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SUMMARY:Flexible Radios and Flexible Networks
DTSTART:20191014T101500
DTEND:20191014T113000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Alyssa B. Apsel\, \nCornell University\nInstitute of
  Microengineering - Distinguished Lecture\n\nCampus Lausanne SV 1717 (live
 )\nCampus Microcity MC B0 302 (video)\nZoom Live Stream: https://epfl.zoom
 .us/j/637254875\n\nAbstract: Over the past decades the world has become in
 creasingly connected\, with communications driving both markets and social
  movements.  Low power electronics\, efficient communications\, and bette
 r battery technology have all contributed to this revolution\, but the cos
 t and power required for these systems must be pushed further to make chea
 p\, ubiquitous\, seamless communication accessible to a wider community. 
   In this talk I will discuss two engineering approaches to this problem.
   I will look at various approaches to drive the power down in radio netw
 orks that span across circuits and systems.  I will also look at creative
  biologically inspired approaches to enabling very low power networks and 
 IoT.  Finally\, I will discuss how by adding flexibility and building rec
 onfigurable hardware\, we can likewise build lower power and less costly c
 onsumer systems that can adapt across protocols and networks and work unde
 r changing device technologies.\n\nBio: Alyssa Apsel received the B.S. fro
 m Swarthmore College in 1995 and the Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University\,
  Baltimore\, MD\, in 2002.  She joined Cornell University in 2002\, where
  she is currently Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  She w
 as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College\, London from 2016-2018.  The
  focus of her research is on power-aware mixed signal circuits and design 
 for highly scaled CMOS and modern electronic systems.  Her current resear
 ch is on the leading edge of ultra-low power and flexible RF interfaces fo
 r IoT.  She has authored or coauthored over 100 refereed publications inc
 luding one book in related fields of RF mixed signal circuit design\, ultr
 a-low power radio\, interconnect design and planning\, photonic integratio
 n\, and process invariant circuit design techniques resulting in ten paten
 ts.  She received best paper awards at ASYNC 2006 and IEEE SiRF 2012\, ha
 d a MICRO “Top Picks” paper in 2006\, received a college teaching awar
 d in 2007\, received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2004\
 , and was selected by Technology Review Magazine as one of the Top Young I
 nnovators in 2004.  She is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE CAS for 2018-
 2019\, and has also served on the Board of Governors of IEEE CAS (2014-201
 6) and as an Associate Editor of various journals including IEEE Transacti
 ons on Circuits and Systems I and II\, and Transactions on VLSI.  She has
  also served as the chair of the Analog and Signal Processing Technical co
 mmittee of ISCAS 2011\, is on the Senior Editorial Board of JETCAS\, as De
 puty Editor in Chief of Circuits and Systems Magazine\, and as the co-foun
 der and Chair of ISCAS Late Breaking News.  In 2016\, Dr. Apsel co-founde
 d AlphaWave IP Corporation\, a multi-national Silicon IP provider focused 
 on multi-standard analog Silicon IP solutions for the world of IOT.  As C
 hief Technology Officer of AlphaWave\, Dr. Apsel led the company’s globa
 l research capability with offices in Silicon Valley\, Toronto\, and Londo
 n. \n\nNote: The Seminar Series is eligible for ECTS credits in the EDMI 
 doctoral program. 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
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