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Sen – UCSB Researchers Turn Noise into Clarity

In July 2015, Sen, Nima Kalantari, then an ECE PhD student, and fellow PhD student Steve Bako published a paper with their solution: applying machine learning, a nascent approach at the time, to speed ...
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ECE Graduate Courses 2026-27

This proposed schedule is subject to change. To review the most up-to-date listings of all courses, instructors, times and locations refer to GOLD (UCSB Student Gaucho On-line Data). If you do not ...
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Feb 18 (Tue) @10am: "Quantum Nanophotonics Using Heterogeneous Materials Integration: From Single Photons to Integrated Lasers,” Richard Mirin, NIST

The Quantum Nanophotonics Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO develops new semiconducting and superconducting technologies for advanced metrology needs ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Jun 6 (Fri) @ 2:00 pm: “Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits, John E. Bowers, Dir. of the Inst. for Energy Efficiency and Prof. ECE and Materials, UCSB

Tremendous progress is being made at silicon photonic foundries around the world to improve the performance, yield and capability of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and that is opening up new ...
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Mar 7 (Mon) @ 2:00pm: "Next Generation Intelligent and Secured Wireless World: From IoT and Sensors to Wideband and Multi-bands Scalable Circuit and System,” Najme Ebrahimi, UFL

The future intelligent and secured wireless world needs connectivity at any time anywhere and under severe multipath and weather environments with over one trillion sensors and Internet-of-Things (IoT ...
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May 30 (Thu) @ 2:00pm: "High Power Nitrogen-polar GaN/InAlN HEMT with Record Power Density of 12.8 W/mm at 28 GHz," Shigeki Yoshida, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Shigeki Yoshida is presenting record Ka-band power density from N-polar GaN HEMTs of 12.8 W/mm at 28 GHz, utilizing N-polar GaN/InAlN HEMTs. Shigeki Yoshida received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in ...
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ECE Seminar Series – March 22 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: “Latest Progress and Challenges in 300 mm Monolithic Silicon Photonics Manufacturing,” Takako Hirokawa, Principal Device ...

In this talk, I will discuss the latest developments in the GlobalFoundries Fotonix TM program, including enhancements in device performance, packaging, PDK compact models, and in-house test ...
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Aug 9 (Mon) @ 2pm: "Machine Learning Techniques for Rare Failure Detection in Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification and Test," Hanbin Hu, ECE PhD Defense

Due to inherent complex behaviors and stringent requirements in analog and mixed-signal (AMS) systems, verification and testing become key bottlenecks in the product development cycle. Rare failure ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Mar 6 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: "Six Mini Talks" by ECE PhD Students

This seminar features short research talks covering a range of topics across AI, photonics, communications, control, and computing systems. Learn about ongoing work in the department and connect with ...
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Aug 8 (Tue) @ 1:00pm: "Gallium Arsenide Lasers and Monolithic Integration on Silicon," Paul Verrinder, ECE PhD Defense

The integration of active and passive optical components on-chip is critical for reducing size, weight and power, and realizing useful photonic integrated circuits (PICs). III-V substrates allow for ...
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ECE Seminar Series – June 17 (Tue) @ 10:30am "Computing at the Limits in the Era of Artificial Intelligence," Naresh Shanbhag, Prof., ECE, UIUC

Today’s computing platforms are challenged by emerging AI applications due to their high compute and data movement costs. These challenges revolve around operating at the limits of ...
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April 13 (Mon) @ 2:00pm: “Scaling, Stacking, and Cracking the Memory Wall,” Shyam Surthi, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Micron Technology

Location: Harold Frank Hall (HFH), Room 4108 (ECE Conf. Rm.) AI has exposed an inconvenient truth: computation is no longer the bottleneck — memory is. Despite decades of aggressive scaling, modern ...