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Colloquia and Seminars Archive Fall 2009
September 4, 2009
K2I Luncheon Lin Zhong, Assistant Professor of ECE, Rice University September 9, 2009 - CMC Seminar "Design Challenges in Broadband Software Defined Radio Systems; A System and Circuits Perspective" Ahmed M. Eltawil, University of California - Irvine Host: Ashu Sabharwal September 14, 2009 - Joint with CAAM "Optimizing Sensing from Water to the Web" Andreas Krause, California Institute of Technology Host: Volkan Cevher September 17, 2009 "A 32 Gbps 2048-bit 10GBASE-T Ethernet Energy Efficient LDPC Decoder with Split-Row Threshold Decoding Method" Tinoosh Mohsenin, University of California - Davis Host: Joseph Cavallaro September 17, 2009 - Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture "Future Research Directions at HP Labs" Prith Banerjee, Senior VP of Research at HP and Director of HP Labs September 29, 2009 "Challenges and Drivers for Future Radio Access" Matti Latva-aho, University of Oulu, Finland Host: Behnaam Aazhang October 7, 2009 "New Professors Lecture: Research Overviews" Rebekah Drezek, Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mark Embree, Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics Jun Kono, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Janet Siefert, Senior Faculty Fellow John McDevitt, Professor of Bioengineering Host: Dean of Engineering October 14, 2009 - ECE Affiliates Keynote "Programming multicore for low cost, real time and energy efficient systems" Alan Gatherer, CTO for the High Performance Multicore Processor Businesses at Texas Instruments October 16, 2009 "Comb Laser Diodes for Commodity WDM Computer Interconnects" Dr. Daniil Livshits and Dr. Greg Wojcik, Innolume Host: Qianfan Xu October 16, 2009 "Parameter Variations and Leakage in Nano-scale Technologies: Error Resiliency and Low-Power Design Methods" Kaushik Roy, Purdue University Host: Lin Zhong October 16, 2009 "Customer Reviews in Spectrum: Recommendation System in Wideband Cognitive Radio Networks" Husheng Li, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Host: Lin Zhong October 28, 2009 - ECE Distinguished Lecture "The Technological Power of Communications + Content + Community" Fred Kitson, Motorola Host: Lin Zhong November 16, 2009 "Routing in Multi-Homed Wireless Mesh Networks: extending OLSR for performance and transparency" Renato Lo Cigno, University of Trento, Italy Host: Edward Knightly November 19, 2009 "Distilled Sensing and the Power of Active Sampling for Sparse Recovery" Jarvis Haupt, DSP Group, Rice University Host: Richard Baraniuk Spring 2009
January 29, 2009"Decentralized Model Order Reduction and Simulation of Linear Networks with Massive Ports" Sheldon X.-D. Tan, University of California at Riverside Host: A.C. Antoulas February 5, 2009 "Understanding Carrier Sensing, Interference, and Capture Effect in 802.11a Networks" Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs Host: Edward Knightly February 6, 2009 - VISEN Distinguished Lecture "Recognising and learning from patterns" Jayanthi Sivaswamy, Indian Institute of Information Technology February 16, 2009 "Pulling Rank: Inference from Incomplete Data" Benjamin Recht, California Institute of Technology Host: Richard Baraniuk and Farinaz Koushanfar February 17, 2009 "Computing with Things Small, Wet, and Random: Design Automation for Nanoscale Technologies and Biological Processes" Marc Riedel, University of Minnesota Host: Lin Zhong February 17, 2009 "Exploiting data geometry: A semi-supervised learning approach" Aarti Singh, Princeton University Host: Richard Baraniuk and Farinaz Koushanfar February 26, 2009 "Coalitions and Incentives in Cognitive Radio Networks" Narayan Mandayam, Rutgers University Hosts: Behnaam Aazhang and Ashu Sabharwal March 3, 2009 "Sketching, Streaming and Sub-linear Space Algorithms" Piotr Indyk, TI Visiting Professor from MIT Host: Richard Baraniuk March 9, 2009 "Unconstrained Networking Research" Supranamaya Ranjan, Narus Host: Edward Knightly March 