Category: Seminar

“Formal Methods for Safe and Interpretable Control”Thursday, Nov 6 at 1:00pmMALA 5050Add to Calendar Abstract In control theory, complicated dynamics such as systems of (nonlinear) differential equations are mostly controlled to achieve stability and to optimize a cost. In formal methods, simple systems such as finite state transition graphs modeling computer programs or digital circuits […]

Hao Zeng, PhD, is the Moti Lal Rustgi Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York. He presents “Covalent 2D Magnets and Heterostructures” Thursday, Oct. 23 at 11am in MALA 5050.

Charudatta Phatak, PhD, is the Deputy Division Director and the Group leader of the Nanoscale Magnetic and Electronic Heterostructures group in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He presents “Understanding Behavior of van der Waals Materials Using in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy” Thursday, Oct. 9 at 1 pm in MALA 5050.

Ufuk Topcu, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering. He presents “Control-Oriented Learning for Same-Day Autonomy” Thursday, Oct. 2 at 1:00pm in
MALA 7200.

Dr. Mark Allen is Chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at Penn. He’ll present “A Journey Through MEMS: Reflections on Research, Commercialization, and Community” Thursday, Sept. 4 at 4:00 pm in the NVIDIA Auditorium (MALA 1000).

Dr. Allen is Alfred Fitler Moore Professor, Chair of Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania. He presents “Magnetics in MEMS: From Switched Power Converters to Wideband Adaptive RF Filters” Friday, Sept. 5 at 2:00 pm in the NVIDIA Auditorium (MALA 1000).

Dr. Xiaoyi Lu is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, Merced. He presents “Heterogeneity-Enriched Communication for Parallel and Distributed AI Systems” Tuesday, July 1 at 12:45pm in MALA 5050.

Sijia Liu, Ph.D., is currently an assistant professor at Michigan State University. He presents “Machine Unlearning for Generative AI” Friday, June 6 at 12:45pm in MALA 5050.

Matthew Matheny, PhD, helped found the Center for Quantum Computing at Amazon Web Services, where he managed the project for their first prototype quantum chip, Ocelot. He is currently the Device Team Manager for AWS CQC in Pasadena, CA, building the next-generation devices for their quantum hardware. He presents “A Logical Qubit Built from Dissipatively-Stabilized Schrödinger Cat Qubits” Friday, April 18 at 11:15am in 1000 Malachowsky Hall.

Dr. Monica VanDieren is senior technical marketing engineer at NVIDIA, specializing in quantum and high-performance computing. She presents “AI for Quantum Computing” Friday, April 18 at 10:00am in 1000 Malachowsky Hall.