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Archive:<\/strong> Current Year<\/a>, 2025<\/a>, 2024<\/a>, 2023<\/a>,\u00a02022<\/a>, 2021<\/a>, 2020<\/a>, 2019<\/a>, 2018<\/a>, 2017<\/a>, 2016<\/a>, 2015<\/a>, 2013<\/a>, 2012<\/a>, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

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Distinguished Lectures<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Arye Nehorai<\/strong>, Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, The Eugene and Martha Lohman Professor, Washington University in St. Louis \u201cComputable Performance Analysis of Sparse Recovery.\u201d September 17, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

David Lilja<\/strong>, The Louis John Schnell Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Minnesota, Minneapolis \u201cWhen Close is Good Enough: Exploiting Randomness for Highly Reliable Approximate Computing.\u201d\u00a0 October 8, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Philippe M. Fauchet<\/strong>, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University \u201cNanoscale Silicon as an Optical Material.\u201d October 29, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sharad Malik<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University \u201cBoolean Satisfiability: From Theoretical Hardness to Practical Success\u201d January 2, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

C.V. Hollot<\/strong>, Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst \u201cRegulation of Cell Populations in Individuals Using Feedback-Based Drug-Dosing Protocols\u201d March 5, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Filbert Bartoli<\/strong>, Chandler Weaver Chair, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Lehigh University \u201cInterferometric Plasmonic Biosensor Arrays for High-Performance Label-Free Biomolecular Detection\u201d April 9, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Colloquia<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Anil K. Jain<\/strong>, Michigan State University, \u201cBiometric Recognition: Some Challenges in Forensics,\u201d\u00a0January 22, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark I. Stockman<\/strong>, Ludwig Maximilian University, \u201cQuantum Nanoplasmonics and Spaser,\u201d\u00a0February 19. 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Radu Marculescu<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University \u201cEntering the Labyrinth of (Inexact) Computer Science: A Cyber-Physical Approach,\u201d April 2, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hans-Benjamin Braun<\/strong>, University College Dublin, Ireland \u201cTopological Effects in Nanomagnetism: From Perpendicular Recording to Monopoles,\u201d April 7, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Annand Raghunathan<\/strong>, Purdue University, \u201cApproximate Computing & the Quest for Computing Efficiently,\u201d November 19, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Eby G. Friedman<\/strong>, University of Rochester, \u201cPower Delivery in Heterogeneous Nanoscale Integrated Circuits,\u201d November 24, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seminars<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Willie Padilla<\/strong>, Boston College \u201cMetamaterials as a Platform for Long Wave Imaging,\u201d\u00a0January 27, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yinzhi Cao<\/strong>, Northwestern University \u201cProtecting Client Browsers with a Principal-Based Architecture,\u201d\u00a0January 28, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dimitris Pavlidis<\/strong>, Boston University \u201cIII-Nitride Devices for Electronics and Optoelectronics: From DC and Microwaves to the THz and Optical Spectrum,\u201d\u00a0January 31, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Manuel Egele<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University \u201cStatic Analysis on Mobile Applications for Security and Privacy,\u201d\u00a0February 3, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Saptarshi Das<\/strong>, Purdue University \u201c2-D Electronics with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Progress and Prospect,\u201d\u00a0February 6, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vinod M. Menon<\/strong>, The City University of New York \u201cControl of Light-Matter Interaction Using Dispersion Engineered Photonic Structures,\u201d\u00a0February 11, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sivan Sabato<\/strong>, Hebrew University of Jerusalem \u201cLearning with Lower Information Costs,\u201d\u00a0February 18, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amir Houmansadr<\/strong>, University of Texas at Austin \u201cThe Cyberspace Battle for Information: Combating Internet Censorship,\u201d\u00a0February 20, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Byron Boots<\/strong>, University of Washington \u201cNew Machine Learning Approaches to Modeling Dynamical Systems,\u201d\u00a0February 21, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Sreeram Kannan<\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley \u201cOptimal RNA Assembly: From Information Theory to Software,\u201d\u00a0March 3, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Saman Zonouz<\/strong>, University of Miami \u201cTrustworthy Critical Infrastructures Threats, Challenges, and Countermeasures,\u201d March 20, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah Kate Wilson<\/strong>, Santa Clara University \u201cGo Towards the Light: Optical Wireless OFDM,\u201d March 26, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Samory Kpotufe<\/strong>, Toyota Technological Institute \u2013 Chicago \u201cSelf-tuning in Nonparametric Regression,\u201d March 27, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zhenming Liu<\/strong>, Princeton University \u201cLearning in a Distributed System,” March 31, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sudeep Kamath<\/strong>, University of California San Diego \u201cData Processing Theorems and Application,” April 2, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Georgios Piliouras<\/strong>, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 4, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prof. Anand D. Sarwate<\/strong>, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey \u201cPrivacy-sensitive Learning for Medical Data Sharing,\u201d April 7, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bryan Robinson<\/strong>, MIT \u201cThe Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration\u201d6\/26\/2014 Ram Zimar, Tel Aviv University Dept. of Electrical Engineering-Systems, \u201cThe Modulo Output is a Sufficient Statistic (for a Strong Interference),\u201d April 10, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Douglas Densmore<\/strong>, Boston University Dept. Of Electrical and Computer Engineering, \u201c% Make Biology: Bio-Design Automation in Synthetic Biology,\u201d September 10, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ayse Coskun<\/strong>, Boston University Dept. Of Electrical and Computer Engineering,\u00a0 \u201cTowards Sustainable Computing: Innovative Design and Management Strategies across the Computing Stack,\u201d September 15, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vivek Goyal<\/strong>, Boston University Dept. Of Electrical and Computer Engineering, \u201cFirst-Photon Imaging and Nonlinear Inverse Problems,\u201d September 15, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

George Gordon<\/strong>, University of Cambridge- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, \u201cDigital Holographic Modal Control of Optical Fibers,\u201d September 23, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Joint Seminar with CISE, Erol Gelenbe<\/strong>, Imperial College, London UK Intelligent Systems and Networks Group & Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, \u201cEnergy, QoS and Energy-Harvesting in Computation and Communications,\u201d September 24, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Joint Seminar with CISE, Erol Gelenbe<\/strong>, Imperial College, London UK Intelligent Systems and Networks Group & Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, \u201cStochastic Discrete Event Networks with Product Form,\u201d October 6, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shayan Mookherjea<\/strong>, University of California San Diego, \u201cIntegrated Silicon Photonic Devices and Subsystems,\u201d October 27, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Liu Ningyu<\/strong>, Florida Institute of Technology, \u201cElectrical Discharges in Earth\u2019s Atmosphere,\u201d October 29, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

John Ek Weis<\/strong>, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, \u201d Isotopic Labeling of Bilayer Graphene for Advanced Studies.\u201d December 11, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n

Guy Bresler<\/strong>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, \u201cLearning Complex Structure in Data: Efficient Estimations Graphical Models.\u201d December 19, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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