Location: Zoom Link Seminar Title: Sensing the Physical World using Pervasive Wireless Infrastructure Abstract: The promise of IoT and emerging applications such as smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and mixed reality that are tightly coupled with the physical environment pushes the demand for high-fidelity sensing. Meanwhile, we are also seeing advances in wireless technologies such as […]
PhD Proposal Review: Software-Defined Wireless Networking for 5G and Beyond: From Indoor Cells to Distributed Aerial Swarms Lorenzo Bertizzolo Location: MS Teams Link Abstract: While Software-defined Networking is a consolidated and widely adopted concept in fixed infrastructure, its adoption to the wireless domain has been limited by some fundamental challenges. Different from wired deployments, wireless […]
Seminar Title: Robot Learning from Demonstrations for Human-Robot Synergy Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Imagine a world where robots support and assist us in our everyday professional and personal life. To achieve a successful Human-Robot Synergy, robots will need to learn new tasks from humans seamlessly, to act on the new knowledge, and easily adapt to […]
The Dialogue of Civilizations (DOC) Fair is an opportunity for students to learn more about Northeastern's signature faculty-led summer programs! Faculty member will be available via Zoom for questions and conversation. Representatives from Student Financial Services, the Honors Office, and GEO will also be available for any questions you may have. These are the opportunities […]
Seminar Title: IoT: An Enabling Technology for Designing Better Cities Location: Zoom Link Abstract: IoT is rapidly evolving into an enabling technology with countless potential applications. In this seminar, we will explore how IoT technology can help in the design of better cities, starting from the re-design of city systems and infrastructures (mobility, power grid, […]
Seminar Title: Research Background and Experience in Medical Robotics,Human-Robot Interaction, and Collaborative/Assistive Devices Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In this talk, Mojtaba Sharifi will go over the research projects he has done in the field of Medical Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), and Collaborative/Assistive Robotics during the past ten years. His presentation is organized in three sections, which cover his research achievements chronologically from his MSc to […]
Seminar Title: Challenges and opportunities in design in tunable, soft mechanical sensors. Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Physically-soft mechanical sensors are poised to unlock exciting new applications in wearable devices, robotics, and human-machine interfaces. Typically with these sensors, tuning their properties through the device geometry is a challenge. A promising development in soft mechanical sensors is hierarchically-patterned structures within the […]
Seminar Title: The Coming Together of Silicon Circuits and AI for Next Generation Wireless Communications, IOT, and Quantum Applications Location: Zoom Link Abstract: The ubiquity of silicon-based devices around us have paved the way for fast communications, personalized healthcare, and terabits/sec computing unthinkable few decades ago. The question of what's next for silicon-based circuits and […]
Seminar Title: 2D Materials For Next-Generation Information Technology: From Functional Material Miniaturization To Energy-Efficient Phase Engineering Location: Zoom Link Abstract: The emergence of artificial intelligence and 5G technology is transforming our world with novel applications such as the Internet of Things, smart manufacturing, and AI-empowered medical care. However, this information revolution sets a massive demand for […]
Please join us for our first AIX Seminar. Location: Zoom Link Seminar 1 title: Allostasis and Interoception: Brain-Body Interactions and Implications for Robotics Speakers: Dr. Karen Quigley, Northeastern University, and Dr. Erin Reilly, Veteran Affairs Abstract: For much of the history of psychology, sensation, perception, action, emotion, and cognition were studied as if they were […]