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Events for 2017

JAN
05
2017
Dissertation Defense
Making Semiconductor Single Photon Emitters Faster & Brighter
Brandon Demory, PhD Candidate
JAN
06
2017
Dissertation Defense
Composite Adaptive Internal Model Control Theory and Applications to Engine Control
Connie Qiu
JAN
06
2017
MIDAS Seminar
On Data-Driven Creativity
Lav Varschney, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
JAN
09
2017
Dissertation Defense
Cross-point Circuits for Computation, Interconnects, Security and Storage
Supreet Jeloka, PhD Candidate
JAN
09
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
What You Saw Is Not What You Get: domain adaptation for deep learning
Kate Saenko, Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of Computer Science
JAN
10
2017
Dissertation Defense
Study of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Microfluidic Technology: From Isolation to Analysis
Tae Hyun Kim, PhD Candidate
JAN
11
2017
Student Event
Popcorn Wednesdays
JAN
12
2017
Dissertation Defense
High Dimensional Covariance Estimation for Spatio-Temporal Processes 
Kristjan Greenewald
JAN
12
2017
Dissertation Defense
Ultra-low Power Circuits for Internet of Things (IoT)
JAN
12
2017
MPEL Seminar
Communication-Cognizant Hybrid Voltage Control in Distribution Networks
Hao Zhu, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
JAN
12
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Data-Driven Methods for Sparse Network Estimation
Somayeh Sojoudi, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, Berkeley
JAN
13
2017
Control Seminar
Nonlinear observers robust to measurement errors and their applications in control and synchronization
Daniel Lieberzon, Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
JAN
13
2017
MIDAS Seminar
The Potential of On-Demand Mobility: Lessons from System Analysis and Data Visualization
Dimitris Papanikolaou, DDes, Postdoc Researcher, Harvard Graduate School of Design
JAN
16
2017
Dissertation Defense
Lifetime and Efficiency of Blue Phosphorescent Organic-light Emitting Diodes
JAN
17
2017
Dissertation Defense
Organic Photodiodes and Their Optoelectronic Applications
JAN
18
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Behind the Scenes: Decoding Intent from First Person Video
Hyun Soo Park, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
JAN
19
2017
MPEL Seminar
Operating and Planning Battery Energy Storage in a Competitive Market Environment
Daniel Kirschen, Professor, University of Washington, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
JAN
19
2017
Student Event
Mock Interviews with ECE Alumni
JAN
20
2017
Dissertation Defense
Model-Predictive Control for Alleviating Transmission Overloads and Voltage Collapse in Large-Scale Electric Power Systems
Jonathon Martin
JAN
20
2017
Control Seminar
Intermittent Communication Control in Mobile Robot Networks
Michael M. Zavlanos, Assistant Professor, Duke University
JAN
23
2017
Student Event
Learn to Successfully Network
JAN
26
2017
Optics Seminar
Coherent control of injection currents
Rodrigo Muniz, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Toronto
JAN
26
2017
MPEL Seminar
Grid Modernization: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions
Jianhui Wang, Computational Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory
JAN
26
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs): The Coming Revolution in Displays and Lighting
Stephen Forrest, Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor, Paul G. Goebel Professor, EECS, Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
JAN
26
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Security Pre-Screening in the Design of Cyber-Insurance Policies
Parinaz Ardabili, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
JAN
27
2017
Control Seminar
Koopman Operator Theory in Dynamical Systems and Control
Igor Mezic, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
JAN
27
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Human-Centered Computing: Using Speech to Understand Behavior
Emily Mower Provost, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
JAN
27
2017
Student Event
Social Hour
JAN
31
2017
Cultural | Student Event
Lunar New Year Celebration
JAN
31
2017
Dissertation Defense
Property Enforcement for Partially- Observed Discrete-Event Systems
Xiang Yin
FEB
02
2017
MPEL Seminar
Non-technology Barriers to the Deployment of Distributed Energy Storage
Ramteen Sioshansi, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
FEB
03
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Sequential change-point detection over dynamic networks
Yao Xie, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
FEB
06
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Optimization for Control and Planning of Multi-contact Dynamic Motion
