crucial in the modern world,” says the Centre’s director Dr Seth Bullock.

The University and OCF signed their contract in July 2009. IBM will receive £1.8m from its sale into OCF.

www.soton.ac.uk

Su anda Southampton Universitesinin ogrencisi oldum:). New castle’dan da kabul geldi. Fakat fikrim degismeyecek. UCL(Universit college london) kabul etmedi normal olarak:). Manchester’dan evet gelirse belki bir duraklayip dusunmek gerekebilir. Son gelismeler boyle. Sevgiler…

Southampton’dan bir video:

Bu da 2. video:

Dersler:

Semester 1

• ELEC3028 Digital Transmission (Compulsory)
• ELEC6099 Signal Processing (Compulsory)
• ELEC6023 Radio Communications Engineering (Compulsory)
• ELEC6030 Computer Networks (Compulsory)
• ELEC6021 Research Methods (Compulsory)

Semester 2

• ELEC6003 MSc Project (Compulsory)
• ELEC6080 Integrated RF Transceiver Design (Optional)
• ELEC6014 Radio Communication Networks and Systems (Optional)
• ELEC6022 Personal Multimedia Communications (Optional)
• ELEC6032 Cryptography and Data Compression (Optional)
• ELEC6079 Microsystems Technology (MST): From Lab on Chip to Mobile Phone Applications (Optional)

Kitaplar:

MSc in Radio Frequency Communications

The following is a list of subjects with which you are expected to be familiar at the start of the course. Some of these subjects are covered explicitly in lectures; other subjects are considered pre-requisites for units on the course. In all cases, you should be familiar with the material in the chapters specified. If you are unable to obtain the recommended books, similar books may be used instead, but most of the books listed below will be used as course texts.

C Programming
Programming is not explicitly taught as part of the MSc. You will be expected to be able to program in C for some units and for the project. There are many suitable books available (for example Buchanan, W., C for Electronic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1995). You should be familiar with:

• Functions (arguments, return, scope, recursion).
• Dynamic memory allocation.
• Structures (declaration, definition, pointers, arrays).
• Header files and modular programming.

Digital Design
Zwolinski, M., Digital Design with VHDL, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, ISBN 0-201-36063-2 [Shops]
You should read and understand the material in chapters 1 to 7.

Circuit Theory
Sedra, A.S. and Smith K.C., Microelectronic Circuits 3rd Edition,
Read: Chapters 1, 2, 10.9-11 and 11.

Signal Processing
Proakis J. G. and Manolakis D., Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms and Applications, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1996

Digital Communications
Sklar, B., Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Ed.), Prentice Hall PTR, 2001.
Read: Chapters 1-4, 6, 7, 12.

Wireless Communications
Rappaport, T. S., Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Ed.), Prentice Hall PTR, 2002.
Read: Chapters 1-5.

Yakın çevremde bir çok arkadaşımın başına gelen MSN’nin hacklenmesi olayı artık iyice klişeleşti. Peki hacklendikten sonra msn adresinizi geri almak için neler yapmanız gerekiyor. Bu konuda Microsoft Türkiye bu konudan müzdarip olanların sayısı gittikçe arttığından Türkçe açıklama videosu hazırlamış ve yayınlamış. Eğer sizinde MSN adresiniz hacklendiyse buradaki adımları izlemeniz şifrenizi almanız konusunda oldukça yararlı olacaktır.

Video linki için tıklayınız.

Thanks to Serkan Cura.

EPrints helps create world’s first repository for the visual arts

Kultur home page

A repository which will make it possible for colleges and individuals in the arts to store and present their work in a creative way will be unveiled tomorrow (Wednesday 3 June) at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

Kultur, a project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), has used the world-leading EPrints software from the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton to develop a joint pilot repository for the University of the Arts London, the University for the Creative Arts and Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. The project will be officially completed tomorrow and an event to mark the occasion will be held at Whitechapel Art Gallery.

