Apr 12, 2017 - 11:00am
Tunable and Reconfigurable Plasmonics and Metamaterials for Beam Shaping
Yongmin Liu, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northern University, Boston, USA

Plasmonics has become a very vibrant research area in nano optics. It allows us to concentrate, guide, and manipulate light at the deep subwavelength scale, promising enhanced light-matter Learn More

Apr 10, 2017 - 2:00pm
Side-channel attacks for modern targets: from smart-cards to complex embedded systems
Ro Cammarota, Ph.D., Qualcomm Research

As mobile systems gain new capabilities, their security also needs to increase, to mitigate piracy, fraud and identity theft. Specifically, side-channel resistance needs to be accounted for both Learn More

Apr 10, 2017 - 11:00am
Relaxing Bottlenecks for Fast Machine Learning
CHRISTOPHER DE SA

As machine learning applications become larger and more widely used, there is an increasing need for efficient systems solutions. The performance of essentially all machine learning applications Learn More

Apr 5, 2017 - 11:00am
On Wireless Systems Modelling and Machine Learning-Based Optimization
DR. MERYEM SIMSEK

According to the evaluation methodologies of ITU, the basic evaluation characteristics and assessment methods for wireless networks wireless systems can be studied based on system level Learn More

Apr 5, 2017 - 11:00am
Time-Varying Electromagnetic Devices: Breaking the Fundamental Limits of Passives
Dr. Yuanxun Ethan Wang, Associate Professor - UCLA

Passive electromagnetic devices such as transmission lines, filters and antennas are essential parts of a wireless system. They often dominate the system’s efficiency, bandwidth and noise Learn More

Apr 3, 2017 - 11:00am
Design Automation for Tackling Key Challenges in Cyber-Physical Systems: Timing, Security, and Heterogeneity
Dr. Qi Zhu

Cyber-physical systems such as autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, smart buildings and grid, industrial robots, and healthcare systems, are poised to bring immense economic and societal Learn More

Mar 27, 2017 - 11:00am
Efficient Methods and Hardware for Deep Learning
Song Han

Deep learning has spawned a wide range of AI applications that are changing our lives. However, deep neural networks are both computationally and memory intensive, thus they are power hungry when Learn More

Mar 24, 2017 - 4:00pm
Engineering Development of the Monash Vision Group Bionic Eye
Dr. Arthur J. Lowrey, Monash Vision Group , Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Monash Vision Group is developing a vision prosthesis based on implanting stimulating tiles into the visual cortex, area V1. Each tile has 43 stimulating electrodes that are designed to stimulate Learn More

Mar 24, 2017 - 1:30pm
5G Network Architecture and the Future Mobile Internet
Dipankar Raychaudhuri

This talk provides a discussion of one of the central design challenges associated with next-generation “5G”
wireless systems - that of effectively converging 3GPP Learn More

Mar 20, 2017 - 11:00am
Pushing the Limits of Indoor Localization in Today's Wi-fi Networks
Jie Xiong

WiFi is ubiquitous nowadays and is playing an increasingly important role in our everyday lives. Traditionally, WiFi networks are mainly used for data communication. In recent years, WiFi signals Learn More