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Events for 2007
JAN
08
2007
Dissertation Defense
Two Dimensional Photonic Crystal Slab Light Emitters, Light Emitting Arrays and Chemical Sensors
Swapnajit Chakravarty
JAN
12
2007
Dissertation Defense
Design and Analysis of Short Packet and Concatenated Coded Communication Systems
Kar-Peo Yar
JAN
12
2007
Control Seminar
College of Engineering Control Seminar Series
Professor Boris Mordukhovich
JAN
15
2007
Dissertation Defense
CMOS Microwave Receivers Using Three-Dimensional Integration
Tae-Young Choi
JAN
16
2007
ECE Seminar
A 14mW Fractional-N PLL Modulator With an Enhanced Digital Phase Detector and Frequency Switching Scheme
Mark Ferriss
JAN
16
2007
WIMS Seminar
A Sub-200mV 6T SRAM in 130nm CMOS
Bo Zhai
JAN
17
2007
ECE Seminar
Light-Structure Interactions: Opto-Excited Mechanical Vibrations
Dr. Tal Carmon
JAN
19
2007
Control Seminar
Static Normalizing pre-compensator: the ffirst step in the design of robust multivariable controllers using the Characteristic Locus Method.
Professor Joao Carlos dos Santos Basilio
JAN
25
2007
Other Event
The Complexity of Forecast Testing
Lance Fortnow
JAN
26
2007
Control Seminar
System Identification with Quantized Observations
Professor Le Yi Wang
JAN
30
2007
WIMS Seminar
AN ENGINEER’S VIEW OF START-UPS…
Professor Mohammed Islam
JAN
30
2007
Other Event
Applications Quest: Achieving Diversity in the Proposal 2 Era
Dr. Juan Gilbert
FEB
01
2007
Other Event
Biomolecular Automata
Dr. Yaakov Benenson
FEB
02
2007
Dissertation Defense
A Position Sensing System for MEMS-Based Cochlear Prostheses
Jianbai (Jenn) Wang
FEB
02
2007
Control Seminar
Hybrid Dynamical Systems with Controlled Discrete Transitions
Professor Joseph Bentsman
FEB
05
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Clustering and Classification via Lossy Data Compression
Yi Ma
FEB
06
2007
WIMS Seminar
Bio-MEMS Tools for Manipulating and Imaging Biological Samples
Professor Nikos Chronis
FEB
06
2007
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
The Perfect Lens: Resolution Beyond the Limits of Wavelength
Professor Sir John Pendry
FEB
09
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Distributed Network Utility maximization in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Noisy Feedback, Loss Channel and Stability
Junshan Zhang
FEB
13
2007
Other Event
Laser Communications from Mars
Dr. Donald Boroson
FEB
16
2007
Control Seminar
AutomotiveEmbeddedSystems
Mr. William Milam
FEB
19
2007
RADLAB Seminar
Data Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Measurements in Large-Dimensional and Nonlinear Environmental Models
Professor Dara Entekhabi
FEB
22
2007
Dissertation Defense
Voltage-controlled programmable patterning of proteins and cells in a microfluidic device
Chao Y. Fan
FEB
23
2007
Dissertation Defense
Micromechanical Filters for Wireless
Sheng-Shain Li
MAR
05
2007
WIMS Seminar
From Transmission Lines to Transceivers: Silicon Millimeter-Wave ICs for 60GHz and Beyond
Scott K. Reynolds, Ph.D.
