EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Diana Dabby, Middlebury College; MIT, EECS & LIDS
Art
Science: A Chaotic Mapping for Musical Variation
This archive contains events for the academic year 1997-98. See also:
Friday, August 15, 1997
. . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (refreshments 2:00)
Adi Shamir,
Weizmann Institute
A New Paradigm for Massively Parallel Random Search
Tuesday, September 9, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Robert Adams,
Philips Research, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) Based High Voltage and Power IC Technologies and Their Applications
Wednesday, September 10, 1997
. . . Abstract . . . Poster
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM
Bill Mitchell,
Dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning
Choosing an Architect for the New CIIS Building
Monday, September 15, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
David Pritchard,
MIT, Physics and RLE
Weighing Gamma Rays with a Single Ion Mass Spectrometer
Tuesday, September 16, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Jeffrey Greason,
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
An Analytic Interconnect Density Model for Process Targeting
Tuesday, September 23, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
William T. Lynch,
Semiconductor Research Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Power Supply Distribution and Other Wiring Issues for Deep-Submicron ICs
Monday, September 29, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Anne Foerst,
Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT AI Lab and Harvard Divinity School
AI and Theology: From Mythos to Logos and Back
Tuesday, September 30, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar and BAMS Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Charles L. Goldsmith,
Raytheon TI Systems, Dallas, Texas
Micromachining of High Performance RF MEMS for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Applications
Wednesday, October 1, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Paul Penfield,
Department Head, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
God, The Scientist
Monday, October 6, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Steve Leeb,
MIT, EECS and LEES
Nonintrusive Monitoring of Electric Power Loads
Tuesday, October 7, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Wai Lee,
Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas
Low Power DSP for Wireless Communications
Wednesday, October 8, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Marc Hauser,
Departments of Anthropology & Psychology, Program in Neurosciences, Harvard University
How Humans Evolved a Sense of Self and an Understanding of Their Mortality
Tuesday, October 14, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Elyse Rosenbaum,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
Design and Modeling of ESD Protection Circuits for SOI Technology
Wednesday, October 15, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Ming Tsuang,
Head, Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center; Director Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics
Brain, Mind and Spirituality
Monday, October 20, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Leonard McMillan,
MIT, EECS and LCS
The Realities of Virtual Reality
Tuesday, October 21, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Satyen Mukherjee,
Philips Research, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) Based High Voltage and Power IC Technologies and Their Applications
Wednesday, October 22, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Rodney Brooks,
Director, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Artificial Humanity
Monday, October 27, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
David Cliff,
MIT, EECS and AI Lab
Bargaining Behaviors in Software Agents
Tuesday, October 28, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Kevin Kornegay,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Development of 6H-SiC CMOS Technology and its Application to Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBBs)
Wednesday, October 29, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Federico Girosi,
Associate Director, MIT Center for Biological and Computational Learning
Spiritual Development in Studying Science
Thursday, October 30, 1997
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
James Gosling,
Sun Microsystems
Java: Past, Present and Future
Monday, November 3, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Frank Kschischang,
University of Toronto, visiting EECS and RLE
Factor Graphs and Algorithms: Connecting Belief Propagation to the FFT and Turbo Decoding
Tuesday, November 4, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Suresh Venkatesan,
Motorola, Austin, Texas
A High Performance 0.20 micrometer CMOS Technology with Copper Metallization
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Francisco Varela,
Director of Research, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France
Why a Science of Mind Implies the Transcendence of Nature
Wednesday, November 12, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Lynn Andrea Stein,
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
All is Foreknown, but Free Will is Given
Monday, November 17, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
James Worden,
Selectria Corp.
