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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Apr 01, 2025 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Suvrajeet Sen, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California

    Host: Dr. Qiang Huang

    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE

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  • CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series

    CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series

    Fri, Apr 04, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    Information Sciences Institute

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    Speaker: Shaya Fainman, Professor, University of California, San Diego

    Talk Title: Foundry Enabled Chip-scale Photonics Technology and Applications

    Abstract: Dense photonic integration requires miniaturization of materials, devices, circuits and systems, including passive components (e.g., engineered composite metamaterials, filters, etc.), active components (e.g., modulators and nonlinear wave mixers) and integrated circuits (Fourier transform spectrometer, programmable phase modulator of free space modes, linear algebra processors, etc.). In this talk we will discuss recent progress in developing CMOS compatible nonlinear optical materials as well as examples of foundry enabled silicon photonic circuits and systems. Specifically, we will review silicon photonics-based Fourier transform spectrometer (Si-FTS) that can bring broadband operation and fine resolution to the chip scale. Here we will present the modeling and experimental demonstration of a thermally tuned Si-FTS accounting for dispersion, thermo-optic non-linearity, and thermal expansion. We show how these effects modify the relation between the spectrum and interferogram of a light source and we develop a quantitative correction procedure through calibration with a tunable laser. Providing design flexibility and robustness, the Si-FTS is poised to become a fundamental building block for on-chip spectroscopy. Moreover, taking advantage of nanofabrication we will discuss on-chip spectrometers using stratified waveguide filters and machine learning. Moving forward, we will discuss chip-scale integrated circuit/system that will allow to realize linear algebra accelerators with superior performance in speed, energy consumption and size compared to its electronic counterpart. Such system can be manufactured using monolithic CMOS process and impact such applications as 5G/6G and beyond wireless MIMO systems as well as deep learning and artificial intelligence.

    Biography: Yeshaiahu (Shaya) Fainman is an inaugural ASML/Cymer Chair of Advanced Optical Technologies and Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He received the M. Sc and Ph. D degrees from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1979 and 1983, respectively. He is directing research of the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics group at UCSD and made significant contributions to near field optical phenomena, nanoscale science and engineering of ultra-small, sub-micrometer semiconductor light emitters and nanolasers, inhomogeneous and meta-materials, nanophotonics and plasmonics, non-conventional imaging and silicon photonics. His current research interests are in near field optical science and optical technology with applications targeting information technologies and biomedical sensing. He contributed over 360 manuscripts in peer review journals and over 560 conference presentations and conference proceedings. During his career he has led as Director and Deputy Director of numerous large size interdisciplinary projects and centers supported by BMDO, DARPA, NSF-ERC, and ONR. He is a Fellow of the OSA, IEEE, SPIE, and a recipient of the Miriam and Aharon Gutvirt Prize, Lady Davis Fellowship, Brown Award, SPIE Gabor Award, OSA Emmett N. Leith Medal, OSA Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize and OPTICA (former OSA) Nick Holonyak Jr Award.

    Host: Dr. Steve Crago

    More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5445/foundry-enabled-chip-scale-photonics-technology-and-applications/

    Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon

    WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Amy Kasmir

    Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5445/foundry-enabled-chip-scale-photonics-technology-and-applications/

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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Apr 08, 2025 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Nabeel Gillani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Design and Data Analysis at Northeastern University

    Host: Dr. Qiang Huang

    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE

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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Apr 15, 2025 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Mihai Anitescu,

    Talk Title: Exponential Decay of Sensitivity in Graph-Indexed Optimization Problems, such as Control, and Distributed Optimization

    Host: Dr. Johannes Royset

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    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE

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  • Startup Stories-Ajinkya Apte

    Fri, Apr 18, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

    Viterbi Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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    Every startup has a story. Uncover the blueprint of success in the words of our very own Viterbi Alumni, Ajinkya Apte and hear about resources available to you start a business while at USC.

    Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jashan Dhami

    Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/Viterbitie/rsvp?id=402986

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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Apr 22, 2025 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Erim Kardes,

    Host: Dr. Randy Hall

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    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE

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  • Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Epstein Institute, ISE 651 Seminar Class

    Tue, Apr 29, 2025 @ 03:30 AM - 04:30 PM

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Speaker: Dr. Minhee Kim ,

    Host: Dr. Qiang Huang

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    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 206

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Casi Jones/ ISE

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  • ECE Pioneer Talk - Prof. Alice Parker

    Wed, Apr 30, 2025 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Speaker: Dr. Alice Parker, Professor Emerita, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC

    Talk Title: TBD

    Abstract: TBD

    Biography: TBD

    Host: TBD

    Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 132

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Cathy Huang

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