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Die Poster-Reihe des Digital Humanities Day Leipzig 2023 (DHDL) präsentiert eine facettenreiche Sammlung von Projekten und Forschungsarbeiten aus dem “Big Tent” der Digital Humanities und zeigt eindrucksvoll die interdisziplinären Verknüpfungen und die Breite des Feldes auf. Die Beiträge stammen von Forscher:innen aus Leipzig, aus der Region Mitteldeutschland und darüber hinaus. Sie bieten Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungsprojekte und demonstrieren die Anwendung digitaler Technologien in den Geisteswissenschaften. Beim DHDL 2023 stellten über 20 Gruppen aktuelle Forschungsprojekte in einer Poster-Session vor.

Der Digital Humanities Day Leipzig ist eine seit 2017 jährlich am Dies academicus stattfindende Veranstaltung des Forums für Digital Humanities Leipzig (FDHL; fdhl.info), welche die regionale und überregionale Vernetzung von DH-Akteur:innen zum Ziel hat

Aujourd’hui, l’amélioration des fréquences de coupure des transistors sur silicium en technologie CMOS et BiCMOS permet la conception d’applications au-delà de 110 GHz. Des recherches antérieures dans le cadre du laboratoire commun entre STMicroelectronics et l’IEMN ont permis le développement de méthodologies et d’outils de caractérisation en régime petit signal jusque 325 GHz et en bruit jusque 110 GHz. L’objectif de cette thèse est la conception d’un outil de caractérisation en bruit au-delà de 110 GHz pour permettre l’extraction des quatre paramètres de bruit des transistors. Après une présentation des difficultés liées à la caractérisation millimétrique sur silicium, la deuxième première partie de ce travail se consacre au développement d’un banc de mesure de bruit dans la bande 130 – 170 GHz. Son optimisation a permis d’obtenir un facteur de bruit du récepteur inférieur à 7 dB sur toute la bande de fréquences. La conception de tuners intégrés sur silicium en technologie BiCMOS9MW est ensuite détaillée. Leur réalisation a permis l’extraction des quatre paramètres de bruit d’un transistor bipolaire en technologie BiCMOS9MW dans la bande 130 – 170 GHz. La dernière partie de ce travail présente la mesure et l’extraction des modèles petit signal et de bruit jusque 110 GHz des transistors MOSFET et TBH avancés de STMicroelectronics permettant l’établissement d’une base de données pour des caractérisations au-delà de 110 GHz. Enfin, une ouverture vers un système de mesure de bruit totalement intégré sur silicium est évoquée pouvant permettre des caractérisations en bruit au-delà de 170 GHz. / Today, cut-off frequencies improvement of silicon transistors in CMOS and BiCMOS technologies allow the design of applications over 110 GHz. Prior research in common lab between STMicroelectronics and IEMN allowed methodologies and characterization studies in small signal up to 325 GHz and noise up to 110 GHz. This thesis objective is the development of noise characterization setup over 110 GHz to allow silicon transistor four noise parameters extraction. After a presentation of characterization difficulties on silicon, the second part of this work is devoted to noise setup development in 130 – 170 GHz frequency range. The optimization of the setup allowed us to obtain a receiver noise factor below 7 dB. Silicon in-situ tuner design is then detailed. Achievement of these tuners gave us the possibility to extract the four noise parameters of a bipolar transistor in BiCMOS9MW technology in 130 – 170 GHz frequency range. The last part of this work presents small signal and noise model extraction up to 110 GHz of STMicroelectronics advanced MOSFET and HBT transistors to allow database building which will be useful to permit noise characterizations of these transistors over 110 GHz. Finally, the possibility to develop complete on wafer noise system on silicon is mentioned to provide noise characterization over 170 GHz.

In this master thesis there has been implemented an embedded demonstrator for video presentation and manipulation, based on the specification presented in the project thesis written last semester. The demonstrator was created with the intention of being used by Department of Electronics and Telecommunication in situations where the department needed good examples of electronic systems. These systems can be used to motivate, educate and possibly recruit new students. By combining the use of video as a motivational medium with a practical approach to the theory, the demonstrator is designed to emphasize the importance of hardware/software codesign in electronic systems. The demonstrator is designed with a combination of dedicated hardware modules and the Nios II/f embedded soft processor from Altera. Video is processed in both hardware and software to demonstrate the difference in obtainable video quality. A measured frame rate of 25 fps in hardware and less than 1 fps in software is considered to be a good demonstration of the difference in processing power. An additional color processing demonstration is also created to visually demonstrate the performance differences when processing colors using software versus using custom floating-point instructions. It is concluded that an average performance increase of 300% is archived when using custom instructions, which is concidered to be noticeable visually. A poster with the necessary theory, usage guidelines and results has been created to support the demonstration together with a plan of how the demonstration should be performed based on the age and educational background of the observer.The embedded demonstrator was implemented using the Altera DE2 platform in combination with the TRDB D5M camera and hardware description from Terasic.

