ECE Seminar Series
The seminar series explores cutting-edge research in all areas of ECE, facing the grand challenges of our time. It focuses on a wide range of topics in ECE, including microelectronics, photonics and unconventional computing (both quantum and non-quantum) in the post-Moore era, and the theory and applications of machine learning and AI. The series will feature some of the most promising and established researchers in the field, and provide a unique opportunity for participants to learn about the latest developments and engage in discussions with invited experts and ECE graduate students. Additionally, it will promote diversity by featuring a diverse range of speakers and perspectives, ensuring the broad accessibility of the latest ideas and breakthroughs.
Series Committee Members – Faculty: B.S. Manjunath (Chair), Kerem Çamsarı, Haewon Jeong, Jason Marden, John Schuller and Graduate Student Association: Ozgur Guldogan, Monsij Biswal
Upcoming ECE Distinguished Lectures at the ECE Seminar Series (2024-25)
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Past ECE Distinguished Lectures at the ECE Seminar Series (2024-25)
Come back to see who visited us in 2024-2025 and gave past seminars!
Past ECE Seminar Series Distinguished Lectures & Talks (2023-24)
ECE Distinguished Lectures at the ECE Seminar Series
- Matthew W. Daniels, Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – “Computing Beyond Boolean Logic Using Time, Stochasticity, and Geometry"
- DK Panda, Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, Ohio State University – "Creating Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure for Democratizing AI: Overview of the Activities at the NSF-AI Institute ICICLE"
- Takako Hirokawa, Principal Device Engineer, GlobalFoundries – "Latest Progress and Challenges in 300 mm Monolithic Silicon Photonics Manufacturing"
- Mrinalini Lakshminarayanan, Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, Verizon – “Future of Connected World Technologies"
- Kush Varshney, Distinguished Researcher, IBM Research – “A Carative Approach to AI Governance"
- Shyam Gollakota, Washington Research Foundation Endowed Professor, UW – "Augmenting Human Auditory Perception with AI”
- Richard Mirin, Group Leader, Quantum Nanophotonics, NIST Boulder – “High-efficiency, Superconducting Single-photon Detectors from Ultraviolet to Long-wavelength Infrared”
- Elza Erkip, Institute Professor, ECE, NYU – “Distributed Compression in the Era of Machine Learning”
- Priyadarshini Panda, Assistant Professor, EE, Yale University – ”Rethinking AI Algorithm and Hardware Design with Neuromorphic Computing"
- Jagadeesh Balam, Senior Research Manager & Taejin Park, Senior Research Scientist, NVIDIA – “NVIDIA NeMo Toolkit for Conversational AI: An Open Source Framework for Advanced Speech Models"
ECE Seminar Series Talks
Past ECE Seminar Series Distinguished Lectures & Talks (2022-23)
ECE Distinguished Lectures at the ECE Seminar Series
- Melanie Weber, Ass't Prof. of Applied Math & Science, Harvard – "Exploiting Geometric Structure in Machine Learning and Optimization,"
- Adam Smith, Professor, Computer Science, Boston University – "Privacy in Machine Learning and Statistical Inference"
- John Sipe, Professor, Physics, U of Toronto – "Thinking About Squeezed States"
- Sayeef Salahuddin, TSMC Distinguished Prof., UC Berkeley – "CMOS+X: Integrated Ferroelectric Devices for Energy Efficient Electronics"
- Urbashi Mitra, Prof., ECE, USC – "How Designing an Application-specific Algorithm Led to a New Form of Reinforcement Learning"
- John Martinis, Prof. Physics, UCSB – My Trek from Fundamental to Industrial Research: Quantum Systems Engineering"
- Justin Solomon, Assoc. Prof., EECS, MIT – "Volumetric Methods for Modeling, Deformation, and Correspondence"
- Dr. Masoud Mohseni, Google Quantum AI – "Quantum-inspired Nonlocal Monte Carlo for Optimization and Sampling”
