Over one hundred electronic engineering researchers from academia and industry convened in Galway recently for the 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2008). The conference, which took place from the 18th to the 19th of June, focused on the latest developments in the fields of Digital Signal Processing, Control, and Communications. The field of Signals and Systems research develops methods of understanding and manipulating complicated patterns of signals, sensed from the environment. Dr. Fearghal Morgan of NUI Galway's Electronic Engineering Department and Conference Chair, commented: "Ireland has a very successful, 25 year track record in the microelectronics industry and has a well established research infrastructure. Most of the world's top microelectronics design companies, including Intel, Cypress Semiconductor, Analog Devices and Xilinx, are located in Ireland. World-wide semiconductor revenue in 2007 was $257bn."
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