ECE Distinguished Lecture November 3, 2022 at 10:30 am (Simrall Hall 104) Erasure Coded Computations: New Models for Fault Tolerance Ananth Grama Abstract: Dealing with faults is an important problem, as parallel and distributed systems scale to millions of processing cores and across wide area networks. Traditional methods for fault tolerance include checkpoint-restart, active…
Impacts of Geomagnetic Disturbances on the Electric Infrastructure Yong Fu | fu@ece.msstate.edu October 28, Friday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Abstract: The vulnerability of the North American bulk power system to the effects of geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) caused by solar flares has been recognized by a variety of sources including the National Academy of Science (NAS),…
ECE Research Seminar (Virtual Event*) September 23, Friday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=mb3814e7af25bcae895e6f400bd80bbd6 CodeChat: Design as Documentation Bryan Jones | bjones@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Software development powers the digital economy, by producing the essential code which enables banking, controls critical infrastructure, and defines social media. However, traditional software development approaches fail to meet modern challenges, sometimes producing…
Multi-Sensor Systems for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles Navigation Umar Iqbal | umar@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Sensors are an indispensable part of robots and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to perceive environments and implement their actions. One aspect of ensuring safe operation is to have reliable positioning to the sub-meter level of accuracy everywhere under all operational environments for mobile…
ECE’s Design Showcase will be held in Simrall Hall, April 28 from 2:30-4:00 PM. 51 student teams will present and demonstrate the designs that they have been working on this semester and for some this academic year. Designs come from our Intro to ECE Design 2 class and Capstone (Senior) Design I and II. The…
Please join us for the final ECE Research Seminar of the semester. Friday, April 29 12:30-1:30 pm CT on Webex Quantum Computing for Machine Learning: Introduction to Quantum Annealing and Gated Quantum Computing Yaroslav Koshka | ykoshka@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Quantum Computers (QCs) are machines based on quantum bits (qubits) that take full advantage of the laws…
Please join us April 6th from 10-11 am in Simrall 104 for a guest seminar. Grid Vital Signs and Power Systems Dynamics Vahid Madani, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE Abstract – The Electric power industry continues to transform at an accelerating rate. Demand for bundled load is on decline which directly affects the supply side. Cascading…
Please join us for our March 25 ECE Distinguished Lecture 10:00 am Central Time, Simrall 104 Grid Modernization: Technological Advancements Beyond Smart Grid John D. McDonald Smart Grid Business Development Leader Grid Solutions GE Renewable Energy Abstract: This talk will familiarize participants with a vision for Grid Modernization, focusing on technological advancements beyond Smart Grid….
Mississippi State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor John Ball and two of his students recently assisted with workshops for researchers for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). John Ball, who is also the Guyton Teaching Endowed Chairholder in the department, and his Ph.D. student Simegnew Alaba, presented two workshops to the USDA…
Please join us for our November 5 ECE Research Seminar 12:30-1:30 pm central time Opportunities for All – What is Engineering Education Research and Why Should I Care? with Jean Mohammadi-Aragh | jean@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Starting with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and moving into Rigoro us Engineering Education Research, a multitude of opportunities exist for…