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Monday, December 14, 2020 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate: Raisa Ohana da Costa Hirafuji
Title: Failure Localization Aware Protection in All-Optical Networks
Date: December 14, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Ho, Pin-Han
Abstract:
Friday, December 11, 2020 — 4:00 PM EST
Candidate: Amr Samir
Topic: A Terahertz Source Integration Using Silicon-Based Integration Technology
Date: December 11, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin
Friday, December 11, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Candidate: Enrique Espina Gonzalez
Title: Distributed Secondary Control Applied to Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
Date: December 11, 2020
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Kazerani, Mehrdad - Simpson-Porco, John (Adjunct)
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Friday, December 11, 2020 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate: Mohammad Hakami
Title: Effects of Corona Discharges on Silicone Rubber Samples under Severe Weather Conditions
Date: December 11, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Jayaram, Sheshakamal - El-Hag, Ayman (Adjunct)
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Friday, December 11, 2020 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate: Kaige Qu
Title: Multi-Timescale Dynamic Resource Provisioning for Services in SDN/NFV-Enabled Core Networks
Date: December 11, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Thursday, December 10, 2020 — 3:00 PM EST
Candidate: Ahmed Metwally Hegazy
Title: Remote Material Characterization using mmWave FMCW Radar with Complex Baseband
Date: December 10, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin
Abstract:
Thursday, December 10, 2020 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate: Ahmed Mustafa
Title: DERs Utilization for Voltage Variation Mitigation by Appling Different Network Partitioning Techniques
Date: December 10, 2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Salama, Magdy
Abstract:
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate: Kleber Hugo Stangherlin
Topic: Reliable Strong PUF Enrollment and Operation with Temperature and Voltage Optimization
Date: December 9, 2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Sachdev, Manoj
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Conghao Zhou
Topic: Resource Management for Next Generation Wireless Networks via Network Slicing
Date: December 9, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate: Dario Peralta Moarry
Title: Ground Source Heat Pump Modeling, Operation, and Participation in Electricity Markets
Date: December 8, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Bhattacharya, Kankar - Canizares, Claudio
Abstract:
Monday, December 7, 2020 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Liang Xue
Topic: Privacy-Preserving and Regulation-Enabled Mechanisms for Blockchain-based Financial Services
Date: December 7, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman - Lin, Xiaodong (Adjunct)
Friday, December 4, 2020 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate: Ahmed Mustafa
Title: DER Utilization for Voltage Variation Mitigation by Applying Different Network Partitioning Techniques
Date: December 4, 2020
Time: 1:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Salama, Magdy
Abstract:
Friday, December 4, 2020 — 12:30 PM EST
Candidate: Alaa El Khatib
Title: Continual Learning and Forgetting in Deep Learning Models
Date: December 4, 2020
Time: 12:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Karray, Fakhri
Abstract:
Friday, December 4, 2020 — 10:30 AM EST
Canada changed forever on December 6, 1989 when 14 young women were murdered in a gender-based act of violence at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
Thursday, December 3, 2020 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate: Zhongling Wang
Topic: Space-time Video Reconstruction using a Hybrid Camera System
Date: December 3, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Wang, Zhou
Thursday, December 3, 2020 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Boyun Zhang
Title: AWS Identity-based Policies with "Read", "Write" and "Execute" Actions
Date: December 3, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Tripunitara, Mahesh
Abstract:
Thursday, December 3, 2020 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate: Sheida Gohardehi
Topic: Pixel Circuit with Dual Driver Transistors and Associated Drivers for Low Energy Portable Displays
Date: December 3, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Sachdev, Manoj
Thursday, December 3, 2020 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate: Muhammad Umar Azam
Title: A Novel Multi-Layer Framework for Dynamic Operation of Prosumers in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Markets
Date: December 3, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: Remote (those interested in attending can contact muazam@uwaterloo.ca for an invitation link)
Supervisor(s): Bhattacharya, Kankar
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate: Weitian Xing
Title: Light-weight verification of cryptographic API usage
Date: December 2, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Dietl, Werner
Abstract:
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 9:30 AM EST
Candidate: Fabian Calero
Title: Impact of Distributed Battery Energy Storage on Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Systems
Date: December 2, 2020
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Canizares, Claudio - Bhattacharya, Kankar
Abstract:
Monday, November 30, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Candidate: Mohamed Hamouda
Title: Energy Trading Platforms for Isolated and Inter-connected Microgrids Utilizing Adapted Blockchain
Date: November 30, 2020
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Salama, Magdy
Abstract:
Monday, November 30, 2020 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate: Kaige Qu
Title: Dynamic Resource Provisioning and Scheduling for Embedded Services in SDN/NFV-Enabled Core Networks
Date: November 30, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Zhuang, Weihua
Abstract:
Friday, November 27, 2020 — 9:00 AM EST
Candidate: Hai Huang
Title: Novel Predistortion System for Small-Cell Base Stations and Wideband Transmitters
Date: November 27, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Levine, Peter - Boumaiza, Slim
Abstract:
Thursday, November 26, 2020 — 3:30 PM EST
Candidate: Anh Duong Nguyen
Title: Understanding scalability issues in sharded blockchain
Date: November 26, 2020
Time: 3:30 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Golab, Wojciech
Abstract:
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Thursday, November 26, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Candidate: Ayman Eltaliawy
Title: A DC to 43-GHz SPST with Minimum 50-dB Isolation and+19.6-dBm Large-Signal Power Handling in 45-nm SOI-CMOS
Date: November 26, 2020
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Long, John
Abstract: