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Friday, March 31, 2017 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Farid Farmani
Supervisor
Weihua Zhuang
Background subjects
- Power System Operation
- Optimization
- Stochastic Processes
Friday, March 31, 2017 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Nahid Shaneabbas Juma
Topic
On Scheduler-based Defences to Combat Side-channels in Cloud Systems
Supervisor
Mahesh Tripunitara
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 1:30 PM EDT
Candidate
Mohamad Shahab
Supervisor
Daniel Miller
Background subjects
- Multivariable control systems
- Nonlinear systems
- Filtering and control of stochastic linear systems
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Alexandra Madeira
Topic
Enhancing the performance of transparent electrodes through the design of new silver nanostructures
Supervisor
Irene Goldthorpe
Background subjects
- Electronic properties of materials
- Nanoelectronics
- Synthesis of nanomaterials
- Materials Characterization
Monday, March 27, 2017 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Khaled Saleh
Title
Voltage-Based Protection Scheme for Faults Within Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Arrays
Supervisor
Ehab El-Saadany
Friday, March 24, 2017 — 1:30 PM EDT
Candidate
Ahmed Abdalrahman Ahmed
Supervisor
Weihua Zhuang
Background subjects
- Power System Operation
- Optimization
- Stochastic Processes
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 — 10:30 AM EDT
Speaker
Josh A. Taylor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Topic
Leveraging energy storage and demand response in power system operations
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 — 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Come and explore Electrical & Computer Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium!
Monday, March 20, 2017 — 10:30 AM EDT
Speaker
Kaiwen Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich
Topic
Towards Big Data Velocity in Event-based Systems
Friday, March 17, 2017 — 1:30 PM EDT
Speaker: Richard Frayne, PhD
Hopewell Professor of Brain Imaging, Radiology and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, and Scientific Director, Seaman Family MR Research Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services
Thursday, March 16, 2017 — 10:00 AM EDT
Speaker
Mr. Tianyin Xu, PhD candidate, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Topic
Hardening cloud and datacenter systems against configuration errors
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Mauricio Restrepo Restrepo
Title
Smart Operation of Four-Quadrant Electric Vehicle Chargers in Distribution Grids
Supervisor
Claudio Canizares and Mehrdad Kazerani
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Omar Alarfaj
Topic
Energy Management and Demand Response of Industrial Systems Using Improved Load Modeling Techniques
Supervisor
Kankar Bhattacharya
Background subjects
- Power Distribution Systems
- Power System Operation
- Demand Side Management
Monday, March 13, 2017 — 4:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Mohamed Hassan
Title
Predictable Shared Memory Resources for Multi-Core Real-Time Systems
Supervisor
Hiren Patel
Monday, March 6, 2017 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Nizar H Alsharif
Title
Connectivity-Aware Routing in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
Supervisor
Sherman Shen
Thursday, March 2, 2017 — 10:30 AM EST
Title
Constrained Counting and Sampling: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
Speaker
Mr. Kuldeep Meel, Rice University
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 — 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
ECE graduate students have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience. Competing for $1700 in prize money, some of our brightest research students come together to showcase their knowledge and passion in on of the 14 research areas encompassed by Electrical and Computer Engineering.