Michael Posa, Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FEB
08
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
From hummingbirds to honeybees: algorithms for agile micro aerial vehicles with on-board perception
Luca Carlone, Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FEB
08
2017
Student Event
Popcorn Wednesdays
FEB
09
2017
MPEL Seminar
Optimal Electricity Planning and Dispatching Incorporating Health Impacts
Valerie Thomas, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
FEB
09
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Descending Price Auction Algorithm for Determining Market Clearing Prices in Matching Markets
Vijay Subramanian, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
FEB
10
2017
IPAN Event
Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM)s Applications for Neuro-inspired Computing and Hardware Security
Shimeng Yu, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
FEB
10
2017
ECE Seminar
Light up Computing Systems
Jiang Xu, Associate Professor, Big Data System Lab, ECE Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
FEB
10
2017
Control Seminar
The Surprising Power of Simple Models for Compliant Manipulation Under Uncertainty
Dmitry Berenson, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
FEB
13
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Diversity and Resilience in Robot Networks
Amanda Prorok, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
FEB
16
2017
MPEL Seminar
Pricing Electricity through a Stochastic Non-Convex Market-Clearing Model
Antonio J. Conejo, Professor, Ohio State University
FEB
17
2017
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Materials, Manufacturing and Device Innovations for Soft Electronics
Cunjiang Yu, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
FEB
17
2017
Control Seminar
Stochastic Control of Engine Knock
James Peyton-Jones, Professor, Villanova University
FEB
17
2017
MIDAS Seminar
From Model T to Waymo: Cars have gotten better – has transportation data science?
Carol A. Flannagan, PhD, Research Associate Professor, University of Michigan
FEB
17
2017
Student Event
Happy Hour
FEB
20
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Language and Vision: Learning Knowledge About the World
Yejin Choi, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
FEB
21
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Next-Generation Computing using Spin-Based and 2D Materials
Jean Anne C. Incorvia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
FEB
23
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Growth, Characterization and the Impact of Wide-Bandgap Materials on Electronic Devices
Elaheh Ahmadi, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
FEB
23
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Leveraging Union of Subspace Structure to Improve Constrained Clustering
Laura Balzano, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
FEB
24
2017
MIDAS Seminar
The Shape of Data
Jose Perea, Assistant Professor, Dept of Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering, Michigan State University
FEB
26
2017
Student Event
ECE Expedition: Bay Area
MAR
06
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Towards a Theory of Safe and Interactive Autonomy
Dorsa Sadigh, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
08
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Integrated Magnetics and Multiferroics for Compact and Power Efficient Sensing, Power, RF, Microwave and mm-Wave Electronics
Nian Sun, Professor, Northeastern University
MAR
08
2017
Student Event
Popcorn Wednesdays
MAR
08
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Magnetic Direct Drive Fusion Experiments on the Z Facility
Dr. Matthew Gomez, Sandia National Laboratories
MAR
09
2017
MPEL Seminar
Energy Storage Performance Characterization for Microgrid Applications
Mariesa Crow, Vice Provost and Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
MAR
09
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Polar Codes: Implementations and Finite-Length Analysis
Hessam Mahdavifar, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
MAR
09
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Probablistic Topic Models and User Behavior
David Blei, Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, Columbia University
MAR
10
2017
ECE Seminar
Semiconductor Quantum Technologies for Communications and Computing
Dirk Englund, Assistant Professor, MIT
MAR
10
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Learning Human Preferences and Perceptions From Data
Robert Nowak, McFarland-Bascom Professor in Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MAR
13
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Tackling the size and complexity of large-scale neural datasets
Eva L. Dyer, Research Scientist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University
