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Events for 2009

JAN
16
2009
Control Seminar
Experiments and Theoretical Analysis of Terrain-based Vehicle Localization to obtain GPS-Equivalent Vehicle Location Accuracy
Sean Brennan, Professor , Penn State University
JAN
21
2009
WIMS Seminar
Design and Implementation of a Micro Thermoelectric Cooler
Andrew Gross, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
JAN
23
2009
Control Seminar
Nonlinear Control and Bioinspired Underwater Vehicle Systems
Kristi Morgansen, Professor , University of Washington
JAN
30
2009
Control Seminar
Robot Navigation within the Hybrid Spatial Semantic Hierarchy
Benjamin Kuipers, Professor , University of Michigan
FEB
05
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Near-Optimal Bayesian Localization via Incoherence and Sparsity
Martin J. Strauss, University of Michigan
FEB
13
2009
Control Seminar
Embedded Sensing and Control Systems
Panos Antsaklis, Professor , University of Notre Dame
FEB
19
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Optical Tomography
John C. Schotland, Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
MAR
02
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Implanting a Fluorescence Microscope: How VLSI Can Change Biomedical Research
Christopher Salthouse, Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
MAR
06
2009
Control Seminar
Feedback from the Field: The Challenges of Transitioning Control Theory to Practice
Ravi Venugopal, Dr., INTELLICASS Inc.
MAR
09
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Statistical Signal Processing and Random Matrix Theory
Raj Rao Nadakuditi, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
MAR
09
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Problems and algorithms for sequence analysis
Evimaria Terzi, IBM Almaden Researcher, University of Helsinki
MAR
10
2009
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Cellular Communications: A Dynamic Past and More Exciting Future – Even Now
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Qualcomm Incorporated
MAR
11
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Extracting and Managing Structured Web Data
Michael J. Cafarella, PhD Candidate, University of Washington
MAR
12
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Metrics in the Space of Shapes for Optimization and Dynamics
Ganesh Sundaramoorthi, Post Doctoral Researcher, UCLA
MAR
12
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Communicating Delay-Sensitive and Bursty Information Over an Outage Channel
Tara Javidi, Communicating Delay-Sensitive and Bursty Information Over an Outage Channel, University of California, San Diego
MAR
13
2009
Control Seminar
Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks: A Stochastic/Adaptive Control Approach
Tara Javidi, Professor , University of California – San Diego
MAR
13
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Multimodal Signal Analysis for Audio-Visual Speech Recognition
Jean-Philippe Thiran, Multimodal Signal Analysis for Audio-Visual Speech Rec ognition, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
MAR
16
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
High-Throughput Message-Passing Decoder Design for Improved Low Error Rate Performance
Zhengya Zhang, Graduate Student Reseacher, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
17
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Scalable Metric Learning and Fast Similarity Search
Brian Kulis, Postdoc Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
19
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Tracking and Reducing Energy Usage in Networked Embedded Systems
Prabal Dutta, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
20
2009
Control Seminar
On-Line Management of Embedded Systems and Integrated Circuits
Robert Dick , Professor , University of Michigan
MAR
23
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Manycore Vector-Thread Architectures
Christopher F. Batten, PhD Candidate, MIT
MAR
25
2009
Systems Seminar – ECE
On the Synthesis of Correct-by-design Embedded Control Software
Paulo Tabuada, Professor , UCLA – Electrical Engineering Department
MAR
26
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Leveraging Code Comments to Improve Software Reliability
Lin Tan, PhD Candidate, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MAR
26
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Data Fusion Improves the Coverage of Sensor Networks
Guoliang Xing, Data Fusion Improves the Coverage of Sensor Networks, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
MAR
27
2009
Control Seminar
Dynamic Deadlock Avoidance for Multithreaded Programs via Discrete Control
St éphane Lafortune , Professor , University of Michigan
MAR
30
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Mathematical Techniques for Program Analysis
Sriram Sankaranarayanan, CS Researcher, NEC Laboratories
MAR
31
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Compressed Sensing to the Limits: Bounds, Algorithms, and Wireless Applications
Alyson Kerry Fletcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
APR
01
2009
Systems Seminar – ECE
Feedback Networks
David J. Hill , Federation Fellow , The Australian National University
APR
01
2009
WIMS Seminar
Overview of Metrology Development at NIST for Micro and Nano Technologies
John Suehle, Ph.D., NIST
APR
03
2009
Control Seminar
Synthetic Biology – from programming bacteria to programming stem cells
Ron Weiss, Professor , Princeton University
APR
06
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Computational Prototyping of Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Systems
Ali Davoudi, University of Illinois
APR
06
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Making Software Robust in Deployed Systems
Michael Bond, PhD Candidate, University of Texas, Austin
APR
07
2009
Systems Seminar – ECE
Taming Crowded Visual Scenes
Mubarak Shah, Professor, Computer Vision Lab -University of Central Florida
APR
08
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Electromechanical Energy Conversion – The Dawn of a New Era?
