EE 8980 (001) Graduate Seminar II (Spring 2021)

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Semester: Spring, 2021

Time: Thursdays 4 to 5pm.

Offered Synchronously via Zoom: https://umn.zoom.us/j/92842770045

You can find the schedule of speakers here. 

Video recordings of the talks will be posted below.

    1. Prof. John Bowers from University of California-Santa Barbara
      Hosted by Professor Beth Stadler
      Topic of Presentation: Integrated Photonics
      Thursday, January 21st, 2020 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-01-21.mp4
      Slides: https://ucsb.app.box.com/s/0w38qk6z2lbbh7d8reoymml5wi1y

    2. Prof.  Supriyo Datta from Purdue University 
      Title: “Computing with p-bits:  Between a Bit and a q ‐ Bit”
      Hosted by Professor Jiang-Ping Wang
      Thursday, January 28st, 2020 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-01-28.mp4

    3. Prof. Alik Widge from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 
      Hosted by Professor Andrew Lamperski.
      Title of Presentation: "Engineering Brain Circuits to Treat Psychiatric Disorders"
      Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-02-04.mp4

    4. Stephanie Hernandez from Seagate Research.
      Hosted by Professor Marc Riedel.
      Title of Presentation: "Modeling Advanced Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording"
      Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-02-18.mp4

    5. Angelique Johnson from MEMStim LLC.
      Hosted by Professor Marc Riedel.
      Title: "Advanced Manufactured Neuromodulation Leads"
      Thursday, February 25th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-02-25.mp4

    6. Dr. Il Yong Chun from the University of Hawai'i. 
      Hosted by Prof. Mehmet Akcakaya.
      Title of Presentation: "Iterative AI for Breaking Imaging Limits"
      Thursday, March 4th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-03-04.mp4

    7. Dr. Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts from Duke University. 
      Hosted by Prof. Rhonda Franklin.
      Title: "Resonant Infrared, Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation: Enabling Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films for Optoelectronics"
      Thursday, March 18th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-03-18.mp4

    8. Prof. Ramamoorthy Ramesh from University of California-Berkeley. 
      Hosted by Prof. Jian-Ping Wang.
      Title: "Electric Field Control of Magnetism"
      Thursday, March 25th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-03-25.mp4

    9. Prof. Massimiliano Di Ventra from University of California--San Diego. 
      Hosted by Prof. Jian-Ping Wang. 
      Title: "Digital MemComputing: From Logic to Dynamics to Topology" 
      Thursday, April 1st, 2021 at 4:00pm 
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-04-01.mp4

    10. Dr. Michael Mack from Cisco.
      Hosted by Prof. Beth Stadler.
      Title: "Wafer Scale Packaging for Silicon Photonics"
      Thursday, April 15th, 2021 at 4:00pm

    11. Prof. Douglas Densmore from Boston University.
      Hosted by Professor Marc Riedel.
      Title: "Genetic Circuits, Cloud Labs, and COVID-19: Bio-Design Automation as Applied to Synthetic Biology"
      Thursday, April 29th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-04-29.mp4

    12. Prof. Hongong Tinn 
      Hosted by Professor Marc Riedel.
      Title of Presentation: "Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan, 1966-1975: Emulation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship"
      Thursday, May 6th, 2021 at 4:00pm
      Video: http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/files/ece-colloquium-2021-05-06.mp4

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