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 […]
This year the College of Engineering is pleased to invite the Class of 2020 to join the Class of 2021 in a combined virtual Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony. Eligible students will be inducted into the Order, receive a ring, and a certificate. The Order of the Engineer is an organization composed of engineers […]
There is no debate that in order to combat climate change we need to think of creative solutions. Join us on Earth Day, April 22nd, to hear more about the Plant Shift Initiative which is dedicated to spark new “plant-based” ideas in all forms of productions and activities. For decades, entrepreneurs and leaders have invented […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Correlation Discovery for Multi-view and Multi-label Learning Lichen Wang Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Correlation indicates the interactions or connections across different instances. It exists in a wide range of real-world applications such as social network, scene understanding, and time-series data analysis. Correlation provides the unique and informative knowledge to reveal the connections […]
MS Thesis Defense: A soft-switching non-inverting buck-boost converter Anran Wei Location: Zoom Link Abstract: There are numerous applications in which DC-DC converters with wide range of voltage gain are required. Non-inverting buck-boost converter is a classical topology that can provide wide range of voltage conversion and bidirectional power transfer; thus, it is frequently used in […]