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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.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Elizabeth Salsberg
Title: Understanding the Impact of Solvents and Solution-Coated Hole Injection Layers on the Electroluminescent Lifetime of Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Date: April 30, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: E5 4047
Supervisor(s): Aziz, Hany
Abstract:
Monday, April 29, 2019 — 1:30 PM EDT
Candidate: Navjot Khaira
Title: SOI RF-MEMS Based Variable ALenuator for Millimeter-Wave Applications
Date: April 29, 2019
Time: 1:30PM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat R.
Abstract:
Friday, April 26, 2019 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
We invite all Waterloo ECE graduate students to join us every day during the week of April 22-26, 2019 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. in EIT 3142 (BYOL- Bring Your Own Lunch!), for a variety of workshops designed to support ECE Graduate Student wellness. Below are descriptions of the workshops that will be offered during this week.
Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Paulos Tegegn
Title: An Implementation of a Predictable Cache-coherent Multi-core System
Date: April 25, 2019
Time: 1:00PM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): Patel, Hiren D.
Abstract:
Thursday, April 25, 2019 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
We invite all Waterloo ECE graduate students to join us every day during the week of April 22-26, 2019 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. in EIT 3142 (BYOL- Bring Your Own Lunch!), for a variety of workshops designed to support ECE Graduate Student wellness. Below are descriptions of the workshops that will be offered during this week.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 — 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy is pleased to host Umar Waqas, Director of Engineering Services for Energy+ Inc. on April 24.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
We invite all Waterloo ECE graduate students to join us every day during the week of April 22-26, 2019 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. in EIT 3142 (BYOL- Bring Your Own Lunch!), for a variety of workshops designed to support ECE Graduate Student wellness. Below are descriptions of the workshops that will be offered during this week.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Sepehr Eghbali
Title: Towards a Search Engine for Big Data using Compact Codes
Date: April 24, 2019
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): Tahvildari, Ladan
Abstract:
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
We invite all Waterloo ECE graduate students to join us every day during the week of April 22-26, 2019 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. in EIT 3142 (BYOL- Bring Your Own Lunch!), for a variety of workshops designed to support ECE Graduate Student wellness. Below are descriptions of the workshops that will be offered during this week.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 — 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Monday, April 22, 2019 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
We invite all Waterloo ECE graduate students to join us every day during the week of April 22-26, 2019 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. in EIT 3142 (BYOL- Bring Your Own Lunch!), for a variety of workshops designed to support ECE Graduate Student wellness. Below are descriptions of the workshops that will be offered during this week.
Monday, April 22, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Aram Kirakosyan
Topic: Control of Voltage Source Converter Based Multi Terminal DC and Hybrid AC/DC Systems
Date: April 22, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): El-Saadany, Ehab
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Ahmad Bilal Asghar
Title: Path Planning for Persistent Monitoring in Possibly Adversarial Environments
Date: April 18, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): Smith, Stephen L.
Abstract:
Thursday, April 18, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Brandon James DeHart
Title: Dynamic Balance and Gait Metrics for Robotic Bipeds
Date: April 18, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana - Gorbet, Robert B. (Knowledge Integration)
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Xiaoliang He
Title: Characterization and Theoretical Study of Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Date: April 17, 2019
Time: 3:00pm
Place: EIT 3151-3153
Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 12:30 PM EDT
Candidate: Alexandru Sabin Blidaru
Title: Assessing user specifications of robot behaviour for material transport tasks
Date: April 17, 2019
Time: 12:30PM
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana - Smith, Stephen L.
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 11:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Laura McCrackin
Title: Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Using Deep Learning
Date: April 17, 2019
Time: 11:30 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Crowley, Mark - Kulic, Dana
Abstract:
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 — 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
In the first symposium of the Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society series, Martin Ford explores the ways in which AI and automation (aka, “robots”) are outpacing humans in a range of sectors, from education to law, agriculture to healthcare, management and beyond. He offers a realistic view of what the future of work—and your place in it—will look like.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 — 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Nils Wilde
Title: Improving User Specifications for Robot Behaviour through Active Preference Learning: Framework and Evaluation
Date: April 16, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana - Smith, Stephen L.
Abstract:
Monday, April 15, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Muhammad Umar Choudry
Title: A framework for human motion strategy identification and analysis
Date: April 15, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Kulic, Dana
Abstract:
Friday, April 12, 2019 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Shahida Jabeen
Title: Resource Allocation, User Association, and User Scheduling for OFDMA-based Cellular Networks
Date: April 12, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Ho, Pin-Han
Abstract:
Thursday, April 11, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Zehra Camlica
Topic: Aggressive Driver Behaviour Detection with Convolutional Neural Network on Micro-traffic Simulated Dataset
Date: April 11, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: E5 5106-5128
Supervisor(s): Crowley, Mark - Hilal, Allaa R. (Adjunct)
Background subjects:
Neural Networks
Convolutional Neural Networks
Stacked Sparse Autoencoders
Aggressive Driving Behaviours
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Hamed Holisaz
Title: 0.42 THz Transmitter with Dielectric Resonator Array Antenna
Date: April 11, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: E5 5047
Supervisor(s): Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin
Abstract: