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Events for 2025

Control Seminar

Designing Complex Systems Using Assume-Guarantee Contracts

Inigo Incer, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Understanding and Controlling the Interactions of Plasmas with Flames and Flowing Gases

Prof. Carmen Guerra-Garcia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

How to make the gradient descent-ascent converge to local minimax optima

Donghwan Kim, Associate Professor, KAIST

Control Seminar

Learning-based Control for Large-scale Sustainable Energy Systems

Jing Yu, Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Talking about Teaching – Session 1: Using active learning

Cultural | Student Event

ECE Lunar New Year Celebration

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Mixed Reality Security and Streaming at the System and Application Levels

Jiasi Chen, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Control Seminar

Smoothing-enabled Zeroth-order Schemes for Stochastic Optimization Problems: Addressing Stochasticity, Nonsmoothness, Nonconvexity, and Hierarchy.

Uday Shanbhag, Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

Direct and Model-Independent Temperature Measurements in Extreme States of Matter

Prof. Thomas White, University of Nevada, Reno

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Design-Based Confidence Sequences: A General Approach to Risk Mitigation in Online Experimentation

David Ham, Assistant Professor, Technology and Operations Ross Business School, University of Michigan

Leveraging Offline Data in Latent Decision Processes

Chinmaya Kausik , PhD Student, Mathematics , University of Michigan

Control Seminar

Accelerating Control Algorithms with Randomized Linear Algebra

James Anderson, Associate Professor, Columbia University

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Enhancing Fairness in Deep Learning from Data and Model Perspectives

Xiaoqian Wang, Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Control Seminar

Set-theoretic Methods for Verification of Closed-loop Systems, Motion Planning, and Energy-aware Autonomy

Herschel Pangborn , Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Empowering Semiconductors: The Dual Path of Nanomechanical Innovation and Integration

Roozbeh Tabrizian, Associate Professor, University of Florida

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Unobtrusive Bioelectronic Platforms for Personalized Healthcare

Jihong Min, Postdoctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology

Investigating Jupiter’s Powerful Auroras with NASA’s Juno Mission

Dr. George Clark, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Advancing Ultrawide-Bandgap Semiconductors for Next-Generation Power and Radiation-Hardened Electronics

A. Bhuiyan , Assistant Professor , University of Massachusetts Lowell

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Improved very sparse matrix completing using an intentionally randomized “asymmetric SVD”

Raj Nadakuditi, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Control Seminar

Data as models? A closer look at data-driven control systems.

Roy Smith, Professor, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of ETH Zurich

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Ultra-wide Bandgap based High Voltage Electron Devices towards Grid Scale Applications

Saurav Roy, Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of California Santa Barbara

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Foundations for Efficient Information Usage

Jennifer Tang, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Next-Generation High-Power RF Sources – Establishing GaN IMPATT Technology and Beyond with Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Zhengliang Bian, Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University

Talking about Teaching – Session 2: Leveraging AI in teaching

ECE Distinguished Seminar Series

Science of Computational Electromagnetics; a journey through its intellectual challenges

B. Shanker, Elizabeth and John Tinkham Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering , The Ohio State University

Scaling up reinforcement learning theories of cognition: Towards human-like deep reinforcement learning

Wilka Carvalho, Research Fellow, Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Harvard

CUOS Seminar | ECE Seminar | Optics Seminar

CUOS Seminar: Relativistic optics and multi-GeV laser-driven particle accelerators

Howard Milchberg, Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Small-scale robots – from one to a swarm

Di Ni, Postdoc Fellow, Princeton University

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

ADVANCING IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION THROUGH ROBUST SUPERVISED AND GENERATIVE MODELS

Shijun Liang, Postdoc Candidate, Michigan State University

Synergies in Inertial Fusion Energy and Inertial Confinement Fusion Research

Dr. Verena Geppert-Kleinrath, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Harnessing Terahertz Signals to Bridge Digital and Neurological Divides

Duschia Bodet, Ph.D. Candidate, Northeastern University

Quantum Science Seminar

Quantum Research Institute | Quantum gas of molecules

Jun Ye, JILA, NIST and University of Colorado

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Exploring and Mitigating Safety Risks in Large Language Models and Generative AI

Pin-Yu Chen, Principal Research Scientist, IBM Research AI

Control Seminar

Metric Regularity and Its Role in the Systems Theory of Nonlinear Optimization

Torbjørn Cunis , Lecturer, University of Stuttgart Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Programming Quantum Materials for Next-Gen Photonics

Souvik Biswas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Training-free approaches for image inversion and editing using latent generative models

