Schedule of Talks

The following is a list of all talks being presented for the 2004-2005 Colloquium series. Events are in Room 125 at 10:30 a.m. for Spring Quarter 2005 unless otherwise noted - please see the individual announcements for the latest details.

We now have video of the speakers' presentations available for those who are unable to attend the talks. Viewing this video will require Windows Media Player, or another program compatible with Windows Media files such as MPlayer or VLC. If you have Internet Explorer on either Windows 2000 or XP you can see a Powerpoint presentation of the speaker's slides alongside the video (you may be prompted to install a Powerpoint add-in for Internet Explorer, if you do not already have it).

Past Colloquia:
2002-2003 EE Colloquium Series
2003-2004 EE Colloquium Series

Fall Quarter 2004

October 21: Shekhar Borkar, Intel Corporation
"Exponential Challenges, Exponential Rewards - The Future of Moore's Law"
Streaming Video of Talk
Host: Jenq-Neng Hwang

November 4: Chen-Ching Liu, University of Washington, Electrical Engineering
"Innovations in Protection and Control to Avoid Widespread Blackouts of the Power Grids"
Streaming Video of Talk
Host: Kai Strunz

November 18: Daniel B. DeBra, Stanford University
"Status of the Gyro Test of Relativity in a Satellite, GP-B"
Streaming Video of Talk
Host: Bob Clark/Deirdre Meldrum

December 2: Alex Acero, Microsoft Research
"Grand Challenges in Speech Recognition"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Mari Ostendorf

Winter Quarter 2005

January 13: Mary Lidstrom, University of Washington, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology
"Metabolic Circuits in Bacteria"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Deirdre Meldrum

January 27: Magdy Iskander, University of Hawaii
"Antenna Arrays and Propagation Models for Advanced Wireless Communications Systems"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Akira Ishimaru

February 10: Bruce Donald, Dartmouth College
"Algorithmic Challenges in Structural Molecular Biology and Proteomics"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Karl Bohringer

February 24: Rob Calderbank, Professor, Princeton University
"Quantum Computers and Cellular Phones" 6
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Maya Gupta

March 10: Vijay Bhargava, University of British Columbia
"Combinatorial Designs and Error Correcting Codes"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Sumit Roy

Spring Quarter 2005

April 14: Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University
"Cross-layer design of wireless ad-hoc networks: is it better to be robust, quick, or responsive?"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Eve Riskin

April 28: Alex Jen, University of Washington, Materials Sciences and Engineering
"Exceptional Photonic and Optoelectronic Properties through Molecular Design and Controlled Self-Assembly"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Scott Dunham

May 12: Abbas El Gamal, Stanford University
"Recent Developments in Image Sensor Technology and Applications"
Streaming Video of the Talk
Host: Maya Gupta

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