All Seminars
Events for 2013
JAN
10
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Mixture proportion estimation
Clayton Scott , Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
JAN
15
2013
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Learning and Inference for Graphical and Hierarchical Models: A Personal Journey
Alan S. Willsky, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JAN
17
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
JAN
23
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Stars, Disks and Jets: The View From The Telescope, The Computer and The Lab
Prof. Adam Frank, University of Rochester
JAN
24
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
JAN
24
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Exact Asymptotics in Channel Coding
Aaron Wagner, Associate Professor, Cornell University – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JAN
28
2013
MICL Seminar
Electronics for Interacting with a Physically-Complex World
Dr. Naveen Verma, Assistant Professor, Princeton University
JAN
29
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Multiphase CFD for Droplet Based Microfluidics
Amar S. Basu, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
JAN
30
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Microplasmas Excited by Microwave Frequencies
Prof. Jeffrey Hopwood, Tufts University
FEB
01
2013
MICL Seminar
Inside Intel Logic Technology Development: Taking SRAM From 32nm Planar to 22nm Tri-gate Technology
Dr. Eric Karl, Design Engineer, Intel Corporation
FEB
01
2013
Control Seminar
Certain Thoughts on Uncertainty Analysis for Dynamical Systems
Puneet Singla, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
FEB
06
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Graphene at the Boundaries
Paul McEuen, Professor of Physics, Cornell University
FEB
06
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Statistical Pattern Recognition in Massive Brain-Graphs
Joshua Vogelstein, Visting Assistant Research Professor, Duke University, Department of Mathematics
FEB
07
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
FEB
07
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
New communication strategies in broadcast and interference networks.
S. Sandeep Pradhan, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – Dept. of EECS
FEB
08
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Effects of Design, Manufacturing Processes, and Materials on High-power LED Performance
Dr. Sheng Liu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
FEB
08
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
InGaN Nanorods for LEDs with Novel 3D Active Layer
Martin Strassburg, InGaN Nanorods for LEDs with Novel 3D Active Layer, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
FEB
08
2013
Control Seminar
Decentralized Controllers for Uncertain Linear Systems
Jesse Hoagg, Assistant Professor , University of Kentucky, Department of Mechanical Engineering
FEB
11
2013
MICL Seminar
Innovation at Texas Instruments How You Can Shape the Future
Art George, Senior vice president and manager over Analog Engineering Operations, Texas Instruments
FEB
14
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
FEB
15
2013
Control Seminar
Controller Design for Swapping Modularity: Battery Swapping Modularity for PHEVs
A. Galip Ulsoy, C.D. Mote Jr. Distinguished University Professor and William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
FEB
20
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Exploring Plasma Effects at the Edge of the Solar System: Magnetic Reconnection in the Heliosheath and Heliopause
Prof. Merav Opher, Boston University
FEB
21
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
FEB
21
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Convergence of a randomized sampling method for identifying a subspace of R^n.
Laura Balzano, Assistant Professor , University of Michigan, Department of EECS
FEB
22
2013
Control Seminar
Robust Inference using Max Mixtures
Edwin Olson, Assistant Professor , University of Michigan – Dept. of EECS
FEB
25
2013
ECE Seminar
Electromagnetic Models in Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture
Leung Tsang, Professor, U. of Washington, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
FEB
25
2013
MICL Seminar
Efficient Neural Computing using Cellular Array of Magneto-Metallic Neurons
Dr. Kaushik Roy, Roscoe H. George Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University
FEB
26
2013
ECE Seminar
The Ultimate Scaling Limit – A Deterministic Single Atom Transistor
Gerhard Klimeck, Professor and Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
FEB
28
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
MAR
14
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
MAR
14
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Solving for Micro and Macro-scale Electrostatic Configurations using Robin Hood Solver
Toni Drabik & Hrvoje Abraham, Sales Director & CEO, Artes Calculi Ltd.
