Past Events

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June 17, 2026

From Device Properties to Edge AI System Performance: The Search for the Perfect Device for Neuromorphic Computing

Prof. Giuseppe Iannaccone

Professor of Electronics & Deputy President, University of Pisa, Italy

May 8, 2026

High Reliability HfO2 Based FeFETs for Memory and Compute-In-Memory Applications

Prof. Kechao Tang

School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, China

May 1, 2026

The Search for Other Earths: An Engineering Perspective

Prof. Michael Bottom

Department of Astronomy, UC Berkeley

April 24, 2026

Magic State Cultivation on a Superconducting Quantum Processor

Dr. Emma Rosenfeld

Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI

April 20, 2026

Convergent Nanosystems for Information Processing: From Atoms to Function

Prof. Farnaz Niroui

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

April 17, 2026

Direct Atomic Layer Processing (DALP®): Spatially Localized, Multi-Material Fabrication for Next-Generation Devices from Discovery to Manufacturing

Dr. Mira Baraket

Chief Technology Officer, ATLANT 3D

April 10, 2026

Topology Meets Nonlinear Optics: New Frontiers in Nanophotonic Devices

Prof. Mohammad Hafezi

Departments of Physics and ECE, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland

April 10, 2026

Material Innovation Towards 3D Integrated AI Hardware

Prof. Sang-Hoon Bae

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis

April 3, 2026

Teaching Phonons New Tricks: Amplification, Lasing, Non-Reciprocity and Nonlinear Mixing via Strong and Controllable Electron-Phonon Interactions

Prof. Matt Eichenfield

Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

March 20, 2026

Shaping Light and Matter: From Nonlocal Nanophotonics to Exotic Wave Physics

Olivia Y. Long

Applied Physics, Stanford University

March 13, 2026

Agentic AI for Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing: From Wafer Data Workflows to Intelligent EDA Systems

Dr. Janhavi Giri

Principal Architect, EDA & AI, NetApp

March 6, 2026

Controlling Thermal Radiation for Power Generation and Climate Mitigation

Prof. Jeremy N. Munday

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis

February 27, 2026

Solving Global Scale Problems with Basic Science

Prof. Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Purnendu Chatterjee Chair Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Physics, UC Berkeley

February 13, 2026

Combining Experiments, Large Language Models, and Theory to Discover Quantum Materials

Dr. Dogus Cubuk

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Periodic Labs

January 30, 2026

Understanding Resonances in Metasurfaces and Nanoresonators

Dr. Philippe Lalanne

Physicist and Research Director at CNRS, Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanosciences (LP2N)

December 5, 2025

Spintronic Devices and Oscillator Networks for Energy-Based Analog Computing

Dr. Louis Hutin

Research Scientist, Silicon Components Division, CEA-Leti

November 21, 2025

Lawless Progress on Wicked Problems: New Design Opportunities at the Intersection of AI, Visual Computing, and User Interaction

Prof. Abe Davis

Department of Computer Science, Cornell University

November 7, 2025

MIDDAS: Memory Integration and Data Dis-Aggregation

Shuhan Liu

Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

November 3, 2025

Shaping the Future of Semiconductor Scaling Through Breakthrough Interconnect Technologies

Dr. Gaurav Thareja

Semiconductor Products Group, Applied Materials

October 31, 2025

Gate-All-Around NanoSheet CMOS Technology

Dr. Julien Frougier

Senior Technology Development Engineer, IBM Research

October 24, 2025

Highly Resonant Optical Materials for Ultrafast All-Optical Light Manipulation

Prof. Claudio U. Hail

Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley