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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 (all day)
The deadline for faculty members to disclose Intellectual Property (IP) and commercialization information using the Electronic IP Disclosure Form has been extended to April 30, 2019.
Thursday, December 19, 2019 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Jenny Yu
Title: Benchmarking and Optimizing AES for Lightweight Cryptography on ASICs
Date: December 19, 2019
Time: 1:00pm
Place: EIT 3151
Supervisor(s): Aagaard, Mark D.
Abstract:
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate: Michael Kobierski
Title: Frequency Shifting a Single Photon by Electro-Optic Modulation
Date: December 18, 2019
Time: 11:00am
Place: RAC1 2009
Supervisor(s): Reimer, Michael M.E.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate: Ifrah Jaffri
Title: Digital Predistortion of Frequency-Multipliers-Based Wideband Mm-Wave Sources
Date: December 18, 2019
Time: 10:00 am
Place: E5-4047
Supervisor(s): Boumaiza, Slim
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate: Daiwei Lin
Title: Interactive Behaviour Generation for Human-Robot Interaction Based on Reinforcement Learning
Date: December 18, 2019
Time: 10:00am
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana - Gorbet, Robert B. (Knowledge Integration)
Abstract:
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate: Wesley Fisher
Title: Investigating Model-Based Features for Classification of Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Date: December 17, 2019
Time: 2:00pm
Place: EIT 3141
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana - Smith, Stephen
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Florence Tsang
Title: Learning a Motion Policy to Navigate Environments With Structured Uncertainty
Date: December 17, 2019
Time: 1:00pm
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Smith, Stephen L
Monday, December 16, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate: Orlando Jair Barrera Perez
Title: Adaptive Path Following for an Underactuated Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator System
Date: December 16, 2019
Time: 10:00am
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Nielsen, Christopher - Fidan, Baris (Mechanical & Mechatronics)
Abstract:
Monday, December 16, 2019 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate: Saad Ahmed Waraich
Title: Robust Eigen-Filter Design for Ultrasound Flow Imaging Using a Multivariate Clustering Technique
Date: December 16, 2019
Time: 9:30am
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Yu, Alfred C.H.
Abstract:
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Join us for a coffee break! We will have treats, and of course, coffee, tea, and water.
Please bring your own mug and join us for a needed (and well earned) break.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
Candidate: Gowrish Basavarajappa
Topic: Tunable Band Pass Filters for Communication Systems
Date: December 10, 2019
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: E5 4106
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat R.
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Join us at the Social Impact Showcase on December 5th, where we will be celebrating the diversity of our GreenHouse innovators and their journeys in social innovation and entrepreneurship. We will be announcing grants for some early-stage, high-potential ideas, and the Social Impact Fund winners will be sharing their stories.
Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Gyu Chull Han
Title: Modeling and Simulation of Molybdenum Diselenide (MoSe2) Phototransistors
Date: December 5, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Yoon, Young Ki
Please note that this is a CLOSED examination and as such, those in attendance must sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Nigar Sultana
Title: Single-photon detectors for satellite-based quantum communications
Date: December 4, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Miao, Guo-Xing - Jennewein, Thomas (Quantum Computing)
Abstract:
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST
Hult Prize is the world’s biggest engine for the launch of for-good, for-profit startups emerging from university with over 2500 staff and volunteers around the world. In nearly a decade, the movement has deployed more than $50M of capital into the sector and mobilized more than one million young people to re-think the future of business as it continues to breed disruptive innovation on college and university campuses across 120 plus countries.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate: Subhajit Majhi
Title: Performance Limits of Dual Band Millimeter Wave/Microwave Networks and Conventional Networks
Date: December 3, 2019
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Mitran, Patrick
Abstract:
Monday, December 2, 2019 — 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST
Join us at the Conrad School for engaging and informative roundtable discussions with founders from the University of Waterloo startup community.
Friday, November 29, 2019 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate: Chaojie Ou
Title: End-to-end Deep Learning-based Driver Behavior Modeling for Distraction Recognition and Maneuver prediction
Date: November 29, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Karray, Fakhreddine
Abstract:
Friday, November 29, 2019 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate: Mohammadhossein Basiri
Title: Security of Vehicle Platooning: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Date: November 29, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM
Place: E5 5047
Supervisor(s): Fischmeister, Sebastian - Lashgarian Azad, Nasser (Systems Design)
Abstract:
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate: HeeBong Yang
Title: Towards Scalable Electronic Devices with Sorted Carbon Nanotube Thin-Films
Date: November 28, 2019
Time: 1:30pm
Place: QNC 4104
Supervisor(s): Kim, Na Young
Abstract:
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 12:30 PM EST
Candidate: Ryan Franco De Iaco
Title: Motion Planning and Safety for Autonomous Driving
Date: November 28, 2019
Time: 12:30pm
Place: E7 5419
Supervisor(s): Smith, Stephen L. - Czarnecki, Krzysztof
Abstract:
This thesis discusses two different problems in motion planning for autonomous driving.
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 10:30 AM EST
Candidate: Mehmet Yilmaz
Title: Novel Volt/VAR Control Strategy for Active Distribution Systems
Date: November 28, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): El-Shatshat, Ramadan A.
Please note that this is a CLOSED examination and as such, those in attendance must sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 10:30 AM EST
Candidate: Hassan Nahas
Topic: High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging Innovations for Complex Flow Quantification
Date: November 28, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Yu, Alfred C.H.
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate: Ala Eldin Omer Mohamed Omer
Topic: Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Using Electromagnetic Sensors
Date: November 28, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: E5 4047
Supervisor(s): Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin - Shaker, George S.A. (Adjunct)
All are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 — 3:00 PM EST
Candidate: Mehmet Yilmaz
Title: Novel Volt/VAR Control Strategy for Active Distribution Systems
Date: November 27, 2019
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): El-Shatshat, Ramadan A.
Please note that this is a CLOSED seminar and as such, those in attendance must sign a non-disclosure agreement.