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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Ahmed Abdalrahman Ahmed
Title: PEV Charging Infrastructure Integration Into Smart Grid
Date: April 21, 2020
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Monday, April 20, 2020 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Aram Kirakosyan
Title: Control of Voltage Source Converter Based Multi Terminal DC and Hybrid AC/DC Systems
Date: April 20, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): El-Saadany, Ehab - Salama, Magdy
Abstract:
Friday, April 17, 2020 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Hassan Kianmehr
Topic: Reconfigurable Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Devices Using Liquid Crystal Technology
Date: April 17, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat
Friday, April 17, 2020 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Mehdi Parvizimosaed
Title: Frequency and voltage control in islanded microgrids
Date: April 17, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Thursday, April 16, 2020 — 3:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Amir Raeesi
Topic: Cost-Effective Architecture for Millimeter-Wave Phased-Array Antenna Systems
Date: April 16, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin
Thursday, April 16, 2020 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Hesham Moussa
Title: Channel Access Management for Massive Cellular IoT Applications
Date: April 16, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
*Please note abstract was not provided*
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Bo Yang
Topic: Bounded Model Checking with Techniques from Symbolic Trajectory Evaluation
Date: April 15, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Aagaard, Mark
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Ahmad Bilal Asghar
Title: Multi-Robot Path Planning for Persistent Monitoring in Stochastic and Adversarial Environments
Date: April 15, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Smith, Stephen
Abstract:
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Asif Abdullah Khan
Topic: A self-powered wireless communication system based on organic-inorganic nanomaterial for enabling Internet of Things
Date: April 14, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Hossam Amer
Title: Image and Video Compression: Human and Machine Vision Perspectives
Date: April 14, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Yang, En-Hui
Abstract:
Monday, April 13, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Ryan Kinnear
Topic: Market Models and Optimal Bidding for Dynamic Realtime Auctions
Date: April 13, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Mazumdar, Ravi
Monday, April 13, 2020 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Omar Alhussein
Title: Joint Composition, Routing, and NF Placement for NFV-enabled Multicast Services
Date: April 13, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Qing Li
Title: Backplane circuit design with amorphous silicon thin-film transistors for flexible displays
Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Sachdev, Manoj - Wong, William
Abstract:
Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Govindakrishnan Radhakrishnan
Title: STT-MRAM characterization and its test implications
Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Sachdev, Manoj - Yoon, Youngki
Abstract:
Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Amr Salah Matar
Topic: Resource and Interference Management for UAV-Cellular Network
Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Enrique Vera
Topic: Planning of Multi-Microgrids Considering Uncertainties and Spatial Characteristics
Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Canizares, Claudio - Pirnia, Mehrdad
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Hossam Amer
Title: Image and Video Compression: Human And Machine Vision Perspectives
Date: April 8, 2020
Time: 11:00AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Yang, En-Hui
Abstract:
As we start a new decade, image and video compression should further improve to satisfy each of the human and machine visions.
Monday, April 6, 2020 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Omar Alhussein
Title: Robust Online Composition, Routing and NF Placement for NFV-enabled Services
Date: April 6, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Monday, April 6, 2020 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Ivan Calero
Title: Modeling of Compressed Air Energy Storage for Power System Performance Studies
Date: April 6, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Canizares, Claudio - Bhattacharya, Kankar
Abstract:
Friday, April 3, 2020 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Govindakrishnan Radhakrishnan
Title: STT-MRAM characterization and test implications
Date: April 3, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Sachdev, Manoj - Yoon, Youngki
Abstract:
Thursday, April 2, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Saeed Nejati
Title: Machine Learning Based SAT Solvers for Cryptanalysis
Date: April 2, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Gebotys, Catherine - Ganesh, Vijay
Abstract:
Thursday, April 2, 2020 — 8:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Mohsen Asad
Title: GaN micro-LED integration with thin-film transistor for flexible displays
Date: April 2, 2020
Time: 8:30 AM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Wong, William
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 — 3:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Sofia Guzman
Title: Fast Frequency Regulation in Power Systems with Energy Storage
Date: April 1, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Canizares, Claudio - Bhattacharya, Kankar
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Mohamad Shahab
Title: A New Approach to Multi-Model Adaptive Control
Date: April 1, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Miller, Daniel
Abstract:
Monday, March 30, 2020 — 3:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Jamal Busnaina
Topic: Quantum Simulation of Lattice Gauge Theories in C-QED
Date: March 30, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Supervisor(s): Wilson, Chris