PhD Dissertation Defense: Towards Robust Image Classification with Deep learning and Real-Time DNN Inference on Mobile Pu Zhao Location: Zoom Link Abstract: As the rapidly increasing popularity of deep learning, deep neural networks (DNN) have become the fundamental and essential building blocks in various applications such as image classification and object detection. However, there are […]
Title: Introduction to Python Programming with Applications in Computational Problem Solving. Mohammad Fanaei Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language, which supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional and object-oriented programming. In this introductory learning conversation, we will introduce the conditional execution of code, loops, and function definitions in Python. We will then apply the […]
MS Thesis Defense: Distributed Containerized Wireless Systems Rahul Bathini Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Future wireless communication paradigms that will form the basis of 5G and beyond architectures will rely on the availability of network infrastructure as a service. In this approach, the same radio and compute resources are partitioned to serve many users, each of […]
MS Thesis Defense: Studies for Improving Multi-channel Confocal Fluorescence Imagining in a Multi-modal Microscope Hafiyya Malik Location: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 988 8423 1362 Passcode: 399185 Abstract: The goal of this engineering thesis was to implement confocal fluorescence microscopy in an upgraded legacy electro-optical microscopy system for characterization of the viability of cells in biofilms. […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Rethinking the Choice between Static and Dynamic Provisioning for Centralized Bare-Metal Deployments Apoorve Mohan Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Technological inertia leads many organizations to continue to employ static provisioning strategies for bare-metal deployments. This results in architectural and runtime inefficiencies. However, most performance and security-sensitive organizations currently employ static provisioning strategies to […]
PhD Proposal Review: Design of Accurate and Responsive Power Management Integrated Circuits for Microprocessor Systems Keng Chen Location: Zoom Link Abstract: As technology improves, the processors used in data centers are becoming increasingly powerful. Since the number of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors integrated into these processors continues to rise, it becomes more challenging to […]
PhD Proposal Review: Ultra-Low Power and Robust Analog Computing Circuits and System Design Framework for Machine Learning Applications Nikita Mirchandani Location: Zoom Link Abstract: As the scaling of CMOS transistors has almost halted, performance gains of digital systems have also started to stagnate. There is a renewed interest in alternate computing techniques such as in-memory […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Explainable Efficient Models for Computer Vision Applications Wenqian Liu Location: Zoom Link Abstract: State of the art deep learning based models, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and generative models, achieve impressive results, but with their great performance comes great complexity and opacity, huge parametric spaces and little explainability. The criticality of […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Near-Zero Power Microelectromechanical Sensors for Large-Scale IoT Sensor Networks Vageeswar Rajaram Location: ISEC 432 Abstract: The Internet-of-things revolution has ushered the development of sensing technologies aimed towards establishing large-scale remote sensor networks to monitor the environment continuously and with high spatial resolution. However, with existing sensor technologies this goal has so far […]
PhD Proposal Review: Sputtered Topological Insulator/Ferromagnet Heterostructures for Energy Efficient Spintronic Device Applications Nirjhar Bhattacharjee Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Topological insulators (TI) are Van der Waals (VdW) layered materials which possess enormous spin-orbit coupling (SOC) strength and spin-momentum locked robust surface states. TIs in presence of time-reversal symmetry breaking magnetic order can also exhibit chiral […]