10, 2009 "Efficient evaluation of complex networks: Harnessing core structures and randomness" Lara Dolecek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hosts: Richard Baraniuk and Farinaz Koushanfar March 13, 2009 "Developing Safe, Secure and Sustainable Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems" Sandeep Gupta, Arizona State University Host: Lin Zhong March 18, 2009 "High-Dimensional Co-Occurrence Density Estimation" Rebecca Willett (Rice MSEE '02, PhD '05), Duke University Host: Richard Baraniuk March 20, 2009 - sponsored by ExCEL "Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks: A Stochastic/Adaptive Control Approach" Tara Javidi, University of California - San Diego Hosts: Samantha Summerson and Behnaam Aazhang April 6, 2009 "Visible light communication" Sridhar Rajagopal (Rice MS '00, PhD '04), Samsung Telecommunications America April 6, 2009 - CAAM Seminar "Sensing via Dimensionality Reduction" Volkan Cevher, ECE Department, Rice University April 10, 2009 "Control of nonlinear optics at the few-cycle limit for access to new wave physics" Jeff Moses, MIT April 17, 2009 - sponsored by VISEN "The Challenges of Multicore: Information and Misinformation" Yale Pratt, University of Texas at Austin April 20, 2009 "The Future of Education & Research in the University: The Roles of Time, Process, and Context" Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology April 28, 2009 - VISEN Pioneer Distinguished Lecture Series "Vistas in Quantum Computing" Yao C. Andrew, Tsinghua University May 11, 2009 "Compressive Sensing Data Acquisition and Imaging for GPRs" Professor James H.. McClellan, Center for Signal & Image Processing, Georgia Tech Fall 2008July 17, 2008"Cross Validation in Compressed Sensing via the Johnson Lindenstrauss Lemma" Rachel Ward, Princeton University Host: Richard Baraniuk July 18, 2008 - sponsored by ExCEL "Time is of the Essence: Exploiting an Unused Degree of Freedom in Packet Networks" Negar Kiyavash, UIUC Host: Farinaz Koushanfar August 27, 2008 - VISEN Distinguished Lecture "Practical, Provably Unbreakable Encryption" Michael O. Rabin, Harvard University October 9, 2008 "Restless Watchdog: Monitoring Multiple Channels in Cognitive Radio Systems" Husheng Li, University of Tennessee Host: Lin Zhong October 22, 2008 "New Professors Lecture: Research Overviews" David Johnson, Computer Science and ECE Departments, Rice University John Mellor-Crummey, Computer Science and ECE Departments, Rice University Daniel Mittleman, ECE Department, Rice University Matteo Pasquali, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Rice University Host: Dean of Engineering October 23, 2008 "Interference-Aware Wireless Network Management" Lili Qiu, University of Texas Host: Ed Knightly October 30, 2008 "Shared Denoising and Segmentation of Natural Scenes" Erik B. Sudderth, University of California at Berkeley Host: Richard Baraniuk November 5, 2008 "Cooperation and Fairness of Wireless Networking using Game Theoretical Approaches" Zhu Han, University of Houston Host: Ashu Sabharwal November 6, 2008 "The Power of Social and Knowledge Networks: How and Why are We Connected" Chunke Su, University of Texas at Arlington Host: Lin Zhong November 6, 2008 "Exploiting Structure in Statistical Compressive-Sensing Inversion" Lawrence Carin, Duke University Host: Richard Baraniuk November 11, 2008 "Coding for Flash Memories" Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang, Texas A&M University Host: Lin Zhong November 13, 2008 "Inference in high dimensions: Trade-offs between computational and statistical efficiency" Martin J. Wainwright, University of California at Berkeley Host: Richard Baraniuk November 24, 2008 "Percolation Theory and Large-Scale Wireless Networks: Connectivity and Transmission Delay" Edmund Yeh, Yale University Host: Edward Knightly