MAR
15
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Efficient scalable algorithms for adaptive data collection
Kevin Jamieson, Postdoctoral Researcher, AMP Lab University of California, Berkeley
MAR
15
2017
ECE Seminar
ECE Safety & Coffee
MAR
17
2017
Control Seminar
On Estimation with Strategic Sensors
Cédric Langbort, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
MAR
17
2017
Dissertation Defense
Miniaturized Antenna and Wave Propagation Studies Enabling Compact Low-Power Mobile Radio Networks at Low VHF
Jihun Choi, PhD Candidate
MAR
17
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Findig Low-Rank Structure in Messy Data
Laura Balzano, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
MAR
20
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Networks of Strategic Agents
Amir Ajorlou, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at MIT
MAR
20
2017
Dissertation Defense
High Resolution Active Pixel Sensor X-Ray Detectors for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Chumin Zhao, PhD Candidate
MAR
21
2017
Cultural | Student Event
Nowruz Celebration
MAR
22
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Exploiting Geometry for High-Resolution Source Localization
Yuejie Chi, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
MAR
22
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Magnetic Field Amplification by Turbulence in High-power Laser Experiments
Prof. Gianluca Gregori, University of Oxford, UK
MAR
23
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Graph Clustering, Convex Optimization and Crowdsourcing
Ramya Korlakai Vinayak, PhD Candidate, California Institute of Technology
MAR
23
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Computational and Statistical Convergence for Graph Estimation: Just Relax
Shuheng Zhou, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS & LSA-Statistics
MAR
24
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
Influence Maximization in Stochastic and Adversarial Settings
Po-Ling Loh , Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison
MAR
24
2017
Control Seminar
Reminiscences on My Career in Control
Elmer Gilbert, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering
MAR
27
2017
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Sequential Learning, Optimization and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems
Dileep Kalathil, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
27
2017
Other Event
Optics & Photonics Industrial Snapshot Night
Keynote Speaker: James C. Wyant , Prof. Emeritus, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
MAR
29
2017
ECE Seminar
Differential Privacy for Dynamic Data
Jerome Le Ny, Assistant Professor, Universite de Montreal
MAR
31
2017
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
The New World of Lighting: SSL and Beyond
Jeff Tsao, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories
MAR
31
2017
MPEL Seminar
From Power Management to Energetic Intelligence: an evolutionary challenge for students and educators
Nicola Femia, Professor, University of Salerno, Italy
MAR
31
2017
Control Seminar
Optimal Coordination of Connected and Autonomous Cars in Smart Cities
Ardalan Vahidi, Associate Professor, Clemson University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
MAR
31
2017
Student Event
Social Hour & Board Game Night
APR
05
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Microfabricated Indium-fueled Electrospray Thruster Development
Dr. Colleen Marrese-Reading, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
APR
06
2017
MPEL Seminar
The Capacity Value of Retail Demand Response
Seth Blumsack, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, EMS Energy Institute
APR
06
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Variable-length Codes for Channels with Memory and Feedback: fundamental limits and practical transmission schemes
Achilleas Anastasopoulos, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
APR
07
2017
Control Seminar
Numerical Synthesis of Pontryagin Optimal Control Minimizers Using Sampling-Based Methods
Humberto Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, Washington University – St. Louis, Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering
APR
07
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Data and Analytics: Emerging trends and opportunities at Ford Motor Company
Michael Cavaretta, Ph.D., Director, Analytics Infrastructure, Ford Motor Compnay
APR
10
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Samsung Innovation
Dr. Won-Pyo Hong, ECE Alumni Impact Award Winner, President, Samsung SDS
APR
11
2017
Control Seminar
Collaborative Road Freight Transport
Karl H. Johansson, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
APR
12
2017
Student Event
Popcorn Wednesdays
APR
12
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Plasma Instabilities in Electric Propulsion Devices
Prof. Benjamin Jorns, University of Michigan
APR
13
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Convolutional Dictionary Learning Using a Fast Block Proximal Gradient Method
Il Yong Chun, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
APR
14
2017
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Photonic-molecule light and Super-nonlinear optical metamaterials
Jung-Tsung Shen, Das Family Career Development Distinguished Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
APR
17
2017
Dissertation Defense
High Power Capacitive Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charing Applications
Fei Lu
APR
18
2017
Dissertation Defense
Phase Change Material Based Ohmic Switches for Reconfigurable RF Applications
Muzhi Wang
APR
19
2017
Other Event
ECE Safety & Coffee
Russ Garcia, Laser Safety, UM EH&S LSO
APR
21
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Inferring, Summarizing and Mining Large-scale Graph Data
Danai Koutra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
APR
22
2017
Other Event
Event: 6th Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory
APR
25
2017
Dissertation Defense
Subwavelength Grating Based Microcavity and Its Applications in Many-body Polariton Systems
Zhaorong Wang
APR
26
2017
Dissertation Defense
Variable Weight Kernel Density Estimation
APR
28
2017
ECE Seminar
Understanding and Optimizing Solution-Processed Systems
Vanessa Wood, Professor for Materials and Device Engineering, ETH Zurich
MAY
03
2017
Dissertation Defense
Methods for Free-Breathing  Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
Mai Le
MAY
04
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Novelties of Reflectarray Antennas: Legitimate Children of Reflector and Array Antennas
Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Northrop Grumman Chair Distinguished Professor, UCLA
MAY
04
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Private Learning and Exit Decisions in Collaboration
Anne-Katrin Roesler, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Economics
MAY
08
2017
Dissertation Defense
Efficient Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Converters for High Frequency Applications
Mehmet Dayanik
MAY
11
2017
Dissertation Defense
Circuit Techniques for Low-Power and Secure Internet-of-Things Systems
Kaiyuan Yang
MAY
11
2017
Dissertation Defense
Low Power Autonomous Microsystems for Oil Well Logging Application
Yu Sui
MAY
12
2017
Dissertation Defense
Low-Power Energy Efficient Circuit Techniques for Small IoT Systems
Wanyeong Jung
MAY
12
2017
Dissertation Defense
Robust Learning From Multiple Information Sources
Tianpei Xie
MAY
15
2017
Dissertation Defense
Solving Large-Scale AC Optimal Power Flow Problems Including Energy Storage, Renewable Generation, and Forecast Uncertainty
Jennifer Felder Marley
MAY
15
2017
MPEL Seminar
When the Correct Technical Solution Is Not Good Enough
Bruce Wollenberg, Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
MAY
17
2017
MICL Seminar
Tunnel FET Modeling and Exploratory Circuit Design/Compiling Analog-to-Digital Converters
Trond Ytterdal, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
MAY
22
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
The sympathy of pendulum clocks and network synchronization
Henk Nijmeijer, Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology
JUN
06
2017
MPEL Seminar
Storage in Power Systems: Frequency Control, Scheduling of Multiple Applications, and Computational Complexity
Olivier Mégel, ETH Zürich, Power Systems Laboratory
JUN
12
2017
Other Event
Physics Graduate Student Symposium Seminar
Imran Mirza, Graduate Student, Physics
JUN
14
2017
Dissertation Defense
Miniaturized Pumps and Gauges for Ultra-High Vacuum Microsystems
Shiyang Deng
JUN
14
2017
Other Event
Using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to study energy transfer in photosynthesis
Libby Maret, Graduate Student, Applied Physics
JUN
16
2017
Dissertation Defense
Problems in Scattering and Imaging
Miao-Bin Lien
JUN
21
2017
Other Event
Torque Differential Magnetometry Using Qplus-mode of Quartz Tuning Fork
Lu Chen, Graduate Student, Physics
JUN
22
2017
Other Event
Materials Interface Engineering for Emerging Optoelectronics
Dr. Jixian (Bruce) Xu, Post-doctoral candidate, University of Toronto
JUN
26
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
l1 methods for tracking sparse signals
Adam Charles, Post Doctoral Researcher, Princeton University, Neuroscience Institute
JUN
26
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Electromagnetic Simulation Tools for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Dr. C. J. Reddy, Vice President of Business Development-Electromagnetics, Americas, Altair Engineering, Inc.
