ESE 2024 Jack Keil Wolf Lecture – “Army of Ants: The Power of Working in Concert”
Synchronized operation of a large number of similar entities can generate behavior that cannot be expected from single one. This principle combined with the physical concept of coherence in waves […]
ESE Guest Seminar – “Safe Offline RL for Constrained Markov Decision Process: Theory and Practice”
Many constrained sequential decision-making processes such as safe AV navigation, wireless network control, caching, cloud computing, etc., can be cast as Constrained Markov Decision Processes (CMDP). Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Non-Parametric Analysis of Dynamical Systems: From Recurrent Sets to Generalized Lyapunov and Barrier Conditions”
This talk presents novel non-parametric methods for analyzing dynamical systems using solely trajectory data. Our critical insight is to replace the notion of invariance, a core concept in Lyapunov Theory, […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Algorithmic Bias in Computer Vision – Generative Methods Enable the Experimental Approach”
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) finds increasing applications in industry and society. Responsible deployment demands that we measure and correct algorithmic biases vis-a-vis protected attributes such as sex, age and ethnicity. […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: ESE Fall Seminar – “A changing grid powered by the new generations of power conversion, control, and energy management”
The electric grid is undergoing a transformative paradigm shift, driven by sweeping changes in generation, demand, and energy storage. By 2035, solar PV alone is expected to supply 40% of […]
ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Design and control of dynamical systems: a classical to quantum perspective”
The design and control of dynamical systems have long been core objectives of engineering. In this thesis, we tackle the complexities of design and control across paradigms ranging from Boolean […]
Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series – “Unlocking Brain Insights: Machine Learning for Neuroimaging Studies”
Modern neurotechnologies generate vast and intricate imaging data across multiple modalities, capturing nuanced aspects of brain structure and function in both healthy and diseased states, thus propelling neuroimaging into the […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Power Electronics is Cool. Trends and Opportunities for the Coming Decades”
For the past two decades, power management and delivery has been a bottleneck, limiting the size and performance of a range of applications from performance computing to mobile phones and […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Quantum information processing stack: from bottom to top and back”
Quantum processors have become quite large and sophisticated machines over the last several years, with many tech companies racing to develop the first quantum computer of practical utility. While the […]
ESE Fall Seminar – “Color center photonics in silicon carbide: scalable fabrication, cryogenic experiments, and quantum simulation on NISQ testbeds”
Color center systems are among the leading platforms in the development of quantum communication and quantum sensing hardware due to their desirable spin, optical, and spin-photon properties. Among them, the […]