Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2009-10 Distinguished Lectures

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. All lectures take place from 1:10 to 2 p.m. at the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall.

2009-10 Distinguished Lecture Series Schedule

September 21:
"Emotional Intelligence Technology and Autism," by Rosalind Picard, Director of the Affective Computing Group and Autism and Communication Technology Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presented in conjunction with the Women in HCI Lecture Series

October 15:
"The Seven Wonders of Computer Arithmetic," by Earl Swartzlander, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

November 16:
"Wind and Energy Markets: A Case Study of Texas," by Ross Baldick, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

February 12:
"Towards a System Theoretic Foundation for Control Over Networks," by P. R. Kumar, Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

March 12:
"Better Architectures and New Security Applications for Coarse Network Monitoring," by Michael Reiter, Lawrence M. Slifkin Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presented in conjunction with the Department of Computer Science