MAR
06
2007
WIMS Seminar
Hemodynamic Monitoring for the 21st Century
Professor Ramakrishna Mukkamala
MAR
07
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Query Execution in Column-Oriented Database Systems
Dr. Daniel Abadi
MAR
08
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Temporal Memory Streaming
Dr. Thomas Wenisch
MAR
09
2007
Control Seminar
Networked Control for Autonomous Systems
Professor Richard Murray
MAR
12
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Energy Efficient Circuits and Systems for Impulse Ultra-Wideband Communication
David Wentzloff
MAR
12
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Optical Forces and Slow Light in Nanophotonics
Professor Michelle Povinelli
MAR
13
2007
Dissertation Defense
Ultra-low Power Processor Design Using Subhreshold Design Techniques
Bo Zhai
MAR
13
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Sensing and Modeling People's Activities and Interactions in Everyday Environments
Dr. Tanzeem Choudhury
MAR
13
2007
Other Event
HENRY RUSSEL LECTURE – WIMS: Sparking Breakthroughs in Health Care and the Global Environment
Prof. Kensall D. Wise
MAR
15
2007
Student Event
HKN Peer Mentoring: All About EECS Courses and Programs
MAR
15
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Ultrafast structural dynamics observed with atomic scale resolution
Dr. Nuh Gedik
MAR
16
2007
Control Seminar
Nash Certainty Equivalence in Large Population Stochastic Dynamic Games: Connections with the Physics of Ineracting Particle Systems
Professor Peter Caines
MAR
16
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Linear Regression with Gaussian Model Uncertainty: Algorithms and Bounds
Ami Wiesel
MAR
19
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Designing Appropriate Computing Technologies for the Rural Developing World
Dr. Tapan Parikh
MAR
19
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Designs of Sensor Networks and Algorithms for Multi Modal Target Tracking
Volkan Cevher
MAR
19
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Multiprocessor Architectures for Programmability
Dr. Luis Ceze
MAR
19
2007
Dissertation Defense
Circuit Modeling for Signal Integrity in Advanced VLSI Technologies
Mini Nanua
MAR
20
2007
WIMS Seminar
Creating Venture Capital Backed Companies Based on University Research
Mr. Tony Grover
MAR
20
2007
Other Event
Trends in Wireless Communications
Dr. Ali Khayrallah
MAR
21
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Automating the Assembly of Large-Scale, Component-Based Systems
Professor Peter Manolios
MAR
21
2007
Other Event
Prof. Islam: First Distinguished University Innovator Award
Mohammed Islam
MAR
22
2007
ECE Seminar
From Interconnect to Device: Analog Design for Scaled CMOS Electronics
Professor Alyssa Apsel
MAR
22
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Geometric Models for Dimensionality Reduction in Signal and Data Processing
Dr. Michael Wakin
MAR
22
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Deputy: Dependent Types for Safe Systems Software
Dr. Jeremy Condit
MAR
22
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
From Dream to Reality: Generation of Multi-GeV Electrons Using High Intensity, Ultrafast Laser Pulses
Dr. Frank Tsung
MAR
22
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Ultrafast structural dynamics observed with atomic scale resolution
Dr. Nuh Gedik
MAR
23
2007
Control Seminar
Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Hybrid Vehicle Control
Dr. Ed. Tate
MAR
26
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Adaptive Predicated Execution
Dr. Hyesoon Kim
MAR
26
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Amplitude and phase noise in nano-scale RF circuits
Reza Navid
MAR
26
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
From Dream to Reality: Generation of Multi-GeV Electrons Using High Intensity, Ultrafast Laser Pulses
Dr. Frank Tsung
MAR
27
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Anonymization Techniques for Published Data
Dr. Kristen LeFevre
MAR
27
2007
ECE Seminar
Wireless Communication Circuits in Nanometer CMOS Technologies
Professor Jeyanandh Paramesh
MAR
27
2007
Other Event
Reciprocity Laws in Number Theory: from Fermat to Fermat and beyond Fermat
Professor Avner Ash
MAR
28
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Benchmarking of Energetic Electron Beam Transport in Nail and Wire Targets
Dr. Mingsheng Wei
MAR
29
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Looking Beyond Performance: Processors for Time Travel
Dr. Satish Narayanasamy
MAR
29
2007
Other Event
Wavefront Sensing and Imaging with Phase Diversity
Dr. Richard Paxman
MAR
30
2007
ECE Seminar
Integrated Optics in Silicon
Dr. Michael Geis
MAR
30
2007
Control Seminar
Emergency Flight Planning with a Reduced Performance Envelope
Professor Ella Atkins
APR
02
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Behavior-based Malware Detection
Dr. Mihai Christodorescu
APR
02
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Scalable Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks
Bhaskar Krishnamachari
APR
03
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Integrated MEMS for RF Communicators and Microfluidic Biochip
Professor Euisik Yoon
APR
03
2007
WIMS Seminar
Low-Power Integrated Electronics for Large-Scale Neural Recording
Professor Reid Harrison
APR
05
2007
WIMS Seminar
The Race to Replace Quartz
Michael McCorquodale, Ph.D.
APR
05
2007
Other Event
Fiber-optic Quantum Communications
Professor Prem Kumar
APR
05
2007
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Programming – Past and Future: William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Susan L Graham
APR
06
2007
Control Seminar
Stochastic Hybrid Systems and their Applications to Networks and Biology
Professor Joåo Hespanha
APR
09
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
C. H. Mastrangelo
APR
10
2007
WIMS Seminar
Spanning the Length Scales in Micro/Nanofluidic Systems: Computational Studies
Professor N. R. Aluru
APR
10
2007
Other Event
On the Interplay between Nework Coding and Optimization
Professor Muriel Medard
APR
11
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
TBA
Dr. Stuart Mangles
APR
12
2007
Other Event
Prof. Teneketzis to Receive Grad Student Mentoring Award
APR
13
2007
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Resonant Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems
Prof. Farrokh Ayazi
APR
13
2007
Control Seminar
Thermodynamics – A System Theoretic Foundation
Professor Wassim M. Haddad
APR
16
2007
Other Event
Density Functional Simulation of Quantum Dots in InAs-InP Nanowires: SPM Imaging and Surface Effects
Dr Michael Stopa
APR
17
2007
Other Event
Information Theory Meets Writing
Professor David Mackay
APR
19
2007
ECE Seminar
Ballistic Electro Photonics
Professor Venky Narayanamurti
APR
23
2007
Dissertation Defense
Multiple-Device and Multiple-Resonator Low Phase Noise Microwave Oscillators
Jonghoon Choi
APR
23
2007
Dissertation Defense
Noel Devices for Ultrashort Pulse Fiber Laser Technology
Kai-Hsiu Liao
APR
24
2007
Dissertation Defense
High Power Pulsed Fiber Lasers at Near-IR Optical Wavelengths
Ming-Yuan Cheng
APR
25
2007
Dissertation Defense
Spin-Injection Lasers and Bio Photonic Devices Based on Bacteriorhodopsin For Optical Interconnects
Jonghyun Shin
APR
27
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Monitoring Video Quality Inside a Network
Dr. Amy Reibman
MAY
11
2007
Dissertation Defense
Modeling and Applications of Acoustic and Electromagnetic Wave Interation
Amy Buerkle
MAY
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
Estimating Respiratory Motion from CT Images via Deformable Models and Priors
Rongping Zeng
MAY
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
Epitaxy of Spin Injectors and Their Application Toward Spin-Polarized Lasers
Michael Holub
MAY
17
2007
Dissertation Defense
Hybrid Resonant-Clocked Digital Design
Visvesh S. Sathe
MAY
25
2007
Dissertation Defense
RF MEMS Technology for Advanced Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensors
Koen Van Caekenberghe
JUN
01
2007
Dissertation Defense
Optimal Redundant Index Assignment for Robust Vector Quantization: An Approach to Joint Source-Channel Coding
Ilju Na
JUN
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
Controllng Light-Emission Properties of Power Scalable Fiber Lasers
Chi-Hung Liu
JUN
22
2007
Other Event
EECS Picnic
JUN
25
2007
Other Event
Plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy of polar and nonpolar ZnO: Growth and characterization
Professor Soon-Ku Hong
JUN
25
2007
Dissertation Defense
Noise Properties of Regularized Image Reconstruction in X-ray Computed Tomography
Yingying Zhang
JUN
26
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
A Common Perspective Over Randomized Estimation and FDR Control in Multiple Testing
Dr. Gilles Blanchard
JUN
26
2007
Systems Seminar – ECE
Algebraic time-derivative estimation-theoretical foundations, extensions, and relationship with concepts from classical systems theory
Johann Reger
JUL
09
2007
Dissertation Defense
Sequential Resource Allocatiion in Communication Networks: Guessing Games, Strategies, and Online Algorithms
Nicholas Chang
JUL
10
2007
Dissertation Defense
Finite-Length and Asymptotic Analysis and Code Design of LDPC Codes for Binary-Erasure and Fading Channels
Kaiann Fu
JUL
16
2007
Dissertation Defense
Mobility Modeling of Mobile Users
Jungkeun Yoon
JUL
23
2007
Dissertation Defense
Resource Constrained Adaptive Sensing
Raghuram Rangarajan
AUG
15
2007
Dissertation Defense
Leakage Power Analysis and Optimization in Deep-Submicron Technologies under Process Variation
Saumil Shah
AUG
16
2007
Dissertation Defense
Exploiting Interactions between Integrated Circuit Design and Manufacturing
Youngmin Kim
AUG
20
2007
Dissertation Defense
Design of 3-D Monolithic mmW Components using Ceramic Stereolithography
Karl Brakora
SEP
05
2007
Other Event
Farewell reception for Martha Pollack
Brian Gilchrist
SEP
12
2007
Other Event
Cloud and Radiatino Observation at the ARM Climate Research Facility Sites
James Mather, Technical Director for the ARM Climate Research Facility
SEP
13
2007
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Technology Directions for Future RF Applications
Dr. Dwight C. Streit, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
SEP
13
2007
Student Event
U-M Amateur Radio Club Info Session
Dean Tony England, Lora Schulwitz, Chris Galbraith
SEP
14
2007
Control Seminar
Telerobotics FromSurgery to Satellite Servicing – Why is it so hard to feel?
Professor Gunter Niemeyer
SEP
17
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
MIMO Wireless Communication
Dr. Daniel W. Bliss
SEP
18
2007
WIMS Seminar
Carbon Nanotube Sensors
Professor Christofer Hierold
SEP
21
2007
Control Seminar
Control Theory, Real World Application
Dr. Jae Lew, Ph.D
SEP
27
2007
Dissertation Defense
Ultrafast Dynamics in Quantum Cascade Lasers: Electronic Transport and Coherent Light-Matter Interaction
Hyunyong Choi
SEP
28
2007
Control Seminar
Control of MEMS Microactuators fo Bio-Inspired Microbotic Applications
Professor Kenn Oldham
OCT
01
2007
Dissertation Defense
RF Pulse Designs for Signal Recovery in T2*-weighted Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chun-yu Yip
OCT
03
2007
Dissertation Defense
Model Based Principal Component Analysis with Application to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnus Ulfarsson
OCT
04
2007
Dissertation Defense
True Spatio-Temporal Detection and Estimation for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Joonki Noh
OCT
04
2007
Dissertation Defense
Advances in Surface Penetrating Technologies for Imaging, Detection, and Classification
Jay A. Marble
OCT
05
2007
Other Event
GaN Optoelectronic Devices
Prof Ching-Ting Lee, Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Cheng-Kung University
OCT
05
2007
Control Seminar
Fuzzy Discrete Event Sysems: Theory and its Application to HIV/Aids Treatment
Professor Hao Ying
OCT
09
2007
WIMS Seminar
Hybrid Neural Microsystems for Studying Signal Transduction in the Nervous System
Surendra K. Ravula, Postdoctoral Appointee , Sandia National Laboratories
OCT
11
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Canonical Representation of Achievable Region in Mutiterminal Source Coding
Dr. Soumya Jana, Canonical Representation of Achievable Region in Mutiterminal Source Coding, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
OCT
12
2007
Distinguished Lecture
Making Your First Million: and other tips for aspiring entrepreneurs
Lee Boysel
OCT
12
2007
Control Seminar
Exploring and Exploiting Resonances in MEMS
Professor Steve Shaw
OCT
17
2007
WIMS Seminar
Sensor Technology Research at Western Michigan University
Massood Atashbar, Associate Professor, Western Michigan University
OCT
19
2007
Other Event
Driving to a Sustainable Future, a New DNA for the Automobile
Dr. Larry Burns, Vice President of R&D and Strategic Planning, General Motors Corporation
OCT
19
2007
Control Seminar
Implementation Challenges for Multvariable Control – What you don't learn in School!
Dr. Sanjay Garg
OCT
24
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
A Framework for Heterogeneous Quality-of-Service Guarantees in Wireless Networks: A Communication-Theoretic Approach
Achilleas Anastasopoulous, A Framework for Heterogeneous Quality-of-Service Guarantees in Wireless Networks: A Communication-Th, EECS U of M
OCT
25
2007
WIMS Seminar
Next Generation MicroChem Lab Development at Sandia National Laboratories
Joshua J. Whiting, Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories
OCT
26
2007
Other Event
Sun Microsystems Tech Day
Brian Wilson, CTO for Market Development, Sun Microsystems
OCT
26
2007
Control Seminar
Multiphrase Modeling and Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cells
Professor Keith Promislow
NOV
02
2007
Dissertation Defense
A Model of Head-Related Transfer Functions based on a State-Space Analysis
Norman Adams
NOV
02
2007
Control Seminar
What do UAV's in GPS-Denied Environments have in Common with Ecoli Bacteria?