JUN
28
2017
MICL Seminar
Continuous-time Pipeline ADC
Hajime Shibata, Design Engineer, Analog Devices
JUN
28
2017
Other Event
Looking at ghosts—Optical methods for studying light-matter interaction in microcavities
Glenn Leung, Graduate Student, Physics
JUN
28
2017
Dissertation Defense
Energy Efficient Pipeline ADCs Using Ring Amplifiers
Yong Lim
JUL
05
2017
Student Event
Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics
Imran Mirza, Student, Physics Department
JUL
10
2017
Security Seminar
Building Robust Distributed Systems and Network Protocols by Using Adversarial Testing and Behavioral Analysis
Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Professor, Northeastern University
JUL
12
2017
Other Event
Searching for gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars with LIGO
Ansel Neunzert, Graduate student, Physics
JUL
14
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
Mean Field Teams
Aditya Mahajan, Associate Professor, McGill University
JUL
20
2017
Dissertation Defense
Place Recognition and Localization for Multi-Model Underwater Navigation with Vision and Acoustic Sensors
Jie Li
JUL
26
2017
Other Event
Trans-Neptunian objects in our solar system
Stephanie Hamilton, Graduate Student, Physics
JUL
28
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
Fundamental Limits of Remote Estimation
Jhelum Chakravorty, Research Associate, McGill University
AUG
02
2017
Other Event
Physics Graduate Student Symposium Seminar
Callum Jones, Graduate Student, Physics
AUG
04
2017
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer: Open Office Hours in EECS
Tech Transfer Representative
AUG
09
2017
Other Event
Constraining fundamental physics with the Dark Energy Survey
Jessie Muir, Graduate Student, Physics
AUG
14
2017
Dissertation Defense
Low-power Volatile and Non- volatile Memory Design
Qing Dong
AUG
16
2017
Other Event
Generalized statistical mechanics and applications to distributed system design problems
Andrei Klishin, Graduate Student, Physics
AUG
17
2017
Dissertation Defense
Theoretical and Experimental Foundations of Coherent Pulse Stacking Amplification
John Ruppe
AUG
23
2017
Other Event
RF Pulse Design for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sydney Williams, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
AUG
29
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Shannon's Information Measures and Markov Structures
Raymond W. Yeung, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
AUG
30
2017
Dissertation Defense
Data Driven Algorithms for the Estimation of Low Rank Signals in Structured Subspaces
Raj Tejas Suryaprakash
AUG
31
2017
Student Event
ECE New Graduate Student Orientation
AUG
31
2017
Dissertation Defense
Optimal Low Rank Factor Analysis for Multimodal Fusion
Himanshu Nayar
SEP
01
2017
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer: Open Office Hours in EECS
Tech Transfer Representative
SEP
06
2017
Dissertation Defense
Mechanism Design with Allocative, Informational and Learning constraints
Abhinav Sinha
SEP
08
2017
Dissertation Defense
On Design and Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems with Strategic Agents
Hamidreza Tavafoghi
SEP
08
2017
Dissertation Defense
Sensing Structured Signals with Active and Ensemble Methods
John Lipor
SEP
08
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
Optimal Signaling Mechanisms in Unobservable Queues
Krishnamurthy Iyer, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
SEP
11
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Prices and Subsidies in the Sharing Economy
Longbo Huang, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
SEP
14
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Free Component Analysis
Raj Rao Nadakuditi, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
SEP
15
2017
Dissertation Defense
Correct-by-Construction Control Synthesis for High-Dimensional Systems
Lars Petter Nilsson
SEP
18
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Towards Joint Understanding of Images and Language
Svetlana Lazebnik, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
SEP
19
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Learning Large Graphs from Compressed and Subsampled Data
Gautam Dasarathy, Post Doctoral Researcher, Rice University
SEP
19
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
On Clothing Object Detection from Images and Videos
Joy Tang, Suren Kumar, CEO, CSO, Markable
SEP
19
2017
MICL Seminar
IoT Sensing Device and Machine Learning
Mingoo Seok, Asst. Professor, Columbia University
SEP
20
2017
Systems Seminar – ECE
The science of autonomy: A happy symbiosis among learning, control and physics.