MAR
14
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Understanding the 3D World from Images
Silvio Savarese, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MAR
15
2013
Control Seminar
Real-Time Visual SLAM for Autonomous Underwater Hull Inspection
Ryan M. Eustice, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
MAR
20
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Magnetic Shielding in Hall Thrusters: Breakthrough Space Propulsion Technology for the 21st Century
Dr. Richard Hofer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
MAR
21
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
MAR
22
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Nanomanipulation System under Hybrid Microscope combined with ESEM and OM
Masahiro Nakajima, Professor, Nagoya University, Japan
MAR
22
2013
Control Seminar
Reduction and Identification for Hybrid Dynamical Models of Terrestrial Locomotion
Sam Burden, Ph.D student, University of California – Berkeley
MAR
25
2013
MICL Seminar
Challenges in building resilient, energy-efficient processors and SoCs
Jim Tschanz, Intel Circuits Research Lab
MAR
28
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
MAR
28
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Random matrices, phase transitions and queuing theory
Rajesh Rao Nadakuditi, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
MAR
29
2013
Control Seminar
Branch Flow Model: Relaxations, Convexification, Equivalence
Steven H. Low , Professor , CALTECH, Computing & Mathematical Sciences and Electrcal Engineering Departments
APR
01
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Decentralized Approaches to Control and Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-CHampaign Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
APR
04
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
APR
04
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Continuous-time autoregressive models: sampling, uniqueness and estimation
Hagai Kirshner, Post-doc Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
APR
05
2013
Control Seminar
Dynamics and control of connected vehicles
Gabor Orosz, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
APR
08
2013
MICL Seminar
Holistic Circuits: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End of Moores Law
Ali Hajimiri, Director of Microelectronics Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
APR
10
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Studying the Microphysics of Magnetic Reconnection in the Earths Magnetosphere and the Solar Wind
Prof. Michael Shay, University of Delaware
APR
11
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum de Finetti Theorems for Local Measurements
Aram Harrow, Assistant Professor, Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT
APR
11
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Materials Modeling and Simulation for Nanotechnology
Michael Doyle, Accelrys
APR
11
2013
MICL Seminar
Successive Approximation and Time Interleaving for Sub-90nm CMOS ADCs
Rick Carley, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
APR
11
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Correlation mining in massive data
Alfred Hero , Professor , University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
APR
12
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Sustainable device-based approaches to energy harvesting and conservation
Dr. Madhusudan Singh , Research Scientist, University of Texas at Dallas
APR
12
2013
Control Seminar
Sampled-data control design for linear parameter varying systems
Javad Mohammadpour, Assistant Professor, Director of Intelligent Control Systems Lab, College of Engineering, University of Georgia
APR
18
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
APR
18
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Dynamical models and tracking regret in online convex programming
Rebecca Willett , Associate Professor, Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
APR
19
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Carbon based supercapacitors and their future trends
Dr. Yang Gao, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
APR
19
2013
Control Seminar
Semi-autonomous Active Safety Systems
J. Karl Hedrick, Professor , University of California Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
APR
23
2013
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Congestion-Aware Traffic Routing for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems
Dr. Sejoon Lim, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation
APR
24
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Problems in Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control
Raymond H. Kwong , Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
APR
25
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Navigating Internet Neighborhoods: Reputation, Its Impact on Security, and How to Crowd-source It
Mingyan Liu , Professor, University of Michigan – Department of EECS
APR
29
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Towards Holistic Scene Understanding: Hybrid Semantic Segmentation & Articulated Object Modeling
Roozbeh Mottaghi, Ph.D candidate, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Computer Science
MAY
03
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Unified Physical Mechanism and Implementation of Oxide-based RRAM
Jinfeng Kang, Professor of Electronics Engineering Computer Science School, Peking University
MAY
09
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Semiconductor Process Development and Integration with SEMulator3D
Dr. David M. Fried, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Coventor
MAY
09
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Cutset Image Sampling for Compression, Reconstruction and Source Localization
David Neuhoff , Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MAY
16
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Research Group on Quantum Communication
MAY
17
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Relativistic Laser Science Research at CoReLS
Prof. Chang Hee Nam, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
MAY
24
2013
MICL Seminar
Neuromorphic Chip Design with a Scalable Architecture for Learning in Networks of Spiking Neurons
Jae-Sun Seo, Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
JUN
05
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Estimators with continuous and discrete parameters
Robby McKilliam, Post Doc, Institute for Telecommunications Research at the University of South Australia, Adelaide
JUN
06
