NEW!
E8 World-Class Concurrent Engineering
World-Class Concurrent Engineering reveals why U.S. companies
must develop a profoundly different insight - the "process"
insight - into the nature of industrial activity. Management,
labor, and technical staff will learn the new way of developing
products together, with departments working in parallel rather
than serially in isolation. Applied concurrent engineering results
in one multifunctional team forming one set of decisions in one
decision trade-off space.
This new understanding and know-how will allow managers and engineers
to work smarter, not harder. They will be able to:
This 4-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW! E9 The Dynamics of Innovation in Industry
This new course is designed for managers, engineers and personnel
in R&D and manufacturing. The course teaches the importance
of technological change in the life of the corporation. Findings
in fields as diverse as the history of technology, corporate strategy,
and the dynamics of innovation have reached a common and disturbing
conclusion. With success in one generation of technology comes
narrowing and vulnerability to competitors championing the next
generation. If these findings are correct, then we are in the
midst of a period of great peril for established but highly focused
firms, which may be swept away by the opening of many new fields
of commercial endeavor for which they are ill equipped. How are
major corporations to meet the growing need to renew their core
businesses?
The message in these videotapes is that failure to innovate is
a prime source of business failure. During periods of revolutionary
change nearly all established competitors fail. The purpose of
this program is to clarify the importance of technological change
in the life of the corporation, both as a creative force in the
growth of the corporation, and as a destructive force making it
vulnerable to competitors. Our plan of attack is to look at a
number of products and industries as they have developed over
time to see whether or not we can begin to understand the process
of innovation and its importance to business in a larger and dynamic
context.
By understanding the dynamics and learning how to observe, predict,
and rapidly apply product and process innovations, your organization
will develop the proper conditions for increased levels of output
and productivity. It will also gain competitive advantage.
Topics covered include:
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E15 Signals and Systems:
This video course is an introduction to analog and digital signal
processing. The course presents and integrates the basic concepts
for both continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems.
Signal and system representations are developed for both time
and frequency domains. These representations are related through
the Fourier transform and its generalizations, which are explored
in detail. Filtering and filter design, modulation, and sampling
for both analog and digital systems, as well as exposition and
demonstration of the basic concepts of feedback systems for both
analog and digital systems, are discussed and illustrated.
Prerequisite: Calculus and some exposure to linear constant coefficient
differential equations. No detail exposure to analog or digital
signal processing is assumed.
22 color videotapes, 000 minutes
English
$3,995
This course begins with a discussion of the analysis and representation
of discrete-time signals and systems, including discrete-time
convolution, difference equations, the z-transform, and
the discrete-time Fourier transform. Emphasis is placed on the
similarities and distinctions between discrete-time and continuous-time
signals and systems. The course proceeds to cover digital network
structures for implementation of both recursive (infinite impulse
response) and nonrecursive (finite impulse response) digital filters.
Prerequisites: Advanced calculus and familiarity with introductory
complex variable theory. Previous exposure to linear system theory
for continuous-time signals, including Laplace and Fourier transforms,
is required. No experience with discrete-time signals, z-transforms,
or discrete Fourier transforms is assumed.
Topics Covered Include:
This 22-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Manual, and one (1) Textbook by A.V. Oppenheim and R.W.
Schafer, Discrete-Time Signal Processing.
NEW!
E17 2-D Signal Processing and Image Processing
19 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$3,180
This video course provides both an overview and in-depth treatment
of the fundamental concepts, theory, and applications associated
with 2-D signal processing, with particular emphasis on the image
and video processing applications. The relationships and differences
between two-dimensional and one-dimensional signal processing
are presented.
To develop a deeper understanding of the theory, applications
are emphasized with a focus on image processing. In addition,
46 laboratory demonstrations enhance student comprehension of
the material discussed in the course. Topics include theory and
computation of two-dimensional Fourier transforms, and design
and implementation of two-dimensional filters. Application areas
include image enhancement, restoration, coding, and HDTV system
design.
Prerequisites: Graduate and upper-class undergraduate level.
Participants are expected to be familiar with the fundamentals
of digital signal processing for one-dimensional signals.