Electric Vehicle Technology Today
Wednesday, November 19, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Bijoy Misra,
Faculty in Computer Science, Harvard Extension School; Consultant in Radiology and Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham Women's Hospital
Intelligence and God: Shankara's View of the World and its Implications for Cognitive Science
Thursday, November 20, 1997
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Robert Morris,
National Security Agency, Retired
Protection of Valuable Information
Monday, November 24, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Balaji Prabhakar,
MIT, EECS and LIDS
Some Simple Ideas for Modeling Packet Interactions in Complex Data Networks
Monday, December 1, 1997
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Seth Lloyd,
MIT, Mechanical Engineering
Quantum Computation
Tuesday, December 2, 1997
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
William J. Bowhill,
Digital Semiconductor, Hudson, Massachusetts
High Performance Microprocessor Design
Wednesday, December 3, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Ray Kurzweil,
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
Wednesday, December 10, 1997
. . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture Series
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Rosalind W. Picard,
NEC Development Professor of Media Technology, MIT
Toward Machines that Can Deny their Maker
Monday, February 9, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Howard Shrobe,
MIT, AI Lab
How Can the US Survive Information Warfare?
Tuesday, February 10, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Richard Green,
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
Emerging Design and Technology Challenges
for Sub-100nm CMOS Transistor Scaling
Monday, February 23, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
John Baras,
University of Maryland; Visiting MIT, EECS & LIDS
Linking Satellite and Terrestrial Networks for Digital
Connectivity
Tuesday, February 24, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Mark Sheplak,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
A Low Self-Noise, Silicon-Micromachined
Microphone for Jet Noise Measurements
Monday, March 2, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Felice Frankel,
MIT, EECS
The Power of Images in Communicating Science and Engineering
Tuesday, March 3, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Emmanuel Crabbi,
IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center, Hopewell Junction, New York
CMOS Technology for GHz Processors
Wednesday, March 4, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, Room 36-428, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Joao P. Hespanha,
Yale University
Decidability of Robot Positioning Tasks Using Stereo Vision Systems
Monday, March 9, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Supriyo Datta,
Purdue University; Visiting MIT, EECS & RLE
Molecular Wires: Can Organic Molecules Be Used To Interconnect
Electronic Devices?
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Bikas Maiti,
Motorola, Austin, Texas
Current Trends in Nitrided Oxide Technology
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
George Necula,
Carnegie Mellon University
Compiling with Proofs
Monday, March 16, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Mehran Sahami,
Stanford University
Using Machine Learning to Improve Information Access
Monday, March 16, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Marjory Blumenthal,
National Research Council; Visiting MIT and LCS
Public Policy Challenges and Opportunities in Computing and
Communications
Tuesday, March 17, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
James D. Meindl,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
21st Century Opportunities for GigaScale Integration (GSI)
Thursday, March 19, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
NE43-941, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Christoph Bregler,
U.C. Berkeley
Models of Human Motion: Tracking, Learning, and Animating People
Thursday, March 26, 1998
. . . Information . . . Registration form . . . Registration list
Grier Room, Room 34-101, 2:00 PM
MIT's Building 20: The Magical Incubator
A fond commemoration of this building
Note: this event has a registration fee
Thursday, March 26, 1998
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Randy Katz,
EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
From Smoke Signals to the Internet: The Development of Communications Infrastructures
Friday, March 27, 1998
. . . Information . . . Invitation . . . Program
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 8:00 AM
MIT's Building 20: The Magical Incubator
A fond commemoration of this building
Note: this event has a registration fee
Monday, March 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-101A, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Dr. Muriel Medard,
MIT Lincoln Labaratory
Some Topics in High-Speed Network Security
Monday, March 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Partha Niyogi,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
The Computational Nature of Language Evolution
Monday, March 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Diana Dabby,
Middlebury College; MIT, EECS & LIDS
Art Science: A Chaotic Mapping for Musical Variation
Tuesday, March 31, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Tom Redfern,
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, California
Analog vs Digital?
Or Do We Really Mean
Analog AND Digital!
