• Graduate Student Fellowship Writing Club-Hosted by NU CommLab and NetSI

    Recurring

    Join the NU CommLab and NetSI sponsored weekly graduate student fellowship writing club for support in writing your fellowship application!  The fellowship writing club meets virtually on Wednesdays from 3-4pm from July 10- August 21.  We will offer you an opportunity to ask questions to faculty, staff and students who have reviewed, mentored or applied […]

  • Jagatpreet Nir PhD Dissertation Defense

    Announcing: PhD Dissertation Defense Name: Jagatpreet Nir Title: Low Contrast Visual Sensing and Inertial-Aided Navigation in GPS-Denied  Environments Date: 7/18/2024 Time: 11:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. Hanumant Singh (Advisor) Prof. Martin Ludvigsen Prof. Michael Everett Prof. Pau Closas Abstract: Field robots perform complex tasks, necessitating high autonomy and reliable navigation capabilities. Integrating complementary sensors at […]

  • Mehrshad Zandigohar PhD Proposal Review

    Announcing: PhD Proposal Review Name: Mehrshad Zandigohar Title: Deployable and Multimodal Human Grasp Intent Inference in Prosthetic Hand Control Date: 7/18/2024 Time: 11:30:00 AM Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2QyNzc1MWMtOWJmMi00NGNmLThlNzctN2JlNjU2Y2I1MmI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22a8eec281-aaa3-4dae-ac9b-9a398b9215e7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22de13c261-ac42-49d7-8950-6dec3adaca4e%22%7d ISEC 532 - Committee Members: Prof. Gunar Schirner (Advisor) Prof. Deniz Erdogmus Prof. Mallesham Dasari Prof. Mariusz P. Furmanek Abstract: For transradial amputees, robotic prosthetic hands promise to regain […]

  • Miead Tehrani Moayyed PhD Dissertation Defense

    Name: Miead Tehrani Moayyed Title: RF Channel Models for Static and Mobile Scenarios: From Simulations to Models for Large-scale Emulations and Digital Twins Date: 7/22/2024 Time: 1:00:00 PM Location: Room: EXP-601A Committee Members: Prof. Stefano Basagni (Advisor) Prof. Tommaso Melodia Prof. Milica Stojanovic Abstract: The extremely high data rates provided by communications at higher frequency bands, such […]

  • Andrea Lacava PhD Proposal Review on 7/23

    Name: Andrea Lacava Title: Enabling Intelligent nextG Cellular Networks through the Open RAN  Architecture Date: 7/23/2024 Time: 11:30:00 AM Location: EXP 501 Committee Members: Prof. Tommaso Melodia (Advisor) Prof. Francesca Cuomo (Advisor) Prof. Stefano Basagni Prof. Ioannis Chatzigiannakis Abstract: The 5th generation (5G) and beyond of cellular networks will support heterogeneous use cases at an […]

  • Zhenglun Kong PhD Dissertation Defense

    Name: Zhenglun Kong Title: Towards Efficient Deep Learning for Vision and Language Applications Date: 7/23/2024 Time: 9:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Yanzhi Wang (Advisor) Prof. David Kaeli Prof. Dakuo Wang Prof. Weiyan Shi Abstract: Machine learning and AI have been advancing rapidly in recent years, leading to numerous applications across diverse fields such as autonomous […]

  • Rui Lou PhD Dissertation Defense

    Announcing: PhD Dissertation Defense Name: Rui Luo Title: Shared Assistance Methods for Human-in-the-loop Robot Systems Date: 7/25/2024 Time: 2:00:00 PM Location: EXP 701A. Committee Members: Prof. Taskin Padir (Advisor) Prof. John Peter Whitney Prof. Yanzhi Wang Dr. Mark Zolotas Abstract: Fully autonomous robot systems, though highly desired, face substantial theoretical and practical challenges when being deployed […]

  • Ruyi Ding PhD Proposal Review

    Name: Ruyi Ding Title: Towards Robust and Secure Deep Learning: From Training through Deployment to Inference Date: 7/29/2024 Time: 9:00:00 AM Committee Members: Prof. Yunsi Fei (Advisor) Prof. Aidong Ding Prof. Lili Su Abstract: In recent years, deep learning has experienced rapid advancement, leading to the development of numerous commercial deep neural network (DNN) models across diverse fields […]

  • Shijie Yan PhD Proposal Review

    Name: Shijie Yan Title: Efficient Monte Carlo light transport algorithms in complex scattering media Date: 7/29/2024 Time: 12:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Qianqian Fang (Advisor) Prof. Steven Jacques Prof. David Kaeli Prof. Edwin Marengo Abstract: Modeling light-tissue interactions is crucial for many optical imaging modalities, for which the Monte Carlo (MC) method has been widely […]