Joint Colloquium

This colloquium is dedicated to hosting presentations at the intersection of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The colloquium consists of a mix of short faculty presentations presenting their latest research results, with presentations of internationally distinguished speakers who are brought to campus to interact with our department's community.

The EECS Colloquium is sponsored by a generous donation from Hewlett-Packard.

Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 PM HP Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall (unless otherwise noted)

Spring 2012

January 18	*Distinguished Lecture Series* The Supple Grid: Adapting to Variable and Distributed Resources Alexandra von Meier Co-Director, Electric Grid Research Program at the California Institute for Energy and Environment
January 25	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Re-Configurable EXASCALE Computing Steve Wallach Founder of Convex Supercomputer Company (acquired by HP)
February 1	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Exploring the Universe with Interactive Art Scott Snibbe Media artist, filmmaker, and researcher in interactivity
February 8	*Distinguished Lecture Series* A Stretchy, Curvy Future for Electronics John Rogers Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering at University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
February 15	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Connection Machines: The Science and Engineering of Rapport Justine Cassell Charles M. Geschke Director of the Human Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
February 22	*Distinguished Lecture Series* The Lytro Camera - Light Fields for Consumers Ren Ng Founder and CEO, Lytro
February 29	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Scale: the Next Challenge for New Energy Solutions Arati Prabhakar Chair, the Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee (ERAC) for the U.S. Department of Energy
March 7	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Racetrack Memory: A high-performance, storage class memory using magnetic domain-walls manipulated by current Stuart Parkin IBM Fellow and Manager of the Magnetoelectronics group at the IBM Research - Almaden, San Jose
March 14	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Looking before you leap: The argument for data-driven security Stefan Savage Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
March 21	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Ultra-High Efficiency Grid-Connected Power Electronics for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems Brandon J. Pierquet Senior Design Engineer, Enphase Energy
March 28	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Spring Break
April 4	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Advancing the Impact of Research: The push for Open Access publishing David Hodges and David Wagner, Professors, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
April 11	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Wind Farms with DC Collection Networks using Bridge of Bridge Multilevel Converters Daniel Ludois, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 18	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Changing Classes and Inventing Elements: Developing a combined systems biology and engineering approach to designing complex function in cells Adam Arkin, Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
April 25	*Distinguished Lecture Series*
May 2	*Distinguished Lecture Series* Opportunities in Cancer Therapy: An Overview of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Surveillance and Directions for the Future Mekhail Anwar, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology University of California San Francisco, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center