Wednesday, April 1, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-101A, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Robert J. Schoelkopf,
Yale University
A Fast Coulomb-Blockade Electrometer: Towards the Dynamics of
Individual Charges in Nanostructures
Monday, April 6, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-101A, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Dr. Balaji Prabhakar,
MIT
Modeling, Design, and Control Issues in Networking and
High-Speed Switching
Monday, April 6, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Erik Winfree,
Caltech
Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA: Theory and Experiment
Tuesday, April 7, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Yoshio Nishi,
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas
Technology and Business Perspective of Silicon-Based IC
Technology Toward 21st Century
Thursday, April 9, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Julien Basch,
Stanford University
Kinetic Data Structures: The Maintenance of Discrete
Attributes of Moving Objects
Saturday, April 11, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-101A, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Robert J. Schoelkopf,
Yale University
A Fast Coulomb-Blockade Electrometer: Towards the Dynamics of
Individual Charges in Nanostructures
Monday, April 13, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, Room 36-428, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Dr. Andrew C. Singer,
Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company
Universal Methods for Communication and Signal Processing
Monday, April 13, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Peter Stone,
Computer Science Dept., Carnegie Mellon University
Layered Learning in Multi-Agent Systems
Tuesday, April 14, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Carlye Case,
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Low Dielectric Constant Materials in
Interconnect Integration
Wednesday, April 15, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
AI Playroom, Room NE43-800, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Hari Balakrishnan,
University of California at Berkeley
Three Challenges to Reliable Data Transport over Heterogeneous
Wireless Networks
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Room 54-100, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Eckhard Pfeiffer,
Compaq
The Future of Computing: Key Trends in Technology and Customer Value
Wednesday, April 22, 1998
. . . Abstract
Frontiers of Communications Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Professor John S. Baras,
Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks, University of Maryland, College Park
Hybrid Communication Networks: the "Last Mile" and Efficient
Broadband Service Provision
Thursday, April 23, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Dr. Marija D. Ilic,
MIT
Electric Power Systems Operation: Old vs. New
Thursday, April 23, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
NE43-941, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Tommi S. Jaakkola,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Statistical Inference Under Limited Resources
Monday, April 27, 1998
. . . Speakers and Titles . . . Program . . . Abstracts
Masterworks 98
Building 34, 3rd and 4th floors,
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This annual presentation of thesis research features
thirty-six talks by MIT EECS Master's students.
Monday, April 27, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 11:00 AM (refreshments 10:45)
Thad Starner,
Media Laboratory, MIT
Wearable Computers and Contextual Awareness
Tuesday, April 28, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Brian Noble,
Carnegie Mellon University
Mobile Data Access
Tuesday, April 28, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
John Yue,
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, California
Reliability Challenges in a Large Microprocessor Below
Quarter Micron Technology
Tuesday, April 28, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-101B, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Ali Shakouri,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Wafer-Fused Optoelectronics for Switching
Thursday, April 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Steve G. Massaquoi,
MIT
Cerebellar Mediation of Servo-Control of Voluntary Movement
Thursday, April 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Michael Collins,
University of Pennsylvania
Statistical Models for Parsing Natural Language
Thursday, April 30, 1998
. . . Abstract
Frontiers of Communications Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dr. Vincent W.S. Chan,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Communications and Networking in the 21st Century
Monday, May 4, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Krste Asanovic,
University of California, Berkeley
Vector Microprocessors
Tuesday, May 5, 1998
. . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Sunlin Chou,
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
Speeding Up IC Technology Innovation
Tuesday, May 5, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Jeff Erickson,
Duke University
Hierarchical Decomposition and Approximation Data Structures
for Collision Detection
Wednesday, May 6, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Armando Fox,
University of California, Berkeley
Building Scalable, Composable, Adaptive Internet Services
with TACC
Monday, May 11, 1998
. . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Dan Wallach,
Princeton University
A New Approach to Mobile Code Security
Thursday, May 14, 1998
. . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Patrick Hanrahan,
Stanford University
Digital Lights, Cameras, Materials ...
|
Modified: May 5, 2009|
1997-98 Awards and Honors|
Your comments
and inquiries are welcome.