Sanjay Shakkottai, Professor, University of Texas

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Emergence and grokking in “simple” architectures

Mikhail Belkin, Professor, University of California, San Diego

Radlab Grad Seminar: Thin Film Ferroelectric Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators: from Continuum Mechanics Modeling to mm-Wave Operation

Wenhao Peng, Ph.D. Candidate, ECE at Michigan

Overcoming the Sim-to-Real Gap: Leveraging Simulation to Learn to Explore for Real-World RL

Andrew Wagenmaker, Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley

Control Seminar

Some fundamental limitations of learning for dynamics and control

Necmiye Ozay, Chen-Luan Family Faculty Development Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Robotics, University of Michigan

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Deep Microscopic Quantum Electrodynamics: Spotlight on Quantum-Light Science and Technology

Sathwik Bharadwaj , Research Scientist , Purdue University

Talking about Teaching – Session 3: Designing and using personalized take home exams

Plasma XXI (Joint CLaSP/MIPSE seminar)

Prof. Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Real-Time Inference and Adaptive Closed-Loop Control of Physiological States in Critical Care: A Cardiovascular Case Study

Taylor Baum, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Quantum Science Seminar

Quantum Research Institute | Coupling control and quantum dynamics of spin defects in solids: from room temperature quantum sensing to quantum computation

Michael E. Flatté, Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Iowa (UI)

ECE Distinguished Seminar Series

Advancing Thin-Film Piezoelectric Microsystems: Innovations and Future Directions

Reza Abdolvand, Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering , University of Central Florida (UCF)

Control Seminar

A Topological Approach For Data Assimilation (TADA)

Firas Khasawneh, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Faculty Candidate Seminar

From Language to Silicon: Programming Systems for Sparse Accelerators

Olivia Hsu, PhD Candidate, Stanford University

Faculty Candidate Seminar

The tin-vacancy center in diamond: understanding this emerging qubit and its application to quantum networks

Eric I. Rosenthal, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Machine Unlearning for Generative AI

Sijia Liu, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Robust Decision Making Without Compromising Learning Efficiency

Laixi Shi, Postdoctoral Fellow, CMS Caltech

Control Seminar

Control and system design of wave energy converters

Ryan Coe, Wave Energy & Fluid Dynamics Modeling Specialist, Sandia National Laboratories

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Building Practical Quantum Computing through Hardware-Aware Algorithm-Calibration Co-Design

Yulong Dong, Research Scientist, ByteDance Research US

RF Plasma Cathodes and Other Research Activities in the Plasma Propulsion Group at NRL

Dr. Marcel Georgin, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Quantum Science Seminar

Quantum Research Institute | A New Era in Quantum Optics: From Topological Photonics to Correlated Materials

Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Setup Times in Multiserver Systems: New Insights

Jalani Williams, PPFP Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , University of Michigan

Distinguished Lecture | William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture

Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits with Integrated Lasers

John Bowers , Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency; Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara

Control Seminar

Sensing the Unseen: Dexterous Tool Manipulation Through Touch and Vision

Nima Fazeli, Assistant Professor, Robotics, University of Michigan

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Achieving scalable quantum advantage in bosonic sensing and transduction in the presence of loss and noise

Haowei Shi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Southern California

Grand Challenges in RF & Plasmas for Next Generation Semiconductor Manufacturing

Dr. Benjamin Yee and Dr. Hema Swaroop Mopidevi, Lam Research Corporation

Communications and Signal Processing Seminar

Canceled Rescheduling To Fall 2025 On the computation of Stackelberg and Nash equilibria and their variants

Uday V. Shanbhag, Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

Talking about Teaching: Session #4 – Integrating social responsibility into EECS 215

William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture

Implications of Our Dependence on a Digital Ecosystem

Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Google

On-the-Fly Calibration of Active Electronically Scanned Antenna Arrays

Duncan Madden, Ph.D. Candidate

Faculty Candidate Seminar

Scalable SoC Architectures for Domain-Specific Computing: From Algorithms to Silicon

Seah Kim, Ph.D. candidate , University of California, Berkeley

Generative AI and Sexual Harms

Sarita Schoenebeck (Professor of Information, School of Information)

CUOS Seminar | Optics Seminar | Quantum Science Seminar

CUOS Seminar: Frontiers in quantum science with neutral ytterbium atoms trapped in optical tweezer arrays

Alexander Burgers, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, College of Engineering

Wildfire Risk Mitigation in Power Systems Operations: Optimizing Public Safety Power Shutoffs and Restoration Planning

Dr. Noah Rhodes , Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Quantum Science Seminar

Mohammad Hafezi (University of Maryland)

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