ESE Fall Seminar – “Electromagnetics for advanced power electronics and wireless power transfer”
Power electronics is an essential enabler for efficient energy utilization across many different applications as well for renewable electricity generation. Advances in power semiconductor materials and devices are improving power […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Stochastic Geometry for Networks”
Stochastic geometry is a branch of probability theory that deals with the study of random spatial patterns. Random point patterns, termed point processes, are the most basic such objects that […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Approximate symmetries in machine learning”
In this talk, we explain different roles that symmetries and approximate symmetries can play in machine learning models. We define approximately equivariant graph neural networks and we show a bias-variance […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Quantum sensing and imaging with diamond spins”
Solid state spin qubits, in particular the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, offer a path towards truly nanoscale imaging of condensed matter and biological systems with sensitivity to single […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Acceleration by Stepsize Hedging”
Can we accelerate convergence of gradient descent without changing the algorithm — just by optimizing stepsizes? Surprisingly, we show that the answer is yes. Our proposed Silver Stepsize Schedule optimizes […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Agile Design of Domain-Specific Accelerators and Compilers”
With the slowing of Moore’s law, computer architects have turned to domain-specific hardware accelerators to improve the performance and efficiency of computing systems. However, programming these systems entails significant modifications […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Large Observational Study of the Causal Effects of a Nudge and the Geometry of Causality”
Nudges are interventions promoting healthy behavior without forbidding options or significant incentives. As an example of a nudge, the Apple Watch encourages users to stand by delivering a notification if […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Tools for designing some exciting chips”
There is an enormous interest in developing customized, domain-specific systems-on-a-chip. Continued improvement in computing efficiency requires functional specialization of hardware designs. But designing complex chips is difficult. This talk presents […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Josephson parametric amplifiers for rapid, high-fidelity measurement of solid-state qubits”
Quantum physics puts a limit on how small the noise added by an amplifier can be. Limiting this extra noise, which causes unavoidable signal degradation, is an essential requirement for […]
Nano Seminar: “Conductive Nitrides for Plasmonics in the Visible Region: Properties and Applications”
Plasmonic nanostructure based on silver and gold that produces LSPR to withstand ultrahigh temperatures without damage remains a great challenge for future ultra-compact integrated circuits, and high-power enabled photonic devices. […]