BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8c71f6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260519T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260519T110000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-seminar -learning-based-universal-degradation-model SUMMARY:PhD Seminar: Learning-based Universal Degradation Model for Downstr eam\nVision Tasks CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Wenbo (Paul) Yang\n\nDate: May 19\, 2025\n\nTime: 10 :00 AM\n\nLocation: Online\n\nSupervisor: Zhou Wang\n\nAll are welcome! DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8c80df DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/masc-semina r-optimization-based-trajectory-generation LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West EIT 3145 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:MASc Seminar: Optimization-based Trajectory Generation for Autonomo us\nVehicles CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Venkata Kameswara Praneeth Kolapalli\n\nDate: May 8\ , 2026\n\nTime: 11:30 AM\n\nLocation: EIT 3145\n\nSupervisor: Yash Vardhan Pant\n\nAll are welcome! DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8c8a0a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260513T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260513T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-mock-environments-ownership-aware LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West EIT 3151-53 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: From Mock Environments to Ownership-Aware\nComp ilation: Practical Advances in Low-Level Program Reasoning CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Siddharth Priya\n\nDate: May 13\, 2026\n\nTime: 1:00 PM\n\nLocation: EIT 3151-53\n\nSupervisors: Gurfinkel\, Arie DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8c91a8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260505T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260505T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-beyond-lab-integrated-biosensing SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Beyond the Lab: Integrated Biosensing Platforms \nfor Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring in Blood\,\nSkin \, and Brain CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Fatemeh Keyvani\n\nDate: May 5\, 2026\n\nTime: 1:00 PM\n\nLocation: Online - contact the candidate for more information.\n\ nSupervisors: Poudineh\, Mahla DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8c986e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -notice-reconfigurable-radio-frequency-devices LOCATION:EIT - Centre for Environmental and Information Technology 200 Univ ersity Avenue West Room 3142 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence Notice: Reconfigurable Radio Frequency Devices Based on \nMonolithic Integration of Phase Change Material Switches and\nFerroelect ric Variable Capacitors CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Candidate: Mehran Golcheshmeh\n\nDate: May 4\, 2026\n\nTime: 9: 30 AM\n\nLocation: EIT 3142\n\nSupervisors: Mansour\, Raafat DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8ca085 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260421T113000 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 DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8ca65f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260430T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260430T150000 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 ds\, Open Circuit Design\n\nDate: April 30\, 2026\n\nTime: 2:00pm to 3:00p m\n\nLocation: EIT 3142 DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8caec8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260424T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260424T120000 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 :00 AM\n\nLocation: Online\n\nSupervisor: Krzysztof Czarnecki\n\nAll are w elcome! DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8cb465 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/events/phd-defence -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 DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a0498f8cbfef DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260413T113000 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 DTSTAMP:20260513T153000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR