Nov 20, 2017 - 5:00pm
Silicon photonics at the RWTH Aachen: High-speed transceivers, group IV light sources and visible wavelength multi-color light engines
Jeremy Witzens

Overview of silicon photonics activities at the RWTH Aachen aimed at Learn More

Nov 17, 2017 - 11:00am
Manipulating Light, Matter and Energy with Plasmonic Nanotechnology
Yuebing Zheng

Surface plasmons, which are coherent oscillations of delocalized electrons at the interface of two materials, can concentrate and manipulate light at the nanoscale. We exploit unique optical, Learn More

Nov 16, 2017 - 11:00am
Optimal and Adaptive Active Sensing
Dr. Joseph R. Guerci

Advances in radio frequency (RF) solid state transmitters and high performance embedded computing (HPEC) have afforded a new Learn More

Nov 16, 2017 - 11:00am
Seminar on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Communication System for Medical Applications and Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) Systems
Dr. David Nghiem

Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) and Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) technologies have become promising options for wireless medical applications. However, increased body loss at the ISM frequencies Learn More

Nov 13, 2017 - 2:00pm
Non-Hermitian Photonics, Optics at an Exceptional Point
Mercedeh Khajavikhan, University of Central Florida (UCF)

In recent years, non-Hermitian degeneracies, also known as exceptional Learn More

Nov 9, 2017 - 5:30pm
Autonomous Systems – Past, Present, and Future
Doug Fronius, Northrop Grumman

The history of autonomous aircraft systems over the past 70 years is traced leading up to the technology that formed the foundation of current operational aircraft. The resulting architectures Learn More

Nov 6, 2017 - 10:00am
Acoustic Filter Technology & Design in Modern Cellphones
Perre-Alexandre Girard

The demand for bandwidth in cellphones is driving the industry toward complex RF front-ends that rely heavily on acoustic filters. The main purpose of this talk is to give an overview of filter Learn More

Nov 3, 2017 - 1:00pm
Estimation Under a Non-Convex Rank Constraint: A Signal and Image Processing Case Study
Dr. Vishal Monga

This talk will cover two seemingly disparate problems under the umbrella of an exact rank constraint: one in statistical and radar signal processing focusing on the estimation of structured Learn More

Nov 3, 2017 - 11:00am
Singular values and vectors under random perturbation: theory and applications
Sean O'Rouke, University of Colorado, Department of Mathematics

Computing the singular values and singular vectors of a large matrix is a basic task in high dimensional data analysis with many applications in computer science and statistics. In practice, Learn More

Nov 2, 2017 - 5:30pm
Enabling Autonomous Vehicles - High Definition Mapping of Road Infrastructure
Ravi Teja Sukhavasi

High Definition Mapping of road infrastructure is a key factor enabling technology for autonomous vehicles. In this talk, I will outline the basic principles of vision-based mapping and describe Learn More