Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University

ECE Department Lecture Series

Fall 2009

 

Thursdays 3~4pm in 442 Dana, Refreshments served at 2:45pm

 

 

List of ECE Department Lecture Series in Fall 2009:

 

Sept. 10 , 2009: Prof. Xinming Huang, WPI (Leeser)

Title: SmartCell: An Energy Efficient Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture for Stream Processing

 

Sept. 24, 2009: Dr. Dan Bliss, MIT/LL (Chowdhury)

Title: MIMO Wireless Communication

 

Oct. 08, 2009: Prof. Michael Margaliot, Tel Aviv U. (Tadmor)

Title: Stability Analysis of Switched Systems using Variational Principles

 

Oct. 15, 2009:Dr. Jeremy Kepner, MIT/LL (Schirner)

Title: Multicore Programming in pMatlab® Using Distributed Arrays

 

Oct. 22, 2009: Prof. Robert M. Gray, Stanford (Lev-Ari)

Title: Rate-Constrained Simulation and Source Coding with Stationary Codes

 

Oct. 29, 2009: Michael Zhivich, MIT/LL (Mi)

Title: Improving Software Security and Robustness Using Automated Testing

 

Dec. 3, 2009: Dr. Christ Richmond, MIT/LL

Title: Detection, Estimation and Beamforming for Adaptive Sensor Arrays: Algorithms and Performance

 

 

List of Distinguished Lecture Series in Spring 2009:

 

Jan. 8, 2009: Dr. J. Scott Stuart, MIT/LL (Abur)

Title: Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

 

Jan. 15, 2009: Lawrence Bush, MIT/LL (Dy)

Title: Bayesian Inference Approach to Learning Coordinated Traffic Behavior for Non-tracking Sensors

 

Jan. 22, 2009: Dr. Todd Rider, MIT/LL (Niedre)

Title: CANARY B-Cell Sensor for Rapid, Sensitive Identification of Pathogens

 

Jan. 29, 2009: Prof. Warren Gross, McGill University (Leeser)

Title: Stochastic Decoding of LDPC Codes

 

Feb. 5, 2009: Prof. Mingzhong Wu, Colorado State University (Sun)

Title: Microwave Chaotic Oscillator – a Device Based on the Three-Wave And Four-Wave Interactions of Spin Waves in Magnetic Films

 

March 12, 2009: Jeff Fessler, University of Michigan (Brooks)

Title: Motion-Compensated Image Reconstruction