Demonstration of embedded systems is a good way to motivate and recruit students to a future career in electronics. For Department of Electronics and Telecommunication at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), it is thus desirable to have an embedded demonstrator that gives the pupils an insight in what is actually possible when studying electronics at the university, a system that the department may present at different occasions. A good embedded demonstrator provides an interesting presentation of one or more topics related to electronics, and should be presented together with relevant theory in order to provide a level of education to the user.This report covers the implementation of an embedded demonstrator for audio manipulation on Altera's DE2 development and education board. The system is specified to demonstrate signal processing subjects like sampling and filtering through manipulation of analog audio signals. The main modules in the system are the Cyclone II 2C35 FPGA from Altera, running a Nios II soft-CPU, and a Wolfson WM8731 audio-codec. The specification of their operation is made with background in pedagogics theory in order to make the most interesting demonstration. To realize this specification, the system incorporates several design features for both activation and motivation of the user.The audio manipulator provides possibilities for comparison between different sample rates and filter characteristics in real-time operation. This makes the system well suited for practical demonstration of signal processing theory. Due to the presentation of perceivable results, in addition to the implementation of a user interface for interaction, the implemented audio demonstrator is considered to be a well suited platform for demonstration of topics related to electronics.

Embedded systems are ideal as electronic demonstrators because they provides the designer with wide possibilities for optimization through codesign. In many situations, like school visits at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), ”Forskningstorget” and ”Elektronikk- & Telekommunikasjonsdagen”, it is desirable for the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication to both motivate and recruit new students to a future career in electronics. Thus, a demonstrator with an interesting presentation may give students an insight in what is possible when studying electronics at NTNU, in addition to a good examples of an electronic system. A good demonstrator for the department include one or more electronic topics and presents the relevant theory in different educational levelsThis master thesis includes the implementation of an embedded system used for demonstrating basic electronics. The Embedded System for Electronic Circuit Education is a platform for easy implementation of several scenarios with different topics within electronics. The system is designed with respect to a pedagogical view, and is implemented on both the Altera DE2 and the Atmel AVR STK600. In addition the embedded demonstrator includes a monitor for user interface and demonstration materiel. The main modules in the demonstrator is the Cyclone II 2C35 FPGA and the AVR AT90USB1287 microcontroller used to control the system behavior and the user interface. The demonstrator already includes two example scenarios, namely the ”Automatic Adjustment of Light” and ”How to Count in Binary, Hexadecimal and Decimal” with the topics Electronic Components and Numerical Systems respectively.With both existing and future scenarios, the embedded demonstrator has the possibility to both motivate and activate students with an interactive interface. In addition, the demonstrator may individualize educational levels to the different target groups with the demonstration material displayed on the monitor. Thus, the Embedded System for Electronic Circuit Education is a well suited demonstrator to recruit and motivate students to a future carrier in electronics.

Vor Jahren haben wir, die Politikwissenschaftler, politischen Wandel, der durch das Internet vermittelt wurde, meist nicht ernst genommen: Entweder schoben wir ihn in den Bereich der Kommunikationsforschung ab oder betrachteten ihn als virtuellen Annex des öffentlichen Lebens. Inzwischen gehört die Internet-und-Politik-Forschung zum „Pflicht“-Bereich der Regierungslehre und der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Politik findet heutzutage auch in der digitalen Arena statt. Das beschränkt sich keineswegs nur auf die Herstellung von Öffentlichkeit und das Abwägen von Standpunkten. Mitunter schlägt sich cyberweltlicher Schlagabtausch bereits direkt auf die politische Wirklichkeit nieder. In diesem Sinne bietet das Thema dieses WeltTrends-Heftes eine tour d’horizon digitaler Demokratie.

In this master thesis there has been implemented an embedded demonstrator for video presentation and manipulation, based on the specification presented in the project thesis written last semester. The demonstrator was created with the intention of being used by Department of Electronics and Telecommunication in situations where the department needed good examples of electronic systems. These systems can be used to motivate, educate and possibly recruit new students. By combining the use of video as a motivational medium with a practical approach to the theory, the demonstrator is designed to emphasize the importance of hardware/software codesign in electronic systems. The demonstrator is designed with a combination of dedicated hardware modules and the Nios II/f embedded soft processor from Altera. Video is processed in both hardware and software to demonstrate the difference in obtainable video quality. A measured frame rate of 25 fps in hardware and less than 1 fps in software is considered to be a good demonstration of the difference in processing power. An additional color processing demonstration is also created to visually demonstrate the performance differences when processing colors using software versus using custom floating-point instructions. It is concluded that an average performance increase of 300% is archived when using custom instructions, which is concidered to be noticeable visually. A poster with the necessary theory, usage guidelines and results has been created to support the demonstration together with a plan of how the demonstration should be performed based on the age and educational background of the observer.The embedded demonstrator was implemented using the Altera DE2 platform in combination with the TRDB D5M camera and hardware description from Terasic.

Demonstration of embedded systems is a good way to motivate and recruit students to a future career in electronics. For Department of Electronics and Telecommunication at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), it is thus desirable to have an embedded demonstrator that gives the pupils an insight in what is actually possible when studying electronics at the university, a system that the department may present at different occasions. A good embedded demonstrator provides an interesting presentation of one or more topics related to electronics, and should be presented together with relevant theory in order to provide a level of education to the user.This report covers the implementation of an embedded demonstrator for audio manipulation on Altera's DE2 development and education board. The system is specified to demonstrate signal processing subjects like sampling and filtering through manipulation of analog audio signals. The main modules in the system are the Cyclone II 2C35 FPGA from Altera, running a Nios II soft-CPU, and a Wolfson WM8731 audio-codec. The specification of their operation is made with background in pedagogics theory in order to make the most interesting demonstration. To realize this specification, the system incorporates several design features for both activation and motivation of the user.The audio manipulator provides possibilities for comparison between different sample rates and filter characteristics in real-time operation. This makes the system well suited for practical demonstration of signal processing theory. Due to the presentation of perceivable results, in addition to the implementation of a user interface for interaction, the implemented audio demonstrator is considered to be a well suited platform for demonstration of topics related to electronics.