Topics Covered Include:
This 19-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Manual, and one (1) Textbook by J.S. Lim, "Two-Dimensional
Signal and Image Processing".
NEW!
E18 Image Processing:
The Analysis and Design of Systems That Transmit and Reproduce
Real-World Images
23 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$3,995
This video course delineates the latest developments in scanning,
recording, coding, storage, enhancement, and transmission of images.
Rich in demonstrations and examples, this video course is applications
oriented to prepare your organization to meet the challenges in
the rapidly advancing imaging environment.
The concentration in this video course is on the transmission
and reproduction of real-world images - natural objects and documents
- for viewing by humans in a normal way. The course covers physical
aspects of imaging systems as well as the effects of the visual
perception of the observer. It presents a thorough discussion
of both the mathematical and subjective principles involved in
the conversion of optical images to electrical signals and vice
versa.
The course provides the conceptual framework, perspective, and
illustration of the ideas being presented through a wide range
of visual media, including computer animation, plus 46 laboratory
and studio demonstrations.
Topics Covered Include:
This 23-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Program Guide, and one (1) Textbook by W. F. Schreiber, "Fundamentals
of Electronic Imaging Systems".
NEW!
E19 Introduction to VLSI Design
with Jonathan Allen (M.I.T.)
25 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$4,495
This is a complete, comprehensive video course that will provide
circuit designers, in a single resource, all the requisite knowledge
needed to develop a practical chip. Performance considerations
are emphasized, with the techniques for optimizing speed, silicon
area, and power interspersed throughout the presentation. The
result is a well-structured set of design principles that can
be used for any design task.
Topics Covered Include:
Part II: CMOS Integrated Circuit Design
This 25-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Study Guide, and one (1) Textbook by C. Mead and L. Conway,
Introduction to VLSI Systems.
NEW!
E20 Microlithography Strategy For Future ULSI
with Henry I. Smith (M.I.T.)
5 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$975
At the present time, the dominant method of microlithography used
in manufacturing very-large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI) is
UV optical projection. This technology, though well entrenched,
faces increasingly difficult tasks as linewidths shrink from 0.8
µm to 0.25 µm (i.e., ultra-large-scale integration,
ULSI). Although such resolution is achievable with optical projection
in a laboratory setting, the attendant decreases in process latitude
and depth-of-focus may make alternative technologies, such as
proximity x-ray lithography, more cost effective. Because of
these uncertainties, research directors and managers of IC fabrication
facilities will be forced to make strategic decisions while some
of the information necessary for those decisions is either "soft"
or unavailable.
This course will cover the basic knowledge needed to evaluate
the alternative lithography strategies and present criteria that
need to be factored into making strategic decisions on future
microlithography systems. It is intended for executives in VLSI
or ULSI manufacturing responsible for purchasing improved microlithography
tools; managers and operators of IC fabrication lines; researchers
in microlithography or advanced devices and circuits.
The course will:
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E21 Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding
with Victor Zue (M.I.T.)
5 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$975
This video course provides an introduction to the field of automatic
speech recognition and understanding. It starts with an overview,
in which the problem is defined, the state of the art summarized,
and the rest of the course outlined. This is followed by a lecture
on how linguistic information is encoded in the speech signal
and how the speech signal is represented in current speech recognition
systems, including cepstral analysis and auditory modeling. Next,
prevailing approaches to modeling and search techniques, including
hidden Markov modeling (HMM), are introduced. Another lecture
is devoted to the integration of speech recognition and natural
language processing technologies to achieve speech understanding.
Finally, practical issues including task definition, data collection,
performance evaluation, and computation requirements are discussed.
Lecture material is augmented with audio, video, and live demonstrations.
The course will help you:
Develop an appreciation of the underlying problem of speech recognition
and understanding, as well as the state of the art in this field
Topics Covered Include:
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E22 Understanding Lasers and Their Applications
with Shaoul Ezekiel (M.I.T.)
9 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$1,650
Lasers are essential to an incredibly large number of applications.
Today, they are used in bar code readers, compact discs, medicine,
communications, sensors, materials processing, computer printers,
data processing, 3D-imaging, spectroscopy, navigation, non-destructive
testing, chemical processing, color copiers, laser "shows,"
and the military. There is hardly a field untouched by the laser.
This video course uses simple language to explain the basic characteristics
of lasers. Specially prepared demonstrations help you visualize
and understand the basic phenomena that govern the behavior of
lasers and their properties.
The course is designed for engineers, scientists, medical personnel,
and others who work with lasers, or who anticipate working with
and using lasers, yet have little or no background in laser basics.
It focuses on fundamentals and emphasizes a physical intuitive
interpretation of laser phenomena and their applications. Because
the mathematics is kept to a minimum, topics are easily understood,
even by someone without a strong technical background.
Topics covered include:
Why the Interest in Lasers?
What Are the Unique Properties of Lasers?
How the Unique Properties of Lasers Come About
Operation of a Simple Laser
Other Issues and Problems
Types of Lasers
Laser Applications
Future
This 9-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E23 Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics
with Shaoul Ezekiel (M.I.T.)
10 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$975
These vivid and exciting demonstrations were developed primarily
for use by instructors in universities and colleges and trainers
in business and industry who need to illustrate the fundamental
phenomena in lasers and optics. The experimental setups are made
simple enough to follow and ample references are given for background
reading. In addition, several puzzles are left for the viewer
to solve.
The demonstrations are intended for:
The individual student of lasers and optics who wants to observe
the various phenomena covered in the
theoretical treatments in courses, books, and technical papers.
The instructor in lasers and optics in a company, university,
college, or high school who wants to illustrate,
in class, many of the fundamental phenomena in optics and lasers.
Split-screen inserts and a wide range of video-recording capabilities
show real-time effects in lasers and optics and simultaneous manipulation
of the components that cause these effects. Forty-eight demonstrations
show effects that would be impossible to display in a conventional
classroom.
Topics covered include:
Demonstrations in Physical Optics
Polarization of Light and Polarization Manipulation
Reflections at Dielectric Interfaces
Two-Beam Interference
Multiple Beam Interference
Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
Propagation in Optical Fibers
Demonstrations in Laser Fundamentals
Simple Laser; Light Amplifier; Polarization of Laser Light; Spectrum
of Laser Light
Optics of Laser Beams; Laser Transverse Modes; Laser Linewidth
Single Frequency Selection with Étalons; Multiwavelength
Laser; Widely Tunable Laser;
Laser Induced Fluorescence in Atoms and Molecules
This 10-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E24 New Parallel Architectures and Languages
with Arvind (M.I.T.)
5 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$975
Parallel computing is faced with both a programming crisis and
an architectural crisis, although the latter is not widely recognized.
This course presents approaches to addressing both issues - the
former via implicit parallel languages and the latter via dataflow-multithreaded
architectures.
One approach to parallel programming is to extend sequential languages
with parallel constructs. Such extensions are often architecture-specific,
reflecting memory hierarchies, topology of interconnection networks,
shared vs. Distributed address spaces, etc. A more ambitious
approach is to write programs in a functional language where all
parallelism is implicit. Id is such a language. Parallelism
in Id arises from evaluating arguments of a function concurrently
and from concurrent execution of the producer and consumers of
a data structure.
In any highly parallel machine, large memory latencies and frequent
synchronization events are unavoidable. Multithreaded machines
and, in particular, dataflow machines address these issues head
on; they feature instruction-level forks and joins which make
it possible for a processor to have hundreds or thousands of threads
ready to execute at each instant. Multithreaded architectures
are on the threshold of commercialization. Implicity parallel
languages together with multithreaded architectures are likely
to dramatically increase the number of applications on parallel
machines.
The participant will learn:
High-level implicit programming using Id, MIT's dataflow language
The basic principles of dataflow architectures and their implementations
Compilation and resource management issues.
Topics covered include:
Tape 1: Why Most Machines in Use Today Are Not Parallel Machines
Tape 2: Implicit Parallel Programming in Id
Tape 3: Fine-Grain Parallelism and Non-Deterministic Programs
Tape 4: Dataflow Architectures: From Monsoon to *T
Tape 5: Performance: Some Compiling and Resource Management
Issues
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E25 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: Techniques
for the Conception and
Realization of Large-Scale Software Systems - a Prerequisite
for Artificial Intelligence
with Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman (M.I.T.)
