Schedule of Talks

The following is a list of past talks presented at the 2003-2004 Colloquium series.

Video of the speakers' presentations are available for those who were unable to attend the talks. Please note that viewing this video will require Internet Explorer on either Windows 2000 or XP. Also, you will be prompted to install a Powerpoint add-in for Internet Explorer (if you do not already have it).

Spring Quarter

April 8: EE Distinguished Speaker - Chung-Chiun Liu, Case Western Reserve University
Integration of a Microsystem for Chemical and Biological Sensing
Streaming Video of the talk
Host: Sinclair Yee and Howard Chizeck

April 22: Christopher L. DeMarco, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A Phase Transition Model for Cascading Network Failure
Streaming Video of the talk
Host: Mari Ostendorf

May 6: Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Optimal, Multiplierless Implementations of the Discrete Wavelet Transform for Image Compression Applications
Streaming Video of the talk
Host: Eve Riskin

May 20: David Allstot, University of Washington, Electrical Engineering
RF Microelectronics: Trends and Challenges
Streaming Video of the talk
Host: Ward Helms

June 10: John Delaney, University of Washington, Oceanography
NEPTUNE: Challenging Opportunities for Electrical Engineering
Streaming Video of the talk
Host: Deirdre Meldrum

Winter Quarter

January 22: The Akira Ishimaru Lecture - Tatsuo Itoh, University of California, Los Angeles
Active Antennas
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Yasuo Kuga

February 12: EE Distinguished Speaker - Elyse Rosenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ESD Protection for Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Mani Soma

February 26: EE Distinguished Speaker - Stephen Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dynamic Diffraction with MEMS, and its Many Uses
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Alexander Mamishev

March 11: Bio-Systems-on-Chip Lecture - Ken Wise, University of Michigan
Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS): Coming Revolution in the Gathering of Information
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Karl Bohringer

Fall Quarter

October 16: Gary Starkweather, Microsoft
The Value and Realization of Large Displays
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Karl Bohringer

October 30: John Sahr, University of Washington, Electrical Engineering
Recycled Radio Waves: Passive Radar Technology for Geoscience and Aerospace Applications
Streaming video of the talk

November 13: Anthea Coster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Labs
Global Positioning System: Current and Future
Streaming video of the talk
Host: John Sahr

November 17: Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
Advances in Biomedical Robotics
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Blake Hannaford

December 4: Bruce Darling, University of Washington; Greg Kovacs, Stanford University
Putting the Pieces Together: Engineering Forensic Analysis of the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident
Streaming video of the talk
Host: Howard Chizeck

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