Mar 1, 2017 - 11:00am
Stochastic Adventures in Systems and Controls
Behrouz Touri, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering , University of Colorado

In this talk, we visit two systems and controls problems with stochastic components. The first problem relates to the control of safety critical autonomous systems. We provide a necessary and Learn More

Feb 28, 2017 - 2:00pm
Low Threshold RF and Optical Oscillators Using Exceptional Points of Degeneracy
Filippo Capolino, Ph.D., University of Florence, Italy

We present a unified theory of exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD) in coupled-mode guiding structures, i.e., a theory that illustrates electromagnetic mode characteristics under the special Learn More

Feb 27, 2017 - 11:00am
Overcoming ontextual effects on cell signaling: A control theoretic approach
Marcella M. Gomez, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Gene regulatory networks are critical at every stage of life – from embryonic decision making to constant maintenance of intercellular protein concentrations. Rapidly evolving tools in synthetic Learn More

Feb 23, 2017 - 11:00am
Waveform Engineering in mm-Wave Integrated Circuits
Kunal Datta, Ph.D., University of Southern California

The mm-wave frequency spectrum has gained prominence in recent years to support high-data rate energy efficient wireless communication for the future 5G standards and other IoT applications. Mass- Learn More

Feb 17, 2017 - 11:00am
ECE Special Seminar: Active N-path filters and other recent research activities
Milad Darvishi

Nowadays, wireless devices cover numerous wireless communication standards where almost for each one a different frequency band has been allocated. There is a strong motivation towards SoC (System Learn More

Feb 13, 2017 - 11:00am
Digitally-Assisted RF Power Amplifier Design From CMOS Digital PAs to Adaptive Linearization: approaches to tackle complexity in RF Front-End development
CALOGERO D. “CAL” PRESTI

In an ever more connected world, the proliferation of cellular bands and standards has caused a significant growth of the RF Front-End in a phone, which comprises the Power Amplifier (PA) and Learn More

Feb 8, 2017 - 11:00am
Electronics on Anything
Ioannis (John) Kymissis

Silicon electronics have revolutionized the processing and handling of information. The high temperatures required to create crystalline silicon devices, however, has limited the application of Learn More

Feb 6, 2017 - 11:00am
ECE Special Seminar: Throughput-Optimal Algorithms for Generalized Flow Problems

One of the fundamental problems in Computer Networking is to efficiently transport packets belonging to different sessions, such as unicast, broadcast, multicast and anycast, collectively known as Learn More

Feb 3, 2017 - 2:00pm
Nonstochastic Information Theory for State Estimation and Control
Girish Nair, Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia

This talk is an overview of recent non-probabilistic information concepts that are motivated by worst-case estimation and control.  Using this framework, analogues of independence, Markovness, Learn More

Feb 2, 2017 - 11:00am
Next-Generation Computing using Spin-Based and 2D Materials
Jean Anne C. Incorvia, Ph.D. , Harvard University

We are at a time where the electronics industry is feeling pressure from two sides: on the small scale we are facing the fundamental physical limits of silicon, and on the large scale we are Learn More