27 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$4,900
This video course has been designed for individuals with a strong
interest in artificial intelligence, expert systems, CAD-DAM,
and robotics. This course will also be particularly useful in
helping participants catch up with the foundations and implications
of the computer revolution. It has wide applications in industrial
environments. The course has been adopted as a central part of
artificial intelligence training programs at Hewlett-Packard,
Texas Instruments, and Digital Equipment Corporation.
The course focuses on techniques for controlling the organizational
complexity of large-scale software systems and illustrates widely
applicable principles of engineering design.
Three basic means for decomposing difficult problems are developed:
building abstraction hierarchies, establishing conventional interfaces,
and moving to new levels of linguistic description. The course
provides a framework for dealing precisely with important problem-solving
ideas of "how to" - encountered every day in software
projects.
The participant will learn:
High-level implicit programming using Id, MIT's dataflow language
The basic principles of dataflow architectures and their implementations
Compilation and resource management issues.
Topics covered include:
Overview and Introduction to Lisp -Procedures and Processes -
Higher-Order Procedures -
Compound Data
The Square-Limit Picture Language
Symbolic Differentiation
Rule-Based Pattern Matching and Substitution - Generic Operations
Modeling and State - Streams and Functional Programming
The Metacircular Evaluator
Logic Programming - Implementing Lisp on Register Machines -
Compilation and Storage Allocation
This 27-volume videotape set comes complete with Sample problem
sets and supporting code with procedures needed for programming
exercises on computer diskettes, one (1) Visuals Guide, one (1)
Instructor's Manual, one (1) Report on the Algorithmic Language
SCHEME, and one (1) ) Textbook by H. Abelson and G.J. Sussman,
"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs".
NEW!
E26 lex and yacc: Designing and Developing Tools and Languages
in the UNIX Environment
with Steven Lally (M.I.T.)
5 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$975
When you write any program that accepts input, you enter the language
design business. Even a program that reads a small set of strings
and arguments must solve potentially complex problems of sequence
and recombination. Implementing the reserved name list of a simple
software tool can become a tangle of undisciplined - and unmaintainable
- code.
In the UNIX environment, the design and implementation of software
tools or languages are usually carried out with the 4gls lex and
yaac. Supporting well-abstracted interfaces and encouraging extensible
and maintainable software, these languages help to impose order
in a traditionally difficult domain tool (or language) design
and implementation.
These proven technologies lie arguably at the heart of the UNIX
environment, producing a broad range of well-known programs, from
"little languages" like awk, make, and pic, to complex
notations such as CONCURRENT C and C++, and including much of
the tools production at Bell Labs.
This video course surveys lex and yaac and includes the step-by-step
design and development of an application.
This course will help software development managers, designers,
and developers to:
Identify key problems in tools development
Understand the relationship between tools development and formal
language recognition techniques
Understand lex and yacc in detail
Learn techniques for designing conceptually simple tools and
languages.
Topics covered include:
Tape 1: Overview of lex and yacc/Problem Domain and Tools
Tape 2: lex as an Independent Language
Tape 3: yacc as the Primary Tool
Tape 4: Another lex/yacc Application
Tape 5: Understanding the lex/yacc-Generated Tool or Language
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Program Guide.
NEW!
E27 Electronic Feedback Systems
with James K. Roberge (M.I.T.)
20 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$3,595
Electronic Feedback Systems presents material that practicing
engineers need for the effective design and analysis of electronic
and electromechanical systems that utilize feedback. The course
emphasizes the ways in which common design methods can be applied
to a variety of diverse configurations.
Prerequisites: Participants are expected to have a good command
of such elementary linear-system concepts as s-plane manipulations
and the qualitative effect of pole and zero locations on the associated
transient and frequency response. Knowledge of more advanced
material, such as the detailed calculation of the transient response
of a high-order system by means of a partial-fraction expansion,
will not be assumed.
