This archive contains events for the academic year 1999-00. See also:
Tuesday, September 14, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Robert Dobkin,
Linear Technology
Biasing Circuits for Analog ICs
Friday, September 17, 1999
Theory of Distributed Systems Seminar
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Joshua A. Tauber, Michael Tsai, and Holly Reimers
Transformations on IOA programs to support code generation.
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
John Kelly,
Novellus Systems, Inc.
The Changing Role of the Equipment Supplier in the Semiconductor Industry
Thursday, September 23, 1999
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BAMS Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Scott Manalis,
MIT Media Laboratory
Microfabricated Devices for Biochemical Sensing
Friday, September 24, 1999
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Theory of Distributed Systems Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:00 PM
Rajeev Alur,
University of Pennsylvania
Mocha: Exploiting modularity in model checking
Monday, September 27, 1999
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EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Prof. Thomás Lozano-Pérez,
M.I.T., EECS, AI Lab
Computing Molecular Structure and Function
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Phillip Smith,
Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company
An Overview of Transistor Technologies for Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Power Amplification
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
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Media Laboratory Colloquium
Bartos Theater, Wiesner Building, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Martin Schmidt,
MIT
Silicon MEMS and Microturbomachinery
Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Ravi Kannan,
Yale University
Information Retrieval and Linear Algebra
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Hamid Partovi,
Advanced Micro Devices
Clocked Storage Elements
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
G. David Forney,
MIT LIDS
Codes and Systems on Graphs
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Martin Zirngibl,
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) Communication Systems
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
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God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Introduction
Thursday, October 7, 1999
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BAMS Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Greg Kovacs,
Stanford University
Does Size Really Matter? The Pros and Cons of Miniaturization in Fluidic and Chemical Microsystems
Friday, October 8, 1999
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Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Roberto De Prisco
A dynamic primary configuration group membership service
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Bin Yu,
UC-Berkeley, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs
Codes and Models
Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Nan Froberg,
MIT Lincoln Laboraotry
The NGI On-Ramp Testbed: Regional Access WDM Technology for the Next Generation Internet
Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Randomization and Religion
Thursday, October 14, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Karl Johan Astrom,
Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Friction Models and Friction Compensation
Friday-Saturday, October 15-16, 1999
. . . Information
Advances in System Theory: A Symposium in Honor of Sanjoy K. Mitter
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA
Theodore Djaferis,
University of Massachusetts, General Chair
(This symposium has a registration fee.)
Friday, October 15, 1999
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Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Victor Luchangco
Memory Consistency Models for High Performance Distributed Computing
Monday, October 18, 1999
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EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Prof. David Staelin,
M.I.T., EECS, RLE, Lincoln Laboratory
Satellite-based Meterological Observations
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. David Clark,
MIT LCS
"Exploring the Dynamics of the Internet"
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Christos Dimitrakopoulos,
IBM Research
Low Voltage and High Performance Organic Thin Film Transistors
Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Daryoosh Vakhshoori,
CoreTek, Inc.
Tunable Optical Components for the Telecom Industry
Thursday, October 21, 1999
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy,
National Science Foundation
Information Technology for the 21st Century: Challenges & Opportunities
Friday, October 22, 1999
. . . Abstract
Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Yuh-Jzer Joung
Group Mutual Exclusion
Tuesday, October 26, 1999
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Peter L. Gammel,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Miniaturized Components for Single Chip Radios
Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Per Hansen,
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Applications of Raman Gain in Optical Transmission Systems
Wednesday, October 27, 1999
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God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Language Translation
Friday, October 29, 1999
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TDS Seminar
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Enoch Peserico
Efficient portability across memory hierarchies
Monday, November 1, 1999
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EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Mehmet Toner,
Harvard Medical School, MGH, Shriner Burns Hospital
Microfabrication in Tissue Engineering
Tuesday, November 2, 1999
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Uri Weiser,
Intel
VLSI: Is it all about Integration and Performance? Trends and Directions
Tuesday, November 2, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Stephen Boyd,
Professor and Director of the Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University
Optimal Design of CMOS Op-amps via Geometric Programming
Wednesday, November 3, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
RLE Conference Room, Room 36-428, 11:00 AM
Stephen Evangelides,
Tyco Submarine Systems
NRZ, RZ or Soliton Modulation Formats: Your Choice or the Fiber's?
