MS Thesis Defense: A Framework for Denoising Two and Three-dimensional Monte CarloPhoton Transport Simulations Using Convolutional Neural Networks Matin Raayai Ardakani Location: Zoom Link Abstract: The Monte Carlo (MC) method is considered to be the gold standard for modeling light propagation inside turbid media, proving superior to other Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE) solvers relying on […]

MS Thesis Defense: Optimizations of Caching Networks: Fairness and Application to Mobile Networks Yuezhou Liu Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In-network caching is playing a more and more important role in today's network architectures, because of the explosive growth of data traffic due to the proliferation of mobile devices and demands for high-volume media content, as […]

ChE Seminar Series Presets: Dr. Tatiana Segura Tatiana Segura, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Biomaterials to unlock the regenerative capacity of tissues Abstract: Injectable materials that can conform to the shape of a desired space are used in a variety of fields including medicine. The ability to fill a tissue defect with an […]

PhD Dissertation Defense: Interpretable Machine Learning for Retinopathy of Prematurity Muhamed Yildiz Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of childhood blindness, is diagnosed by clinical ophthalmoscopic examinations or reading retinal images. Plus disease, defined as abnormal tortuosity and dilation of the posterior retinal blood vessels, is the most important feature […]

MS Thesis Defense: Design of a Thruster-assisted Bipedal Robot Peter Kelly Location: Zoom Link Abstract: During the past few years, legged robot technology has been rapidly advancing. However, even the most advanced bipedal legged robots are susceptible to strong disturbances and slippery or impassible terrain. By introducing thrusters to enable hybrid legged-aerial locomotion, these problems […]

MS Thesis Defense: A novel simple power analysis (SPA) attack on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Tianhong Xu Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), as a widely used public-key cryptography, is vulnerable to simple power analysis(SPA) attacks. There are many countermeasures against simple power analysis(SPA) attacks on ECC implementation, the Always-add algorithm is one […]

PhD Dissertation Defense: Physical Layer Security in Multi-User Wireless Networks: Impact of Interference and Artificial Noise on Large-Scale Analysis Seyedmehdi Sadeghzadeh Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In this thesis, we study the physical layer security in downlink multi-user wireless networks. Traditionally, security has been addressed by cryptography at the higher layers of the communication stack. Security […]

PhD Dissertation Defense: Low Power Designs using Approximate Computing and Emerging Memories at Nanoscales Linbin Chen Location: Zoom Link Abstract: A power efficient integrated circuit design is essential for mobile and embedded computer systems. This dissertation proposes several novel low power designs using approximate computing and emerging memories for computers with arithmetic circuits and large […]

JOINT SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM BY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The Weird World of Quantum Matter Professor Prineha Narang, Harvard University Quantum materials host many spectacular functionalities enabled by their unusual excited-state and nonequilibrium quantum effects. Understanding these phenomena that involve a variety of time and length scales has remained elusive. My research focuses […]

MS Thesis Defense: Modulations to Exploit the THz Band Duschia Bodet Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Terahertz (THz)-band (0.1-10 THz) communication has been envisioned as a key technology to enable wireless Terabit-per-second (Tbps) links. At THz frequencies, the path-loss is governed by the spreading loss and the molecular absorption loss. The latter also determines the available […]