December 11th, 2019 1:30pm Location: 140 ISEC Abstract: The use of mechanics to lower the dynamic range requirements of radio and clock receivers has recently reduced low-bit-rate communication receive power consumption to near-zero levels and stands poised to enable radio cognition for more efficient use of high-bit-rate spectrum. Approaches to cognition and power reduction go […]
Location: 136 ISEC Abstract: Acoustic waves are well-suited for a variety of signal processing applications including RF filtering and optical modulation. Advances in material and fabrication capabilities have enabled the demonstration of chip-scale subsystems in which phonons can exhibit strong interactions with a variety of other physical domains. This talk will discuss developments in two […]
COVID-19 Update: At this time, all prospective student information sessions, campus tours, and college programming previously scheduled for our Boston campus between March 16 and May 1 will be offered on a virtual platform. Check the Admissions website for more information. The College of Engineering holds Information Sessions with presentations and tours most Wednesdays during […]
Abstract: Multi-robot systems are becoming more pervasive all around us, in the form of fleets of autonomous vehicles, future delivery drones, and robotic teammates for search and rescue. As a result, it becomes increasingly critical to question the robustness of their coordination algorithms to reliable information exchange, security threats and/or corrupted data. This talk will […]
Abstract: This decade has already seen a significant surge in the number of cyber-attacks. With the exponential growth of computers in numbers, due to the rise of cyberphysical systems (CPS) and internet-of-things (IoT) devices, and their ever-increasing importance in controlling critical tasks, it is expected that cybersecurity and data privacy become even more serious problems […]
Abstract: Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are integral components to most modern computing devices, used to optimize the performance of today’s graphics and multi-media heavy workloads. They are also increasingly integrated on heterogeneous computing servers to accelerate a broad range of applications. Meanwhile, recent trends in security show attacks on modern systems that originate in hardware […]
BARC 2020 January 31, 2020 8:30am - 4:00 pm Raytheon Amphitheater Northeastern University Boston, MA BARC 2020 registration is open on the BARC website. Please register soon. We ask students to provide the name of their research advisor. We are pleased to be able to provide free registration this year, due to the generous support of AMD […]
138 ISEC High-Q Strong Coupling Capacitive-Gap Transduced RF Micromechanical Resonators Abstract: This talk presents a hierarchical, intuitive, and technology agnostic procedure for designing RF channel-select filters, followed by an actual demonstration that consists of 96 mechanically coupled capacitive-gap-transduced polysilicon disk resonators, centered at 224MHz with only 0.1% (9kHz) bandwidth, all while attaining 2.7dB insertion loss […]
Location: ISEC 140 Persistent Fault Attacks in Practice Abstract: Persistent fault analysis (PFA) was proposed at CHES 2018 as a novel fault analysis technique. It was shown to completely defeat standard redundancy based countermeasure against fault analysis. The original PFA was demonstrated with rowhammer-based fault injections. However whether such an analysis can be applied to […]
Location: ISEC 136 It’s a bit of a stretch: selective, flexible mechanical sensors towards VR, healthcare, and robotics applications Abstract: In this talk, Kris Dorsey will discuss work related to mechanically “programming” soft sensors to respond to a particular mechanical deformation. Advances in 3D-printing, soft polymer fabrication, and other rapid fabrication processes have made the […]