Evangelos Theodorou, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
SEP
20
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Nanosecond Pulsed Power-Generated Transient Plasma for Energy and Environmental Applications
Prof. Martin Gundersen, University of Southern California
SEP
22
2017
ECE Seminar
Towards novel optical imaging techniques with applications in ophthalmology and vision science
Francesco LaRocca, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
SEP
22
2017
Control Seminar
Probabilistic safety via stochastic reachability: Application to autonomous systems and to physiological systems
Meeko Oishi, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
SEP
22
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Sparse Signal Recovery in Bilinear Inverse Problems
Yoram Bresler, PhD, Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Department of ECE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SEP
25
2017
MICL Seminar
Hardware and software progresses on designing programmable matter
Julien Bourgeois, Hardware and software progresses on designing programmable matter, Computing University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS
SEP
28
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Domain Adaptation for Recommender Systems
Clay Scott, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
SEP
29
2017
Control Seminar
Experimentally Fusing Control System and Plant Design Optimization to Generate Electricity in the Air
Chris Vermillion, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
SEP
29
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Recent Advances in Theory of Multipactor Discharges
Prof. Rami Kishek, University of Maryland
OCT
02
2017
MICL Seminar
Leveraging dense package technology in advanced technologies for large SoCs
Bill Isaacson
OCT
02
2017
Dissertation Defense
Improve the Usability of Polar Codes: Code Construction, Performance Enhancement and Configurable Hardware
Shuanghong Sun
OCT
06
2017
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer: Open Office Hours in EECS
Tech Transfer Representative
OCT
09
2017
Other Event
EER Prospective Grad Student Open House
OCT
11
2017
MICL Seminar
Ultra Low-Power Analog Front-End Design
Pieter Harpe, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology
OCT
12
2017
MPEL Seminar
Remote Community Microgrids
Claudio Canizares, Professor, University of Waterloo
OCT
13
2017
Control Seminar
Development of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Robotic Intravascular Active Catheter System
Cenk Cavusoglu, Professor, Case Western Reserve University
OCT
13
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Predictive Maintenance and Condition-Based Infrastructure Monitoring with Automated Drones
Danny Ellis, CEO and Co-founder, SkySpecs
OCT
16
2017
ECE Seminar
ECE Expedition: Detroit
OCT
16
2017
Other Event
III-V semiconductor nanowire/graphene hybrid structures and devices
Helge Weman, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
OCT
16
2017
Dissertation Defense
Phenomenology and Technology in Support of Sub-Terahertz Radar Systems
Amr Ibrahim
OCT
18
2017
Other Event
Faculty Recruitment and Academic Talks from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xinbing Wang and Weinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
OCT
18
2017
Student Event
Event: 8th MIPSE Graduate Student Symposium
OCT
18
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Bridging HED Plasma Sciences to Stockpile Stewardship and Defense Applications
Dr. Tiberius Moran-Lopez, National Nuclear Security Administration
OCT
19
2017
Dissertation Defense
III-Nitride Nanowire Based Near-Infrared Optoelectronic Devices on (001) Silicon
Arnab Hazari
OCT
19
2017
Optics Seminar
Physics and Applications of Optically Active Semiconductor Quantum Structures
Stephan W. Koch, Professor of Physics, Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)
OCT
20
2017
Control Seminar
Learning from Nature: When Models Meet Multitudes
Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Professor, Princeton University, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
OCT
20
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Multiphysics Modeling in Computational Electromagnetics: Technical Challenges and Potential Solutions
Jian-Ming Jin, Y. T. Lo Chair, Professor , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OCT
20
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Statistical Models for Analyzing Dynamic Social Network Data
Kevin Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
OCT
20
2017
RADLAB Seminar
NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Earth Venture Mission
Chris Ruf, Professor, University of Michigan
OCT
23
2017
Dissertation Defense
High Aspect-ratio Biomimetic Hair-like Microstructure Arrays for MEMS Multi-Transducer Platform
Yemin (Stacey) Tang
OCT
23
2017
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Electrodes for Top-Illuminated Organic Photovoltaic Devices: An investigation into electrode design and interfacial energetics
Dr. Martin Tyler, University of Warwick
OCT
23
2017
ECE Seminar
Multiscale Electrophysical Systems to the Rescue
David Garmire, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
OCT
25
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Technology for the Future
Honorable Zachary J. Lemnios, Vice President, Physical Sciences & Government Programs, IBM
OCT
26
2017
MPEL Seminar
Resilient Architectures and Algorithms for Generation Control of Inertial-Less AC Microgrids
Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
OCT
26
2017
Other Event
ECE Alumni Career Panel
Karen Fireman, Jordi Ribas, Katherine Herrick, and Mitchell Rohde
OCT
27
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Evolution of a Career, Computers, and Cars: 40 Years of Change
Andrew Farah, Chief Technology Architect for Autonomous Vehicles , General Motors
OCT
27
2017
Control Seminar
Future Mobility: Cloud-Enabled Automotive Decision-Making Systems
Zhaojian Li, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
OCT
27
2017
RADLAB Seminar
New insights into analysis of polarimetric radar data from fundamental physics
Frank Ahern, TerreVista Earth Imaging
OCT
30
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Double Seminar by Tamara and Alex Berg
Tamara L Berg and Alex Berg, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NOV
01
2017
ECE Seminar
Examining engineering concepts in practice: Is conceptual understanding relevant to practice?
