Name: Zhongqi Cheng Chair: Prof. Rainer Doemer Date: May 29th, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM Location: Zoom Committee: Rainer Doemer (Chair), Prof. Mohammad Al Faruque and Prof. Aparna Chandramowlishwaran Title: "Advancing Compiler and Simulator Techniques for Highly Parallel Simulation of Embedded Systems" Abstract: As an Electronic System Level (ESL) design language, the IEEE SystemC standard is […]
Name: Sergey Shaboyan Chair: Prof. Ahmed Eltawil Date: March 10th, 2020 Time: 09:30 AM Location: EH 3206 Committee: Prof. Ahmed Eltawil (Chair), Prof. Ender Ayanoglu, Prof. Zhiying Wang Title: "Design and Implementation of Robust Full-Duplex Wireless Network" Abstract: Recently Full-Duplex (FD) communication has gained significant interest due to demonstrable increase in throughput and spectral efficiency. Conventional […]
Name: Seyede Mahya Safavi Chair: Prof. Pai Chou Date: February 20th, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM Location: EH 3404 Committee: Prof. Pai Chou (Chair), Prof. Beth Lopour, Prof. Phillip Sheu Title: "Novel Monitoring, Detection, and Optimization Techniques for Neurological Disorders" Abstract: The advancement in chronically implanted neural recording devices has led to advent of assisting devices for […]
Name: Mohammed Fouda Chair: Prof. Ahmed Eltawil Date: February 6th, 2020 Time: 9:30 AM Location: EH 3206 Committee: Ahmed Eltawil (Chair), Prof. Fadi Kurdahi, Prof. Nikil Dutt, Prof. Emre Neftci Title: "Efficient Offline and Online Training of Memristive Neuromorphic Hardware" Abstract: Brain-inspired neuromorphic systems have witnessed rapid development over the last decade from both algorithmic and […]
Final Defense - Sajjad Taheri Date: August 26, 2019 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Committee: Alex Nicolau(chair), Alex Veidenbaum(co-chair), Nikil Dutt Title: Towards Engineering Computer Vision Systems: From Web to FPGAs Abstract: Computer vision has many applications that impact our daily lives, such as automation, entertainment, healthcare, etc. However, computer vision is very challenging. […]
Name: Ahmed Mokhtar Nagy Ibrahim Chair: Prof. Ahmed Eltawil Date: August 7th, 2019 Time: 1:00 pm Location: EH 2210 – EECS Chair’s Conference Room Committee: Ahmed Eltawil(Chair), Ender Ayanoglu, and Lee Swindlehurst Title:"Event Detection and Estimation Using Distributed Population Owned Sensors " Abstract: Smart phones are an indispensable tool in modern day-to-day life. Their widespread […]
Name: Chenying Hsieh Date: Wednesday Aug 7, 2019 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Donald Bren Hall 4011 Committee: Nikil Dutt (Chair), Tony Givargis, and Ardalan Amiri Sani Title: Cooperative Power and Resource Management for Heterogeneous Mobile Architectures Abstract: Heterogeneous architectures have been ubiquitous in mobile system-on-chips (SoCs). The demand from different application domains such as games, computer vision and machine learning which […]
Title: "Low-Power Integrated Circuits For Biomedical Applications" Name: Karimi Bidhendi, Alireza Chair: Professor Payam Heydari Date: August 6, 2019 Time: 1 pm Location: Calit2, Room 3008 Abstract: With thousands new cases of spinal cord injury reported everyday, many people suffer from paralysis and loss of sensation in both legs. Beside the healthcare costs, such a […]
Title: "Data-Driven Modeling of Cyber-Physical Systems using Side-Channel Analysis" Name: Sujit Rokka Chhetri Date: May 20, 2019 Time: 3:00 PM Location: EH 5200 Committee: Prof. Mohammad Al Faruque (Chair), Prof. Pramod Khargonekar, Prof. Fadi Kurdahi Abstract: Cyber-Physical System consists of the integration of computational components in the cyber-domain with the physical-domain processes. In cyber-domain, embedded computers and networks […]
Title: "Cyber-Physical Systems Approach to Irrigation Systems" Name: Davit Hovhannisyan Date: March 5, 2019 Time: 4:00PM Location: EH 3206 (CECS conference room) Committee: Prof. Fadi Kurdahi (Chair), Prof. Ahmed Eltawil, Prof. Mohammad Al Faruque Abstract: Semiconductor industry has successfully brought silicon technology to price point that it is accessible for application domains such as irrigation systems, which wastefully utilizes 70% […]
Title: "Control System Design Automation Using Reinforcement Learning" Name: Hamid Mirzaei Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Donald Bren Hall 3011 Committee: Professor Tony Givargis (Chair), Professor Eli Bozorgzadeh, Professor Ian Harris Abstract: Conventional control theory has been used in many application domains with great success in the past decades. However, novel […]
Name: Peizhao Ou Chair: Prof. Brian Demsky Date: Tuesday October 16, 2018 Time: 10am - 12pm Location: CALIT2 Room 3008 Title: An Initial Study of Simple Approaches To Eliminating Out-of-Thin-Air Results Abstract: Eliminating so-called "out-of-thin-air" (OOTA) results is an open problem in many existing programming language memory models including Java, C, and C++. OOTA behaviors […]