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+Network analysis of EEG data: Understanding connections in the brain
+====== Network analysis of EEG data: Understanding connections in the brain ======
+**Supervisor**: Andrew Eckford
+**Required Background**: CSE 3213 (Computer Networks), CSE 3451 (Signals and Systems), and MATH 2030 (Elementary Probability); or equivalents
+**Preferred**: At least a B in all of the above courses
+__Description__
+Electroencephalogram (EEG) data indicates electrical activity at particular locations in the brain. Using EEG data from multiple sensors, it is possible to find correlations among the measurements, and identify “networks” of activity in the brain. These networks help researchers to determine exactly how the brain processes various stimuli.
+The tools that are used to analyze communication networks can also be used to analyze brain networks. In this interdisciplinary project, you will work with a collection of EEG data to identify correlated measurements, and determine network-type relationships based on those measurements. To do so, you will apply skills you learned in courses on Signals and Systems, Computer Networks, and Probability. Your work may lead to a research publication.
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+====== An Open Source Structural Equation Modeling Path Diagram to Syntax Application ======
+**Supervisor**: Jeff Edmonds
+**Required Background**: JAVA
+**Recommended Background**: GUI Development
+__Description__
+The software required is an application that allows researchers to define their hypothesized models visually and will output the correct syntax for the analytical software of their choosing.
+To date a promising functional application has been developed in JAVA by a Computer Science student as a 4080 project.  The existing software allows the user to draw a path diagram and outputs code for the R package sem.  There are a number of improvements to be made (refinements and additions to graphical user interface) and then the application needs to be extended to output syntax appropriate for additional software applications (openMX, MPlus and EQS).
+This a cross-disciplinary project with the Quantitative Methods division of the Department of Psychology. As such, the student will be working with individuals with expertise in the relevant statistics but are not themselves software developers, which is reflective of real-world situations.  The student is not expected to have any familiarity with statistics or the software packages mentioned above, this background will be provided.
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+====== YUsend Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) Test Manager  ======
+**Supervisor**: Rob Allison (co-supervised with Hugh Chesser, Space Engineering)
+**Required Background**: General CSE408x prerequisites, familiarity with C++ and Windows software tools
+__Description__
+The YUsend (York University Space Engineering Nanosatellite Demonstration) Lab has procured a Windows XP-based industrial computer and temperature acquisition card (as well as other hardware) for performing TVAC testing of nanosatellites in the CSIL Lab (PSE 003).  A "TVAC Test Manager" application written using LabView's G programming language will oversee the acquisition of temperatures (thermal test outputs) and control of IR lamps (thermal test inputs) during the rather long periods (4 or more days, 24 hours a day) of a TVAC test.
+Specific tasks include:
+.  Writing temperature acquisition card (OMEGA Engineering CIO-DAS-Temp) drivers for LabView - should be written in Visual C++ or similar and compiled into SubVI format.
+.  Write LabView VI's ("Virtual Instrument") to perform (a) Test set-up activities - checkout of sensor and lamps, assigning neumonics to temperature sensors, setting of alarm conditions for sensors and lamps (b) Acquire and monitor temperature data and control lamp voltage during test, raise operator alarms for temperature or IR lamp anomalous conditions as required (c) Store temperature and control data for subsequent analysis and reporting.
+. (Optional) Interface the Test Manager with an orbital simulation tool which would be used to compute IR lamp inputs based on a simulation of the nanosatellite's orbital position and attitude (eg - in the sun, lamps on, in eclipse lamps off).  The simulation tool is a package called Satellite Toolkit (STK) which has an TCP/IP-based API.
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