Computer Engineering and Systems Group Seminars

• November 8, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020):”Making Mobile Networks Fly“. Karthik Sundaresan, NEC Laboratories America. Summary Form (only for registered students)

• November 15, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020):”Hyper-Parameter tuning for ML Models: A Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) Approach“. Sanjay Shakkottai, University of Texas. Summary Form (only for registered students)

• November 26, Tuesday 4:00 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Multi-Armed Bandits Revisited”, P.R. Kumar, Texas A&M University. Summary Form (only for registered students)

Spring 2019

Organizer: Dr. Srinivas Shakkottai (sshakkot@tamu.edu)
Time: Friday 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Location: ETB 1037

• January 25, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Next Stop: 5nm. But What’s Next for Power Signoff?”, Dr. Albert (Zhiyu) Zeng, Candence Design Systems. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• January 31, Thursday 11:00 a.m. (SPECIAL SEMINAR, WEB 236C): “Programmable Hardware Monitors for Software Security”, Dr. Ajay Joshi, Boston University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• February 1, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Acceleration at the Speed of System Memory”, Dr. Kevin Hofstee, IBM Research. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• February 8, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Robust Learning of Classifiers under Label Noise”, Dr. P.S. Sastry, IISc. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• February 15, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Decentralized control over Unreliable Communication Links”, Dr. Ashutosh Nayyar, USC. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• February 22, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Effects of Risk-Aversion and Diversity of User Preferences on Selfish Routing”, Dr. Evdokia Nikolova, UT Austin. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• March 1, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “On Generalization Bounds for Learning from Batch and Streaming Data”, Dr. Shahin Shahrampour, TAMU. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• March 8, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Impact of Reaction Delays on the Design of Longitudinal Controllers for Autonomous Vehicles”, Dr. Gopal Krishna Kamath, TAMU. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• March 22, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Acoustic-Based Motion Tracking and its Applications”, Dr. Lili Qiu, UT Austin. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• March 29, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Two Part Seminar: Coded Compressed Sensing for Unsourced Multiple Access (Vamsi Amalladinne) and QFlow: A Reinforcement Learning approach to High QoE Video Streaming at the Wireless Edge (Rajarshi Bhattacharyya)”, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• April 5, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “Hashing Algorithms for Extreme Scale Machine Learning”, Dr. Anshumali Shrivastava, Rice University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• April 12, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): “The Value of Intellectual Property for Inventors”, John Beckerdite and Nick Chremos, Texas A&M University. Slides. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• April 26, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1037): ” Consensus Taxonomy in the Blockchain Era”, Dr. Juan Garay, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

Fall 2018

Organizer: Dr. Srinivas Shakkottai (sshakkot@tamu.edu)
Time: Friday 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Location: ETB 1020

• September 7, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Approximate Computing: A New Dimension for Hardware Design Trade-off”, Dr. Jiang Hu, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• September 14, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Big Data Analysis and Cross-Layer Optimization for Communication, Caching and Computing (C^3) Networks”, Dr. Zhu Han, University of Houston. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• September 21, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Accurate Learning or Fast Mixing? Dynamic Adaptability of Caching Algorithms”, Dr. Srinivas Shakkottai, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• September 28, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): Graduate Student Seminars.
  1. “Security of Cyber-Physical Systems”, Bharadwaj Satchidanandan, Texas A&M University
  2. “Small-Scale Markets for Bilateral Resource Trading in the Sharing Economy”, Bainan Xia, Texas A&M University.
  Summary form (only for registered students) .

• October 5, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Autonomous Vehicles: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, Dr. Srikanth Saripalli, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• October 12, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Transportation Systems Resilience: Capacity-Aware Control and Value of Information”, Dr. Saurabh Amin, MIT. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• October 25, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Scheduling Punctured Systems: Joint Scheduling of Ultra Reliable Low Latency and Mobile Broadband Traffic”, Dr. Gustavo De Veciana, UT Austin. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• November 2, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Enabling Seamless Coverage and Mobility Support for Millimeter-Wave Networks”, Dr. Xinyu Zhang, UC San Diego. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• November 9, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Quantum-driven classical optimization”, Dr. Helmut Katzgraber, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• November 16, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Sociotechnical Perspectives on Internet Resource Management: Internet Exchanges as Markets for Infrastructure Services”, Dr. Jesse Sowell, Texas A&M University. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• November 30, Friday 4:10 p.m. (ETB 1020): “Last Mile Security in Industrial IOT Applications”, Dr. Xiaolin Lu, Texas Instruments. Summary form (only for registered students) .

• December 12, Wednesday 11:10 a.m. (WEB 333, Fishbowl): “Deconstructing the Blockchain to Approach Physical Limits”, Dr, Sreeram Kannan, University of Washington

• December 12, Wednesday 4:30 p.m. (WEB 236C): “Interface between Machine Learning and Information Theory”, Dr, Sreeram Kannan, University of Washington

• • 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

Spring 2015

• May 1, Friday 3:55 pm (1037 ETB): Optical Interconnects: Technology and Challenges,  O. Eknoyan, Texas A&M University.

• April 24, Friday 3:55 pm (1037 ETB): Microwave superconducting circuits: understanding the parametrically flux-pumped SQUID by its electrical impedance, Kyle Sundqvist, Texas A&M University.

• April 17, Friday 3:55 pm (1037 ETB): Scaling-Friendly VCO-Based ΔΣ ADC Design in Advanced CMOS Processes, Nan Sun, University of Texas at Austin.

• April 7, Tuesday 3:55 pm (HECC 200): Genomic Analysis Tools for Familial and Case-Control Sequencing Studies, Chad Huff, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

• March 26, Thursday 4:00 pm (WEB 333) (SPECIAL SEMINAR): Maple: Simplifying SDN Programming Using Algorithmic Policies, Andreas Voellmy, Yale University.

• March 13, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1037): Catapulting beyond Moore’s Law: Using FPGAs to Accelerate Data Centers, Derek Chiou, Microsoft/UT Austin.

• March 6, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1037): Hardware Implementation of Cascade Support Vector Machine, Qian Wang, Texas A&M University.

• February 10, Tuesday, 3:55 pm (HECC 200): Energy Cyberphysical Systems: The Lay of the Land, Dr. M. Kezunovic, Texas A&M University.

• February 6, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1037): Ternary CAM Design for IP Routing using Floating Gate Transistors, Viacheslav Fedorov, Texas A&M University.

Fall 2014

• November 25, Tuesday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): B-Fetch: Branch Prediction Directed Prefetching for Chip-Multiprocessors, David Kadjo, Texas A&M University.

• November 14, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Automatic Granularity Control for Irregular Workloads on Heterogeneous Systems, Donald S. Fussell, University of Texas at Austin

• October 24, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Distributed Computing and Redundancy at Bloomberg LP, Michael Clare, Bloomberg LP

• October 17, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Use-it or Lose-it: Wearout and Lifetime in Future Chip-Multiprocessor Interconnect, Paul Gratz, TAMU

• October 10, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Techniques for Fast Physical Design Closure, Guo Yu, Oracle Corp.

• October 3, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): A Brief Summary of Intel’s Transistor and Interconnect Trends from 90nm Planar to 14nm FIN-FET Technology, Gianfranco Gerosa, Intel Corp.

• September 26, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): The Capacity of Wireless Networks for Emerging Applications, I-Hong Hou, TAMU

• September 19, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Challenges and Opportunities for Analysis-based Research in Big Data, Nick Duffield, TAMU

• September 9, Tuesday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Cloud Radios with Limited Feedback, Kiran Kuchi, IIT Hyderabad

Spring 2014

• January 24, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Noise-Based Logic, Laszlo Kish, Texas A&M University.

• February 4, Tuesday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): Quantum Computers: Small and Large, Andreas Klappenecker, Texas A&M University.

• February 10, Monday, 9:30 am (ZACH 213C): How to Build an Ecosystem for Future City Innovation: The case of Porto, Portugal, João Barros, Veniam’Works and Universidade do Porto.

• February 10, Monday, 11:00 am (WEB 333): Digital Microfluidic Biochips: Towards Hardware/Software Co-Design and Cyberphysical System Integration, Tsung-Yi Ho, National Cheng Kung University.

• March 7, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): The Three Weight Algorithm: A Method for Large Scale Distribution, José Bento, Disney Research.

• March 17, Monday, 3:00 pm (ETB 1034): Steiner Trees in Chip Design, Stephan Held, University of Bonn.

• March 28, Friday, 3:55 pm (ETB 1034): SyNAPSE: Scalable Energy-Efficient Neurosynaptic Computing, Jun Sawada, IBM.

For more information about each talk, please check the calendar entries below.

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