CECS Seminar Series
Title: “Self-Awareness in Remote Health Monitoring Systems using Wearable Electronics”
Speaker: Prof. Axel Jantsch, TU Wien
Date and Time: Friday, June 16, 2017 at 11:00AM-12:00PM
Location: 2430 Engineering Hall
Associate Professor Zoran Nenadic named Hai-Tian Scholar
Associate Professor of biomedical engineering and electrical engineering and computer science Zoran Nenadic has been appointed a Hai-Tian scholar in recognition of his research contributions.
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CECS Seminar Series
Title: “Optimizing private local memories in heterogeneous architectures”
Speaker: Christian Pilato, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:00AM-12:00PM
Location: ICS 432
Cyber-Physical Systems Master’s Program
UC Irvine will be the first university in the U.S. to offer a professional master’s in embedded and cyber-physical systems (MECPS). Set to enroll its inaugural class of students in fall 2017, the one-year full-time master’s program will train students in the foundation, skills and hands-on practices of embedded and cyber-physical systems design, optimization and evaluation.
Professor Jeff Krichmar awarded 2017 Proof of Product (POP) Grant
Professor Jeffrey L. Krichmar of CECS was awarded the 2017 Proof of Product (POP) Grant for his interactive robotic device used as therapy for children with developmental disorders. The POP Grant provides funds of up to $125,000 to campus entrepreneurs to move promising early technologies closer to commercialization. As part of The BIG Initiative, the grant bridges the gap between promising UCI research and commercialization and spurs regional economic development.
CECS Seminar Series
Title: “Heterogeneous Chip Architectures for Big Data Analytics”
Speaker: Houman Homayoun, George Mason University, Virginia
Date and Time: Friday, April 28, 2017 at 11:00AM
Location: 2430 Engineering Hall
Distinguished Lecture Series
Title: “Processor Paradigms: Evolution or Disruption and the importance of the Transformation Hierarchy Moving Forward”
Speaker: Prof. Yale N. Patt, University of Texas, Austin TX
Date and Time: Friday, March 31, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.
Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011
Hosts: Professor Alex Nicolau
The NCIC labs have developed a novel sub-terahertz radiator
CECS professor 
Payam Heydari (left) of electrical engineering & computer science and grad student researcher Peyman Nazari have engineered a novel sub-terahertz radiator with highest efficiency and radiated power that may have widespread applications. (more…)
CECS Director Kurdahi Named Newest Associate Dean
CECS Director and Profes
sor Fadi Kurdahi will be serving as the Samueli School of Engineering’s inaugural associate dean for graduate and professional studies. In his new role, Kurdahi will oversee policies and procedures for graduate and professional student education and supporting the school’s strategic goals, recruitment, and establishing self-supporting and certification programs.
CECS Seminar Series
Title: “Low Energy, a New Trend for Lightweight Cryptography”
Speaker: Dr. Francesco Regazzoni, ALaRI Institute of Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011
Host: Professor Nikil Dutt
Payam Heydari Named 2017 IEEE Fellow
Payam Heydari, Pro
fessor of Electrical Engineering, from Irvine, CA, USA has been named an IEEE Fellow. Professor Heydari is being recognized for contributions to silicon-based millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems. Click here to read the full article.
Gene Tsudik Elected to the AAAS
On November 21, 2016, Gene Tsudik, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science and vice chair of graduate studies in Computer Science, was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for contributions to security and privacy of the internet. This achievement recognizes individuals for their great contribution to their specific fields and how they have changed the way we understand the world.
Bruce Tromberg Earns 2016 Biophotonics Award
Professor Bruce Tromberg has received the Optical Society’s Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award in recognition of his innovative and influential contributions to the field of biophotonics. Tromberg serves as an advocate for and a leader of the biophotonics community. This award acknowledges his pioneering work in the development and clinical application of spatially and temporally modulated light imaging. The OSA is the leading professional organization for scientists, engineers, students and entrepreneurs who fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate achievements in the science of light.
CECS Seminar Series
Title: “Malicious LUT: A Stealthy FPGA Trojan Injected and Triggered by the Design Flow”
Speaker: Christian Krieg, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Date and Time: Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM
Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011
Host: Professor Nikil Dutt
Al Faruque – IEEE CEDA Ernest S. Kuh Early Career Award
CECS member and EECS Professor Mohammad Al Faruque has recently been awarded with the IEEE CEDA Ernest S. Kuh Early Career Award 2016 (http://ieee-ceda.org/awards/ernest-s-kuh-early-career).
This award honors an individual who has made innovative and substantial technical contributions to the area of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) in the early stages of his or her career. It is a highly competitive award, with contribution measured based on technical merit and creativity in performing research. It is also assessed based on the published (more…)