Wednesday, November 3, 1999
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Aesthetics
Thursday, November 4, 1999
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LCS Distinguished Lecture
Room 54-100, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Professor Mahadev Satyanarayanan,
Carnegie Mellon University
Mobile Computing: Hype or Harbinger
Thursday, November 4, 1999
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Materials Unlimited Seminar
Chipman Room, 8-314, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Vanessa Z. Chan, Presenter,
MIT DMSE
Self-Assembling Nanostructures: Magnetic Storage Media to 3D Membranes
Friday, November 5, 1999
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Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Chryssis Georgiou,
University of Connecticut
Cooperative Computing with Fragmentable and Mergable Groups
Monday, November 8, 1999
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Management of Technology Seminar
Room E56-270, 11:45 AM
Albert Y. C. Yu,
Senior Vice President, Intel Corporation
Management Challenges of Consistent Innovation
Monday, November 8, 1999
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Media Lab Colloquium
Bartos Theater (Wiesner Building, lower level), 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Calvin F. Quate,
Stanford University
The Micromechanical Cantilever: A Tool for Studying the Domain of Nanoscale Structures
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Pietro Perona,
Professor, California Institute of Technology
LEARNING OBJECT CLASSES
Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
E. Fred Schubert,
Boston University
GaN-Based White Light-Emitting Diodes with High Luminous Performance
Monday, November 15, 1999
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Prof. Akintunde Akinwande,
M.I.T., EECS, MTL
Smart Field Emission Arrays and Application to Displays
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 1:00 PM (refreshments 12:30)
Bob Helms,
Texas Instruments
Semiconductor Industry Productivity: Shrinks, 300mm Wafers, or System-on-a-Chip
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Bob Helms,
Texas Instruments
Semiconductor Industry Productivity: Shrinks, 300mm Wafers, or System-on-a-Chip
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
José M. F. Moura,
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
ML Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Hong Choi,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Antimonide-Based Mid-IR Semiconductor Lasers
Friday, November 19, 1999
. . . Abstract
Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Carl Lividas
Performance Analysis in Communication Networks
Tuesday, November 23, 1999
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI and BAMS Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
M. Steven Rodgers,
Sandia National Laboratories
Silicon in Motion: Microelectromechanical Systems-on-a-Chip
Tuesday, November 23, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Roger Brockett,
Professor, Harvard university
Stochastic Analysis of some Fluid Models used in Queueing Theory
Monday, November 29, 1999
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Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
(a) Ken Mano & (b) Paul Attie
(a) A network programming language Nepi^2 and its application to an auction (b) On Formal Modeling of Agent Computation
Monday, November 29, 1999
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EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Prof. Paul A. Viola,
M.I.T., EECS, AI Lab
Computer Vision Using Statistical Multi-scale Signal Processing
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Tim Brunner,
IBM Microelectronics
Alternative Approaches to 100nm Lithography
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. Debasis Mitra,
Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Bell Labs Lucent Technologies
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN PACKET NETWORKS
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Prem Kumar,
Northwestern University
Nonlinear Fiber-Optics with Picosecond Pulses for All-Optical TDM Systems
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Glimpses of God
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Professor Steven Pinker,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Wednesday, December 8, 1999
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Donald E. Knuth,
Stanford University
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: God and Computer Science
Friday, December 10, 1999
. . . Abstract
Theory of Distributed Systems Seminars
NE43-516, 1:00 PM
Carl Livadas
Multicasting on the Internet
Tuesday, December 14, 1999
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LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. Nigel J. Newton,
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Essex University, UK
Observation Quantisation for Nonlinear Estimators
Thursday, January 27, 2000
FIFTH ANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 9:30 AM (refreshments 9:00)
Dr. Robert Lucky,
Telcordia Technologies
Corporate Vice President
Thursday, January 27, 2000
. . . Abstract
FIFTH ANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE
Grier Room, Room 34-401, 10:30 AM
Friday, January 28, 2000
FIFTH ANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 9:30 AM (refreshments 9:00)
Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs,
Qualcomm, Inc.
CEO and Chairman
Friday, January 28, 2000
. . . Abstract
FIFTH ANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE
Grier Room, Room 34-401, 10:30 AM
Monday, February 7, 2000
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EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus,
Institute Professor, EECS and Physics
Bismuth Nanowires: Structure and Properties
Tuesday, February 8, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
John Geen,
Analog Devices Inc.