‘Up to now, the focus of most repositories has been science and engineering and published articles,’ said Dr Leslie Carr of ECS. ‘Kultur has provided us with an opportunity to use EPrints to develop the first comprehensive institutional repository for the arts.’

The Kultur project provides a flexible, multimedia pilot repository capable of showcasing a wide range of outputs from digital versions of paintings, photography, film, graphic and textile design to records of performances, shows and installations.

The three institutions involved will now develop their own open repositories to store and showcase their creative work.

‘This will make an immense difference to our institutions,’ said Andrew Gray, Kultur Project Officer, University of the Arts London. ‘It is the first repository of its kind in the arts world; there are others but there hasn’t been a visual one. The benefit of Kultur is that it will enable us to share our practice-based research across our colleges and with other institutions.’

‘It will also open up the art world, which will link up the often lone artist with the wider arts community,’ Dr Carr added.

The pilot repository will be showcased at Whitechapel Art Gallery between 6-8pm on Wednesday 3 June. The event will include presentations from Andy McGregor, JISC, Seymour Roworth-Stokes, Pro Vice Chancellor of Research at the University for the Creative Arts, Andrew Carnie, Researcher at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, and Pat Christie, Director of Library and Learning Resources, University of the Arts London.

Kultur was a collaboration between all three arts institutions in partnership with the Visual Arts Data Service and EPrints.

EPrints software, developed in 2000 by the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science, is used in hundreds of institutional repositories (IRs) around the world.

Images of the pilot repository are available at:

http://www.eprints.org/kultur/FrontPage.png

http://www.eprints.org/kultur/Hackney.pdf

http://www.eprints.org/kultur/Hackney.pdf

http://www.eprints.org/kultur/MiniFlux.pdf

Quote :  http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about/news/2553

Bir muddettir yazamadim. Ancak firsatini buldum. 10 Temmuz’da Southampton’a dogru yola cikacagim. Pre-sessional kursuyla ingilizceye orada devam edecegim. Pre-sessional’in avantaji nedir? Pre-sessional kurslar akademik ingilizceye yonelik egitim verirler genelde. Bir cok ingilizce kursundan daha faydali olacaktir bu konuda. Ayni zamanda tekrardan IELTS veya Toefl gibi sinavlardan birine de girmeme gerek kalmamis olacak. Ekim ayinda direkt egimime baslayabilecegim. Zaten en guzel yani da bu:).  Daha da guzel yani o universite garanti iken ielts’ye calisip yeni kabul aldigin bir universiteye gecebilmemizin de mumkun olmasi. Sinava giren arkadaslarim oldu burada. Insallah hepsi istedigi score’lari alirlar. Herkese kolayliklar diliyorum.

BBC’nin iplayer bolumunu ingilizcesini gelistirmek isteyen arkadaslara tavsiye ediyorum. Mutlaka bakin. Her alanla ilgili degisik videolar da var:) Cogunlugu cocuklarin anlayacagi dilde ama eglenceli:). Ogrenmenin yasi yoktur. Devam…Linkler asagida…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078pmz/Science_Clips_Changing_Circuits/

Uzun zamandir Southampton Universitesinden  aldigim offera dun olumlu cevap verdim. Yarin da belgeleri tamamliyorum. Hayatimin bir parcasi olacak olan arastirmalarimi ve calismalarimi yapacagim 4 senenin boylelikle cogunlukla nerede gececegini de belirlemis oldum:). Umarim hayirli olur…

Asagidaki linkten 360° panoramic video camera sayesinde kopek baliklari arasinda gezen dalgiclari izleyebilirsiniz:) Yaninda bir kac video daha var.  Gayet hos. Bir bakin derim. Mouse’ un sol butonuna tiklayip yon degistirebilirsiniz.

The link below shows the Oceans film team test the 360° panoramic video camera in shark-infested waters.  You must have a look:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/oceans/360/reefsharks/