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Thursday, April 29, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
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Everything You Wanted to Know About 5G but Were Afraid to Ask
The fifth generation of technology for cellular networks, also known as 5G, is poised to change the way we connect and communicate: with other humans, with machines, and how machines communicate with each other.
Thursday, April 22, 2021 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Huaqing Wu
Title: Content Caching and Delivery in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks
Date: April 22, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Haixia Peng
Title: Intelligent Multi-Dimensional Resource Management in MEC-Assisted Vehicular Networks
Date: April 21, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Md. Masud Rana
Topic: Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite based Highly Efficient Flexible Nanogenerator
Date: April 21, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
A phenomenon by which the value of goods and/or services is increased by the number of people or participants involved. This is known as "The Network Effect". When properly utilized, this effect can lead to accelerating progress and commercial success.
Monday, April 19, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Wenhan Hu
Topic: Fabrication of Silicon Microneedle Arrays for Transdermal Biological Fluid Extraction
Date: April 19, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Cui, Bo
Thursday, April 15, 2021 — 3:00 PM EDT
Title: Robots Made for People – Social Robots that can Make a Useful Contribution to Society
Thursday, April 15, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Join us for an engaging Ask-Me-Anything session with University of Waterloo graduate, Conrad School alumni, and CEO & Founder of Lunaria Solutions, Cassie Myers. Cassie is an inclusion and equity advocate, who was recently recognized as a Top 50 Changemakers by Globe and Mail.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Navjot Kaur Khaira
Topic: Low Temperature Superconductor Based Monolithically Integrated Microwave Devices
Date: April 15, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat
Thursday, April 15, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Demin Yin
Title: Theoretical Investigation of Contact Effects on the Performance of 2D-Material Nanotransistors
Date: April 15, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Yoon, Youngki
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Alireza Mashayekhi
Topic: Molten salt electrolyte systems for Zn batteries
Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Nazar, Linda - Aziz, Hany
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Medhat Samaan
Title: Fabrication of High-Performance Probes for Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Cui, Bo
Abstract:
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Huaqing Wu
Title: Content Caching and Delivery in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks
Date: April 13, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Abstract:
Monday, April 12, 2021 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Alex Duanmu
Title: Adaptive Streaming: From Bitrate Maximization to Rate-Distortion Optimization
Date: April 12, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Wang, Zhou
Abstract:
Monday, April 12, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Haixia Peng
Title: Intelligent Multi-Dimensional Resource Management in MEC-Assisted Vehicular Networks
Date: April 12, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Shen, Sherman
Abstract:
Friday, April 9, 2021 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Supratik Sarkar
Title: Creating and shaping light at single photon level
Date: April 9, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Bajcsy, Michal
Abstract:
Friday, April 9, 2021 — 10:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Rubaya Absar
Title: Development of Control Circuits for Silicon MOS Quantum Dot Qubit Network
Date: April 9, 2021
Time: 10:30 AM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Wei, Lan - Baugh, Jonathan
Abstract:
Thursday, April 8, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Rabiul Islam
Topic: Lithium ion motion in non-volatile emerging Resistive Random-Access Memory
Date: April 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Miao, Guo-Xing - Sachdev, Manoj
Thursday, April 8, 2021 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate: Tristan Walker
Title: Dead Reckoning for Distributed Network Online Games
Date: April 8, 2021
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Smith, Stephen L.
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Rebekah Maffett
Topic: High-Volume-Rate 3D Ultrasound for Quantitative Cardiovascular Assessments
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Yu, Alfred
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Gowrish Basavarajappa
Title: Tunable Band Pass Filters for Communication Systems
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Vinodh Raj Rajagopal Muthu
Title: Controlling Photon Emission from Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Bajcsy, Michal
Abstract:
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Candidate: Abdulrahman Aloraynan
Topic: Glucose Detection Using Tri-Spectroscopy optical system
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Ban, Dayan
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 — 4:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Lian Sun
Title: An Immutability Type System for Classes and Objects: Improvements, Experiments, and Comparisons
Date: April 6, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Remote
Supervisor(s): Dietl, Werner
Abstract:
Thursday, April 1, 2021 — 3:00 PM EDT
Candidate: Gowrish Basavarajappa
Title: Tunable Band Pass Filters for Communication Systems
Date: April 1, 2021
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: REMOTE ATTENDANCE
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat
Abstract: