Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (archive)

ECpE Distinguished Lecture Series

Each year the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in conjunction with the Information Infrastructure Institute, presents a Distinguished Lecture Series, which brings prominent researchers in the electrical, computer, and software engineering fields to campus.

2010-11 Distinguished Lecture Series Schedule

September 16
5:30 p.m., Memorial Union, Great Hall
"An Engineering Approach to Optimize the Combinatorial Drug Treatment for Cancer and Infectious Diseases" by Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, Ben Rich - Lockheed Martin Professor and Director of the Center for Cell Control, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Lecture cosponsored by Committee on Lectures (funded by GSB).

October 8
1:10 p.m., Howe Hall, Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium
"Architectures for Practical Client-Side Security" by Virgil D. Gligor, Co-director of CyLab and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

November 19
1:10 p.m., Howe Hall, Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium
“Time-to-Digital and Digital-to-Time Converters and Other Useful Applications of Time-based Signal Processing” by Gordon W. Roberts, James McGill Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University (Canada)

Gordon W. Roberts photo courtesy of McGill University.

March 11
1:10 p.m., Howe Hall, Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium
"Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems" by Edward A. Lee, Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

April 5
5 p.m., Memorial Union, Sun Room
“Biology and Medicine: Systems Approaches Transforming Health Care” by Leroy Hood, President and Co-founder, Institute for Systems Biology

Lecture cosponsored by Committee on Lectures (funded by GSB).