Computer Engineering and Systems Group Seminars

Spring 2018

Organizers:

Dr. Alex Sprintson (spalex@tamu.edu)

Time: Friday 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

Location: WEB 236C

• April 27, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Topological Quantum Computation”, Dr. Eric Rowell, Texas A&M University
• April 20, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Algorithms, Architectures, and Test-beds for Advanced Wireless Communication Systems”, Dr. Joseph Cavallaro, Rice University
• April 13, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Long-term Secure Communication without Computational Assumptions”, Dr. Rei Safavi-Naini, University of Calgary
• April 6, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Learning-Based Power and Performance Prediction for Heterogeneous System Design”, Dr. Andreas Gerstlauer, University of Texas, Austin
• March 30, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced R&D at a Global Private Technology Company”, Jian Li, Huawei Technologies, Inc.
• March 2, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Bridging Design and Manufacturing Gap through Machine Learning and Machine-Generated Layout”, Dr. Yibo Lin, University of Texas, Austin
• February 23, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Energy-efficient Machine Learning Systems for Cloud and Edge Computing”, Dr. Yingyan Lin, Rice University
• February 16, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Toward Online Intrusion Tolerance & Response in Power Systems”, Dr. Katherine Davis, Texas A&M University
• February 9, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Impact of the Cyber-Physical Interdependency on Cascading Failure Mitigation in the Smart Grid”, Dr. Mingkui Wei, Sam Houston State University
• January 26, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Private Information Retrieval with Side Information”, Brenden Garcia, Texas A&M University

Fall 2017

Organizers:

Dr. Alex Sprintson (spalex@tamu.edu)

Dr. Peng Li (pli@tamu.edu)

Time: Friday 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

Location: WEB 236C

• November 17, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Sequential Learning, Optimization and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems, Dr. Dileep Kalathil, Texas A&M University
• November 14, Friday 2:20 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Implantable Electronic Migration at Biotronik, David Genzer ’83, Director of IC Design and Development – Texas Biotronik/Micro Systems Engineering Inc.
• November 10, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Human-Centric Machine Learning in the Big Data Era, Dr. Xia “Ben” Hu, Texas A&M University
• November 3, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Throughput-Optimal Scheduling for Multi-Hop Networked Transportation Systems with Switch-Over Delay, Dr. I-Hong Hou, Texas A & M University
• October 27, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Knowledge-driven representations of physiological signals: Developing measurable indices of non-observable behavior,  Dr. Theodora Chaspari, Texas A & M University
• October 20, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Model checking Asynchronous Systems: A New Technique and a Practical Tool, Dr. Jeff Huang, Texas A & M University
• October 13, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Embracing Sparsity in Deep Networks: From Algorithms to Hardware, Dr. Zhangyang (Altas) Wang, Texas A & M University
• October 6, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): What Really Lies beyond Moor’s Law?, Dr. Frank Liu, IBM Research
• September 29, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Spiking Neural Networks: Learning Architecture and Hardware Implementation, Dr. Peng Li, Texas A & M University
• September 22, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Small is the New Big: Data Analytics on the Edge – An overview of processors and algorithms for deep learning techniques on the edge, Dr. Abhay Samant, Vice President of Engineering Hiller Measurements
• September 15, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Systems for Clinical Outcomes Predictions, Dr. Bobak Mortazavi, Texas A & M University
• September 8, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): The Rewriting of a 50-Year-Old Solution: The Normalized Singular Value Decomposition of Non-Symmetric Matrices Using Givens Fast Rotations, Ehsan Rohani, Texas A & M University
• September 1, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Towards Principle Support for Storage and Wireless Applications in Software Defined Networks, Dr. Alex Sprintson, Texas A & M University

Spring 2017

Organizer: Dr. Paul V. Gratz (pgratz@gratz1.com)

Time: Friday 3:55 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

Location: CHEN 108

Spring 2017

•  May 5, Friday 4:00 p.m. (CHEN 108):  Trustworthy Integrated Circuit Design, Jeyavijayan (JV) Rajendran, University of Texas at Dallas
• April 28, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Breaking the On-Chip Latency Barrier Using Single-Cycle Multi-Hop Networks, Tushar Krisha of Georgia Tech
• April 21, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): CPU and Server System Architecture Opportunities for  AI Application Optimization, Balint Fleischer, CTO at Huawei
• April 7, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): How Much Time, Energy, and Power Does an Algorithm Need?, Richard (Rich) Vuduc of Georgia Tech
• March 31, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Prototyping Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Networks, Simon Yau of Texas A&M
• March 24, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Exo-Core — Software-Defined Hardware-Security, Mohit Tiwari of the University of Texas
• March 3, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Improving Cyber Security through Cyber Insurance and Data Analytics, Parinaz Naghizadeh of the University of Michigan
• February 24, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Making Wi-Fi Work in Multi-Hop Topologies: Automatic Negotiation and Allocation of Airtime, Violet R. Syrotiuk of Arizona State University
• February 17, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C): Leaping Over the Memory Wall with Data Prefetching and Cache Replacement, Jinchun Kim of Texas A&M
• February 3, Friday 4:10 p.m. (CVE 222): Hardware Trojans Begone: Inspiring Trust in Outsourced IC Fabrication, Siddharth Garg of New York University
• January 27, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 236-C):  Cyberethics and Cyberpolitics:  Ethical and Social Issues, Glen Miller of Texas A&M
• January 20, Friday 4:10 p.m. (WEB 333): Virtual Human Teleportation via UAV-IoT AR/VR Immersive Communication, Jacob Chakareski of the University of Alabama

Fall 2015

• Sept. 2, Wednesday 4:00 pm (O&M 112): No seminar, quick info session for the students enrolled.
• Sept 9, Wednesday 4:00 pm (WEB 236C): Unlocking system performance with NVMe Flash, Manu Awasthi, Samsung Research.
• Sept 16, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems Enabling Next-Generation High-Throughput Assays, Arum Han, Texas A&M University.
• Sept 23, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Tapas of Quantum Computing, Andreas Klappenecker, Dept. CSE, Texas A&M University. Slides
• Sept 30, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Rethinking Competitive-Ratio: Two Case Studies, I-Hong Hou, Texas A&M University.
• Oct 7, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Trustworthy Integrated Circuit Design, Jeyavijayan (JV) Rajendran, UT Dallas
• Oct 12, Monday 2:30pm (WEB 236C): (Eminent Scholar Seminar) Challenges and Approaches for a Trustworthy Power Grid Cyber Infrastructure, William Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• Oct 23, Friday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Distributed Algorithms for Big Graph Analytics, Alexandros G. Dimakis, The University of Texas at Austin.
• Oct 28, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Flash in The Enterprise : It’s Not Your Grandfather’s USB Stick, Charles Camp, IBM (Slides1, Slides2)
• Nov 4, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): (seminar post-poned to spring, no seminar this week)
• Nov 11, Wednesday 4:00pm (WEB 236C): Vijay Janapa Reddi, The University of Texas at Austin.
• Dec 2, Wednesday 11:00am (Room 202 Reed McDonald Building): Health Data Sciences at ORNL: From Personalized Medicine to Population Health, Dr. Georgia Tourassi, Director of the Biomedical Science and Engineering Center and the Health Data Sciences Institute at ORNL.