Shane Brown, Associate Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University
NOV
02
2017
MICL Seminar
Tunable Cavities and Cold-Plasma Electronics for Reconfigurable RF Front-Ends
Dimitrios Peroulis, Professor, Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
NOV
02
2017
MPEL Seminar
The Two-Edged Sword of Democratizing Grid Control: Distributed Inertia Control as a Cyber-Physical Attack Path
Chris DeMarco, Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute
NOV
02
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Dissipativity Theory for optimization and Machine Learning Research
Bin Hu, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin – Madison
NOV
03
2017
Dissertation Defense
Circuit and System Designs for Millimeter Scale IoT and Wireless Neural Recording
Taekwang Jang
NOV
03
2017
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer: Open Office Hours in EECS
Tech Transfer Representative
NOV
03
2017
Control Seminar
The Hidden Mechanics of Locomotion: A New Perspective on Wearable Robotics and Human Locomotor Control
Elliott J. Rouse, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
NOV
03
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Microwave Sensing Through the Subsurface for Addressing the Water Puzzle
Mahta Moghaddam, Professor of Electrical Engineering, The University of Southern California
NOV
06
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Global Optimality in Matrix Factorization and Deep Learning
René Vidal, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Vision Dynamics and Learning Lab
NOV
09
2017
Dissertation Defense
Control and Optimization of Electric Ship Propulsion Systems with Hybrid Energy Storage
Jun Hou
NOV
09
2017
Student Event
ECE Career Fair
NOV
09
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Going Small: The Advantage of Nanosatellites
Hannah Goldberg, Senior Systems Engineer, GomSpace
NOV
09
2017
MPEL Seminar
Electricity demand management for networked infrastructure systems
Mahnoosh Alizadeh, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
NOV
09
2017
Distinguished Lecture
MICROELECTRONICS, MEMS, AND MICROSYSTEMS: A Sixty-Year Fantastic Voyage
Kensall D Wise, William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
NOV
09
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Non-linear models for matrix completion
Greg Ongie, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
NOV
10
2017
Control Seminar
Making Robust Decisions from Data
Anil Aswani, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
NOV
10
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Probabilistic Graphical Models and Online Learning
Tony Jebara, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
NOV
10
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Random Media with Applications in Microwave Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice
Shurun Tan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
NOV
15
2017
ECE Seminar
ECE Safety & Coffee
NOV
15
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Energy Transfer in Compressible Magneto-hydrodynamic Turbulence
Dr. Philipp Grete, Michigan State University
NOV
16
2017
Other Event
Colloidal nanocrystals: bridging the gap between inorganic and organic electronics
Dr. Shaocong Hou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
NOV
16
2017
MPEL Seminar
Representing power system security in the demand space: Challenges and opportunities
Francois Bouffard, Associate Professor and Assoc. Chair of Undergraduate Affairs, McGill University
NOV
16
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Subspace codes and rank-metric codes: List-decoding and sparse constructions
Hessam Mahdavifar, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
NOV
17
2017
Control Seminar
Formal Verification of Aerospace Software
Jean-Baptiste Jeannin, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
NOV
17
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Semiconductor Nanowires for Optoelectronics Applications
Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Semiconductor Nanowires for Optoelectronics Applications, The Australian National University, Australia
NOV
17
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Why Data Science Needs Curation and Why Curation Needs Data Science