December 10, 2008 Spring 2008January 25, 2008 - CMC Seminar"Ultra Mobile Broadband: PHY and MAC overview" Mohammad Jaber Borran, Qualcomm Hosts: Behnaam Aazhang and Ashutosh Sabharwal January 28, 2008 - Joint with CAAM "Precision and Sloppiness of Cellular Signalling" Steven Altschuler, UT Southwestern Medical School Host: Behnaam Aazhang February 7, 2008 "Recent advances in laser based chemical trace gas sensing" Dr. Ulrike Willer, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany Host: Frank Tittel February 8, 2008- IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture Series "Looking for Patterns in Video" Rama Chellappa, University of Maryland Host: Richard Baraniuk February 12, 2008 "Generation, manipulation and applications of ultrashort, high-intensity laser pulses" Selcuk Akturk, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA - École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Host: Stephan Link February 21, 2008 "Nanophotonics, Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials" Jiming Bao, Harvard University Host: Naomi Halas February 25, 2008 "Transductive Anomaly Detection" Clay Scott (Rice MS '00, PhD '05), University of Michigan Host: Rich Baraniuk February 26, 2008 "Laser-matter interactions at nanoscales: ultrafast x-ray and THz generation" Kiyong Kim, Los Alamos National Laboratory Host: Dan Mittleman February 27, 2008 - Dean of Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series "Building Satellite Systems: Advancing Our Understanding of the Universe We Live In - Where can you fit in?" David L. Ryan (Rice BSEE '76, MEE '77), Sector VP and GM of Civil Systems Division, Northrop Grumman Space Technology February 28, 2008 "Compact and High-speed Electrooptic Modulators on Silicon" Qianfan Xu, Hewlett-Packard Host: Jason Hafner March 4, 2008 "Manipulating spins and photons in semiconductors" Vanessa Sih, Stanford University Host: Jun Kono March 6, 2008 "Plasmonics in highly integrated optoelectronic systems" Peter Catrysse, Stanford University Host: Yehia Massoud March 26, 2008 - RNG Seminar / ECE Distinguished Lecture "A System Theoretic Approach to Bandwidth Estimation" Jörg Liebeherr, University of Toronto Host: Edward Knightly March 31, 2008 "Be part of an industry transformation" Mark Dankberg, ViaSat Host: Behnaam Aazhang April 7, 2008 "Beyond Bandlimited Sampling: Nonideal Sampling, Smoothness and Sparsity" Yonina C. Eldar, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Host: Richard Baraniuk April 14, 2008 "The computational role of lateral and feedback connections in the primary visual cortex" Risto Miikkulainen, University of Texas at Austin Host: Erzsébet Merényi April 16, 2008 - Dean of Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series "Hubbert’s Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change" Dave Rutledge, California Institute of Technology April 17, 2008 - IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer "Multiview Imaging: Convergence of Image, Vision, and Graphics" Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University Host: Richard Baraniuk April 21, 2008 "Technology Needs for Future Human Space Missions" Kumar Krishen, NASA JSC Host: Frank K. Tittel June 12, 2008 "Volcanic gases: measurements, models & mysteries" Clive Oppenheimer, University of Cambridge Host: Frank K. Tittel Fall 2007July
26, 2007 - Houston Chapter IEEE LEOS August
13, 2007 - Rice Networks Group August
31, 2007 - Rice DSP Group, IEEE Signal Processing
Society September
13, 2007 - 2007 ECE Affiliates Conference Keynote October
8, 2007 - Joint w/ Computer Science October
31, 2007 November
1, 2007 - CMC Seminar November
2, 2007 - IEEE Friday Lunch Talk November
5, 2007 November
6, 2007 November
8, 2007 November
13, 2007 - CMC Seminar December 5, 2007 - RNG Seminar Spring 2007January
16, 2007 - CMC Seminar January
24, 2007 January
29, 2007 January
30, 2007 February
21, 2007 - CMC Postdoc Candidate February
22, 2007 February
23, 2007 - CMC Seminar March
2, 2007 - CITI Luncheon March
14, 2007 - Dean of Engineering New Professor Lecture
Series March
15, 2007 - ECE Distinguished Lecture March
16, 2007 March
19, 2007 March
20, 2007 - LANP Seminar March
21, 2007 March
26, 2007 March
29, 2007 April
5, 2007 - CMC Seminar April