Professor Miroslav Krstic
NOV
06
2007
Other Event
Control-Based Alternatives to Power System Expansion
Ian Hiskens, Professor , University of Wisconsin – Madison
NOV
07
2007
Other Event
Negative Refraction in Natural Materials
Professor Vladimir Agranovich, Negative Refraction in Natural Materials, University of Texas at Dallas & Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Science
NOV
07
2007
WIMS Seminar
An Introduction to Ultra-Wideband Communication, Circuits, and Systems
Professor David Wentzloff, Assistant Professor, EECS Dept., University of Michigan
NOV
07
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Feedback Control and Information
Richard H. Middleton, Feedback Control and Information, Hamilton Institute Maynooth Co. Ireland
NOV
08
2007
Other Event
Optical Tomography
Professor John C. Schotland, Optical Tomography, University of Pennsylvania
NOV
08
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Statistical Learning Under Communication Constraints
Maxim Raginsky, Duke University
NOV
09
2007
Theory Seminar
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Brian Wyman
NOV
09
2007
Control Seminar
Decoding neural mechanisms for multisensory control of locomotion
Professor Noah J. Cowan
NOV
14
2007
Distinguished Lecture
Goff Smith Lecture – Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins, Cofounder, Chaiman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
NOV
15
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Loopy Belief Propagation
Sujay Sanghavi, Loopy Belief Propagation, MIT
NOV
16
2007
Control Seminar
Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications
Chris Mi, Professor , University of Michigan – Dearborn
NOV
20
2007
Student Event
Town Hall Meeting
Prof. Gilchrist and Prof. Jahanian, Department / Division Chairs
NOV
27
2007
Student Event
EECS Welcome Day
NOV
27
2007
Other Event
Innovation and Evolution – How search, social media and new ideas can shape the next web.
Mr. Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Strategy at Yahoo, Yahoo, Inc.
NOV
30
2007
Theory Seminar
On the Perfect Distinguishability of Unitary Operations
Runyao Duan, Tsinghua University
NOV
30
2007
Control Seminar
Dynamic Routing and Motion Coordination of Large-Scale Vehicle Networks
Professor Emilio Frazzoli, MIT
DEC
03
2007
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Model Based Reconstruction of Spectroscopic Imaging Data
Mathews Jacob, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester
DEC
05
2007
WIMS Seminar
Si TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING
Dennis Buss, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Texas Instruments
DEC
07
2007
Dissertation Defense
Vacuum and Hermetic Packaging of MEMS Using Solder
Warren c. Welch, III
DEC
07
2007
Dissertation Defense
Stabilizing Highly Dynamic Locomotion in Planar Bipedal Robots with Dimension Reducing Control
Benjamin Morris
DEC
07
2007
Dissertation Defense
Full Wave 2D Modeling of Scattering and Inverse Scattering for Layered Rough Surfaces with Buried Objects
Chih-Hao Kuo
DEC
07
2007
Dissertation Defense
Low Temperature Wafer Level Vacuum Packaging Using Au-Si Eutectic Bonding and Localized Heating
Jay Mitchell, Mechanical Engineering
DEC
07
2007
Control Seminar
Resonance Control
Professor Cevat Gokcek
DEC
13
2007
Dissertation Defense
Active-Mtrix Organic Light-Emitting Displays:Novel Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors and Tixel Electrode Circuits
Hojin Lee
DEC
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
X-Ray and Electron Generation in the Relativistic Lambda-Cubed Regime
Aghapi G. Mordovanakis
DEC
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
Fabrication of Integrated Fluidic Systems and Methods to Perform Single-Molecule DNA Analysis
Venkat ram Dukkipati
DEC
14
2007
Dissertation Defense
DC Pulse-Power Microdischarges On Planar Electrodes and Their Use in Liquid Phase Chemical Sensing in Ambient Air
Bhaskar Mitra
DEC
17
2007
Dissertation Defense
Digitally Assisted ADC's
Ivan Timothy Bogue
DEC
17
2007
Dissertation Defense
High-Performance RF-MEMS Tunable Filters
Sang-June Park
DEC
18
2007
Dissertation Defense
Fully Monolithic CMOS Nickel Micromechanical Resonator Oscillator For Wireless Communications
Wen-Lung Huang
DEC
18
2007
Dissertation Defense
Design Techniques For On-Chip Global Signaling Over Lossy Transmission Line
Jun Young Park