An ability to determine the ideal close-loop gain of a simple
operational amplifier connection is also expected.
Topics covered include:
Tape 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts
Tape 2: Effects of Feedback on Noise and Nonlinearities
Tape 3: Introduction to Systems with Dynamics
Tape 4: Stability
Tape 5: Root Locus
Tape 6: More Root Locus
Tape 7: Stability via Frequency Response
Tape 8: Compensation
Tape 9: More Compensation
Tape 10: Compensation Example
Tape 11: Feedback Compensation
Tape 12: Feedback Compensation of an Operational Amplifier
Tape 13: Operational Amplifier Compensation (continued)
Tape 14: Linearized Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
Tape 15: Describing Functions
Tape 16: Describing Functions (continued)
Tape 17: Conditional Stability
Tape 18: Oscillators (Intentional)
Tape 19: Phase-Locked Loops
Tape 20: Model Train Speed Control
This 20-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Manual, and one (1) Textbook by J.K. Roberge, "Operational
Amplifiers: Theory and Practice".
NEW!
E28 Al and Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Managers
with Randall Davis (M.I.T.)
21 color videotapes, 000 minutes -
English
$4,900
Complex systems demand more from computers than simple number
crunching to solve problems. Conventional technology is no longer
adequate. More and more, computers must make qualitative decisions
that until now could be done only through human expertise. Voice
recognition, natural-language understanding, vision recognition
and understanding, and expert-system problem solving and applications
demand more than traditional programming techniques.
This course will help you understand, manage, and use the new
technologies of artificial intelligence. It offers an overview
of the nature and applications of many facets of Al, then focuses
on knowledge-based expert systems. You will learn how to select
commercially available applications that fit your needs, determine
the necessary resources (people, hardware, and software), create
an action plan for getting started, and run an Al project.
Topics covered include:
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Al as a Field: Scope and History
Al as a Field: Character of the Problems Attacked
Application Areas: Knowledge-Based Systems
Robotics and Vision
Application Areas: Natural Language
Pragmatics: Starting an Al Effort
Summary
Knowledge-Based Systems
Introduction
The Knowledge-Engineering Mindset
Rule-Based Systems
Other Architectures
Knowledge Acquisition
Tools and Approaches
Evaluation
Summary
Managing Knowledge Systems Development
Finding and Evaluating Applications
Project Management
Aid to the Facilitator
Finding and Evaluating Applications and Project Management
This 21-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Workbook,
and one (1) Facilitator's Guide.
with Don P. Clausing (M.I.T.)
4 color videotapes, 3 hours
English
$795
This fast-paced video course develops the three major elements
of concurrent engineering:
Management (process, organization, and people styles)
Enhanced Quality Function Deployment (EQFD)
Taguchi Quality Engineering System for Robust Design.
Shrink product development time and cost
Achieve high product quality early in the development cycle
Break down communication barriers between design and manufacturing
Guarantee customer satisfaction and loyalty under a wide range
of real-world conditions.
Topics covered include:
with James M. Utterback (M.I.T.)
5 color videotapes, 5 hours
English
$975
An Introduction to Analog and Digital Signal Processing
with Alan V. Oppenheim (M.I.T.)
26 color videotapes, 000 minutes
English
$4,695
Topics Covered Include:
This 26-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video
Course Manual, one (1) set of Problems and Solutions, and one
(1) Textbook by A.V. Oppenheim and A.S. Willsky, "Signals
and Systems".
NEW!
E16 Digital Signal Processing
with Alan V. Oppenheim (M.I.T.)
with Jae S. Lim (M.I.T.)
with William F. Schreiber (M.I.T.)
Part I: NMOS Integrated Circuit Design
Improve one's understanding of the principles underlying microlithography
Improve understanding of the pros and cons of alternative microlithography
tools for future manufacturing
Provide information necessary to make informed decisions on future
microlithography strategy.
Topics Covered Include:
Gain a basic understanding of the various components of a typical
speech recognition system and how they interact
Discover the importance of speech understanding systems for interactive
problem solving
Learn about important issues related to system development
Formulate realistic expectations and corresponding research agenda
Acquire pointers for more in-depth studies.