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
JUN
13
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
JUL
24
2013
MICL Seminar
Medical Imaging: Technological Innovation that Can Improve Your Life
Michael Cole, Fellow and Design Manager for Precision Converters Analog Devices, Inc., Analog Devices
JUL
29
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
MOVPE Droplets Heteroepitaxial Growth Model
Dr. Sergey Shusterman, Research Scientist, Solid State Physics, Electro-Optics Division , Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Israel
JUL
29
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Difference of Convex Functions Algorithm (DCA) for Compressed Sensing Biomedical Imaging Applications
Jong Chul Ye, Professor , Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Korea
SEP
13
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group: Planning Session
SEP
13
2013
Control Seminar
Information Extraction and Decision Making in Dynamic Environments: A Hybrid Systems Approach
Necmiye Ozay, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Department of EECS
SEP
18
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Laboratory Studies of Supersonic Magnetized Plasma Flows: Jets and Collisionless Shocks
Prof. Sergei Lebedev, Imperial College London, UK
SEP
19
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Quasi-monoenergetic Plasma Wakefield Acceleration at FACET
Dr. Vitaly Yakimenko, SLAC National Laboratory
SEP
19
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
The Role of Economic Theory in Networked Systems Performance
Demosthenis Teneketzis, Professor , University of Michigan – Department of EECS
SEP
20
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
SEP
20
2013
Control Seminar
Control and Sensing Co-Design for Maritime Robotic Sensor Networks
Fumin Zhang, Professor, Georgia Instiute of Technology, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
SEP
23
2013
Systems Seminar – ECE
Minimal Explanations for Impossible High-Level Robot Behaviors
Vasu Raman , Postdoctoral Scholar, CMS, Caltech
SEP
25
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
EECE/EECS for Instrument Development at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ground, Airborne, and Space Flight Applications
Dmitriy L. Bekker, Digital Systems Engineer, Instrument Flight and GSE Software Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
SEP
25
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment: A User Facility for Complex Plasma Research
Prof. Edward Thomas, Auburn University
SEP
26
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Sparse Modeling for Prospective Head Motion Correction
Daniel S. Weller, Post-doctoral Fellow , University of Michigan, Department of EECS
SEP
27
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
SEP
27
2013
Control Seminar
Smart, Connected and Electrified – The Future of the Automobile
Tony Phillips, Senior Technical Leader, Vehicle Controls, Ford Motor Company
OCT
04
2013
Distinguished Lecture
What it Takes to Lead in Technology
Steve Mollenkopf, President and Chief Operating Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated
OCT
04
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
The sign rank of a matrix
Harm Derksen, Mathematics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
OCT
04
2013
Control Seminar
Underwater 3D Reconstruction for Survey Applications
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Michigan, NAME Department
OCT
09
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Reconnection-driven MHD Turbulence on the SSX Plasma Wind Tunnel
Prof. Michael Brown, Swarthmore College
OCT
09
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Mobile Sensing of Spatial Fields: Challenges and Opportunities
Jayakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Postdoctoral Researcher , Audiovisual Communications laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
OCT
10
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Bilinear generalized approximate message passing (BIG-AMP) for high-dimensional inference problems
Phil Schniter, Professor , Ohio State University
OCT
11
2013
ECE Seminar
Low-Cost Ultrawideband (UWB) Phased Array Antennas Importance, Challenges, and Inroads
Dr. Marinos N. Vouvakis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
OCT
11
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Recent work on the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics
Patrick Ion
OCT
11
2013
Control Seminar
Decentralized Identification and control of networks of coupled mobile platforms through adaptive synchronization of chaos
Francesco Sorrentino, Professor , University of New Mexico, Department of Mechanical Engineering
OCT
17
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Efficient projection onto the parity polytope and its application to LP decoding
Stark C. Draper , Associate Professor , University of Toronto, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
OCT
18
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Communicating Entanglement
Ryan Reich, Mathematics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
OCT
21
2013
MICL Seminar
Highly-Integrated CMOS Optical Transceivers
Tony Chan Carusone, Professor, University of Toronto
OCT
21
2013
RADLAB Seminar
Sensor Interface Circuits: A Design Perspective
Selcuk Talay, Ph.D., Analog Designer at Dialog Semiconductor
OCT
22
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Next Generation Receivers w/ Qualcomm Research Info Session
Tingfang Ji, Principal Engineer, Qualcomm Research
OCT
22
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Hands-on MEMS Simulation Using COMSOL
Dr. Chandan Kumar, COMSOL Application Engineer
OCT
23
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Creating Electron-Positron Jets and Plasmas Using Lasers
Dr. Hui Chen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
OCT
24
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
One-bit matrix completion
Yaniv Plan, NSF Postdoc and Hildebrandt Assitant Professor, University of Michigan – Mathematics Department
OCT
25
2013
CUOS Seminar
Inducing and harnessing stimulated Brillouin scattering in photonic integrated circuits
Benjamin J. Eggleton, CUDOS Director, ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Sydney
OCT
25
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Exploring Quantum Contextuality to Generate True Random Numbers
Dong-Ling Deng, Physics Department, University of Michigan
OCT
25
2013
Control Seminar
Solvability for Stochastic Control Problems with an Arbitrary Noise Process.