Minimized Micromachined Gyros
Monday, February 14, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Saman Amarasinghe,
M.I.T., EECS ad LCS
Compiling for Multimedia Instruction Sets with Superword Level Parallelism
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Bill Herrick,
Compaq Computer Corporation
Design Challenges in Multi-GHz Microprocessors
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. Richard Barry,
Chief Technical Officer, Sycamore Networks
Intelligent Optical Networking
Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Franco Cerrina,
University of Wisconsin
13nm EUV Optics: Image Formation and Application to Lighography
Thursday, February 17, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. Vahid Tarokh,
AT&T Research
A Differential Detection Scheme for Transmit Diversity
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Jeffrey P. Sutton,
Director, Neural Systems Group MGH, Harvard - MIT HST
Functional Imaging, Models and Applications
Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Wei-Ping Huang,
Apollo Photonics
Development of CAD Technology for Photonics Integrated Circuits
Monday, February 28, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
David Gifford*,
EECS and LCS
Using DNA Chips to Statistically Validate Computational Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks
Tuesday, February 29, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Lindsay "Butch" Weaver,
Qualcomm
CDMA-HDR: High Efficiency High Speed Wireless IP Solution The Intrnet Unleashed
Tuesday, February 29, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Bud Mishra,
Professor of Computer Science & Mathematics Courant Institute, New York University
0-1 Laws for Single Molecules
Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
RLE Conference Room 36-428, 11:00 AM
Andrej Puc,
Tyco Submarine Systems
Modulation Formats and Coding for Long Optical Links
Thursday, March 2, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Thomas M. Cover,
Stanford University
Universal Data Compression and Universal Portfolios
Monday, March 6, 2000
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Prof. Jeffrey H. Shapiro,
M.I.T., EECS, LIDS, and RLE
Quantum Optical Communication: Squeezing, Entanglement and Teleportation
Tuesday, March 7, 2000
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MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Don D'Avanzo,
Agilent Technologies
GaAs HBT and HEMT Technologies for Agilent Instruments
Tuesday, March 7, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
John Baillieul,
College of Engineering, Boston University
AVERAGING SECOND-ORDER CONTROL SYSTEMS: SPATIAL INVARIANCE
Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Doug Allan,
Corning, Inc.
Photonic Crystal Fibers
Wednesday, March 8, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Kamal Jain,
Georgia Tech
Enhancing techniques in LP based approximation algorithms
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:15 PM (refreshments 2:00)
Pramod Viswanath,
University of California at Berkeley
Asymptotically Optimal Waterfilling in Multiple Antenna Multiple Access Channels
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Dennis Buss,
Texas Instruments
Technology To Enable Analog/RF/Digital Systems On A Chip
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Jay W. Forrester,
Professor of Management , Sloan School, MIT
High-Order, Nonlinear, Feedback Systems from Kindergarten to Chief Executive Officers
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Moses Charikar,
Stanford University
Algorithms for Clustering
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 PM
Stefan Hell,
Max Plank Institut, Gottingen
Sharpening Up The Far-Field Fluorescnce Microscope
Thursday, March 16, 2000
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
David Wagner,
University of California, Berkeley
Static analysis and computer security: New techniques for software assurance
Monday, March 27, 2000
. . . Abstract
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 2:15 PM (refreshments 2:00)
Helmut Bolcskei,
Stanford University
OFDM-Based Multi-Antenna Systems for Broadband Wireless Communications
Monday, March 27, 2000
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EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Piotr Indyk,
Stanford
High-dimensional Computational Geometry
Tuesday, March 28, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Prof. Jack Keil Wolf,
University of California, San Diego
"An Introduction to Turbo Codes: The Quintessential Channel Coding Technique"
Tuesday, March 28, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Bill Siu,
Intel Corporation
Managing the Interconnect Continuum...from Si to Package to Board
Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Lynn Nelson,
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Transmission Systems
Thursday, March 30, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:45 PM (refreshments 2:30)
Dr. Vahid Tarokh,
AT&T Labs
Space-Time Block Codes
Monday, April 3, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, Room 36-428, 2:15 PM (refreshments 2:00)
Dr. Faramarz Fekri,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Finite Field Wavelets and their Application to Error Control Coding
Monday, April 3, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Stefan Savage,
University of Washington
Network Services in an Uncooperative Internet
Tuesday, April 4, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Kamrat Azadet,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Giabit Ethernet over Unshielded Twisted Pair Cables
Tuesday, April 4, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Prof. Dmitris Bertsimas,
MIT Sloan, OR & LIDS
"Moment Problems and their applications in Probability Theory, Finance, Stochastic Networks and Partial Differential Equations"
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 PM
Benny Mikkelson,
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
High Speed Transmission Systems and All-Optical Signal Processing
Thursday, April 6, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Conference Room (35-338), 3:15 PM (refreshments 3:00)
Dr. Yi Ma,
University of California at Berkeley
A Geometric Viewpoint to Computer Vision and Vision Based Control
Thursday, April 6, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
36-156, 3:15 PM (refreshments 3:00)
Dr. Yi Ma,
University of California at Berkeley
A Geometric Viewpoint to Computer Vision and Vision Based Control
Thursday, April 6, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Ion Stoica,
Carnegie Mellon University
A Stateless Core Approach for Scalable Internet Services
Monday, April 10, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:15 PM (refreshments 2:00)
Dr. Wendi Heinzelman,
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
Application-Specific Communication Protocols for Wireless Networks
Monday, April 10, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Michael Ernst,
University of Washington
Dynamically Detecting Likely Program Invariants
Tuesday, April 11, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 1:15 PM (refreshments 1:00)
Dr. Ioannis Kontoyiannis,
Purdue University
Data Compression, Sphere-Covering, and Limit Theorems
Tuesday, April 11, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Dr. Hans-Andrea Loeliger,
Endora Tech AG
"Factor Graphs, Belief Propagation Algorithms, and Analog Computation"
Tuesday, April 11, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Yuan Taur,
IBM Research
The Limit of CMOS Scaling: How Far Can We Extend It?
