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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-compreh
 ensive-proposal-examination-notice-plasmonic
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: Plasmonic-Enhanced\n
 GaN-Based MicroLEDs for High-Bandwidth Visible Light Communication
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Zheng Yan\n\nDate: April 21\, 2026\n\nTime: 9:30 AM\
 n\nLocation: Online - contact the candidate for more information.\n\nSu
 pervisor: Cui\, Bo – Miao\, Guo-Xing
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/ieee-solid-
 state-circuits-society-k-w-section-and-uwaterloo-0
LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ
 ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society K-W Section and UWaterloo Student
 \nBranch Chapter Distinguished Lectures
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:LECTURE 1: RETHINKING CHIP DESIGN IN THE AGE OF AI\n\nSpeaker:
  Professor Mehdi Saligane\, ECE Department\, Brown University\,\nRhode Is
 land\n\nDate: April 30\, 2026\n\nTime: 1:00pm to 2:00pm\n\nLocation: EIT 3
 142\n\nLECTURE 2: RESEARCH AND OPEN-SOURCE EDA TOOLS\n\nSpeaker: Tim Edwar
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/latch-2026-
 conference-free-and-open-source-silicon
LOCATION:E7 - Engineering 7 200 University Ave West PSE (formerly E7) 4th f
 loor Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Latch-Up 2026: Conference on Free and Open Source Silicon
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Latch-Up 2026 invites the free and open-source silicon communit
 y to\nCanada. The FOSSi Foundation is hosting Latch-Up\, a conference\nded
 icated to free and open-source microelectronic chip design\, taking\nplace
  over the weekend of May 1–3\, 2026.\n\nLatch-Up is a weekend of present
 ations and networking for the\nopen-source digital design community\, brin
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 ted in open hardware\nand semiconductor innovation.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/masc-semina
 r-safety-risk-framework-autonomous-driving
SUMMARY:MASc Seminar: Safety Risk Framework for Autonomous Driving Systems\
 nUnder Perception Degradation
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Spencer Delcore\n\nDate: April 24\, 2026\n\nTime: 11
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 -notice-load-variation-resilient-and-average
LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ
 ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Load Variation Resilient and Average Efficiency
 \nEnhanced Power Amplifiers for 5G/6G MIMO System
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Hang Yu\n\nDate: April 17\, 2026\n\nTime: 9:30 AM\n\
 nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Boumaiza\, Slim
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-compreh
 ensive-proposal-examination-notice-nonlinear
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: Nonlinear Parametric
 \nProcesses for Generation and Measurement of Continuous-Variable\nQuantum
  States in Superconducting Cavities
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Andy Schang\n\nDate: April 13\, 2026\n\nTime: 9:30 A
 M\n\nLocation: QNC 1201\n\nSupervisor: Wilson\, Chris
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence
 -notice-stochastic-planning-dual-provision-power
SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Stochastic Planning of Dual-provision\nPower-to
 -hydrogen Systems
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Haytham Raafat Gamal Ibrahim\n\nDate: April 13\, 202
 6\n\nTime: 9:00 AM\n\nLocation: Online - contact the candidate for more
  information.\n\nSupervisors: Salama\, Magdy
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/masc-semina
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LOCATION:E5 - Engineering 5 200 University Avenue West E5 4047 Waterloo ON 
 N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:MASc Seminar: Explainability in Language Models for Security Testin
 g
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Cameron Hadfield\n\nDate: April 20\, 2026\n\nTime: 1
 0:30 AM\n\nLocation: Hybrid (E5-4047 and Microsoft Teams)\n\nSupervisor: S
 ebastian Fischmeister\n\nAll are welcome!
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LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ
 ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar: Automatic Inference of Relational Object Invariants
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Yusen Su\n\nDate: April 29\, 2026\n\nTime: 10:00 AM\
 n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisor: Arie Gurfinkel\n\nAll are welcome!
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 -advanced-circuit-and-system-techniques-high
SUMMARY:PhD Seminar: Advanced Circuit and System Techniques for\nHigh-Perfo
 rmance Beamforming Front-ends
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Mehran Hazer Sahlabadi\n\nDate: April 16\, 2026\n\nT
 ime: 2:00 PM\n\nLocation: Online\n\nSupervisor: Prof. Slim Boumaiza\n\nAll
  are welcome!
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