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Real AI Initiative – "More Than the Sum of It's Parts"

From the RMCOE News article "Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts" When it comes to AI, two’s company but three — or more — can be a much harder problem. Many current approaches to AI in science model ...
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Yulun Wang (PhD ’88) – "A Global Vision for Health Care"

Remote surgery, telemedicine in all its forms, even international remote medical consultations and remotely supported surgeries in underserved areas of the world — Yulun Wang has played an ...
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Central Administrative Office Resources

Please contact the CAO if you need a Domestic FedEx shipping label. If you work with a Faculty Administrative Assistant please reach out to them for a Domestic Shipping Label. Visiting scholars, ...
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ECE Seminar Series – March 22 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: “Latest Progress and Challenges in 300 mm Monolithic Silicon Photonics Manufacturing,” Takako Hirokawa, Principal Device ...

In this talk, I will discuss the latest developments in the GlobalFoundries Fotonix TM program, including enhancements in device performance, packaging, PDK compact models, and in-house test ...
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July 27 (Mon) @11:00am: "General purpose programming and OS principles for heterogeneous SoCs," Nazerke Turtayeva, ECE PhD Defense

There is a fundamental limit in how we architect System-on-Chips (SoCs) today. We lack the freedom to vary the accelerators we ship together to yield the best power and performance for a given SoC ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Sep 25 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: “Reinventing the Camera: AI and the Future of Imaging," Peyman Milanfar, Distinguished Scientist, Google

AI is fundamentally revolutionizing imaging, transforming how we capture, reconstruct, enhance, and experience visual content. Advancements in AI are actively overcoming the physical limitations of ...
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ECE Seminar Series (GSA) – Three Mini Talks by ECE PhD Students

Three short talks by UCSB PhD students Roark Chao, Poorva Shukla, and Abdelrahman S. Abdelrahman presenting a wide array of ECE topics from photonics to dynamical systems to quantum algorithms. All ...
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Jun 5 (Wed) @ 11:30am: “Surface Acoustic Waves Integrated with Solid-State Single Photon Sources and Superconducting Electronics,” Michael Choquer, ECE PhD Defense

Quantum interconnects—devices or processes that transfer quantum information between distinct physical degrees of freedom—are an essential component of many future quantum technologies. The promise of ...
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Jun 5 (Wed) @ 1:15pm: ”Advancements in Higher Order Ambisonics Compression and Loss Concealment Techniques,” Mahmoud Namazi, ECE PhD. Defense

Zoom Meeting – https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89047021771?pwd=fUTsh4onvevf64BC7pJSpHr3CJhTzb.1 Virtual reality's resurgence has intensified interest in higher order ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Jun 6 (Fri) @ 2:00 pm: “Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits, John E. Bowers, Dir. of the Inst. for Energy Efficiency and Prof. ECE and Materials, UCSB

Tremendous progress is being made at silicon photonic foundries around the world to improve the performance, yield and capability of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and that is opening up new ...
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Dec 3 (Wed) @9:00am: "Improving Friction Modeling for Robotics via Physics Informed Neural Networks," Asutay Ozmen, ECE PhD Defense

Location: Harold Frank Hall (HFH), Room 4110B (ECE Conf. Rm.) Accurately modeling friction in robotics remains a core challenge, as robotics simulators like Mujoco and PyBullet use simplified friction ...