Heath F. Hofmann, Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
APR
08
2009
WIMS Seminar
Operating Below the Sub-Microwatt Barrier – Explorations in Analog Computing
Professor Shantanu Chakrabartty, Professor, Michigan State University
APR
08
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Learning from Collective Preferences, Behavior, and Beliefs
Jennifer Wortman, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
APR
10
2009
Control Seminar
The Automobile of the Future – Options for Efficient Individual Mobility
Lino Guzzella , Professor , ETH, Zurich
APR
14
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Sparse matrics, sparse signals, and sparse algorithms
Anna Gilbert, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Mathematics Department
APR
15
2009
Systems Seminar – ECE
Improving the Life, Safety and Capacity of Lithium-ion Batteries with Power Electronics Based Solutions
Chris Mi, Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn
APR
15
2009
WIMS Seminar
Micro (and Nano) Mechanical Signal Processors
Professor Sunil Bhave, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
APR
16
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Mapping Channel Coding over Networks for Reliable and Stable Communications
Hayder Radha, Professor, Michigan State University
APR
28
2009
Systems Seminar – ECE
Integrated Design of Energy Conversion Systems
Leila Parsa, Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

APR
28
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Up Against the Wall: Liquid Lithium for the Chamber Technology Challenge in Fusion Energy
Dr. Robert Kaita, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
APR
30
2009
Faculty Candidate Seminar
POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS IN POWER SYSTEMS
Dr. Maryam Saeedifard, Center for Applied Power Electronics

University of Toronto

MAY
13
2009
RADLAB Seminar
SiGe Technology: New Research Directions and Emerging Application Opportunities
John D. Cressler, Ken Byers Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
JUN
04
2009
WIMS Seminar
CMOS Integrated Stress Sensor Systems for Force and Torque Sensing and Packaging Reliability Monitoring
Professor Oliver Paul
JUN
19
2009
WIMS Seminar
Multifunctional, MEMS-based neural interfaces developed in the framework of the European Project NeuroProbes
Dr. Patrick Ruther, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), , University of Freiburg, Germany
JUN
23
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
How to visualize multiterminal source coding
Soumya Jana, JPostdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
JUN
25
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
New Achievable Rates for the Multiple Access Channel with Feedback
Ramji Venkataramanan, Post-Doc, Stanford University
JUN
29
2009
RADLAB Seminar
Demystifying DoD Research Funding
Dev Palmer, US Army Research Office
JUL
07
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Non-Ideal Sampling and Regularized Interpolation of Noisy Data
Sathish Ramani, Post-Doc, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
JUL
27
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Constructing and Solving Variational Image Registration Problems
Nathan Cahill, PhD Engineering Science at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford
AUG
25
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
On the Critical Transmission Range in One-Dimensional Sensor Networks Under Non-Uniform Node Placement
Armand M. Makowski, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
AUG
26
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
On the critical transmission range in one-dimensional sensor networks under non-uniform node placement
Armand M. Makowski, Professor, The Institute for Systems Research – University of Maryland, College Park
SEP
09
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Energy Transport and Frequency Dependent Ion Kinetics in a Capacity Coupled Plasma Reactor
Dr. Gregory Hebner, Sandia National Laboratory
SEP
11
2009
RADLAB Seminar
Near-Field Focusing of Light at Optical and Infrared Frequencies
Dr. Frantisek Cajko , University of Akron
SEP
16
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Novel Particle- In-Cell Simulation Methods in Hevy-Ion Fusion Science and Related Fields
Dr. Jean -Luc Vay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
SEP
17
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Locally Adaptive Kernel Regression: A Non-parametric Framework for Visual Signal Processing and Recognition
Peyman Milanfar, Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
SEP
18
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Universal Scaling of the Electron Distribution Function in Relativistic Laser Plasma Interactions (Dr. Sherlock)
Dr. Mark Sherlock and Dr. Chris Ridgers, Insights into Long and Short-Pulse Laser Plasma Experiments from Vlasov-Fokker-Planck Simulations (D, Imperial College
SEP
25
2009
Distinguished Lecture
Memories and Recollections: and How to Move a College
Prof. Nino Masnari, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University
SEP
25
2009
Distinguished Lecture
Straight Down the Crooked Path: The Dynamic Process of Commercializing Research
Dr. Michael McCorquodale, CTO and Founder of Mobius Microsystems, Inc.
