Photo 1, 7/98 , of me, Joe (not quite 4), Emma (not quite 2), and John (not quite quiet, at least not often).
Photo 2, 7/98 , similar to above.
John Willett in a reflective mood at an Easter egg hunt, in April 2000, a bit less than 2.
Emma Willett on a boardwalk in Sandwich (Cape Cod) July 2000, a bit under 4.
Joe Willett at soccer practice Coventry, September 2000, about 6.
Carolyn Humphreys and Teika Viducis .
Peter and Teika Viducis , born 8/00. Obviously Carolyn, Peter, and Teika are not and don't want to be Willetts; but these are cute pictures.
Notre Dame Cathedral, 7/00. With Lester and Sue Lipsky, Sue's brother and family, and their friends. All working very hard.
Temple grounds, Salt Lake City . From left: Irene Gu (Chalmers University, Sweden), Zhen (Jane) Wang (UConn), me, Francesco Palmieri (University of Naples, Italy), Aurelio Uncini (University of Rome, Italy).
Cousin Claire, Summer 2000. Somewhere in Oregon.
IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2001. Sebastien Paris & Yaakov Bar-Shalom, at top of South Bowl at summit of Big Sky in Montana. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2001.
IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2001. Same as previous, except it's me with Sebastien.
John, Emma, Teika Viducis, and Joe, September 2001. Shortly after return from abduction by aliens. On the stairs of the Swissotel in Boston.
At the Varsity restaurant in Atlanta, July 2001. Post-prandial GTRI group. So much smarts at so small a table; I mean, isn't that Dale Blair?
Joe, Emma & John on a sled, in a rare Connecticut snow moment, January 2002..
Ski chalet in Vermont, February 2003. No clue what's going on here, though.
In front of ITE building, UConn, May 2003. Robert Magnusson is head of ECE department. Yanhua Ruan has a fresh PhD, and is headed to Ohio.
GTRI, Atlanta, August 2003. Terry Ogle, Dale Blair, Peter Willett, Rick Levin, Phil West & George Brown. Award is for loudest seminar ever recorded.
EPCOT, April 2003. Mom, Dad & the kids. Joe is 8, Emma 6 and John is almost 5.
Toronto, January 2004. Mom, Dad & the kids, at Peter Viducis' & Carolyn Humphreys' house.
Connecticut, May 2004. Emma in her First Communion dress.
Lucca, July 2004. Blowing bubbles in Lucca (Italy).
Salerno, January 2006 . Stefano, Enzo & Chiara at a remarkably nice restaurant in downtown Salerno (Italy).
Big Sky, March 2006 . Joe & Nathan Dunham at Big Sky.
Big Sky, March 2006 . Emma & Amy Dunham at Big Sky.
Big Sky, March 2006 . John at Big Sky.
Florence, Italy, July 2006 . The FUSION 2006 Conference, Convitto della Calza.
Florence, Italy, July 2006 . The FUSION 2006 Organizing Committee. From left: Craig Carthel (Program Chair); Stefano Marano (Tutorials Chair); Peter Willett (General Co-Chair); Bob Lynch (Publications Chair); Alfonso Farina (Executive Chair); Stefano Coraluppi (General Co-Chair); Alberto Baldacci (Finance & Local Arrangements Chair).
Florence, Italy, July 2006 . Downtown Florence. I'm the one not made of bronze.
Quebec City, Canada, July 2007 . I shared a "Best Paper" award at FUSION 2007 with the ones who really deserved it: co-authors Martin Ulmke and Ozgur Erdinc. (Photo from http://www.fusion2007.org.)
Quebec City, Canada, July 2007 . At the FUSION banquet, talking up FUSION 2008 in Cologne. (Photo from http://www.fusion2007.org.)
Somewhere in Florida, March 2007 . How Yaakov's & my PhD grads end up. (Wayne Blanding.)
Ristorante Locanda Lorena, on Isola Palmaria (across from Portovenere), June 2008. Lingini con vongole. From left: Craig Carthel, Odile Gerard, Ugly Old Man, Stefano Coraluppi, Marco Guerriero, Thomas Folegot. Marco is the UOM's grad student at UConn, the rest are NURC geniuses.
At the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2008. Yaakov Bar-Shalom at left, Emma (looking down), me, Joe, John (mostly hidden) and Kathy.
After ICASSP, in the Bellagio, April 2008. Enzo Matta and I have different views on Chiara's gambling.
Chiara, gambling. Enzo & I staked her, she won, we went to get a steak.
FUSION 2008 Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 2008. Group photo. See more at http://fusion2008.org.
FUSION 2008 Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 2008. Wolfgang Koch (FGAN, left) and I were the Executive Chairs, and Dr. Juergen Grosche (FGAN, right) was the General Chair. Other folks who did much more than me were Program Chairs Martin Ulmke (FGAN) & Uwe Haneback (U Karlsruhe) , and Administration Chairs Joachim Biermann (FGAN) & Peter Neu (VDE) .
FUSION 2008 Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 2008. Ice-breaker reception. Present graduate student Christian Berger (left) sympathizes with past graduate student Wayne Blanding (right) on his reduced contact with Professor Willett. In background, Stefano Coraluppi of NURC explains to Marco Guerriero that his ears used to be lower down on his head.
FUSION 2008 Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 2008. The banquet, a Rhine cruise. I told jokes; people had to stay anyway, because, well, it was a boat.