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Professor , University of Kansas, Mathematics Department
OCT
28
2013
MICL Seminar
Serial Link and Channel Co-Design for Low Power Signaling on a Multi-Chip Module
John Poulton, Senior Scientist, NVIDIA, Inc.
NOV
01
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Communicating Entanglement (Part 2)
Ryan Reich, Mathematics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
NOV
01
2013
Control Seminar
Multilegged running; a bump in the right direction
Shai Revzen, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Department of EECS
NOV
04
2013
MICL Seminar
Power Delivery in Heterogeneous Nanoscale Integrated Circuits
Eby Friedman, Professor, University of Rochester
NOV
07
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Data Compression at High Sampling Rates
David Neuhoff , Professor , University of Michigan – Department of EECS
NOV
08
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
NOV
08
2013
Control Seminar
Practicable Rotation-Matrix-Based Attitude Control
James Forbes, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Department of Aerospace
NOV
12
2013
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Enabling Research for the Soldier of Tomorrow
Dr. Thomas Russell, Director, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
NOV
15
2013
Control Seminar
The Mathematics of Group (Multiagent) Control
Alexander B. Kurzhanski, Professor , Moscow State (Lomonosov) University and University of California at Berkeley
NOV
19
2013
Optics Seminar
Hyperbolic Metamaterials: What the density of photonic states can do
Dr. Mikhail Noginov, Professor, Department of Physics,, Center for Materials Research, Norfolk State University
NOV
21
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Random matrix theory and the informational limit of eigen-analysis
Raj Rao Nadakuditi, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan – Department of EECS
NOV
22
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Quantum Research Group Meeting
NOV
22
2013
Control Seminar
How Control Theory can Contribute to Stock Trading Research
B. Ross Barmish, Professor , University of Wisconsin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
NOV
22
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Simulations of Plasma Processes and Equipment for Semiconductor Device Fabrication
Dr. Peter Ventzek, Tokyo Electron America
NOV
25
2013
MICL Seminar
Challenges of calibrated time-interleaved high-speed ADCs
Aaron Buchwald, Entropic Communications
DEC
05
2013
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Problems in the Intersection of Informaton Theory and Control
Achilleas Anastasopoulos, Professor, University of Michigan – Department of EECS
DEC
06
2013
Quantum Science Seminar
Some ideas in quantum clustering and information theory
Steven Damelin, Math Reviews, The American Mathematical Society
DEC
06
2013
Control Seminar
Modeling and Control at the High Efficiency Limit of Internal Combustion Engines
Erik Hellstrom, Research Engineer, Controls , Ford Research and Advanced Engineering
DEC
09
2013
RADLAB Seminar
Nanoantennas Meet Mechanics and Graphene: New Paradigms for Nanoscale Devices and Sensors
Dr. Ertugrul Cubukcu, University of Pennsylvania
DEC
11
2013
MIPSE Seminar
Plasma Lens for Active Optical Path Difference Control
Prof. Thomas Corke, University of Notre Dame
DEC
13
2013
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Google Glass, Why and Why Now?
Dr. Babak Parviz , Google Glass Project Lead, Google X