Margaret Hedstrom, PhD, Robert M. Warner Collegiate Professor of Information, School of Information, University of Michigan
NOV
28
2017
Dissertation Defense
Controlling Photon and Ion Fluxes in Low Pressure Low Temperature Plasmas
Peng Tian
NOV
29
2017
MIPSE Seminar
Creating, Diagnosing, and Controlling High Energy Density Matter with the National Ignition Facility
Dr. Mark Herrmann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NOV
29
2017
RADLAB Seminar
Nanomedicine Applications Mediated by Electromagnetic Fields
Elena della Valle, Sapienza, University of Rome
NOV
30
2017
MPEL Seminar
Power System Transitions for Decarbonization
Paulina Jaramillo, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
NOV
30
2017
Dissertation Defense
High-Q Fused Silica Micro-Shell Resonators for Navigation-Grade MEMS Gyroscopes
Tal Nagourney
NOV
30
2017
Dissertation Defense
Ultra Low Power Circuits for Internet of Things and Deep Learning Accelerator design with In-Memory Computing
Myungjoon Choi
NOV
30
2017
Distinguished Lecture
Stephen Forrest: ECE Bicentennial + Beyond Lecture
Stephen R. Forrest: Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor; Paul G. Goebel Professor o
NOV
30
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
New perspective from Blackwell's comparisons of experiments on generative adversarial networks and differential privacy
Sewoong Oh, Assistant Professor, UIUC
DEC
01
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Scarfs Lemma and Stable Matchings
Rakesh Vohra, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
DEC
01
2017
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer: Open Office Hours in EECS
Tech Transfer Representative
DEC
01
2017
Control Seminar
Battery Control Engineering (a really dry run of a CDC 2017 plenary)
Anna Stefanopoulou, Professor, University of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
DEC
01
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Closing the Loop Between Mind and Machine: Building Algorithms to Interface With Brains at Multiple Scales
Christopher J. Rozell, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
DEC
04
2017
Solid-State and Nano Seminar
Multiscale imaging of mammalian brain
Prof. Meng Cui, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
DEC
04
2017
Student Event
ECE Expedition Info Session
DEC
06
2017
LNF Seminar
LNF Users Symposium
Prof. Euisik Yoon, Biointerface Technologies: Where Engineering Meets Science and Medicine, U-M ECE
DEC
06
2017
Other Event
The influence of gender stereotypes on behavior and identification among students in engineering group project teams
Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
DEC
07
2017
Dissertation Defense
Quantifying Security: Methods, Challenges and Applications
Armin Sarabi
DEC
07
2017
MPEL Seminar
Carrots, Sticks and Other Smart Grid Tricks: The Capacity Value of Retail Demand Response
Seth Blumsack, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, EMS Energy Institute
DEC
07
2017
Communications and Signal Processing Seminar
Optimal first-order convex minimization methods with applications to image reconstruction and machine learning
Jeff Fessler, Professor, University of Michigan, Department of EECS
DEC
08
2017
Dissertation Defense
Improving image reconstruction for digital breast tomosynthesis
Jiabei Zheng
DEC
08
2017
Dissertation Defense
Dynamic memristors: from device to applications
Wen Ma
DEC
08
2017
Control Seminar
Planning, Control and Perception for Agile Robot Navigation: Compression, Attention, and Anticipation
Sertac Karaman, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DEC
08
2017
MIDAS Seminar
Bits through Sensors: Bounds on Classification and Learning Performance via Information Content
Matthew Nokleby, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wayne State University
DEC
11
2017
Computer Vision Seminar
Large-pose Face Analysis: Alignment, Reconstruction, and Recognition
Xiaoming Liu, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
DEC
12
2017
Student Event
ECE Massage Day
DEC
18
2017
Dissertation Defense
Cyber-Physical Systems Design: Electricity Markets
Mohammad Rasouli
DEC
19
2017
Dissertation Defense
Reasoning Under Uncertainty in Cyber-Physical Systems: Toward Efficient and Secure Operation
Erik Miehling
DEC
20
2017
Dissertation Defense
Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton based THz Circuitry
Mahdi Aghadjani