19, 2007 April
26, 2007 April
27, 2007 May 2,
2007 May 3,
2007 May 3,
2007 May
18, 2007 May
30, 2007 May
31, 2007 June
1, 2007 June
27, 2007 Fall 2006August
22, 2006 August 31,
2006 - CMC Seminar September 6,
2006 September
21, 2006 - ECE Distinguished Lecture September
26, 2006 September
27, 2006 October
3, 2006 October
4, 2006 - CS Affiliates Meeting Keynote (Webcast) October
9, 2006 - sponsored by Department of Statistics October
12, 2006 - CMC Young Guns Seminar Series October
16, 2006 - CMC Seminar October
17, 2006 October
18, 2006 October
18, 2006 October
19, 2006 October
23, 2006 - CMC Seminar October
24, 2006 October
24, 2006 - slides
(ppt) October
26, 2006 November
2, 2006 - CMC Seminar November
9, 2006 - CMC Young Guns Seminar Series November
30, 2006 December
14, 2006 December
15, 2006 Spring 2006January 19, 2006 "Infrared Laser Spectroscopy and Terahertz Activities at the Fraunhofer - IPM" Armin Lambrecht, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany Host: Frank K. Tittel January 24, 2006 "Public-Key Cryptography and Other Fun Stuff" James L. Massey, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland Host: A.C. Antoulas January 25, 2006 "Sublinear Algorithms for Compressed Sensing" Joel Tropp, University of Michigan Host: Richard Baraniuk January 26, 2006 - Brice Lecture "Feedback, Erasures, Zero-Errors, and More" - Webcast James L. Massey, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland Host: A.C. Antoulas January 27, 2006 "Improved Time Bounds for Near-Optimal Sparse Fourier Representations" Martin J. Strauss, University of Michigan Host: Richard Baraniuk February 21, 2006 "Gallium Nitride-Based Nanowires for Nanoscale Photonics and Electronics" Silvija Gradcak, Harvard University Host: Naomi Halas February 21, 2006 "Overview of Indian Power System and Challenges Ahead" Janardan Nanda, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Host: Behnaam Aazhang February 23, 2006 "Femtosecond Comb Technology" Steven Cundiff, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado-Boulder Host: Dan Mittleman February 23, 2006 "Probing the nanoscale: Improving the mismatch between light and nano-objects using gold bowtie nanoantennas" P. James Schuck, Stanford University Host: Naomi Halas February 27, 2006 "Spectroscopy of Novel Materials: From Metamaterials to High Temperature Superconductors" Willie J. Padilla, Los Alamos National Laboratory Host: Naomi Halas March 1, 2006 "SurfBeam: Delivering Broadband to Home Via Satellite" Mark Dankberg, Viasat March 2, 2006 "Optical antennas for nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy" Markus B. Raschke, Max-Born Institute, Germany Host: Naomi Halas March 7, 2006 "Photonic crystal devices for nano- and bio-photonics" Hatice Altug, Stanford University Host: Naomi Halas March 8, 2006 "Light-Matter Interaction in Nanophotonic Devices" Marko Loncar, Harvard University Host: Naomi Halas March 23, 2006 "Electromagnetic Field Enhancement near Ag Nanocrystals: Single Molecule Raman Spectroscopy, Optical Forces, and Surface Photochemistry" Louis Brus, Columbia University Host: Naomi Halas March 23, 2006 "Algebraic Signal Processing Theory" Markus Pueschel, Carnegie Mellon University Host: Richard Baraniuk April 7, 2006 "To spread or not to spread in wireless ad hoc networks" Jeff Andrews, The University of Texas at Austin Host: Richard Baraniuk April 13, 2006 - Distinguished Lecture "Procedural Graphics" - Webcast Turner Whitted, Microsoft Research Host: Lin Zhong April 19, 2006 "Machine Learning for Programmatic work" Nancy David, Los Alamos National Laboratory Host: Erzsebet Merenyi May 18, 2006 "compressive optical spectroscopy and imaging" David J. Brady, Duke University Host: Richard Baraniuk May 30, 2006 "GENI: In Search of Future Internet Architecture and Design" Guru Parulkar, NSF Hosts: Ed Knightly and Ashu Sabharwal June 8, 2006 "Analog-To-Information and Airborne RFINT" Jerry Fudge, L-3 Communications Host: Richard Baraniuk Fall 2005 |
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