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Colloquium 2021-2022

Please join the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department for the 2019-20 Research Colloquium Series on Tuesday mornings, featuring experts who discuss current issues in the electrical & computer engineering field. Talks are open to both students and the public.  Live streaming is available for most talks.

EE 500C/491 students

Please note that the Colloquium does not meet every week. Credit for EE 500C / EE 491 is attendance based. You must attend the majority of Colloquium talks to obtain credit (1 credit for the quarter) — the exact number will be announced when the speakers are announced.

All students must sign the sign-in sheet provided at the back of the lecture theater between 10:20am and 10:40am to verify your attendance. At 10:40am, the sign-up sheets are removed. If you are not signed in at the beginning of the lecture, you will be considered absent. There are no exceptions to this policy. Credit is attendance based. All students must sign the sign-up sheet provided in the lecture theater to verify attendance (no exceptions).

Colloquia

Autumn

What effective innovation from university research looks like
Shruti Misra and Ryan Buckmaster

Shruti Misra & Ryan Buckmaster, UW ECE / UW CoMotion
2021-10-05 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Innovation as key leadership function – how people create or destroy innovation
Elizabeth Scallon

Elizabeth Scallon, Alexa Startups & Funds, Amazon
2021-10-12 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Lytle Lecture Series 2021
Muriel Médard

Muriel Médard, MIT
2021-10-18 12:00:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Using GIS and remote sensing in health & humanitarian programs
Io Blair Freese

Io Blair-Freese, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2021-10-19 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Emerging genius clusters: how industry, government, and the academy come together to invent, prove and scale technology to create the future
Nirav Desai

Nirav Desai, Moonbeam
2021-10-26 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Information wants to be free: a short history of the internet economy
Margaret O Mara

Margaret O'Mara, University of Washington Department of History
2021-11-02 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

The Automated Administrative State: A Crisis of Legitimacy
Ryan Calo

Ryan Calo, University of Washington Law School
2021-11-12 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Shining a light on dark jargon and countering hate speech
Suma Bhat

Suma Bhat, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2021-11-16 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Social AI and distributed ethics
Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Google
2021-11-23 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Efficiently and equitably assigning students to public schools
Irene Lo

Irene Lo, Stanford University
2021-11-30 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract

Engineers: you can disrupt climate change

David Fork and Ross Koningstein, Google
2021-12-07 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract

Winter

Multi-Mode Spatial Signal Processors for Next-Generation Wireless Communications
Subhanshu Gupta

Subhanshu Gupta, Washington State University
2022-01-04 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Integrated Circuits for Superconducting Quantum Computing
Joseph Bardin

Joseph Bardin, University of Massachusetts Amherst / Google Quantum AI
2022-01-11 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract

Circuit Design and Silicon Prototypes for Compute-in-Memory for Deep Learning Inference Engine
Shimeng Yu

Shimeng Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology
2022-01-18 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

High-switching-frequency class D audio amplifiers
Qinwen Fan

Qinwen Fan, Delft University
2022-01-25 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Crystal-Free Wireless Nodes for Next Generation IoT
Danielle Griffith

Danielle Griffith, Texas Instruments
2022-02-01 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Silicon: The playground for photons and electrons
Sudip Shekhar

Sudip Shekhar, The University of British Columbia
2022-02-08 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Dynamics of many-body open quantum systems – theoretical description, simulatability, and technological applications
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Rahul Trivedi, Incoming UW ECE faculty member from Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
2022-02-22 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

On Cryo-CMOS Qubit Control: from a Wild Idea to Working Silicon
Edoardo Charbon

Edoardo Charbon, EPFL
2022-03-01 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract

Spring

Interfacing with the dynamic, adaptive nervous system: challenges and opportunities
Amy Orsborn

Amy Orsborn, UW ECE
2022-03-29 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Patient experiences with implanted closed-loop neuromodulation as inputs for human-centered design
Winston Chiong headshot

Winston Chiong, UCSF
2022-04-05 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Sensory neurostimulation to restore function and enhance human connection
Emily Graczyk

Emily Graczyk, Case Western Reserve University / Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
2022-04-12 10:30:00
Virtual Zoom Lecture
Abstract | Video

Source Localization Using Sparse Bayesian Learning
Bhaskar Rao

Bhaskar Rao, UCSD (visiting professor on sabbatical at UW)
2022-04-19 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Translational Neuroprostheses for Rehabilitating Movement and Restoring Communication
Marc Slutzky

Marc Slutzky, Northwestern University
2022-04-26 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract

Ultraflexible electrodes for long-lasting, bi-directional interface with the central nervous system
Lan Luan headshot

Lan Luan, Rice University
2022-05-03 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract

The View of Cognition from Motor Cortex
Aaron Batista

Aaron Batista, University of Pittsburgh
2022-05-10 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Intelligent, Wireless Neural Interfaces
Rikky Muller

Rikky Muller, UC Berkeley
2022-05-17 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Neurotechnologies for Brain I/O and Scientific Applications
Samantha Santacruz

Samantha Santacruz, University of Texas, Austin
2022-05-24 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

Explainable AI for Elucidating the Neural Control of Movement

Shreya Saxena, University of Florida
2022-05-31 10:30:00
ECE 125
Abstract | Video

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