ECE Spring 2021 Seminar Series

The faculty and students of the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are proud to present the Spring 2021 seminar series. The spring program shares innovations and poses hard questions for next-generation communications, electronics, computing and sensing technologies. Attendees will gain insights from renown experts and rising stars in Asia, Europe, England and the United States. We will conduct the spring program through Zoom webinars and invite you to RSVP for one or more talks through our registration page: http://bit.ly/ECE_Seminar_RSVP.

Junichiro Shiomi, University of Tokyo

Explore how materials informatics can be used to computationally design and experimentally realize thermal functional materials. February 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Walid Saad, Virginia Tech

Learn about distributed machine learning in wireless networks. February 12 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University

Learn how the combination of state-of-the-art optimization, machine learning and new fabrication approaches can achieve superior properties in classical and quantum photonics. February 19 at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Yixin Sun, University of Virginia

Discover ways to defend critical Internet applications from routing attacks. February 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Natalio Mingo, CEA-Grenoble

Learn about thermal and thermodynamic modeling of materials. March 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Toktam Mahmoodi, Kings College, London

Learn how 5G and 6G mobile networks are changing the way we live, work and play. March 12 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Sanjay Banerjee, University of Texas at Austin

Learn about exciting opportunities for electronics based on 2D materials. March 19 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Lin Dai, City University of Hong Kong

Learn why random access is expected to play an increasingly important role in next-generation machine-to-machine communications networks. March 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Qing Zhao, Cornell University

Learn about sequential decision-making, machine learning and signal processing applied to infrastructure, communications and social-economic networks. April 2 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Karen Livescu, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Learn about exciting developments in speech and language processing. April 9 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Barry Johnson, University of Virginia

Learn how to ensure the safety and security of computer-based systems whose correct operation is necessary to protect property and human lives. April 16 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Jeehwan Kim, MIT

Learn about innovations in nanotechnology for electronic, photonic and energy applications. April 23 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Vince Poor, Princeton University

Discover how wireless networks can be used as platforms for machine learning, leveraging data collected at the edges of the network. April 30 at 10:00 a.m. ET.