Wednesday, April 12, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 AM
Robert Alfano,
City University of New York
Capturing Early and Diffusive Light for Imaging Applications
Wednesday, April 12, 2000
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EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Dieter Fox,
Carnegie Mellon University
Probabilistic Methods for Mobile Robot Navigation
Thursday, April 13, 2000
. . . Abstract
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 2:30 PM
Dr. Mark C. Hersam,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Silicon-based Molecular Nanotechnology
Thursday, April 13, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
James O'Brien,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Generating Synthetic Motion Using Physically Based Simulation
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Room E25-111, 2:30 PM (refreshments 2:15)
Narayana Murthy,
Infosys Technologies
Indian Software Industry - Opportunities and Challenges
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 11:00 PM
Paul S. Martin,
Lumileds Lighting, Inc.
The Future of Solid State Lighting
Thursday, April 20, 2000
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Vinton Cerf,
MCI Telecommunications Corporation
The Internet Tidal Wave
Monday, April 24, 2000
Masterworks 2000
Building 34, 3rd floor, 3:00 PM
This annual presentation of thesis research features 34 talks by MIT EECS Master's students.
Program . . . Abstracts (Microsoft Word document, 126KB)
Monday, April 24, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Emin Gun Sirer,
University of Washington
A New System Architecture for Networked Computers
Tuesday, April 25, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (reception 3:30)
Mark Reed,
Yale University
The Design and Measurement of Molecular Electronic Switches
Thursday, April 27, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
3-133, 3:00 PM
Dr. Selim M. Shahriar,
MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics
Laser-Controlled Spin Excitation: From Nanolithography to Quantum Computing
Thursday, April 27, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Fay Chang,
Carnegie Mellon University
Automatic I/O Prefetching Hints through Speculative Execution
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Prof. Pramod P. Khargonekar,
University of Michigan
Estimation and Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Don Monroe,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Vertical Replacement-Gate MOSFET
Thursday, May 4, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Hari Manoharan,
IBM - Research Division
Quantum Mirages
Friday, May 5, 2000
. . . Abstract
Industry Leaders in Technology and Management Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM
Richard A. McGinn,
Lucent Technologies
Technological Innovations that are Revolutionizing Communications Networks
Monday, May 8, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Dr. Jacques C. Ruddell,
University of California at Berkeley
High-Integration, High-Selectivity CMOS Receivers for Multi-Standard Personal Communication Systems
Monday, May 8, 2000
. . . Abstract
Materials Unlimited Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Thomas Murphy, Michael Lim, and Jalal Khan,
MIT
Innovative Design and Fabrication Techniques for Integrated Bragg Gratings Filters
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 1:00 PM (refreshments 12:45)
Dr. Ali Niknejad,
University of California, Berkeley
Analysis, Simulation and Applications of Passive Devices Over the Si Substrate
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
. . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Prof. Kameshwar Poolla,
University of California, Berkeley
Semi-parametric Methods for Identification of Nonlinear Interconnected Systems
Thursday, May 11, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Dr. Dave Perreault,
MIT - Electrical Engineering
Powering the Future: Advances in Automotive Power Generation and Control
Thursday, May 11, 2000
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Professor Ross Anderson,
Cambridge University Computer Labratory
Security Engineering
Monday, May 15, 2000
. . . Abstract
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Dr.Shanhui Fan,
Research Lab. of Electronics, MIT
Photonic Crystals: New Opportunities For Manipulating Light
Tuesday, May 16, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Dr. Steven Shaw,
MIT - Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
System Identification and Modeling for Nonintrusive Load Diagnostics
Thursday, June 1, 2000
Third Floor Lobby, Building 34, 3:00 PM
Reception for EECS Doctoral Graduates and Guests
Immediately Following the MIT Hooding Ceremony
Tuesday, June 13, 2000
Nanostructures Seminar Series
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Holger Schmidt,
Research Lab of Electronics
Intersubband devices for ultrafast all-optical switching
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room 56-614, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Andre Levchenko,
California Institute of Technology
Computational and Experimental Studies of MAPK Mediated Signal Transduction: Feedback, Scaffolds and Optimal Regulation
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Nanostructures Seminar Series
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Professor Timothy Swager,
Chemistry Department
Electronic and Photonic Polymers
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Nanostructures Seminar Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Paula Hammond,
Chemical Engineering, MIT
Polymer Self Assembly and Order on the Nano to Mesoscale