SEP
25
2009
Control Seminar
Discrete-Time Adaptive Control using a Retrospective Performance and Its Applications to Fluids and Structures
Jesse B. Hoagg, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
SEP
30
2009
RADLAB Seminar
Engineered Polymer Composite Materials for Antennas
Professor Leo Kempel, Michigan State University
OCT
02
2009
Control Seminar
Mechatronics and Rapid Control Prototyping for R&D
Jacob Apkarian, Founder, Chairman and CTO, Quanser
OCT
06
2009
WIMS Seminar
Micro Fuel Cell: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Platform For and Beyond PowerMEMS
Professor Dennis Desheng Meng, Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University
OCT
07
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Plasma Science in Development of industrial Etching and Depostion Tools: The Presence of Normal Modes Above a Capacitive Plasma Applicator
Dr. Michael Barnes, Intevac, Inc
OCT
07
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Graphical Reasoning for Decentralized Systems
Aditya Mahajan, Post-Doc, Yale University
OCT
08
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Opaque Lenses: Using Disorder to Bring Laser Light to a Focus
Allard Mosk, Associate Professor, MESA+ Institute & Department of Science and Technology, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands.
OCT
09
2009
Control Seminar
Model Segmentation in Networked Control Systems
Cedric Langbort, Professor, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign
OCT
16
2009
Control Seminar
Incorporating Drivability Metrics into Optimal Energy Management Strategies for Hybrid Vechilcles
Daniel Opila , Graduate Student , University of Michigan
OCT
19
2009
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Beyond MP3 – Multichannel Audio Home Theatre vs. Cinema
James D. Johnston, Chief Scientist, DTS, Inc., DTS, Inc.
OCT
22
2009
RADLAB Seminar
Choices, Choices, Choices Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Dr. Robert T-I. Shin
OCT
23
2009
Control Seminar
Modeling and Control of Microgrids: Towards Smart Grids for Sustainable and Efficient Energy Development
Caisheng Wang , Professor , Wayne State University
OCT
27
2009
WIMS Seminar
Out-of-Plane Integration Technique for Biomedical Microprobe Arrays
Arno Aarts, Visiting Graduate Student, Micro System Integration (IMEC) and University of Leuven, Belgium
OCT
29
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Plasma Medicine: Mechanisms of Direct Non-Thermal Plasma Interaction with Living Tissue
Professor Alexander Fridman, Drexel University.
OCT
30
2009
Control Seminar
Stochastic Observability and Network Congestion Control
Robert Bitmead , Pofessor, University of California, San Diego
NOV
06
2009
Control Seminar
Optimal Modular Control with Applications to Automotive Powertrain Control
Chris Vermillion, Dr., Toyota Technical Center
NOV
13
2009
Control Seminar
Phase transition in large population games: An Application to synchronization of coupled oscillators
Prashant G. Mehta , Professor , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NOV
19
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Universal Magnetic Structures in Lab to Astrophysical Domains
Professor Mark Moldwin, University of Michigan
NOV
20
2009
Control Seminar
Robust Adaptive Control for Input Constrained Systems: Theory and Applications
Dr. Nazli E. Kahveci, Ford Motor Company
DEC
04
2009
Control Seminar
Predictive Energy Management in Networked Vehicles: Exploiting Traffic and Terrain Preview for Fuel Saving
Ardalan Vahidi , Assistant Professor , Clemson University
DEC
04
2009
MIPSE Seminar
Dynamo Experiments: From Liquid Metals to Plasmas
Professor Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin